Thyroid peroxidase

thyroid peroxidase
Identifiers
Symbol TPO
Entrez 7173
HUGO 12015
OMIM 606765
RefSeq NM_175722
UniProt P07202
Other data
EC number 1.11.1.8
Locus Chr. 2 pter-p24

Thyroid peroxidase or thyroperoxidase (TPO) is an enzyme expressed mainly in the thyroid that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine (T4) or triiodothyronine (T3), thyroid hormones.[1] In humans, thyroperoxidase is encoded by the TPO gene.[2]

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Function

Inorganic iodine enters the body primarily as iodide, I-. After entering the thyroid follicle (or thyroid follicular cell) via a Na+/I- symporter (NIS) on the basolateral side, iodide is shuttled across the apical membrane into the colloid via pendrin, after which thyroid peroxidase oxidizes iodide to atomic iodine (I) or iodinium (I+). The "organification of iodine," the incorporation of iodine into thyroglobulin for the production of thyroid hormone, is nonspecific; that is, there is no TPO-bound intermediate, but iodination occurs via reactive iodine species released from TPO.[4] The chemical reactions catalyzed by thyroid peroxidase occur on the outer apical membrane surface and are mediated by hydrogen peroxide.

Stimulation and inhibition

TPO is stimulated by TSH, which upregulates gene expression. It is inhibited by the thioamide drugs, such as propylthiouracil and methimazole.[5]

Clinical significance

Thyroid peroxidase is a frequent epitope of autoantibodies in autoimmune thyroid disease, with such antibodies being called anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPO antibodies). This is most commonly associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis). Thus, an antibody titer can be used to assess disease activity in patients that have developed such antibodies.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Ruf J, Carayon P (January 2006). "Structural and functional aspects of thyroid peroxidase". Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 445 (2): 269–77. doi:10.1016/j.abb.2005.06.023. PMID 16098474. 
  2. ^ Kimura S, Kotani T, McBride OW, Umeki K, Hirai K, Nakayama T, Ohtaki S (August 1987). "Human thyroid peroxidase: complete cDNA and protein sequence, chromosome mapping, and identification of two alternately spliced mRNAs". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 84 (16): 5555–9. doi:10.1073/pnas.84.16.5555. PMC 298901. PMID 3475693. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=3475693. 
  3. ^ Walter F., PhD. Boron (2003). Medical Physiology: A Cellular And Molecular Approaoch. Elsevier/Saunders. pp. 1300. ISBN 1-4160-2328-3. 
  4. ^ Kessler J, Obinger C, Eales G (July 2008). "Factors influencing the study of peroxidase-generated iodine species and implications for thyroglobulin synthesis". Thyroid 18 (7): 769–74. doi:10.1089/thy.2007.0310. PMID 18631006. 
  5. ^ Nagasaka A, Hidaka H (July 1976). "Effect of antithyroid agents 6-propyl-2-thiouracil and 1-mehtyl-2-mercaptoimidazole on human thyroid iodine peroxidase". J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 43 (1): 152–8. doi:10.1210/jcem-43-1-152. PMID 947933. 
  6. ^ McLachlan SM, Rapoport B (2000). "Autoimmune response to the thyroid in humans: thyroid peroxidase--the common autoantigenic denominator". Int. Rev. Immunol. 19 (6): 587–618. doi:10.3109/08830180009088514. PMID 11129117. 
  7. ^ Chardès T, Chapal N, Bresson D, Bès C, Giudicelli V, Lefranc MP, Péraldi-Roux S (June 2002). "The human anti-thyroid peroxidase autoantibody repertoire in Graves' and Hashimoto's autoimmune thyroid diseases". Immunogenetics 54 (3): 141–57. doi:10.1007/s00251-002-0453-9. PMID 12073143. 

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