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- Title
Bioinorganic Chemistry in Thyroid Gland: Effect of Antithyroid Drugs on Peroxidase-Catalyzed Oxidation and Iodination Reactions.
- Authors
Roy, Gouriprasanna; Mugesh, G.
- Abstract
Propylthiouracil (PTU) and methimazole (MMI) are the most commonly used antithyroid drugs. The available data suggest that these drugs may block the thyroid hormone synthesis by inhibiting the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) or diverting oxidized iodides away from thyroglobulin. It is also known that PTU inhibits the selenocysteine-containing enzyme ID-1 by reacting with the selenenyl iodide intermediate (E-SeI). In view of the current interest in antithyroid drugs, we have recently carried out biomimetic studies to understand the mechanism by which the antithyroid drugs inhibit the thyroid hormone synthesis and found that the replacement of sulfur with selenium in MMI leads to an interesting compound that may reversibly block the thyroid hormone synthesis. Our recent results on the inhibition of lactoperoxidase (LPO)-catalyzed oxidation and iodination reactions by antithyroid drugs are described.
- Subjects
THYROID antagonists; THYROID gland; BIOINORGANIC chemistry; CHEMICAL reactions; OXIDATION; THYROGLOBULIN
- Publication
Bioinorganic Chemistry & Applications, 2006, p1
- ISSN
1565-3633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1155/BCA/2006/23214