Defective Organification of Iodide Causing Hereditary Goitrous Hypothyroidism
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in Thyroid®
- Vol. 3 (2) , 143-159
- https://doi.org/10.1089/thy.1993.3.143
Abstract
We present a survey of the current state of knowledge about the prevalence of the syndrome involved in defective organification of iodide, and the mechanism of iodination and coupling catalyzed by the thyroid peroxidase (TPO) enzyme. A brief summary of the recent developments in molecular cloning of TPO and regulation of TPO gene expression is also included. Methods for purification of the enzyme and details about the assessment of TPO activity in tissue are briefly explained. The classification of defective organification of iodide is primarily based on the site of the biochemical defect, being quantitative (TPO absent) or qualitative (TPO structure, localization or apoenzyme are defectives). The presence of TPO inhibitors is also briefly described. The rare possibility of an absent source of peroxide (H202) causing defective iodide organification is discussed. Analysis of the 118 reported cases shows that the biochemical classification covers a spectrum of abnormalities and it is likely that further molecular biology studies will increase this heterogeneity as well as refining it. Genetic studies have suggested linkage between the TPO gene polymorphisms and the iodide organification defect and can be of importance for carrier detection and prenatal diagnosis. Neonatal screening for hypothyroidism is likely to expand the number of cases available for DNA analysis and possibly the molecular diagnosis. The importance of the mutations that would affect the histidine (His) residues in the translated protein was recently documented by the finding of a deletion removing part of exon 9 and thus also deleting a proximal His residue. The resulting TPO enzyme was inactive for iodide organification and coupling reaction. It is hoped that in time we will be able to expand our knowledge of the molecular diagnosis of the inborn errors of iodide organification.Keywords
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