The Placenta as a Compensatory Iodine Storage Organ
The Placenta as a Compensatory Iodine Storage Organ
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DOI:
10.1089/thy.2010.0203
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发表时间:
2011-05-01
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影响因子:
6.6
通讯作者:
Smyth, Peter P. A.
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作者:
Burns, Robert;O'Herlihy, Colm;Smyth, Peter P. A.
Background: The production of iodine-containing thyroid hormones necessary for brain development in the fetus depends not only on maternal dietary intake but also on placental iodine transport. The optimum level of iodine nutrition during pregnancy and the proportion of the pregnant population reaching this level have previously been evaluated. Little information exists on the ability of the placenta to either accumulate or store iodine. This study aims to investigate iodine uptake and tissue iodine content within placental tissue obtained from women delivering at term.Methods: Samples (similar to 1 cm(3)) obtained from placental cotyledons (n = 19), thyroid (n = 4), and uterine myometrial (n = 4) tissue were incubated for 6 hours with (125)I in the presence and absence of potassium perchlorate. To account for variation in tissue composition, results were expressed in cpm (125)I/mu g DNA.Results: Placental uptake of (125)I (375 cpm/mu g DNA) was significantly higher than that of control myometrial tissue (226 cpm/mu g DNA) (p