Faecal suspensions from healthy humans, conventional (CV), germ-free (GF) and intestine-decontaminated (ID) rats were tested for the in vitro hydrolysis of 125I-labelled iodothyronine sulphates and 3,3',5-triiodothyronine glucuronide (T3G). Whereas 20-fold diluted human and CV rat faecal suspensions hydrolyzed up to 90% of the sulphates, no hydrolysis was observed in 5 times diluted faecal suspensions of GF and ID rats. These results add further weight to the assumption that intestinal iodothyronine sulphatase activity is of bacterial origin. Twenty times diluted human and CV rat faecal suspensions hydrolyzed approximately 80% of the T3G. In the 5 times diluted faecal suspensions of GF and ID rats up to 15% hydrolysis of T3G was still observed. It was concluded that the major part of the gastrointestinal iodothyronine glucuronidase activity is produced by bacteria. The remaining activity presumably originates from gastrointestinal mucosal cells.
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