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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1976-7-6
pubmed:abstractText
It is useful to differentiate between saturated folate binders in serum (carrying endogenous folate) and unsaturated binders (investigated in the present study). These two groups of binders need not necessarily be chemically identical and the unsaturated binder may even be an in vitro artifact, especially when measured with non-physiological folates. Macromolecular binding of radio-active N-5-methyl tetrahydrofolic acid (CH3H4PteGlu) and/or folic acid (PteGlu) by human serum and urine was assessed by means of exhaustive saline dialysis, haemoglobin-coated charcoal adsorption, column chromatography with DEAE-Sephadex A-50, and sucrose gradient analysis. Binding was found to be minimal or absent. Charcoal adsorption showed a mean serum binding capacity of 0 mug/1. for PteGlu and 0.58 mug/1. for CH3H4PteGlu. In pregnancy the mean serum values were 0.23 mug/1. for PteGlu, 0.66 mjg/1. for CH3H4PteGlu, and with folate deficiency 0.30 mug/1. for PteGlu, 0.49 mug/1. for CH3H4PteGlu. Mean urinary folate binding was minimal (less than 0.5 mug/1.), and red cell haemolysate similarly revealed very low binding on exhaustive dialysis. Column chromatography showed that tracer doses of [14C]PteGlu added to serum migrated distally to the protein zone; [14C]CH3H4PteGlu similarly showed no evidence of protein binding. On a sucrose gradient [14C]PteGlu also separated clear of the protein zone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0007-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1976
pubmed:articleTitle
In vitro binding of folates by body fluids.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article