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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1981-8-10
pubmed:abstractText
Copper deficient and control rats were pair-fed from weaning a milk-based diet. Each animal received 25 mg of iron parenterally. After 6 weeks of dietary manipulations the animals were killed. As expected, rats fed the copper-deficient diet were anemic. Copper-dependent enzyme activities and copper content of plasma and liver confirmed that copper deficiency was present in these rats. Hepatic microsomal cytochrome P-450 specific contents were similar in control and copper-deficient animals in the uninduced state and following induction of cytochrome P-450 by treatment with phenobarbital. However, microsomal heme oxygenase was increased in copper-deficient animals compared with controls whether they were treated with phenobarbital or not. No differences were observed in splenic microsomal heme oxygenase between dietary groups. These studies suggest that hepatic heme catabolism is enhanced in copper deficiency. The explanation for this enhancement may be related to increased hepatic iron accumulation in copper-deficient animals or to the associated defect of selenium metabolism in copper deficiency.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-3166
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
111
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
979-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Hepatic cytochrome P-450 and microsomal heme oxygenase in copper-deficient rats.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.