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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
Copper (Cu) accumulating bound to metallothionein (MT) in the liver of LEC (Long-Evans with cinnamon-like coat color) rats due to a hereditary metabolic disorder is assumed to lead to acute hepatitis with severe jaundice. The metal was shown to be present in the liver in a form not bound to MT at the beginning of hepatitis after first delivery and lactation. Following this change in the distribution of Cu from MT-bound to non-MT bound form in the liver, changes in the concentrations and distributions of Cu, zinc (Zn) and iron in the plasma and kidneys of LEC rats were also observed. Cu plasma distribution on a gel filtration column by HPLC-ICP revealed that the holo-form of ceruloplasmin (Cp) was present before hepatitis and increased with its development, indicating the availability of Cu for Cp by hepatitis. Cu-binding proteins migrating at the same retention times as those of hepatic Cu-MT and Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) were detected in plasma during hepatitis. Albumin was largely present in the form of nonmercaptoalbumin, reflecting that the bloodstream was under oxidative stress. A sudden increase in the concentration of Cu in the kidneys occurred with hepatitis, and the metal came to be distributed more to high molecular weight proteins with its development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0034-5164
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Changes in copper distribution in the plasma and kidneys of LEC rats following acute hepatitis.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't