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The Distribution of Soluble Copper- and Zinc-Binding Proteins in Liver and Kidney of Chronic Copper-Poisoned Goats

Fordelingen αν løslige kobber- og sinkbindende proteiner i lever og nyre fra kronisk kobberforgiftede geiter

Abstract

The distribution of copper and zinc among the soluble proteins in the liver and kidney from chronic copper-poisoned goats was examined after gel filtration of the proteins. The concentrations of copper in the liver and kidney cortex from five experimentally copper-poisoned goats were: 550–810 µg/g liver and 190–420 µg/g kidney cortex (wet weight). In general the copper-binding proteins from, both the liver and kidney samples were separated into two different fractions with approximate molecular weights (m.w.) of > 65,000 and 10,000, respectively. From the liver samples, varying amounts of copper were eluted in a fourth fraction with m.w. < 2,000. In the majority of kidney samples the dominating copper-binding protein fraction was the high molecular weight fraction. Absolute amounts of copper recovered in the metallothionein-like protein fraction were nearly the samt for all samples investigated. The distribution of zinc-binding proteins in both liver and kidney samples was nearly the same. The high molecular weight fraction dominated, and no zinc was bound to metallothionein-like proteins.

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Fordelingen av kobber og sink blandt de løslige proteiner i lever og nyre fra kronisk kobberforgiftede geiter ble undersøkt ved hjelp av gelfiltrering. Konsentrasjonen av kobber i lever og nyre fra de 5 eksperimentelt kobberforgiftede geitene var henholdsvis 550–810 og 190–420 μg/g vtvekt. Nyrekonsentrasjonen av kobber var signifikant høyere enn hos sau død av kronisk kobberforgiftning. De kobberbindende proteinene fra både lever og nyre ble hovedsakelig separert i 2 fraksjoner med en tilnærmet molekylvekt på henholdsvis > 65.000 og 10.000. I lever ble det også påvist varierende mengder kobber i en fjerde fraksjon med molekylvekt mindre enn 2.000. Fordelingen av de sinkbindende proteinene fra lever og nyre var nær like. Mesteparten av sinken ble funnet i den høymolekylære fraksjonen, mens det ikke ble påvist noe sink i den lavmolekylære metallothionein-lignende fraksjonen. I nyrene fra 4 av dyrene dominerte den høymolekylære kobberbindende fraksjonen. Absoluttmengden av kobber i den metallothionein-lignende fraksjonen i nyre var nær den samme i alle geitene.

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Mjør-Grimsrud, M., Søli, N.E. & Norheim, G. The Distribution of Soluble Copper- and Zinc-Binding Proteins in Liver and Kidney of Chronic Copper-Poisoned Goats. Acta Vet Scand 21, 578–586 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03546845

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