Y Erbil, L Eroglu, W Forth, G Schmolke, B Elsenhans, K Schümann
{"title":"On the capacity of the rat intestine to excrete lithium ions at therapeutic and toxic plasma lithium concentrations.","authors":"Y Erbil, L Eroglu, W Forth, G Schmolke, B Elsenhans, K Schümann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lithium (Li) excretion into the intestinal lumen was quantitated in rats in situ by use of a pendular perfusion technique. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were injected daily (7-10 days) i.p. with 1, 3, and 6 mmol LiCl per kg body weight (n = 9-12). Jejunal as well as ileal and colonic segments were perfused with isotonic saline containing 3H-PEG-4000. Perfusate samples were taken after 0, 5, 10, 20, and 60 min. At the highest dose toxic symptoms were observed. At 6 mmol Li per kg the plasma Li concentrations were higher than those linearly extrapolated from the lower-dose groups, which may be due to inappropriate renal excretion. The Li concentration in the perfusate increased linearly over time and was not significantly different between jejunal and colonic segments. The same ratio between the Li concentration in the plasma and in the luminal perfusate was observed in all groups. Intestinal Li excretion is not impaired by high plasma concentrations. The intestinal capacity to excrete Li is considerable: 45 cm of jejunum is able to excrete the intire plasma Li content in 30-40 min, when Li is not resupplemented from intracellular stores. The renal clearance of lithium (Li) decreases when toxic Li plasma concentrations are reached. Therefore, if it were possible to trap Li in the intestinal lumen, this excretion route might be of therapeutic interest in cases of Li intoxication with impaired renal Li-excretion.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 2","pages":"95-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19210908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Selected papers of the 3rd ISTERH 92 and the 4th NTES on Trace Elements in Health and Disease. Stockholm, Sweden, May 24-29, 1992.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 2","pages":"105-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19099406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ischemic heart disease: nutrition or pharmacotherapy?","authors":"L M Klevay","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There are many diseases of unknown etiology. Increasingly vibrant, contemporary research is attempting to associate trace element metabolism with some of these illnesses. Because trace elements can produce profound effects on health via enzymes, hormones and messenger molecules, analytical assessment must be directed toward these chemicals as well as to the trace elements. Element analysis may be directed best toward specific cells, tissues and organs. Copper deficiency is associated with the etiology, pathogenesis and pathophysiology of ischemic heart disease via metabolic processes affecting cardiovascular health. Some drugs now used to treat heart disease affect copper metabolism but many other metabolic processes are unaffected by deficiency. It seems prudent to avoid diets containing amounts of copper that have been proved insufficient for people in controlled experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 2","pages":"63-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19209611","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Calcium uptake and ATPase activity of sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from control and selenium deficient lambs.","authors":"M J Tripp, P D Whanger, J A Schmitz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The calcium uptake and ATPase activity were studied using fragmented sarcoplasmic reticulum (FSR) vesicles from normal and selenium (vitamin E)--deficient lambs. The latter group was suffering from white muscle disease (WMD). The calcium uptake of FSR vesicles from muscle of WMD lambs was reduced 10-fold as compared to those from normal lambs. An inverse relationship was found with the calcium uptake ability of the FSR vesicles and the severity of WMD. ATPase activity was nonsignificantly lower in vesicles from WMD lambs. The most active FSR vesicles from both normal and WMD lambs banded at 27% when purified on linear sucrose density gradients. The number of protein bands appearing in acrylamide gels of the purified vesicles appeared to be directly proportional to the severity of WMD. The 75Se cosedimented with the calcium uptake and ATPase activity when FSR vesicles from a lamb injected with 75Se-selenite were subjected to linear sucrose density gradient centrifugation, suggesting that selenium is incorporated into these vesicles. Injection of selenium into WMD lambs resulted in significantly greater calcium uptake activity in vesicles 18 and 38 days later as compared with untreated WMD lambs. Injection of selenium in WMD lambs resulted in a marked decrease in plasma CPK activity and a significant increase of glutathione peroxidase activity in the blood.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 2","pages":"75-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19210905","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors that influence the distribution of trace element-containing chemical species in living systems before and after sample collection.","authors":"P H Gardiner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The identification and characterisation of the various species of a trace element in a system could provide important clues as to its biochemical role(s). In order that the results of experiments reflect the true situation in the system under study at the time the sample was taken, chemical and physical changes that can affect the distribution profile of a given element have to be understood and controlled. A number of factors that can influence the nature and form of chemical species before, during and after sampling of biological systems have been identified and discussed. Precautions that could help in limiting such changes are recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of flow injection analysis in trace element determination of body fluids.","authors":"J L Burguera, M Burguera","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The principle of flow injections analysis (FIA) is briefly described, along with some of its advantages for analytical measurements. A review of the development, current status and application of FIA coupled with optical or electrochemical techniques for the determination of various elements in body fluids is presented. Further, the analytical potential of FIA for the determination of elements in biological materials is then summarized and trends in the methodology are given brief consideration.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"9-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in serum thyroid hormone levels and urinary ketone body excretion caused by a low selenium diet or silver loading in rats.","authors":"M Yoshida","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biochemical indices of selenium (Se) deficiency (tissue Se content and glutathione peroxidase activity, serum thyroid hormone level, and urinary ketone bodies during fasting) were measured in rats fed a low-Se diet or rats loaded with silver (Ag). One group of male weanling Wistar rats was fed a casein-based low-Se basal diet (Se content, 0.027 mg/kg). Other groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with sodium selenite (0.2 mg/kg of Se), or silver acetate (250 mg/kg of Ag), or both for 6 weeks. Without silver loading, hepatic and blood Se contents and GSH-Px activities were much lower in the rats fed the basal diet than in the rats fed the selenite-supplemented diet. The Ag loading decreased the Se contents and GSH-Px activities irrespective of dietary Se level. There were significantly higher serum thyroxine (T4) concentrations in rats fed the low-Se diet and in Ag-loaded rats than in rats fed the selenite-supplemented diet without added Ag. Differences in serum 3'-, 5, 3-triiodothyronine (T3) concentration were not significant among the 4 groups. Urinary ketone body excretion was abnormally high in rats fed the basal low-Se diet, but Ag-loading decreased the ketone body excretion; ketone body metabolism in the Ag-induced low-Se state was different from that in the diet-induced low-Se state.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Zinc absorption in experimental osmotic diarrhea: effect of long-chain fatty acids.","authors":"S Y Lee, R A Wapnir","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of free fatty acids on zinc absorption was studied in a rat model of chronic osmotic diarrhea induced with magnesium citrate and phenolphthalein. In vivo rates of zinc removal from the lumen and analysis of tissue for zinc uptake and metallothionein alterations were monitored. One mmol/L stearate enhanced zinc absorption in rats with or without diarrhea, from 207 +/- 22 and 353 +/- 13 pmol/min x cm to 676 +/- 34 and 610 +/- 26 pmol/min x cm, respectively. Palmitate was only effective in normal rats. Zinc absorption inversely correlated with mucosal zinc content in the perfused intestinal segments, in both type of rats. Hepatic metallothionein was enhanced by zinc and even more by oleate plus zinc in both groups; kidney metallothionein in animals with diarrhea was normalized by either oleate or zinc. The data support previous reports on the effect of long-chain fatty acids on the enhancement of zinc absorption: saturation and a longer chain appear to be positive factors. A membrane modification role of long-chain fatty acids could have nutritional implications in the formulation of special diets.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"41-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K Terwolbeck, D Behne, H Meinhold, H Menzel, I Lombeck
{"title":"Increased plasma T4-levels in children with low selenium state due to reduced type I iodothyronine 5'deiodinase activity?","authors":"K Terwolbeck, D Behne, H Meinhold, H Menzel, I Lombeck","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"53-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Favier, P Faure, A M Roussel, C Coudray, D Blache, A Favier
{"title":"Zinc deficiency and dietary folate metabolism in pregnant rats.","authors":"M Favier, P Faure, A M Roussel, C Coudray, D Blache, A Favier","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Five groups of pregnant Wistar rats (zinc-deficient diet without folate supplementation; folinic acid, folate monoglutamate, folate polyglutamate-supplemented groups receiving zinc-deficient diet; pair-fed groups as controls) were fed from day one of fertilization with a semisynthetic zinc-deficient diet containing 0.2 mg/kg of Zn in the diet for the 4 deficient groups and 100 mg/kg for the pair-fed group. After 20 days, the zinc status (plasma, liver, femoral bone) was significantly decreased in the zinc-deficient groups. The liver and plasma folate levels were lower in the zinc-deficient groups compared to the pair-fed group. Moreover, the folinic acid and the polyglutamate folate supplementations (100 mg/kg diet) did not normalize the folate status of the animals. Only the supplementation with folate monoglutamate led to correct folate levels in the pregnant rats. Nevertheless, no form of folate supplementation prevented fetal growth retardation in any of the zinc-deficient groups. These results indicate that zinc deficiency in pregnant rats decreases folate bioavailability of folinic acid, folate polyglutamates and, to a lesser extent, that of folate monoglutamate. However, no form of folate supplementation (i.e., folate monoglutamate) prevents fetal growth defect and the incidence of malformation in zinc-deficient rats.</p>","PeriodicalId":77233,"journal":{"name":"Journal of trace elements and electrolytes in health and disease","volume":"7 1","pages":"19-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"19384932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}