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Vitamin-A-dependent zinc-binding protein and intestinal absorption of Zn in chicks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Nadezhda I. Berzin
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Salaspils, Latvian SSR, 229021, USSR
Victoria K. Bauman
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, Salaspils, Latvian SSR, 229021, USSR
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1. It was demonstrated that the development of experimental avitaminosis A in chicks led to secondary zinc deficiency. The balance of Zn in the chick became negative, while the Zn content of various tissues decreased. Thus in vitamin-A-deficient chicks the serum Zn content was 1258 (SD 26.3) μg/l which was considerably lower than 1652 (SD 97.8) μg/l in controls.

2. Zn absorption was considerably reduced throughout the entire small intestine of vitamin-A-deficient chicks and most markedly in the ileal region. Within 72 h after retinyl acetate administration Zn absorption was fully restored in this region of the intestine.

3. The 65Zn-binding capacity of soluble proteins, present in the supernatant fraction of ileal-mucosa homogenates of vitamin-A-deficient chicks, was found to increase 2.6 times by 72 h after the administration of a single dose of retinyl acetate.

4. A vitamin-A-dependent Zn-binding protein (ZnBP), absent in vitamin-A-deficient chicks, was isolated from the ileal mucosa after their repletion with vitamin A. Competitive-binding studies (calcium, cadmium, copper) showed the protein to be highly specific for Zn ions.

5. The molecular weight of ZnBP wa5 83 kDa. The association constant of the protein-Zn complex was 0.8 x 106/mol. The protein was acidic with approximately 20% of its amino acid residues belonging to dicarboxylic acids. ZnBP was found to be a glycoprotein, and it contained hexose as a carbohydrate component.

6. It is suggested that ZnBP is involved in the binding of Zn in the ileal mucosa of chicks.

Type
Papers on General Nutrition
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1987

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