Bremner I, Mehra R K, Morrison J N, Wood A M
Biochem J. 1986 May 1;235(3):735-9. doi: 10.1042/bj2350735.
The appearance and excretion of metallothionein-I (MT-I) was studied in rats given a diet containing 1000 mg of Cu/kg for several weeks. No significant increase in MT-I concentrations in liver, plasma or bile was detected in rats with liver copper concentrations less than 600 micrograms of Cu/g fresh wt. Above this concentration, liver MT-I concentrations increased in proportion to the increase in hepatic copper content. Plasma and bile MT-I concentrations were directly related to those in the liver and were about 10 times those in normal rats. Urinary MT-I concentration also increased 10-fold within 1 week. Fractionation of bile and urine on Sephadex G-50 revealed the presence of monomeric MT-I and a range of possible degradation products of the isoprotein.
研究了给大鼠喂食含1000毫克铜/千克的饲料数周后金属硫蛋白-I(MT-I)的出现和排泄情况。肝脏铜浓度低于600微克铜/克鲜重的大鼠,其肝脏、血浆或胆汁中的MT-I浓度未检测到显著增加。高于此浓度时,肝脏MT-I浓度随肝脏铜含量的增加而成比例增加。血浆和胆汁中的MT-I浓度与肝脏中的浓度直接相关,约为正常大鼠的10倍。尿MT-I浓度在1周内也增加了10倍。用葡聚糖凝胶G-50对胆汁和尿液进行分级分离,发现存在单体MT-I和一系列该同工蛋白可能的降解产物。