Comparative study of protoporphyrins in erythropoietic protoporphyria and griseofulvin-induced murine protoporphyria. Binding affinities, distribution, and fluorescence spectra in various blood fractions.
Comparative study of protoporphyrins in erythropoietic protoporphyria and griseofulvin-induced murine protoporphyria. Binding affinities, distribution, and fluorescence spectra in various blood fractions.
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原卟啉在红细胞生成性原卟啉症和灰黄霉素诱导的小鼠原卟啉症中的比较研究。
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10.1172/jci108787
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1977
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A. Lamola
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M. Poh;A. Lamola
Excess erythrocyte protoporphyrins of human congenital erythropoietic protoporphyria and of griseofulvin-induced murine hepatic protoporphyria were found to be associated with hemoglobin and stroma fractions in similar relationships. More than 99.5% of total erythrocyte protoporphyrin was bound to hemoglobin in each case. However, profound differences were found when protoporphyrin concentration was measured in erythrocytes that had been segregated into populations of progressive age on discontinuous density gradients. In erythropoietic protoporphyria, porphyrin content diminished rapidly with age; in murine protoporphyria, the aging erythrocyte populations became progressively more porphyrin rich. In vitro diffusion of protoporphyrin from plasma across the intact erythrocyte membrane was demonstrated. The equimolar binding affinity of protoporphyrin to hemoglobin was shown to be 40 times that of protoporphyrin to serum albumin. This strong affinity provides the driving force for the observed transmembrane diffusion, and explains the high erythrocyte/plasma porphyrin ratio in murine hepatic protoporphyria. The opposite rapid efflux of intra-erythrocytic protoporphyrin into plasma previously shown in uncomplicated erythropoietic protoporphyria occurs despite this strong hemoglobin affinity, implying continuous efficient clearance of protoporphyrin from plasma by the liver. Furthermore, these and other data suggest that a hepatic synthetic source for any significant fraction of the blood protoporphyrin in erythropoietic protoporphyria is highly improbable.