DEVELOPMENT OF BILIRUBIN TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM IN NEWBORN RHESUS-MONKEY
DEVELOPMENT OF BILIRUBIN TRANSPORT AND METABOLISM IN NEWBORN RHESUS-MONKEY
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3476(77)80360-0
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
ZARAFU, I
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作者:
GARTNER, LM;LEE, KS;ZARAFU, I
Hepatic transport and metabolism of bilirubin were examined in term, premature and postmature newborn Macaca mulatta (rhesus) monkeys with and without prior phenobarbital treatment of pregnant mother and neonate. In untreated neonates a biphasic pattern of physiologic unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia was observed. Phase I was characterized by a rapid increase in serum bilirubin concentration to 4.5 mg/dl by 19 h and an equally rapid decline to 1.0 mg/dl by 48 h of age. Phase II was characterized by a stable elevation at 1.0 mg/dl (4 times greater than in the adult) from 48-96 h of age, followed by a decline to normal adult concentrations thereafter. An identical pattern was observed in 29 normal, term human neonates, but the duration of each phase was approximately 3 times as long as that in the monkey. Phase I hyperbilirubinemia appears to result from a 6-fold increase in bilirubin load presented to the liver in the neonatal period, combined with marked deficiency in hepatic bilirubin conjugation, the rate-limiting step during Phase I. Hepatic uptake of bilirubin is not rate limiting during Phase I but may contribute to Phase II hyperbilirubinemia. An increased bilirubin load persists throughout the first 19 days of life in the monkey. Phase I physiologic jaundice in the monkey neonate was completely eliminated by prenatal maternal and neonatal administration of phenobarbital. A 3-fold enhancement of hepatic conjugation of bilirubin (glucuronyl transferase activity) during Phase I entirely accounted for the prevention of hyperbilirubinemia. The bilirubin load was unaffected by administration of phenobarbital. Whereas in control neonates the bilirubin load slightly exceeded hepatic bilirubin conjugating capacity and resulted in retention of bilirubin, in phenobarbital-treated neonates, hepatic conjugating capacity slightly exceeded that required for the bilirubin load. Administration of phenobarbital failed to alter Phase II hyperbilirubinemia and did not enhance either maximal hepatic uptake or excretion of bilirubin. Hepatic glucuronyl transferase activity was increased 3-fold during Phase II and during the remainder of the neonatal period. Premature birth retarded maturation of hepatic glucuronyl transferase activity. In 1 phenobarbital-treated premature monkey neonate, there was no apparent response to treatment. Accelerated maturation of bilirubin uptake, conjugation and excretion of bilirubin was observed in 1 postmature monkey neonate.