Transferrin glycans: a possible link between alcoholism and hepatic siderosis.
Transferrin glycans: a possible link between alcoholism and hepatic siderosis.
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转铁蛋白聚糖:酗酒和肝铁质沉着症之间可能存在的联系。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1984.tb05513.x
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发表时间:
1984
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M. Debanne
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作者:
E. Regoeczi;P. Chindemi;M. Debanne
The hepatic uptake of 59Fe from diferric rat and rabbit asialotransferrins and from human transferrin lacking two sialyl residues was investigated in rats in experiments lasting for 1 hr. The 59Fe attached to either of these preparations disappeared from the plasma more rapidly than the 59Fe introduced with the unmodified respective parent proteins. Most of the 59Fe activity that had disappeared from the circulation could be recovered with the liver. Studies with double-labeled (125I, 59Fe) preparations showed that the enhanced 59Fe clearance was not associated with increased catabolism of the modified transferrins. Prolonged, heavy alcohol consumption, as shown by others, results in the appearance of sialic acid-deficient transferrin (two residues missing) in human serum. We suggest that the increased capacity of transferrin deficient in sialic acid to selectively deposit iron in the hepatocyte may be of significance for the development of the hepatic siderosis observed in alcoholism.