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Kultima K, Nyström AM, Scholz B, Gustafson AL, Dencker L, Stigson M. Valproic acid teratogenicity: a toxicogenomics approach. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2004; 112:1225-1235. [PMID: 15345369 PMCID: PMC1277116 DOI: 10.1289/txg.7034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Embryonic development is a highly coordinated set of processes that depend on hierarchies of signaling and gene regulatory networks, and the disruption of such networks may underlie many cases of chemically induced birth defects. The antiepileptic drug valproic acid (VPA) is a potent inducer of neural tube defects (NTDs) in human and mouse embryos. As with many other developmental toxicants however, the mechanism of VPA teratogenicity is unknown. Using microarray analysis, we compared the global gene expression responses to VPA in mouse embryos during the critical stages of teratogen action in vivo with those in cultured P19 embryocarcinoma cells in vitro. Among the identified VPA-responsive genes, some have been associated previously with NTDs or VPA effects [vinculin, metallothioneins 1 and 2 (Mt1, Mt2), keratin 1-18 (Krt1-18)], whereas others provide novel putative VPA targets, some of which are associated with processes relevant to neural tube formation and closure [transgelin 2 (Tagln2), thyroid hormone receptor interacting protein 6, galectin-1 (Lgals1), inhibitor of DNA binding 1 (Idb1), fatty acid synthase (Fasn), annexins A5 and A11 (Anxa5, Anxa11)], or with VPA effects or known molecular actions of VPA (Lgals1, Mt1, Mt2, Id1, Fasn, Anxa5, Anxa11, Krt1-18). A subset of genes with a transcriptional response to VPA that is similar in embryos and the cell model can be evaluated as potential biomarkers for VPA-induced teratogenicity that could be exploited directly in P19 cell-based in vitro assays. As several of the identified genes may be activated or repressed through a pathway of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibition and specificity protein 1 activation, our data support a role of HDAC as an important molecular target of VPA action in vivo.
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- Kim Kultima
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Toxicology, The Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Kondoh M, Kamada K, Kuronaga M, Higashimoto M, Takiguchi M, Watanabe Y, Sato M. Antioxidant property of metallothionein in fasted mice. Toxicol Lett 2003; 143:301-6. [PMID: 12849690 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(03)00195-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Metallothionein (MT) is a low-molecular-weight and sulfur-rich protein that is induced by not only heavy metals but also physiological stresses such as fasting and restraint stresses. Although MT plays a role as a radical scavenger and a regulator of metabolism of metals, the biological function of MT induced by fasting stress has not been elucidated. In this study, we investigated the antioxidative role of MT in fasted mice. In fasted mice, the lipid peroxidation level of the liver was elevated by 24-h fasting stress, and pre-induction of hepatic MT by Zn diminished hepatic lipid peroxidation. Although 24-h fasting stress induced MT synthesis in the liver, other antioxidants such as catalase, manganese-superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD), and glutathione peroxidase (GSHPx) were not activated in the liver. Moreover, the hepatic MT level was still elevated by fasting stress after seven cycles of repetition of alternate fasting and feeding every 24 h, but the activities of catalase, Mn-SOD and GSHPx were unchanged. These results indicate that MT induced by fasting stress plays partly as an antioxidant.
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- M Kondoh
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Tokushima, Japan
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Kondoh M, Imada N, Kamada K, Tsukahara R, Higashimoto M, Takiguchi M, Watanabe Y, Sato M. Property of metallothionein as a Zn pool differs depending on the induced condition of metallothionein. Toxicol Lett 2003; 142:11-8. [PMID: 12765234 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4274(02)00470-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Metallothionein (MT) is a low-molecular-weight, cysteine-rich, heavy metal-binding protein with several putative physiological functions as a radical scavenger and a regulator of metabolism of Zn. Although the induction of hepatic MT by a wide range of stressors is a well-known phenomenon, little is known about the role of MT in stressful situations. Since MT regulates Zn metabolism, we investigated the differences between affinities of MT for Zn in various stressful conditions in this study. Divalent cadmium ions are capable of displacement of Zn from MT in vitro. Therefore, we assayed the binding of Zn to MT induced by various stimuli using in vivo administration of Cd. MT was induced by paraquat (PQ), a reactive oxygen generator, fasting stress and restraint stress. Apo-MT induced by them bound to Zn in vivo. Zn, which bound to MT induced by PQ, was displaced by the administration of Cd. However, Zn that had bound to MT induced by fasting stress and restraint stress was not displaced by Cd. Moreover, we assessed the in vivo affinity of Zn to MT induced by fasting stress under the condition of subchronic Cd exposure. Cd was administered to mice by subcutaneously implanted Alzet osmotic minipumps, which released constant amounts of Cd over a 14-day period. After 4 days, mice were fasted for 24 h and hepatic MT was examined. Interestingly, it was found that Zn had displaced Cd bound to MT. These findings indicate that the affinity of MT for Zn differs depending on the stimulus by which MT was induced. This is the first report on differences in the properties of MT depending on the stimulus used to induce MT.
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- M Kondoh
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, 180 Yamashiro-cho, Tokushima 770-8514, Japan
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Molotkov A, Nishimura N, Satoh M, Tohyama C. Role of IL-6 in the induction of hepatic metallothionein in mice after partial hepatectomy. Life Sci 2000; 66:963-70. [PMID: 10724443 DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3205(99)00661-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Metallothioneins (MT) are induced upon partial hepatectomy (PH), possibly mediated by various cytokines. In the present study, we studied cytokine-dependent MT synthesis in partially hepatectomized IL-6 gene knock-out (GKO) mice in the remaining lobe of the liver. We focused on IL-6, TNFalpha and IL-1beta, the major cytokines thought to be involved in MT synthesis. The IL-6 GKO mice and B6J129Sv (wild-type control) mice were subjected to 70% PH or laparotomy. We found that MT was significantly decreased in IL-6 GKO mice, although PH induced hepatic MT in both strains of mice. Laparotomy induced MT in the liver of wild-type mice but not in IL-6 GKO mice. Pretreatment of IL-6 GKO mice with rIL-6 (5 microg/mouse) restored hepatic MT synthesis. Serum IL-6 level in wild-type mice was maximal at 6 h after surgery and decreased thereafter. Serum IL-1beta was the same in both strains of mice. Serum TNFalpha basal level in IL-6 GKO mice was higher than in wild-type mice. PH caused an increase in serum TNFalpha level in both strains of mice, and it was two times higher in IL-6 GKO mice than in wild-type mice at 18 h after surgery. We conclude that IL-6 plays a predominant role in hepatic MT synthesis after PH, but that IL-6 GKO mice still reserve the capacity to synthesize MT by an as yet unidentified mechanism.
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- A Molotkov
- Environmental Health Sciences Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Brambila E, Muñoz-Sánchez JL, Albores A, Waalkes M. Early effects of surgery on zinc and metallothionein levels in female rats. Biol Trace Elem Res 1999; 70:173-82. [PMID: 10535526 DOI: 10.1007/bf02783858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Time-response effects of experimental surgery on zinc (Zn) and metallothionein (MT) homeostasis were investigated in female rats up to 24 h. Hepatic Zn content increased at 20 and 24 h postsurgery, whereas serum Zn levels decreased. Hepatic MT increased significantly by 9 h postsurgery and peaked at up to twofold of control at 12 h after surgery. Following the peak at 12 h, hepatic MT content decreased with time but did not reach control levels at the end of this study. When MT isoforms were evaluated, MT-II levels were elevated to the highest extent by 12 h after surgery, whereas MT-I levels started to decrease after 3 h postsurgery but then increased by 20 h. The early increases in MT content are probably mediated by nonmetallic mediators released during the postsurgical inflammatory process, favoring the plasma/tissue mobilization of Zn. This process might be part of the overall mechanisms occurring in the inflammation.
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- E Brambila
- Laboratorio de Investigaciones Químico Clínicas de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México
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Arora V, Iversen PL, Ebadi M. Manipulation of metallothionein expression in the regenerating rat liver using antisense oligonucleotides. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 246:711-8. [PMID: 9618277 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.8612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Metallothioneins (MTs) are low molecular weight, zinc-binding proteins that by activating zinc metalloenzymes participate in the regulation of growth and development. The present study was designed to examine the roles of MTs in cell proliferation using an in vivo model of liver regeneration following partial hepatectomy (PH) in rats. The levels of MT-I and MT-II were studied with respect to regulation of proliferative potential, cell cycle checkpoint activity, and oxidative stress in the rat PH model. We synthesized a 17-mer antisense phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotide (S-ODN), named aMT, complimentary to the start site of the MT-I mRNA sequence and an appropriate control. Both S-ODNs were administered intraperitoneally at the dose of 5 mg/kg following 70% PH. MT became induced 57.4 +/- 9.8-fold following PH and the said effect became attenuated dramatically following administration of aMT. In addition, PH rats treated with aMT exhibited decreased rate of liver regeneration as measured by expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and elevated cell cycle checkpoint activity as determined by expression of p53. The results of these studies suggest that MT isoforms with their high thiol contents do play an important role in cellular functions and especially during stressful states induced by a broad range of mediators generating free radicals.
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- V Arora
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha 68198-6260, USA
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Level of fructose and glucose during pregnancy alter maternal and fetal trace element status in rats at term. Nutr Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0271-5317(97)00147-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Hernandez J, Giralt M, Belloso E, Rebollo DV, Romero B, Hidalgo J. Interactions between metallothionein inducers in rat liver and primary cultures of rat hepatocytes. Chem Biol Interact 1996; 100:27-40. [PMID: 8599853 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(95)03683-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The interaction of Zn, stress and endotoxin on liver metallothionein (MT) regulation has been studied in the rat. Zn, stress and endotoxin increased liver MT levels significantly, by 12-, 5- and 8-fold, respectively. The previous administration of Zn to stress or endotoxin treatments increased MT levels by 35- and 42-fold, respectively, indicating a synergistic effect in both cases. In contrast, when liver MT was preinduced by stress, MT levels were further increased by endotoxin only in an additive manner. In another experiment where liver MT induction by stress was studied in control rats and in rats with preinduced MT by Zn, endotoxin or stress, it was found that Zn pretreated animals had higher MT-I mRNA levels than endotoxin- or stress-pretreated ones. No synergisms between dexamethasone, Zn, TNF and IFN were observed in primary culture of hepatocytes. These results suggest that the observed synergisms between Zn and other MT inducers in vivo in the liver is a consequence of increased Zn levels in the body and mobilization capacity, with concomitant MT synthesis.
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- J Hernandez
- Departmento de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Falcultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Gasull T, Giralt M, Garcia A, Hidalgo J. Regulation of metallothionein-I+II levels in specific brain areas and liver in the rat: role of catecholamines. Glia 1994; 12:135-43. [PMID: 7868187 DOI: 10.1002/glia.440120207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The role of the catecholamines noradrenaline, adrenaline and dopamine on metallothionein (MT) levels of specific areas of the rat brain has been studied. MT-I or MT-I + II levels were measured by radioimmunoassay using specific antibodies that cross-react only slightly with human MT-III (growth inhibitory factor, GIF). The inhibition of tyrosine hydroxylase with alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine (MPT), which depletes brain dopamine, noradrenaline, and adrenaline, increased MT levels in all brain areas studied (frontal cortex, cortex, medulla oblongata plus pons, midbrain, striatum, hippocampus, hypothalamus, and cerebellum) when considering the results of two separate experiments. The alpha- and beta-receptor blockers, phentolamine, and propranolol, alone or together, did not increase brain MT levels in any area of the brain, suggesting that the effect of MPT in vivo is related to inhibition of the synthesis of dopamine rather than of noradrenaline and adrenaline. Dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin increased MT-I levels in primary cultures of neurons, whereas decreased them in astrocyte-enriched primary cultures. Since MT-I levels are about ten times higher in astrocytes than in neurons, the increased brain MT levels induced by MPT may reflect the suppression of the normal inhibitory effect of dopamine on astrocyte MT levels. The increase in MT concentrations induced in most parts of the brain by immobilization stress was not prevented by MPT, phentolamine, or propranolol, suggesting that it was not mediated by the central monoamines.
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- T Gasull
- Departamento de Biologia Celular y Fisiologia, Universidad Autóma de Barcelona, Spain
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Giralt M, Armario A, Hidalgo J. Chronic stress reduces serum but not liver metallothionein response to acute stress. Chem Biol Interact 1993; 88:1-5. [PMID: 8330321 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(93)90080-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Rats subjected to chronic immobilization stress showed a reduced serum metallothionein (MT) response to acute immobilization stress compared to nonchronically stressed rats. In contrast, liver MT response to acute immobilization stress was not influenced by previous chronic immobilization stress. These results suggest that serum MT levels are likely under endocrine regulation and that they do not reflect directly liver MT levels. Instead it appears that both MT pools are regulated differently. The fact that liver MT is resistant to adaptation to chronic stress may be related to its physiological function.
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- M Giralt
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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It is generally accepted that the principal roles of metallothionein lie in the detoxification of heavy metals and regulation of the metabolism of essential trace metals. However, there is increasing evidence that it can act as a free radical scavenger. This article reviews the evidence supporting such a physiological role and describes induction of metallothionein synthesis by oxidative stress, possible mediators for this induction, and the radical scavenging capability of metallothionein in tissues and cells. The relationship between metallothionein and other antioxidant defense systems and the medical implications of the free radical scavenging properties of metallothionein are also discussed.
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- M Sato
- Division of Environmental Pollution Research, Research Institute, Fukushima Medical College, Japan
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Hidalgo J, Campmany L, Martí O, Armario A. Metallothionein-I induction by stress in specific brain areas. Neurochem Res 1991; 16:1145-8. [PMID: 1795759 DOI: 10.1007/bf00966593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The distribution of metallothionein-I (MT) in several areas of the brain and its induction by immobilization stress has been studied in the rat. MT content was highest in hippocampus and midbrain and lowest in frontal cortex and pons plus medulla oblongata. Immobilization stress for 18 hours (which was accompanied by food and water deprivation) significantly increased MT levels in the frontal cortex, pons plus medulla oblongata and hypothalamus, but not in midbrain and hippocampus. The effect of stress on MT levels was specific as food and water deprivation along had no significant effect on MT levels in any of the brain areas studied. The effect of stress on MT levels was independent of changes in cytosolic Zn content; this was generally unaffected by stress or food and water deprivation but decreased in pons plus medulla oblongata from stressed rats. The results suggest that MT is induced more significantly in the brain areas that are usually involved in the response of animals to stress.
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- J Hidalgo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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Sato M, Sasaki M. Enhanced lipid peroxidation is not necessary for induction of metallothionein-I by oxidative stress. Chem Biol Interact 1991; 78:143-54. [PMID: 2040021 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(91)90010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A study has been made of factors which may influence the induction of metallothionein-I (MT-I) synthesis by the superoxide radical generating agent, paraquat (PQ). Hepatic concentrations of zinc (Zn) and MT-I increased in rats injected with PQ (40 mg/kg, s.c.) or fasting, but were greater in the former. Renal concentration of MT-I increased in fasted rats but not in PQ-treated rats. The data suggest that the increase in MT-I concentrations in PQ-treated rats is not caused by reduction in food intake. Administration of PQ increased hepatic concentrations of Zn, MT-I and thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBA-RS), indicating the occurrence of lipid peroxidation. Treatment of rats with vitamin E (400 mg/kg, s.c.) on 4 successive days before injection of PQ prevented only the enhancement of lipid peroxidation. The data indicate that the induction of MT synthesis by PQ is not correlated with enhancement of lipid peroxidation. Similar results were obtained in the liver of rats subjected to the radical-generating conditions, such as fasting and exposure to carbon tetrachloride. Free radicals may induce MT synthesis by direct or indirect mechanisms.
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- M Sato
- Division of Environmental Pollution Research, Fukushima Medical College, Japan
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To date, stress has been reported to induce metallothionein (MT) synthesis in the liver only. In the present experiment, the effects of food and water deprivation alone or of immobilization stress plus food and water deprivation on liver, brain, and heart MT have been studied in adult male rats. Liver and brain MT levels were increased by immobilization stress as soon as 6 h after the onset of stress. Eighteen hours of immobilization, which is accompanied by food and water deprivation, further increased liver and brain MT levels and significantly increased heart MT content. A specific effect of immobilization was evident in all three tissues, because the effect of food and water deprivation alone was significantly lower than that of immobilization plus starvation. Changes in MT apparently were not related to changes in cytosolic Zn.
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- J Hidalgo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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LeBlondel G, Allain P. Effects of thyroparathyroidectomy and of thyroxin and calcitonin on the tissue distribution of twelve elements in the rat. Biol Trace Elem Res 1989; 19:171-83. [PMID: 2484385 DOI: 10.1007/bf02924294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effects of thyroparathyroidectomy (TPTY) and of replacement therapy using thyroxin (T4) and calcitonin (CT) on the tissue distribution of elements were studied in the rat under semichronic conditions. The elements Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, S, P, Rb, Sr, Mn, Cu, and Zn were determined in whole blood, plasma, brain, liver, heart, kidney, skeletal muscle, and bone. TPTY modified concentrations of all elements tested but only small changes were observed for K, Mg, S, and P. The mineral bone composition was slightly modified, 28 d after TPTY, whereas plasma was the most altered. The consequences of TPTY were corrected fairly well by T4 for Na, Cu, Zn, Fe, and S, and by CT for K, P, Rb but with less efficiency for Ca. This study revealed that hormones of the thyroid gland, mainly T4, play an important role in the plasma and tissue balance of elements. It is suggested that T4 participates in tissue fixation of Cu, Zn, and Fe and that CT influences phosphoremia and cellular Ca binding.
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- G LeBlondel
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, C.H.U., Angers, France
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Hidalgo J, Campmany L, Borras M, Garvey JS, Armario A. Metallothionein response to stress in rats: role in free radical scavenging. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 255:E518-24. [PMID: 3177638 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1988.255.4.e518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The possibility that liver metallothionein (MT) can function as an antioxidant in vivo has been studied in the rat. It was found that the stress of food and water deprivation with or without physical immobilization consistently increased liver lipid peroxidation (LLP), suggesting that liver MT induction by stress might be related to the stress-induced LLP. This was supported by results with the lipid peroxidation promoter dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and the natural antioxidant vitamin E. Whereas DMSO administration increased LLP levels in basal and stress situations, vitamin E decreased them. Liver MT levels were increased by DMSO in basal and stress situations, whereas they were decreased by vitamin E during stress. These in vivo results are consistent with an antioxidant role of liver MT suggested by previous in vitro results. However, liver MT preinduction by Zn treatment did not result in a lower MT response to stress. Instead a positive synergistic effect between Zn and stress appeared to be present. This result indicates that the mechanism of action of MT as antioxidant remains unclear.
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- J Hidalgo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain
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LeBlondel G, Ducouret C, Allain P. Distribution of 14 elements in various rat tissues following hypophysectomy, thyroparathyroidectomy, adrenalectomy, and castration. Biol Trace Elem Res 1988; 16:115-27. [PMID: 2484540 DOI: 10.1007/bf02797096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The tissue distribution of 14 elements was simultaneously determined in rats 28 d after hypophysectomy (HPY), thyroparathyroidectomy (TPTY), adrenalectomy (ADY), and castration (CTN). The elements Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, S, P, Rb, Sr, Mn, Cu, and Zn were investigated in whole blood, plasma, brain, liver, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, and bone. Additionally Mo was determined in kidney and liver. The following results were obtained: 1) With regard to hormone deficiency: HPY induced the most noticeable variations on all the elements tested owing probably to the direct and indirect effects of adenohypophyseal hormones. ADY led to the expected modification of Na and K but also to a Sr accumulation and a Rb depletion. TPTY induced a sharp decrease in plasma and tissues Ca, an increase in plasma P, but did not disturb the two elements in bone. An increase of Rb in many tissues and of Fe in heart, kidney, and liver were also observed. CTN had little consequences except in bone whose Cu and Fe contents were increased; 2) With regard to element variations: K, Mg, and S underwent little change. Discriminations were revealed between elements such as K and Rb, Ca and Sr, Ca and Mg, and Cu and Zn. The changes of Rb and Sr were consistent with regulatory mechanisms. The accumulation of Fe and Cu in tissues such as liver after HPY, TPTY, and ADY, suggest that the hormonal deficiencies could worsen the hemochromatosis and Wilson's disease; 3) With regard to plasma and tissues: No correlation appeared in element levels between plasma and other tissues. Brain was the least affected and liver, kidney and bone the most.
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- G LeBlondel
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, CHU, Angers, France
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LeBlondel G, Allain P. Effects of adrenalectomy and of adrenal hormones on the tissue distribution of 14 elements in the rat. Biol Trace Elem Res 1988; 16:27-42. [PMID: 2484533 DOI: 10.1007/bf02795331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effects of adrenalectomy (ADY) and of replacement therapy using a mineralocorticoid, deoxycorticosterone (DOC) and a glucocorticoid, dexamethasone (DEX) on the tissue distribution of elements in the rat, were studied under semichronic conditions. The elements Na, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, S, P, Rb, Sr, Mn, Cu, and Zn were determined in whole blood, plasma, brain, liver, kidney, heart, skeletal muscle, spleen, thymus, and bone. Additionally, Mo was determined in kidney and liver and Ba in bone. ADY modified concentrations of all elements tested. Small changes were observed for K, Mg, Ca, S, and P, whereas much larger changes were noted for Na, Rb, and Sr. Cu, Zn, and Fe were mainly modified in liver and kidney, organs involved in storage and/or elimination. The consequences of ADY were corrected fairly well by DEX for Mg, Mn, Ca, Cu, and Mo; by DOC for Na and K, and by the two corticoids for Zn, Fe, Sr, and Rb. This study revealed that corticoids, mainly glucocorticoids, play an important role in the plasma and tissue balance of elements. It is suggested that these results may have a pathological and clinical significance.
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- G LeBlondel
- Laboratoire de Pharmacologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Angers, France
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Hidalgo J, Giralt M, Garvey JS, Armario A. Physiological role of glucocorticoids on rat serum and liver metallothionein in basal and stress conditions. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1988; 254:E71-8. [PMID: 2827514 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1988.254.1.e71] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Serious contradictions exist at present in our understanding of the physiological role of glucocorticoids on the synthesis of the metal-binding protein, metallothionein (MT). In addressing this problem, we have examined in vivo the role of glucocorticoids on liver and serum MT levels in the rat under a spectrum of experimental conditions. The experiments confirm that stress has a major positive effect on hepatic MT levels. It was found that adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) administration has an inhibitory effect on hepatic MT levels in response to restraint stress and that adrenalectomy (ADX) leads to an increase in basal MT levels and in MT levels in response to acute and chronic immobilization stress. Similar results followed treatment with the glucocorticoid receptor blocker, RU 486. The effect of ADX was abolished by corticosterone replacement. The relations found among hepatic MT, serum MT, and glucocorticoid concentrations indicate that in some circumstances glucocorticoids have a permissive role in mobilizing MT from tissues to serum and that in physiological conditions corticosterone has an inhibitory role in the maintenance of hepatic MT levels.
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- J Hidalgo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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Hidalgo J, Bernues J, Thomas DG, Garvey JS. Effect of 2-mercaptoethanol on the electrophoretic behavior of rat and dogfish metallothionein and chromatographic evidence of a naturally occurring metallothionein polymerization. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1988; 89:191-6. [PMID: 2898994 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(88)90208-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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1. Metallothionein behavior in SDS-PAGE has been characterized. 2. It has been found that metallothionein behavior in this electrophoretic system depends upon the reducing environment. Migration as a well-defined protein band is only achieved in the presence of 2-100 mM 2-mercaptoethanol. 3. Within those 2-mercaptoethanol levels, both rat and dogfish metallothionein migrate as a protein with a molecular weight several times higher than that expected by amino acid analyses. This is not due to molecule oxidations, since this effect is promoted by the presence of 2-mercaptoethanol. 4. No effect of 2-mercaptoethanol on metallothionein behavior is found in conventional PAGE. 5. The present results suggest that to study the effect of 2-mercaptoethanol in SDS-PAGE is a simple and accurate way to identify a protein as metallothionein. 6. It has also been found that metallothionein aggregates naturally in the absence of ionic strength.
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- J Hidalgo
- Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Campus Universitario, Spain
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Brzeznicka EA, Lehman LD, Klaassen CD. Induction of hepatic metallothionein following administration of urethane. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1987; 87:457-63. [PMID: 3564020 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(87)90251-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Induction of hepatic metallothionein (MT) by urethane (ethyl carbamate) was characterized. Male CF-1 mice were treated with urethane (0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 2 g/kg; ip) and 18 hr later hepatic MT concentrations were determined with the Cd-hemoglobin radioassay. Urethane (1 g/kg and higher) significantly increased hepatic MT levels, resulting in a 14-fold increase after 2 g/kg. Time-course experiments indicated that MT levels were increased significantly at 6 hr after administration of urethane (1.5 g/kg) and reached a maximum between 12 and 24 hr. Gel filtration, anion-exchange chromatography, and ultraviolet spectral analysis were used to characterize the protein induced by urethane. Pretreatment with actinomycin-D prevented induction of MT by urethane. Administration of equimolar dosages (20 mmol/kg) of urethane, N-hydroxyurethane, and methyl carbamate indicated that urethane and N-hydroxyurethane induce MT but that methyl carbamate does not. MT induction was also not observed with other commonly used anesthetics (pentobarbital and phenobarbital). In conclusion, urethane induces hepatic MT but this effect is not related to its anesthetic action, nor is it a common property of all carbamates.
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A single form of metallothionein is Present in both heavy metal induced and neonatal chicken liver. J Biosci 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02704687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Funk AE, Day FA, Brady FO. Displacement of zinc and copper from copper-induced metallothionein by cadmium and by mercury: in vivo and ex vivo studies. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. C, COMPARATIVE PHARMACOLOGY AND TOXICOLOGY 1987; 86:1-6. [PMID: 2881702 DOI: 10.1016/0742-8413(87)90133-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The in vitro affinity of metals for metallothionein (MT) is Zn less than Cd less than Cu less than Hg. In a previous study Cd(II) and Hg(II) displaced Zn(II) from rat hepatic Zn7-MT in vivo and ex vivo (Day et al., 1984, Chem. Biol. Interact. 50, 159-174). The ability of Cd(II) or Hg(II) to displace Zn(II) and/or Cu(II) from metallothionein in copper-preinduced rat liver (Zn, Cu-MT) was assessed. Cd(II) and Hg(II) can displace zinc from (Zn, Cu)-MT both in vivo and ex vivo. The in vitro displacement of copper from MT by Hg(II) was not confirmed in vivo and ex vivo. Cd(II) treatment did not alter copper levels in (Zn, Cu)-MT, as expected. Hg(II) treatment, however, did not decrease copper levels in MT, but rather increased them. The sum of the copper increase and mercury incorporation into MT matched the zinc decrease under in vivo conditions and actually exceeded the zinc decrease under ex vivo conditions. Short-term exposure of rat liver to exogenous metals can result in incorporation of these metals into MT by displacement of zinc from pre-existing MT. Displacement of copper from pre-existing MT by mercury, as predicted by in vitro experiments, was not confirmed under the conditions of our in vivo and ex vivo experiments. This result is explainable based on the differing affinities and/or preferences of the two metal clusters in MT.
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Brady FO, Helvig BS, Funk AE, Garrett SH. The involvement of catecholamines and polypeptide hormones in the multihormonal modulation of rat hepatic zinc thionein levels. EXPERIENTIA. SUPPLEMENTUM 1987; 52:555-63. [PMID: 2822466 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-6784-9_57] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Catecholamines can induce rat hepatic zinc thionein to high levels via alpha 1- and beta 2-adrenoceptors. Polypeptide hormones (glucagon and angiotensin II) are also inducers, but only to the moderate levels attained by glucocorticoids (dexamethasone). Turpentine induced inflammation stimulates the synthesis of ZnMT, but this process is not mediated by catecholamines. Phorbol esters, which are tumor promoters, can stimulate protein kinase C. Angiotensin II and alpha 1-agonists activate protein kinase C via diacylglycerol release from phosphatidylinositol-4,5-diphosphate. Phorbol esters can also stimulate the synthesis of rat hepatic zinc thionein, implicating protein kinase C activation in this induction. The multihormonal modulation of metallothionein gene activation has become increasingly more complex.
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- F O Brady
- Department of Biochemistry, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion 57069
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Armario A, Hidalgo J, Bas J, Restrepo C, Dingman A, Garvey JS. Age-dependent effects of acute and chronic intermittent stresses on serum metallothionein. Physiol Behav 1987; 39:277-9. [PMID: 3575465 DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(87)90022-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Prepuberal and adult male rats were chronically stressed for a month with several acute stressors in a random schedule. Some of the animals were killed approximately 20 hours after the last stress session without any additional stress. Other animals from both control and chronic stress groups were subjected to an acute restraint stress for 15 min before being killed. While chronic stress did not alter hepatic metallothionein (MT) either in prepuberal or in adult rats, this treatment significantly increased serum MT levels in young but not in adult rats. Likewise, 15 min of restraint stress increased serum MT levels in young rats only, regardless of whether they were control or chronically stressed rats. The present data indicate that acute and chronic stressors may alter serum MT in an age-dependent fashion.
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Heilmaier HE, Jiang JL, Greim H, Schramel P, Summer KH. D-penicillamine induces rat hepatic metallothionein. Toxicology 1986; 42:23-31. [PMID: 3798457 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(86)90089-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Intraperitoneal injection of D-Penicillamine (D-PA) at a dose range of 20-500 mg/kg increased rat hepatic but not renal and pancreatic metallothionein (MT). Elevated MT predominantly contained Zn. Maximal induction was obtained 18 h after a single injection of 200 mg D-PA/kg resulting in 148 +/- 18 micrograms MT/g liver which was 16.4-times the control level of 9 +/- 2 micrograms MT/g. At 48 h after injection, MT declined to 18 +/- 9 micrograms MT/g liver. At maximal MT increase the content of total hepatic Zn but not of Cu was elevated. Increased amounts of Zn in liver homogenate, cytosol and MT could be detected approximately 4 h after injection of 200 mg D-PA/kg. Concomitantly there was a decrease in Zn bound to cytosolic non-MT ligands. All Zn changes reversed at 18 h. These data show that already single doses of D-PA cause induction of Zn-thionein in rat liver and lead to synchronous redistribution of Zn from endogenous sources to newly synthesized MT.
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Hidalgo J, Armario A, Flos R, Garvey JS. Restraint stress induced changes in rat liver and serum metallothionein and in Zn metabolism. EXPERIENTIA 1986; 42:1006-10. [PMID: 3758297 DOI: 10.1007/bf01940708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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24 h of a psychogenic stress (restraint) caused a strong increase of liver metallothionein (MT) levels. 3 h of stress were sufficient to induce an increase in liver MT, measured 21 h later, but the increase was much lower than in continuously restrained rats. Stress induction of liver MT was not due to food deprivation, since rats deprived for 24 h showed lower MT levels than stressed ones. Zn on MT presented the same qualitative but not quantitative pattern of response as MT protein. Liver cytosolic Zn was increased by restraint in spite of their being no decrease in serum Zn. Any treatment altered serum MT. Liver and serum MT were not correlated. The present results demonstrate that basically psychogenic stresses increased liver but not serum MT levels. No positive evidence for a relationship between corticosterone secretion and MT induction was found.
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Hidalgo J, Armario A, Flos R, Dingman A, Garvey JS. The influence of restraint stress in rats on metallothionein production and corticosterone and glucagon secretion. Life Sci 1986; 39:611-6. [PMID: 3736339 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(86)90041-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Earlier studies on metallothionein (MT) induction by stress used a wide range of stimuli, all of them considered as physical stressors. The present paper reports the effect of a basically psychogenic stress such as restraint on serum and liver MT. Male adult rats were stressed for 1, 12, 24 and 48 hours and then killed. Liver MT increased continuously throughout the experimental period. Rats deprived of water and food for 24 and 48 hours showed higher liver MT levels than control but lower levels than stressed ones. Serum MT was not modified by either restraint or water and food deprivation. The lack of relationship between the two MT pools was corroborated by the absence of a significant correlation between them. Restraint stress increased serum corticosterone but not glucagon levels, suggesting that only glucocorticoids are important in MT induction by stress. However, a strong circadian rhythmicity was observed in serum corticosterone but not in serum or liver MT in non-stressed rats. In addition, preliminary data with adrenalectomized rats indicate that glucocorticoids seem not to be essential in MT induction by stress. Likewise glucagon does not appears to be associated with MT induction by stress since its levels were not modified by restraint.
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Hunt DM, Wake SA, Mercer JF, Danks DM. A study of the role of metallothionein in the inherited copper toxicosis of dogs. Biochem J 1986; 236:409-15. [PMID: 3753456 PMCID: PMC1146855 DOI: 10.1042/bj2360409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The role of metallothionein (MT) was assessed in the copper-loading disease prevalent in Bedlington terriers. Fractionation of tissue supernatants over Sephadex G-75 showed that most of the additional cytosolic copper present in liver tissue of these dogs was bound to MT, and that substantially more MT-bound copper could be solubilized by detergent plus mercaptoethanol. Zinc contents were only slightly raised, although most of the extra zinc was associated with a 4000-Mr ligand. Ion-exchange chromatography revealed two isoproteins, MT1 and MT2, in all the dog liver samples examined. In Bedlington terrier liver, copper associated with both isoproteins was increased, although the increase for MT2 was greater than for MT1. The content of MT protein was also raised, although cell-free translations and RNA blots of total liver RNA showed that this increase was not associated with a rise in MT mRNA. The significance of these results to the mechanism of copper accumulation in the Bedlington terrier disorder is discussed.
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Garnica AD, Chan WY, Rennert OM. Trace elements in development and disease. CURRENT PROBLEMS IN PEDIATRICS 1986; 16:45-120. [PMID: 3512181 DOI: 10.1016/0045-9380(86)90015-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Sasser LB, Kelman BJ, Levin AA, Miller RK. The influence of maternal cadmium exposure or fetal cadmium injection on hepatic metallothionein concentrations in the fetal rat. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1985; 80:299-307. [PMID: 4024119 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(85)90087-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The ability of Cd to induce the synthesis of fetal hepatic metallothionein (MT) was investigated in rat fetuses exposed to Cd throughout gestation via the mother's drinking water or injected directly with Cd through the uterine wall on Day 18 of gestation. On Day 21 all dams were killed and fetal and maternal tissues were removed. Tissue MT, Zn, Cu, and Cd concentrations were measured. Fetal hepatic Cd concentration was increased only at the high maternal Cd exposure, whereas Zn concentration was significantly reduced by Cd exposure. Both fetal liver and kidney MT were reduced following maternal Cd exposure. Unlike maternal hepatic MT, fetal hepatic MT was not increased after maternal Cd exposure nor did the direct injection of Cd into the 18 days of gestation fetus induce fetal MT synthesis. These data suggest that fetal rat liver is incapable of synthesizing MT in response to Cd, possibly because Cd is not transported to the site of MT synthesis in the fetal system. Furthermore, neither the route of exposure, the duration of prenatal Cd exposure, nor the stage of gestation appear to account for the differences observed between fetal and adult hepatic MT induction by Cd.
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Heilmaier HE, Summer KH. Metallothionein content and zinc status in various tissues of rats treated with iodoacetic acid and zinc. Arch Toxicol 1985; 56:247-51. [PMID: 3994507 DOI: 10.1007/bf00295162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Metallothionein (MT) content was determined in 11 tissues of saline-treated rats, and 18 h after single IP injections of iodoacetic acid (IA, 15 and 30 mg/kg) or zinc sulfate (20 mg zinc/kg). Zinc increased MT content in eight tissues, being most effective in pancreas, liver, and small intestine. After IA, MT increased in liver, muscle, pancreas, and thymus, the highest amount being in liver. Increased levels of total tissue zinc were observed in those tissues which clearly responded to the treatments with elevated MT levels, such as liver, kidney, small intestine, and pancreas. MT induction by zinc in these tissues was associated with an accumulation of zinc not bound to MT. In the IA-treated rats non-MT zinc accumulated in liver and pancreas. It is concluded that induction of MT by zinc and in particular by organic chemicals such as IA without exogenously supplied metals interferes with zinc homeostasis and the physiological role of MT in liver and extrahepatic tissues of the rat.
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Helvig BS, Brady FO. Effects of glucagon, Arg-vasopressin, and angiotensin II on rat hepatic zinc thionein levels. Life Sci 1984; 35:2513-8. [PMID: 6513726 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(84)90437-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Rat hepatic zinc thionein levels can be modulated by a variety of external and internal stimuli. Metals, such as zinc or copper, induce levels 20 to 50 fold over controls. Catecholamines can increase levels 10 to 20 fold, while glucocorticoids, such as dexamethasone, can increase levels modestly by 2-6 fold. We have investigated the ability of additional hormones, which have receptors on hepatocytes, to modulate the levels of hepatic zinc thionein. Glucagon, angiotensin II, and Arg-vasopressin were administered intravenously and intraperitoneally, one time and three times, over an 11 hour period. Zinc thionein levels in rat liver were increased 1.7 to 5.6 fold by glucagon and 1.7 to 3.6 fold by angiotensin II, but not at all by Arg-vasopressin, as compared to appropriate controls. Glucagon and angiotensin II, when administered in vivo, can modulate zinc thionein levels in rat liver to an extent similar to glucocorticoids. Hepatic zinc thionein levels must now be recognized to be affected in vivo by metals, glucocorticoids, catecholamines, and polypeptide hormones.
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Brady FO, Helvig B. Effect of epinephrine and norepinephrine on zinc thionein levels and induction in rat liver. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1984; 247:E318-22. [PMID: 6476110 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1984.247.3.e318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Hepatic zinc metallothionein (MT) levels are increased in response to a variety of stresses. Glucocorticoid induction of zinc thionein is insufficient in accounting for the levels attained. The potential involvement of catecholamines in the modulation of rat hepatic zinc metabolism and zinc thionein levels has been systematically studied. Eleven hours after multiple injections (6) of epinephrine, norepinephrine, or isoproterenol, zinc thionein levels of 4.01 +/- 0.74, 6.83 +/- 0.67, and 11.75 +/- 0.96 micrograms Zn in MT/g liver, respectively, were attained (untreated, 1.04 +/- 0.14). The levels of hepatic zinc thionein thus reached the range of stress response-induced levels (4-10 micrograms Zn in MT/g liver), attained 11 h after the onset of the stress. Multiple injections of isoproterenol and norepinephrine induced the formation of isoforms MT-I and MT-II in roughly equal amounts. The alpha-adrenoceptor blocker phentolamine blocked the 11-h increase in norepinephrine-stimulated (6) zinc thionein levels by 88%. The beta-adrenoceptor blocker propranolol blocked the 11-h increase in isoproterenol-stimulated (6) zinc thionein levels by 55%. This inhibition could be increased to 72% by previous administration of both phentolamine and propranolol. Catecholamines stimulated increases in both the zinc and the protein of MT, the latter as assessed by [35S]cysteine incorporation. Both of these increases were blocked by cycloheximide, confirming the requirement for de novo protein synthesis in this induction response.
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Day FA, Funk AE, Brady FO. In vivo and ex vivo displacement of zinc from metallothionein by cadmium and by mercury. Chem Biol Interact 1984; 50:159-74. [PMID: 6744462 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(84)90093-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Divalent cadmium and mercury ions are capable in vitro of displacement of zinc from metallothionein. This process has now been studied in vivo and ex vivo, using the isolated perfused rat liver system, in order to determine if this process can occur in the intact cell. Rats with normal and elevated (via preinduction with zinc) levels of hepatic zinc thionein were studied. Cd(II) completely displaces zinc from normal levels of metallothionein and on a one-to-one basis from elevated levels of metallothionein, both in vivo and ex vivo. Hg(II) displaces zinc from metallothionein (normal or elevated) rather poorly, as compared with Cd(II), in vivo, probably due to the kidneys preference for absorbing this metal. Ex vivo Hg(II) displaces zinc from metallothionein (normal or elevated) on a one-to-one basis, with considerably more mercury being incorporated into the protein than in vivo. The results of double-label ex vivo experiments using metal and [35S]cysteine (+/- cycloheximide) were consistent with the above experiments, indicating that de novo thionein synthesis was not required for short term incorporation of cadmium and mercury into metallothionein. These data are supportive of the hypothesis that cadmium and mercury incorporation into rat hepatic metallothionein during the first few hours after exposure to these metals can occur primarily by displacement of zinc from preexisting zinc thionein by a process which does not require new protein synthesis.
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Giroux E, Lachmann PJ. Kidney and liver metallothioneins in rats after administration of an organic compound. J Biol Chem 1984. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)43146-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Spittle SA, Failla ML. Influence of sex, strain, and species on trace metal status of insulin-deficient diabetic rodents. Biol Trace Elem Res 1983; 5:489-502. [PMID: 24263669 DOI: 10.1007/bf02988941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/1983] [Accepted: 05/27/1983] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Previous studies have demonstrated marked alterations in trace metal metabolism in male Sprague-Dawley rats following chemical induction of the diabetic state. To determine whether such changes represented a general response to the insulin-deficient condition the levels of zinc, copper, and maganese in liver, kidney, and intestine of normal and streptozotocin (STZ)-diabetic male rats of the Sprague-Dawley, Wistar, and Long-Evans strains, female Sprague-Dawley rats, and male mice were measured. Significantly increased concentrations of zinc, copper, and maganese in liver, and zinc and copper in kidney were found in STZ-diabetic rats, regardless of sex and strain. In contrast, the zinc and copper contents in liver and kidney of control and STZ-diabetic mice were similar, but hepatic manganese levels were significantly elevated in both organs of the diabetic mouse. The concentrations of all three metals were similar in the intestine of control and diabetic rodents. Higher amounts of zinc and copper were bound to metallothionein in the liver and kidney of the diabetic rats. Nicotinamide injection prior to STZ administration protected rats against the development of diabetes and alterations in trace metal status. These data indicate that specific alterations in the metabolism of zinc, copper and manganese during episodes of pancreatic hormonal imbalance represent a general phenomenon in the rat. A possible explanation for the differential response of the STZ-diabetic mouse is discussed.
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- S A Spittle
- Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 24061, Blacksburg, VA
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Bray JT, Webb LA, Reilly FJ. Multielement analysis of metal-binding proteins in cytosol fractions. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 1983; 28:367-374. [PMID: 6879157 DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(83)80033-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The distribution of 24 elements among the cytosol protein fractions was determined for specimens of the bivalve mollusc Macoma balthica obtained from three estuarine locations subject to varying levels of metal pollution and on specimens of Rangia cuneata from three areas subject to varying degrees of thermal pollution. Of the 24 elements examined 15 occurred at levels above detection limits and in association with one or more of four distinct protein fractions. Levels of Ag and Cu associated with high molecular weight proteins and with "metallothionein-like" proteins permitted identification of those Macoma balthica specimens exposed to the greatest degree of metal stress.
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Endresen L, Bakka A, Glennås A, Tveit KM, Rugstad HE. Stability of cadmium resistance and metallothionein levels in vitro and in vivo. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1983; 67:274-83. [PMID: 6836582 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(83)90234-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Cultured cells can be adapted to large concentrations of the toxic cadmium ion, apparently by induction of synthesis of the Cd-binding protein metallothionein (MT). One human epithelial line derived from normal skin (HE100) and one murine fibroblast line, derived from L cells (C1 1D100), were used to study the stability of Cd resistance, the MT levels following omission of Cd, and the inducibility of MT synthesis in cells on reexposure to Cd. In the murine cells there was no significant loss of resistance during a 4-week period either after cultivation in vitro or after growing the cells in nude mice. In the human cells a decrease (50%) in resistance was noted the first week after Cd omission. After removing Cd from the cells, a rapid decrease in MT content was demonstrated. After 3 weeks of cultivation only trace amounts were left in both cell lines. However, approximately 60% (HE100) and 80% (C1 1D100) of the previous levels were demonstrated after reexposure to maximum tolerable doses for 24 hr. The data indicate that the degree of stability of Cd resistance is dependent on the capacity in cells for an immediate de novo synthesis of large amounts of MT on reexposure to Cd. The animal experiments demonstrate that Cd resistance is maintained even after growing the cells in vivo.
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Failla ML, Kiser RA. Hepatic and renal metabolism of copper and zinc in the diabetic rat. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1983; 244:E115-21. [PMID: 6824071 DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1983.244.2.e115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The influences of acute and chronic insulin-dependent diabetes on copper and zinc status of liver, kidney, and intestine were investigated in rats at 0-4 wk after streptozotocin (STZ) treatment. The concentration and the tissue contents of copper in liver and kidney were significantly elevated by 1 wk after STZ injection and increased thereafter, attaining levels two- and fivefold higher, respectively, than controls by 4 wk. Increased concentrations of zinc were also present in liver and kidney at 7 and 2 days after treatment, respectively, but zinc accumulated to a lesser degree than copper. In contrast, the concentration of copper and zinc in duodenum from control and all STZ-diabetic groups were similar. Increased and decreased quantities of copper and zinc were bound to metallothionein (MT) in liver and kidney, respectively, within 2 days after STZ injection. Thereafter, the quantities of both metals associated with MT increased with time in both tissues. Additional changes in zinc distribution in hepatic cytosol occurred prior to significant increases in the concentration of this metal in the tissue. The potential significance of altered trace metal metabolism during short-term changes in endocrine status and adverse effects of heavy metal accumulation during chronic hormonal imbalance are discussed.
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Cain K, Holt DE. Studies of cadmium-thionein induced nephropathy: time course of cadmium-thionein uptake and degradation. Chem Biol Interact 1983; 43:223-37. [PMID: 6825199 DOI: 10.1016/0009-2797(83)90097-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The renal uptake and degradation of cadmium-thionein (Cd-Mt) were examined in relation to nephrotoxic effects. Studies with Cd-Mt labelled with [3H]cystine showed that both Cd2+ and tritium uptake in the kidneys were complete 4 h after injection. During this period, renal copper content doubles due to the replacement of thionein-bound Cd2+ with Cu2+. This process probably occurs in the blood, prior to metallothionein uptake. Once reabsorbed, the protein is rapidly degraded in the lysosomes at a rate in step with uptake. Consequently, at 4 h virtually all of the Cd-Mt was degraded, resulting in a high concentration of non-thionein bound Cd2+. This Cd2+ (approx. 11-12 micrograms Cd2+/g, i.e. 70% of the total renal Cd2+ burden) produces the toxic effects. Between 2-4 h, new thionein synthesis is initiated and Cd2+ gradually becomes bound as the metallothionein. By 4 days, 80% of the renal Cd2+ is bound to endogenous thionein. These studies demonstrate that even small amounts of non-thionein bound Cd2+ are toxic to the kidney.
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