Copper and Zinc Metabolism in Aminonucleoside-Induced Nephrotic Syndrome

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Copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) were measured in urine, serum and tissues from rats with nephrotic syndrome (NS) induced with a single subcutaneous dose of puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN; 15 mg/l00 g BW). Control animals were pair-fed. Urine was collected daily, and the rats were sacrificed on day 10. PAN-nephrotic rats had proteinuria (days 3-10), high urinary Cu (days 1,2,4-10) and Zn (days 3-10) excretion. On day 10, nephrotic rats had: (a) albuminuria, hypoalbuminemia, hypoproteinemia, high urine and low serum levels of ceruloplasmin; (b) low Cu and Zn serum levels; (c) high clearance and fractional excretion of Cu and Zn, and (d) low kidney and liver Cu content and essentially normal tissue Zn levels. The alterations in Cu metabolism were more intense than those in Zn metabolism. Urine Cu and Zn showed a positive correlation with urine total protein on days 3-10 which suggests that high urinary excretion of Cu and Zn may be due to the excretion of its carrier proteins. In conclusion, these rats did not show a typical Zn deficiency but a clear decrease in Cu in the liver and kidney.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): NEF

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Nephron

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.1660-8151

Title: Nephron

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Print): 1660-8151

ISSN (Electronic): 2235-3186

Publication date Subscription-year: 1994

Publication date (Print): 1994

Publication date (Electronic): 16 December 2008

Volume: 66

Issue: 1

Pages: 87-92

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^aDepartment of Nephrology and Mineral Metabolism, and ^bDepartment of Physiology of Nutrition, Instituto Nacional de la Nutrición ‘Salvador Zubirán’; ^cMolecular Biology Laboratory, Biology Department, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; ^dDepartment of Nephrology, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología ‘Ignacio Chávez’, Mexico City, México

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Publisher ID: 187772 Other ID: Nephron 1994;66:87–92

DOI: 10.1159/000187772

PubMed ID: 8107960

SO-VID: 68fcb928-bad2-49bf-a6a2-a7af28f6f358

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Date accepted : 26 February 1993

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