The Effect of Anesthetic Agents on Zinc Metabolism in the Rat Liver |
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Authors: | A. M. Van RIJ M. T. Hall |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, 27834, Greenville, North Carolina 2. School of Medicine, Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Abstract: | The administration of nembutal and chloral hydrate anesthetic agents in the rat produces an increase in the uptake of zinc, as Zn-65, in the liver. Associated with this is the appearance of a low-molecular-weight Zn-binding protein in the soluble cytosol fraction. This protein is comparable to that induced by the stress of severe exercise, by burn injury, and by Zn injection, and is probably Zn metallothionein. This is an example of the induction of a Zn binding protein in the liver by a drug, and confirms that anesthesia significantly effects Zn metabolism in the liver. Consequently this effect of anesthetic agents should be taken into account in the investigation of the regulation of Zn metabolism. |
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