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Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 272: E952-E956, 1997;
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AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 272, Issue 6 E952-E956, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Effects of endotoxin on zinc metabolism in human volunteers

L. M. Gaetke, C. J. McClain, R. T. Talwalkar and S. I. Shedlofsky
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA.

After stress or trauma, the serum zinc concentration decreases. This study evaluated possible mechanisms for hypozincemia with the use of a human endotoxemia model. Two doses of endotoxin [lipopolysaccharide (LPS)] were administered on consecutive mornings to 12 healthy volunteers, and each subject was also studied after saline injection. Blood was analyzed for zinc, cytokines (tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6), albumin, albumin-zinc binding, and C-reactive protein (CRP). Serial 24-h urine collections were analyzed for zinc. Each LPS dose briefly increased plasma cytokine concentrations and decreased the serum zinc concentration. Serum albumin, the major zinc binding protein, did not decrease, but a progressive increase in CRP was found. LPS did not alter zinc binding affinity to serum albumin. Urine zinc losses were not increased. We conclude that hypozincemia in this model cannot be explained by decreased serum albumin, changes in serum albumin-zinc binding, or increased urinary zinc excretion. Because hypozincemia was transient and followed cytokine peaks, we postulate that LPS-stimulated hypozincemia is mediated, at least partly, by a cytokine-directed internal redistribution of zinc.


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