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Two major pathways of zinc(II) acquisition by human placental syncytiotrophoblast.
Bax, C M; Bloxam, D L.
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  • Bax CM; Reproductive Biology Laboratory, Royal Postgraduate Medical School Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Queen Charlotte's and Chelsa Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
J Cell Physiol ; 164(3): 546-54, 1995 Sep.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7650062
Uptake of zinc into placental villous syncytiotrophoblast is the first step in its transfer from mother to fetus. To help characterise physiologically significant pathways of zinc accumulation by these cells, we incubated cultured layers of syncytiotrophoblast cells derived from human near-term placental tissue with serum ultrafiltrate (containing the zinc complexed with low molecular mass serum constituents), dialysed serum (containing the zinc bound to the serum proteins) and whole serum, each of whose endogenous zinc was tracer-labelled with 65Zn(II). Zinc label from both fractions of serum readily entered a rapidly labelled EDTA-sensitive cellular compartment, probably representing zinc bound to the outside cell surface and in accumulative fashion, an EDTA-resistant compartment, probably consisting largely of internalised cellular zinc. Movement of zinc into the EDTA-resistant pool was strongly temperature-dependent and did not occur via the EDTA-sensitive pool from either serum source. Transfer of zinc from the low molecular mass serum fraction into the EDTA-resistant pool was saturable, the concentration giving half-maximal rate being 1.2 mumol/l nonprotein-bound zinc. No nonsaturable component was detected. Zinc from the serum protein-bound fraction entered by a saturable component, already saturated at physiological total protein-bound zinc concentration, and by an apparently nonsaturable component, not appreciably accounted for by nonspecific fluid-phase endocytosis. The results show that zinc is acquired by placental syncytiotrophoblast from the low molecular mass serum zinc pool probably by a carrier-mediated process, and at least as importantly, from the zinc bound to serum protein, possibly by an endocytic mechanism.
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trofoblastos / Zinc Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Cell Physiol Año: 1995 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Reino Unido Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos
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Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Trofoblastos / Zinc Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Cell Physiol Año: 1995 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Reino Unido Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos