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Plasma iron transport: Absence of an uniform system

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Plasma of normal and anaemic rats was labelled with59FeCl3 and incubated with packed reticulocytes. The rate of plasma clearance of59Fe was significantly accelerated compared to that of cold iron. In further experiments varying amounts of labelled and unlabelled plasma were mixed to give identical final volumes,59Fe-,56Fe- and transferrin-concentrations. The amount of radioactivity taken up by cells diminished with decreasing numbers of di-59Fe-transferrin molecules, present in the system. Both findings point to the functional heterogeneity of the plasma iron pool.

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Plasma normaler und anämischer Ratten, markiert mit59FeCl3, wurde mit konzentrierten Retikulozyten inkubiert. Die Plasmaclearance von59Fe war signifikant rascher als jene des kalten Eisens. In weiteren Experimenten wurden unterschiedliche Mengen von markiertem und unmarkiertem Plasma derart gemischt, daß das Schlußvolumen, sowie die59Fe-, die56Fe- und die Transferrinkonzentration konstant blieben. Das Ausmaß der Radioeisenaufnahme durch Retikulozyten erwies sich als abhängig von der Zahl der voll-gesättigten Di-59Fe-Transferrinmoleküle. Beide Befunde belegen die Heterogenität des Plasmaeisenpools.

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This investigation was supported by Grants from the Schweizerische Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Nr. 3 393 70), and the Hartmann-Müller-Stiftung der Universität Zürich.

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Ganzoni, A.M., Hahn, D. & Späti, B. Plasma iron transport: Absence of an uniform system. Blut 24, 269–273 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01642011

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