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Sequential changes in Fe, Cu, and Zn in target organs during early coxsackievirus B3 infection in mice

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In Coxsackievirus B3 (CB3) infection, the heart and pancreas are major target organs and, as a general host response, an associated immune activation and acute phase reaction develops. Although iron (Fe), copper (Cu), and zinc (Zn) are involved in these responses, sequential trace element changes in different target organs of infection have not been studied to date. In the present study, Fe, Cu, and Zn were measured through inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in the plasma, liver, spleen, heart, and pancreas during the early phase (d 1 and 3) of CB3 infection in female Balb / c mice. The severity of the infection was assessed through clinical signs of disease and histopathology of the heart and pancreas, including staining of CD4 and CD8 cells in the pancreas. During infection, the concentrations of Fe, Cu, and Zn changed in the plasma, liver, and pancreas, but not in the spleen and heart. The changes in plasma Cu, Zn, and Fe seemed to be biphasic with a decrease at d 1 that turned into increased levels by d 3. Cu showed similar biphasic changes in the liver, spleen, and pancreas, whereas, for Zn and Fe, this pattern was only evident in the liver. In the pancreas, the reverse response occurred with pronounced decreases in Fe (23%, p<0.05) and Zn (64%, p<0.01) at d 3. Although the pathophysiological interpretation of these findings requires further research, the sequential determination of these elements may be of clinical value in enterovirus infections in deciding the stage of disease development.

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  1. Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala

    Nils-Gunnar Ilbäck, Gad Benyamin & Göran Friman

  2. Toxicology Division, National Food Administration, Uppsala

    Nils-Gunnar Ilbäck

  3. Section of Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala

    Ulf Lindh

  4. Rudbeck Laboratory, Centre for Metal Biology in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

    Ulf Lindh

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Ilbäck, NG., Benyamin, G., Lindh, U. et al. Sequential changes in Fe, Cu, and Zn in target organs during early coxsackievirus B3 infection in mice. Biol Trace Elem Res 91, 111–123 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1385/BTER:91:2:111

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