Stable isotope pilot study of exchangeable copper kinetics in human blood plasma

Tony I. Venelinov, John H. Beattie, Jack R. Dainty, Wendy J. Hollands, Susan J. Fairweather-Tait, Linda J. Harvey

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Abstract

To develop further our understanding of initial dietary copper metabolism, a method has been developed to separate plasma copper that is bound to albumin, from that bound to ceruloplasmin. This method has been tested using plasma samples from a pilot study involving six human volunteers who consumed 3 mg oral doses of the stable isotope Cu-65 and gave blood samples at timed intervals up to 7 days. The results suggest that this method can be used to monitor dynamic fluctuations in newly absorbed copper over a short time frame. (C) 2007 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)138-140
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Volume21
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2007

Keywords

  • exchangeable copper
  • copper metabolism
  • dialysis-chelex
  • isotope ratio
  • ICP-MS
  • absorption

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