FINAL: zinc Flashcards
3 essential trace and ultratarace elements
Zinc Copper Manganese
chemical properties of Zn, Cu, Mn
- transition metals
- electron pair acceptors/donors that complex with amino acids
- several hundreds of enzymes and proteisn contain these metals
Cu or Mn deficiency affects
whole body systems
biological roles of zinc
- structural: Zn fingers, vesicular content
- catalytic: active site of enzymes
- regulatory: gene expression, signal transduction
determinants of biological role of Cu, Mn, Zn
- ion charge (stability and reactivity)
- size (limits fitting into active site)
- flexibility
- natural abundance within cell
Zn has most features
Zn has most features and is used widely, Cu and Mn have advantage when __ required
Zn has most features and is used widely, Cu and Mn have advantage when redox required
intestinal absorption of Zn, Mn, Cu location
small intestine (mainly jejunum)
intestinal absorption of Zn, Mn, Cu types of transport
1.transcellular (transport mediated, saturable, regulated)
2.paracellular (diffusion, non-regulated, only at high intake)
Zn form in human body
Zn2+
Zn deficiency promotes
- growth retardation
- poor wound healing
- delayed sexual maturation
- impaired immune function
- anorexia
- alopecia
Zn RDA increases during
pregnancy and lactation
reaching Zn upper limit leads to
Cu deficiency (which can lead to iron-deficiency anemia)
Zn food source
seafood
meat
eggs dairy
40-70% Zn is __
30% of Zn is __
40-70% Zn is animal products
30% of Zn is fortified cereals
Zn absorption
low intake
high intake
Zn absorption
low intake: carrier-mediated
high intake: paracellular diffusion
Zn transporters
brush border
basolateral
Zn transporters
brush border: ZIP4 (decreased Zn = increased ZIP4
basolateral: ZNT-1 (extrudes Zn into portal blood)
when does ZIP4 expression increase?
with low Zn
acrodermatitis enteropathica
ZIP4 inactivating mutation
leads to Zn deficiency
Zn storage protein
metallothionein (MT)
Zn absorption steps
- digest proteins to separate Zn (HCl, proteases)
- ZIP4 take Zn2+ in (DMT1 may help)
- ZNT-1 extrudes Zn2+ into blood
enhancers of Zn absorption
- organic acids (citric acid, ascorbic acid)
- glutathione
- amino acids
- decreased pH