title: Effects of albumin and adenosine phosphates on iron transfer from ferric lactate.
abstract: Ferric lactate is known to modify Ca2+ uptake by the cells. To enlighten the role of protein and ATP in this phenomenon, iron transfer from ferric lactate to albumin and adenosine polyphosphates was determined by electrophoresis. The order of iron affinity was ATP > ADP > AMP for the polyphosphates, and albumin does not compete for iron binding with the polyphosphates. The iron transfer to ATP was also observed in vivo by adsorption chromatography of the adenosine polyphosphates fraction from blood plasma of mice injected with ferric lactate plus ATP. In vitro iron and calcium uptake by Ehrlich ascites tumor cells showed that albumin and ATP decreased iron uptake, whereas calcium incorporation is diminished by albumin but augmented by ATP. This difference might be explained by albumin binding of ferric lactate that is inhibited from reaching cell structures, whereas ATP, known to be an inhibitor of iron polymerization, facilitates it.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nancy, France.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Anghileri
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Maincent
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Córdova-Martínez
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Escanero
mesh_terms: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002286:Carcinoma, Ehrlich Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism*; D007773:Lactates / Q000378:metabolism*; D019344:Lactic Acid; D051379:Mice; D008970:Molecular Weight; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D007773:Lactates; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D019344:Lactic Acid; D000249:Adenosine Monophosphate; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D007501:Iron; D002118:Calcium