[Research on some enzyme activities in the assessment of zinc nutritional status of growing rats].
Male weaning rats were divided randomly into five groups. They were fed with diets containing zinc deficient(DZ), high zinc(HZ), normal zinc (NZ) and high zinc pair-fed with zinc deficient group(HZP) respectively. The rats in DZ and HZ groups were exchanged diets after 20 days. A part of rats in each group were killed at days 20, 50 and 70. The activities of alkaline phosphatase(ALP), 5'-nucleotidase(5'-NT) and copper-zinc-superoxidase dismutase(Cu-Zn-SOD), the zinc concentration in plasma and kidney were determined to assess the better indices for zinc nutrition. The results indicted that: The activities of ALP in DZ group at 20 d was significantly lower than that in the same group at the beginning, in the HZ group and in the HZP group, and increased significantly after the diet was changed to HZ diet after 30 days. The activities of 5'-NT in DZ group rats was decreasing with the extension of experimental period. These results indicated that the activities of ALP and 5'-NT were sensitive to zinc supplementation even though they were changed a little during zinc exhausted. The activity of ALP was decreasing with growing, and the activity of 5'-NT was increased with growing. Zinc concentration in plasma of DZ group was significantly lower than that of other groups which include DZ-HZ group at the 50th day, and it was also the lowest among groups at the end of experiment. Zinc concentration in the kidney of HZ-DZ group was significantly lower than that of HZ and DZ-HZ groups by the end of experiment. There were little changes of the activity of Cu-Zn SOD and the zinc content in kidney during the experiment period. These results indicated that the activities of both ALP and 5'-NT and plasma zinc were sensitive to zinc supplementacior and zinc deficiency.
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Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing 100050, China.
Piao
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Xu
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Yang
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D015720:5'-Nucleotidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006128:Growth / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D015032:Zinc / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000172:deficiency
D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D015720:5'-Nucleotidase; D015032:Zinc