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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 55(2): 117-124, mar.-abr. 1995.
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-320028

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In the last decades several authors have observed a frequent association between diabetes mellitus and porphyria, mainly porphyria cutanea tarda. In previous studies, it has been demonstrated that both d delta d-aminolevulic acid dehydratase (ALA-D) and porphobilinogen deaminase (PBG-D), enzymes of the heme pathway, are inhibited by high concentrations of glucose in vitro in crude preparations of erythrocytes. The activity of these same enzymes was diminished in different tissues obtained from streptozotocin induced diabetic mice. Therefore, we decided to investigate the incidence of heme metabolism alterations in diabetes mellitus in a population of 100 non selected adult patients. The activities of erythrocytic ALA-D and PBG-D were measured. Rhodanese, an enzyme of the sulfocompounds pathway closely related to the regulation of heme biosynthesis, was also studied. Urine porphyrin content as well as the chromatographic pattern of esterified porphyrins were determined. ALA-D and PBG-D activities were diminished in diabetic patients (40 and 20 respectively), while rhodanese was only slightly increased (Fig. 1). ALA-D activity was subnormal in a 92 of the complete diabetic population, while PBG-D activity was less than normal in a 79 of the same population. No significative differences between enzymic activities were observed in the groups insulin and non-insulin dependent (Fig. 3). Urine porphyrin content was increased in 5 of the diabetic population. Chromatographic pattern of urinary porphyrins was notably altered in diabetic patients irrespectively of their porphyrin content (Fig. 4), suggesting an alteration in the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase resembling the primary enzymic defect observed in porphyria cutanea tarda.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Diabetes Mellitus , Heme , Blood Glucose , Diabetes Mellitus , Hydroxymethylbilane Synthase , Porphyria Cutanea Tarda/etiology , Porphyrins , Porphobilinogen Synthase/metabolism , Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase/metabolism
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Acta physiol. pharmacol. latinoam ; 35(4): 481-91, 1985. tab
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-27360

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Se llevaron a cabo estudios para elucidar si en la porfiria por hexaclorobenceno (HCB) están alterados los contenidos de hierro total, no hémico en hígado y si existe alguna relación entre estas alteraciones y el decrenento de la porfirinógeno carboxi-liasa (PCL) hepática en ratas tratadas con la droga. Se observó que en los hígados porfíricos los niveles de hierro total y no hémico incrementaron significativamente como consecuencia de la intoxicación por HCB, mientras que este tratamiento produjo un decremento no significativo en el contenido de hierro hémico. Preparaciones enzimáticas de hígados porfíricos filtradas a través de columnas de Sephadex G-25, que separan el hierro libre y que tienen un contenido de hierro-proteína mayor que las normales, exhibieron una fuerte inhibición de PCL. Agentes quelantes, alfa alfa' bipiridilo y 8-hidroxiquinolina, no revierten tal inhibición. Se ensayó también el efecto in vitro de diferentes concentraciones de hierro inogánico, ferritina y hemina sobre la actividad de PCL normal. Así se observó que hierro inogánico y hemina producen ligera inhibición de PCL cuando se añaden en concentraciones mayores que las correspondientes a un hígado porfírico (0.08 mM y 10-6 M respectivamente como promedio en el medio de incubación). Por lo tanto dichas inhibiciones no tienen significado fisiológico. La ferritina no modifica el proceso de descarboxilación. De estos resultados surge que el hierro no desempeña un papel directo en el decremento de la actividad PCL en la porfiria experimental por HCB, no siendo el inhibidor que se pone de manifiesto en los ensayos de calentamiento. El hierro podría quizás estimular la metabolización del HCB dando origen a metabolitos activos


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Rats , Animals , Female , Hexachlorobenzene/pharmacology , Iron/metabolism , Liver Diseases/chemically induced , Porphyrias/chemically induced , Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase/metabolism , Disease Models, Animal , Liver/metabolism , Heme/metabolism
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