Gene/Protein Disease Symptom Drug Enzyme Compound
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Query: EC:1.16.3.1 (ceruloplasmin)
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Serum copper and ceruloplasmin as well as other parameters in 68 patients with chronic renal insufficiency were studied. It was found that chronic renal insufficiency increases neither the serum copper nor the serum ceruloplasmin. In the group on hemodialysis, there is a progressive increase of copper and ceruloplasmin in serum due to a liberation of 44.44% of the copper content of the membranes. In the group on periodic peritoneal dialysis, there is also an increase of serum copper during the dialysis. We do not have an explanation for this finding.
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PMID:Changes in copper and ceruloplasmin in chronic renal insufficiency treated by hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. 74 91

Ceruloplasmin, a copper carrier protein in mammal serum, was isolated by a variation of the Neo-Zgirski method consisting of a chromatography column in DEAE Sephadex A-50 gel, using different buffers for its selective elution. This protein was then precipitated with ammonium sulfate and an ethanol chloroform mixture. Finally, a dialysis against sodium acetate was performed and the samples were purified. In addition, the protein concentration and its characterization were determined. Enzyme kinetics were calculated using paraphenylenediamine as an artificial substrate, determined by the Michaelis constant. Furthermore, an SDS electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gel was performed, and the samples of porcine ceruloplasmin were compared with commercial bovine ceruloplasmin. Finally, a comparative study was carried out between the ceruloplasmin levels in serum from patients with chronic renal insufficiency (CRI) undergoing hemodialysis treatment in artificial kidneys with a cuprophan membrane, with a control group of donors. A similar study was performed with a group of patients suffering from the same illness, but undergoing dialysis treatment with polyacrylonitrile membrane. These results were expressed in mg% in relation to the ceruloplasmin isolated previously.
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PMID:Study of ceruloplasmin in renal insufficiency. 833 18