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Query: EC:1.16.3.1 (ceruloplasmin)
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Regulation of ceruloplasmin synthesis by interleukin-1 (IL-1) as influenced by dietary copper status was examined in rats. In copper-sufficient rats, ceruloplasmin oxidase activity did not peak in the serum until at least 24 h after IL-1 was given. The rates of ceruloplasmin synthesis, as measured by pulse labeling with [3H]leucine and immunoprecipitation, peaked 12 h after IL-1 and returned to basal rates by 24 h. Copper had to be given to copper-deficient rats for the IL-1 to induce oxidase activity. This activity was stimulated by copper alone in the deficient rats but not to the same level as with IL-1 plus copper. Copper alone did not increase the synthesis rate. IL-1 alone stimulated the synthesis rate without increasing the oxidase activity in the copper-deficient rats. The induction pattern of ceruloplasmin synthesis by IL-1 was the same in the copper-deficient rats given copper as in copper-sufficient rats. Actinomycin D blocked the stimulation of ceruloplasmin synthesis by IL-1. It was concluded that ceruloplasmin is dependent on copper incorporation for oxidase activity, but its synthesis is induced by IL-1 regardless of dietary copper levels, probably by a mechanism involving transcriptional regulation.
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PMID:Interleukin-1--stimulated induction of ceruloplasmin synthesis in normal and copper-deficient rats. 325 71

Ceruloplasmin, a copper-containing acute phase plasma protein, has been shown to be regulated by 13-cis retinoic acid in rats. Ceruloplasmin activity was significantly increased within 24 h and remained elevated for at least 72 h after a single injection of 13-cis retinoic acid. With daily injections of retinoic acid, the ceruloplasmin activity continued to increase for at least 4 d. After 4 d, the activity was four times control levels. In copper-deficient rats, the ceruloplasmin activity did not increase in response to retinoic acid unless copper was also given to these rats 8 h after retinoic acid. Actinomycin D blocked the retinoic acid-induced stimulation of ceruloplasmin activity in copper-sufficient rats, but in copper-deficient rats only about half of the increase was blocked when the rats were given copper or copper and retinoic acid. By use of pulse-labeling techniques, ceruloplasmin synthesis was shown to increase 1.5-fold after retinoic acid and this increase was blocked by actinomycin D. When vitamin A-deficient rats were repleted with 13-cis retinoic acid for 3 or 5 d, both the ceruloplasmin activity and synthesis were significantly stimulated when compared to the nonrepleted, deficient rats. Therefore, the dietary components, copper and vitamin A, play an important role in the regulation of plasma ceruloplasmin levels.
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PMID:Induction of ceruloplasmin synthesis by retinoic acid in rats: influence of dietary copper and vitamin A status. 365 40