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. 1991 Sep 15;278(Pt 3):857–862. doi: 10.1042/bj2780857

Distribution of manganese in rat pancreas and identification of its primary binding protein as pro-carboxypeptidase B.

H Kodama 1, N Shimojo 1, K T Suzuki 1
PMCID: PMC1151425  PMID: 1898371

Abstract

Distribution of manganese (Mn) and its binding to specific proteins were examined in rat pancreas. A MnCl2 solution was injected subcutaneously into Wistar rats daily at a single dose of 15 mg of Mn/kg body weight for 10 days and the animals were killed 1 day after the last injection. The concentration of Mn in the pancreas increased considerably from 1.4 +/- 0.2 (control) to 13.3 +/- 3.7 micrograms/g wet tissue by the repeated injection of Mn. The distribution of Mn in the soluble fraction of the pancreas (170,000 g supernatant) was determined on a gel-filtration column (Asahipak GST-520) using an h.p.l.c.-inductively coupled argon plasma atomic-emission spectrometry (i.c.p.) technique. The metal was eluted as a single peak in the high-molecular-mass protein fraction, where Mn had been observed as a small peak in the control profile, suggesting that the administered Mn was bound to the same Mn-binding component as that in the control. On the basis of enzymic and chemical characterization of the protein, it was identified as a zymogen of carboxypeptidase B (pro-carboxypeptidase B, pro-CPB). The elution profiles of the protein by h.p.l.c.-i.c.p. indicated that Mn and zinc (Zn) were bound to the zymogen with a molar ratio of 1:4 in normal rat pancreas. Mn bound to the zymogen was easily replaced by Zn in vitro, suggesting that Mn was bound to the Zn-binding site and that the binding affinity to Zn was higher than that to Mn. The present results indicate that pro-CPB is the primary Mn-binding protein in the pancreas of control and also Mn-administered rats.

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