Table 4.
Zn-MTs (I+II) protein concentrations and zinc content in the liver of mice
| Parameters | Animal models |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young | Old | PTU | PTU+zinc | Sham-Tx | Tx1 | Tx2 | Old+zinc | |
| Zn-MTs (I+II) (μg/g ww) | 4.8±1.4 | 8.5±1.8* | 7.3±2.1* | 11.3±3.5 | 5.7±1.5 | 9.3±2.6* | 4.5±1.9 | 11.1±4.1 |
| Zinc tissue (μg/g) | 17.4±2.7 | 21.3±4.7** | 22.7±4.4** | 15.6±4.3 | 16.2±2.0 | 19.4±2.9** | 13.8±1.2 | 18.0±4.1 |
Ten mice/group. Mean±SD.
P<0.01.
P<0.05 when compared to young or sham-Tx control (ANOVA, Bonferroni test).