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Vitamin C and copper interactions in guinea-pigs and a study of collagen cross-links

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

H Tsuchiya  and
C. J Bates†
H Tsuchiya
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Downhams Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 IXJ
C. J Bates†
Affiliation:
MRC Dunn Nutrition Unit, Downhams Lane, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 IXJ
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The purpose of this study was, first to explore metabolic interactions between Cu and ascorbic acid in guinea-pigs, particularly with respect to any possible disadvantages of high ascorbatein the presence of low Cu intakes, and second, to test the hypothesis that variations in ascorbate and/or Cu status might inhence collagen cross-linking, either by inducing a change in thecross-links: hydroxyproline ratio, or by inducing a change in the pyridinoline: deoxypyridinoline cross-linls ratio. Four matched groups, each of eight male weanliig Dunkin-Hartley guinea-pigs, were maintained on purified diets containing either no added Cu, or 150 mg Cu/kg diet, and either 0·1 g or 30 g ascorbic acid/kg diet. They were then killed 8 weeks later, and the following indices were measured body and organ weights; blood haemoglobin; adrenal ascorbate concentrations; Cu concentrations in plasma, liver and femur; superoxide dismutase (EC 1.15.1.1) activity in whole blood and liver; hydroxyproline, pyridinoline and deoxypyridinoline in femur and in urine. The principal observations were: Cu intake significantly affected blood and tissue Cu concentrations and superoxide dismutase activity; and ascorbic acid intake significantlyaffected adrenal ascorbate levels and the deoxypyridinoline: pyridinoline cross-links ratio, especially in bone (femur). There was evidence of a significant interaction between ascorbateand Cu with respect to adrenal and plasma Cu concentrations, blood superoxide dismutase activityand body weights. We conclude that interactions between ascorbate and Cu at the functional level were present but modest, and that a new and potentially powerful functional index of ascorbate status may exist within the deoxypyridinoline: pyridinoliie collagen cross-link ratio.

Keywords

AscorbateCopperGuinea-pigCollagen
Type
General Nutrition
Information
British Journal of Nutrition , Volume 77 , Issue 2 , February 1997 , pp. 315 - 325
Copyright
Copyright © The Nutrition Society 1997

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