Postprandial zinc stable isotope response in human blood serum
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
In recent years, considerable advances have been made in the field of medical isotope metallomics, but numerous fundamental physiological processes remain to be investigated. Past studies report that blood serum Zn concentration decrease by about 20%, depending on the size of meal, approximately 3 hours postprandially (i.e. after eating), before returning to baseline values if no meals are consumed over the following 4 to 5 hours. Nine participants were recruited for this study to investigate whether this postprandial Zn concentration decrease is accompanied by a stable isotope response. A baseline serum sample was collected from participants in the morning after overnight fasting. A 576 kcal meal was then provided and additional serum samples were taken 90 and 180 minutes post-meal to coincide with the peak postprandial response. Serum Zn concentrations decreased postprandially by an average of 21 ± 9% (1SD), but this was not accompanied by a change in stable Zn isotope composition (mean Δ66Zn180-minute – Baseline = 0.01 ± 0.09‰, 2SD). We propose that hemodilution and the rapid, efficient postprandial transfer of albumin-bound Zn from serum to the liver and pancreas is responsible for the lack of postprandial serum Zn isotopic response. These results indicate that studies examining solely the distribution of Zn isotopes in serum may obtain samples without considering timing of the most recent meal. However, future studies seeking to compare serum Zn concentrations with δ66Zn values should draw blood samples in the morning after overnight fasting.
Date Issued
2020-06-29
Date Acceptance
2020-06-29
Citation
Metallomics, 2020
ISSN
1756-5901
Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Journal / Book Title
Metallomics
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s)
Subjects
03 Chemical Sciences
Analytical Chemistry
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2020-06-29