代谢
锌和镉可以通过肺部、皮肤和胃肠系统进入人体。肠道对锌的吸收受到锌载体蛋白CRIP的控制。锌还与金属硫蛋白结合,帮助防止过量锌的吸收。锌在体内广泛分布,存在于所有组织和组织液中,特别是在肝脏、胃肠道、肾脏、皮肤、肺、大脑、心脏和胰腺中。在血液中,锌与红细胞中的碳酸酐酶结合,以及与血浆中的白蛋白、α2-巨球蛋白和氨基酸结合。白蛋白和氨基酸结合的锌可以扩散穿过组织膜。锌通过尿液和粪便排出体外。镉最初与金属硫蛋白和白蛋白结合,并主要运输到肾脏和肝脏。当镉的浓度超过可用的金属硫蛋白时,就会观察到毒性效应,而且已经证明镉-金属硫蛋白复合物可能具有损害性。镉不参与任何直接的代谢转化,并以原形主要通过尿液排出体外。(L6, L49)
Zinc and cadmium can enter the body through the lungs, skin, and gastrointestinal tract. Intestinal absorption of zinc is controlled by zinc carrier protein CRIP. Zinc also binds to metallothioneins, which help prevent absorption of excess zinc. Zinc is widely distributed and found in all tissues and tissues fluids, concentrating in the liver, gastrointestinal tract, kidney, skin, lung, brain, heart, and pancreas. In the bloodstream zinc is found bound to carbonic anhydrase in erythrocytes, as well as bound to albumin, _2-macroglobulin, and amino acids in the the plasma. Albumin and amino acid bound zinc can diffuse across tissue membranes. Zinc is excreted in the urine and faeces. Cadmium initially binds to metallothionein and albumin and is transported mainly to the kidney and liver. Toxic effects are observed once the concentration of cadmium exceeds that of available metallothionein, and it has also been shown that the cadmium-metallothionein complex may be damaging. Cadmium is not known to undergo any direct metabolic conversion and is excreted unchanged, mainly in the urine. (L6, L49)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)