代谢
锌可以通过肺部、皮肤和胃肠系统进入人体。肠道对锌的吸收是由锌载体蛋白CRIP控制的。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,尤其在肝脏、胃肠系统、肾脏、皮肤、肺、大脑、心脏和胰腺中含量较高。在血液中,锌与红细胞中的碳酸酐酶结合,也与血浆中的白蛋白、α2-巨球蛋白和氨基酸结合。白蛋白和氨基酸结合的锌可以通过组织膜扩散。锌通过尿液和粪便排出体外。铬可以通过口服、吸入或皮肤接触被吸收,并分布到几乎所有组织中,肾脏和肝脏中含量最高。骨骼也是一个主要的储存场所,可能有助于长期保留。六价铬与硫酸盐和铬酸盐的相似性使其能够通过硫酸盐转运机制进入细胞。在细胞内,六价铬首先被许多物质(包括抗坏血酸、谷胱甘肽和烟酸腺嘌呤二核苷酸)还原为五价铬,然后还原为三价铬。铬几乎全部通过尿液排出体外。(A12,L16,L49)
Zinc 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. Chromium is absorbed from oral, inhalation, or dermal exposure and distributes to nearly all tissues, with the highest concentrations found in kidney and liver. Bone is also a major storage site and may contribute to long-term retention. Hexavalent chromium's similarity to sulfate and chromate allow it to be transported into cells via sulfate transport mechanisms. Inside the cell, hexavalent chromium is reduced first to pentavalent chromium, then to trivalent chromium by many substances including ascorbate, glutathione, and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide. Chromium is almost entirely excreted with the urine. (A12, L16, L49)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)