125I-albumin may not be used as a tracer of absorption across the human nasal airway barriers.
Acta Otolaryngol
; 111(6): 1117-21, 1991.
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ABSTRACT
This study set out to examine the effects of histamine on airway absorption of macromolecules. By employment of a novel "nasal pool" technique instillates containing 125I-albumin, with or without histamine, were kept for 15 min on human nasal mucosa. Unaffected by the presence of histamine, the instillations produced significant levels of plasma radioactivity, increasing for 60 min. However, gel-filtration data showed that only 30% of the plasma radioactivity was still bound to albumin. Incubation experiments indicated that radioiodine did not dissociate from albumin in nasal liquids nor in the blood. Further experiments involved oral ingestion of the entire nasal instillate. Prompt gastrointestinal absorption of radioactivity occurred, giving rise to plasma levels about two orders of magnitude higher than those recorded after the nasal applications. Moreover, only 25% of the plasma radioactivity was now bound to albumin. It must be considered unavoidable that a small portion (less than 1%) of the nasal instillate is swallowed. Hence, the plasma radioactivity detected in this study may largely reflect gastrointestinal break-down of 125I-albumin and subsequent absorption of radioiodine. We conclude that 125I-albumin may not be employed in studies addressing macromolecular absorption across the human nasal mucosa and that previous work and conclusions based on nasal absorption of 125I-albumin are invalid.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Albúminas
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Radioisótopos de Yodo
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Mucosa Nasal
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Otolaryngol
Año:
1991
Tipo del documento:
Article
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Suecia