Change of Ferritin-binding Activity in the Serum of Foal after Birth

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  • OHYA Takushi
    Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
  • KONDO Takashi
    Epizootic Research Center, Equine Research Institute, Japan Racing Association
  • YOSHIKAWA Yasunaga
    Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
  • WATANABE Kiyotaka
    Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University
  • ORINO Koichi
    Laboratory of Veterinary Biochemistry, School of Veterinary Medicine, Kitasato University

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In mammal circulation, various ferritin-binding proteins (FBPs) are thought to be involved in the clearance of circulating ferritin after complex formation with it. However, horse FBPs are known to cause inhibitory effects on ferritin immunoassay due to the concealment of the ferritin molecule to anti-ferritin antibodies used in the ferritin immunoassay. These inhibitory effects are eliminated by heat treatment of horse serum at 75oC for 15 min. The inhibitory effects on ferritin immunoassay in the sera of ten foal sera (5 females and 5 males) from 1 to 18 months were detected during all periods, and ferritin concentrations of the foal sera increased 20-100% as compared with those of untreated sera by same heat treatment. Ferritin concentrations of heat-treated foal sera increased after birth, reaching to ferritin levels of adult horse at 9 months of age. Thereafter, although serum ferritin concentrations fell down at 12 months of age, these concentrations increased to adult levels at 15 months of age again. The ratio of ferritin concentration of heat-treated serum to that of the untreated serum was regarded as an apparent ferritin-binding activity. Ferritin-binding activities in the sera of foals showed peak at 2 and 4 months of age in females and males, respectively. These results suggested that horse FBPs were heat unstable, and FBPs may play an important role in iron metabolism at early developmental stage.<br>

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