Abstract
Ingested cyano[ 57Co]cobalamin was recovered as coupled to intrinsic factor from the jejunum of healthy humans. This vitamin-protein complex and the analogous complex from patients having exocrine pancreatic insufficiency were indistinguishable from each other in terms of molecular radius (3.30 nm), ionic nature (eight well-defined isoproteins isoelectric at pH 4.71, 4.84, 4.90, 5.13, 5.23, 5.31, 5.40 and 5.69), and antigenic structure. These findings indicate that the pancreatic proteases do not alter the intrinsic factor cobalamin complex in vivo. Purified R type protein-cyano[ 57Co]cobalamin complex recovered from patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency was similar to the analogous gastric protein in terms of molecular radius ( α = 4.78 nm) and types of isoproteins (seven well-defined isoproteins isoelectric at pH 2.70, 3.03, 3.38, 3.74, 3.87, 4.05 and 4.20). However, this R protein complex from patients and the intrinsic factor complex from both control subjects and from patients was comprised of more of the acidic type of isoproteins, thereby supporting the notion that carbohydrate-rich isoproteins are more resistant to digestion in the intestine.
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