Abstract
The experiments were carried out on 80 male Wistar rats, divided into four groups as follows: group 1, treated orally with ZnCl2 at a dose of 10 mg Zn2+/kg for 14 days; group 2, control; group 3, MgCl2-treated at a dose of 5 mg Mg2+/kg; group 4, treated with ZnCl2 plus MgCl2 in the same manner as groups 1 and 3. The influx of calcium into the rat duodenum slices was investigated in vitro by the method of Papworth and Patrick. Over a range of calcium concentrations (0-10 mM) the influx of this element was defined as a sum of a saturable term (active transport) and a linear term dependent on concentration (passive transport). In the zinc-treated rats only the saturable term was affected. The study of this term by Lineweaver-Burk plots showed a decrease of the half-saturation constant, Kt, while the maximal value, Jm, remained unchanged. Moreover, magnesium was shown to interact with zinc at gut level because simultaneous oral administration of Mg2+ and Zn2+ to rats protected them against the inhibition of calcium uptake observed when Zn2+ was given alone.
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