Evaluation of Activity of Erythrocyte Pyrimidine 5'-Nucleotidase (P5N) in Lead Exposed Workers: With Focus on the Effect on Hemoglobin.

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  • KIM Yangho
    Departments of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • YOO Cheol-In
    Departments of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • LEE Choong Ryeol
    Departments of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • LEE Ji Ho
    Departments of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • LEE Hun
    Departments of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
  • KIM Sung-Ryul
    Clinical Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine
  • CHANG Seoung-Hoon
    Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University
  • LEE Won-Jin
    Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University
  • HWANG Cheon-Hyun
    Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kon-Kuk University
  • LEE Young Hwan
    Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Kosin University

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Anemia that accompanies lead poisoning is in part the result of various inhibitory effects of lead on heme biosynthesis. Lead also increases the rate of red blood cell destruction due to the profoundly depressed activities of erythrocyte pyrimidine 5'-nucleotidase (P5N) activities. We studied parameters of the two metabolic pathways in the workers exposed to lead to evaluate P5N in the lead exposed workers and which pathway has an effect on hemoglobin (Hb) level. 29 male workers in the secondary lead smelting as high exposure group, 46 male workers in the manufacturer of inorganic pigment as low exposure group and 56 clerical male workers from another plant as nonexposed group were studied. Activity of P5N, lead concentration in whole blood (PbB), zinc protoporphyrin (ZPP), Hb, and ferritin were determined. In the present study, P5N activity of nucleotide metabolic pathway correlated with Hb after controlling indices of iron deficiency anemia (ferritin) occurring concurrently and heme biosynthetic pathway (ZPP) in the high exposure group while heme biosynthetic pathway did not correlate with Hb after controlling other two variables in exposure groups. These findings suggest that P5N rather than heme biosynthetic pathway has a major effect on Hb level even in workers without manifest hemolytic anemia.

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