Influence of an antiandrogen (cyproterone) on the gonadotrophic function of the pituitary gland, on the gonads and on metabolism in normal men.
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Adjustments of urinary ALA concentrations as to urinary specific gravity and creatinine were examined for workers exposed to lead and heat. Judging from our findings, we suggested that it was preferable to adopt the specific gravity (UG) at 1.020 as the adjustment value to obtain the correct urinary ALA concentration. Though corrected values thus obtained were found adequate for urine in the normal range of specific gravity, they failed to be adequate for concentrated urine samples higher than UG 1.025. Urinary volume adjustment was found to be necessary for these concentrated urine in stead of urinary specific gravity adjustment. For the practical purposes, we postulated urinary volume coefficients, which were estimated to be 0.5 for samples ranging from UG 1.026 to 1.030, 0.4 for samples from UG 1.031 to 1.035 and 0.3 for samples from UG 1.036 to 1.040, respectively.
The biosynthesis of porphyrins after incubation with 6.25 mmoles/l delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) for 4 h, the synthesis of porphobilinogen, the residual ALA, and the activity of the porphobilinogen synthase were determined in erythrocytes. Examined were 568 individuals: healthy males and female, normal pregnancy and nephropathy of pregnancy, newborn infants and various diseases of the kidney. The biosynthesis of porphyrin in erythrocytes after incubation with ALA and the activity of porphobilinogen synthase in erythrocytes in chronic renal disorders progressively decreased depending on the stages of the pathologic process and the development of chronic renal insufficiency. The high correlation between the level of synthesized porphyrins and hemoglobin led us to assume that disorders in porphyrin biosynthesis represent in fact one of the pathogenetic mechanisms of nephrogenic anemia.