Concentrations of lactoferrin and iron in human milk at different stages of lactation

Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology
Y HiraiY Yoshino

Abstract

Lactoferrin (LF) was isolated from human milk by serial procedures of 45% ammonium sulfate precipitation, CM Sephadex C-50 ion-exchange chromatography, Sephadex G-100 gel filtration, and Cu-affinity chromatography, in which 59Fe lactoferrin was used as the tracer. The recovery of LF from human milk was 3.3%. LF from human milk was a single component having a molecular weight of 78k on SDS-PAGE, and showed pI 8.02 by isoelectric focusing on slab gel. The LF concentration was measured by rocket immunoelectrophoretic assay using anti-human LF antiserum in human colostrum and milk, from 1 to 60 days after parturition (125 samples). The LF concentrations in colostrum (1-3 days of puerperium, n = 35), the transitional milk (4-7 days, n = 60), and mature milk (20-60 days, n = 30) were 6.7 +/- 0.7, 3.7 +/- 0.1, and 2.6 +/- 0.4 (mean +/- SEM) g/liter, respectively. Both the LF and total protein (TP) concentrations showed significantly inverse correlations with the days after parturition (p less than 0.001). The lactoferrin/total protein ratio (LF/TP) in the mature milk (16.1 +/- 1.4%) was significantly less than that in the colostrum (20.4 +/- 1.2%, p less than 0.05) and the transitional milk (21.4 +/- 0.9%, p less than 0.05). Furthermo...Continue Reading

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