The involvement of transferrin in the uptake of iron-59 by hepatocytes of carbon tetrachloride-damaged rats.

We have reported that transferrin (Tf)-unbound Gallium-67 ((67)Ga) was taken up into hepatocytes 1 d after carbon tetrachloride (CCl(4))-treatment in rats. It had been reported that the binding affinity of Iron-59 ((59)Fe) to Tf was greater than that of (67)Ga. In the present study, we investigated whether or not Tf was involved in (59)Fe uptake by hepatocytes of CCl(4)-damaged rats.