Simultaneous coexposure to inorganic mercury and cadmium: a study of the renal and hepatic disposition of mercury and cadmium.
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This study was designed to evaluate the effects of simultaneous coexposure to inorganic mercury and cadmium on the renal and hepatic disposition of each metal. Dispositional changes were assessed in rats 1 h and 24 h after the coexposure to relatively low doses of the metals (which individually are nonnephrotoxic in rats). The rational for studying mercury and cadmium is that both of these metals are encountered frequently in the same contaminated areas. Coadministration of a 0.5- micromol/kg dose of mercuric chloride with a 10- micromol/kg dose of cadmium chloride resulted in a decrease in the net renal accumulation of inorganic mercury at 1 and 24 h after exposure. Assessment of the disposition of both metals in renal zones indicates that the decreased renal accumulation of inorganic mercury was due specifically to changes in the accumulation of mercury in the renal cortex. Coexposure to inorganic mercury and cadmium also caused both the hepatic accumulation of mercury and the urinary excretion of mercury to increase during the initial 24 h after coexposure. During the initial 1 h after coexposure, the content of mercury in the blood was enhanced significantly. However, by the end of the first 24 h after exposure, the content of mercury in the blood was lower than that in animals treated with only inorganic mercury, likely due to the increased urinary excretion of mercury. Interestingly, with the exception of decreased fecal excretion of cadmium, no other changes in the disposition of cadmium were detected in the animals treated with both mercury and cadmium. These novel findings indicate that at the doses of inorganic mercury and cadmium used in the present study, cadmium has profound effects on the renal and hepatic handling of mercury. Based on the present findings, it appears that cadmium [by some currently unknown mechanism(s)] interferes with the luminal and/or basolateral uptake and/or net accumulation of mercury along S1 and S2 segments of the proximal tubules, which results in an overall decrease in the renal burden of mercury and an increased rate in the urinary excretion of mercury.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A
دوره 65 19 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002