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The conditions were evolved and checked for simultaneous determination of cadmium and lead levels in plant material using the flame technique of ASA. For decomposition of the organic substances in plant material wet mineralization was used with a mixture of nitric acid, perchloric acid and sulpuric acid in volume proportions 6:2:0.25. The levels of cadmium and lead were determined in the organic phase after extraction with n-butyl acetate of the previously produced complexes with NaDDTK. The obtained limits of cadmium and lead detectability were 0.002 and 0.02 mg/kg respectively. The recovery rate of the method ranged from 96 to 98%, while the variability index was from 2.6 to 10.2%. The correctness of the evolved analytical procedure was confirmed by determination of the content of both elements in the NBS-SRM 1571 standard (orchard leaves) and by participation in the international interlaboratory investigation of the Polish standard (dried cabbage leaves).
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PMID:[A method of atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS) for analysis of cadmium and lead levels in the plant material]. 210 Nov 73

Forty male STD-Wistar rats, weighing about 210 g on the average, were divided into two dietary groups. These were further subdivided into the following eight groups: 1) control rats fed the normal diet (N rats: group #1), N rats treated with 0.1 mg Cd (group #2), 0.5 mg Cd (group #3), and 1.0 mg Cd (group #4); 2) Mg-deficient rats (D rats: group #5), D rats treated with 0.1 mg Cd (group #6), 0.5 mg Cd (group #7), and 1.0 mg Cd (group #8). Before Cd treatment the rats were given the normal diet or the Mg-deficient diet for 14 consecutive days day -14). Subcutaneous injection of 0.1 ml of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) in the backs of the animals given a normal diet or a Mg-deficient diet at the three doses of 0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 mg/kg body was performed twice a day (12-h intervals) (time-zero) for 7 consecutive days and then these animals were maintained without Cd treatment for an additional period of 20 days (+28 days). Body weight gain in Mg-deficient rats (D rats) was significantly decreased. The effects of Cd treatment in the rats fed the normal diet (N rats) were also significant. Mg deficiency enhanced the decreased body weight gain in D rats treated with Cd on day 24 though no enhancement of the decreased food consumption in those rats was observed. Mg deficiency lowered the blood pressure in rats and this response was more pronounced in D rats treated with Cd. The increased urinary Na excretion and the decreased water retention were not observed in the D rats; this response was not pronounced in the D rats treated with Cd. These results suggest that an enhancement of the decreased blood pressure in Cd-treated rats by the Mg deficiency is not responsible for the decreased water retention. Ca concentration in the heart and aorta of D rats was within the same range as that of N rats. Mg deficiency increased Ca concentration in the heart and aorta of the D rats treated with 0.5 and 1.0 mg Cd though Cd itself did not affect the Ca and ATP concentrations, Ca and Mg balance (Ca/Mg), and heart weight in the heart of N rats. These results suggest that Mg deficiency may increase the overload of Ca in the heart and aorta of D rats treated with Cd, which may in turn lead to enhancement of the Cd-induced cardiotoxic effects.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:Effect of Mg deficiency on blood pressure in rats treated with cadmium. 344 86

Homogenization with a flat valve homogenizer in combination with high-speed blending was evaluated for the preparation of slurries suitable for the ETAAS determination of cadmium, copper and lead concentrations in six SRMs and in frozen cervine liver and kidney. Fresh tissue (approximately 2 g) or powdered SRM (approximately 0.1 g) was dispersed, at high speed, in 20 ml of ethanol-water (1 + 9 v/v) containing 0.25% m/m tetramethylammonium hydroxide. The resulting suspension was passed through a high-pressure flat valve homogenizer. Determinations performed on the resulting homogenate, provided estimates for Cd, Pb and Cu concentrations that were within 27, 23 and 18% of the certified values, respectively, for the six SRMs. In all instances, the experimental results did not differ significantly from the certified values. For frozen tissues there was good agreement between the concentrations as determined by slurry homogenization-ETAAS and conventional digestion-ICP-MS. In addition, no significant differences were detected between the slopes of the calibration curves for external standards and standard additions to homogenized sample (SRMs or fresh tissue). Moreover, replicate determinations of analyte concentrations in slurries at various times post-preparation did not detect any segregation of the homogenates during 6 d. For these matrices at least, short-term sample storage had no discernible effect on the analyte apparent concentrations. The applicability of the process was limited only by the levels of contaminating Pb and Cu introduced into the sample by the homogenizer.
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PMID:Slurry preparation by high-pressure homogenization for cadmium, copper and lead determination in cervine liver and kidney by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. 863 93

A panel of HepG2-derived cell lines (CAT-Tox [L] assay, Xenometrix), harboring stress genes consisting of a sequence for chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) under the transcriptional regulation from mammalian promoters and response elements, was exposed for 18-24 hr to aqueous suspensions of urban dusts (SRM-1648, SRM-1649, EHC-93) or PM2.5 particles (particulate matter < 2.5 micron). Expression of CAT protein was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Induction of the CAT genes was verified with benzo[a]pyrene (CYP1A1, cytochrome P450 1A1 promoter; GSTYa, glutathione transferase subunit Ya promoter; XRE, xenobiotic response element), cadmium sulfate, and copper sulfate (HMTIIa, metallothionein IIa promoter; HSP70, heat shock protein 70 promoter). The urban dust suspensions were active on CYP1A1, GSTYa, and XRE cell lines. SRM-1648 and SRM-1649 were twice as potent as EHC-93 per unit mass in inducing the xenobiotic-dependent responses, which correlated with contents in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. These three reference particles, as well as six PM2.5 preparations collected on hi-vol filters in the Great Lakes basin, were also found to induce HMTIIa and HSP70, the magnitude of the responses correlating closely with the amount of soluble copper in the particulate preparations. The results indicate that bioavailable chemical species in the unfractionated particles can directly and quantitatively induce xenobiotic, metal, and stress-dependent responses in a target cell model, resulting in patterns of gene induction consistent with the chemical compositions of the environmental materials. We propose that cell culture models could be helpful for toxicodynamic inferences in adjunct to environmental monitoring and exposure assessments.
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PMID:Regulation of promoter-CAT stress genes in HepG2 cells by suspensions of particles from ambient air. 932 24

1. The basolateral amygdala (ABL) nuclei contribute to the process of anxiety. GABAergic transmission is critical in these nuclei and serotonergic inputs from dorsal raphe nuclei also significantly regulate GABA release. In mechanically dissociated rat ABL neurons, spontaneous miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs) arising from attached GABAergic presynaptic nerve terminals were recorded with the nystatin-perforated patch method and pharmacological isolation. 2. 5-HT reversibly reduced the GABAergic mIPSC frequency without affecting the mean amplitude. The serotonergic effect was mimicked by the 5-HT1A specific agonist 8-OH DPAT (8-hydroxy-2-(di-n-propylamino)tetralin) and blocked by the 5-HT1A antagonist spiperone. 3. The GTP-binding protein inhibitor N-ethylmaleimide removed the serotonergic inhibition of mIPSC frequency. In either K+-free or Ca2+-free external solution, 5-HT could inhibit mIPSC frequency. 4. High K+ stimulation increased mIPSC frequency and 8-OH DPAT inhibited this increase even in the presence of Cd2+. 5. Forskolin, an activator of adenylyl cyclase (AC), significantly increased synaptic GABA release frequency. Pretreatment with forskolin prevented the serotonergic inhibition of mIPSC frequency in both the standard and high K+ external solution. 6. Ruthenium Red (RR), an agent facilitating the secretory process in a Ca2+-independent manner, increased synaptic GABA release. 5-HT also suppressed RR-facilitated mIPSC frequency. 7. We conclude that 5-HT inhibits GABAergic mIPSCs by inactivating the AC-cAMP signal transduction pathway via a G-protein-coupled 5-HT1A receptor and this intracellular pathway directly acts on the GABA-releasing process independent of K+ and Ca2+ channels in the presynaptic nerve terminals.
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PMID:Presynaptic serotonergic inhibition of GABAergic synaptic transmission in mechanically dissociated rat basolateral amygdala neurons. 1038 97

The use of isotope dilution analysis (IDA) with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) for the determination of oxidized metallothionein (MT) by a Cd-saturation method is investigated. The method developed here is a modification of an earlier methodology which used a radioactive Cd isotope ((109)Cd). While retaining the many advantages of this previous approach, the procedure presented here uses stable isotope ratio measurements ((114)Cd/(111)Cd) for the determination of MT. Experimental parameters governing the instrumental precision and accuracy for isotope ratio measurements of Cd by ICP-MS were characterized. Systematic errors, including mass bias, detector dead time, and spectroscopic interferences, could be easily corrected. The isotope dilution ICP-MS method was validated by the determination of very low levels of cadmium in biological certified reference materials (NIST SRM 2670 freeze-dried urine, IAEA H-8 horse kidney, and BCR TP-25 lichens). Finally, the IDA procedure was evaluated for the determination of oxidized MT by a Cd-saturation method previously developed using radioactive (109)Cd. The final procedure was applied to the quantification of MT in Long-Evans Cinnamon rat liver cytosol samples and the results were compared with data obtained for the same samples using the reference (109)Cd methodology. A good agreement between the analytical values obtained by both methods was observed.
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PMID:Development of a stable isotope approach for the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry determination of oxidized metallothionein in biological materials. 1087 73

An extraction method was developed for the determination of toxic elements in contaminated soil samples by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). The determination of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and silver in ultrasound-assisted extracts of SRM 2710 and SRM 2711 by ICP-AES was carried out with high accuracy and precision (RSD<3.7%). The certified concentrations of the SRMs were obtained for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and silver by using an ultrasound-assisted extraction method with a digestion solution of (1+1)-diluted aqua regia. The determination of copper in SRMs by the ultrasound-assisted extraction method and analysis by ICP-AES failed to obtain the certified concentrations at the 95% level of confidence using (+/-2 s) as confidence limits of the mean. However, the same results were observed with the use of the microwave digestion method and reflux, which is the ISO 11466 standard method. The analysis of the SRMs showed that the ultrasound-assisted extraction method is highly comparable with the other methods used for such purposes. The major advantages of the ultrasound-assisted extraction method compared to the microwave and reflux methods are the high treatment rate (50 samples simultaneously in nine minutes) and low reagent usage, the main benefit of which are the low chloride and nitrate concentrations in the extracts.
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PMID:Ultrasound-assisted extraction in the determination of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and silver in contaminated soil samples by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry. 1201 78

The suitability of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine as a complexing agent for the on-line preconcentration of cadmium using an anion exchanger (Amberlite IRA-904) in a microcolumn has been tested. Various parameters which affect complex formation and its sorption, as well as elution into the nebulizer of flame atomic absorption spectrometry (FAAS), were optimized. A 5 x 10(-4) mol 1(-1) reagent was on-line mixed with an aqueous sample solution and flowed through the microcolumn for 2 min. The sorbed complexes were then eluted with 2 mol 1(-1) of nitric acid into the nebulizer of FAAS. A good precision (2.1% RSD for 40 microg 1(-1) cadmium) and a high enrichment factor (36) with a detection limit (3sigma) of 1.4 microg 1(-1) were obtained. The achieved analytical results for a standard reference material (SRM 1643d) were in good agreement with the certified values.
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PMID:Application of 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine for cadmium preconcentration in flow-injection system. 1203 27

The aim of the present study was to determine to what degree acute exposure to cadmium affects the expression of CGRP, CT, SST and SYN in the C cells of the rat thyroid. Animals from 7 experimental groups received CdCl2 iv. in doses of 3.5, 3, 2.5, 2, 1.5, 1 and 0.5 mg/kg b.w. respectively, while the control animals were given 0.9% NaCl iv. 24 hours after the iv. administration of CdCl2, a correlation was found between a single dose of cadmium and the intensity of the immunocytochemical reactions for CGRP, CT, SST and SYN in C cells of the rat thyroid when compared to the control. The weakest immunocytochemical reactions were noted in C cells of the thyroid of rats from Groups I and II, their intensity gradually increasing in Groups III, IV and V in comparison to the control. The reaction intensity in animals of Groups VI and VII resembled those of the control.
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PMID:Effect of acute exposure to cadmium on the expression of calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), calcitonin (CT), somatostatin (SST) and synaptophysin (SYN) in the C cells of the rat thyroid--a preliminary study. 1523 80

The present paper proposes an on-line preconcentration procedure for cadmium determination in drinking water samples. It is based on the precipitation of cadmium(II) ions on a knotted reactor (KR) using 1(2-thiazolylazo)-p-cresol (TAC) as complexing reagent. The optimization step was performed using a full factorial design involving the variables: pH, eluent concentration (nitric acid) and TAC concentration. The results of this experiment demonstrated that these variables at chosen levels are not statistically significant. Under optimized experimental established conditions, analytical parameters for the preconcentration method were: a detection limit of 40.0 ng/l, precision as relative standard deviation (RSD) of 1.2 and 1.0%, for cadmium concentration of 2.5 and 20.0 microg/l, respectively. The preconcentration factor considering the slopes of the analytical curves with and without preconcentration is 23 for a sample volume of 10 ml. This system shows a sampling frequency of 25 h(-1). In order to check the accuracy, the standard reference material, NIST SRM 1643d trace elements in water was analyzed. A comparison, using t-test demonstrates that there is not significant difference among the achieved results with proposed method and the certified values. The addition/recovery experiments in the samples analyzed demonstrated the accuracy and applicability of the system developed for cadmium determination in water samples.
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PMID:Optimization of the preconcentration system of cadmium with 1(2-thiazolylazo)-p-cresol using a knotted reactor and flame atomic absorption spectrometric detection. 1530 49


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