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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
Effects of metallothionein (MT) on cadmium absorption and transfer pathways during gestation and lactation in mice were investigated. Female 129/SvJ metallothionein-knockout (MT1,2KO) and metallothionein-normal (MTN) mice received drinking water containing trace amounts of (109)CdCl(2) (0.15 ng Cd/ml; 0.074 micro Ci (109)Cd/ml). (109)Cd and MT in maternal, fetal, and pup tissues were measured on gestation days 7, 14, and 17 and lactation day 11. In dams, MT influenced both the amount of (109)Cd transferred from intestine into body (two- to three-fold higher in MT1,2KO than MTN dams) and tissue-specific (109)Cd distribution (higher liver/kidney ratio in MT1,2KO dams). Placental (109)Cd concentrations in MT1,2KO dams were three- and seven-fold higher on gestation days 14 and 17, respectively, than in MTN dams. Fetal (109)Cd levels were low in both mouse types, but at least 10-fold lower in MTN fetuses. MT had no effect on the amount of (109)Cd transferred to pups via milk; furthermore, 85-90% of total pup (109)Cd was recovered in gastrointestinal tracts of both types, despite high duodenal MT only in MTN pups. A relatively large percentage of milk-derived intestinal (109)Cd was transferred to other pup tissues in both MT1,2KO and MTN pups (14 and 10%, respectively). These results demonstrate that specific sequestration of cadmium by both maternal and neonatal intestinal tract does not require MT. Although MT decreased oral cadmium transfer from intestine to body tissues at low cadmium exposure levels, MT did not play a major role in restricting transfer of cadmium from dam to fetus via placenta and to neonate via milk.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1096-6080
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
154-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Animals, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Cadmium, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Cadmium Radioisotopes, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Drinking, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Intestine, Small, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Lactation, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Maternal-Fetal Exchange, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Metallothionein, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Pregnancy, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:12563101-Water Supply
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Cadmium pathways during gestation and lactation in control versus metallothoinein 1,2-knockout mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Biology Department, Winona State University, Winona, Minnesota 55987, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.