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FOOD AND CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 1029-1038Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(01)00046-1
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chelating agents; metal redistribution; metallothionein; hepatotoxicity; oxidative stress; metalloenzymes; rats
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A study was planned to investigate possible role of oxidative stress, hepato- and nephrotoxicity and essential metal redistribution following administration of amino and thiol chelating agents on hepatic and renal metallothionein (NIT) and the levels of some metalloenzymes in mate rats. Animals were administered 50 mg/kg, intraperitoneally, twice daily for 15 consecutive days; a dose of three amino and four thiol chelators and were sacrificed 24 h after the last dose. The results indicate no evidence of oxidative stress in hepatic and renal tissues of rats administered thiol and amino chelators, except for some marginal changes in the animals treated with calcium disodium ethylenediaminctetraacetic acid (EDTA) and D-penicillamine (DPA). Redistribution of essential metal (particularly zinc), hepato- and nephrotoxicity seems to play a significant role in influencing the NIT induction by amino chelators. Redistribution of essential metals may also be playing a significant role in a number of metalloenzymes, especially by amino chelators compared to thiol chelators. It can thus be concluded that toxic effects of chelating agents, including metal redistribution and hepatotoxicity, might be playing a crucial role in the metallothionein induction. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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