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METALLOMICS
卷 9, 期 8, 页码 1060-1072出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00069c
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada
Humans are environmentally exposed to potentially toxic Cd and Hg species and to the Hg compound thimerosal (THI), an antibactericidal vaccine additive. Previous studies have revealed that Cd2+, Hg2+ and CH3Hg+ are taken up by red blood cells (RBCs) and bind to cytosolic glutathione (GSH) and/or hemoglobin (Hb). Since interactions in the cytosol of RBCs may be linked to their hemolysis, a more comprehensive characterization of these interactions was sought. After the addition of each Cd and Hg species to RBC lysate, the mixtures were analyzed after 5 min, 2 h and 6 h by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled on-line to an inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometer (ICP-AES). In contrast to previous studies, however, reducing conditions were maintained by employing a 100 mM Tris buffer mobile phase (pH 7.4), which contained similar to 2.5 mM of glutathione (GSH). At >= 2 h, similar to 85% of Cd2+ weakly interacted with hemoglobin (Hb), while similar to 13% eluted as (GS)(x)Cd and similar to 2% bound to a >= 70 kDa Cd-binding protein. In contrast, similar to 6% of Hg2+ co-eluted with Hb at all time points, while similar to 94% eluted as (GS)(x)Hg. The results for CH3Hg+ showed that similar to 5% of Hg co-eluted with Hb, while for THI this percentage gradually increased to 12% (6 h). The remaining Hg eluted as GS-HgCH3 and GS-HgCH2CH3. Our results revealed remarkable differences in the interaction of the investigated Cd and Hg species with cytosolic RBC constituents. The formation of (Hb) xHg species, regardless of which Hg compound was added, suggests their mammalian toxicology to be intertwined with the metabolism of Fe.
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