title: [Examination of activity of certain phosphatases in the placenta of female rats exposed to cadmium].
abstract: The enzymatic examinations were carried out to determine, as early as possible, the functional changes in cells of fetal and maternal part of placenta, as well as pointing out those elements which were the most susceptible to cadmium toxic action. The experiments were carried out on 80 pregnant female rats which were divided into three experimental groups and a control one. The experimental animals were daily administered, intragastrically, aqueous solution of cadmium chloride, between the 7th and 19th day of pregnancy, in doses depending on experimental groups: 2, 10 and 20 mg of CdCl2 per kilogram of body weight, respectively, the animals were killed on the 21st day of pregnancy. Placenta sections were determined for activity of adenosinetriphosphatase stimulated by Mg++ ions (ATP-ase Mg++) E.C.3.6.1.3., and acid phosphatase (AcP) E.C.3.1.3.2. When administered to pregnant females, cadmium chloride was proved to cause a considerable impairment of active transport through biological membranes in placenta, which is indicated by a decrease of reactivity to Mg++ ions stimulated ATP-ase; and an increase in intracellular catabolic processes, which in turn is shown by an increase in reactivity to acid phosphatase. The fetal part of the placenta proves to be more susceptible to the lesion causing activity of cadmium than the maternal part of this organ.
authors.affiliation: III Katedra II Klinika Połoznictwa i Ginekologii Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej, Katowicach.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Włoch
mesh_terms: D000135:Acid Phosphatase / Q000187:drug effects*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000187:drug effects*; D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity*; D019256:Cadmium Chloride; D002712:Chlorides / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005333:Fetus / Q000187:drug effects; D010920:Placenta / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D002104:Cadmium; D000135:Acid Phosphatase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D019256:Cadmium Chloride
vernacular_title: Badania aktywności wybranych fosfataz w łozyskach samic szczurzych narazonych na kadm.