title: Application of high-performance liquid chromatography--inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to the investigation of cadmium speciation in pig kidney following cooking and in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion.
abstract: The speciation of cadmium in retail pig kidney has been examined by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled directly to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Approximately 35% of the cadmium from uncooked kidney was soluble after aqueous extraction at pH 8 and SEC - ICP-MS revealed three discrete peaks whose retention times corresponded to estimated relative molecular masses of 1.2 x 10(6), 7.0 x 10(4) and 6 x 10(3)-9 x 10(3). In the cooked kidney, 35% of the Cd was soluble and was all associated with a peak of a relative molecular mass (Mr) of 6 x 10(3)-9 x 10(3). After simulated gastric digestion of cooked pig kidney at pH 2.5, 60% of the cadmium was solubilised and associated with a species of Mr less than 1 x 10(3). When the digest was also subjected to simulated intestinal digestion at pH 6.8, a single peak, which corresponded to 20% of the original cadmium, was eluted. This peak co-eluted with the single peak extracted at pH 8.0 from the cooked kidney. It was also of similar estimated Mr to the single broad peak observed after simulated gastro-intestinal digestion of equine renal metallothionein (Mr = 1.1 x 10(4]. The results suggest that the majority of soluble cadmium in retail pig kidney is associated with a metallothionein-like protein that survives both cooking and simulated in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion.
authors: H M
authors: HM
authors: Crews
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Dean
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Ebdon
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Massey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002104:Cadmium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003296:Cooking; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D007668:Kidney / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D002104:Cadmium