Metabolism of selenocyanate in the rat.
Rats injected subcutaneously with 2 mg Se/kg body weight of [75Se]selenocyanate or [14C, 75Se]selenocyanate excreted dimethylselenide (DMSe) in the breath and trimethyl-selenonium ion (TMSe) in the urine. The 24-h respiratory DMSe and urinary TMSe excretions were 26.8 +/- 8.1 and 14.5 +/- 5.1% of the dose, respectively. Tissue concentrations of 75Se were highest in the kidneys (1.89 +/- 0.2% dose/g), liver (1.46 +/- 0.2% dose/g), and blood (0.50 +/- 0.05% dose/ml), and lower (greater than 0.3% dose/g) in the other tissues. Trimethyl-selenonium was the major form (61%) of selenium in urine. Approximately 2% of the dose of doubly labeled SeCN- was excreted unchanged in urine (about 12% of urinary Se). 14C from doubly labeled SeCN- was not present in the methylated selenium metabolites, but a major 14C urinary metabolite was identified as thiocyanate. These results indicate that a substantial part of selenocyanate in the body undergoes metabolism and Se is excreted in methylated forms following scission of the C-Se bond.
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Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
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D000818:Animals; D001944:Breath Tests; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003485:Cyanates / Q000378:metabolism*; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000652:urine*; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012643:Selenium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000652:urine*; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D012644:Selenium Radioisotopes; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003485:Cyanates; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D012644:Selenium Radioisotopes; C053721:selenocyanic acid; D012643:Selenium; C003717:trimethylselenonium; C013503:dimethylselenide