title: Distribution and excretion of lanthanides: comparison between europium salts and complexes.
abstract: Europium (152,154Eu) was intravenously injected into rats as: (i) the chloride salt at pH 7.4, (ii) the chloride salt at pH 3, (iii) the albumin complex and (iv) the DTPA complex, and tissue uptake was determined 24 h later. For the chlorides, the target organ for uptake was liver (about 60% of dose) whilst europium complexes were rapidly excreted in urine and were predominantly taken up into the kidney (about 0.5% of dose) and bone. Liver uptake of EuCl3, pH 7.4, corresponded to that of a colloidal material with most 152Eu present in the non-hepatocyte population; however, EuCl3, pH 3, was handled in a different manner, with significant uptake by hepatocytes. The differing tissue distributions of EuCl3 and Eu-albumin suggest that plasma albumin does not readily bind injected EuCl3. Renal uptake of europium, although a relatively low proportion of the injected dose, was associated with many subcellular fractions, including lysosomes, suggesting significant intracellular uptake and thus possible retention.
authors.affiliation: Robens Institute of Health and Safety, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingham
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dobrota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D005063:Europium / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000652:urine; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D004369:Pentetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D012709:Serum Albumin; D005063:Europium; D004369:Pentetic Acid