title: Effects of lead-arsenic combined exposure on central monoaminergic systems.
abstract: Lead acetate (116 mg/kg/day), arsenic (11 or 13.8 mg/kg/day as sodium arsenite), a lead-arsenic mixture or vehicle were administered to adult mice through gastric intubation during 14 days. Then, the regional content of norepinephrine (NE), dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), 3,4 dihydroxyphenyl-acetic acid (DOPAC), 5-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (5-HIAA), arsenic, and lead were quantified. Compared with the accumulation after single element exposures, the mixture elicited a higher accumulation of lead and a lower arsenic accumulation in the brain. Compared to controls, lead induced only an augmentation of DOPAC (200%) in the hypothalamus. By contrast, the mixture provoked increases of DOPAC in the hypothalamus (250%), DA and 5-HIAA in the striatum (67 and 187%, respectively) and NE decreased in the hypothalamus (45%). Although these alterations were similar to those produced by arsenic alone, the mixture provoked a 38% decrease of NE in the hippocampus and increases of 5-HT in midbrain and frontal cortex (100 and 90%, respectively) over control values, alterations that were not elicited by either metal alone. These results demonstrate an interaction arsenic/lead on the central monoaminergic systems of the adult mouse.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mejía
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díaz-Barriga
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Calderón
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Jiménez-Capdeville
mesh_terms: D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001151:Arsenic / Q000378:metabolism; D020261:Arsenic Poisoning; D015306:Biogenic Monoamines / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D007854:Lead / Q000378:metabolism; D007855:Lead Poisoning / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D012701:Serotonin / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015306:Biogenic Monoamines; D015102:3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic Acid; D007854:Lead; D012701:Serotonin; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D001151:Arsenic; D004298:Dopamine; D009638:Norepinephrine