Effects of Echinostoma caproni infections on metallic ions in the intestinal mucosa of ICR mice.
Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) was used to study metallic ions in the intestinal mucosa of ICR mice infected with Echinostoma caproni and the mucosa of uninfected control mice. Infected mucosa (n = 9 with about 100 mg wet weight per sample) were examined at 2 weeks p.i. in mice that were infected with about 25 worms per host. Uninfected mucosa (n = 9 with about 100 mg wet weight per sample) were examined in the same time frame as the infected mucosa. Five metals were measured in the mucosa by ICP-AES analysis, as follows: calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium and zinc. There were no significant differences (Student's t-test, P > 0.05) in the concentrations of calcium, potassium or zinc in infected versus uninfected mucosa. The concentration of sodium was significantly greater (P < 0.05) in the mucosa of infected versus uninfected mucosa, but the situation was reversed in regard to magnesium.
Layman
L R
LR
Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA.
Mueller
T J
TJ
Koehnlein
K M
KM
Fried
B
B
Sherma
J
J
D000818:Animals; D004451:Echinostomiasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR
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