title: Effects of Echinostoma caproni infections on metallic ions in the intestinal mucosa of ICR mice.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania 18042, USA.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Layman
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Koehnlein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fried
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sherma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004451:Echinostomiasis / Q000378:metabolism*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry*; D008670:Metals / Q000032:analysis*; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR
chemical_list: D008670:Metals