title: Bromide kinetics and distribution in the rat. I. Biokinetics of 82Br-bromide.
abstract: Biological half-lives of bromine in 15 different organs and tissues of the rat, in addition to the whole-body half-life, were determined by measuring the radioactive concentration of 82Br-bromide in samples of tissues collected at the time intervals of 12-396 h from animals that continuously (up to 17 d) received 82Br-labeled bromide in their drinking water. The half-life values, calculated from the experimental data by the method of gradual estimates of the parameters in question with the SPSS statistical program, ranged from 94.3+/-14.6 h in the thyroid gland to 235.0+/-88.9 h in liver. In most of the studied tissues, the biological half-lives of bromine were shorter than in the whole body, in which it equaled 197.8+/-22.2 h. Significant correlation between the values of the steady-state concentration of bromide and of the biological half-life was found for most tissues (except for liver). The steady-state concentrations of 82Br in tissues are probably proportional to the magnitude of bromide space, and, consequently, of chloride space.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pavelka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Babický
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vobecký
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lener
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Svandová
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001965:Bromides / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001967:Bromine Radioisotopes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D015233:Models, Statistical; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D001965:Bromides; D001967:Bromine Radioisotopes