title: [Characterization of Hg-binding metallothioneins in tissues of rat after oral intake of mercury chloride by size-exclusion chromatography coupled with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry].
abstract: Hg concentrations, total metallothioneins (MTs) and metal-binding MTs in tissues of the rat after oral intake of HgCl2 were determined by the inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), a modifield mecurry saturarion assay and the size-exclusion chormatography (SEC) coupled with ICP-MS, respectively. The results indicated that Hg accumulation in all of the rat tissues, including kidney, liver, testicle, brain, heart, serum and blood plasma, in HgCl2 group significantly increased compared with that in the control group, especiallyin kidney,liver and testicle. A large amount of MTs was inducted in these exposed rat tissues, especially in their kidneys and livers. The metal species binding with MTs obtained with SECICP-MS showed that the fractions of Hg-MTs in both kidney and liver of exposed rat were significantly higher compared with those of the control. In addition, higher amounts of Cu-MTs observed in exposed rat liver and kidney demomstrated the effect of MTs in the homeostatis of Cu and in the detoxification of Hg.
authors.affiliation: College of Bioengineering, Jimei University, Xiamen 361021, China. zhyhuang@jmu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Zhiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jincan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Zhixia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Xiaoru
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Frank Sen-Chun
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008627:Mercuric Chloride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D008668:Metallothionein