Strain difference in sensitivity of mice to renal toxicity of inorganic mercury

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 335-341

  Tanaka Kagawa, Toshiko ^a   Suzuki, Mieko ^a   Naganuma, Akira ^b   Yamanaka, Nobuaki ^c   Imura, Nobumasa ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; URINARY EXCRETION;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; MALE; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031956232     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Bach RD and Weibel AT (1976) Nuclear magnetic resonance studies on anion-exchange reactions of alkylmercury mercaptides. J Am Chem Soc 98:6241-6249.
2. Berlin M and Ulberg S (1963) Accumulation and retention of mercury in the mouse. II. An autoradiographic comparison of methylmercuric dicyandiamide with inorganic mercury. Arch Environ Health 6:610-616.
3. Berndt WO, Baggett JM, Blacker A and Houser M (1985) Renal glutathione and mercury uptake by kidney. Fundam Appl Toxicol 5:832-839.
4. Bremner I and Beattie JH (1990) Metallothionein and the trace minerals. Annu Rev Nutr 10:63-83.
5. Carlberg I and Mannervik B (1985) Glutathione reductase. Methods Enzymol 113: 484-485.
6. Doi R, Tagawa M, Tanaka H and Nakaya K (1983) Hereditary analysis of the strain difference of methylmercury distribution in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 69:400-406.
7. Gstraunthaler G, Pfaller W and Kotanko P (1983) Glutathione depletion and in vitro lipid peroxidation in mercury or maleate induced acute renal failure. Biochem pharmacol 32:2969-2972.
8. Habig WH, Pabst MJ and Jakoby WB (1974) Glutathione S-transferases. J Biol Chem 249:7130-7139.
9. Hallett CJ and Cook JGH (1971) Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide-coupled reaction for emergency blood urea estimation. Clin Chim Acta 35:33-37.
10. Jaffe M (1886) Uber den Niederschlag welchen Pikrinsaure in normalen Harn erzeugt und uber eine neue Reaction des Kreatinins. Z Physiol Chem 10:391-400.
11. Johansson LH and Borg LAH (1988) A spectrophotometric method for determination of catalase activity in small tissue samples. Anal Biochem 174:331-336.
12. Kotsonis FN and Klaassen CD (1977) Comparison of methods for estimating hepatic metallothionein in rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 42:583-588.
13. Lawrence RA and Burk RF (1976) Glutathione peroxidase activity in selenium-deficient rat liver. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 71:952-958.
14. 2 formation and oxidative stress in vivo and in vitro in rat kidney mitochondria. Biochem Pharmacol 45:2017-2024.
15. Naganuma A, Anderson ME and Meister A (1990) Cellular glutathione as a determinant of sensitivity to mercuric chloride toxicity. Biochem Pharmacol 40:693-697.
16. Naganuma A, Oda-Urano N, Tanaka T and Imura N (1988) Possible role of hepatic glutathione in transport of methylmercury into mouse kidney. Biochem Pharmacol 37:291-296.
17. Naganuma A, Satoh M and Imura N (1987) Prevention of lethal and renal toxicity of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) by induction of metallothionein synthesis without compromising its antitumor activity in mice. Cancer Res 47:983-987.
18. Ohkawa H, Ohnishi N and Yagi K (1979) Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction. Anal Biochem 95:351-358.
19. Ohyanagui Y (1984) Reevaluation of assay methods and establishment of kit for superoxide dismutase activity. Anal Biochem 142:290-296.
20. Piotrowski JK, Trojanowska B, Wisniewska-Knypl JM and Bolanowska W (1974) Mercury binding in the kidney and liver of rats repeatedly exposed to mercuric chloride; Induction of metallothionein by mercury and cadmium. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 27:11-19.
21. Satoh M, Nishimura N, Kanayama Y, Naganuma A, Suzuki T and Tohyama C (1997) Enhanced renal toxicity by inorganic mercury in metallothionein-null mice. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 283:1529-1533.
22. Tanaka T, Naganuma A and Imura N (1990) Role of γ-glutamyltranspeptidase in renal uptake and toxicity of inorganic mercury in mice. Toxicology 60:187-198.
23. Tanaka T, Naganuma A and Imura N (1992a) Route for renal transport of methyl-mercury in mice. Eur J Pharmacol 228:9-14.
24. Tanaka T, Naganuma A, Kobayashi K and Imura N (1991) An explanation for strain and sex differences in renal uptake of methylmercury in mice. Toxicology 69:317-329.
25. Tanaka T, Naganuma A, Miura N and Imura N (1992b) Role of testosterone in γ-glutamyltranspeptidase dependent renal methylmercury uptake in mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 112:58-63.
26. Tanaka-Kagawa T, Naganuma A and Imura N (1993) Tabular secretion and reabsorption of mercury compounds in mouse kidney. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 164:776-782.
27. Tate SS and Meister A (1974) Interaction of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase with amino acids, dipeptides, and derivatives and analogs of glutathione. J Biol Chem 249: 7593-7602.
28. Thurau K and Boylan JW (1978) Acute renal success. The unexpected logic of oliguria in acute renal failure. Am J Med 61:308-315.
29. Toyo'oka T and Imai K (1983) High-performance liquid chromatography and fluorometric detection of biologically important thiols, derivatized with ammonium 7-fluorobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole-4-sulphonate (SBD-F). J Chromatogr 282:495-500.
30. Woods JS, Calas CA, Aicher LD, Robinson BH and Mailer C (1990) Stimulation of porphyrinogen oxidation by mercuric ion. I. Evidence of free radical formation in the presence of thiols and hydrogen peroxide. Mol Pharmacol 38:253-260.
31. Yasutake A and Hirayama K (1986) Strain difference in mercury excretion in methylmercury-treated mice. Arch Toxicol 59:99 -102.
32. Yasutake A and Hirayama K (1988) Sex and strain differences of susceptibility to methylmercury toxicity in mice. Toxicology 51:47-55.
33. Zalups RK (1995) Organic anion transport and action of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in kidney linked mechanistically to renal tubular uptake, of inorganic mercury. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 132:289-298.
34. Zalups RK and Barfuss DW (1995) Accumulation and handling of inorganic mercury in the kidney after coadministration with glutathione. J Toxicol Environ Health 44:385-399.
35. Zalups RK and Cherian MG (1992) Renal metallothionein metabolism after a reduction of renal mass. II. Effect of zinc pretreatment on the renal toxicity and intrarenal accumulation of inorganic mercury. Toxicology 71:103-117.