Effect of Organic Mercury Exposure during Early Stage of Ontogenic Development on the Central Dopaminergic System in Adult Rats

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 307-314

  Durczok, A ^a   Szkilnik, R ^a   Brus, R ^a   Nowak, P ^a   Labus, L ^a   Konecki, J ^a   Drabek, K ^a   Kuballa, G ^a   Rycerski, W ^a   Mengel, K ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

(3H)glucose uptake; Behavior; Biogenic amines; CH3HgCl; Rats

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348000879     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. AMIN-ZAKI L., EL-HASSANI S., MAJEED M.A., CLARKSON T.W., DOHERTY R.A., GREENWOOD K.R. Studies of infants postnatally exposed to methylmercury. J. Pediatr. 85, 81, 1974.
2. ARCHER T. Behavioral retardation in the neuropathology of neonatal retardation. APMIS (Suppl.) 40, 35, 1993.
3. ARCHER T., FREDRIKSON A. Functional changes implicating dopaminergic system following perinatal treatments. Der. Pharmacol. Ther. 18, 201, 1992.
4. ASCHNER M., KIMELBERG H.K. Astrocytes: Potential modulators of heavy metal-induced neurotoxicity. In: Toxicology of Metals. Biochemical Aspects. (Goyer R.A., Cherian M.G. eds.). Sringer-Verlag 587-608, 1996.
5. BAKIR F., DAMLUJI S.F., AMIN-ZAKI L., MARTADHA M., KHALIDI A., AL-RAWI N.Y., TIKRITI S., DHAHIR H.I., CLARKSON T.W., SMITH J.C., DOHERTY R.A. Methylmercury poisoning in Iraq. Science 181, 230, 1973.
6. BERGMAN M. Side-effects of amalgam and its alternatives: local, systemic and environmental. Int. Dent. J. 40, 4, 1990.
7. CAGIANO R., DE SALVIA M.A., RENNA G., TORTELLA E., BRAGHIROLI D., PARENTI C., ZANOLI P., BARDOLINI M., ANNAU Z., CUOMO V. Evidence that exposure to methyl mercury during gestation induces behavioral and neurochemical changes in offspring of rats. Neurotoxicol. Teratol. 12, 23, 1990.
8. CARLSON A., DAVISON J.N., KEHR W., LINDQUIST M., ATACK C.V. Simultaneous measurement of tyrosine and tryptophan-hydroxylase activity in brain in vivo, using an inhibitor of the aromatic amino acid decarboxylase. Nannyn-Schmiedeberg's Arch. Pharmacol. 275, 153, 1972.
9. CLARKSON T.W. Pharmacology of mercury compounds. Ann. Rev. Pharmacol. 12, 375, 1972.
10. CLARKSON T.W. Mercury toxicity. In Essential and Toxic Trace Elements in Human Health and Disease. Alan R. Liss, Inc. pp 631-643, 1988.
11. CUOMO V., AMBROSI L., ANNAN Z., CAGIANO R., BRUNELLO N., RACAGNI G. Behavioral and neurochemical changes in offspring of rats exposed to methyl mercury during gestation. Neurobehav. Toxicol. Teratol. 6, 249, 1984.
12. FILE S.E., POPE J.H. The action of chlorpromazine on exploration in pairs of rats. Psychopharmacol. 37, 249, 1974.
13. GONG L., KOSTRZEWA R.M., FULLER R.W., PERRY K.W. Supersensitization of the oral response to SKF-38393 in neonatal 6-hydroxy-dopamine-lesioned rats is mediated through a serotonine system. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 261, 1000, 1992.
14. GOYER R.A. Toxic effects of metal. In: Casarret and Doull's Toxicology. The Basic Science of Poisoning. (Amdur M.D., Doull J., Klassen D.D., eds.). Pergamon Press, 623-680, 1991.
15. GREENWOOD M.R., CLARKSON T.W., DOHERTY R.A., GATES A.H., AMIN-ZAKI L., EL-HASSANI S., MAJEED M.A. Blood clearance half-time in lactating and non-lactating members of a population exposed to methylmercury. Environ. Res. 16, 48 (abstract), 1978.
16. HAMADA R., ARIMURA K., OSAME M. Maternal-fetal mercury transport and fetal methylmercury poisoning, In Metal Ions in Biological Systems (Sigel A and Sigel H, eds.). Marcel Dekker Inc., pp 405-420, 1997.
17. HAMADA R., OSAME M. Minamata disease and other mercury syndrome. In: Toxicology of Metals (Chang L.W., ed.), Lewis Publishers, 337-351, 1996.
18. KERPER L.E., BALLATORI N., CLARKSON T.W. Methylmercury transport across the blood brain barrier by an amino acid carrier. Am. J. Physiol. 262, R761, 1992.
19. KISZKA W., SZKILNIK R., DURCZOK A., BRUS R. Reactivity of the central dopamine receptors in rats prenatally exposured to mercury, estimated by behavioral methods. Conference on Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics. Bukowina-Tatrzańska, May 31-June 2. Abstract Book 19 (Abstract P-I-3), 2000.
20. KLASSEN C.D. Heavy metals and heavy-metal antagonists. In: Goodman and Gilman;s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics (Hardman L.E., ed.) McGraw-Hill, 1649-1671, 1995.
21. 3 mediated event? Life Sci. 48, PL-129, 1991.
22. KOSTRZEWA R.M., BRUS R. Ontogenic homologous supersensitization of quinpirole-induced yawning in rats. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 39, 517, 1991.
23. 1 receptors mediate enhanced oral activity after neonatal 6-OH-dopamine. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 39, 677, 1991.
24. KOSTRZEWA R.M., KASTIN A.J. Tyramine-MIF-1 attenuates development of tolerance to spiperone-induced catalepsy in rats. Brain Res. Bull. 31, 707, 1993.
25. KUHNERT P.M., KUHNERT B.R., ERHARD P. Comparison of mercury levels in maternal blood, fetal cord blood, and placental tissues. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 139, 209, 1981.
26. LEHOTZKY K., SZEBERENYI J.M., UNGRARY G., KISS A. Behavioral effects of prenatal methoxy-ethyl-mercury chloride exposure in rat pup. Neurotoxicol. Teratol. 10, 471, 1988.
27. 2 production and lipid peroxidation in vivo in rat kidney mitochondria. Biochem. Pharmacol. 11, S181, 1991.
28. MAGNUSSON O., NILSSON L., WESTERLAND D. Simultaneous determination of dopamine, DOPAC and homovanillic acid. Direct injection of supernatants from brain tissue homogenate in a liquid chromatography-electrochemical detection system. J. Chromatogr. 221, 237, 1980.
29. MASSARO E.J. The developmental cytotoxicity of mercurials. In: Toxicology of Metals. Biochemical Aspects (Goyer R.A. and Cherian M.G., eds.). Springer-Verlag, pp 1047-1081, 1996.
30. MOGOS L., HALBACH S., CLARKSON T.W. Role of catalase in the oxidation of mercury vapor. Biochem. Pharmacol. 27, 1373, 1978.
31. 2 interaction. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 160, 377, 1989.
32. NAKAMURA K., THOENEN H. Increased irritability, a permanent behavior change induced in the rat by intraventricular administration of 6-OH-dopamine. Psychopharm. 24, 359, 1972.
33. 3H)glucose uptake in the brain of rats prenatally exposured to mercury. Conference on Metabolism of Drugs and Xenobiotics. Bukowina Tatrzańska, May 31-June 2. Abstract Book 20 (Abstract No. P-I-4), 2000.
34. REYNOLDS W.A., PITKIN R.M. Trans-placental passage of methyl-mercury acid and its uptake by primate fetal tissues. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 148, 523, 1975.
35. RODGERS D.A., HOLSON R.R., FERGUSON S.A., ALI S.F., SOLIMAN M.R.I. Effects of mercuric chloride exposure in rats. Part I. Behavioral changes observed during open field, and complex maze evaluation. Arch. Environm. Contain. Toxicol. 28, 17, 1996.
36. SKERFVING S. Mercury in women exposed to methylmercury through fish consumption, and their newborn babies and breast milk. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 41, 475, 1988.
37. WAGNER J., VITALI P., PELFREYMAN M.G., ZRAIKA M., HOUT S. Simultaneous determination of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine, 5-hydroxytryptophan, dopamine, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylalanine, norepinephrine, 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, homovanillic acid, serotonine, and 5-hydroxy-indolacetic acid in rat cerebrospinal fluid and brain by high-performance liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection. J. Neurochem. 38, 1241, 1982.
38. WARKANY J., HUBBARD D.M. Mercury in the urine of children. Lancet 1, 829, 1948.
39. ZANOLI P., TRUZZI C., VENERI C., BRAGHIROLI D., BARALDI M. Methylmercury during late gestation affects temporarily the development of cortical muscarinic receptors in rat offspring. Pharmacol. Toxicol. 75, 261, 1994.