Tissue uptake of mercury is changed during the course of a common viral infection in mice

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 178-184

  Frisk, Peter ^a   Molin, Ylva ^b   Ilbäck, Nils Gunnar ^b,c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain; Intestine; Liver; Serum; Virus

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN I;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RODENT; SERUM; TOXICITY; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COXSACKIEVIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINES; LIVER; MERCURY; METALLOTHIONEIN; METALS, HEAVY; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

COXSACKIEVIRUS; MUS;

EID: 38549152920     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. Aschner M., Cherian M.G., Klaassen C.D., Palmiter R.D., Erickson J.C., and Bush A.I. Metallothioneins in brain-the role in physiology and pathology. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 142 (1997) 229-242
2. Ballatori N., and Truong A.T. Mechanisms of hepatic methylmercury uptake. J. Toxicol. Environ. Health 46 (1995) 343-353
3. Beck M.A., Kolbeck P.C., Shi Q., Rohr L.H., Morris V.C., and Levander O.A. Increased virulence of a human enterovirus (coxsackievirus B3) in selenium-deficient mice. J. Infect. Dis. 170 (1994) 351-357
4. Beisel W.R. Metabolic response of the host to infections. In: Feigin R.D., and Cherry J.D. (Eds). Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Disease (1998), WB Saunders, Philadelphia 54-69
5. Borghesi L.A., Youn J., Olson E.A., and Lynes M.A. Interactions of metallothionein with murine lymphocytes: plasma membrane binding and proliferation. Toxicology 108 (1996) 129-140
6. Christensen M.M., Ellermann-Eriksen S., Rungby J., and Mogensen S.C. Influence of mercuric chloride on resistance to generalized infection with herpes simplex virus type 2 in mice. Toxicology 114 (1996) 57-66
7. Fairweather D., and Rose N.R. Coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis in mice: a model of autoimmune disease for studying immunotoxicity. Methods 41 (2007) 118-122
8. Falnoga I., Kregar I., Skreblin M., Tusek-Znidaric M., and Stegnar P. Interactions of mercury in rat brain. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 37 (1993) 71-83
9. Fohlman J., Friman G., Ilback N.G., Akesson A., and Huber S. A qualitative and quantitative method for in situ characterization of the inflammatory response in experimental myocarditis. Apmis 98 (1990) 559-567
10. Fraker P.J., DePasquale-Jardieu P., Zwickl C.M., and Luecke R.W. Regeneration of T-cell helper function in zinc-deficient adult mice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 75 (1978) 5660-5664
11. Frisk P., Ola Darnerud P., Friman G., Blomberg J., and Ilback N.G. Sequential trace element changes in serum and blood during a common viral infection in mice. J. Trace Elem. Med. Biol. 21 (2007) 29-36
12. Funseth E., Lindh U., Friman G., and Ilback N.G. Relation between trace element levels in plasma and myocardium during coxsackievirus B3 myocarditis in the mouse. Biometals 13 (2000) 361-367
13. Glynn A.W., Lind Y., Funseth E., and Ilback N.G. The intestinal absorption of cadmium increases during a common viral infection (coxsackie virus B3) in mice. Chem. Biol. Interact. 113 (1998) 79-89
14. Goyer R.A. Toxic and essential metal interactions. Annu. Rev. Nutr. 17 (1997) 37-50
15. Grimble R.F. Interaction between nutrients, pro-inflammatory cytokines and inflammation. Clin. Sci. (Lond.) 91 (1996) 121-130
16. Hidalgo J., Aschner M., Zatta P., and Vasak M. Roles of the metallothionein family of proteins in the central nervous system. Brain Res. Bull. 55 (2001) 133-145
17. Hogan Y., and Lee C.M. Trypanosoma lewisi: effects of trace metal contaminants on immunological responses. J. Natl. Med. Assoc. 80 (1988) 1217-1227
18. Ilback N.G., Mohammed A., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Cardiovascular lipid accumulation with Coxsackie B virus infection in mice. Am. J. Pathol. 136 (1990) 159-167
19. Ilback N.G., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Changed distribution and immune effects of nickel augment viral-induced inflammatory heart lesions in mice. Toxicology 91 (1994) 203-219
20. Ilback N.G., Wesslen L., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Effects of methyl mercury on cytokines, inflammation and virus clearance in a common infection (coxsackie B3 myocarditis). Toxicol. Lett. 89 (1996) 19-28
21. Ilback N.G., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Effects of selenium supplementation on virus-induced inflammatory heart disease. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 63 (1998) 51-66
22. Ilback N.G., Lindh U., Wesslen L., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Trace element distribution in heart tissue sections studied by nuclear microscopy is changed in Coxsackie virus B3 myocarditis in methyl mercury-exposed mice. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 78 (2000) 131-147
23. Ilback N.G., Benyamin G., Lindh U., Fohlman J., and Friman G. Trace element changes in the pancreas during viral infection in mice. Pancreas 26 (2003) 190-196
24. Ilback N.G., Benyamin G., Lindh U., and Friman G. Sequential changes in Fe, Cu, and Zn in target organs during early Coxsackievirus B3 infection in mice. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 91 (2003) 111-124
25. Ilback N.G., Glynn A.W., Wikberg L., Netzel E., and Lindh U. Metallothionein is induced and trace element balance changed in target organs of a common viral infection. Toxicology 199 (2004) 241-250
26. Ilback N.G., Lindh U., Minqin R., Friman G., and Watt F. Selenium and mercury are redistributed to the brain during viral infection in mice. Biol. Trace Elem. Res. 108 (2005) 215-224
27. Koller L.D. Methylmercury: effect on oncogenic and nononcogenic viruses in mice. Am. J. Vet. Res. 36 (1975) 1501-1504
28. Mohamed N., Elfaitouri A., Fohlman J., Friman G., and Blomberg J. A sensitive and quantitative single-tube real-time reverse transcriptase-PCR for detection of enteroviral RNA. J. Clin. Virol. 30 (2004) 150-156
29. Mokrzan E.M., Kerper L.E., Ballatori N., and Clarkson T.W. Methylmercury-thiol uptake into cultured brain capillary endothelial cells on amino acid system L. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 272 (1995) 1277-1284
30. Nordberg M., and Nordberg G.F. Toxicological aspects of metallothionein. Cell. Mol. Biol. (Noisy-le-grand) 46 (2000) 451-463
31. Palmiter R.D. The elusive function of metallothioneins. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95 (1998) 8428-8430
32. Shenker B.J., Mayro J.S., Rooney C., Vitale L., and Shapiro I.M. Immunotoxic effects of mercuric compounds on human lymphocytes and monocytes. IV. Alterations in cellular glutathione content. Immunopharmacol. Immunotoxicol. 15 (1993) 273-290
33. Silbergeld E.K., Silva I.A., and Nyland J.F. Mercury and autoimmunity: implications for occupational and environmental health. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 207 (2005) 282-292
34. Vartanian J.P., Sala M., Henry M., Wain-Hobson S., and Meyerhans A. Manganese cations increase the mutation rate of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 ex vivo. J. Gen. Virol. 80 (1999) 1983-1986
35. Woodruff J.F. Viral myocarditis. A review. Am. J. Pathol. 101 (1980) 425-484
36. Wu G. Methylmercury-cysteine uptake by rat erythrocytes: evidence for several transport systems. J. Appl. Toxicol. 16 (1996) 77-83