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Lipid peroxidation in rats administrated with mercuric chloride.

Abstract
Parenteral administration of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) to rats enhanced lipid peroxidation in liver, kidney, lung, testis, and serum (but not in heart, spleen, or muscle), as measured by the thiobarbituric acid reaction for malondialdehyde (MDA) in fresh tissue homogenates and body fluids. After sc injection of HgCl2 (5 mg/kg body wt), MDA concentrations in liver and kidney became significantly increased by 9 h and reached peak values at 24 h. Dose-response studies were carried out with male albino rats of the Fisher-344 strain (body wt 170-280 g) injected with 1, 3, 5 mg Hg/kg as HgCl2 and sacrificed after 24 h. In time-response studies, animals were administered 5 mg Hg/kg as HgCl2 and sacrificed after 3, 9, 18, 24, and 48 h. Studies in the authors' laboratory have shown that (1) concentrations of MDA are increased in targets (liver, kidney, lung, and testis) of HgCl2-treated rats; (2) severity of hepatotoxicity and nephrotoxicity is generally consistent with the elevation of Hg and MDA concentrations, based upon the time-course and dose-effect relationships observed after administration of HgCl2 to rats; and (3) concentrations of MDA are reduced in target tissues after pre-treatment with antioxidants and chelators to HgCl2-treated rats. The results of this study implicate that the lipid peroxidation is one of the molecular mechanisms for cell injury in acute HgCl2 poisoning.
AuthorsY L Huang, S L Cheng, T H Lin
JournalBiological trace element research (Biol Trace Elem Res) Vol. 52 Issue 2 Pg. 193-206 (May 1996) ISSN: 0163-4984 [Print] United States
PMID8773760 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antioxidants
  • Chelating Agents
  • Mercury Compounds
  • Mercuric Chloride
Topics
  • Animals
  • Antioxidants (pharmacology)
  • Chelating Agents (pharmacology)
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Lipid Peroxidation (drug effects)
  • Male
  • Mercuric Chloride (pharmacokinetics, toxicity)
  • Mercury Compounds (pharmacokinetics, toxicity)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred F344

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