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1986
Journal Article
Titel
Bioavailability indicators of inhaled cadmium compounds.
Alternative
Bioverfuegbarkeitsindikatoren von inhalierten Cadmium Verbindungen
Abstract
In a thirty-day inhalation study male Wistar rats were continuously exposed to submicron aerosols of three different cadmium compounds. The cadmium chloride (CdCl2) and cadmium oxide (CdO) aerosol concentrations were O.1 mg/cbm Cd. Because of its lower solubility the cadmium sulfide (CdS) level was 1 mg/cbm Cd. For CdCl2 and CdO, most of the cadmium was found in the lung cytosolic compartment, but for CdS only 30% of the cadmium was retrieved from the lung cytosols. This was observed both at the end of the inhalation and also after an additional 2-month period in fresh air. The cadmium contents of the lung homogenates, cytosols, and the lung cytosolic metallothionein were found to be twice as much for exposure to CdO than for exposure to CdCl2. For exposure to CdS at cadmium concentrations 10 times hihger the same cadmium levels were found as for CdO. These results are confirmed by results from alveolar lavage analysis indicating that in the lunginhaled CdO is even more available to lu ng tissue than the very soluble CdCl2, and CdO has an availability 10 times as much as CdS. This study proved that lung compartmental cadmium and metallothionein contents as well as lung lavage analysis can describe the bioavailability of inhaled cadmium.
Language
English