PROBIEN   20416
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION Y DESARROLLO EN INGENIERIA DE PROCESOS, BIOTECNOLOGIA Y ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Effect of chronic intake of arsenic on the Na, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As and Br distribution in rat organs
Autor/es:
PEREZ, CARLOS A; PEREZ, ROBERTO D; RUBATTO BIRRI, PAOLO N; RUBIO, MARCELO; BONGIOVANNI, GUILLERMINA A.
Lugar:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Reunión:
Conferencia; 13th conference on Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis and Related Methods (TXRF 2009).; 2009
Institución organizadora:
University of Gothenburg and International Atomic Enargy Agency (IAEA).
Resumen:
Arsenical is widespread in the environment and human expose by ingestion of contaminated foods and water. The disease ascribed to arsenic contamination in Argentina was called ¡°chronic endemic regional hydroarsenism¡± (HACRE, ¡°hidroarsenicismo cr¨®nico regional end¨¦mico, in spanish). The arsenic accumulation in rat liver and kidney, but not in brain or pancreas, induced by arsenic exposure was previously corroborated by SR-¦ÌXRF [1-2]. Since the arsenic exerts multiples toxic effects, as inactivating enzymes and increased free radical formation, the cellular target to arsenic incorporation was determined. Multielemental analysis was performed in cytosolic (CF) and total membrane (MF) fractions from rat brain, pancreas, kidney and liver by SR-TXRF at the National Laboratory of Light synchrotron radiation (LNLS, Campinas, Brazil). We observed an altered proportion of Na, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn and Br in all studied organs. Mainly, an increase of Cu in brain (CF) and kidney (MF) was found. As was higher in CF than MF in pancreas, liver and kidney (Table 1). We conclude that As is mainly accumulated in soluble components of the cells and that chronic intake of As induce in mobilization of several elements (free or associated to other molecules) which could play a role in arsenic toxicity.