27 research outputs found
Correlação e associação de renda e escolaridade com condições de saúde e nutrição em obesos graves
Trypanosoma cruzi I genotype among isolates from patients with chronic Chagas disease followed at the Evandro Chagas National Institute of Infectious Diseases (FIOCRUZ, Brazil)
Correlation of Neurobehavioral testing with biomarkers of excretion
Risk prevention of human exposure against n-hexane neurotoxicity is relevant towards the protective measures to be proposed in occupational toxicology. Metabolic studies have identified 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD) as the main neurotoxic metabolite of n-hexa
Evidence for zinc protection against 2,5-hexanedione toxicity by co-exposure of rats to zinc chloride
The protective role of zinc against the toxic effects of 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD), the main neurotoxic metabolite of n-hexane, was investigated by studying the interference of zinc on the toxicokinetics of 2,5-HD, Six groups of Wistar rats were exposed for 3 days to diets containing 2,5-HD, zinc chloride and 2,5-HD+zinc chloride. The amounts of pyrroles and free and total 2,5-HD in urine were determined using Ehrlichs's reagent and gas chromatography/flame ionization detection, respectively. The results show that after the first day of co-exposure (ZnCl2+2,5-HD) there was a significant decrease in the excretion of pyrroles and free 2,5-HD in rats exposed to the chemical mixture when compared to the pyrroles and free 2,5-HD excreted in rats exposed to 2,5-HD alone. However, no significant decrease was observed in the urinary excretion of total 2,5-HD (free 2,5-HD + preformed 2,5-HD). Suggestions are made about the role played by this metal ion in inhibiting pyrrole formation. Copyright (C) 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Interaction of zinc on biomarker responses in rats exposed to 2,5-hexanedione by two routes of exposure
The interaction of zinc(II) on the toxicokinetics of 2,5-hexanedione (2,5-HD); the ultimate toxic metabolite of n-hexane, was performed by quantifying the changes of two urinary biomarkers, free 2,5-HD and pyrrole derivatives, in rats exposed to 2,5-HD and to 2,5-HD plus zinc acetate. Eight groups of Wistar rats were exposed for 4 days (dietary and intraperitoneally) to 2,5-HD, zinc acetate and 2,5-HD plus zinc acetate and the 24 h urine was used to determine the excretion of these biomarkers. On comparing the results obtained by the two routes of exposure with different doses of 2,5-HD and zinc acetate, it was observed that there was a significant decrease (P 0.05) in the excretion of free 2,5-HD and pyrroles derivatives in rats exposed to the chemical mixture, when compared with the excretion of these biomarkers in rats exposed to 2,5-HD alone. To evaluate the mechanism of this interaction, further experiments were performed using one group of rat dietary pre-exposed to zinc acetate followed by 2,5-HD exposure. The results of our experiment suggest that zinc protect proteins of pyrrolization by coordination to amino groups, with the subsequent inhibition of protein cross-linking responsible by 2,5-HD neurotoxicity. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved