Effect of short-term administration of lead to pregnant rats. |
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Authors: | G Hubermont J P Buchet H Roels R Lauwerys |
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Institution: | Unité de Toxicologie Industrielle et Médicale, University of Louvain, School of Medicine, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium |
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Abstract: | Lead was administred to adult female rats in drinking water (0;0.1:1 and 10 ppm) for 3 weeks before mating, during pregnancy and during 3 weeks after delivery. On day 21 after delivery the mothers and their newborns were sacrified and various parameters of blood -- lead concentration on (Pb-B), hematocrit (Htc), hemoglobin (Hb), free erythrocyte porphyrins (FEP), delta0aminolevulinate dehydratase (ALAD) -- and tissue -- ALAD, free tissue porphyrins (FTP), lead concentration (Pb-T) -- were determined. In mothers a significant increase in Pb-B and Pb concentration in kidney was found in the 10 ppm group, but this increase in lead concentration was not associated with any statistically significant modification of the biochemical parameters. In newborns, lead concentration in blood and in kidney was also significantly increased in the 10 ppm group and this lead exposure was associated with a decrease of the ALAD activity in blood and an increase of FTP in kidney. On the basis of the biochemical parameters investigated one can therefore conclude that the developing organism is more susceptible to the biological action of lead than the organism of adult animals and that the "no-effect" level of lead administered during pregnancy and in the neonatal period is around 1 ppm. |
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Keywords: | ALAD δ-aminolevulinate dehydratase (EC 4 2 1 24) FEP free erythrocyte porphyrins FTP free tissue porphyrins Htc hematocrit Hb hemoglobin Pb-B concentration of lead in blood Pb-T concentration of lead in tissue |
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