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  • Title: Modulation of calciuria by cadmium pretreatment in rats with cadmium-metallothionein-induced nephrotoxicity.
    Author: Jin T, Nordberg M, Nordberg GF.
    Journal: Toxicology; 1992 Oct; 75(1):29-37. PubMed ID: 1360715.
    Abstract:
    One group of male Wistar rats (Group B) was pretreated by a daily subcutaneous injection with CdCl2 during 5 days with increasing doses (0.5, 1, 1, 2 and 2 mg Cd/kg). Another group of rats (Group A) was daily given normal saline subcutaneously for 5 days. On the second day after the last injection, a single s.c. injection of 109Cd-metallothionein (CdMT, 0.4 mg Cd/kg) was given to each animal in both groups. Urinary calcium, protein, metallothionein (MT), N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase (NAG) and gamma glutamyltransferase (gamma-GT) were measured. In Group A, calciuria, proteinuria, metallothioneinuria and enzymuria was induced by CdMT. Calciuria reached a peak during 0-6 h after the administration of CdMT, thus appearing earlier than other effects. Enzymuria was displayed at 6-12 h for gamma-GT and 12-24 h for NAG. A prominent increase of proteinuria appeared at 24-48 h after the challenge of CdMT. In Group B, no significant increase of urinary calcium, protein, or NAG was observed after the CdMT injection and urinary gamma-GT was only slightly elevated, thus demonstrating the protective action of pretreatment. This study demonstrates for the first time that calciuria, one of the signs of cadmium nephrotoxicity, can be prevented by cadmium pretreatment. Urinary MT increased slightly during the 4-5 days of CdCl2 pretreatment. This is in accordance with previous observations that cadmium pretreatment induces new synthesis of MT which is likely to constitute the background for the resistance to the CdMT challenge to the kidney.
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