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Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats

BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capability of helminths to absorb heavy metals in comparison with that of the host tissues. METHODS: We compared the concentration of cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) in urban rats and in their harboring helminthes —Moniliformis moniliformis...

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Autores principales: TEIMOORI, Salma, SABOUR YARAGHI, Aliakbar, MAKKI, Mahsa Sadat, SHAHBAZI, Farideh, NAZMARA, Shahrokh, ROKNI, Mohhamad Bagher, MESDAGHINIA, Alireza, SALAHI MOGHADDAM, Abdoreza, HOSSEINI, Mostafa, RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash, MOWLAVI, Gholamreza
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988090
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author TEIMOORI, Salma
SABOUR YARAGHI, Aliakbar
MAKKI, Mahsa Sadat
SHAHBAZI, Farideh
NAZMARA, Shahrokh
ROKNI, Mohhamad Bagher
MESDAGHINIA, Alireza
SALAHI MOGHADDAM, Abdoreza
HOSSEINI, Mostafa
RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash
MOWLAVI, Gholamreza
author_facet TEIMOORI, Salma
SABOUR YARAGHI, Aliakbar
MAKKI, Mahsa Sadat
SHAHBAZI, Farideh
NAZMARA, Shahrokh
ROKNI, Mohhamad Bagher
MESDAGHINIA, Alireza
SALAHI MOGHADDAM, Abdoreza
HOSSEINI, Mostafa
RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash
MOWLAVI, Gholamreza
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description BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capability of helminths to absorb heavy metals in comparison with that of the host tissues. METHODS: We compared the concentration of cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) in urban rats and in their harboring helminthes —Moniliformis moniliformis, Hymenolepis diminuta and larval stage of Taenia taenaeiformis (Cysticercus fasciolaris). The heavy metal absorption was evaluated in 1g wet weight of parasites and tissues digested in nitric acid, using Inductivity Coupled Plasma (ICP_OES). RESULTS: A higher concentration of heavy metals was revealed in the helminths than in the host tissues. Bioconcentration factor (BF= C in parasite/C in tissue) for both Cd and Cr absorption was more than 10-fold higher in M. moniliformis than in the three compared host tissues. The BF of Cd in M. moniliformis compared to the liver, kidney and muscle of the host was 9.16, 14.14 and 17.09, respectively. BF in Cr in the same parasite and the same host tissues ranged from 10.67, 7.06 and 4.6. High level of absorption in H. diminuta was significantly likewise; the individual BF of Cd and Cr in H. diminuta compared to the liver, kidney and muscle of the hosts was 4.95, 5.94 and 4.67 vs. 2.67, 11.56 and 5.59. The mean concentration of Cd and Cr in C. fasciolaris was also significantly higher than that in the rat livers (P<0.007 and P<0.004, respectively). CONCLUSION: This study claims that parasites of terrestrial animals exposed to heavy metals can be more accurate indicators than the host tissues as new environmental monitoring agents.
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spelling pubmed-44191682015-05-18 Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats TEIMOORI, Salma SABOUR YARAGHI, Aliakbar MAKKI, Mahsa Sadat SHAHBAZI, Farideh NAZMARA, Shahrokh ROKNI, Mohhamad Bagher MESDAGHINIA, Alireza SALAHI MOGHADDAM, Abdoreza HOSSEINI, Mostafa RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash MOWLAVI, Gholamreza Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the capability of helminths to absorb heavy metals in comparison with that of the host tissues. METHODS: We compared the concentration of cadmium (Cd) and chromium (Cr) in urban rats and in their harboring helminthes —Moniliformis moniliformis, Hymenolepis diminuta and larval stage of Taenia taenaeiformis (Cysticercus fasciolaris). The heavy metal absorption was evaluated in 1g wet weight of parasites and tissues digested in nitric acid, using Inductivity Coupled Plasma (ICP_OES). RESULTS: A higher concentration of heavy metals was revealed in the helminths than in the host tissues. Bioconcentration factor (BF= C in parasite/C in tissue) for both Cd and Cr absorption was more than 10-fold higher in M. moniliformis than in the three compared host tissues. The BF of Cd in M. moniliformis compared to the liver, kidney and muscle of the host was 9.16, 14.14 and 17.09, respectively. BF in Cr in the same parasite and the same host tissues ranged from 10.67, 7.06 and 4.6. High level of absorption in H. diminuta was significantly likewise; the individual BF of Cd and Cr in H. diminuta compared to the liver, kidney and muscle of the hosts was 4.95, 5.94 and 4.67 vs. 2.67, 11.56 and 5.59. The mean concentration of Cd and Cr in C. fasciolaris was also significantly higher than that in the rat livers (P<0.007 and P<0.004, respectively). CONCLUSION: This study claims that parasites of terrestrial animals exposed to heavy metals can be more accurate indicators than the host tissues as new environmental monitoring agents. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2014-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4419168/ /pubmed/25988090 Text en Copyright © Iranian Public Health Association & Tehran University of Medical Sciences This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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TEIMOORI, Salma
SABOUR YARAGHI, Aliakbar
MAKKI, Mahsa Sadat
SHAHBAZI, Farideh
NAZMARA, Shahrokh
ROKNI, Mohhamad Bagher
MESDAGHINIA, Alireza
SALAHI MOGHADDAM, Abdoreza
HOSSEINI, Mostafa
RAKHSHANPOUR, Arash
MOWLAVI, Gholamreza
Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title_full Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title_fullStr Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title_short Heavy Metal Bioabsorption Capacity of Intestinal Helminths in Urban Rats
title_sort heavy metal bioabsorption capacity of intestinal helminths in urban rats
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25988090
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