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Chelator in Reversing Methylmercury Toxicity

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Cited by8 pages
Metals measured5
Evidence tierB
Year2019

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  • in the human organism following a therapeutic dose of DMSA (30 mg/kg). To avoid stability issues,
  • consisting of a 1:1 mixture of Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium and F-12, supplemented with 10%
  • fetal bovine serum and 1% Pen-Strep mixture in a humidified incubator at 37 ◦ C and 5% CO2 .
  • Appropriate controls for vehicle (ethanol 0.4%) and spontaneous MTT reduction by chelating agents
  • 70%–80% confluence. Fresh medium was then supplied to cells followed by the addition of MeHg
  • sodium pyrophosphate; 20 mM sodium β-glycerophosphate; 0.5% TritonX-100 and protease inhibitor
  • SDS-PAGE on a 4%–12% Bis-Tris gel with MES running buffer (ThermoFisher® ), followed by transfer
  • to a nitrocellulose membrane which was subsequently blocked with a 5% skimmed milk solution and
  • Results in figures are presented as mean ± standard error (SE) (see Table S1 for details) of at least
  • very significant at p Table S1 for details) of at least
  • decrease in DTNB reduction (to 25% of control) (Figure 2a). None of the chelating agents caused aIndeed,
  • MeHg (200 nM) resulted in a drop in activity to 48% of control of the level.
  • MeHg (200 nM) resulted in a drop in activity to 48% of control level. Similar
  • test concentrations, chelating agents could recover Trx system activity for levels between 70% and 90%
  • the test concentrations, chelating agents could recover Trx system activity for levels between 70% and
  • 90% of control activity with efficacy for BAL > DMSA > (15)aneN4S (Figure 2b).
  • TrxR activity, whereas DMSA caused a 20% drop in activity
  • TrxR activity, whereas DMSA caused a 20% drop in activity (p < (p < 0.01). Most importantly,
  • Thioredoxin activity was less affected by exposure of SH-SY5Y to MeHg with a drop to 47% of
  • for 24 h. All data points represent the mean ± SE of at least three independent experiments. Different
  • 24 h. All data points represent the mean ± SE of at least three independent experiments. Different
  • reduction assay was less exuberant (50%) than observed with the DTNB assay (10). The insulin
  • Figure S1: Synthesis and characterization of the macrocycle (15)aneN4 S; Table S1: Mean ± Standard Error for each

Methods (brief)

  • was performed by NMR, FT-IR spectroscopy and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS)
  • cocktail (Roche; 1 tablet per 10 mL)). Before activity determinations, samples were centrifuged at
  • sample with 5× diluted Coomassie dye (Bio-Rad) in 96-well plates, followed by measurement of
  • Holmgren (27). For TrxR activity, samples (40 µg of protein) were incubated in 96-well plates with
  • same procedure used for TrxR, but with the samples being incubated with 100 nM recombinant rat
  • levels of TrxR and Trx. Samples (30 µg of protein) were separated under reducing conditions with
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    1. Cao, Y.; Skaug, M.A.; Andersen, O.; Aaseth, J. Chelation therapy in intoxications with mercury, lead and
    1. Bjørklund, G.; Crisponi, G.; Nurchi, V.M.; Cappai, R.; Djordjevic, A.B.; Aaseth, J. A Review on Coordination

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