A study on rats of the effects of lead on 6-aminolevulinate dehydratase (ALA-D) activity, and its pHdependent maximal enzyme activity is reported. Over a 5-week period, the lead burden and ALA-D activity in kidney, liver and brain are documented. Lead concentrations in the organs, expressed as pg/g
Evaluation of the relationship between chemical and biological monitoring of low-level lead poisoning
โ Scribed by Donald C. Wigfield; Sandra C. Wright; Chuni L. Chakrabarti; Regina Karwowska
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 411 KB
- Volume
- 6
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0260-437X
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โฆ Synopsis
Blood lead levels, together with 8-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity determinations have been measured on rats dosed with up to 1000 ppm lead acetate in their drinking water for periods up to 5 weeks. Despite evidence of a compensation mechanism developing in the enzyme determinations, enzyme activity ratios, if properly chosen, still correlate reasonably well ( r = 0.87) with blood lead levels. Activity ratios using data on the shoulders of pH-activity profiles (e.g. activity ratios of 6.4 and 7.2), however, give much less satisfactory correlations. These data provide a more stringent test of the chemical monitor-biological monitor correlation than has previously been possible.
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