The effect of sodium maleate on the renal deposition and excretion of mercury.
The effect of sodium maleate on the renal deposition and excretion of mercury.
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马来酸钠对肾脏沉积和排泄汞的影响。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1476-5381.1967.tb00420.x
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发表时间:
1967
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通讯作者:
L. Magos
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作者:
T. Clarkson;L. Magos
Knowledge of the mechanism of renal deposition and excretion of metals provides a rational basis for dealing with two practical problems in heavy metal intoxication; estimation of the degree of exposure from measurements of urinary excretion and the search for chemical agents capable of accelerating the excretion of the metal from the body. In the case of mercury the approach to these problems has been empirical because the mechanism of kidney deposition and of renal excretion of mercury is unknown. Recent work has cast doubt on the widely accepted theory (Staemmler, 1956) that mercury is first filtered by the glomerulus and then taken up by the tubular cells. This theory may hold in the case of acute mercury poisoning when the glomerular membrane may be damaged but it is probably not applicable otherwise. For example, the first deposits of mercury in the kidney are seen in the endothelial cells of the interstitial capillaries and only later in the glomerular tufts (Wockel, Stegnar & Janisch, 1961). Mercury appears in the urine in advance of inulin, suggesting a transport of the metal directly across the tubular walls (Mambourg & Raynaud, 1965 ; Vostal, 1966). Furthermore, Berlin & Gibson (1963) have shown that more than 99% of the mercury in the plasma is not ultrafiltrable and that ligation of the ureter does not influence the rate of accumulation in the kidney. Since some glomerular filtration continues after ureteral ligation (Salomon & Lanza, 1962) a reduction in kidney uptake should occur if the glomerular filtration theory is true.