The Journal of Toxicological Sciences
Online ISSN : 1880-3989
Print ISSN : 0388-1350
ISSN-L : 0388-1350
THE EFFECT OF AGE ON CADMIUM RETENTION IN ORGANS OF HAMSTERS.
Osamu WADAMasami OUCHIShigeo MANABEHideaki IWAIHiramitsu SUZUKIHisao MATSUITetsu ONO
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Keywords: metallothionein
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1981 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 115-122

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Age difference of cadmium retention was investigated in hamsters after a short term cadmium exposure. Three types of organs were identified in relation to cadmium retention, i.e., the liver and testes retained an increasing amount of cadmium with increasing age, the kidney and heart showed a gradual decrease in the retention after a transient increase in young ages and the bone showed no retention. These changes seemed to be related to the de novo synthesis of metallothionein in the organ.

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