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Grazia De Luca1, Tiziana Gugliotta, Giulia Parisi
1Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale e Farmacologia, Facoltà di Scienze MM.FF.NN, Università degli studi di Messina, Ctr. Papardo, Papardo, Messina, Italy.
Abstract:
The objective of this study was to assess the effects of nickel chloride on human and rainbow trout erythrocytes in vitro. The cells were incubated with 0, 0.5 and 1 mM nickel chloride for 1 h at pH 7.40 and 25 degrees C, then K(+) efflux, SO (4) (2-) uptake and GSH and GSSG concentrations were measured. In both kind of cells, "high concentration" nickel treatment increased KCl efflux with respect to the control. The SO (4) (2-) uptake was not significantly different at "low nickel concentration" but was lower in erythrocytes treated with 1 mM nickel chloride; the rate constant of SO (4) (2-) uptake decreased by 35% in human erythrocytes and by 44% in fish erythrocytes. Nickel chloride also acts on cellular metabolism and in particular on erythrocyte glutathione peroxidase with consequent increase in oxidative stress; the data show a significant decrease in intracellular GSH in both human (25%) and fish erythrocytes (18%) after treatment with nickel chloride, with concomitantly high GSSG concentrations and lower GSH/GSSG ratios.
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