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Revista Colombiana de Ciencias Químico - Farmacéuticas

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Abstract

FONTOURA DOS SANTOS, Vanessa et al. CdCl2 has zero-order kinetic cellular influx and induces cytotoxicity and genotoxicity at low concentrations in human leukocytes in vitro. Rev. colomb. cienc. quim. farm. [online]. 2019, vol.48, n.1, pp.145-158. ISSN 0034-7418.  https://doi.org/10.15446/rcciquifa.v48n1.80071.

Cadmium (Cd2+) is a nonessential heavy metal that possesses a high capacity of bioaccumulation and exhibits toxic characteristics even at low concentrations. This study evaluated the genotoxicity and cytotoxicity in human leukocytes in vitro after exposure to a lower range of Cd2+concentration (1-25 (g/mL) using an unprecedented strategy by correlating between intracellular Cd2+ levels after exposure and cellular damage. Results demonstrated that Cd2+exposure from 5 to 25 fig/mL significantly increased the unviability of leukocytes, as well as the DNA damage, which was dose-dependent. The intracellular Cd2+ levels in leukocytes ranged from 9.85 to 94.38 pg/cell, and cytotoxicity and genotoxicity were induced at a concentration of24.22 pg/cell. The relationship between exposure concentration and intra-cellular Cd2+ levels suggests that its influx occurs in human leukocytes under zero-order kinetics.

Keywords : Cadmium; cellular damage; DNA damage; defense cells.

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