Metallothionein induction in fetal rat brain and neonatal primary astrocyte cultures by in utero exposure to elemental mercury vapor (Hg 0)

Brain metallothionein (MT) protein and mRNA levels were determined in the fetal rat following in utero (gestational days 7–21) exposure to elemental mercury vapor (Hg 0; 300 μg Hg/m 3; 4 h/day). Total RNA was probed on northern blots with [ α- 32P]dCTP-labeled synthetic cDNA probes specific for rat...

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description Brain metallothionein (MT) protein and mRNA levels were determined in the fetal rat following in utero (gestational days 7–21) exposure to elemental mercury vapor (Hg 0; 300 μg Hg/m 3; 4 h/day). Total RNA was probed on northern blots with [ α- 32P]dCTP-labeled synthetic cDNA probes specific for rat MT isoform mRNAs. The probes for MT-I and MT-II mRNA hybridized to a single band of approximately 550 and 450 nucleotides, respectively. Expression of whole brain MT-I mRNA in full-term fetal rats (day 21) was significantly increased ( P
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Blotting, Western
Brain
Brain - drug effects
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Brain - metabolism
Cells, Cultured
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Female
Gestational Age
Glutathione - metabolism
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Mercury - pharmacology
Mercury vapor Hg 0
Metallothionein
Metallothionein - biosynthesis
Nerve Tissue Proteins - biosynthesis
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
Rat
Rats
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