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Effect of iron status on the absorption, speciation and tissue distribution of aluminium in rats

  • C. Winklhofer
  • , C. Steinhausen
  • , E. Beck
  • , M. Alvarez-Brückmann
  • , S. Kinzel
  • , T. H. Ittel
  • , E. Nolte
  • Technical University of Munich
  • RWTH Aachen University

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Abstract

Aluminium absorption, distribution and speciation in rats have been investigated by administering a single oral dose of 26Al to three groups of 10 Sprague-Dawley rats with the first group having normal, the second group having iron overloaded and the third group having iron deficient status before administration. The dose was 20 ng 26Al together with 200 μg 27Al as AlCl3. The rats were sacrificed 24 h after administration of 26Al. Samples of blood plasma, urine, femur, liver and spleen were taken. 26Al was measured in the samples with accelerator mass spectrometry. The group with iron deficiency had a larger intestinal uptake and higher concentrations in liver, spleen and plasma than the control group whereas iron overload decreased intestinal absorption and tissue concentrations of 26Al.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)920-924
Number of pages5
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Volume172
Issue number1-4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2000

Keywords

  • Accelerator mass spectrometry
  • Al
  • Aluminium absorption
  • Aluminium excretion
  • Aluminium speciation

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