PMID: 2484233Nov 1, 1989Paper

Cadmium uptake kinetics in human erythrocytes

Biological Trace Element Research
Q H Nguyen, P K Chien

Abstract

Cross-membrane transport of cadmium in human erythrocytes was studied using 109Cd+(+) and liquid scintillation counting. Uptake rates were determined by depletion of radioactivity in the incubation medium and the amount of hemolyzate radioactivity taken up by the erythrocytes. Both saturable and nonsaturable components for cadmium transport were observed. The mean maximum uptake rate (Jmax) of the saturable component was 4.9 X 10(-6) mol/L/h. The transport constant (Kt) was estimated at 6.9 X 10(-5) mol/L. The diffusion constant (Kd) of the non-saturable component was 1.4 X 10(-2)/h. Both Jmax and Kt of cadmium generally decreased when Zn+(+) was present, with a biphasic response in the presence of Cu+(+). Kd of cadmium increased as Zn+(+) or Cu+(+) levels were increased. It is suggested that cadmium may penetrate human red cells via cation transport sites owing to its behavior as an analog of one or more nutrient species.

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