Immunomodulating effects after perinatal exposure to methylmercury in mice

Toxicology
A ThuvanderA Oskarsson

Abstract

The influence of methylmercury on the developing immune system was studied in offspring from Balb/c mice exposed to 0, 0.5 or 5 mg Hg/kg as methylmercury in the diet. Dams were exposed for 10 weeks prior to mating, during gestation and lactation. Pups were exposed to mercury until day 15 of lactation, thereafter the pups were given control milk and control diet. Samples for mercury analysis were collected from the pups on days 22 and 50, and for immunological studies on days 10, 22 and 50. The exposure resulted in significantly increased total Hg concentrations in whole blood on day 22 and 50 in offspring from the 5 mg Hg/kg group, and in offspring from the 0.5 mg Hg/kg group on day 22. On day 50, blood mercury levels had decreased to background levels in the 0.5 mg Hg/kg group. Increased numbers of splenocytes and thymocytes were found in offspring from the 0.5 mg Hg/kg group. Flow cytometry analysis of thymocytes revealed increased numbers and altered proportions of lymphocyte subpopulations within the thymus in offspring from both of the exposed groups. The proliferative response of splenocytes to the B-cell mitogen LPS was increased in offspring from dams exposed to 5 mg Hg/kg, and the primary antibody response to a viral a...Continue Reading

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