PMID: 20650120Aug 1, 1995Paper

Kinetics of copper and nitrite in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss): The isolated perfused head preparation as alternative to in vivo assays

Toxicology in Vitro : an International Journal Published in Association with BIBRA
J A Martinez-PeredaJ V Tarazona

Abstract

Isolated perfused preparations permit the use of physiological routes of exposure for the study of mechanisms of toxicity under conditions where the architecture remains intact and the potential influences of other organs are eliminated. The perfusion of gills in the isolated head preparation has been used extensively in aquatic toxicology. Quantitative comparisons between in vivo systems and this preparation are required for the extrapolation of results. This paper compares data on uptake and elimination rates obtained in vivo on rainbow trout with those provided by the perfusion of gills in the isolated head preparation. The use of compartmental models allowed calculations of equivalent rates, based on relative changes in the total amount of chemical. Similar absorption rates of nitrites, 3.0 +/- 0.7 v. 4.4 +/- 1.1 for in vivo and in vitro systems, respectively, were observed. The in vivo rate of nitrite elimination was 0.057 +/- 0.024; the concentration changes observed in the in vitro experiments on nitrite elimination were too low to estimate accurate rates, but data suggest, at least, a similar order of magnitude. For copper, the in vitro elimination rate, 0.33 +/- 0.04, is two orders of magnitude higher than in vivo, 0.0...Continue Reading

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