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The effects of mucosal metallothionein (MT) preinduced by Zn on the intestinal absorption and tissue distribution of Cd were studied. 109CdCl2 was administered to control and Zn-pretreated rats. The total amount of Cd distributed to the liver and the kidney in the group pretreated with 100 mg/kg of Zn was about 70% that of the control group. In the control group, the Cd concentration in the intestinal mucosa reached a maximum 16-24 hr after its administration and then gradually decreased with time, unlike that in the liver and the kidney. The concentration of intestinal Cd in the pretreated group reached a maximum earlier than it did in the control group and most of the Cd was in the MT fraction. Pretreatment with Zn (100 mg/kg or higher, po) caused a reduction in the Cd concentration in the liver and an increase in the kidney. Pretreatment with Zn (5 X 10 mg/kg, sc) or Cd (5 mg/kg, po) also increased renal Cd concentration. This was effective at 24 hr but not at 0.5 hr after pretreatment. These effects of pretreatment with Zn (100 mg/kg, po) on tissue distribution of Cd were also observed after an intraintestinal injection of Cd but not after an iv injection. The results indicate that MT in intestinal mucosa plays a significant role not only in the absorption of Cd but also in its transport to the kidney.
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