Differences in the growth inhibition of cultured K-562 cells by selenium, mercury or cadmium in two tissue culture media (RPMI-1640, Ham's F-10) |
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Authors: | Peter Frisk Amer Yaqob Kenneth Nilsson Jörgen Carlsson Ulf Lindh |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Oncology, Radiology and Clinical Immunology, Biomedical Radiation Sciences, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden;(2) Medilab Clinical Laboratories, Täby, Sweden;(3) Department of Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden;(4) Centre for Metal Biology in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden |
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Abstract: | Effects of some metals on the growth of cultured human erythroleukemia K-562 cells were investigated when grown in two different types of media based upon RPMI-1640 or Ham's F-10. The study on proliferation, using RPMI-1640 supplemented with sodium selenite, selenomethionine, mercuric chloride, methylmercuric chloride and cadmium nitrate showed no inhibition of growth at concentrations of 2.5, 25, 25, 2.5 and 25 M, while at 75, 250, 50, 5 and 50 M toxicity was apparent. Selenite at 5–50 M and selenomethionine at 50–100 M inhibited the growth. In Ham's F-10 supplemented with the same compounds no inhibition was found at concentrations of 5, 10, 25, 1 and 50 M, while at 50, 100, 50, 5 and 75 M toxic effects were noted. Selenite 10 M and selenomethionine 25-50 M inhibited the proliferation. Measurements of trace element levels in pellets of K-562 cells grown in RPMI-1640 or Ham's F-10 unveiled higher cell contents of cadmium and selenium in cells grown in RPMI-1640, being consistent with higher concentrations of these elements in that medium. Manganese and mercury concentrations were higher in cells grown in Ham's F-10 correlating with a higher medium concentration of these elements. The growth responses and cellular uptake differed between the metals and the selenocompounds and although extrapolating the results to humans is difficult the selenium exposures were in approximately the same order of magnitude as in human exposures. The compounds could be ranked according to decreasing toxicity as: methylmercuric chloride > mercuric chloride, cadmium nitrate, sodium selenite > selenomethionine. |
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Keywords: | cadmium cell culture culture medium ICP-MS K-562 mercury selenium |
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