| Autor: |
Klug, Stephan, Collins, Michael, Nagao, Tetsuji, Merker, Hans-Joachim, Neubert, Diether |
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Archives of Toxicology; Dec1992, Vol. 66 Issue 10, p719-728, 10p |
| Abstrakt: |
Lithium chloride (LiCl) was tested at various concentrations (50, 100, 150 and 200 μg/ml) using a rat whole-embryo culture system beginning on gestation day 9.5 (headfold stage) in order to establish a concentration-response relationship. Open neural tubes - as described in former publications (Tesh 1988) - were not induced by lithium. A significant reduction of embryonic growth and development occurred at the lowest concentration tested (50 μg/ml). Clear-cut dysmorphogenetic effects (absence of the eye cup, kink in the spinal anläge, 'blebs' at the rostral head region) occurred at a concentration of 150 μg/ml LiCl. LiCl concentrations in the embryo, visceral yolk sac, exocoelomic fluid and medium were determined after the embryos had been cultured for 48 h in the presence of a moderately embryotoxic dose of LiCl (3.5 mEq/l or 150 μg/ml). Medium supplementation with myo-inositol in different concentrations was ineffective in antagonizing the embryotoxicity induced by LiCl. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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