代谢
镉和汞可能通过口服、吸入和皮肤途径被吸收。汞通过血液流传遍全身,其中一部分与血红蛋白上的巯基团结合。汞可以经过氧化转化为汞离子,这一过程通过过氧化氢酶-过氧化氢途径发生。汞原子能够扩散到过氧化氢酶酶裂中,到达含有血红素环的活性位点。由于过氧化氢酶-过氧化氢途径普遍存在,氧化很可能在所有组织中发生。氧化后,汞倾向于在肾脏中积累。汞主要通过呼气和粪便排出体外。镉最初与金属硫蛋白和清蛋白结合,并主要运输到肾脏和肝脏。当镉的浓度超过可用金属硫蛋白的浓度时,就会观察到毒性效应,而且已经证明镉-金属硫蛋白复合物可能具有损害性。镉不为人所知的是进行任何直接的代谢转化,并以原样主要在尿液中排出。
Cadmium and mercury may be absorbed from oral, inhalation, and dermal routes. Mercury is distributed throughout the body via the bloodstream, where a portion binds to sulfhydryl groups on haemoglobin. Mercury can undergo oxidation to mercuric mercury, which takes place via the catalase-hydrogen peroxide pathway. The mercury atom is able to diffuse down the cleft in the catalase enzyme to reach the active site where the heme ring is located. Oxidation most likely occurs in all tissue, as the catalase hydrogen peroxide pathway is ubiquitous. Following oxidation, mercury tends to accumulate in the kidneys. Mercury is excreted mainly by exhalation and in the faeces. Cadmium initially binds to metallothionein and albumin and is transported mainly to the kidney and liver. Toxic effects are observed once the concentration of cadmium exceeds that of available metallothionein, and it has also been shown that the cadmium-metallothionein complex may be damaging. Cadmium is not known to undergo any direct metabolic conversion and is excreted unchanged, mainly in the urine. (L6, A6, L7)
来源:Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB)