The production of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) in HepG2 was increased by cadmium cation (Cd2+) at 3 microM, but not by other divalent cations. The mRNA level of IGFBP-1 was also increased by the administration of 3 microM of Cd(2+). These results suggest that Cd(2+) impacts the gene expression of IGFBP-1, which leads to production of IGFBP-1.

Native alpha-cyclodextrin (alpha-CD) is found to spontaneously form films at aqueous solution/air interfaces. Shape-response measurements to volume perturbations on drops hanging from a capillary indicate that temperature and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) concentration strongly modify the viscoelastic properties of such films. By using isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC), Brewster angle micro...

Polák J., Mestek O., Koplík R., Šantrůček J., Komínková J., Kodíček M. (2009): Trace elements species fractionation in rye flour and rye (Secale cereale L.) seedlings. Czech J. Food Sci., 27: 39–48. The fractionation of Cd, Cu, Mo, Ni, and Zn species in extracts of rye (cv. Fernando) seedlings (grown up in both standard and Cd2+-enriched medium) and rye flour was performed by SEC/ICP−MS method....

The environmental damage caused by cadmium (Cd) pollution is of increasing concern in China. While the overall plant response to Cd has been investigated in some depth, the contribution (if any) of protein phosphorylation to the detoxification of Cd and the expression of tolerance is uncertain. Here, the molecular basis of the plant response has been explored in hydroponically raised rice seedl...

Stability constant (log ) and thermodynamic parameters of Cd complexes with sulfonamide and cephapirin were determined by Polarographic technique at pH = 7.30 ± 0.01 and μ = 1.0 M KNO3 at 250°C. The sulfonamides were sulfadiazine, sulfisoxazole, sulfamethaxazole, sulfamethazine, sulfathiazole, sulfacetamide and sulfanilamide used as primary ligands and cephapirin as secondary ligand. Cd formed ...

Zinc and Cu metabolism in crustacea changes dramatically during the molt cycle. Metallothionein (MT) and MT-like proteins are implicated in the handling of both metal ions as well as in the detoxification of Cd. Distribution of Cd2 / Cu / and Zn2 / in cytosol and among MT-like species has been determined. Lobsters were treated to induce MT as in mammals with dexamethasone (dex) or stress from t...

Changes of free amino acid (AA) contents (glutamic acid, glutamine, aspartic acid, asparagines, proline, hydroxyproline) in Noccaea caerulescens and Arabidopsis halleri under cadmium soil contamination (Cd1 = 30, Cd2 = 60, Cd3 = 90 mg/kg soil) are reported. Results of the pot experiment confirmed different effect of Cd on N. caerulescens in contrast to A. halleri and the higher stress adaptatio...

The usage of wastes of baggase would be admirable from environmental and solid waste management point of view. Thus, herein, this data set present a facile method for providing an adsorbent from mixture of bagasse-bentonite. The prepared adsorbent was applied to remove Cd2+ from aqueous solution. The characterization data of the adsorbent were analyzed using XRF and FTIR methods. The XRF test r...

Heinrich Nöth*, M artina Thom ann Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Munich, Meiserstraße 1, D-80333 München Z. Naturforsch. 49b, 9-14 (1994); received August 30, 1993 Cadmium Bis(tetrahydroborate), Tris(tetrahydroborato)cadmate, Tetrakis(tetrahydroborato)cadmate, Iodo Tetrahydroborato Cadmates, nB NMR Spectra, U3Cd NMR Spectra The structure of cadmium tetrahydroborate in THF solut...