Neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects of occupational lead exposure were invstigated by WHO Ncurobehavioral Core Test Battery (NCTB) testing and a serics of monoamine neurotransmitters and their metabolites analyz...Neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects of occupational lead exposure were invstigated by WHO Ncurobehavioral Core Test Battery (NCTB) testing and a serics of monoamine neurotransmitters and their metabolites analyzing in workers from lead smeltery and storage-battery manufacturing factory and matched controls. Indicators of lead exposure, the blood lead (PbB) and zinc protophorphyrin (ZPP) levels were found significantly higher in the expeed group compared with that of the controls (70.55μg/dL vs 3.6μg/dL; and 294.92 μg/dL vs 38.32μg/dL, respectively). Furthermore, elevated urinary homovanillic acid (HVA) and impairment of certain neurobehavioral performances were also found in the lead exposed wokers; the latter included attention/response speed, manual dexterity, perceptual-motor speed, visual perception/memory, and motor speed/steadiness. Positive or negative correlations were observed between certain parameters. Thus, homovanillic acid (HVA) is peitively correlated With PbB and ZPP; dopamine (DA) negatively correlated with Benton visual retention (BVR); and HVA negatively correlated with digit symbol (DSy), BVR, and pursuit aiming (PA). It is suggested that the alterations of dopamine and its metabolites HVA in urine associated with impairment of neurobehavioral function might be served as biomarkers of lead-induced neurotoxicity.展开更多
The study treated 72 s,rague-Dawley rats that were divided into 4 groups, one controlgroup and low, middle and higa dose groups, through drinking lead acetate solutions for threemonths. On the basis of founding subcl...The study treated 72 s,rague-Dawley rats that were divided into 4 groups, one controlgroup and low, middle and higa dose groups, through drinking lead acetate solutions for threemonths. On the basis of founding subclinical lead poisoning model, behavioral toxicological testwhich consisted of neurobehavioral functions, neuroelectrophysiology and neurobiochemistry wascarried out. The results indicabo that low lvel lead exposure could result in the obvious changes orneurobehavioral function, neuroelectrophyslology and ueurobiochemistry, and the changes of neurobeltavioral runctiou had close correlatiom with P6B, Zap, NCV and DA, and they also had promlnant dose-response relatiouskips. The results suggested that the indexes of neurobehavioral functionmight be cousldered as early, semitive indexes for subolinical'lead poisoning. The combination ofneurobehavioral function with neuroectrophysiology could be used to evaluate the early neurotic toxicity of lead. The results also suggested that the change of dopamine metabolism of the central nervous system (CNS) might be one of the biological foundation of lead neurotic toxicity which changedthe neurobehavioral function of laboratory rats.展开更多
文摘Neurobehavioral and neurochemical effects of occupational lead exposure were invstigated by WHO Ncurobehavioral Core Test Battery (NCTB) testing and a serics of monoamine neurotransmitters and their metabolites analyzing in workers from lead smeltery and storage-battery manufacturing factory and matched controls. Indicators of lead exposure, the blood lead (PbB) and zinc protophorphyrin (ZPP) levels were found significantly higher in the expeed group compared with that of the controls (70.55μg/dL vs 3.6μg/dL; and 294.92 μg/dL vs 38.32μg/dL, respectively). Furthermore, elevated urinary homovanillic acid (HVA) and impairment of certain neurobehavioral performances were also found in the lead exposed wokers; the latter included attention/response speed, manual dexterity, perceptual-motor speed, visual perception/memory, and motor speed/steadiness. Positive or negative correlations were observed between certain parameters. Thus, homovanillic acid (HVA) is peitively correlated With PbB and ZPP; dopamine (DA) negatively correlated with Benton visual retention (BVR); and HVA negatively correlated with digit symbol (DSy), BVR, and pursuit aiming (PA). It is suggested that the alterations of dopamine and its metabolites HVA in urine associated with impairment of neurobehavioral function might be served as biomarkers of lead-induced neurotoxicity.
文摘The study treated 72 s,rague-Dawley rats that were divided into 4 groups, one controlgroup and low, middle and higa dose groups, through drinking lead acetate solutions for threemonths. On the basis of founding subclinical lead poisoning model, behavioral toxicological testwhich consisted of neurobehavioral functions, neuroelectrophysiology and neurobiochemistry wascarried out. The results indicabo that low lvel lead exposure could result in the obvious changes orneurobehavioral function, neuroelectrophyslology and ueurobiochemistry, and the changes of neurobeltavioral runctiou had close correlatiom with P6B, Zap, NCV and DA, and they also had promlnant dose-response relatiouskips. The results suggested that the indexes of neurobehavioral functionmight be cousldered as early, semitive indexes for subolinical'lead poisoning. The combination ofneurobehavioral function with neuroectrophysiology could be used to evaluate the early neurotic toxicity of lead. The results also suggested that the change of dopamine metabolism of the central nervous system (CNS) might be one of the biological foundation of lead neurotic toxicity which changedthe neurobehavioral function of laboratory rats.
