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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2018.28.7.811

Localization and Accumulated Concentration Changes of Mercury Compound in Reproductive Organs of Female Mice with Time  

Kim, Young Eun (Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University)
Kim, Yu Seon (Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University)
Cho, Hyun Wook (Department of Biology, College of Life Science and Natural Resources, Sunchon National University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.28, no.7, 2018 , pp. 811-818 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was performed to investigate the localization and concentration changes of mercury compound in female reproductive organs with time. Methylmercuric chloride was subcutaneously injected weekly into pubescent female mice for 3 weeks. For the concentration changes of mercury with time, the mice were sacrificed at 10, 150, and 300 days post treatment (DPT). Body and organ weights were not significantly different between the control and mercury-treated groups, except for 10 DPT in body weight. Localization of accumulated mercury was identified by the autometallography method. Localization of mercury compounds in the uterus, ovary, and ovum was analyzed with a light microscope. In the uterus, mercury was densely located in the stroma cells and surface epithelium of the perimetrium at 10 DPT. Mercury concentration was decreased at 150 DPT and did not appear at 300 DPT. In the ovary, mercury particles were distributed in the stroma cells of the cortex region, cells of the theca around the follicle, and the corpus luteum at 10 DPT. Mercury was concentrated in the medulla region at 150 DPT and was not distributed at 300 DPT. In the ovum, mercury particles were mainly located in the marginal region at 10 and 150 DPT. Mercury concentration was decreased and evenly distributed at 300 DPT. These results suggest that hormone synthesis, implantation, and developing embryos will be affected by mercury compound in the female mouse.
Keywords
Autometallography; mercury; ovum; ovary; uterus;
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