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Research Article

Increased Plasma Paraquat Levels in Intoxicated Mice Following Antiparaquat F(ab′)2 Treatment

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Pages 467-477 | Published online: 28 Sep 2008
 

Abstract

Death most often results from human acute poisonings due to paraquat, a widely used herbicide. It causes a quick and insidious accumulation in lungs. It was proposed to study the effects of the administration of antiparaquat F(ab′)2 fragments in mice intoxicated with paraquat. Antisera against a paraquat acid derivative coupled to bovine serum albumin were prepared in rabbits, then purified using immunoaffinity chromatography columns and fragmented by pepsin. Antiparaquat F(ab′)2 antibodies obtained were preventively injected to mice. After intravenous paraquat injection of 8 mg/kg, plasma paraquat levels were measured from 0.25 to 48 hours. Plasma from antiparaquat F(ab′)2 pretreated mice as compared with non-specific immunoglobulin pretreated control mice showed a significant increase (p < 0.001) of the paraquat concentrations from the 4th (1.17 ± 0.06 versus 0.20 ± 0.01 μg/ml) to the 48th hour (0.47 ± 0.08 versus 0.02 ± 0.01 μg/ml). Although pulmonary paraquat concentrations presented no modification, it could be considered that these preliminary results would have to be studied thoroughly with a view to finding an efficient treatment in human acute poisonings with paraquat.

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