PubMed · 691503
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T Tsubaki. 1978. [Alkylmercury poisoning].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/691503/
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Capillary electrophoretic separation of four mercury species (inorganic Hg(2+), methyl-, ethyl-, and phenylmercury) was achieved in less than 8 min with an electrolyte consisting of 150 mM 2-amino-2-methyl-propanol (AMP) at pH 11.6. The analytes were complexed with 0.1% mercaptopropionic acid (MPA), separated in counter-EOF as anionic complexes, and detected by a contactless conductometric detector. Ion exchange preconcentration with on-column formation of MPA-mercury complexes was developed. Preconcentration factors of 25-150 were achieved and LODs in the range of 2.9-6.9 ng/mL were feasible. This method may prove to be applicable as a rapid screening method for mercury speciation in environmental samples.
For a better understanding of the mechanistic details of the interactions of organomercury compounds inside the skin, 32 subjects who previously had given positive patch-test reactions to thimerosal (TH) and negative reactions to thiosalicylic acid, were divided into 2 groups. 16 subjects were repatch tested to ethylmercury chloride (EtHgCl) and to solutions containing EtHgCl mixed with L-cysteine and glutathione, respectively. The remaining 16 were repatch tested to EtHgCl and to solutions containing EtHgCl mixed with chlorides of Zn, Mg, and Mn, respectively. The results showed that whilst L-cysteine, glutathione and ZnCl2 were able to abolish or to reduce the positive reactions to EtHgCl, chlorides of Mg and Mn were unable to do so. Patch tests revealed that in causing positive reactions to TH, EtHg probably interacted with thiol groups and with Zn ions, as in biological systems when causing toxic effects. The limited number of TH reactions in the general population, the constant presence of concomitant positive reactions to EtHgCl and MeHgCl, and the lack of cross-reactivity with other organic or inorganic mercury compounds, lead us to speculate that reactions to TH are due to organomercury alkyl compounds, and that positive subjects have a constitutively reduced capability to metabolize organomercury compounds, rather than to reveal previous exposure.
In order to detect trace of alkylmercuric compounds in human body fluids, a highly sensitive, selective and rapid method, based on the coupling of gas chromatography with atomic absorption spectrophotometry, has been developed. The transfer-tube was made up of Teflon, with stainless steel tubes in the two sides. The atomization of alkylmercuric compounds was performed in quartz tube. The quantitative determination of alkylmercuric compounds in urine and blood samples collected from the workers exposing to metallic mercury, has been extensively carried out in this work. The optimal Westoo program was used to enrich methylmercuric chloride in samples, Extracts of methylmercuric chloride in benzene were determined by GC-AAS, with a total recovery of more than 90%. Dimethylmercury in samples was extracted once by xylene. Then the extracts were determined, with a total recovery of 65%-70%. The detectable limit for mercury was 0.01ng. The methylation of mercury was confirmed in our experiment. This method can be used for the determination of other metallic compounds.