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Simple electrometric method for determination of blood and tissue cholinesterase activities in man and animals: Implications for environmental biomonitoring. Fouad K. Mohammad Department of Physiology-Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul,
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Simple electrometric method for determination of blood and tissue cholinesterase activities in man and animals: Implications for environmental biomonitoring Fouad K. Mohammad Department of Physiology-Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Mosul, P. O. BOX 11136, Mosul, Iraq
Important insecticides in use • Organophosphates • Carbamates Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (ChE): Signs of poisoning: Muscarinic Nicotinic CNS
Cholinesterases • True Cholinesterase (Brain, RBC) • Pseudo Cholinesterase (Plasma, Liver)
Importance of measuring ChE activity • 1. Diagnosis of poisoning with ChE • inhibitors. • 2. Monitoring exposure to ChE inhibitors. • 3. Monitoring environmental exposure to • ChE inhibitors.
Methods • 1. Spectrophotometric: Ellman method • 2. Electrometric: Michel method
Modifications of the electrometric method • 1. Increasing the samples volume • 2. Using different buffers • 3. Increasing the reaction temperature • 4. Decreasing the incubation period • 5. Changing substrate concentration
Principles of the modified electrometric method • Cholinesterase + Acetylcholine • Choline + Acetic acid • Decrease in pH
Electrometric ChE DeterminationMohammad et al., 1997. Vet. Hum. Toxicol. Vol. 39: 337-339. • 0.2 ml blood or tissue homogenate • + • 3ml distilled water • + • barbital-phosphate buffer (pH 8.1) • Measure pH (pH1) • + 0.1ml acetylcholine iodide (7.1%) • Incubate at 37 ○C for 20 min • Measure pH (pH2) • ChE activity (∆ pH/20 min)= pH1-pH2-∆ pH blank
Applications of the method • Measuring ChE inhibition induced by organophosphate and carbamate insecticides: • Plasma • Serum • RBC (mammals) • Whole blood • Tissue
Correlation with other methods • The described electrometric method correlates well with the original Michel’s method and with the colorimetric method of Ellman
Specifications • Simple • Reproducible • One-step incubation time • One type of buffer used • Can detect carbamate-ChE inhibition • Reduced reaction mixture handling • Used in man & animals
Normal ChE values in man (Ahmed, 2001; Ahmed and Mohammad, 2005)(∆pH/20 min)
Normal ChE values in mice (Mohammad et al, 1999) • (∆pH/20 min) • WBChE 1.10 • Brain 0.39 • Liver 0.39
Normal ChE values in rats • (∆pH/20 min) • PChE 0.29 (Mohammad et al., 2002) • EChE 0.29 • Brain ChE 0.19 • PChE 0.26 (Al-Baggou and Mohammad, 1999) • EChE 0.30 • PChE 0.40 (Faris, 2003) • EChE 0.28 • Brain ChE 0.26
Chicken Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH/30 minutes) Abass &Mohammad 2004
Ruminants Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH) Mohammad et al., 2005
Quail Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH/30 minutes) Mohammad 2002
Rock Dove Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH/30 minutes) Mohammad 2002
Sand Grouse Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH/30 minutes) Mohammad 2002
Starling Cholinesterase activity (Δ pH/30 minutes) Mohammad 2002
Monitoring exposure • In vitro ChE inhibition By: • 1. Organophosphates: • Dichlorvos • Diazinon • 2. Carbamates • Crabaryl
Monitoring exposure • In vivo ChE inhibition by: • 1. Organophosphates • Dichlorvos • Diazinon • Malathion • 2. Crabamates • Carbaryl • Methomyl • 3. Others • Diphenhydramine • Metoclopramide
Cholinesterase inhibition in chickens dosed orally with dichlorvos (7 mg/kg) and carbaryl (100 mg/kg) Mohammad & Al-Baggou’ 2005
Cholinesterase inhibition in subjects exposed to insecticides at workAhmed & Mohammad 2005
Conclusion • -The described electrometric method could be an added simple method for measuring blood or tissue cholinesterase activity in man and animals exposed to organophosphate and carbamate insecticides. • -The method can also be applied for biomonitoring of wild birds exposure to anticholinesterases in the environment.
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Normal reference range of plasma cholinesterase activity of the cattle, sheep and goat