Evaluation of iron loading in four types of hepatopancreatic cells of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus using ferrocene derivatives and iron supplements

Vitorino, HA; Ortega, P; Pastrana Alta, RY; Zanotto, FP; Espósito, BP

HERO ID

4850130

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Journal Article

Year

2018

Language

English

PMID

29589242

HERO ID 4850130
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Year 2018
Title Evaluation of iron loading in four types of hepatopancreatic cells of the mangrove crab Ucides cordatus using ferrocene derivatives and iron supplements
Authors Vitorino, HA; Ortega, P; Pastrana Alta, RY; Zanotto, FP; Espósito, BP
Journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Volume 25
Issue 16
Page Numbers 15962-15970
Abstract The mangrove crab Ucides cordatus is a bioindicator of aquatic contamination. In this work, the iron availability and redox activity of saccharide-coated mineral iron supplements (for both human and veterinary use) and ferrocene derivatives in Saline Ucides Buffer (SUB) medium were assessed. The transport of these metallodrugs by four different hepatopancreatic cell types (embryonic (E), resorptive (R), fibrillar (F), and blister (B)) of U. cordatus were measured. Organic coated iron minerals (iron supplements) were stable against strong chelators (calcein and transferrin). Ascorbic acid efficiently mediated the release of iron only from ferrocene compounds, leading to redox-active species. Ferrous iron and iron supplements were efficient in loading iron to all hepatopancreatic cell types. In contrast, ferrocene derivatives were loaded only in F and B cell types. Acute exposition to the iron compounds resulted in cell viability of 70-95%, and to intracellular iron levels as high as 0.40 μmol L-1 depending upon the compound and the cell line. The easiness that iron from iron metallodrugs was loaded/transported into U. cordatus hepatopancreatic cells reinforces a cautionary approach to the widespread disposal and use of highly bioavailable iron species as far as the long-term environmental welfare is concerned.
Doi 10.1007/s11356-018-1819-3
Pmid 29589242
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