Changes of Rat Embryon Nephrogenesis during Cadmium Salt Intoxication in Pregnant Females
Authors:   Dnipro State Medical University, 9, Vernadsky St., Dnipro 49044, Ukraine, Shatorna V. F. , Tereshchenko N. M. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine, Sorokin V. O. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine, Kravchenko M. K. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine, Samoilenko I. I. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine, Yakutovich O. Yu. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine, Zayats I. O. ,   Dnipro Medical Institute Traditional and Non-traditonal Medicine. 17, Sevastopolskaya St., Dnipro 49001, Ukraine
Published: December 2021

The purpose of the experimental study was to determine morphogenetic disorders of embryonic and fetal kidney development in chronic intragastric exposure to cadmium salts (cadmium chloride, cadmium citrate) in pregnant females. Materials and methods. Low doses of cadmium salts were selected for the study, which can be compared with the actual concentration of cadmium in the daily diets of women, including pregnant women, in industrial regions. In the experiment, female rats with a given gestational age were divided into groups as follows: Group 1 – control (number of females – n = 16, of which 8 left the experiment on the 13th day of pregnancy, and 8 on the 20th; the number of embryos – n13 = 76; n20 = 77); Group 2 – administration of cadmium chloride at a dose of 1.0 mg/kg body weight of the female (number of females – n = 16; number of embryos – n13 = 65; n20 = 62); Group 3 – administration of cadmium citrate at a dose of 1.0 mg/kg body weight of the female (number of females – n = 16; number of embryos – n13 = 69; n20 = 70). Results and discussion. New quantitative data on the effect of cadmium salts were obtained on the thickness of the cortical and cerebral layers of the kidneys, the diameter and area of the cavity of the nephron capsule in the prenatal period of development in chronic female intoxication. On the 13th day, the effect of cadmium salts on the development of embryonic kidneys was multidirectional: the effect of cadmium chloride led to an increase in the thickness of the mesonephros and mesonephric duct, and the effect of cadmium citrate reduced the studied parameters. On the 20th day of rat embryogenesis in the group exposed to cadmium chloride, the renal weights increased, and when exposed to cadmium citrate, the weight of the kidneys decreased significantly (p˂0.05) both in comparison with control values and in the group exposed to cadmium chloride. On the 20th day of development, in order to exclude an error in estimating the dynamics of changes in the weight of embryo mass and kidney mass, the nephrofetal index was calculated, i.e. the ratio of wet kidney mass to wet weight of fixed fetus. Histological parameters of nephron diameters were also compared. Conclusion. Cadmium citrate has been shown for the first time to be less non-photoxic than cadmium chloride. Calculation of the area of the cavity of the nephron capsule by the spline contour method showed a 2.6-fold decrease in the average area of the capsule cavity in the group exposed to cadmium chloride relative to the control mean values, indicating a violation of nephrogenesis. When exposed to cadmium citrate, there was also a decrease in the area of the cavity of the nephron capsule by 1.8 times, which indicates a lower level of nephrotoxic cadmium citrate compared to cadmium chloride, despite the identity of the dose of exposure