LEAD TOXICITY ON PITUITARY, OVARY AND PLACENTA OF PREGNANT RAT AND HUMAN CHORIONIC VILLI OF PLACENTA / 解剖学报

ABSTRACT

Female rats were fed with lead acetate 100mg/kg/day(group Ⅰ) or 200 mg/kg/day (group Ⅱ) for 5 days, at the day 7 to 11 of gestation prior to killing. The results shown that the mean level of blood lead in rats of group I was 27.90?8.47?g/dl, and corpus luteum or placenta were injured lightly. In the group Ⅱ, the level of blood lead reached 48.77?16.15?g/dl which correspond to human subacute intoxication, the structure of corpus luteum and placenta were injured prominently, and the activity of 3-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase is lower than that of control group, about 1/20 of latter. The number of embryos in group Ⅱ were absorbed about 31.69%. However, the gonadotropic cells of pituitary did not affected prominently after treatment with lead. The human chorionic villi of placenta were cultured in medium with lead acetate 0.51?g/ml, 2.5?g/ml, 5?g/ml respectively, for 3 to 4 days. The struture of chorionic villi were damaged obviously after culture with lead more than 2.51?g/ml, and the concentration of hCG in culture medium was decreased. The results indicated that lead affected the corpus luteum, placenta and embryo, and exerted direct action on human trophoblast.