Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol 3, Issue 1 69-74, Copyright © 1984 by American College of Nutrition

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Placental transport of chromium

S. Wallach and R. L. Verch

Since trivalent chromium (Cr+3) transport into certain tissues is rapid, the placental transport of injected high specific activity 51Cr+3 was studied in pregnant rats at days 17-20 of gestation. Three days after the intravenous injection of 51Cr+3, body retention of 51Cr was similar in pregnant and nonpregnant rats, but in the pregnant rats placentofetal uptake of 51Cr accounted for 25-30% of the 51Cr retention. The mean 51Cr content per placentofetal unit was 0.89 +/- 0.03% injected dose. Serum and tissue 51Cr contents per milliliter or gram in the pregnant rats were decreased by 50-80% except in uterus, which was unchanged. Tissue/serum 51Cr ratios were increased by 70-300% in the pregnant rats compared to the nonpregnant controls. These results indicate that the placentofetal unit is capable of extracting large amounts of Cr from the mother, and support the suggestion that maternal Cr is depleted during pregnancy. The data also suggest that body tissues may defend their Cr stores against Cr depletion by adaptive cellular Cr transport mechanisms.

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