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Estimation of skeletal plutonium levels based on DTPA-induced radionuclide excretion in feces: possible application to man

Abstract

A new approach to the estimation of plutonium (Pu) levels in the skeleton based on measurements of Pu excretion in the feces following treatment with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DPTA) is presented. The estimation method was tested in groups of mice receiving either 0.5 or 5 ..mu.. Ci/kg of /sup 239/Pu(IV) citrate, and treated with Na/sub 3/(CaDTPA) starting either at 1 hr or 24 hr after Pu administration. In the case of DTPA treatment begun at 1 hr, the ratio of skeletal Pu content at 1 hr, S, to DTPA-induced fecal excretion of Pu, F, was 1.08 +- 0.03. When DTPA treatment was begun at 24 hr, the corresponding S/F ratio was 1.68 +- 0.08 and was independent of Pu injection level. In the mouse, therefore, a reasonable estimate of skeletal Pu content just prior to treatment can be determined from the amount of Pu measured in the feces following DTPA therapy. Application of this method to species other than the mouse is examined, with anticipation that the method might be applicable to cases of human exposure.
Authors:
Bhattacharyya, M H; Guilmette, R A; Peterson, D P; Chao, F C; Lindinbaum, A [1] 
  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
Publication Date:
Jun 01, 1978
Product Type:
Journal Article
Reference Number:
AIX-10-448660; EDB-79-075494
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Health Phys.; (United Kingdom); Journal Volume: 34:6
Subject:
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; PLUTONIUM 239; BODY BURDEN; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; CHEMOTHERAPY; DTPA; EXCRETION; FECES; MAN; MICE; SKELETON; TIME DEPENDENCE; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; BODY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHELATING AGENTS; CLEARANCE; DRUGS; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; NUCLEI; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PRIMATES; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOPROTECTIVE SUBSTANCES; RESPONSE MODIFYING FACTORS; RODENTS; THERAPY; VERTEBRATES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 560172* - Radiation Effects- Nuclide Kinetics & Toxicology- Animals- (-1987)
OSTI ID:
6287421
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Journal ID: CODEN: HLTPA
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
Pages: 549-555
Announcement Date:
May 01, 1979

Citation Formats

Bhattacharyya, M H, Guilmette, R A, Peterson, D P, Chao, F C, and Lindinbaum, A. Estimation of skeletal plutonium levels based on DTPA-induced radionuclide excretion in feces: possible application to man. United Kingdom: N. p., 1978. Web.
Bhattacharyya, M H, Guilmette, R A, Peterson, D P, Chao, F C, & Lindinbaum, A. Estimation of skeletal plutonium levels based on DTPA-induced radionuclide excretion in feces: possible application to man. United Kingdom.
Bhattacharyya, M H, Guilmette, R A, Peterson, D P, Chao, F C, and Lindinbaum, A. 1978. "Estimation of skeletal plutonium levels based on DTPA-induced radionuclide excretion in feces: possible application to man." United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_6287421,
title = {Estimation of skeletal plutonium levels based on DTPA-induced radionuclide excretion in feces: possible application to man}
author = {Bhattacharyya, M H, Guilmette, R A, Peterson, D P, Chao, F C, and Lindinbaum, A}
abstractNote = {A new approach to the estimation of plutonium (Pu) levels in the skeleton based on measurements of Pu excretion in the feces following treatment with diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DPTA) is presented. The estimation method was tested in groups of mice receiving either 0.5 or 5 ..mu.. Ci/kg of /sup 239/Pu(IV) citrate, and treated with Na/sub 3/(CaDTPA) starting either at 1 hr or 24 hr after Pu administration. In the case of DTPA treatment begun at 1 hr, the ratio of skeletal Pu content at 1 hr, S, to DTPA-induced fecal excretion of Pu, F, was 1.08 +- 0.03. When DTPA treatment was begun at 24 hr, the corresponding S/F ratio was 1.68 +- 0.08 and was independent of Pu injection level. In the mouse, therefore, a reasonable estimate of skeletal Pu content just prior to treatment can be determined from the amount of Pu measured in the feces following DTPA therapy. Application of this method to species other than the mouse is examined, with anticipation that the method might be applicable to cases of human exposure.}
journal = []
volume = {34:6}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1978}
month = {Jun}
}