Application of high-performance liquid chromatography - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to the investigation of cadmium speciation in pig kidney following cooking and in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion

The speciation of cadmium in retail pig kidney has been examined by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled directly to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Approximately 35% of the cadmium from uncooked kidney was soluble after aqueous extraction at pH 8 and SEC - ICP-MS revea...

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Published in:Analyst (London) 1989, Vol.114 (8), p.895-899
Main Authors: CREWS, H. M, DEAN, J. R, EBDON, L, MASSEY, R. C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Cadmium - analysis
Cadmium - metabolism
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Cooking
Digestive System - metabolism
Food industries
Food toxicology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Indicators and Reagents
Kidney - analysis
Mass Spectrometry
Swine
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Summary:The speciation of cadmium in retail pig kidney has been examined by size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) coupled directly to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). Approximately 35% of the cadmium from uncooked kidney was soluble after aqueous extraction at pH 8 and SEC - ICP-MS revealed three discrete peaks whose retention times corresponded to estimated relative molecular masses of 1.2 x 10(6), 7.0 x 10(4) and 6 x 10(3)-9 x 10(3). In the cooked kidney, 35% of the Cd was soluble and was all associated with a peak of a relative molecular mass (Mr) of 6 x 10(3)-9 x 10(3). After simulated gastric digestion of cooked pig kidney at pH 2.5, 60% of the cadmium was solubilised and associated with a species of Mr less than 1 x 10(3). When the digest was also subjected to simulated intestinal digestion at pH 6.8, a single peak, which corresponded to 20% of the original cadmium, was eluted. This peak co-eluted with the single peak extracted at pH 8.0 from the cooked kidney. It was also of similar estimated Mr to the single broad peak observed after simulated gastro-intestinal digestion of equine renal metallothionein (Mr = 1.1 x 10(4]. The results suggest that the majority of soluble cadmium in retail pig kidney is associated with a metallothionein-like protein that survives both cooking and simulated in vitro gastro-intestinal digestion.
ISSN:0003-2654
1364-5528
DOI:10.1039/an9891400895