Research Article

Exposure to Low Dose of Cinnabar (a Naturally Occurring Mercuric Sulfide (HgS)) Caused Neurotoxicological Effects in Offspring Mice

Table 2

Hg contents of whole blood and brain tissues of offspring mice treated with cinnabar.

GroupCerebral cortexCerebellar cortexBrainstemLiverKidney

F1-C-V 3 . 1 5 ± 0 . 1 7 4 . 3 5 ± 0 . 1 3 7 . 2 6 ± 0 . 3 1 1 0 . 0 6 ± 1 . 4 0 2 9 . 4 0 ± 1 . 1 5
F1-C-Cin 1 7 . 5 6 ± 2 . 1 0 * 2 2 . 7 5 ± 1 . 6 6 * 5 0 . 0 6 ± 4 . 6 6 * 3 0 . 5 5 ± 4 . 9 6 * 9 9 . 5 3 ± 6 . 0 4 *
F1-Cin-V 8 . 5 3 ± 0 . 0 8 * 8 . 5 9 ± 0 . 4 8 * 1 3 . 2 9 ± 0 . 2 0 * 1 4 . 3 6 ± 0 . 9 8 * 4 3 . 5 9 ± 2 . 9 5 *
F1-Cin-Cin 1 9 . 0 2 ± 2 . 2 7 *,& 3 4 . 6 2 ± 0 . 5 1 *,&,# 2 8 . 8 8 ± 2 . 6 8 *,&,# 5 2 . 4 4 ± 4 . 5 8 *,&,# 1 8 2 . 6 3 ± 3 9 . 4 0 *,&,#
F2-Cin-V 5 . 7 3 ± 1 . 2 5 * 1 0 . 3 6 ± 3 . 7 2 * 8 . 2 3 ± 1 . 0 2 1 9 . 1 2 ± 3 . 4 6 * 7 4 . 1 4 ± 1 0 . 9 7 *
F2-Cin-Cin 1 3 . 0 1 ± 0 . 9 7 *,& 2 6 . 2 6 ± 2 . 6 3 *,& 2 7 . 5 6 ± 3 . 8 4 *,&,# 6 8 . 8 0 ± 5 . 7 0 *,&,# 3 6 9 . 6 8 ± 1 4 . 6 1 *,&,#

Data of Hg content in various tissues were expressed as ng/g of wet-weight and presented as mean ± SE ( 𝑛 = 12–15/group).
*P < 0.05 as compared with F1-C-V group; &P < 0.05 as compared with F1- or F2-Cin-V group; #P < 0.05 as compared with F1-C-Cin group, respectively.