Authors: Al Ani MM*, Abbas DA and Hmood ER
The object of this study were to evaluate the effect of molybdate and sulfate overload alone or in combination overload intake on copper outcome with regard toxicopathological changes in mature male rats. Twenty eight adult male rats were housed and arbitrarily divided into four equal groups (seven rat/group) and treated as follows for 60 days: control received distilled water, groups T1 received sodium molybdate 50 mg/kg B.W and T2: given orally 500 mg/kg B.W of sodium sulfate and T3 group were given sodium molybdate and sodium sulfate in combination at half dose in comparison with T1 and T2 doses. The blood tests results, which included Red Blood Cell count, hemoglobin concentration and Packed Cell Volume % that conducted a after one month and at the end of the experiment showed a significant reductions in general but were more in T1 group followed by T2 group, while T3 group showed less decline than that recorded in each of T1 and T2 groups. These functional changes were accompanied by structural changes in the hepatic and renal tissues. Histopathological changes following molybdate (50 mg/kg B.W) exposure were manifested by extensive areas of necrosis, hemorrhage, and hyperplasia of bile ductules. Besides focal area of necrosis and suppurative granuloma observed in livers of rats received 500 mg/kg B.W of sodium sulfate, mild infiltrate of mononuclear cell within the hepatic parenchyma, suppurative granuloma and proliferation of kupffer’s cells with hyperplasia of bile ductules seen in liver of rats received combination of them at half dose. While section of kidney from T1 group showed marked fibrous thickening of the capsule, severe cortical hemosiderosis with infiltrate of plasma cell and neutrophils, While in T2 group showed atrophy of glomerular tuft, focal interstitial mononuclear cells infiltration with deposition of hyaline cast. The histological changes revealed that renal damage was also observed in T3 group but at a little degree, depending on the result of this study it can be concluded that molybdate and sulfate alone and in combination succeeded to induce copper deficiency with severe changes in hematological and histopathological parameters in rats.
Keywords: Interaction; Overloaded and Copper Outcome; Molybdate; Sulfate
