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Elimination and half-time of cadmium

in kidney

Magnus Akerstrom1, Thomas Lundh2, Lars Barregard1, Gerd Sallsten1

1Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg2Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Lund University, Sweden

Background• The general population is exposed to cadmium (Cd) from diet and

smoking, approximately 50% of the total Cd body burden is

accumulated in the kidney

• Evidence of tubular damage and bone effects at low levels of Cd

exposure in the general population

• U-Cd is widely used as measure for long-term

Cd exposure or body burden

• No previous study of the relationships between Cd in kidney, blood

and urine for living subjects with valid analytical methods

1. Study design

•109 living kidney donors

•Questionnaire(work history, diet, smoking…)

•Biological samples

• 24h urine (UCd/24h)

• Overnight urine (UON)

• Blood

• Kidney cortex biopsy

•Samples analyzed for:

• U-Cd / B-Cd / K-Cd (ICP-MS)

All Men Women

Subjects 109 49 60

Age: median (range)

51 (24-70)

52 (32-70)

50 (24-64)

Never smokers 41 19 22

Pack-years: median(range)

13(0.4-51)

12 (0.4-51)

13(2-36)

OvernightU-Cd (µg/gC):

Mean(Range)

0.29 (0.04-1.1)

0.23(0.04-0.80)

0.34(0.08-1.1)

Research questions

Biological half-time of Cd in the kidney?

Determinants for UCd/24 h?

Relationship between Cd in kidney and

urine (UON) (and blood)?

Relationship between Cd in kidney and urine

Cd in kidney (μg)

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000

Cd

in u

rine

per 2

4h (μ

g)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2Regression line with intercept

U-Cd/24h=0.07+0.000062×K-Cdtot

The fraction of K-Cdtot

excreted in urine per 24h

was 0.006%

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k = calculated elimination constant

Cd in kidney (μg)

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000

Cd

in u

rine

per 2

4h (μ

g)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4Regression line all dataRegression line K-Cdconc < 15 μg/gRegression line K-Cdconc >=15 μg/g

A nonlinear relationship between Cd in kidney

and urine

U-Cd/24h=0.00011×K-Cdtot

p<0.001 fordifference

U-Cd/24h=0.000071×K-Cdtot

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A nonlinear relationship between Cd in kidney

and urine

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Cd in kidney (μg)

0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000

Cd

in u

rine

per 2

4h (μ

g)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2 Regression line all data

U-Cd/24h=0.11×10-3×K-Cdtot – 5.8×10-9 × K-Cdtot2

T1/2= 21.2

T1/2=28.5

T1/2=43.5

Biological half-time of Cd in kidney

• Linear model with intercept• T1/2=30.4 years (95% CI; 24.3-40.5)

• Linear model without intercept• T1/2=21.0 years (95% CI; 18.9-23.6)

• Linear model without intercept • K-Cdconc<15 µg/g : T1/2=17.9 years (95% CI; 15.7-20.8)

• K-Cdconc≥15 µg/g: T1/2=26.7 years (95% CI; 23.4-31.1)

• In a nonlinear model, half-time is 21 – 44 years dependingon the amount of Cd in the kidney

T1/2 = ln(2) / k

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Albumin in urine was also a determinant for U-Cd/24h

Kidney cortex cadmium concentration (μg/g)

0 10 20 30 40 50Ove

rnig

ht u

rinar

y ca

dmiu

m c

once

ntra

tion

adju

sted

for s

peci

fic g

ravi

ty (μ

g/L

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2UON-CdSG = 0.11 + 0.010 x K-CdconcR2 = 0.28

Kidney cortex cadmium concentration (μg/g)

0 10 20 30 40 50

Blo

od c

adm

ium

con

cent

ratio

n (μ

g/L)

0.0

0.5

1.0

1.5

2.0

2.5

3.0

3.5B-Cd = 0.16 + 0.023 x K-CdconcR2 = 0.19

Kidney cortex cadmium concentration (μg/g)

0 10 20 30 40 50Ove

rnig

ht u

rinar

y ca

dmiu

m c

once

ntra

tion

adju

sted

for c

reat

inin

e (μ

g/gC

)

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

UON-CdCrea = 0.071 + 0.014 x K-CdconcR2 = 0.44

Relationship between Cd in kidney and urine

U-Cd/K-Cd ratio

• Previous: about 1:20

• This study: about 1:60

Conclusions

• A strong but nonlinear relationship between U-Cd and K-

Cd with slower elimination of Cd at high kidney Cd

• Previous U-Cd/K-Cd ratio may underestimate K-Cd at low

U-Cd

• The half-time for Cd in the kidney is

18 – 44 years, depending on model used

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Association between

U-Cd and U-proteins

for one study

participant

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Association between U-Cd and U-Proteins for all study

participants

Akerstrom et al. 2013 EHP

Association

between U-Cd

and U-Proteins for

all study

participants