Search results for "Cadmi"

The arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis a modulator of cadmium stress

2008

International audience; Ecosystems are submitted to various abiotic stresses, among which heavy metals represent major industrial pollutants. Cadmium (Cd), that has damaging effects on plant metabolism, occurs in agricultural environments through industrial pollution and human activities, including phosphate fertiliser and sewage sludge applications. Metal availability to plants can be modulated by soil microorganisms, such as arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi. In the present work, Cd effects on the model legume Medicago truncatula inoculated or not with the AM fungus Glomus intraradices have been studied at 3 levels: (1) plant biomass production together with green part chlorophyll quantif…

La tolérance au cadmium conférée par la symbiose endomycorhizienne s’accompagne de remaniements protéiques dans les organes aériens

2010

Nickel, lead, and cadmium induce differential cellular responses in sea urchin embryos by activating the synthesis of different HSP70s.

2004

Treatment with heavy metals, such as nickel, lead or cadmium, elicits different cellular stress responses according to the metal used and the length of treatment. In Paracentrotus lividus embryos the inducible forms of HSP70 (HSP70/72) are different in molecular mass from the constitutively expressed HSP75, and they can be used as markers of cellular stress. Even a short treatment with each metal induces the synthesis of HSP70/72 which remain stable for at least 20 h and differ little in their isoelectric points. Continuous treatment from fertilization with nickel or lead produces late irregular pluteus embryos, with peak HSP70/72 synthesis at blastula followed by the arrest of synthesis by…

Toxicidad y acumulación de cadmio en poblaciones de diferentes especies de Artemia

2002

El presente trabajo se centra en el estudio comparativo de distintos aspectos de la respuesta frente a la exposición tóxica de cadmio de diferentes poblaciones de Artemia pertenecientes a las especies Artemia parthenogenetica, Artemia salina, Artemia franciscana y Artemia persimilis. La primera parte de este estudio, pone de manifiesto la variabilidad fenotípica de la respuesta letal a la exposición a cadmio que presentan los nauplios. En este sentido, la utilización de Modelos Lineales Generalizados ha sido de gran utilidad ya que ha permitido poner de manifiesto, a través de los parámetros que definen cada curva de mortalidad, diferencias en sensibilidad al tóxico y en la uniformidad de r…

Heavy Metals and Metalloids as Autophagy Inducing Agents: Focus on Cadmium and Arsenic

2012

In recent years, research on the autophagic process has greatly increased, invading the fields of biology and medicine. Several markers of the autophagic process have been discovered and various strategies have been reported studying this molecular process in different biological systems in both physiological and stress conditions. Furthermore, mechanisms of metalloid- or heavy metal-induced toxicity continue to be of interest given the ubiquitous nature and distribution of these contaminants in the environment where they often play the role of pollutants of numerous organisms. The aim of this review is a critical analysis and correlation of knowledge of autophagic mechanisms studied under …

EFFECT OF CADMIUM ON IMMORTALIZED AND NEOPLASTIC EPITHELIAL CELLS OF THE HUMAN BREAST

2005

Effect of cadmium on MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells

2006

We demonstrated that treatment of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells with 5 M Cd for 96h resulted in an about 50% reduction of cell number

P38 MAPK pathway is involved in cadmium response by MDA-MB231 breast cancer cells

2007

ZnO/CdTe/CuSCN, a promising heterostructure to act as inorganic eta-solar cell

2005

Abstract The ZnO/CdTe/CuSCN heterostructure was analyzed as a candidate to act as an inorganic eta -solar cell. A ZnO film consisting of single crystal nanocolumns was electrodeposited on a transparent conducting substrate which acts as n-type material. As absorber material we used CdTe, which was deposited on the ZnO columnar film by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition. In order to complete the eta -solar cell we deposited a CuSCN layer by chemical solution deposition. A conformal and uniform CdTe coverage of the ZnO columns was achieved, producing a very efficient light trapping effect. The effective absorption (∼87%) and effective reflectance (∼10%) of the complete heterostructure in…

Material quality characterization of CdZnTe substrates for HgCdTe epitaxy

2006

Cd1−xZnxTe (CZT) substrates were studied to investigate their bulk and surface properties. Imperfections in CZT substrates affect the quality of Hg1−xCdxTe (MCT) epilayers deposited on them and play a role in limiting the performance of infrared (IR) focal plane arrays. CZT wafers were studied to investigate their bulk and surface properties. Transmission and surface x-ray diffraction techniques, utilizing both a conventional closed-tube x-ray source as well as a synchrotron radiation source, and IR transmission micro-spectroscopy, were used for bulk and surface investigation. Synchrotron radiation offers the capability to combine good spatial resolution and shorter exposure times than conv…