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Jafarzadeh N, Malekfar R, Nadafan M, Eynali S, Koosha F, Satari M. Analysis of the molecular alterations in cancer cells following nanotechnology-assisted targeted radiotherapy using Raman spectroscopy. Appl Radiat Isot 2024; 206:111223. [PMID: 38320379 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2024.111223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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The study unveiled an innovative strategy for precise radiation targeting in cancer treatment, along with the monitoring of molecular changes induced by this therapeutic approach. In this research, we explored the impact of administering anti-HER2-AgNPs nanoconjugates either individually or in conjunction with gamma irradiation on the viability of SKBR3 breast cancer cells. The utilization of nanoconjugates resulted in an enhancement of cellular sensitivity toward radiation. The viability of the cells exhibited a decline as the dose of irradiation increased, and this decrease was further exacerbated by the passage of time following irradiation. The analysis of RS revealed distinct cellular responses in varying conditions. The observed increase in SERS intensity, resulting from the increment in dose from 0 to 2 Gy, can be attributed to the probable upregulation of HER2 expression induced by irradiation. The observed decrease in SERS intensity at doses of 4 and 6 Gy can be attributed to the likely reduction in HER2 expression. It was illustrated that the analysis of Raman spectroscopy data can aid in the identification of radiation-induced biochemical alterations in cancer cells during the application of nanoconjugates-based radiotherapy. The findings revealed that nanoconjugates have the potential to enhance cellular sensitivity to radiation along with facilitating the detection of radiation-induced biochemical alterations within cancer cells.
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- Naser Jafarzadeh
- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
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- Atomic & Molecular Group, Department of Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, P. O. Box 16788-15811, Iran
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- Radiation Biology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology Technology, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran
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Jafarzadeh N, Hejazi P, Tajik Mansoury MA, Khodabakhshi R, Riazi Z, Gholami S. Investigation the effect of a magnetic field on the dose distribution of I-125, Ir-192, Yb-169, and Co-60 brachytherapy sources by Monte Carlo simulation. Appl Radiat Isot 2022; 187:110332. [PMID: 35717903 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during brachytherapy may alter the dose distribution of radioactive sources implanted in the tumor. This study investigates the impact of a magnetic field of 1.5 T, 3 T, and 7 T strengths on the dose distribution of high dose rate Co-60, Ir-192, and Yb-169, and low dose rate I-125 sources, using Geant4 Monte Carlo toolkit. After validating the simulation results by calculating the AAPM-TG43 dosimetric parameters, seven sources of each radioisotope were simulated in a water phantom, and their dose distributions were compared under the influence of a magnetic field. The simulation results indicate that using Co-60 brachytherapy under the MRI guidance is not recommended. Furthermore, the impact of a magnetic field of up to 7 T strength on the dose distribution of Ir-192, Yb-169, and I-125 sources is negligible, provided that there is no air pocket near brachytherapy sources.
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- Naser Jafarzadeh
- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran.
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Boali Hospital, Tehran Islamic Azad University, Medical Branch, Tehran, Iran
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- Physics and Accelerators Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA23219, USA.
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Jafarzadeh N, Mani-Varnosfaderani A, Gilany K, Eynali S, Ghaznavi H, Shakeri-Zadeh A. The molecular cues for the biological effects of ionizing radiation dose and post-irradiation time on human breast cancer SKBR3 cell line: A Raman spectroscopy study. J Photochem Photobiol B 2018; 180:1-8. [PMID: 29413692 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Radiotherapy is one of the main modalities of cancer treatment. The utility of Raman spectroscopy (RS) for detecting the distinct radiobiological responses in human cancer cells is currently under investigation. RS holds great promises to provide good opportunities for personalizing radiotherapy treatments. Here, we report the effects of the radiation dose and post-irradiation time on the molecular changes in the human breast cancer SKBR3 cells, using RS. The SKBR3 cells were irradiated by gamma radiation with different doses of 0, 1, 2, 4, and 6 Gy. The Raman signals were acquired 24 and 48 h after the gamma radiation. The collected Raman spectra were analyzed by different statistical methods such as principal component analysis, linear discriminant analysis, and genetic algorithm. A thorough analysis of the obtained Raman signals revealed that 2 Gy of gamma radiation induces remarkable molecular and structural changes in the SKBR3 cells. We found that the wavenumbers in the range of 1000-1400 cm-1 in Raman spectra are selective for discriminating between the effects of the different doses of irradiation. The results also revealed that longer post-irradiation time leads to the relaxation of the cells to their initial state. The molecular changes that occurred in the 2Gy samples were mostly reversible. On the other hand, the exposure to doses higher than 4Gy induced serious irreversible changes, mainly seen in 2700-2800 cm-1 in Raman spectra. The classification models developed in this study would help to predict the radiation-based molecular changes induced in the cancer cells by only using RS. Also, this designed framework may facilitate the process of biodosimetry.
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- Naser Jafarzadeh
- Department of Medical Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Radiation Biology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmacology, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
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- Radiation Biology Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran.
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Gilany K, Jafarzadeh N, Mani-Varnosfaderani A, Minai-Tehrani A, Sadeghi MR, Darbandi M, Darbandi S, Amini M, Arjmand B, Pahlevanzadeh Z. Metabolic Fingerprinting of Seminal Plasma from Non-obstructive Azoospermia Patients: Positive Versus Negative Sperm Retrieval. J Reprod Infertil 2018; 19:109-114. [PMID: 30009145 PMCID: PMC6010822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Non-obstructive azoospermia (NOA) occurs in approximately 10% of infertile men. Retrieval of the spermatozoa from the testicle of NOA patients is an invasive approach. Seminal plasma is an excellent source for exploring to find the biomarkers for presence of spermatozoa in testicular tissue. The present discovery phase study aimed to use metabolic fingerprinting to detect spermatogenesis from seminal plasma in NOA patients as a non-invasive method. METHODS In this study, 20 men with NOA were identified based on histological analysis who had their first testicular biopsy in 2015 at Avicenna Fertility Center, Tehran, Iran. They were divided into two groups, a positive testicular sperm extraction (TESE(+)) and a negative testicular sperm extraction (TESE(-)). Seminal plasma of NOA patients was collected before they underwent testicular sperm extraction (TESE) operation. The metabolomic fingerprinting was evaluated by Raman spectrometer. Principal component analysis (PCA) and an unsupervised statistical method, was used to detect outliers and find the structure of the data. The PCA was analyzed by MATLAB software. RESULTS Metabolic fingerprinting of seminal plasma from NOA showed that TESE (+) versus TESE(-) patients were classified by PCA. Furthermore, a possible subdivision of TESE(-) group was observed. Additionally, TESE(-) patients were in extreme oxidative imbalance compared to TESE(+) patients. CONCLUSION Metabolic fingerprinting of seminal plasma can be considered as a breakthrough, an easy and cheap method for prediction presence of spermatogenesis in NOA.
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- Kambiz Gilany
- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran, Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Corresponding Author: Kambiz Gilany, Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran, E-mail:
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Chemometrics and Chemoinformatics Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Nanobiotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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Hosseini SM, Moulavi F, Tanhaie-Vash N, Asgari V, Ghanaei HR, Abedi-Dorche M, Jafarzadeh N, Gourabi H, Shahverdi AH, Dizaj AV, Shirazi A, Nasr-Esfahani MH. The Principal Forces of Oocyte Polarity Are Evolutionary Conserved but May Not Affect the Contribution of the First Two Blastomeres to the Blastocyst Development in Mammals. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0148382. [PMID: 27030988 PMCID: PMC4816511 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Oocyte polarity and embryonic patterning are well-established features of development in lower species. Whether a similar form of pre-patterning exists in mammals is currently under hot debate in mice. This study investigated this issue for the first time in ovine as a large mammal model. Microsurgical trisection of unfertilized MII-oocytes revealed that cortical cytoplasm around spindle (S) contained significant amounts of total maternal mRNAs and proteins compared to matched cytoplast hemispheres that were located either near (NS) or far (FS) -to-spindle. RT-qPCR provided striking examples of maternal mRNA localized to subcellular substructures S (NPM2, GMNN, H19, PCAF, DNMT3A, DNMT1, and STELLA), NS (SOX2, NANOG, POU5F1, and TET1), and FS (GCN) of MII oocyte. Immunoblotting revealed that specific maternal proteins DNMT3A and NANOG were asymmetrically enriched in MII-spindle-half of the oocytes. Topological analysis of sperm entry point (SEP) revealed that sperm preferentially entered via the MII-spindle-half of the oocytes. Even though, the topological position of first cleavage plane with regard to SEP was quite stochastic. Spatial comparison of lipid content revealed symmetrical distribution of lipids between 2-cell blastomeres. Lineage tracing using Dil, a fluorescent dye, revealed that while the progeny of leading blastomere of 2-cell embryos contributed to more cells in the developed blastocysts compared to lagging counterpart, the contributions of leading and lagging blastomeres to the embryonic-abembryonic parts of the developed blastocysts were almost unbiased. And finally, separated sister blastomeres of 2-cell embryos had an overall similar probability to arrest at any stage before the blastocyst (2-cell, 4-cell, 8-cell, and morula) or to achieve the blastocyst stage. It was concluded that the localization of maternal mRNAs and proteins at the spindle are evolutionarily conserved between mammals unfertilized ovine oocyte could be considered polar with respect to the spatial regionalization of maternal transcripts and proteins. Even though, the principal forces of this definitive oocyte polarity may not persist during embryonic cleavages.
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- Sayyed-Morteza Hosseini
- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Genetics at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, P.O. Box: 19395–4644, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Embryology at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Medicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Imaging at Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center, Avicenna Research Institute, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
- Research Institute of Animal Embryo Technology, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
- * E-mail: (AS); (MHNE)
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- Department of Reproductive Biotechnology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Biotechnology, ACECR, Isfahan, Iran
- * E-mail: (AS); (MHNE)
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Minai-Tehrani A, Jafarzadeh N, Gilany K. Metabolomics: a state-of-the-art technology for better understanding of male infertility. Andrologia 2015; 48:609-16. [DOI: 10.1111/and.12496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- A. Minai-Tehrani
- Nanobiotechnology Research Center; Avicenna Research Institute; ACECR; Tehran Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics; Tarbiat Modares University; Tehran Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center; Avicenna Research Institute; ACECR; Tehran Iran
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Jafarzadeh N, Mani-Varnosfaderani A, Minai-Tehrani A, Savadi-Shiraz E, Sadeghi MR, Gilany K. Metabolomics fingerprinting of seminal plasma from unexplained infertile men: a need for novel diagnostic biomarkers. Mol Reprod Dev 2015; 82:150. [PMID: 25676838 DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Naser Jafarzadeh
- Department of Medical Physics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Gilany K, Moazeni-Pourasil RS, Jafarzadeh N, Savadi-Shiraz E. Metabolomics fingerprinting of the human seminal plasma of asthenozoospermic patients. Mol Reprod Dev 2013; 81:84-6. [DOI: 10.1002/mrd.22284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Revised: 11/09/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Kambiz Gilany
- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center; Avicenna Research Institute; ACECR; Tehran Iran
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- Department of Medical Physic; Tarbiat Modares University; Tehran Iran
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- Reproductive Biotechnology Research Center; Avicenna Research Institute; ACECR; Tehran Iran
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Environmental pollution is a world-wide problem, heavy metals belonging to the most important pollutants. The progress of industries has led to increased emission of pollutants into ecosystems. Karoon is the biggest and only navigable river in the South of Iran. Along the Karoon industrial units such as piping, steel, paint making, agriculture, paper mill, fish cultivation, abbottiors, electroplating industries drain their wastewater into the river. In this study, the concentrations of heavy metals (Ni, Cr, Cu) in the Karoon river have been determined. Samples were collected from 16 stations along the river, in winter and spring 1996. Heavy metal concentrations were measured by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry. The minimal and maximal concentrations of these metals in winter were 69.3-110.7, 1.7-118.3, and 5.5-70.3 microg/l, for Ni, Cr, and Cu, respectively. The minimal and maximal concentrations of these metals in spring were 41.0-60.7, 0.7-19.8, and 0.5-28.7 microg/l, for Ni, Cr, and Cu, respectively. The results show that the pollution has increased along the river, down to the estuary at the Persian Gulf.
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- V Diagomanolin
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box 13145-784, Tehran, Iran
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