In vitro percutaneous absorption of cobalt

Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin - Tập 77 - Trang 85-89 - 2003
Francesca Larese Filon1, Giovanni Maina2, Gianpiero Adami3, Marta Venier3, Nicoletta Coceani4, Rossana Bussani5, Marilena Massiccio2, Pierluigi Barbieri3, Paolo Spinelli2
1UCO Medicina del Lavoro, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
2Istituto di Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy
3Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
4Eurand, Trieste, Italy
5UCO Anatomia Patologica, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy

Tóm tắt

To evaluate skin absorption of cobalt powder in an in vitro system. Experiments with volunteers show that cobalt powder can permeate through the skin, but there are no data with regard to the mechanism or the amount of permeation. Skin permeation was calculated by the Franz diffusion cell method with human skin. A physiological solution was used as receiving phase and the cobalt powder was dispersed in synthetic sweat. The amount of metal passing through the skin was analysed by electro-thermal atomic absorption spectrometry (ETAAS). Parallel polarographic analysis (differential pulse polarography—DPP) allowed evaluation of cobalt present as ions (Co2+) in donor and receiving phases. Measurements of cobalt skin content were also performed. Evaluation of metal in the receiving phase allowed us to demonstrate the permeation of cobalt through the skin. Steady-state flow of percutaneous cobalt permeation was calculated as 0.0123±0.0054 μg cm−2 h−1, with a lag time of 1.55±0.71 h. The experiments show that cobalt powder can pass through the skin when applied as a dispersion in synthetic sweat, oxidising metallic cobalt into ions, which permeate the skin. These experiments show for the first time how cobalt can permeate the skin.

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