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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 14, 2019
The 12th International Conference on the Health Effects of Incorporated Radionuclides (HEIR 2018)
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Article Number | 06004 | |
Number of page(s) | 2 | |
Section | Medical Coutermeasures and Decorporation: Oral presentations | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/20191406004 | |
Published online | 07 May 2019 |
Solid-liquid exchange between uranium and a synthetic apatite: towards uranium decorporation from bone matrix
ICSM, LHYS, BP 17171, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
* Corresponding author: jingxian.wang@cea.fr
Natural uranium exhibits chemical toxicity, especially known with its acute effects on kidney. Simultaneously, it has been proved that uranium accumulates in bones during long-term exposure[1] but its chronical effects on bones are not clear. Particularly the mechanisms associated to accumulation into and release from bones are unknown, which is key to design and test decorporation reagents in future. Bone is a complicated organ, composed of mineralized apatite and organic compounds (mostly type I collagen). Our work is dedicated to the understanding of how uranium is accumulated in the inorganic bone matrix through chemical pathways, and what factors influence the solid/liquid equilibrium between uranium and the bone. To fulfil this goal, apatite materials which mimic bone apatite have been synthesized, with and without uranium. Such apatite materials have been pre-equilibrated with a fluid mimicking blood plasma at physiological pH=7.4.
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