ABSTRACT
Objective To study the distribution of the sulfur dioxide (SO2) in the different organs of mice after exposed to SO2. Methods The Kunming mice were exposed to SO2 at different doses in a chamber in which the concentration of SO2 could be monitored. The concentrations of sulfite in livers, kidneys, spleens and testis from male mice were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with fluorescence detection (FD). After reduction, pre-column derivation to tissue homogenates of livers, kidneys, spleens and testis, the mixture was centrifuged, and 5 ?l of the resulting supernatant was directly injected into HPLC with analytical column C18(200 mm ? 5.0 mm, 5 ?m), where the mobile phase consisted of a mixture methanol-water(contained 0.25% acetic acid ) (10:90,V/V), pH was 2.8 adjusted with phosphoric acid, and the exciting and emitting wavelength of fluorescence detection were 392nm and 479nm,respectively. The mobile phase was pumped at a flow rate of 1.0 ml/min, and the column temperature was 30 ℃. Results The standard curve of sulfite was linear in the range from 0.063 ?g/ml to 1.26 ?g/ml (r=0.997 8), and the minimal detectable concentration was 0.05 ?g/ml (S/N=3) with a recovery rates of 95%-101%. The relative standard deviations (RSD) of intra-day and inter-day RSD were less than 10%. The results showed that sulfite concentration in all organs tested from mice in SO2-exposed groups was significantly increased (P