Four Endoplasmic Reticulum Resident Selenoproteins May Be Related to the Protection of Selenium Against Cadmium Toxicity in Chicken Lymphocytes

Cadmium could induce the damage of endoplasmic reticulum. In the present study, we investigated the effect of Cadmium on messenger RNA expressions of endoplasmic reticulum resident selenoproteins, selenoprotein K, selenoprotein N, selenoprotein S, and selenoprotein T, in cultured chicken lymphocytes and the antagonistic effect of Selenium. Chicken splenic lymphocytes were treated with 10−7 mol/L Selenium, 10−6 mol/L Cadmium, and the mixture of...