201Tl-chloride and 204Tl-nitr-ate were similarly distributed in organs of mice 10 min and 60 min after intravenous injection. Autoradiographic studies were carried out with 204Tl-nitrate in rats (injected intraperitoneally) as well as in mice and dogs (injected intravenously). Thallium localized in the cells of proximal and distal convoluted tubules and collecting tubules of the kidney. In the intestines, it was distributed mostly in the cells of the smooth musculature and surface epithelium of the villi. Some silver grains were seen in the goblet cells and in the lumen as well. It localized in the sarcoplasm of the myocardium and the skeletal muscle cells. In thyroid, most of the thallium was seen in the colloidal part of the follicle. In testes, silver grains were seen in and around the cells of Sertoli and in the lumen of the seminiferous tubules. Some localized concentration in the interstitial cells of the testes was also observed.
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