Determination of Cadmium–Metallothioneins in Zebra Mussels Exposed to Subchronic Concentrations of Cd2

• Published in: Ecotoxicology and environmental safety Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 246 - 252
• Main Authors: Tessier, Catherine, Blais, Jean-Simon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: San Diego, CA Elsevier Inc 01.04.1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Animals; Applied ecology; Binding, Competitive; Biological and medical sciences; Bivalvia - drug effects; Bivalvia - metabolism; Cadmium - metabolism; Cadmium Chloride - metabolism; Cadmium Chloride - toxicity; Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Ecotoxicology, biological effects of pollution; Effects of pollution and side effects of pesticides on protozoa and invertebrates; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gene Expression Regulation - drug effects; Gene Expression Regulation - genetics; Mass Spectrometry; Metallothionein - biosynthesis; Metallothionein - genetics; Metallothionein - metabolism; Mutagens - metabolism; Mutagens - toxicity; Water Pollutants, Chemical - metabolism; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Cadmium; Complexation; Subchronic; Ecotoxicology; Toxicity; Dreissena polymorpha; Heavy metal; Dose activity relation; Pollutant; Bivalvia; Invertebrata; Mollusca; Biological accumulation; Metallothionein

Metallothioneins have been detected and investigated in zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) using high-performance liquid chromatography (size exclusion) coupled with microatomization–AAS or inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The mussels were exposed to 0.2, 2, and 20 μg/liter Cd2+(as Cd...