Decoupling of cadmium biokinetics and metallothionein turnover in a marine polychaete after metal exposure

This study investigated the kinetics of Cd bioaccumulation, detoxification, subcellular distribution, and efflux in the nereid polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis after Cd pre-exposure. Cd pre-exposure increased the Cd body burden in the worms, but did not affect the overall Cd uptake and efflux rate...

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Published inAquatic toxicology Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 47 - 54
Main Authors Ng, Tania Y.-T., Rainbow, Philip S., Amiard-Triquet, Claude, Amiard, Jean-Claude, Wang, Wen-Xiong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 11.08.2008
Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier Science
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Summary:This study investigated the kinetics of Cd bioaccumulation, detoxification, subcellular distribution, and efflux in the nereid polychaete Perinereis aibuhitensis after Cd pre-exposure. Cd pre-exposure increased the Cd body burden in the worms, but did not affect the overall Cd uptake and efflux rates and metallothionein-like protein (MTLP) concentrations. During short-term exposure to dissolved Cd, Cd in the cytosolic fraction increased after Cd pre-exposure, and this fraction also increased during the Cd efflux period, indicating that the insoluble fraction of Cd was presumably lost at a faster rate than the loss of cytosolic Cd. Even though the MTLP concentration remained comparable after Cd pre-exposure, both the MTLP synthesis rate and the degradation rate increased, thus leading to a high MTLP turnover in the Cd-exposed worms. However, Cd uptake and efflux into different protein size fractions did not follow the patterns of MTLP synthesis and degradation, strongly suggesting that Cd kinetics is decoupled from the MTLP kinetics in the worms. Our study adds to an increasing body of evidence on the complicated relationship between metal biokinetics and MTLP kinetics in different groups of marine invertebrates which have strong contrasts in their metal handling strategies.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.06.001
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ISSN:0166-445X
1879-1514
DOI:10.1016/j.aquatox.2008.06.001