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Cadmium and metallothionein turnover in different tissues of the gastropod Littorina littorea

dc.contributor.authorBebianno, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorLangston, W. J.
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-27T08:59:22Z
dc.date.available2020-05-27T08:59:22Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractThis paper attempts to link the kinetics of Cd and metallothionein turnover in the intertidal marine snail Littorina littorea. The results demonstrate that the turnover of metallothionein is tissue dependent. Metallothionein has an estimated half-life of 69 and 160 days in the gills and kidney, respectively. The half-life could not be calculated for metallothionein in the digestive gland and is probably much longer than the other two tissues. Cadmium elimination from the gill and kidney is considerably slower than the respective metallothioneins (half-life in excess of 300 days) indicating closed cycling of the metal in these tissues. In contrast, cadmium levels in the digestive gland continue to increase during the detoxification period reflecting some remobilization from other tissues, Metallothionein turnover is extremely slow in Littorina when compared with mammals and other bivalve molluscs: even though metallothionein degradation is measurable in some gastropod tissues, the released cadmium may induce de novo metallothionein synthesis to which cadmium becomes resequestered. The stow metallothionein turnover rates and the lack of significant cadmium excretion testify to the relatively stable nature of the cadmium-metallothionein complex in this invertebrate.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipSupported by a grant from the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnólogica (JNICT) of Portugal and grant INVOTAN and NATO (CRG. 920027)pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/S0039-9140(97)00344-5pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0039-9140
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/13952
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherElsevierpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMetallothioneinpt_PT
dc.subjectTurnoverpt_PT
dc.subjectMolluscspt_PT
dc.subjectCadmiumpt_PT
dc.titleCadmium and metallothionein turnover in different tissues of the gastropod Littorina littoreapt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage313pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue2pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage301pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleTalantapt_PT
oaire.citation.volume46pt_PT
person.familyNameBebianno
person.givenNameMaria
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1492-8566
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7004152715
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