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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
Volume 28, Issue 24, Pages 30986-30992Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-12978-8
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Biochemical adaptation; Biomarkers; Heavy metals; Mizuhopecten yessoensis; MT-like proteins; Scallop
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- Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences [AAAA-A17-117030110038-5]
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Scallops have the ability to accumulate heavy metals in their tissues, particularly in the digestive glands, where high molecular weight metallothionein-like proteins play a central role. These proteins have a high affinity for metals like cadmium, cobalt, and caesium, making them reliable biological markers of heavy-metal pollution in the marine environment.
The ability of Pectinidae to accumulate heavy metals and store them in their tissues allows the use of scallops for biomonitoring marine pollution. High molecular weight metallothionein (MT)-like proteins (MTlps) play a central role in this process. Two major MTlps (72 and 43 kDa) have been identified in the digestive glands of Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Yesso scallop). These proteins have a very high affinity for the heavy metals cadmium, cobalt, and caesium. Additionally, these proteins can be deposited in large quantities in the digestive glands of this mollusc. It has been shown that 72 kDa MTlp is the main stress-response protein in areas polluted with cadmium or radioactive metals. Monitoring the amounts of MTlps in the digestive glands of the scallop M. yessoensis in areas with different anthropogenic pollutants has shown that these proteins are reliable biological markers of heavy-metal pollution in the marine environment.
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