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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
Volume 41, Issue 10, Pages 2353-2364Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5418
Keywords
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Chlamys farreri; Subcellular fractions; Bioaccumulation; Detoxification; Biomacromolecular damage
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- Key Research and Development Program of Shandong Province [2018GHY115007]
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This study investigated the bioaccumulation, detoxification, and biomacromolecular damage mechanisms of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) at the subcellular level in the scallop Chlamys farreri. The results showed that B[a]P accumulation exhibited a time-dose effect, and the intracellular migration order of B[a]P was speculated. The activities of B[a]P metabolizing enzymes were significantly affected by B[a]P exposure, and biomacromolecules in specific subcellular fractions were more vulnerable to damage.
Because of the persistence and high toxicity of benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), the bioaccumulation and detoxification mechanisms of B[a]P have been studied extensively at the tissue level; but the data at the subcellular level in bivalves have not been reported. The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of B[a]P exposure on bioaccumulation, detoxification, and biomacromolecular damage in gills, digestive glands, and their subcellular fractions of the scallop Chlamys farreri. The subcellular fraction contains cytoplasm, mitochondria, microsome, nucleus, cell membrane, and overall organelle. The results demonstrated that B[a]P accumulation showed a clear time-dose effect. Based on the time-dependent accumulation of B[a]P in subcellular fractions, we speculated that the intracellular migration order of B[a]P was cell membrane, organelle, and nucleus in turn. Considering the difference of B[a]P accumulation may be related to B[a]P metabolism, we have further confirmed that the activities of B[a]P metabolizing enzymes in scallop tissues and subcellular fractions were significantly tempted by B[a]P (p < 0.05), including 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (increased), glutathione-S-transferase (GST; decreased), and superoxide dismutase (increased). First, GST was detected in bivalve cytoplasm and microsome. Second, B[a]P exposure also caused biomacromolecules damage. The results demonstrated that mitochondria and microsome were more vulnerable to lipid peroxidation than cell membrane and nucleus. Taken together, the present study fills some of the gaps in our knowledge of the bioaccumulation and detoxification mechanisms of C. farreri exposed to B[a]P in subcellular fractions and deeply explores the transportation and the main metabolic and damage sites of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in cells, which helped us to comprehensively understand the toxic mechanism of PAHs on bivalves. Environ Toxicol Chem 2022;00:1-12. (c) 2022 SETAC
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