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BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY
Volume 91, Issue 4, Pages 415-419Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-013-1021-8
Keywords
ABC transporters; MXR mechanism; Arbacia lixula; Paracentrotus lividus
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- Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia [058-0582261-2246, 098-0982934-2745]
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Multixenobiotic resistance (MXR) represents an important cellular detoxification mechanism in aquatic organisms as it provides them robustness toward natural and man-made contaminants. Several ABC transporters have major roles in the MXR phenotype - P-gp/ABCB1, MRP1-3/ABCC1-3 and BCRP/ABCG2. In this study, we identified the presence of ABC transporters involved in the MXR mechanism of Arbacia lixula and Paracentrotus lividus. AlABCB1/P-gp, AlABCC3/MRP3, AlABCC9/SUR-like and AlABCG-like transcripts were identified in A. lixula; and PlABCC1/P-gp, PlABCC3/MRP3, PlABCC5/MRP5, and PlABCC9/SUR-like transcripts in P. lividus. For each of the new partial sequences, we performed detailed phylogenetic and identity analysis as a first step toward full characterization and understanding of the ecotoxicological role of these ABC transporters.
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