期刊
COORDINATION CHEMISTRY REVIEWS
卷 301, 期 -, 页码 300-308出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2014.09.007
关键词
Vanadium; Ascidian; Metal-binding proteins; Membrane transporters; Reductase
资金
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [22224011, 25120508, 25440170]
- Environmental Research Grant from the Nippon Life Insurance Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [25440170] Funding Source: KAKEN
Several families of ascidians accumulate extremely high levels of vanadium in their blood cells. The concentration of vanadium has been determined in each species; the highest concentration, found in Ascidia gemmata, reaches 350 mM, corresponding to 10(7) times that of sea water. How and why ascidians accumulate vanadium in a highly selective manner and at such extremely high levels have yet to be determined. To address these questions, our research group sought to identify the genes and proteins responsible for the accumulation and reduction of vanadium in vanadocytes, a type of blood cell, as well as the process of vanadium transport from sea water to blood cells through the branchial sac, intestine, and blood plasma. Here, we review the accumulation steps as a system, especially those related to the concentration and chemical species of vanadium at each step. A comprehensive analysis on each organ has already revealed several categories of protein families, such as vanadium-binding proteins and vanadium transporters. Herein, we also discuss the mechanisms by which ascidians selectively accumulate vanadium ions from a biochemical viewpoint. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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