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ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY
卷 28, 期 8, 页码 1567-1577出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1897/08-375.1
关键词
Mercury; Methylmercury; Selenium; Antagonism; Metallomics
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC)
- NSERC Postgraduate Student-Doctoral Fellowship (PGS-D)
The interaction between mercury (Hg) and selenium (Se) is one of the best known examples of biological antagonism, yet the underlying mechanism remains unclear. This review focuses on the possible pathways leading to the Hg-Se antagonism, with an emphasis on the potential Hg-Se compounds that are responsible for the antagonism at the molecular level (i.e., bis[methylmercuric] selenide, methylmercury selenocysteinate, selenoprotein P-bound HgSe clusters, and the biominerals HgSexS1-x). The presence of these compounds in biological systems has been suggested by direct or indirect evidence, and their chemical properties support their potentially key roles in alleviating the toxicity of Hg and Se (at high Hg and Se exposures, respectively) and deficiency of Se (at low Se exposures). Direct analytical evidences are needed, however, to confirm their in vivo presence and metabolic pathways, as well as to identify the roles of other potential Hg-Se compounds. Further studies are also warranted for the determination of thermodynamic properties of these compounds under physiological conditions toward a better understanding of the Hg-Se antagonism in biota, particularly under real world exposure scenarios.
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