Bioaccumulation of cadmium in an experimental aquatic food chain involving phytoplankton (Chlorella vulgaris), zooplankton (Moina macrocopa), and the predatory catfish Clarias macrocephalus×C. gariepinus

Ruangsomboon, Suneerat; Wongrat, Ladda

doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2006.01.015

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“…was purchased from Shanghai Jinshan Chemical Plant (Shanghai, China). The 65% HNO 3 (product of Beijing Reagent Factory, Beijing, China) was a high purity grade. All the other chemicals used were AR grade.…”

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Bioaccumulation of metals and induction of metallo‐ thioneins in selected tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) co‐exposed to cadmium, mercury and lead

Huang

Zhang

Chen

et al. 2006

Applied Organom Chemis

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The concentrations of mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) at various exposure periods were determined in the gill, kidney, liver and muscle of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) co-exposed to 1.0 µg ml −1 each of Cd 2+ , Hg 2+ and Pb 2+ for up to 10 days. Metallothionein fractions (MTs) in these organs were characterized using the hyphenated technique of size-exclusion chromatography (SEC) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). After 10 days of exposure, maximum toxic metal concentrations of Hg, Cd and Pb were 10.7 (gill), 0.145 (kidney) and 0.112 µg g −1 dry weight (gill), respectively. The pattern of accumulation of Hg and Pb was in the order gill > kidney > liver > muscle. In the case of Cd, accumulation was in the order kidney > gill > liver > muscle. Cd and Hg binding MTs were significantly induced in the gill, kidney and liver of all the exposure groups in comparison with the control group (p < 0.05), and the amounts of them increased with the longer exposure time. Despite the higher intracellular Hg concentration and the stronger Hg-SH binding affinity, the amount of Cd-binding MTs was much higher than that of Hg-binding MTs. The results indicate that MT synthesis in these organs was clearly metal-specific. MTs in gill may be used as a bio-marker to detect the metal pollution caused by Hg and Cd. Zinc and copper binding MTs in the organs of the exposed fish were also increased. This may be due to the MTs' important role in the homeostatic regulation of essential metals and their protective role against the acute toxicity of non-essential metals. Even though there was considerable accumulation of lead in the organs of the exposed fish, Pb-binding MT synthesis was non-significant.

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“…1 Accumulations and bio-magnifications of toxic metals in tissues of aquatic organisms have recently received considerable attention, 2,3 and bio-indicators such as fish are useful tools to assess the availability of these pollutants. Toxic metals can enter the body of fish through different routes, such as gill, skin and digestive tract.…”

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Bioaccumulation of metals and induction of metallo‐ thioneins in selected tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) co‐exposed to cadmium, mercury and lead

Huang

Zhang

Chen

et al. 2006

Applied Organom Chemis

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“…The heavy metal emanating from effluents of various industries (such as tanneries, dye producers, textile dyeing plants, metal engineering, electroplating) may lead to the problem of heavy metal bioaccumulation in aquatic plants (Kara 2005) and fish (Hollis et al 2001;Long and Wang 2005;Marcussen et al 2007). It has been reported that heavy metals can accumulate in different tissues of freshwater fishes (Amundsen et al 1997;Ruangsomboon and Wongrat 2006) and marine fishes (Kalay et al 1999;Wong et al 2001).…”

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Isolation and identification of cadmium- and lead-resistant lactic acid bacteria for application as metal removing probiotic

Bhakta

Munekage

Ohnishi

et al. 2012

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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“…Although Cd is usually biodiminished along the planktonic food chain (Wang 2002;Tsui and Wang 2007), predators at higher trophic levels are still at the risk of suffering from dietary Cd toxicity due to their longer life span and higher sensitivity. For instance, feeding on M. macrocopa containing 56.6 mg g 21 of Cd led to the Cd concentration in catfish reaching the permissible limit of 0.20 mg g 21 wet weight and adversely affected the growth of that fish (Ruangsomboon and Wongrat 2006). In the present study, the Cd concentration in M. macrocopa fed on the algae cultured under an environmentally realistic Cd concentration (Cd 2+ : 1.0 mg L 21 ) reached 42.7 mg g 21 , which is near the potentially hazardous level.…”

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Contrasting patterns of cadmium bioaccumulation in freshwater cladocerans

Tan

Wang

2010

Limnology & Oceanography

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We investigated the patterns of cadmium (Cd) bioaccumulation in three freshwater cladocerans with contrasting calcium (Ca) contents and Ca uptake and loss kinetics. Ca content and dissolved Cd uptake rate were significantly correlated. The large interspecies differences in sensitivity to aqueous Cd exposure were explained by the differences in the Cd uptake rate. The high-Ca species, Daphnia galeata and Ceriodaphnia dubia, had higher dissolved Cd uptake rates and were more sensitive to aqueous Cd exposure than the low-Ca species, Moina macrocopa. Food was the dominant Cd source for all of the cladocerans. Feeding on the same Cd-containing food, M. macrocopa attained the highest Cd body concentration due to its higher assimilation efficiency and ingestion rate, which led to its susceptibility to dietary Cd despite its relatively high intrinsic tolerance. C. dubia suffered most from the dietary Cd exposure, probably due to its higher intrinsic sensitivity. The efflux of Cd from the cladocerans was well described by a two-compartment model. Although the efflux rate constants from both compartments were comparable among the species, D. galeata had a much higher proportion of the internalized Cd distributed into the fast compartment, and thus eliminated Cd at a much faster rate. The diversity of Cd bioaccumulation patterns in cladocerans indicates that no simple generalization can be made from data on only a few species. Because cladocerans are often the major zooplankton in lakes, their contrasting Cd accumulation and loss suggest that the biogeochemistry of Cd would be different in waters dominated by different cladocerans.

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Bioaccumulation of cadmium in an experimental aquatic food chain involving phytoplankton (Chlorella vulgaris), zooplankton (Moina macrocopa), and the predatory catfish Clarias macrocephalus×C. gariepinus

Cited by 88 publications

References 7 publications

Bioaccumulation of metals and induction of metallo‐ thioneins in selected tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) co‐exposed to cadmium, mercury and lead

Bioaccumulation of metals and induction of metallo‐ thioneins in selected tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) co‐exposed to cadmium, mercury and lead

Isolation and identification of cadmium- and lead-resistant lactic acid bacteria for application as metal removing probiotic

Contrasting patterns of cadmium bioaccumulation in freshwater cladocerans

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