Alteration of metallothionein mRNA in bay scallop Argopecten irradians under cadmium exposure and bacteria challenge

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Wang, Lingling ^a   Song, Linsheng ^a   Ni, Duojiao ^a   Zhang, Huan ^a   Liu, Weiqing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Argopecten irradians; Bacteria challenge; Cadmium exposure; Metallothionein; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CADMIUM CHLORIDE; DNA; HEAVY METAL; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; HEAVY METAL POISONING; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OYSTER; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCALLOP; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARGOPECTEN IRRADIANS; BIVALVIA; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MOLLUSCA; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 56949088291     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

References (69)

1. Amiard J.C., Amiard-Triquet C., Barka S., Pellerin J., and Rainbow P.S. Metallothioneins in aquatic invertebrates: their role in metal detoxification and their use as biomarkers. Aquat. Toxicol. 76 (2006) 160-202
2. Andrews G.K. Regulation of metallothionein gene expression by oxidative stress and metal ions. Biochem. Pharmacol. 59 (2000) 95-104
3. Baerwald M.R., Welsh A.B., Hedrick R.P., and May B. Discovery of genes implicated in whirling disease infection and resistance in rainbow trout using genome-wide expression profiling. BMC Genomics 9 (2008) 37-45
4. Baudrimont M., Andres S., Durrieu G., and Boudou A. The key role of metallothioneins in the bivalve Corbicula fluminea during the depuration phase, after in situ exposure to Cd and Zn. Aquat. Toxicol. 63 (2003) 89-102
5. Binz P.A., and Kägi J.H.R. Metallothionein: molecular evolution and classification. In: Klaassen C.D. (Ed). Metallothionein IV (1999), Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland 7-13
6. Buico A., Cassino C., Dondero F., Vergani L., and Osell D. Radical scavenging abilities of fish MT-A and mussel MT-10 metallothionein isoforms: an ESR study. J. Inorg. Biochem. 102 (2008) 921-927
7. Brennan R.J., and Schiestl R.H. Cadmium is an inducer of oxidative stress in yeast. Mutat. Res. 356 (1996) 171-178
8. Cai L., Satoh M., Tohyama C., and George M.C. Metallothionein in radiation exposure: its induction and protective role. Toxicology 132 (1999) 85-98
9. Cajaraville M.P., Bebianno M.J., Blasco J., Porte C., Sarasquete C., and Viarengo A. The use of biomarkers to assess the impact of pollution in coastal environments of the Iberian Peninsula: a practical approach. Sci. Total Environ. 247 (2000) 295-311
10. Chabicovsky M., Niederstatter H., Thaler R., Hodl E., Parson W., Rossmanith W., and Dallinger R. Localization and quantification of Cd- and Cu-specific metallothionein isoform mRNA in cells and organs of the terrestrial gastropod Helix pomatia. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 190 (2003) 25-36
11. Canesi L., Lorusso L.C., Ciacci C., Betti M., Rocchi M., Pojana G., and Marcomini A. Immunomodulation of Mytilus hemocytes by individual estrogenic chemicals and environmentally relevant mixtures of estrogens: in vitro and in vivo studies. Aquat. Toxicol. 81 (2007) 36-44
12. Cavaletto M., Ghezzi A., Burlando B., Ceratto N., Evangelisti V., and Viarengo A. Effect of hydrogen peroxide on oxidative stress and metallothionein level in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 126 (2000) 24
13. Chan K.M. Molecular cloning of metallothionein cDNA and analysis of metallothionein gene expression in winter flounder tissues. Can. J. Zool. 67 (1989) 2520-2527
14. Chang Y.T., Jong K.J., Liao B.K., and Wu S.M. Cloning and expression of metallothionein cDNA in the hard clam (Meretrix lusoria) upon cadmium exposure. Aquaculture 262 (2007) 504-513
15. Chen J.L., Liu W.X., Liu S.Z., Lin X.M., and Tao S. An evaluation on heavy metal contamination in the surface sediments in Bohai Sea. Mar. Sci. 28 (2004) 16-21
16. Choi H.J., Ji J.Y., Chung K.H., and Ahn I.Y. Cadmium bioaccumulation and detoxification in the gill and digestive gland of the Antarctic bivalve Laternula elliptica. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 145 (2007) 227-235
17. Company R., Serafim A., Bebianno M.J., Cosson R., Shillito B., and Fiala- Médioni A. Effect of cadmium, copper and mercury on antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation on the gills of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus axoricus. Mar. Environ. Res. 58 (2004) 377-381
18. Coyle P., Niezing G., Shelton T.L., Philcox J.C., and Rofe A.M. Tolerance to cadmium hepatotoxicity by metallothionein and zinc: in vivo and in vitro studies with MT-null mice. Toxicology 150 (2000) 53-67
19. Correia A.D., Livingstone D.R., and Costa H. Effects of water-borne copper on metallothionein and lipid peroxidation in the marine amphipod Gammarus locusta. Mar. Environ. Res. 54 (2002) 357-360
20. English T.E., and Storey K.B. Freezing and anoxia stresses induce expression of metallothionein in the foot muscle and hepatopancreas of the marine gastropod Littorina littorea. J. Exp. Biol. 206 (2003) 2517-2524
21. Fan Z., Yang A., Lv Z., and Liu Z. Effects of Vibrio anguillarum on immune activities of Chlamys farreri. South China Fisheries Sci. 3 (2007) 52-55 (In Chinese with English abstract)
22. Felsenstein J. Confidence limits on phylogenies: an approach using bootstrap. Evolution 39 (1985) 783-791
23. Fasulo S., Mauceri A., Giannetto A., Maisano M., Bianchi N., and Parrino V. Expression of metallothionein mRNAs by in situ hybridization in the gills of Mytilus galloprovincialis, from natural polluted environments. Aquat. Toxicol. 88 (2008) 62-68
24. Goldberg E.D., Koide M., Hodge V., Flegal A.R., and Martin J. United States mussel watch - 1977-1978 results on trace metals and radionuclides. Est. Coast. Shelf Sci. 16 (1983) 69-93
25. Gonzalez M., Romestand B., Fievet J., Huvet A., Lebart M.C., Gueguen Y., and B achere E. Evidence in oyster of a plasma extracellular superoxide dismutase which binds LPS. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 338 (2005) 1089-1097
26. Iszard M.B., Liu J., and Klaassen C.D. Effect of several metallothionein inducers on oxidative stress defense mechanisms in rats. Toxicology 104 (1995) 25-33
27. Itoh N., Kasutani K., Muto N., Otaki N., Kimura M., and Tanaki K. Blocking effect of anti-mouse interleukin-6 monoclonal antibody and glucocorticoid receptor antagonist, RU38486, on metallothionein-inducing activity of serum from lipopolysaccharide-treated mice. Toxicology 112 (1996) 29-36
28. Jenny M.J., Ringwood A.H., Schey K., Warr G.W., and Chapman R.W. Diversity of metallothioneins in the American oyster, Crassostrea virginica, revealed by transcriptomic and proteomic approaches. Eur. J. Biochem. 271 (2004) 1702-1712
29. Jenny M.J., Warr G.W., Ringwood A.H., Baltzegar D.A., and Chapman R.W. Regulation of metallothionein genes in the American oyster (Crassostrea virginica): ontogeny and differential expression in response to different stressors. Gene 379 (2006) 156-165
30. Kägi J.H. Overview of metallothionein. Methods Enzymol. 205 (1991) 613-626
31. Kägi J.H. Evolution, structure, and chemical activity of class I Metallothioneins: an overview. In: Suzuki K.T., et al. (Ed). Metallothionein III (1993), Birkhauser Verlag, Basel/Switzerland 29-55
32. Kumar S., Tamura K., and Nei M. MEGA3: integrated software for molecular evolutionary genetics analysis and sequence alignment. Brief Bioinform. 5 (2004) 150-163
33. Langston W.J., Chesman B.S., Burt G.R., Pope N.D., and McEvoy J. Metallothionein in liver of eels Anguilla anguilla from the Thames Estuary: an indicator of environmental quality?. Mar. Environ. Res. 53 (2002) 263-293
34. Lemoine S., and Laulier M. Potential use of the levels of the mRNA of a specific metallothionein isoform (MT-20) in mussel (Mytilus edulis) as a biomarker of cadmium contamination. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46 (2003) 1450-1455
35. Livak K.J., and Schmittgen T.D. Analysis of relative gene expression data using real-time quantitative PCR and the 2(-Delta Delta C(T)) method. Methods 25 (2001) 402-408
36. Margoshes M., and Vallee B.L. A cadmium protein from equine kidney cortex. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 79 (1957) 4813-4814
37. Marie V., Gonzalez P., Baudrimont M., Bourdineaud J.P., and Boudou A. Metallothionein response to cadmium and zinc exposures compared in two freshwater bivalves, Dreissena polymorpha and Corbicula fluminea. Biometals 19 (2006) 399-407
38. Mason A.Z., and Jenkins K.D. Metal detoxification in aquatic organisms. In: Tessier A., and Turner D.R. (Eds). Metal speciation and bioavailability in aquatic systems (1995), John Wiley and Sons Ltd., New York 478-608
39. Mackay E.A., Overnell J., Dunbar B., Davidson I., Hunziker P.E., Kagi J.H., and Fothergill J.E. Complete amino acid sequences of five dimeric and four monomeric forms of metallothionein from the edible mussel Mytilus edulis. Eur. J. Biochem. 218 (1993) 183-194
40. Miles A.T., Hawksworth G.M., Beattie J.H., and Rodilla V. Induction, regulation, degradation and biological significance of mammalian Metallothioneins. Crit. Rev. Biochem. Mol. Biol. 35 (2000) 35-70
41. Mourgaud Y., M, artinez E., Geffard A., Andral B., Stanisiere J.Y., and Amiard J.C. Metallothionein concentration in the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis as a biomarker of response to metal contamination: validation in the field. Biomarkers 7 (2002) 479-490
42. Ni D., Song L., Gao Q., Wu L., Yu Y., Zhao J., Qiu L., Zhang H., and Shi F. The cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of cytoplasmic Cu, Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene in scallop Chlamys farreri. Fish Shellfish Immunol. 23 (2007) 1032-1042
43. Park H., Ahn I.Y., Choi H., Pyo S.H., and Lee H.E. Cloning, expression and characterization of metallothionein from the Antarctic clam Laternula elliptica. Protein Expres. Purif. 52 (2007) 82-88
44. Rozen S., and Skaletsky H. Primer3 on the WWW for general users and for biologist programmers. In: Krawetz S., and Misener S. (Eds). Bioinformatics Methods and Protocols in the series Methods in Molecular Biology (2000), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ 365-386
45. Roesijadi G. Metallothionein and its role in toxic metal regulation. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 113 (1996) 117-123
46. Rodríguez-Ortega M.J., Alhama J., Funes V., Romero-Ruíz A., Rodríguez-Ariza A., and López-Barea J. Biochemical biomarkers of pollution in the clam Chamaelea gallina from south-Spanish littoral. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21 (2002) 542-549
47. Saitou N., and Nei M. The neighbor-joining method: a new method for reconstructing phylogenetic trees. Mol. Biol. Evol. 4 (1987) 406-425
48. Samson S.L., and Gedamu L. Molecular analyses of metallothionein gene regulation. Prog. Nucleic Acid Res Mol. Biol. 59 (1998) 257-288
49. Sarkar A., Ray D., Shrivastava A.N., and Sarker S. Molecular biomarkers: their significance and application in marine pollution monitoring. Ecotoxicology 15 (2006) 333-340
50. Saydam N., Adams T.K., Steiner F., Schaffner W., and Freedman J.H. Regulation of metallothionein transcription by the metal-responsive transcription factor MTF-1: identification of signal transduction cascades that control metal-inducible transcription. J. Biol. Chem. 277 (2002) 20438-20445
51. Schultz J., Milpetz F., Bork P., and Ponting C.P. SMART, a simple modular architecture research tool: identification of signalling domains. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 95 (1998) 5857-5864
52. Song L., Xu W., Li C., Wu L., Xiang J., and Guo X. Development of expressed sequence tags from the bay scallop, Argopecten irradians irradians. Mar. Biotech. 8 (2006) 161-169
53. Song L., Zou H., Chang Y., Xu W., and Wu L. The cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of a potential selenium-binding protein gene in the scallop Chlamys farreri. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 30 (2006) 265-273
54. Stohs S.J., Bagchi D., Hassoun E., and Bagchi M. Oxidative mechanisms in the toxicity of chromium and cadmium ions. J. Environ. Pathol. Toxicol. Oncol. 19 (2000) 201-213
55. Tanguy A., and Moraga D. Cloning and characterization of a gene coding for a novel metallothionein in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas (CgMT2): a case of adaptive response to metalinduced stress?. Gene 273 (2001) 123-130
56. Thompson J.D., Higgins D.G., and Gibson T.J. CLUSTAL W: improving the sensitivity of progressive multiple sequence alignment through sequence weighting, position-specific gap penalties and weight matrix choice. Nucleic Acids Res. 22 (1994) 4673-4680
57. Thompson J.D., Gibson T.J., Plewniak F., Jeanmougin F., and Higgins D.G. The ClustalX-windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucl. Acids Res. 25 (1997) 4876-4882
58. Torres E., Cid A., Fidalgo P., Herrero C., and Abalde J. Long-chain class III metallothioneins as a mechanism of cadmium tolerance in the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum Bohlin. Aquat. Toxicol. 39 (1997) 231-246
59. Vasta G.R., Cheng T.C., and Marchalonis J.J. A lectin on the hemocyte membrane of the oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Cell Immunol. 88 (1984) 475-488
60. Vergani L., Grattarola M., Grasselli E., Dondero F., and Viarengo A. Molecular characterization and function analysis of MT-10 and MT-20 metallothionein isoforms from Mytilus galloprovincialis. Arch. Biochem. Biophys. 465 (2007) 247-253
61. Viarengo A., and Nott J. Mechanisms of heavy metal cation homeostasis in marine invertebrates. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 104 (1993) 355-372
62. Viarengo A., Ponzano E., Dondero F., and Fabbri R. A simple spectrophotometric method for metallothionein evaluation in marine organisms: an application to Mediterranean and Antarctic molluscs. Mar. Environ. Res. 44 (1997) 69-84
63. Viarengo A., Burlando B., Ceratto N., and Panfoli I. Antioxidant role of metallothioneins: a comparative overview. Cell. Mol. Biol. 46 (2000) 407-417
64. Wootton E.C., Dyrynda E.A., and Ratclie N.A. Bivalve immunity: comparisons between the marine mussel (Mytilus edulis), the edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) and the razor-shell (Ensis siliqua). Fish Shellfish Immunol. 15 (2003) 195-210
65. Winston G.W., Moore M.N., Kirchin M.A., and Soverchia C. Production of reactive oxygen species by hemocytes from the marine mussel, Mytilus edulis: lysosomal localization and effect of xenobiotics. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C 113 (1996) 221-229
66. Xu X.D., Lin Z.H., and Li S.Q. The studied of the heavy metal pollution of Jiaozhou Bay. Mar. Sci. 29 (2005) 48-53 (in Chinese with English abstract)
67. Zhang F.S. China aquaculture industry development in modern times and contemporary age: status and prospects. World Sci-Tech R & D 25 (2003) 5-13 (in Chinese with English abstract)
68. Zorita I., Strogyloudi E., Buxens A., Mazón L.I., Papathanassiou E., Soto M., and Cajaraville M.P. Application of two SH-based methods for metallothionein determination in mussels and intercalibration of the spectrophotometric method: laboratory and field studies in the Mediterranean Sea. Biomarkers 10 (2005) 342-359
69. Zorita I., Bilbao E., Schad A., Cancio I., Soto M., and Cajaraville M.P. Tissue- and cell-specific expression of metallothionein genes in cadmium- and copper-exposed mussels analyzed by in situ hybridization and RT-PCR. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 220 (2007) 186-196