Abstract
The ability of Pectinidae to accumulate heavy metals and store them in their tissues allows the use of scallops for biomonitoring marine pollution. High molecular weight metallothionein (MT)-like proteins (MTlps) play a central role in this process. Two major MTlps (72 and 43 kDa) have been identified in the digestive glands of Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Yesso scallop). These proteins have a very high affinity for the heavy metals cadmium, cobalt, and caesium. Additionally, these proteins can be deposited in large quantities in the digestive glands of this mollusc. It has been shown that 72 kDa MTlp is the main stress-response protein in areas polluted with cadmium or radioactive metals. Monitoring the amounts of MTlps in the digestive glands of the scallop M. yessoensis in areas with different anthropogenic pollutants has shown that these proteins are reliable biological markers of heavy-metal pollution in the marine environment.
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The work was performed as part of the state assignment program of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the theme “The Effect of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on Biogeochemical Processes and the State of Biota in Marine Ecosystems” (No: AAAA-A17-117030110038-5).
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The work was performed as part of the state assignment program of the Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the theme “The Effect of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on Biogeochemical Processes and the State of Biota in Marine Ecosystems” (No: AAAA-A17-117030110038-5).
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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Avianna Zhukovskaya and Vladimir Goryachev. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Avianna Zhukovskaya, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Conceptualization: Avianna Zhukovskaya and Viktor Chelomin; methodology: Avianna Zhukovskaya, Vladimir Goryachev, and Viktor Chelomin; Formal analysis and investigation: Avianna Zhukovskaya and Vladimir Goryachev; Writing - original draft preparation: Avianna Zhukovskaya; Writing - review and editing: Avianna Zhukovskaya, Vladimir Goryachev, Maksim Zakhartsev, Viktor Chelomin; Funding acquisition: Viktor Chelomin; Resources: Avianna Zhukovskaya and Vladimir Goryachev; Supervision: Viktor Chelomin.
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Zhukovskaya, A., Goryachev, V., Zakhartsev, M. et al. The role of the cadmium-binding protein response of the digestive gland of the Yesso scallop Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857) for marine environmental assessments. Environ Sci Pollut Res 28, 30986–30992 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12978-8
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