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Inorganic arsenic (iAs) is a pervasive environmental toxin, its metabolism and detoxification mechanism in freshwater benthic fish under dietary exposure remain unknown. In this study, dietborne exposure of two iAs (arsenate (AsV) and arsenite (AsIII)) was conducted for yellow catfish (Tachysurus fulvidraco) to investigate the bioaccumulation, biotransformation, and detoxification of iAs in the fish liver. The results showed that As significantly accumulated in both the AsIII and AsV treatments compared to the control, and the final As concentration was comparable for both treatments. The detoxification of iAs in freshwater fish depends on the degree of arsenic methylation and the level of antioxidants. Both reduction processes of AsV to AsIII and oxidation processes of AsIII to AsV were found in AsV and AsIII treatments. The major-low toxicity intermediates, which also are detoxification products in the AsIII treatment, were pentavalent dimethylarsinic acid and arsenobetaine (AsB), and AsB was major-low toxicity intermediate in the AsV treatment. Both antioxidants glutathione and glutathione S-transferase contribute to the detoxification of iAs by scavenging excessive reactive oxygen species and promoting iAs methylation in yellow catfish under iAs exposure.
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This work was supported by the Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest of China (No. 201503108), the Science & Technology Project of Hunan Province (No. 2022SK2068).
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Lu, D., Luo, W., Li, H. et al. Biotransformation and detoxification mechanism of inorganic arsenic in a freshwater benthic fish Tachysurus fulvidraco with dietborne exposure. Ecotoxicology 32, 46–56 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-022-02611-w
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