Dragun, Zrinka; Kiralj, Zoran; Pećnjak, Ana; Ivanković, Dušica (2023) The study of acidic/basic nature of metallothioneins and other metal-binding biomolecules in the soluble hepatic fraction of the northern pike (Esox lucius). International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 256 (2). ISSN 0141-8130
Abstract
Since fish metalloproteins are still not thoroughly characterized, the aim of this study was to investigate the acidic/basic nature of biomolecules involved in the sequestration of twelve selected metals in the soluble hepatic fraction of an important aquatic bioindicator organism, namely the fish species northern pike (Esox lucius). For this purpose, the hyphenated system HPLC-ICP-MS was applied, with chromatographic separation based on anion/cation-exchange principle at physiological pH (7.4). The results indicated predominant acidic nature of metal-binding peptides/proteins in the studied hepatic fraction. More than 90% of Ag, Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Mo, and Pb were eluted with negatively charged biomolecules, and more than 70% of Bi, Mn, and Zn. Thallium was revealed to bind equally to negatively and positively charged biomolecules, and Cs predominantly to positively charged ones. The majority of acidic (negatively charged) metalloproteins/peptides were coeluted within the elution time range of applied standard proteins, having pIs clustered around 4-6. Furthermore, binding of several metals (Ag, Cd, Cu, Zn) to two MT-isoforms was assumed, with Cd and Zn preferentially bound to MT1 and Ag to MT2, and Cu evenly distributed between the two. The results presented here are the first of their kind for the important bioindicator species, the northern pike, as well as one of the rare comprehensive studies on the acidic/basic nature of metal-binding biomolecules in fish, which can contribute significantly to a better understanding of the behaviour and fate of metals in the fish organism, specifically in liver as main metabolic and detoxification organ.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cytosol, fish, isoelectric point, liver, metalloproteins, superoxide-dismutase | ||||||||
| Subjects: | NATURAL SCIENCES > Chemistry > Applied Chemistry NATURAL SCIENCES > Biology > Biochemistry and Molecular Biology NATURAL SCIENCES > Interdisciplinary Natural Sciences > Environmental Science |
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| Divisions: | Division for Marine and Enviromental Research | ||||||||
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| Depositing User: | Zrinka Dragun | ||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 26 Jan 2024 14:35 | ||||||||
| URI: | http://fulir.irb.hr/id/eprint/8362 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.128209 |
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