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Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland
The objectives of this study were (1) to determine cadmium (Cd) accumulation in the midgut gland of a land snail Helix pomatia L. inhabiting residential areas of the 14 largest cities in Poland, and (2) to examine whether the accumulated Cd exerted any toxic effects. The average accumulation of Cd i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4186977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25112435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-014-1346-y |
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author | Włostowski, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Paweł Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko, Barbara Oleńska, Ewa Aleksandrowicz, Olgierd |
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description | The objectives of this study were (1) to determine cadmium (Cd) accumulation in the midgut gland of a land snail Helix pomatia L. inhabiting residential areas of the 14 largest cities in Poland, and (2) to examine whether the accumulated Cd exerted any toxic effects. The average accumulation of Cd in the midgut gland of snails, weighing 16–18 g, ranged from 7.00 to 87.3 µg/g dry weight (0.06–0.77 µmol/g) and differed significantly among animals from the various urban areas. This difference in Cd accumulation was not related to city population, but was associated with the topsoil Cd (R(2) = 0.868, p < 0.0001). The tissue Cd was not found to produce toxicity (histopathology, programmed cell death, lipofuscin formation or lipid peroxidation), probably due to the induction of sufficiently high quantities of metallothionein and glutathione, well-known protective molecules. |
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spelling | pubmed-41869772014-10-09 Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland Włostowski, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Paweł Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko, Barbara Oleńska, Ewa Aleksandrowicz, Olgierd Bull Environ Contam Toxicol Article The objectives of this study were (1) to determine cadmium (Cd) accumulation in the midgut gland of a land snail Helix pomatia L. inhabiting residential areas of the 14 largest cities in Poland, and (2) to examine whether the accumulated Cd exerted any toxic effects. The average accumulation of Cd in the midgut gland of snails, weighing 16–18 g, ranged from 7.00 to 87.3 µg/g dry weight (0.06–0.77 µmol/g) and differed significantly among animals from the various urban areas. This difference in Cd accumulation was not related to city population, but was associated with the topsoil Cd (R(2) = 0.868, p < 0.0001). The tissue Cd was not found to produce toxicity (histopathology, programmed cell death, lipofuscin formation or lipid peroxidation), probably due to the induction of sufficiently high quantities of metallothionein and glutathione, well-known protective molecules. Springer US 2014-08-13 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4186977/ /pubmed/25112435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-014-1346-y Text en © The Author(s) 2014 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Włostowski, Tadeusz Kozłowski, Paweł Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko, Barbara Oleńska, Ewa Aleksandrowicz, Olgierd Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title | Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title_full | Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title_fullStr | Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title_full_unstemmed | Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title_short | Accumulation of Cadmium in and Its Effect on the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from Urban Areas in Poland |
title_sort | accumulation of cadmium in and its effect on the midgut gland of terrestrial snail helix pomatia l. from urban areas in poland |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4186977/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25112435 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00128-014-1346-y |
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