Cadmium-Induced Oxidative Damage and the Expression and Function of Mitochondrial Thioredoxin in Phascolosoma esculenta
Shenwei Gu, Xuebin Zheng, Xinming Gao, Yang Liu, Yiner Chen, Junquan Zhu, Toshiyuki Kaji · 2024
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Shenwei Gu and co-authors study cadmium poisoning and a protective protein in a sea worm in a 2024 paper. The peanut worm lives in polluted Chinese coastal mud. Its mitochondrial thioredoxin fights oxidative damage. Cadmium is a common coastal toxin.
Under cadmium, gut enzyme defenses swung and damage markers rose. After four days, tissue showed holes, dying cells, and eaten mitochondria. The protective gene first surged, then faded with longer stress. Its pure protein quenched oxidants and helped bacteria survive cadmium. Silencing the gene shifted death-pathway genes. The protein is a linchpin of the worm's detox defense.
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| CREATOR | Shenwei Gu, Xuebin Zheng, Xinming Gao, Yang Liu, Yiner Chen, Junquan Zhu, Toshiyuki Kaji |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |