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Certain species of fish e.g. rainbow trout, are particularly susceptible to poisoning by cadmium in their aquatic environment whereas others e.g. roach and stone loach, are much more resistant. It is postulated that the vulnerability of the salmonids arises because 1) existing metallothionein (MT) in the tissues of these fish is unable to bind cadmium and 2) the toxic metal (in contrast to zinc) cannot switch on the gene(s) for apo-thionein production de novo. Consequently, cadmium is sequestered in the liver, kidney and gills of these fish by two low mol.wt. non-metallothionein proteins for which no excretion mechanism appears to exist.
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