I am working on toxicology of fishes and observed that highest accumulation occur in liver, gills and kidney. Therefore want to know how they detoxify heavy metals in general and in particular by liver because it is the detoxifying organ.
Hello dear CEM, thank you. would you please attach me the full paper of this link. It is paid so i cant afford it. and also my institution does not have membership of springer. I would be extremely thankful to you.
To clearly answer your question, I think you should search on google to find out the related studies. I recommend you to read one of my paper and find the paper's references and I think that you will answer your question. Good luck with your studies.
Le et al, 2010. Distribution of Trace Metals and Methylmercury in Soft Tissues of the Freshwater Eel Anguilla marmorata in Vietnam. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
The usual mechanisms reported include metallothioneins and other binding proteins like ferritin, ceruloplasmin, and antioxidant defences like Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione-s-transferase (GST). Have a look at Sevcikova et al
As wrote Anne, one of the most effective mechanisms for the accumulation of heavy metals in certain organs of the fish, is a unique susceptibility to the formation of complexes of these metals by certain specific proteins. Just because in some organs of fish are exceptionally high values of bioconcentration factor (or bioaccumulation factor) for heavy metals.