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- Title
Arsenic Metabolism, Toxicity and Accumulation in the White Button Mushroom Agaricus bisporus.
- Authors
Dong, Owen; Powers, Michael; Liu, Zijuan; Yoshinaga, Masafumi
- Abstract
Mushrooms have unique properties in arsenic metabolism. In many commercial and wild-grown mushrooms, arsenobetaine (AsB), a non-toxic arsenical, was found as the dominant arsenic species. The AsB biosynthesis remains unknown, so we designed experiments to study conditions for AsB formation in the white button mushroom, Agaricus bisporus. The mushrooms were treated with various arsenic species including arsenite (As(III)), arsenate (As(V)), methylarsenate (MAs(V)), dimethylarsenate (DMAs(V)) and trimethylarsine oxide (TMAsO), and their accumulation and metabolism were determined using inductively coupled mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) and high-pressure liquid chromatography coupled with ICP-MS (HPLC-ICP-MS), respectively. Our results showed that mycelia have a higher accumulation for inorganic arsenicals while fruiting bodies showed higher accumulation for methylated arsenic species. Two major arsenic metabolites were produced in fruiting bodies: DMAs(V) and AsB. Among tested arsenicals, only MAs(V) was methylated to DMAs(V). Surprisingly, AsB was only detected as the major arsenic product when TMAsO was supplied. Additionally, AsB was only detected in the fruiting body, but not mycelium, suggesting that methylated products were transported to the fruiting body for arsenobetaine formation. Overall, our results support that methylation and AsB formation are two connected pathways where trimethylated arsenic is the optimal precursor for AsB formation.
- Subjects
CULTIVATED mushroom; ARSENIC; FRUITING bodies (Fungi); MUSHROOMS; METABOLISM; ARSENIC compounds
- Publication
Toxics, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 10, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2305-6304
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/toxics10100554