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Uptake from Water, Internal Distribution and Bioaccumulation of Selenium in Scenedesmus obliquus, Unio mancus and Rattus norvegicus: Part B

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75Se-selenite transfer was investigated in a phytoplankton-mussel-rat food chain model consisting of Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing, Unio mancus Lamark and Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout. 75Se-metabolized forms were investigated in order to identify potential critical steps in the food chain, as well as its relative bioavailability looking also at intracellular, cellular and organ partitioning. Tissue and intracellular distribution of 75Se in mussels fed with 75Se-S. obliquus was different compared to those exposed only to inorganic 75Se-selenite. The intracellular distribution of 75Se in the hepatopancreas and mantle of mussels fed 75Se-microalgae was similar to hepatic and renal distributions in rats, suggesting that their stomach dissociated larger 75Se-containing molecules. The 75Se partitioned from water (culture medium) to microalgae showing a bioconcentration factor of 435. The bottleneck in the trophic transfer of 75Se occurred between S. obliquus–U. mancus. From microalgae to mussels and subsequently to rats no bioaccumulation was verified.

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Authors thank Mr. G. Tettamanti (Ascom, Milan) for the technical support.

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  1. CeSI, Aging Research Center, “G. d’Annunzio” University Foundation, Via Colle dell’Ara, 66100, Chieti, Italy

    Enrico Sabbioni

  2. ECSIN - European Center for the Sustainable Impact of Nanotechnology - Veneto Nanotech S.C.p.A., Viale Porta Adige 45, 45100, Rovigo, Italy

    Enrico Sabbioni & Giovanni Libralato

  3. Department of Medicine and Public Health, University of Verona, P.le L.A. Scuro 10, Policlinico Borgoroma Verona, 37134, Verona, Italy

    Aldo-Eliano Polettini

  4. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 21027, Ispra, Va, Italy

    Salvador Fortaner

  5. Phi Science, via alla Rocca 3, 28041, Arona, NO, Italy

    Massimo Farina

  6. LASA, Università degli Studi di Milano and INFN-Milano, via F.lli Cervi 201, 20090, Segrate, Milan, Italy

    Flavia Groppi & Simone Manenti

  7. Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, University Ca’ Foscari Venice, Campo della Celestia, Castello 2737/b, 30122, Venice, Italy

    Giovanni Libralato

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Sabbioni, E., Polettini, AE., Fortaner, S. et al. Uptake from Water, Internal Distribution and Bioaccumulation of Selenium in Scenedesmus obliquus, Unio mancus and Rattus norvegicus: Part B. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 94, 90–95 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-014-1406-3

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