Arsenic(+3) and DNA methyltransferases, and arsenic speciation in tadpole and frog life stages of western clawed frogs (Silurana tropicalis) exposed to arsenate.

Western clawed frog (Silurana tropicalis) embryos were exposed to control, low (nominally 0.5 mg L(-1)) and high (nominally 1 mg L(-1)) arsenate (As(V)) culture water concentrations to investigate the effects of arsenic (As) on different life stages, namely tadpole (Nieuwkoop and Faber stage 56, NF56) and frog stages (NF66). The effects were assessed by measuring arsenic(+3) and DNA methyltransferases (AS3MT and DNMT1), as well as As speciation in the tissues. The As content in frog tissues increased with water As concentration. The As species observed by high performance liquid chromatography - inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HPLC-ICPMS) were mostly inorganic, dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) and trimethylarsine oxide (TMAO). With solid state X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) analysis, arsenobetaine/tetramethylarsonium ion were also seen. AS3MT levels decreased upon low As exposure in NF56, rising again to control levels at the high As exposure. In NF66 tissues, on the other hand, AS3MT decreased only with NF66 high As exposure. DNMT1 increased with exposure, and this was statistically significant only for the high As exposure at both life stages. Thus these enzymes seem to be affected by the As exposure. Methylation of As to form monomethylarsonate (MMA), DMA and TMAO in the frogs appeared to be inversely related to AS3MT levels. A possible interpretation of this finding is that when AS3MT is higher, excretion of MMA + DMA + TMAO is more efficient, leaving lower concentrations in the tissues, with the opposite effect (less excretion) when AS3MT is lower; alternatively, other enzymes or linked genes may affect the methylation of As.

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