Long-term exposure to high levels of arsenic (As) will result in damage to organs. Compared with free arsenic, protein-bound arsenic are more difficult to be excreted from the bodies due to their complexation with biological macromolecules. We developed a method of size exclusion chromatography (SEC) and ion exchange chromatography (IEC) combined with inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, which was used to determine bound-arsenic species. DMAV was identified as bound arsenic species in rat livers after As4S4 overexposure. Subsequent proteomics analysis showed the potential binding partners included hemoglobin, glutathione S-transferases, superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn] & [Mn], thiosulfate sulfurtransferase, and metallothionein-2. The method developed here was sensitive, repeatable, and conducive to arsenic analysis, especially for toxicity evaluation of arsenic-containing substances in vivo.
Keywords: Arsenic species; IEC-ICP-MS; Multiple reaction monitoring; Protein-bound DMA(V); SEC-ICP-MS.
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