In vitro exposure of Atlantic salmon to inorganic arsenic (AsIII) and arsenosugar

Marine ingredients can contain relatively high levels of arsenic. The main aim of this study is to assess the hepatic toxicity of arsenic species in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in vitro. Primary hepatocytes were isolated from six male Atlantic salmon and exposed for 48 h to establish dose-response curves for arsenite (AsIII) (0.1-3 μM) and for arsenosugar (AsSug) (5-250 μM). Regarding arsenite, results obtained indicated that the dose between 0.1 and 1 represented a marked threshold for effect. Very few genes were differentially expressed (N=5, p-adjust < 0.1) following AsIII 0.1 µM treatment compared to AsIII 1µM (N=2338 p-adjust < 0.01). Similar was observed for AsSug exposure where exposure to 50 µM resulted in 195 DEGs (p-adjust < 0.1) vs 6899 (p-adjust < 0.01) following AsSug 250µM exposure Primary hepatocytes were isolated from Atlantic salmon end exposed to different levels of arsenite and arsenosugar in vitro.