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Developmental fluoxetine exposure in zebrafish reduces offspring basal cortisol concentration via life stage-dependent maternal transmission. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0212577. [PMID: 30789953 PMCID: PMC6383989 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fluoxetine (FLX) is a pharmaceutical used to treat affective disorders in humans, but as environmental contaminant also affects inadvertently exposed fish in urban watersheds. In humans and fish, acute FLX treatment and exposure are linked to endocrine disruption, including effects on the reproductive and stress axes. Using the zebrafish model, we build on the recent finding that developmental FLX exposure reduced cortisol production across generations, to determine possible parental and/or life-stage-dependent (age and/or breeding experience) contributions to this phenotype. Specifically, we combined control and developmentally FLX-exposed animals of both sexes (F0) into four distinct breeding groups mated at 5 and 9 months, and measured offspring (F1) basal cortisol at 12 dpf. Basal cortisol was lower in F1 descended from developmentally FLX-exposed F0 females bred at 5, but not 9 months, revealing a maternal, life-stage dependent effect. To investigate potential molecular contributions to this phenotype, we profiled maternally deposited transcripts involved in endocrine stress axis development and regulation, epigenetic (de novo DNA methyltransferases) and post-transcriptional (miRNA pathway components and specific miRNAs) regulation of gene expression in unfertilized eggs. Maternal FLX exposure resulted in decreased transcript abundance of glucocorticoid receptor, dnmt3 paralogues and miRNA pathway components in eggs collected at 5 months, and increased transcript abundance of miRNA pathway components at 9 months. Specific miRNAs predicted to target stress axis transcripts decreased (miR-740) or increased (miR-26, miR-30d, miR-92a, miR-103) in eggs collected from FLX females at 5 months. Increased abundance of miRNA-30d and miRNA-92a persisted in eggs collected from FLX females at 9 months. Clustering and principal component analyses of egg transcript profiles separated eggs collected from FLX-females at 5 months from other groups, suggesting that oocyte molecular signatures, and miRNAs in particular, may serve as predictive tools for the offspring phenotype of reduced basal cortisol in response to maternal FLX exposure.
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Mishra P, Gong Z, Kelly BC. Assessing pH-dependent toxicity of fluoxetine in embryonic zebrafish using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 650:2731-2741. [PMID: 30296778 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Revised: 09/03/2018] [Accepted: 09/29/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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While it is well known that fluoxetine is more toxic to aquatic organisms at high pH, the metabolic dysregulations related to observed pH-dependent effects are still poorly understood. In the present study, we utilized a gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS) based metabolomics approach to assess metabolomic profile changes in developing zebrafish embryos following exposure (2 hpf-96 hpf) to different concentrations of fluoxetine at three environmentally relevant pH values (7.0, 8.0, and 9.0). Multivariate data analyses and pathway analyses were used to assess metabolomic profile changes and elicit important biochemical information regarding pH-dependent toxicity of fluoxetine. Overall, the affected biochemical functions related to fluoxetine exposure included amino acid metabolism, energy metabolism, nitrogenous waste excretion and osmolyte functions. While fluoxetine exposure (56 μg/L, 70 μg/L and 500 μg/L) caused no significant changes at pH 7, 500 μg/L and 70 μg/L fluoxetine was differentiated from the controls at pH 8 and pH 9 respectively. Three, eight and seven metabolites were identified as the most adversely affected at pH 7, 8 and 9, respectively. The altered metabolites associated with fluoxetine toxicity at high pH included urea, glycine and d-glucose 6-phosphate. Exposure to 70 μg/L fluoxetine, did not cause significant metabolomic profile changes at pH 7, However, the results indicate that this exposure concentration at pH and 9 can cause significant metabolic dysregulation related to apoptosis and oxidative stress. Increasing aqueous pH progressively enhanced fluoxetine induced toxicity for the 70 μg/L exposure group. The observed impacts included higher energy consumption at pH 7, a breakdown of reserve energy to supplement energy demand at pH 8 and impaired lipid metabolism at pH 9. This study provides important information regarding molecular-level effects related to pH-dependent exposure of fluoxetine in embryonic zebrafish.
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- Priti Mishra
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Song Y, Chai T, Yin Z, Zhang X, Zhang W, Qian Y, Qiu J. Stereoselective effects of ibuprofen in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) using UPLC-TOF/MS-based metabolomics. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 241:730-739. [PMID: 29908497 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ibuprofen (IBU), as a commonly used non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) and pharmaceutical and personal care product (PPCP), is frequently prescribed by doctors to relieve pain. It is widely released into environmental water and soil in the form of chiral enantiomers by the urination and defecation of humans or animals and by sewage discharge from wastewater treatment plants. This study focused on the alteration of metabolism in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) brain after exposure to R-(-)-/S-(+)-/rac-IBU at 5 μg L-1 for 28 days. A total of 45 potential biomarkers and related pathways, including amino acids and their derivatives, purine and its derivatives, nucleotides and other metabolites, were observed with untargeted metabolomics. To validate the metabolic disorders induced by IBU, 22 amino acids and 3 antioxidant enzymes were selected to be quantitated and determined using targeted metabolomics and enzyme assay. Stereoselective changes were observed in the 45 identified biomarkers from the untargeted metabolomics analysis. The 22 amino acids quantitated in targeted metabolomics and 3 antioxidant enzymes determined in enzyme assay also showed stereoselective changes after R-(-)-/S-(+)-/rac-IBU exposure. Results showed that even at a low concentration of R-(-)-/S-(+)-/rac-IBU, disorders in metabolism and antioxidant defense systems were still induced with stereoselectivity. Our study may enable a better understanding of the risks of chiral PPCPs in aquatic organisms in the environment.
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- Yue Song
- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China; College of Agriculture and Food Science, Key Laboratory of Quality Improvement of Agricultural Products of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang A & F University, Lin'an, Zhejiang 311300, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China
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- Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Key Laboratory of Agro-product Quality and Safety, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Quality and Safety, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, China.
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Chen H, Zeng X, Mu L, Hou L, Yang B, Zhao J, Schlenk D, Dong W, Xie L, Zhang Q. Effects of acute and chronic exposures of fluoxetine on the Chinese fish, topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 160:104-113. [PMID: 29793199 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.04.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2018] [Revised: 04/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Fluoxetine is a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor used as an antidepressant and has been frequently detected in aquatic environments. However, its effects in fish from Asia remain relatively less studied. In this study, the topmouth gudgeon Pseudorasbora parva was exposed to 0, 50, and 200 µg/L of fluoxetine for 4 h and 42 d. The effects of fluoxetine on biometrics were compared to biochemical endpoints indicative of stress in different fish tissues (brain, liver, gills and intestine) following exposures. In fish exposed for 42 d, lipid peroxidation endpoints were enhanced 80% in the liver and gills. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity was increased 40% after exposure to 50 µg/L and 55% at 200 µg/L following 4 h exposure. In contrast AChE was increased 26% (at 50 µg/L) after 42 d of exposures. Enhanced ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase activity (EROD) was detected only in fish exposed to 50 µg/L of fluoxetine for 4 h. The activity of α-glucosidase (α-Glu) was also induced (at 200 µg/L) after 4 h of exposure. After 4 h of exposure, the activities of proteases in the intestine were generally inhibited at 200 µg/L. Both 4 h and 42 d exposures resulted in an increased hepatosomatic index (HSI) but did not affect the condition factor (CF). Our results demonstrate that fluoxetine significantly altered biochemical endpoints in P. parva after acute exposure and the morphological changes in liver size were not observed until 42 d of exposure.
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- Hongxing Chen
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, China; The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, China; Department of Environmental Science, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510655, China
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- The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities, Tongliao 028000, China
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- The Environmental Research Institute, MOE Key Laboratory of Theoretical Chemistry of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 110016, China.
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