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Aquilina-Beck A, Reed LA, Rider M, Burdine W, Daugomah J, Apeti D, Key P, DeLorenzo M. Employing molecular, chemical and physiological techniques using Crassostrea virginica to assess ecosystem health along coastal South Carolina and North Carolina, United States. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2023; 236:116817. [PMID: 37541416 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.116817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Natural and anthropogenic environmental impacts can introduce contaminants into sensitive habitats, threatening ecosystems and human health. Consistent monitoring of coastal areas provides critical environmental assessment data. Sediments and Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) tissues were collected at fourteen South Carolina (SC) and four North Carolina (NC) sites as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Mussel Watch environmental monitoring program. Cellular and molecular techniques were employed to measure C. virginica stress response, specifically, Lipid Peroxidation (LPx), Glutathione (GSH), and qPCR techniques. Gene specific primers targeted for detecting oxidative stress and cellular death were developed in C. virginica to gauge response to current environmental conditions using gill and hepatopancreas (HP) tissue. In order to validate gene specific markers as additional assessment tools, a 96 h zinc (Zn) laboratory exposure was performed. Cellular biomarker data revealed tissue specific responses. Hepatopancreas data showed C. virginica exhibited stress through the lipid peroxidation assay amongst sampling sites, however, response was managed through glutathione detoxification. Gill tissue data had significantly lower levels of cellular biomarker response compared to hepatopancreas. Molecular biomarkers targeting these cellular stress pathways through qPCR analysis show upregulation of Metallothionein in hepatopancreas and gill tissue with a concurrent > 2-fold upregulation in the detoxification marker Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) at three NC sites. SC sites displayed higher stress levels through LPx assays and down-regulation in GPx gene activity. Laboratory zinc exposure revealed no significance in cellular biomarker results, however, molecular data showed gills responding to zinc treatment through upregulation of Metallothionein, SOD and Cathepsin L, indicating an acute response in gills. Collectively, chemical, cellular and molecular methods clarify sentinel stress response of biological impacts and aid in evaluating environmental health in coastal ecosystems. This combined methodological approach provides a detailed analysis of environmental conditions and improves land-use management decisions.
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- Allisan Aquilina-Beck
- CSS, Inc, Under Contract to National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA.
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- CSS, Inc, Under Contract to National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- CSS, Inc, Under Contract to National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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- National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Charleston, SC, USA
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Ferreira CP, Moreira RS, Toledo-Silva G, Schroeder DC, Bainy ACD, Lüchmann KH. Analysis of Crassostrea gasar transcriptome reveals candidate genes involved in metal metabolism. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:136009. [PMID: 35977572 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Oysters have been extensively employed for monitoring of metal pollution in dynamic aquatic ecosystems. Therefore, the use of specific biomarkers can assist in discriminating the ecotoxicological implications of different elements in such complex environments. In this study, we revisited the sequencing data of gills and digestive glands transcripts in the mangrove oyster Crassostrea gasar and generated a reference transcriptome assembly from multiple assemblers, seven in total. Overall, we were able to identify a total of 11,917 transcripts, with 86.6% of them being functionally annotated and 1.4 times more than the first annotation. We screened the annotated transcripts to identify genes potentially involved in metals' transport, storage, and detoxification. Our findings included genes related to Zn distribution in cells (Zn transporters - ZIP, ZnT), metallothionein (MT-I and MT-IV), GSH biosynthesis, Ca+ transporter (NCX and ATP2B), and Cu distribution in cells (ATP7, ATOX1, CCS, and laccase-like). These results provided a reference transcriptome for additional insights into the transcriptional profile of C. gasar and other bivalves to better understand the molecular pathways underpinning metal tolerance and susceptibility. The study also provided an auxiliary tool for biomonitoring metal contamination in dynamic environments as estuaries.
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- Clarissa P Ferreira
- Multicentric Graduate Program in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - PMBqBM, Santa Catarina State University, Lages, 88520-000, Brazil
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- Federal Institute of Santa Catarina - IFSC, Lages, 88506-400, Brazil
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- Genomics Laboratory, Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88040-900, Brazil
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- Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, 55108, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88034-257, Brazil
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- Department of Scientific and Technological Education, Santa Catarina State University, Florianópolis, 88035-001, Brazil.
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Shang Y, Wei S, Chang X, Mao Y, Dupont S, Kar-Hei Fang J, Hu M, Wang Y. Sex-specific digestive performance of mussels exposed to warming and starvation. Front Physiol 2022; 13:991098. [PMID: 36187795 PMCID: PMC9523258 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2022.991098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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As global climate change has dramatically impacted the ocean, severe temperature elevation and a decline in primary productivity has frequently occurred, which has affected the structure of coastal biomes. In this study, the sex-specific responses to temperature change and food availability in mussels were determined in terms of digestive performance. The thick-shelled mussels Mytilus coruscus (male and female) were exposed to different temperature and nutritional conditions for 30 days. The results showed that the digestive enzymes of mussels were significantly affected by temperature, food, sex, and their interactions. High temperature (30°C) and starvation significantly decreased amylase, lysozyme, and pepsase activities of female mussels, while trypsin and trehalase did not change significantly at the experimental end. The activity of amylase, trypsin, and trehalase was significantly reduced in males at high temperature (30°C) under starvation treatment, but high temperature (30°C) elevated pepsase. Unsurprisingly, starvation caused the reduction of lysozyme and pepsase under 25°C in males. Amylase, lipase, and trehalase were higher in female mussels compared with males, while the enzymatic activities of lysozyme, pepsase, and trypsin were higher in male mussels than females. Principal component analysis showed that different enzyme activity indexes were separated in male and female mussels, indicating that male and female mussels exhibited significantly different digestive abilities under temperature and food condition change. The study clarified sex-specific response difference in mussel digestive enzymes under warming and starvation and provided guidance for the development of mussel aquaculture (high temperature management and feeding strategy) under changing marine environments.
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- Yueyong Shang
- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, The Sven Lovén Centre for Marine Infrastructure, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Menghong Hu, ; Youji Wang,
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- International Research Center for Marine Biosciences, Ministry of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Key Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- *Correspondence: Menghong Hu, ; Youji Wang,
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López-Pedrouso M, Lorenzo JM, Varela Z, Fernández JÁ, Franco D. Finding Biomarkers in Antioxidant Molecular Mechanisms for Ensuring Food Safety of Bivalves Threatened by Marine Pollution. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11020369. [PMID: 35204251 PMCID: PMC8868406 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11020369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Aquaculture production as an important source of protein for our diet is sure to continue in the coming years. However, marine pollution will also likely give rise to serious problems for the food safety of molluscs. Seafood is widely recognized for its high nutritional value in our diet, leading to major health benefits. However, the threat of marine pollution including heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants and other emerging pollutants is of ever-growing importance and seafood safety may not be guaranteed. New approaches for the search of biomarkers would help us to monitor pollutants and move towards a more global point of view; protocols for the aquaculture industry would also be improved. Rapid and accurate detection of food safety problems in bivalves could be carried out easily by protein biomarkers. Hence, proteomic technologies could be considered as a useful tool for the discovery of protein biomarkers as a first step to improve the protocols of seafood safety. It has been demonstrated that marine pollutants are altering the bivalve proteome, affecting many biological processes and molecular functions. The main response mechanism of bivalves in a polluted marine environment is based on the antioxidant defense system against oxidative stress. All these proteomic data provided from the literature suggest that alterations in oxidative stress due to marine pollution are closely linked to robust and confident biomarkers for seafood safety.
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- María López-Pedrouso
- Departamento de Zooloxía, Xenética e Antropoloxía Física, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain;
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- Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne de Galicia, Rúa Galicia No. 4, Parque Tecnolóxico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain;
- Área de Tecnoloxía dos Alimentos, Facultade de Ciencias, Universidade de Vigo, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- CRETUS, Ecology Unit, Department of Functional Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (Z.V.); (J.Á.F.)
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- CRETUS, Ecology Unit, Department of Functional Biology, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 15872 Santiago de Compostela, Spain; (Z.V.); (J.Á.F.)
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- Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne de Galicia, Rúa Galicia No. 4, Parque Tecnolóxico de Galicia, San Cibrao das Viñas, 32900 Ourense, Spain;
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Weng N, Guagliardo P, Jiang H, Wang WX. NanoSIMS Imaging of Bioaccumulation and Subcellular Distribution of Manganese During Oyster Gametogenesis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:8223-8235. [PMID: 34032398 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Many bivalve mollusks display remarkable sex differentiation of gonadal accumulation of manganese (Mn), but the underlying processes responsible for such differences have seldom been explored. In this study, the accumulation of Mn in male and female gonads during the reproductive cycle of oysters was first examined, and the distributions of Mn in oocytes and sperm cells at different developmental stages were imaged by the nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) at the subcellular level. We found that the distribution and accumulation of Mn during oogenesis were closely associated with the formation and translocation of cortical granules. This is the first time that the enrichment of Mn was directly visualized in cortical granules, which was identified as the major storage site of Mn in oocytes of oysters. Yolk granules were revealed as another storage pool of Mn in oyster oocytes with lower accumulation. In contrast, Mn was mainly distributed in the nucleus of sperm cells with accumulation levels much lower than those in cortical and yolk granules of oocytes. These results demonstrated great differences of the subcellular localization and accumulation capacity of Mn between oocytes and sperm cells in oysters, implying the sex differentiation in susceptibility of reproductive response to Mn stress. Our study also highlights the importance of gender difference in future biomonitoring and ecotoxicological studies of Mn in marine bivalves.
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- Nanyan Weng
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China
- Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
- School of Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Research Centre for the Oceans and Human Health, City University of Hong Kong Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China
- School of Energy and Environment and State Key Laboratory of Marine Pollution, Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
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López-Pedrouso M, Varela Z, Franco D, Fernández JA, Aboal JR. Can proteomics contribute to biomonitoring of aquatic pollution? A critical review. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115473. [PMID: 32882465 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2020] [Revised: 08/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Aquatic pollution is one of the greatest environmental problems, and therefore its control represents one of the major challenges in this century. In recent years, proteomics has emerged as a powerful tool for searching protein biomarkers in the field of pollution biomonitoring. For biomonitoring marine contamination, there is a consensus that bivalves are preferred organisms to assess organic and inorganic pollutants. Thus, the bivalve proteome was intensively studied, particularly the mussel. It is well documented that heavy metal pollution and organic chemicals altered the structural proteins causing degradation of tissues of molluscs. Also, it is well known that proteins involved in stress oxidative such as glutathione and enzymes as catalase, superoxide dismutase or peroxisomes are overexpressed in response to contaminants. Additionally, using bivalves, other groups of proteins proposed as pollution biomarkers are the metabolic proteins. Even though other marine species are used to monitor the pollution, the presence of proteomic tools in these studies is scarce. Concerning freshwater pollution field, a great variety of animal species (fish and crustaceans) are used as biomonitors in proteomics studies compared to plants that are scarcely analysed. In fish species, proteins involved in stress oxidative such as heat shock family or proteins from lipid and carbohydrate metabolism were proposed as candidate biomarkers. On the contrary, for crustaceans there is a lack of proteomic studies individually assessing the contaminants. Novel scenarios, including emerging contaminants and new threats, will require proteomic technology for a systematic search of protein biomarkers and a greater knowledge at molecular level of those cellular pathways induced by contamination.
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- M López-Pedrouso
- Department of Zoology, Genetics and Physical Anthropology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15872, A Coruña, Spain.
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Functional Biology, Ecology Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15872, A Coruña, Spain
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- Centro Tecnológico de La Carne de Galicia, Rúa Galicia Nº 4, Parque Tecnológico de Galicia, San Cibrao Das Viñas, 32900, Ourense, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Functional Biology, Ecology Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15872, A Coruña, Spain
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- CRETUS Institute, Department of Functional Biology, Ecology Unit, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, 15872, A Coruña, Spain
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Weng N, Wang WX. Seasonal fluctuations of metal bioaccumulation and reproductive health of local oyster populations in a large contaminated estuary. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 250:175-185. [PMID: 30995571 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Despite of much evidence of trace metal pollution in the Pearl River Estuary (PRE), the seasonal dynamics of metal bioavailability as well as the potential impacts of metal pollution on the local marine organisms in this estuary is poorly understood. In the present study, the accumulation of trace metals and reproductive states of three populations of oyster Crassostrea hongkongensis, a keystone bivalve species in the PRE, were for the first time investigated throughout a one-year field study. Significant temporal fluctuations of metal accumulation were observed in the somatic tissues of oysters, suggesting seasonal variations of metal bioavailability in the PRE. A major feature of the seasonal variations was the increased levels of metal bioaccumulation in the summer season for the contaminated sites nearby the major river inlets. High riverine inputs accompanied by relatively lower salinity in summer may greatly contribute to such variations. Furthermore, oyster populations from two contaminated sites had a poor reproductive condition in comparison with the reference oyster population, as reflected by a significant decrease of gonad-somatic index (GSI) and gonad cover area (GCA), as well as an obvious change of sex ratios. Gonadal metal accumulation of Cu, Zn, Ni, Co and Pb in the contaminated oysters was much higher than that in the relatively uncontaminated oysters. Especially, the concentrations of these metals in the gonad during the breeding season had significantly negative correlations with the gonad condition indexes (GSI and GCA). Our results suggested strong seasonal fluctuations of bioavailability of trace metals in this highly contaminated estuary as well as an adverse effect of metal pollution on the reproduction of local oyster populations.
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- Nanyan Weng
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresources, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, and Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Edible and Medicinal Bioresources, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen, and Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clearwater Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China.
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Wang WX, Meng J, Weng N. Trace metals in oysters: molecular and cellular mechanisms and ecotoxicological impacts. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2018; 20:892-912. [PMID: 29774338 DOI: 10.1039/c8em00069g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Oysters are important benthic bivalves in coastal and estuarine environments. They are widely farmed due to their rapid growth and taste; they are also widely applied in environmental monitoring of coastal pollution due to their accumulation of contaminants. Most importantly, oysters are among the few marine organisms that are considered to be hyper-accumulators of many toxic metals, such as cadmium, copper and zinc. As such, there is a tremendous call to study the interactions between metals and oysters, especially due to the increasing metal pollution in many coastal and estuarine waters. Over the past decades, many studies have focused on metal accumulation in oysters as well as the ecotoxicological effects of metals on oysters. In this review, we summarize the recent progress in our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms of metal accumulation, sequestration and toxicity in oysters. Applications of modern technologies such as omics and nanoscale imaging have added significantly to our knowledge of metal biology in oysters. Variations between different metals also demonstrate the diversity of the interactions between oysters and metals. Despite this recent progress, however, there is a need for further study of the molecular mechanisms of metal uptake and toxicity as well as the joint effects of metal mixtures on oyster populations. Oysters have higher numbers of stress responsive genes than most animals, which may have been induced by gene duplication during the evolution of their intertidal environmental adaptations. The divergent expression of stress responsive genes may explain the different tolerances for metals among different species. These fundamental studies may eventually provide promising solutions for reducing toxic metal concentrations in oysters for safe consumption by humans. To conclude, the complexity of life history and metal chemistry of oysters coupled with emerging pollution and application of modern techniques represents an important and exciting research area in modern ecotoxicology.
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- Wen-Xiong Wang
- Marine Environmental Laboratory, HKUST Shenzhen Research Institute, Shenzhen 518057, China.
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