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Can insecticide-free clean water regenerate the midgut epithelium of the freshwater shrimp after dimethoate treatment? Micron 2021; 155:103162. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2021.103162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Rost-Roszkowska M, Poprawa I, Chajec Ł, Chachulska-Żymełka A, Wilczek G, Wilczek P, Student S, Skowronek M, Nadgórska-Socha A, Leśniewska M. Influence of soil contaminated with cadmium on cell death in the digestive epithelium of soil centipede Lithobius forficatus (Myriapoda, Chilopoda). THE EUROPEAN ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2020.1757168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- M. Rost-Roszkowska
- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Bioengineering Laboratory, Heart Prosthesis Institute, Zabrze, Poland
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- Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
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- Department of General Zoology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland
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Mleiki A, Zaldibar B, Izagirre U, El Menif NT, Marigómez I. Effects of dietary Pb and Cd and their combination on lysosomal and tissue-level biomarkers and histopathology in digestive gland of the land snail, Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 156:301-310. [PMID: 29571108 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.02.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The present study was aimed at determining cell and tissue-level biomarkers and histopathological alterations in the green garden snail, Cantareus apertus (Born, 1778), exposed to different nominal dietary concentrations of Pb (25, 100 and 2500 mg Pb/kg), Cd (5, 10 and 100 mg Cd/kg) and their combination (25 mg Pb + 5 mg Cd/Kg, 100 mg Pb + 10 mg Cd/kg and 2500 mg Pb + 100 mg Cd/ kg) for 1 and 8 weeks. Lead and Cd exerted histopathological effects on the digestive gland in a dose-dependent manner and related to lysosomal and tissue-level biomarkers. The biological responses observed included digestive cell vacuolisation and numerical atrophy, calcium cell hydropic degeneration, excretory cell hypertrophy, inflammatory responses, blood vessel congestion, and disruption of the blood vessel wall and the interstitial connective tissue. Lysosomal enlargement and transient intracellular accumulation of neutral lipids and lipofuscins were also observed, together with alterations in the cell type composition and thinning of the digestive gland epithelium and with diverticular distortion. This response profile fits well with the biological effects reported after metal exposure in gastropods from other regions, as well as with data obtained in parallel studies dealing with metal bioaccumulation and intralysosomal accumulation, mortality, feeding, growth, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity exerted elicited by Pb, Cd and their mixture in green garden snails under the present experimental conditions. Consequently, C. apertus seems to be a suitable model species for the biomarker-based assessment of the biological effects of Pb and Cd, alone or in combinations, thus providing a challenging opportunity to advance in identifying suitable sentinel species for metal pollution biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment in soil ecosystems in Northern Africa.
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- Anwar Mleiki
- University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, Laboratory of Environment Bio-monitoring, Zarzouna, 7021 Bizerta, Tunisia
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain
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- University of Carthage, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerta, Laboratory of Environment Bio-monitoring, Zarzouna, 7021 Bizerta, Tunisia
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- CBET Research Group, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Areatza w/n, Plentzia-Bizkaia E-48620, Basque Country, Spain; CBET Research Group, BERRILUR Research Consortium, Zoology & Animal Cell Biology Dept. (Science and Technology Faculty), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena w/n, Leioa-Bizkaia E-48940, Basque Country, Spain.
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Boulajfene W, Strogyloudi E, Catsiki VA, El Mlayah A, Tlig-Zouari S. Bio-monitoring of metal impact on metallothioneins levels in the gastropod Phorcus turbinatus (Born, 1778) in the northeastern and the eastern coasts of Tunisia. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2017; 120:274-285. [PMID: 28527742 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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This work is an evaluation of metal contamination degree in Phorcus turbinatus and a monitoring of metals impact on metallothioneins functioning. The gastropod was sampled from six stations along the northeastern and eastern coasts of Tunisia during four seasons (2014-2015). Our results suggested that sedimentological metallic contents (Copper, Zinc and Cadmium) vary significantly depending on stations and not significantly according to seasons except for copper. Nevertheless, differences were no significant between stations and significant between seasons as for ambient factors, metallic intrinsic contents and metallothioneins rates. The monodonta tissue seems to be enriched in the four analyzed metals (Cu, Zn, Cd and Hg) and this species seems to have an ability to accumulate metals. Metal effect on the protein induction may be linked to physicochemical factors (temperature, O2 and Cu contents in sediment). In fact, metallothioneins levels were positively correlated to the dissolved oxygen rates and negatively linked to temperature.
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- Wafa Boulajfene
- Université Tunis El Manar II 2092, Tunis, Tunisie/Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche de Biologie Intégrative et Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive des milieux Aquatiques, Tunisie.
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- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos 19013, Institute of Oceanography - Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Greece.
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- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Anavissos 19013, Institute of Oceanography - Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Greece.
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- Technopôle de Bordj Cedria, 273, Soliman 8020, Centre de Recherches et des Technologies des Eaux - Laboratoire de Géo-Ressources, Tunisie
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- Université Tunis El Manar II 2092, Tunis, Tunisie/Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Unité de Recherche de Biologie Intégrative et Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive des milieux Aquatiques, Tunisie
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Martínez-Paz P, Morales M, Sánchez-Argüello P, Morcillo G, Martínez-Guitarte JL. Cadmium in vivo exposure alters stress response and endocrine-related genes in the freshwater snail Physa acuta. New biomarker genes in a new model organism. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:1488-1497. [PMID: 27890585 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The freshwater snail Physa acuta is a sensitive organism to xenobiotics that is appropriate for toxicity testing. Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal with known toxic effects on several organisms, which include endocrine disruption and activation of the cellular stress responses. There is scarce genomic information on P. acuta; hence, in this work, we identify several genes related to the hormonal system, the stress response and the detoxification system to evaluate the effects of Cd. The transcriptional activity of the endocrine-related genes oestrogen receptor (ER), oestrogen-related receptor (ERR), and retinoid X receptor (RXR), the heat shock proteins genes hsp70 and hsp90 and a metallothionein (MT) gene was analysed in P. acuta exposed to Cd. In addition, the hsp70 and hsp90 genes were also evaluated after heat shock treatment. Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that Cd presence induced a significant increase in the mRNA levels of ER, ERR and RXR, suggesting a putative mode of action that could explain the endocrine disruptor activity of this heavy metal at the molecular level on Gastropoda. Moreover, the hsp70 gene was upregulated after 24-h Cd treatment, but the hsp90 gene expression was not affected. In contrast, the hsp70 and hsp90 genes were strongly upregulated during heat shock response. Finally, the MT gene expression showed a non-significant variability after Cd exposure. In conclusion, this study provides, for the first time, information about the effects of Cd on the endocrine system of Gastropoda at the molecular level and offers new putative biomarker genes that could be useful in ecotoxicological studies, risk assessment and bioremediation.
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- Pedro Martínez-Paz
- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología, Departamento de Medioambiente, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. La Coruña km 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Włostowski T, Kozłowski P, Łaszkiewicz-Tiszczenko B, Oleńska E. Cadmium Accumulation and Pathological Alterations in the Midgut Gland of Terrestrial Snail Helix pomatia L. from a Zinc Smelter Area: Role of Soil pH. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2016; 96:484-489. [PMID: 26868644 PMCID: PMC4799254 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-016-1748-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 02/01/2016] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether cadmium (Cd) accumulation and toxicity in the midgut gland of Helix pomatia snails living in a Cd-contaminated area were related to soil pH. Toxic responses in the midgut gland (i.e., increased vacuolization and lipid peroxidation) occurred in H. pomatia snails exhibiting the highest Cd levels in the gland (265-274 µg/g dry wt) and living on acidic soil (pH 5.3-5.5), while no toxicity was observed in snails accumulating less Cd (90 µg/g) and ranging on neutral soil (pH 7.0), despite the fact that total soil Cd was similar in the two cases. The accumulation of Cd in the gland was directly related to the water extractable Cd in soil, which in turn correlated inversely with soil pH, indicating that this factor had a significant effect on tissue Cd. It appeared further that the occurrence of Cd toxicity was associated with low levels of metallothionein in the gland of snails ranging on acidic soil.
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- Tadeusz Włostowski
- Institute of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245, Białystok, Poland.
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- Institute of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245, Białystok, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, University of Białystok, Ciołkowskiego 1J, 15-245, Białystok, Poland
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