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A Novel Calendar-Based Method for Visualizing Water Quality Change: The Case of the Yangtze River 2006–2015. WATER 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/w9090708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Shi W, Deng D, Wang Y, Hu G, Guo J, Zhang X, Wang X, Giesy JP, Yu H, Wang Z. Causes of endocrine disrupting potencies in surface water in East China. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 144:1435-1442. [PMID: 26495828 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.09.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2015] [Revised: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 09/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Surface water is essential for human health and ecological diversity, but some endocrine disrupting chemicals are detectable. Both thyroid receptor (TR) and androgen receptor (AR) agonistic/antagonistic potencies in grade II surface water in East China were investigated using reporter gene assays. While none of the water exhibited agonistic potency, significant AR and TR antagonistic potencies were detectable. TR antagonistic equivalents (TR-AntEQ) and AR antagonistic equivalents (AR-AntEQ) ranged from 3.6 to 76.1 μg dibutyl phthalate/L and from 2.3 to 242.6 μg flutamide/L, respectively. The TR and AR antagonistic potencies in the Yangtze River watershed were highlighted, with equivalents greater than the lowest observable effect concentration (LOEC) of dibutyl phthalate and flutamide, respectively. Phthalate esters (PAEs) being the most abundant explained most of the TR antagonistic potency, contributing more than 65% of the TR-AntEQ and diisobutyl phthalate (DiBP) was the major contributor. In most surface waters studied, PAEs contributed little of the AR-AntEQ, but the frequently detected octylphenol, nonylphenol and benzo[a]pyrene might be responsible.
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- Wei Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China; South China Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Guangzhou, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Monitoring and Analysis for Organic Pollutants in Surface Water, Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine & Institute of Toxicology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China; Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; Department of Zoology, and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA; School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Department of Biology and Chemistry and State Key Laboratory for Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, PR China
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Gu JD, Wang YS. Coastal and marine pollution and ecotoxicology. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2015; 24:1407-1410. [PMID: 26391368 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1528-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Ji-Dong Gu
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, People's Republic of China.
- Daya Bay Marine Biology Research Station, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, 518121, People's Republic of China.
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Reddy UA, Prabhakar PV, Rao GS, Rao PR, Sandeep K, Rahman MF, Kumari SI, Grover P, Khan HA, Mahboob M. Biomarkers of oxidative stress in rat for assessing toxicological effects of heavy metal pollution in river water. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 22:13453-63. [PMID: 25940462 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4381-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Increasing use of heavy metals in various fields, their environmental persistency, and poor regulatory efforts have significantly increased their fraction in river water. We studied the effect of Musi river water pollution on oxidative stress biomarkers and histopathology in rat after 28 days repeated oral treatment. River water analysis showed the presence of Zn and Pb at mg/l concentration and Ag, As, Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Sn, and Sb at μg/l concentration. River water treatment resulted in a dose-dependent accumulation of metals in rat organs, being more in liver followed by kidney and brain. Metal content in both control and low-dose group rat organs was below limit of detection. However, metal bioaccumulation in high- and medium-dose group organs as follows: liver-Zn (21.4 & 14.5 μg/g), Cu (8.3 & 3.6 μg/g), and Pb (8.2 & 0.4 μg/g); kidney-Zn (16.2 & 7.9 μg/g), Cu (3.5 & 1.4 μg/g), Mn (2.9 & 0.5 μg/g), and Pb (2.6 & 0.5 μg/g); and brain-Zn (2.4 & 1.1 μg/g), and Ni (1 & 0.3 μg/g). These metals were present at high concentrations in respective organs than other metals. The increased heavy metal concentration in treated rat resulted significant increase in superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione reductase, glutathione S transferase enzymes activity, and lipid peroxidation in a dose-dependent manner. However, glutathione content and catalase activity were significantly decreased in treated rat organs. Histopathological examination also confirmed morphological changes in rat organs due to polluted river water treatment. In conclusion, the findings of this study clearly indicate the oxidative stress condition in rat organs due to repeated oral treatment of polluted Musi river water.
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- Utkarsh A Reddy
- Toxicology Unit, Biology Division, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500007, India
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Gu JD. Assessment of ecosystem health and ecotoxicology through chemical analysis and modeling. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2014; 23:475-479. [PMID: 24659346 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1206-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Zhang R, Zhang L, Jiang D, Zheng K, Cui Y, Li M, Wu B, Cheng S. Mouse organ coefficient and abnormal sperm rate analysis with exposure to tap water and source water in Nanjing reach of Yangtze River. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2014; 23:641-6. [PMID: 24664459 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1228-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/07/2014] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Organ coefficients (including kidney, testis, liver and spleen coefficient) and abnormal sperm rate were used in our study to reflect the exposure to the Yangzte River water. The concentrations of total dissolved metals and semi-volatile organic compounds in tap and source water were measured by ICP-OES and GC-MS, respectively. After mice were fed with purified water (CK), Nanjing tap water (NJT) and Nanjing source water (NJS) for 90 day, the individual and organs (including kidney, testis, liver and spleen) of each mouse were weighted. And abnormal sperm types (such as hook less, banana-like form, amorphous, folded and two tails) were determined by microscope. The results showed that significant differences of liver coefficient between experimental group (NJT, NJS) and control group (CK) were observed; furthermore liver coefficient is positive correlation with the concentrations of total dissolved metals. However, no significant differences of abnormal sperm rates between experimental group (NJT, NJS) and control group (CK) were noted. So liver coefficient might be more sensitive than other organ coefficients to reflect the exposure to tap water and source water, while abnormal sperm rate could not be used to reveal the exposure to them.
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- Rongfei Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Xianlin Campus, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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Floehr T, Xiao H, Scholz-Starke B, Wu L, Hou J, Yin D, Zhang X, Ji R, Yuan X, Ottermanns R, Roß-Nickoll M, Schäffer A, Hollert H. Solution by dilution?--A review on the pollution status of the Yangtze River. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2013; 20:6934-6971. [PMID: 23608976 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1666-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The Yangtze River has been a source of life and prosperity for the Chinese people for centuries and is a habitat for a remarkable variety of aquatic species. But the river suffers from huge amounts of urban sewage, agricultural effluents, and industrial wastewater as well as ship navigation wastes along its course. With respect to the vast amounts of water and sediments discharged by the Yangtze River, it is reasonable to ask whether the pollution problem may be solved by simple dilution. This article reviews the past two decades of published research on organic pollutants in the Yangtze River and several adjacent water bodies connected to the main stream, according to a holistic approach. Organic pollutant levels and potential effects of water and sediments on wildlife and humans, measured in vitro, in vivo, and in situ, were critically reviewed. The contamination with organic pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), and others, of water and sediment along the river was described. Especially Wuhan section and the Yangtze Estuary exhibited stronger pollution than other sections. Bioassays, displaying predominantly the endpoints mutagenicity and endocrine disruption, applied at sediments, drinking water, and surface water indicated a potential health risk in several areas. Aquatic organisms exhibited detectable concentrations of toxic compounds like PCBs, OCPs, PBDEs, and PFCs. Genotoxic effects could also be assessed in situ in fish. To summarize, it can be stated that dilution reduces the ecotoxicological risk in the Yangtze River, but does not eliminate it. Keeping in mind an approximately 14 times greater water discharge compared to the major European river Rhine, the absolute pollution mass transfer of the Yangtze River is of severe concern for the environmental quality of its estuary and the East China Sea. Based on the review, further research needs have been identified.
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- Tilman Floehr
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 52074, Germany,
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Gu JD, Wang Y. Environmental feedback: lessons from pollution problems in China. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2012; 21:1583-1584. [PMID: 22678556 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0954-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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- Ji-Dong Gu
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China.
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Shi P, Zhang XX, Zhang Z, Zhang Y, Wu B, Cheng S, Li A. Chronic exposure to contaminated drinking water stimulates PPAR expression in mice livers. CHEMOSPHERE 2012; 88:407-412. [PMID: 22445956 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.02.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Revised: 02/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Mice were fed with source water (SW) and tap water (TW) for 90 d to evaluate hepatotoxicity induced by the drinking water. Histopathologic observation showed no obvious damage to hepatic tissue in the SW and TW groups. However, microarray analysis indicated that the SW and TW exposures affected many metabolic pathways, among which PPAR (peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors) signaling was most susceptible. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that both PPAR-α and PPAR-γ were significantly increased in the exposure groups compared to control. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay revealed that PPAR-α expression level was increased from 23.37±0.53 ng g(-1) liver weight in control group to 26.60±1.43 ng g(-1) liver weight in SW group and 27.68±1.10 ng g(-1) liver weight in TW group (p<0.05). For PPAR-γ, the expression level was also significantly enhanced from 0.83±0.07 ng g(-1) liver weight in control group to 1.11±0.20 ng g(-1) liver weight in SW group and 1.16±0.07 ng g(-1) liver weight in TW group (p<0.05). The SW and DW posed no obvious hepatotoxicity on mice and PPAR-α/-γ could be used as a novel biomarker to assess public health risk induced by slightly contaminated drinking water.
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- Peng Shi
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China
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Dulazi AA, Liu H. Removal of phthalate esters from water using immobilized lipase on chitosan beads. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2011; 32:1443-1451. [PMID: 22329134 DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2010.538932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Lipase immobilized on chitosan beads was investigated as a possible efficient and cost-effective method of removing phthalate esters (PAEs) from water, under the hypothesis that the immobilized lipase could degrade PAEs and the amino group of chitosan could adsorb the degraded products. Three immobilization methods, namely crosslinking using glutaraldehyde (GLA), activation with 1-ethyl-3(3-dimethyl-aminopropyl) carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) and a binary method using both GLA and EDC, were compared. The results showed that lipase immobilized by crosslinking with GLA exhibited a higher degradation ability for PAEs with lower molecular weights. It removed 100% of dimethyl phthalate and 93.86% of diethyl phthalate. On the other hand, lipase immobilized by EDC activation exhibited efficient degradation of PAEs with higher molecular weights, such as diethylhexyl phthalate (removal efficiency 100%). However, lipase immobilized by the binary method unexpectedly showed less than 50% removal efficiency for all five PAEs. The PAE solutions treated with different immobilized lipases were characterized using high-performance liquid chromatography, and the mechanism of the removal of PAEs by the lipase immobilized on chitosan beads using different methods is further discussed.
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- Ashura A Dulazi
- Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology of Ministry of Education and School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
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Yun SF, Tian XY, Cheng SP, Zhang Y, Li AM, Zhang LB, Zhang XX, Chen L, Wu B, Guo LQ, Shi YZ. Serum biochemical analysis to indicate pathogenic risk on mouse Mus musculus exposure to source of drinking water. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2011; 20:1078-1082. [PMID: 21479785 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0669-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The 18 biochemical parameters of serum were measured to analyze the pathogenic risks of the Yangtze River Source of Drinking Water in Nanjing area (YZR-SDW-NJ) on mouse Mus musculus for protection of human health in this research. The male mice Mus musculus were sampled and fed with YZR-SDW-NJ for 90 days then the eighteen serum biochemical levels were measured with Automatic Biochemical Analysis/RerLi 600. And the parameter data were treated by One-Way ANOVA statistic approach. The results showed that five parameter levels for the sample group mice were different from those for the control group significantly (0.01 < P or 0.05 < P). Four 4 of the 5 altered parameter levels were decreased including glutamate pyruvate transaminase 38% lower, glutamine-oxaloacetic transaminase 24% lower, triglyceride 76% lower and cystatin C 73% lower, only creatinine level was 26% higher than that in the control group. The data suggest that YZR-SDW-NJ had toxicity on the mouse and the organic pollutants in YZR-SDW-NJ might lead to liver, kidney, cardiovascular and metabolic pathogenic risks on the human beings. The results might be cited as evidence to control pollutants in the source water for the protection of NJ people's health.
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- Shi Feng Yun
- Department of Comparative Medicine, Jinling Hospital, 305 Zhongshang Donglu, Nanjing, 210002, China
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Zhang Z, Qin W, Cheng S, Xu L, Wang T, Zhang XX, Wu B, Yang L. Assessing the toxicity of ingested Taihu Lake water on mice via hepatic histopathology and matrix metalloproteinase expression. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2011; 20:1047-1056. [PMID: 21365199 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-011-0617-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Water from Taihu Lake (China) is used as a drinking source. The frequency of contamination in Taihu Lake has increased over the past decade and the bloom-forming cyanobacteria are the dominant species during eutrophication. Cyanobacteria can produce various harmful secondary substances including microcystins capable of endangering human health and ecological safety. This study investigated toxicity of ingested Taihu Lake water on mice via hepatic histopathology and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression. Water was sampled from four Taihu Lake locations, Meiliang Bay 2 group (M2), Meiliang Bay 1 group (M1), Lake Center (H) and Xukou Bay (X), along a gradient of decreasing degree of eutrophication. The experimental design consists of five groups of male mice (Mus musculus, ICR): one control and four groups ingesting water from the four sampling sites for 90 days. Compared to control, M1 and M2 mice showed hepatic histopathological changes including swollen, vacuolar degeneration or inflammatory. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated a higher expression of MMP-2 proteins in M2 group and a lower expression of MMP-9 in M1. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay indicated that MMP-9 concentration was significantly reduced from 0.55 to 0.28 ng/g liver weight in M2 (p < 0.05). Real time PCR revealed a down-regulation of MMP-9 mRNA by 2.2 fold in M1 and an up-regulation of MMP-2 mRNA by 1.73 fold in H. Using this mouse model as a gauge of water toxicity, our results revealed that potential health risks induced by Taihu Lake water might arise from the use of this source water by local resident.
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- Zongyao Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Road, Nanjing, 210046, China
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Zhang X, Zhang Z, Zhang X, Wu B, Zhang Y, Yang L, Cheng S. Effects of Yangtze River source water on genomic polymorphisms of male mice detected by RAPD. Hum Exp Toxicol 2009; 29:113-20. [PMID: 20028702 DOI: 10.1177/0960327109357776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In order to evaluate the environmental health risk of drinking water from Yangtze River source, randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) markers were used to detect the effects of the source water on genomic polymorphisms of hepatic cell of male mice (Mus musculus, ICR). After the mice were fed with source water for 90 days, RAPD-polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) were performed on hepatic genomic DNA using 20 arbitrary primers. Totally, 189 loci were generated, including 151 polymorphic loci. On average, one PCR primer produced 5.3, 4.9 and 4.8 bands for each mouse in the control, the groups fed with source water and BaP solution, respectively. Compared with the control, feeding mice with Yangtze River source water caused 33 new loci to appear and 19 to disappear. Statistical analysis of RAPD printfingers revealed that Yangtze River source water exerted a significant influence on the hepatic genomic polymorphisms of male mice. This study suggests that RAPD is a reliable and sensitive method for the environmental health risk of Yangtze River source water.
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- Xiaolin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China.
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