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Rost-Roszkowska M, Poprawa I, Chajec Ł, Chachulska-Żymełka A, Wilczek G, Skowronek M, Student S, Leśniewska M. Hazards related to the presence of cadmium in food - Studies on the European soil centipede, Lithobius forficatus. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 845:157298. [PMID: 35839889 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The soil is an environment rich in numerous potentially toxic substances/elements when present at elevated concentrations. They can be transported through the successive levels of the trophic chain. Animals living in a contaminated environment or eating contaminated food can accumulate potentially toxic elements in their bodies. One of the potentially toxic metals is cadmium, which accumulates significantly in soils. The aim of our research was to evaluate the changes caused by cadmium supplied with the food administered to invertebrates living in uncontaminated soil. The results were compared with those obtained for animals raised in contaminated soil, where cadmium entered the body via the epidermis. As the material for studies, we chose a common European soil centipede, Lithobius forficatus. Adult specimens were divided into the following experimental groups: C - control animals, Cd12 and Cd45 - animals fed with Chironomus larvae maintained in water containing 80 mg/l CdCl2, for 12 and 45 days, respectively. The material was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative analysis (transmission electron microscopy, confocal microscopy, flow cytometry, atomic absorption spectrometry). Eventually, we can conclude that the digestive system is an effective barrier against the effects of toxic metals on the entire organism, but among the gonads, ovaries are more protected than testes, however, this protection is not sufficient. Accumulation of spherites and mitochondrial alterations are probably involved in survival mechanisms of tissues after Cd intoxication.
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- Magdalena Rost-Roszkowska
- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland.
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007 Katowice, Poland
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- Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland; Silesian University of Technology, Biotechnology Center, Krzywoustego 8, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
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- Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of General Zoology, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
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Babczyńska A, Nowak A, Kafel A, Łozowski B, Rost-Roszkowska M, Tarnawska M, Augustyniak M, Sawadro M, Molenda A. Autophagy: a necessary defense against extreme cadmium intoxication in a multigenerational 2D experiment. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21141. [PMID: 33273657 PMCID: PMC7712871 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78316-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Autophagy is a natural process that aims to eliminate malfunctioning cell parts, organelles or molecules under physiological conditions. It is also induced in response to infection, starvation or oxidative stress to provide energy in case of an energy deficit. The aim of this 2-dimensional study was to test if, and if so, how, this process depends on the concentration of cadmium in food (with Cd concentrations from 0 to 352 μg of Cd per g of food (dry weight)-D1 dimension) and the history of selection pressure (160 vs 20 generations of exposure to Cd-D2 dimension). For the study, the 5th instar larvae of a unique strain of the moth Spodoptera exigua that was selected for cadmium tolerance for 160 generations (44 μg of Cd per g of food (dry weight)), as well as 20-generation (11, 22 and 44 μg of Cd per g of food (dry weight)) and control strains, were used. Autophagy intensity was measured by means of flow cytometry and compared with life history parameters: survivability and duration of the 3rd larval stage. The highest values of autophagy markers were found in the groups exposed to the highest Cd concentration and corresponded (with a significant correlation coefficient) to an increased development duration or decreased survivorship in the respective groups. In conclusion, autophagy is probably initiated only if any other defense mechanisms, e.g., antioxidative mechanisms, are not efficient. Moreover, in individuals from pre-exposed populations, the intensity of autophagy is lower.
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- Agnieszka Babczyńska
- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland.
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Silesia in Katowice, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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Rost-Roszkowska M, Poprawa I, Chajec Ł, Chachulska-Żymełka A, Leśniewska M, Student S. Effects of short- and long-term exposure to cadmium on salivary glands and fat body of soil centipede Lithobius forficatus (Myriapoda, Chilopoda): Histology and ultrastructure. Micron 2020; 137:102915. [PMID: 32652474 DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2020.102915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cadmium (Cd) is the most widely studied heavy metal in terms of food-chain accumulation and contamination because it can strongly affect all environments (e.g., soil, water, air). It can accumulate in different tissues and organs and can affect the organism at different levels of organization: from organs, tissues and cells though cell organelles and structures to activation of mechanisms of survival and cell death. In soil-dwelling organisms heavy metals gather in all tissues with accumulation properties: midgut, salivary glands, fat body. The aim of this study was to describe the effects of cadmium on the soil species Lithobius forficatus, mainly on two organs responsible for gathering different substances, the fat body and salivary glands, at the ultrastructural level. Changes caused by cadmium short- and long-term intoxication, connected with cell death (autophagy, apoptosis, necrosis), and the crosstalk between them, were analyzed. Adult specimens of L. forficatus were collected in a natural environment and divided into three experimental groups: C (the control group), Cd1 (cultured in soil with 80 mg/kg of CdCl2 for 12 days) and Cd2 (cultured in soil with 80 mg/kg of CdCl2 for 45 days). Transmission electron microscopy revealed ultrastructural alterations in both of the organs analyzed (reduction in the amount of reserve material, the appearance of vacuoles, etc.). Qualitative analysis using TUNEL assay revealed distinct crosstalk between autophagy and necrosis in the fat body adipocytes, while crosstalk between autophagy, apoptosis and necrosis in the salivary glands was detected in salivary glands of the centipedes examined here. We conclude that different organs in the body can react differently to the same stressor, as well as to the same concentration and time of exposure. Different mechanisms at the ultrastructural level activate different types of cell death and with different dynamics.
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- Magdalena Rost-Roszkowska
- University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland.
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- University of Silesia in Katowice, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, Bankowa 9, 40-007, Katowice, Poland
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- Adam Mickiewicz University, Department of General Zoology, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Automatic Control, Electronics and Computer Science, Akademicka 16, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland; Silesian University of Technology, Biotechnology Centre, Krzywoustego 8, 44-100, Gliwice, Poland
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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
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- 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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Kamińska K, Lipovšek S, Kaszuba F, Rost-Roszkowska M. Ultrastructure of the fat body in the soil centipedes Lithobius forficatus (Lithobiidae) and Geophilus flavus (Geophilidae) according to their seasonal rhythms. ZOOL ANZ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Does autophagy in the midgut epithelium of centipedes depend on the day/night cycle? Micron 2015; 68:130-139. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2014] [Revised: 09/09/2014] [Accepted: 10/16/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Radionuclides and trace elements in centipede species Scolopendra cingulata from Serbia. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3220-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Vandenbulcke F, Grelle C, Fabre MC, Descamps M. Implication of the midgut of the centipede Lithobius forficatus in the heavy metal detoxification process. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 1998; 41:258-68. [PMID: 9799577 DOI: 10.1006/eesa.1998.1706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Ultrastructural and autometallographic investigations of the midgut of experimentally intoxicated centipedes, Lithobius forficatus, have been performed to investigate the functional role of the epithelial cells in the detoxification of heavy metals. Ultrastructural study demonstrated that nonessential metals such as cadmium and lead may cause intracellular changes, i.e., appearance of electron-dense granules with a spongelike aspect and increase in the number and the size of concentrically structured granules. The autometallographic procedure demonstrated that both types of granules are the main organelles of the midgut to accumulate heavy metals. The permanent storage of metals in granules is a mechanism used by centipedes to reduce the toxic effects of heavy metals assimilated in excess. Consequently, midgut epithelium works as an efficient barrier to prevent excesses of certain metals in the internal environment.
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- F Vandenbulcke
- Laboratoire de Biologie Animale, Université de Lille I, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, F-59655, France
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Rabitsch WB. Metal accumulation in arthropods near a lead/zinc smelter in Arnoldstein, Austria. I. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 1995; 90:221-237. [PMID: 15091489 DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(94)00082-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/1994] [Accepted: 09/26/1994] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This study reports on accumulation of lead, cadmium, copper and zinc in soil, plants and arthropod species in the vicinity of a closed-down lead/zinc smelter with a long history of pollution in Arnoldstein, Austria. Significant site-dependent metal accumulations were measured in most species, increasing in line with site contamination. Within a site, clear species-specific differences were found, even between closely related species. Within some species, developmental-, sex- and/or seasonal-specificities occurred, reflecting individual metal budgeting capabilities. Evidence for copper regulatory mechanisms appeared to be established in most cases, whereas lead, the main pollutant of the region, became heavily accumulated in some organisms. Higher levels of lead than previously reported in field surveys were detected in Carabidae and Caelifera at the most polluted site. It is recommended to take ecological and physiological parameters of species into consideration in interpreting field data on arthropod metal accumulation.
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- W B Rabitsch
- Institute of Zoology, Department of Ecophysiology, Althanstr. 14, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Corp N, Morgan AJ. Accumulation of heavy metals from polluted soils by the earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus: can laboratory exposure of 'control' worms reduce biomonitoring problems? ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 1991; 74:39-52. [PMID: 15092074 DOI: 10.1016/0269-7491(91)90025-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/1990] [Revised: 02/07/1991] [Accepted: 02/15/1991] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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This paper compares the patterns of metal (Pb, Zn, Cd, Cu) accumulation in nine populations of the epigeic earthworm, Lumbricus rubellus, native on metalliferous soils, with the patterns of metal accumulation in batches of L. rubellus sampled from an uncontaminated site and maintained on the nine contaminated soils for 31 days under laboratory conditions. The primary findings were: (1) the Pb, Zn and Cd concentrations in the 'native' worms were significantly higher in most cases than in the 'introduced' worms; (2) multiple regression analyses indicated that the relationships between tissue and soil metal concentrations were similar for 'native' and 'introduced' worms; (3) high soil organic matter content reduced the bioavailability of Pb, but low pH increased Pb bioavailability. It was concluded that, although no phenotypic evidence of metal-tolerant ecotypes was obtained, the exposure of earthworms from uncontaminated soils to contaminated soils under laboratory conditions can provide meaningful integrative data concerning metal bioavailability in soils which, for biomonitoring purposes, often present formidable sampling problems.
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- N Corp
- School of Pure and Applied Biology, University of Wales College of Cardiff, PO Box 915, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK
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Hopkin S, Hardisty G, Martin M. The woodlouse Porcellio scaber as a ‘biological indicator’ of zinc, cadmium, lead and copper pollution. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/0143-148x(86)90045-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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