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Reis LLD, de Abreu CB, Gebara RC, Rocha GS, Longo E, Mansano ADS, Melão MDGG. Effects of Cadmium and Nickel Mixtures on Multiple Endpoints of the Microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2024; 43:1855-1869. [PMID: 38864594 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/13/2024]
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It is crucial to investigate the effects of mixtures of contaminants on aquatic organisms, because they reflect what occurs in the environment. Cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) are metals that co-occur in aquatic ecosystems, and information is scarce on their joint toxicity to Chlorophyceae using multiple endpoints. We evaluated the effects of isolated and combined Cd and Ni metals on multiple endpoints of the chlorophycean Raphidocelis subcapitata. The results showed that Cd inhibited cell density, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) production (up to 308% at 0.075 mg L-1 of Cd), chlorophyll a (Chl a) fluorescence (0.050-0.100 mg L-1 of Cd), cell size (0.025-0.100 mg L-1 of Cd), and cell complexity in all concentrations evaluated. Nickel exposure decreased ROS production by up to 25% at 0.25 mg L-1 of Ni and Chl a fluorescence in all concentrations assessed. Cell density and oxygen-evolving complex (initial fluorescence/variable fluorescence [F0/Fv]) were only affected at 0.5 mg L-1 of Ni. In terms of algal growth, mixture toxicity showed antagonism at low doses and synergism at high doses, with a dose level change greater than the median inhibitory concentration. The independent action model and dose-level-dependent deviation best fit our data. Cadmium and Ni mixtures resulted in a significant increase in cell size and cell complexity, as well as changes in ROS production and Chl a fluorescence, and they did not affect the photosynthetic parameters. Environ Toxicol Chem 2024;43:1855-1869. © 2024 SETAC.
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- Larissa Luiza Dos Reis
- Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for the Development of Functional Materials, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for the Development of Functional Materials, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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- Center for the Development of Functional Materials, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Hydrobiology, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Natural Resources, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Hu W, Zhu QL, Zheng JL, Wen ZY. Cadmium induced oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and apoptosis with compensative responses towards the up-regulation of ribosome, protein processing in the ER, and protein export pathways in the liver of zebrafish. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2022; 242:106023. [PMID: 34798301 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.106023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 10/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The present study identified that exposure to 5, 10, and 20 µg/L Cd for 48 days reduced growth, increased Cd accumulation and levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation, and induced ER stress and cellular apoptosis in the liver in a dose-dependent manner. However, the survival rate was not affected by Cd. The increased production of ROS might result from reduced catalase (CAT) and copper/zinc-superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-SOD) activities, which might trigger ER stress pathways and subsequently induce apoptotic responses, ultimately leading to growth inhibition. Transcriptomic analyses indicated that the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in metabolic pathways were significantly enriched and dysregulated by Cd, suggesting that metabolic disturbances may contribute to Cd toxicity. However, there were increases in glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity, protein levels of metallothioneins (MTs) and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), and mRNA levels of sod1, cat, gpx, mt2, and hsp70. Furthermore, DEGs related to ribosome, protein processing in the ER, and protein export pathways were significantly enriched and up-regulated by Cd. These increases may be compensatory responses following oxidative stress, ER stress, and apoptosis to resist negative effects. Taken together, we demonstrated that environmentally relevant levels of Cd induced adaptive responses with compensatory mechanisms in fish, which may help to maintain fish survival at the cost of growth.
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- Wei Hu
- School of Animal Science, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, 424020, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, PR China.
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, Zhoushan, 316022, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province for Fishes Conservation and Utilization in the Upper Reaches of the Yangtze River, Neijiang Normal University, China
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Cheaib B, Seghouani H, Llewellyn M, Vandal-Lenghan K, Mercier PL, Derome N. The yellow perch (Perca flavescens) microbiome revealed resistance to colonisation mostly associated with neutralism driven by rare taxa under cadmium disturbance. Anim Microbiome 2021; 3:3. [PMID: 33499999 PMCID: PMC7934398 DOI: 10.1186/s42523-020-00063-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Disentangling the dynamics of microbial interactions within communities improves our comprehension of metacommunity assembly of microbiota during host development and under perturbations. To assess the impact of stochastic variation of neutral processes on microbiota structure and composition under disturbance, two types of microbial habitats, free-living (water), and host-associated (skin and gut) were experimentally exposed to either a constant or gradual selection regime exerted by two sublethal cadmium chloride dosages (CdCl2). Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) was used as a piscivorous ecotoxicological model. Using 16S rDNA gene based metataxonomics, quantitative diversity metrics of water, skin and gut microbial communities were characterized along with development and across experimental conditions. Results After 30 days, constant and gradual selection regimes drove a significant alpha diversity increase for both skin and gut microbiota. In the skin, pervasive negative correlations between taxa in both selection regimes in addition to the taxonomic convergence with the environmental bacterial community, suggest a loss of colonisation resistance resulting in the dysbiosis of yellow perch microbiota. Furthermore, the network connectivity in gut microbiome was exclusively maintained by rare (low abundance) OTUs, while most abundant OTUs were mainly composed of opportunistic invaders such as Mycoplasma and other genera related to fish pathogens such as Flavobacterium. Finally, the mathematical modelling of community assembly using both non-linear least squares models (NLS) based estimates of migration rates and normalized stochasticity ratios (NST) based beta-diversity distances suggested neutral processes drove by taxonomic drift in host and water communities for almost all treatments. The NLS models predicted higher demographic stochasticity in the cadmium-free host and water microbiomes, however, NST models suggested higher ecological stochasticity under perturbations. Conclusions Neutral models agree that water and host-microbiota assembly promoted by rare taxa have evolved predominantly under neutral processes with potential involvement of deterministic forces sourced from host filtering and cadmium selection. The early signals of perturbations in the skin microbiome revealed antagonistic interactions by a preponderance of negative correlations in the co-abundance networks. Our findings enhance our understanding of community assembly host-associated and free-living under anthropogenic selective pressure.
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- Bachar Cheaib
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada. .,Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (BACHM), Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. .,School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine (BACHM), Glasgow, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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Bannon DI, Bao W, Turner SD, McCain WC, Dennis W, Wolfinger R, Perkins E, Abounader R. Gene expression in mouse muscle over time after nickel pellet implantation. Metallomics 2020; 12:528-538. [PMID: 32065191 DOI: 10.1039/c9mt00289h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The transition metal nickel is used in a wide variety of alloys and medical devices. Nickel can cause a range of toxicities from allergy in humans to tumors when implanted in animals. Several microarray studies have examined nickel toxicity, but so far none have comprehensively profiled expression over an extended period. In this work, male mice were implanted with a single nickel pellet in the muscle of the right leg with the left leg used as a control. At 3 week intervals up to 12 months, nickel concentrations in bioflulids and microarrays of surrounding tissue were used to track gene expression patterns. Pellet biocorrosion resulted in varying levels of systemic nickel over time, with peaks of 600 μg L-1 in serum, while global gene expression was cyclical in nature with immune related genes topping the list of overexpressed genes. IPA and KEGG pathway analyses was used to attribute overall biological function to changes in gene expression levels, supported by GO enrichment analysis. IPA pathways identified sirtuin, mitochondria, and oxidative phosphorylation as top pathways, based predominantly on downregulated genes, whereas immune processes were associated with upregulated genes. Top KEGG pathways identified were lysosome, osteoclast differentiation, and phasgosome. Both pathway approaches identified common immune responses, as well as hypoxia, toll like receptor, and matrix metalloproteinases. Overall, pathway analysis identified a negative impact on energy metabolism, and a positive impact on immune function, in particular the acute phase response. Inside the cell the impacts were on mitochondria and lysosome. New pathways and genes responsive to nickel were identified from the large dataset in this study which represents the first long-term analysis of the effects of chronic nickel exposure on global gene expression.
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- Desmond I Bannon
- U.S. Army Public Health Centre, Toxicology Directorate, 8988 Willoughby Road, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21010, USA.
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Cheaib B, Seghouani H, Ijaz UZ, Derome N. Community recovery dynamics in yellow perch microbiome after gradual and constant metallic perturbations. MICROBIOME 2020; 8:14. [PMID: 32041654 PMCID: PMC7011381 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-020-0789-0] [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: 07/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The eco-evolutionary processes ruling post-disturbance microbial assembly remain poorly studied, particularly in host-microbiome systems. The community recovery depends not only on the type, duration, intensity, and gradient of disturbance, but also on the initial community structure, phylogenetic composition, legacy, and habitat (soil, water, host). In this study, yellow perch (Perca flavescens) juveniles were exposed over 90 days to constant and gradual sublethal doses of cadmium chloride. Afterward, the exposure of aquaria tank system to cadmium was ceased for 60 days. The skin, gut and water tank microbiomes in control and treatment groups, were characterized before, during and after the cadmium exposure using 16s rDNA libraries and high throughput sequencing technology (Illumina, Miseq). RESULTS Our data exhibited long-term bioaccumulation of cadmium salts in the liver even after two months since ceasing the exposure. The gradient of cadmium disturbance had differential effects on the perch microbiota recovery, including increases in evenness, taxonomic composition shifts, as well as functional and phylogenetic divergence. The perch microbiome reached an alternative stable state in the skin and nearly complete recovery trajectories in the gut communities. The recovery of skin communities showed a significant proliferation of opportunistic fish pathogens (i.e., Flavobacterium). Our findings provide evidence that neutral processes were a much more significant contributor to microbial community turnover in control treatments than in those treated with cadmium, suggesting the role of selective processes in driving community recovery. CONCLUSIONS The short-term metallic disturbance of fish development has important long-term implications for host health. The recovery of microbial communities after metallic exposure depends on the magnitude of exposure (constant, gradual), and the nature of the ecological niche (water, skin, and gut). The skin and gut microbiota of fish exposed to constant concentrations of cadmium (CC) were closer to the control negative than those exposed to the gradual concentrations (CV). Overall, our results show that the microbial assembly during the community recovery were both orchestrated by neutral and deterministic processes. Video Abtract.
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- Bachar Cheaib
- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ Scotland
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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Lu Z, Wang S, Ji C, Shan X, Wu H. Evaluation of metal pollution-induced biological effects in Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis by NMR-based metabolomics. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2020; 150:110688. [PMID: 31677417 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Metal pollution in Laizhou Bay along the Bohai Sea in China has been posing a risk on fishery species and hence may affect seafood quality. In this work, shrimps Fenneropenaeus chinensis were sampled from three sites, namely, a reference (site 6334) and two metal-polluted (sites 6262 and 7262) sites, located in Laizhou Bay. The metal concentrations in shrimp muscle tissues were tested using the ICP-MS technique. The Cr and Cu concentrations were the highest in the shrimp samples from site 7262, exceeding the national seafood safety standard Ⅱ, and the As concentration was much higher than the national seafood safety standard Ⅲ. NMR-based metabolomics indicated that metal pollution induced oxidative and immune stresses, damaged the muscular structure, and disrupted energy metabolism in shrimps at sites 6262 and 7262, in particular disturbed osmotic regulation in shrimps at site 7262. Glycine and serine could serve as biomarkers for Cd in F. chinensis.
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- Zhen Lu
- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, 264003, PR China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research (YIC), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Coastal Zone Environmental Processes, YICCAS, Yantai, 264003, PR China; Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266237, PR China.
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Jurgelėnė Ž, Stankevičiūtė M, Kazlauskienė N, Baršienė J, Jokšas K, Markuckas A. Toxicological Potential of Cadmium Impact on Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Early Development. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2019; 103:544-550. [PMID: 31440797 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-019-02694-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/16/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic element widely distributed in the aquatic environment and producing a wide variety of harmful effects. In this study, the acute toxicity (96 h LC50) of Cd to rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss embryos and larvae was determined. The obtained results showed that hatched larvae were the most sensitive to Cd exposure. After 4 days of exposure, embryos were found to have accumulated greater concentrations of Cd than larvae. Exposure to Cd at sublethal concentrations produced deleterious, exposure duration-related effects on biological parameters (mortality, heart rate and gill ventilation frequency) of larvae. Cd induced a significant elevation of all the studied geno- and cytotoxicity endpoints in larval erythroblasts.
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- Živilė Jurgelėnė
- Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Nature Research Centre, Akademijos St. 2, 08412, Vilnius, Lithuania
- Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Vilnius University, Naugarduko St. 24, 03225, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Saulėtekio Av. 7, 10223, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Moon YS, Kim M, Hong CP, Kang JH, Jung JH. Overlapping and unique toxic effects of three alternative antifouling biocides (Diuron, Irgarol 1051 ®, Sea-Nine 211 ®) on non-target marine fish. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 180:23-32. [PMID: 31059904 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.04.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The use of alternative biocides has increased due to their economic and ecological relevance. Although data regarding the toxicity of commercial alternative biocides in marine organisms are accumulating, little is known about their toxic pathways or mechanisms. To compare the toxic effects of commercial alternative biocides on non-target pelagic fish (flounder) embryos, we investigated the adverse effects of developmental malformation and transcriptional changes. Three biocides including Diuron, Irgarol 1051® and Sea-Nine 211® produced a largely overlapping suite of developmental malformations, including tail-fin fold defects and dorsal body axis curvature. In our test, the potencies of these biocides were ranked in the following order with respect to malformation and mortalities: Sea-Nine 211® > Irgarol 1051® > Diuron. Consistent with the toxicity rankings, the expression of genes related to heart formation was greater in embryonic flounder exposed to Sea-Nine 211® than in those exposed to Irgarol 1051® or Diuron, while expression of genes related to fin malformation was greater in the Irgarol 1051® exposure group. In analyses of differential gene expression (DEG) profiles (fold change of genes with a cutoff P < 0.05) by high-throughput sequencing (RNA-seq), genes associated with nervous system development, transmembrane transport activity, and muscle cell development were significantly changed commonly. Embryos exposed to Diuron showed changes related to cellular protein localization, whereas genes associated with immune system processes were up-regulated significantly in embryos exposed to Irgarol 1051®. Genes related to actin filament organization and embryonic morphogenesis were up-regulated in embryos exposed to Sea-Nine 211®. Overall, our study provides a better understanding of the overlapping and unique developmental toxic effects of three commercial booster biocides through transcriptomic analyses in a non-target species, embryonic flounder.
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- Young-Sun Moon
- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 53201, Republic of Korea
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- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Theragen Etex Bio Institute Inc., 145 Gwanggyo-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si, 16229, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea.
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Zhou C, Carotenuto Y, Vitiello V, Wu C, Zhang J, Buttino I. De novo transcriptome assembly and differential gene expression analysis of the calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa exposed to nickel nanoparticles. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 209:163-172. [PMID: 29929122 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The calanoid copepod Acartia tonsa is a reference species in standardized ecotoxicology bioassay. Despite this interest, there is a lack of knowledge on molecular responses of A. tonsa to contaminants. We generated a de novo assembled transcriptome of A. tonsa exposed 4 days to 8.5 and 17 mg/L nickel nanoparticles (NiNPs), which have been shown to reduce egg hatching success and larval survival but had no effects on the adults. Aims of our study were to 1) improve the knowledge on the molecular responses of A. tonsa copepod and 2) increase the genomic resources of this copepod for further identification of potential biomarkers of NP exposure. The de novo assembled transcriptome of A. tonsa consisted of 53,619 unigenes, which were further annotated to nr, GO, KOG and KEGG databases. In particular, most unigenes were assigned to Metabolic and Cellular processes (34-45%) GO terms, and to Human disease (28%) and Organismal systems (23%) KEGG categories. Comparison among treatments showed that 373 unigenes were differentially expressed in A. tonsa exposed to NiNPs at 8.5 and 17 mg/L, with respect to control. Most of these genes were downregulated and took part in ribosome biogenesis, translation and protein turnover, thus suggesting that NiNPs could affect the copepod ribosome synthesis machinery and functioning. Overall, our study highlights the potential of toxicogenomic approach in gaining more mechanistic and functional information about the mode of action of emerging compounds on marine organisms, for biomarker discovering in crustaceans.
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- Chao Zhou
- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, No.1 Haida South Road, Lincheng Changzhi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, PR China
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Villa Comunale, Napoli, Italy
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- Istituto Superiore per La Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA, Via del cedro 38, 57122, Livorno, Italy
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, No.1 Haida South Road, Lincheng Changzhi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, PR China
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- National Engineering Research Center of Marine Facilities Aquaculture, College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University, No.1 Haida South Road, Lincheng Changzhi Island, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316022, PR China
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- Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Villa Comunale, Napoli, Italy; Istituto Superiore per La Protezione e Ricerca Ambientale ISPRA, Via del cedro 38, 57122, Livorno, Italy.
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Kostich MS. A statistical framework for applying RNA profiling to chemical hazard detection. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 188:49-59. [PMID: 28869846 PMCID: PMC6146931 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Revised: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 08/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Use of 'omics technologies in environmental science is expanding. However, application is mostly restricted to characterizing molecular steps leading from toxicant interaction with molecular receptors to apical endpoints in laboratory species. Use in environmental decision-making is limited, due to difficulty in elucidating mechanisms in sufficient detail to make quantitative outcome predictions in any single species or in extending predictions to aquatic communities. Here we introduce a mechanism-agnostic statistical approach, supplementing mechanistic investigation by allowing probabilistic outcome prediction even when understanding of molecular pathways is limited, and facilitating extrapolation from results in laboratory test species to predictions about aquatic communities. We use concepts familiar to environmental managers, supplemented with techniques employed for clinical interpretation of 'omics-based biomedical tests. We describe the framework in step-wise fashion, beginning with single test replicates of a single RNA variant, then extending to multi-gene RNA profiling, collections of test replicates, and integration of complementary data. In order to simplify the presentation, we focus on using RNA profiling for distinguishing presence versus absence of chemical hazards, but the principles discussed can be extended to other types of 'omics measurements, multi-class problems, and regression. We include a supplemental file demonstrating many of the concepts using the open source R statistical package.
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- Mitchell S Kostich
- USEPA/ORD/NERL/EMMD, 26 West M. L. King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268, USA.
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Villacis RAR, Filho JS, Piña B, Azevedo RB, Pic-Taylor A, Mazzeu JF, Grisolia CK. Integrated assessment of toxic effects of maghemite (γ-Fe 2O 3) nanoparticles in zebrafish. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 191:219-225. [PMID: 28866281 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2016] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The increasing use of nanotechnology in the last decade has raised concerns about the impact of nanoparticles in the environment. In particular, the potential harmful effects of iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) in aquatic organisms have been poorly addressed. We analyze here the toxic effects induced by IONPs in zebrafish using a combination of classical (genotoxicity, oxidative stress) and molecular (transcriptomic) methodologies. Adult animals were exposed for 96h to five sub-lethal IONP concentrations, ranging from 4.7 to 74.4mg/L. Comet and micronucleus assays revealed a significant number of DNA lesions induced by IONPs at all concentrations tested. Conversely, the thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) test detected only a mild oxidative damage in liver cells (∼1.5-fold increase of malondialdehyde concentrations) and only at the two higher IONP concentrations tested. Microarray analysis of liver samples identified 953 transcripts (927 unique genes) differentially expressed between controls and IONP-exposed samples. Subsequent functional analysis identified genes related to cation/metal ion binding, membrane formation, and morphogenesis among the transcripts overrepresented upon IONP treatments, whereas mRNAs encompassing genes associated with RNA biogenesis, translation, ribosomes, and several metabolic processes became underrepresented in treated samples. Taken together, these results indicate considerable genotoxic effects of IONPs combined with general negative effect on cell growth and on the ability of the cell produce new proteins. On the contrary, IONPs showed only a limited capacity to induce oxidative stress. To our knowledge, this is the first study on IONPs toxicity using such an integrative approach in an aquatic organism.
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- Rolando A R Villacis
- Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDAEA-CSIC, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Morphology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Brasília-UnB, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
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Jung JH, Ko J, Lee EH, Choi KM, Kim M, Yim UH, Lee JS, Shim WJ. RNA seq- and DEG-based comparison of developmental toxicity in fish embryos of two species exposed to Iranian heavy crude oil. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 196:1-10. [PMID: 28257923 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2016] [Revised: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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To determine and compare the toxic effects of Iranian heavy crude oil (IHCO) on the embryonic development of two fish species, we examined transcriptome profiles using RNA-seq. The assembled contigs were 66,070 unigenes in olive flounder embryos and 76,498 unigenes in spotted seabass embryos. In the differential gene expression (DEG) profiles, olive flounder embryos showed different up- and down-regulated patterns than spotted seabass embryos in response to fresh IHCO (FIHCO) and weathered IHCO (WIHCO). In this work, we categorized DEG profiles into six pathways: ribosome, oxidative phosphorylation, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and cardiac muscle contraction, validating the expression patterns of 13 DEGs using real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The expression of the CYP1A, CYP1B1, and CYP1C1 genes in spotted seabass embryos was higher than in olive flounder embryos, whereas genes related to cell processing, development, and the immune system showed the opposite trend. Orthologous gene cluster analysis showed that olive flounder embryos were sensitive (fold change of genes with cutoff P<0.05) to both FIHCO and WIHCO, but spotted seabass embryos exhibited higher sensitivity to WIHCO than FIHCO, indicating that species-specific differences are likely to be reflected in population levels after oil spills. Overall, our study provides new insight on the different embryonic susceptibilities of two marine fish species to FIHCO and WIHCO and a better understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms via RNA-seq and DEGs.
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- Jee-Hyun Jung
- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea.
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- Theragen Etex Bio Institute Inc., Suwon 16229, Republic of Korea
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- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea
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- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea
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- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biological Science, College of Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Oil & POPs Research Group, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea; Department of Marine Environmental Science, Korea University of Science and Technology, Daejeon 34113, Republic of Korea
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Brix KV, Schlekat CE, Garman ER. The mechanisms of nickel toxicity in aquatic environments: An adverse outcome pathway analysis. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2017; 36:1128-1137. [PMID: 27935089 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Revised: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Current ecological risk assessment and water quality regulations for nickel (Ni) use mechanistically based, predictive tools such as biotic ligand models (BLMs). However, despite many detailed studies, the precise mechanism(s) of Ni toxicity to aquatic organisms remains elusive. This uncertainty in the mechanism(s) of action for Ni has led to concern over the use of tools like the BLM in some regulatory settings. To address this knowledge gap, the authors used an adverse outcome pathway (AOP) analysis, the first AOP for a metal, to identify multiple potential mechanisms of Ni toxicity and their interactions with freshwater aquatic organisms. The analysis considered potential mechanisms of action based on data from a wide range of organisms in aquatic and terrestrial environments on the premise that molecular initiating events for an essential metal would potentially be conserved across taxa. Through this analysis the authors identified 5 potential molecular initiating events by which Ni may exert toxicity on aquatic organisms: disruption of Ca2+ homeostasis, disruption of Mg2+ homeostasis, disruption of Fe2+/3+ homeostasis, reactive oxygen species-induced oxidative damage, and an allergic-type response of respiratory epithelia. At the organ level of biological organization, these 5 potential molecular initiating events collapse into 3 potential pathways: reduced Ca2+ availability to support formation of exoskeleton, shell, and bone for growth; impaired respiration; and cytotoxicity and tumor formation. At the level of the whole organism, the organ-level responses contribute to potential reductions in growth and reproduction and/or alterations in energy metabolism, with several potential feedback loops between each of the pathways. Overall, the present AOP analysis provides a robust framework for future directed studies on the mechanisms of Ni toxicity and for developing AOPs for other metals. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:1128-1137. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Kevin V Brix
- EcoTox, Miami, Florida, USA
- RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
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Diaz de Cerio O, Bilbao E, Ruiz P, Pardo BG, Martínez P, Cajaraville MP, Cancio I. Hepatic gene transcription profiles in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) experimentally exposed to heavy fuel oil nº 6 and to styrene. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2017; 123:14-24. [PMID: 27846414 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Oil and chemical spills in the marine environment, although sporadic, are highly dangerous to biota inhabiting coastal and estuarine areas. Effects of spilled compounds in exposed organisms occur at different biological organization levels: from molecular, cellular or tissue levels to the physiological one. The present study aims to determine the specific hepatic gene transcription profiles observed in turbot juveniles under exposure to fuel oil n °6 and styrene vs controls using an immune enriched turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) oligo-microarray containing 2716 specific gene probes. After 3 days of exposure, fuel oil specifically induced aryl hydrocarbon receptor mediated transcriptional response through up-regulation of genes, such as ahrr and cyp1a1. More gene transcripts were regulated after 14 days of exposure involved in ribosomal biosynthesis, immune modulation, and oxidative response among the most significantly regulated functional pathways. On the contrary, gene transcription alterations caused by styrene did not highlight any significantly regulated molecular or metabolic pathway. This was also previously reported at cell and tissue level where no apparent responses were distinguishable. For the fuel oil experiment, obtained specific gene profiles could be related to changes in cell-tissue organization in the same individuals, such as increased hepatocyte vacuolization, decrease in melano-macrophage centers and the regulation of leukocyte numbers. In conclusion, the mode of action reflected by gene transcription profiles analyzed hereby in turbot livers could be linked with the responses previously reported at higher biological organization levels. Molecular alterations described hereby could be preceding observed alterations at cell and tissue levels.
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- Oihane Diaz de Cerio
- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Fac. Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Fac. Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Fac. Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- Departamento de Xenética, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, 27002, Spain
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- Departamento de Xenética, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Lugo, 27002, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Fac. Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Fac. Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080 Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain.
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Miura S, Himaki T, Takahashi J, Iwahashi H. THE ROLE OF TRANSCRIPTOMICS: PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENCE BASED ON GENE EXPRESSION PROFILES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.7831/ras.5.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Shiori Miura
- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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- Biomedical Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University
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Baillon L, Pierron F, Pannetier P, Normandeau E, Couture P, Labadie P, Budzinski H, Lambert P, Bernatchez L, Baudrimont M. Gene transcription profiling in wild and laboratory-exposed eels: Effect of captivity and in situ chronic exposure to pollution. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 571:92-102. [PMID: 27470668 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2016] [Revised: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Aquatic ecosystems are subjected to a variety of man-induced stressors but also vary spatially and temporally due to variation in natural factors. In such complex environments, it remains difficult to detect, dissociate and evaluate the effects of contaminants in wild organisms. In this context, the aim of this study was to test whether the hepatic transcriptome profile of fish may be used to detect in situ exposure to a particular contaminant. Transcriptomic profiles from laboratory-exposed and wild eels sampled along a contamination gradient were compared. During laboratory experiments, fish were exposed during 45days to different pollutants (Hg, PCBs, OCPs or Cd) or natural factors (temperature, salinity or low food supply) at levels close to those found in the sampling sites. A strong difference was observed between the transcriptomic profiles obtained from wild and laboratory-exposed animals (whatever the sites or experimental conditions), suggesting a general stress induced by captivity in the laboratory. Among the biological functions that were up-regulated in laboratory eels in comparison to wild eels, histone modification was the most represented. This finding suggests that laboratory conditions could affect the epigenome of fish and thus modulate the transcriptional responses developed by fish in response to pollutant exposure. Among experimental conditions, only the transcription profiles of laboratory animals exposed to cold temperature were correlated with those obtained from wild fish, and more significantly with fish from contaminated sites. Common regulated genes were mainly involved in cell differentiation and liver development, suggesting that stem/progenitor liver cells could be involved in the adaptive response developed by fish chronically exposed to pollutant mixtures.
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- Lucie Baillon
- Univ. Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France.
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Univ. Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Univ. Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Irtsea, UR EABX, 50 avenue de Verdun-Gazinet, 33612 Cestas, France
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Univ. Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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Giraudo M, Bruneau A, Gendron AD, Brodeur P, Pilote M, Marcogliese DJ, Gagnon C, Houde M. Integrated spatial health assessment of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations from the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada) part A: physiological parameters and pathogen assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:18073-18084. [PMID: 27259956 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7002-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A multi-disciplinary approach was used to evaluate the health of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in the St. Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada), which is experiencing a severe population decline in the downstream portion of the river. Physiological parameters, liver alterations, trace metal concentrations, parasite prevalence and abundance, stable isotope composition, and the presence/absence of the viral hemorragic septicemia virus (VHSV) were evaluated in perch collected at six sites along the river: Lake St. François, Lake St. Louis (north and south), Beauregard Island, and Lake St. Pierre (north and south). Trace metal concentrations in surface water were higher in Lake St. Louis and downstream of a major urban wastewater treatment plant discharge, indicating that this effluent was a significant source of Cu, As, Ag, Zn, and Cd. Levels of Pb in surface water exceeded thresholds for the protection of aquatic life in Lake St. Louis and were negatively correlated with body condition index in this lake. In Lake St. Pierre, Cu, Ag, and Cd bioaccumulated significantly in perch liver and lower body condition index and greater liver damage were observed compared to upstream sites. Parasite analyses indicated a higher abundance of metacercariae of the trematodes Apophallus brevis and Diplostomum spp. in Lake St. Louis, and VHSV was not detected in the liver of yellow perch for all studied sites. Overall, results suggested that the global health of yellow perch from Lake St. Pierre is lower compared to upstream studied sites, which could contribute to the documented population collapse at this site.
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- Maeva Giraudo
- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs, Direction de la gestion de la faune de la Mauricie et du Centre-du-Québec, 100, rue Laviolette, bureau 207, Trois-Rivières, QC, G9A 5S9, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Water Science and Technology Directorate, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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Grasset J, Ollivier É, Bougas B, Yannic G, Campbell PGC, Bernatchez L, Couture P. Combined effects of temperature changes and metal contamination at different levels of biological organization in yellow perch. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 177:324-332. [PMID: 27351718 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this study, we measured the effects of temperature (9°C, 20°C, and 28°C), metal contamination (cadmium and nickel) and their interaction on yellow perch (Perca flavescens) using liver enzymatic and transcriptomic endpoints and biometric indices. Kidney metal concentrations increased with a rise of temperature. The biometric indices analysed (Fulton condition factor, pyloric cæca, hepatosomatic and gonadosomatic indices) generally decreased with an increase of temperature but not with metal contamination. At the enzymatic level, the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD), involved in antioxidant response, was affected by both temperature and metal contamination, whereas the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), involved in energy accumulation but also in antioxidant response, was only affected by metal exposure. The response of perch to the stressors at the transcriptional level differed from the metabolic response. In particular, the transcription level of the cco and g6pdh genes sharply decreased with increasing temperature, while the activities of the corresponding enzymes remained stable. The normal response of the transcription level of the apoptotic gene (diablo) to heat stress was also altered in metal-contaminated fish. The combination of metal and temperature stresses also modified the response of antioxidant metabolism induced by these stressors individually. This study contributes to a better understanding of the influences of natural stressors like temperature on biomarkers commonly used in ecotoxicological studies and will facilitate their interpretation in the context of multiple stressors characteristic of field situations.
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- Julie Grasset
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada; Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine, UMR CNRS 5553, Université de Savoie Mont Blanc, 73376 Le Bourget-du-lac, France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
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Bougas B, Normandeau E, Grasset J, Defo MA, Campbell PGC, Couture P, Bernatchez L. Transcriptional response of yellow perch to changes in ambient metal concentrations-A reciprocal field transplantation experiment. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 173:132-142. [PMID: 26867186 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent local adaptation to pollution has been evidenced in several organisms inhabiting environments heavily contaminated by metals. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation to high metal concentrations are poorly understood, especially in fishes. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations from lakes in the mining area of Rouyn-Noranda (QC, Canada) have been faced with metal contamination for about 90 years. Here, we examine gene transcription patterns of fish reciprocally transplanted between a reference and a metal-contaminated lake and also fish caged in their native lake. After four weeks, 111 genes were differentially transcribed in metal-naïve fish transferred to the metal-contaminated lake, revealing a plastic response to metal exposure. Genes involved in the citric cycle and beta-oxidation pathways were under-transcribed, suggesting a potential strategy to mitigate the effects of metal stress by reducing energy turnover. However, metal-contaminated fish transplanted to the reference lake did not show any transcriptomic response, indicating a reduced plastic response capability to sudden reduction in metal concentrations. Moreover, the transcription of other genes, especially ones involved in energy metabolism, was affected by caging. Overall, our results highlight environmental stress response mechanisms in yellow perch at the transcriptomic level and support a rapid adaptive response to metal exposure through genetic assimilation.
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- Bérénice Bougas
- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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Lang X, Wang L, Zhang Z. Stability evaluation of reference genes for real-time PCR in zebrafish (Danio rerio) exposed to cadmium chloride and subsequently infected by bacteria Aeromonas hydrophila. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 170:240-250. [PMID: 26675370 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 11/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Environmental and occupational cadmium (Cd) toxicity is a global concern, and the model organism zebrafish is an ideal species to investigate Cd toxicity. Among various detecting techniques, quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) is a sensitive and efficient tool. Stable reference genes are critical for relative qPCR analysis. However, accumulated evidence shows that conventional reference genes can vary significantly under different experimental setups. Here we evaluated the stability of eight candidate reference genes of zebrafish with or without exposure to different concentrations of Cd. The results showed that the best four suitable reference genes in the five selected organs were: (1) spleen: β-actin>gapdh>ef1α>rpl13α; (2) kidney: rplp2>rpl7>β-actin>ef1α; (3) liver: rpl7>rpl13α>β-actin>ef1α; (4) gills: rplp2>gapdh>rnf7>ef1α; (5) intestine: ef1α>rnf7>rplp2>rpl13α. Moreover, we further assessed the expression stability of the four reference genes for Cd immunotoxicology studies in zebrafish. The expression profiles showed that ef1α in spleen and kidney, rpl13a in liver and rplp2 in intestine were the most suitable reference genes at 12h and 9 days after the injection with Aeromonas hydrophila following Cd exposure. In gills, the expression of gapdh was more stable than ef1α after 9 days of bacteria challenge while ef1α showed a higher stability than gapdh at 12h after bacteria injection. In conclusion, this study has demonstrated that different tissues of zebrafish have different suitable reference genes after Cd exposure and the subsequently pathogenic insults for qPCR. It emphasized the importance of reference gene evaluation for studies using qPCR, in particular when investigations involve factors not explored previously.
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- Xingping Lang
- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006 Shanxi Province, China
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006 Shanxi Province, China.
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- School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006 Shanxi Province, China.
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Laporte M, Pavey SA, Rougeux C, Pierron F, Lauzent M, Budzinski H, Labadie P, Geneste E, Couture P, Baudrimont M, Bernatchez L. RAD sequencing reveals within-generation polygenic selection in response to anthropogenic organic and metal contamination in North Atlantic Eels. Mol Ecol 2015; 25:219-37. [DOI: 10.1111/mec.13466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- M. Laporte
- Département de Biologie; Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- Département de Biologie; Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS); Centre Eau Terre et Environnement; 490, rue de la Couronne Québec QC G1K 9A9 Canada
- Department of Biology; University of New Brunswick; PO Box 5050 Saint-John NB E2L 4L5 Canada
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- Département de Biologie; Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS); Centre Eau Terre et Environnement; 490, rue de la Couronne Québec QC G1K 9A9 Canada
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- UMR EPOC CNRS 5805; Université de Bordeaux; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
- CNRS, EPOC; UMR 5805; allée Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, CS 50023 33615 Pessac France
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- Département de Biologie; Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS); Université Laval; Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand Québec QC G1V 0A6 Canada
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Stutz WE, Schmerer M, Coates JL, Bolnick DI. Among-lake reciprocal transplants induce convergent expression of immune genes in threespine stickleback. Mol Ecol 2015; 24:4629-46. [PMID: 26118468 DOI: 10.1111/mec.13295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Geographic variation in parasite communities can drive evolutionary divergence in host immune genes. However, biotic and abiotic environmental variation can also induce plastic differences in immune function among populations. At present, there is little information concerning the relative magnitudes of heritable vs. induced immune divergence in natural populations. We examined immune gene expression profiles of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) from six lakes on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Parasite community composition differs between lake types (large or small, containing limnetic- or benthic-like stickleback) and between watersheds. We observed corresponding differences in immune gene expression profiles among wild-caught stickleback, using a set of seven immune genes representing distinct branches of the immune system. To evaluate the role of environmental effects on this differentiation, we experimentally transplanted wild-caught fish into cages in their native lake, or into a nearby foreign lake. Transplanted individuals' immune gene expression converged on patterns typical of their destination lake, deviating from their native expression profile. Transplant individuals' source population had a much smaller effect, suggesting relatively weak genetic underpinning of population differences in immunity, as viewed through gene expression. This strong environmental regulation of immune gene expression provides a counterpoint to the large emerging literature documenting microevolution and genetic diversification of immune function. Our findings illustrate the value of studying immunity in natural environmental settings where the immune system has evolved and actively functions.
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- William E Stutz
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station C0990, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station C0990, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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- Department of Biology, Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane SW, Atlanta, GA, 30314, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station C0990, Austin, TX, 78712, USA.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas at Austin, One University Station C0990, Austin, TX, 78712, USA
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Azizishirazi A, Dew WA, Bougas B, Bernatchez L, Pyle GG. Dietary sodium protects fish against copper-induced olfactory impairment. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2015; 161:1-9. [PMID: 25646894 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 01/19/2015] [Accepted: 01/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Exposure to low concentrations of copper impairs olfaction in fish. To determine the transcriptional changes in the olfactory epithelium induced by copper exposure, wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were exposed to 20 μg/L of copper for 3 and 24h. A novel yellow perch microarray with 1000 candidate genes was used to measure differential gene transcription in the olfactory epithelium. While three hours of exposure to copper changed the transcription of only one gene, the transcriptions of 70 genes were changed after 24h of exposure to copper. Real-time PCR was utilized to determine the effect of exposure duration on two specific genes of interest, two sub-units of Na/K-ATPase. At 24 and 48 h, Na/K-ATPase transcription was down-regulated by copper at olfactory rosettes. As copper-induced impairment of Na/K-ATPase activity in gills can be ameliorated by increased dietary sodium, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) were used to determine if elevated dietary sodium was also protective against copper-induced olfactory impairment. Measurement of the olfactory response of rainbow trout using electro-olfactography demonstrated that sodium was protective of copper-induced olfactory dysfunction. This work demonstrates that the transcriptions of both subunits of Na/K-ATPase in the olfactory epithelium of fish are affected by Cu exposure, and that dietary Na protects against Cu-induced olfactory dysfunction.
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- Ali Azizishirazi
- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre INRS Eau Terre et Environnement, 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec City, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec City, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7B 5E1, Canada; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta T1K 3M4, Canada.
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Houde M, Giraudo M, Douville M, Bougas B, Couture P, De Silva AO, Spencer C, Lair S, Verreault J, Bernatchez L, Gagnon C. A multi-level biological approach to evaluate impacts of a major municipal effluent in wild St. Lawrence River yellow perch (Perca flavescens). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2014; 497-498:307-318. [PMID: 25137380 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2014] [Revised: 07/07/2014] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The development of integrated ecotoxicological approaches is of great interest in the investigation of global concerns such as impacts of municipal wastewater effluents on aquatic ecosystems. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of a major wastewater municipal effluent on fish using a multi-level biological approach, from gene transcription and enzyme activities to histological changes. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) were selected based on their wide distribution, their commercial and recreational importance, and the availability of a customized microarray. Yellow perch were sampled upstream of a major municipal wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) and 4 km and 10 km downstream from its point of discharge in the St. Lawrence River (Quebec, Canada). Concentrations of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and metals/trace elements in whole body homogenates were comparable to those from other industrialized regions of the world. Genomic results indicated that the transcription level of 177 genes was significantly different (p<0.024) between exposed and non-exposed fish. Among these genes, 38 were found to be differentially transcribed at both downstream sites. Impacted genes were associated with biological processes and molecular functions such as immunity, detoxification, lipid metabolism/energy homeostasis (e.g., peroxisome proliferation), and retinol metabolism suggesting impact of WWTP on these systems. Moreover, antioxidant enzyme activities were more elevated in perch collected at the 4 km site. Biomarkers of lipid metabolism, biosynthetic activity, and aerobic capacities were significantly lower (p<0.05) in fish residing near the outfall of the effluent. Histological examination of the liver indicated no differences between sites. Correlations between PFAS, PBDE, and metal/trace element tissue concentrations and markers of peroxisomal proliferation, oxidative stress, and retinoid metabolism were found at the gene and cellular levels. Present results suggest that relating transcriptomic analyses to phenotypic responses is important to better understand impacts of environmental contamination on wild fish populations.
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- Magali Houde
- Centre Saint-Laurent, Environment Canada, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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- Centre Saint-Laurent, Environment Canada, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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- Centre Saint-Laurent, Environment Canada, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada; Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada.
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- Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada.
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- Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Environment Canada, 867 Lakeshore Road, P.O. Box 5050, Burlington, ON L7R 4A6, Canada.
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- Centre québécois sur la santé des animaux sauvages, Université de Montréal, C.P. 5000, St-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 7C6, Canada.
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- Centre de recherche en toxicologie de l'environnement (TOXEN), Département des sciences biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, C.P. 8888, Succursale Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3P8, Canada.
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, 1030, avenue de la Médecine, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Centre Saint-Laurent, Environment Canada, 105 McGill Street, Montreal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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Defo MA, Bernatchez L, Campbell PGC, Couture P. Waterborne cadmium and nickel impact oxidative stress responses and retinoid metabolism in yellow perch. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 154:207-220. [PMID: 24915613 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2014] [Revised: 05/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In this experiment, we studied the transcriptional and functional (enzymatic) responses of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) to metal stress, with a focus on oxidative stress and vitamin A metabolism. Juvenile yellow perch were exposed to two environmentally relevant concentrations of waterborne cadmium (Cd) and nickel (Ni) for a period of 6 weeks. Kidney Cd and Ni bioaccumulation significantly increased with increasing metal exposure. The major retinoid metabolites analyzed in liver and muscle decreased with metal exposure except at high Cd exposure where no variation was reported in liver. A decrease in free plasma dehydroretinol was also observed with metal exposure. In the liver of Cd-exposed fish, both epidermal retinol dehydrogenase 2 transcription level and corresponding enzyme activities retinyl ester hydrolase and lecithin dehydroretinyl acyl transferase increased. In contrast, muscle epidermal retinol dehydrogenase 2 transcription level decreased with Cd exposure. Among antioxidant defences, liver transcription levels of catalase, microsomal glutathione-S-transferase-3 and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase were generally enhanced in Cd-exposed fish and this up-regulation was accompanied by an increase in the activities of corresponding enzymes, except for microsomal glutathione-S-transferase. No consistent pattern in antioxidant defence responses was observed between molecular and biochemical response when fish were exposed to Ni, suggesting a non-synchronous response of antioxidant defence in fish exposed to waterborne Ni. There was a general lack of consistency between muscle transcription level and enzyme activities analyzed. The overall findings from this investigation highlight the usefulness of transcriptional and biochemical endpoints in the identification of oxidative stress and vitamin A metabolism impairment biomarkers and the potential use of multi-level biological approaches when assessing environmental risk in fish.
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- Michel A Defo
- Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, Québec G1K 9A9, Canada.
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Alsop D, Lall SP, Wood CM. Reproductive impacts and physiological adaptations of zebrafish to elevated dietary nickel. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 165:67-75. [PMID: 24858402 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nickel (Ni) concentrations in the environment can rise due to human industrial activities. The toxicity of waterborne Ni to aquatic animals has been examined in a number of previous studies; however, little is known about the impacts of elevated dietary Ni. In the present study, zebrafish were chronically fed diets containing two concentrations of Ni [3.7 (control) and 116 μg Ni/g diet]. Ni-exposed males, but not females, were significantly smaller (26%) compared to controls at 80 days. In addition, total egg production was decreased by 65% in the Ni treatment at 75-78 days of the experiment. Ni was ubiquitously distributed in control animals (similar to previous studies), and concentrations varied between tissues by 15-fold. Ni exposure resulted in modest but significant Ni accumulation in some tissues (increases were highest in brain, vertebrae and gut; 44%, 34% and 25%, respectively), an effect observed only at 80 days. The limited Ni accumulation may be due to (1) the lack of an acidified stomach in zebrafish and/or (2) the efficient upregulation of Ni transport and excretion mechanisms, as indicated by the 4.5-fold increase in waterborne (63)Ni uptake by Ni-exposed fish. Eggs from Ni-exposed adults had Ni concentrations that were 5.2-fold higher than controls. However, by 4 days post fertilization, larvae had similar Ni concentrations as controls, demonstrating a capacity for rapid Ni depuration. Larvae from Ni-exposed adults were also more resistant to waterborne Ni (35% increase in the 96-h LC50 over controls). In conclusion, elevated dietary Ni significantly affected zebrafish reproduction despite only modest tissue Ni accumulation. There were also indications of adaptation, including increased Ni uptake rates and increased Ni tolerance of offspring from Ni-exposed adults. Ni concentrations were particularly elevated in the brain with exposure; possible relations to growth and reproductive impacts require further study.
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- Derek Alsop
- McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Azizishirazi A, Dew WA, Bougas B, Dashtban M, Bernatchez L, Pyle GG. Chemosensory mediated behaviors and gene transcription profiles in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) from metal contaminated lakes. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2014; 106:239-245. [PMID: 24859710 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 04/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The olfactory system of fish is sensitive to the toxic effects of low concentrations of contaminants. To investigate the effects of long-term metal exposure on olfaction in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens), fish from one clean (Geneva Lake) and two metal-contaminated lakes (Ramsey and Hannah lakes) were collected in and around the metal-mining district of Sudbury, ON. Two different techniques were used to measure the effects of exposure to environmental contamination: (i) behavioral responses were recorded in response to conspecific skin extract and (ii) gene transcription differences in olfactory rosettes were characterized using a novel, 1000-candidate gene yellow perch microarray. Behavioral assays performed on fish from the clean lake demonstrated avoidance of a conspecific skin extract, while fish from metal contaminated lakes showed no avoidance response. A total of 109 out of the 1000 genes were differentially transcribed among the lakes. Most of the differentially transcribed genes were between the two metal contaminated lakes relative to either of the contaminated lakes and the reference lake. No genes were differentially expressed between Geneva Lake (clean) and Hannah Lake (metal contaminated). These results demonstrated that even though the different populations of fish from both Hannah and Ramey lakes were affected at the behavioral level, the impairment of olfaction was not measurable using gene transcriptional changes in olfactory rosettes.
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- Ali Azizishirazi
- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre INRS Eau Terre et Environnement, 490 rue de la Couronne, Québec, Québec, Canada G1K 9A9
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- School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1
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- Département de biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, Québec ,Canada G1V 0A6
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- Department of Biology, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada P7B 5E1; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4.
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Consequences of metal exposure on retinoid metabolism in vertebrates: a review. Toxicol Lett 2013; 225:1-11. [PMID: 24291063 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.11.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Revised: 11/18/2013] [Accepted: 11/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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What we generally refer to as 'vitamin A' is a group of naturally-occurring molecules structurally similar to retinol that are capable of exerting biological activity. These retinoids are essential to diverse physiological functions including vision, immune response, bone mineralization, reproduction, cell differentiation, and growth. As well, some retinoids have antioxidant properties. Independent studies published over the last few decades have revealed that many fish and wildlife populations living in highly polluted environments have altered retinoid status possibly associated with retinoid metabolic or homeostatic mechanisms. Substantial evidence links organic contaminant exposure with changes in retinoid status in animal populations, but only a few detailed studies have been published implicating inorganic contaminants such as metals. This mini-review selectively deals with field and laboratory studies reporting associations between environmental contaminants, especially trace metals, and alterations in retinoid status. Both essential and non-essential trace metals have been reported to affect retinoid status. This review focuses on metabolic imbalances of retinoids in relation to metal contamination and illustrates possible modes of action. The role of retinoids as antioxidants and their potential as biomarkers of metal contamination are discussed.
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