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Bianchi M, Paravani EV, Acosta MG, Odetti LM, Simoniello MF, Poletta GL. Pesticide-induced alterations in zebrafish (Danio rerio) behavior, histology, DNA damage and mRNA expression: An integrated approach. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 280:109895. [PMID: 38479676 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/20/2024] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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To assess the impact of glyphosate and 2,4-D herbicides, as well as the insecticide imidacloprid, both individually and in combination, the gills of adult zebrafish were used due to their intimate interaction with chemicals diluted in water. Bioassays were performed exposing the animals to the different pesticides and their mixture for 96 h. The behavior of the fish was analyzed, a histological examination of the gills was carried out, and the genotoxic effects were also analyzed by means of the comet assay (CA) and the change in the expression profiles of genes involved in the pathways of the oxidative stress and cellular apoptosis. The length traveled and the average speed of the control fish, compared to those exposed to the pesticides and mainly those exposed to the mixture, were significantly greater. All the groups exposed individually exhibited a decrease in thigmotaxis time, indicating a reduction in the behavior of protecting themselves from predators. Histological analysis revealed significant differences in the structures of the gill tissues. The quantification of the histological lesions showed mild lesions in the fish exposed to imidacloprid, moderate to severe lesions for glyphosate, and severe lesions in the case of 2,4-D and the mixture of pesticides. The CA revealed the sensitivity of gill cells to DNA damage following exposure to glyphosate, 2,4-D, imidacloprid and the mixture. Finally, both genes involved in the oxidative stress pathway and those related to the cell apoptosis pathway were overexpressed, while the ogg1 gene, involved in DNA repair, was downregulated.
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- M Bianchi
- Laboratorio de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Oro Verde, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Oro Verde, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Química Ambiental, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Oro Verde, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CABA, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), CABA, Argentina
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Kodzhahinchev V, Rachamalla M, Al-Dissi A, Niyogi S, Weber LP. Examining the subchronic (28-day) effects of aqueous Cd-BaP co-exposure on detoxification capacity and cardiac function in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2023; 263:106672. [PMID: 37672889 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/08/2023]
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The present study aimed to examine the effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of cadmium (Cd) and Benzo[a]Pyrene (BaP) in the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). To this end, fish were exposed to either 1 or 10 μg/L Cd or 0.1 or 1 μg/L BaP in isolation, or a co-exposure containing a mixture of the two toxicants. Our results showed extensive modulation of the expression of key antioxidant genes (GPx, SOD1, catalase), detoxifying genes (MT1, MT2, CYP1A1) and a stress biomarker (HSP70) differing between control, single toxicant groups and co-exposure groups. We additionally carried out histopathological analysis of the gills, liver, and hearts of exposed animals, noting no differences in tissue necrosis or apoptosis. Finally, we carried out ultrasonographic analysis of cardiac function, noting a significant decrease of E-wave peak velocity and end diastolic volume in exposed fish. This in turn was accompanied by a decrease in stroke volume and ejection fraction, but not cardiac output in co-exposed fish. The present study is the first to demonstrate that a subchronic aqueous exposure to a Cd-BaP mixture can extensively modulate detoxification capacity and cardiac function in adult zebrafish in a tissue-specific manner.
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Banaee M, Sagvand S, Sureda A, Amini M, Haghi BN, Sopjani M, Faggio C. Evaluation of single and combined effects of mancozeb and metalaxyl on the transcriptional and biochemical response of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2023; 268:109597. [PMID: 36889533 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2023.109597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2023] [Revised: 02/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Mancozeb and metalaxyl are fungicidal agents frequently used in combination to control fungi in crops that may affect non-target organisms when entering ecosystems. This study aims to evaluate the environmental effects of Mancozeb (MAN) and Metalaxyl (MET), alone and in combination, on zebrafish (Danio rerio) as an experimental model. The oxidative stress biomarkers and the transcription of genes involved in detoxification in zebrafish (Danio rerio) were assessed after co-exposure to MAN (0, 5.5, and 11 μg L-1) and MET (0, 6.5, and 13 mg L-1) for 21 days. Exposure to MAN and MET induced a significant increase in the expression of genes related to detoxification mechanisms (Ces2, Cyp1a, and Mt2). Although Mt1 gene expression increased in fish exposed to 11 μg L-1 of MAN combined with 13 mg L-1 of MET, Mt1 expression was down-regulated significantly in other experimental groups (p < 0.05). The combined exposure to both fungicides showed synergistic effects in the expression levels that are manifested mainly at the highest concentration. Although a significant (p < 0.05) increase in alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and transaminases (AST and ALT), catalase activities, the total antioxidant capacity, and malondialdehyde (MDA) contents in the hepatocytes of fish exposed to MAN and MET alone and in combination was detected, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) activities, and hepatic glycogen content decreased significantly (p < 0.05). Overall, these results emphasize that combined exposure to MET and MAN can synergistically affect the transcription of genes involved in detoxification (except Mt1 and Mt2) and biochemical indicators in zebrafish.
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- Mahdi Banaee
- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
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- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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- Research Group on Community Nutrition and Oxidative Stress, Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), and CIBEROBN Fisiopatología de la Obesidad la Nutrición, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
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- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Prishtina, Prishtina, Kosovo.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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Zou H, Xu K, Yang A, Hu X, Niu A, Li Q. Antimony accumulation in zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its effect on genotoxicity, histopathology, and ultrastructure. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2022; 252:106297. [PMID: 36122460 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 09/10/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Antimony (Sb) is a toxic metal in aquatic ecosystems. In this study, the accumulation of aqueous Sb in the liver, brain, gills and muscle of zebrafish (Danio rerio) and its effect on genotoxicity, histopathology and ultrastructure alterations were evaluated. The fishes were exposed to different concentrations (0, 8.29, 16.58, 33.16 mg L-1) of aqueous Sb for 18 days. The results showed that the order of Sb accumulation in different tissues was liver > gill > muscle > brain, and the accumulation increased with increasing Sb stress concentration. The mRNA expression levels of Nrf2, Cu/Zn-SOD, Mn-SOD, CAT and GPx genes showed different trends. In addition, significant histopathology and ultrastructure alterations were observed in the liver and gills exposed to Sb. Sb could accumulate in different tissues of zebrafish, inducing the expression of oxidative stress genes and activating antioxidant defense systems. Histological and ultrastructural changes could be used as valid biomarkers for the assessment of aqueous Sb contamination.
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- HaiTao Zou
- The College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- The College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- The College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Guizhou Karst Environmental Ecosystems Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Institute of Environmental Engineering Planning and Designing, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China.
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- The College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Guizhou Karst Environmental Ecosystems Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Institute of Environmental Engineering Planning and Designing, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- The College of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Guizhou Karst Environmental Ecosystems Observation and Research Station, Ministry of Education, Guiyang 550025, PR China; Institute of Environmental Engineering Planning and Designing, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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- Guizhou Guida Yuanheng Environmental Protection Technology Co., LTD., Guiyang 550025, PR China; Institute of Environmental Engineering Planning and Designing, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, PR China
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Liu Y, Chen Q, Li Y, Bi L, Jin L, Peng R. Toxic Effects of Cadmium on Fish. TOXICS 2022; 10:622. [PMID: 36287901 PMCID: PMC9608472 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10100622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Large amounts of enriched cadmium (Cd) in the environment seriously threatens the healthy and sustainable development of the aquaculture industry and greatly restricts the development of the food processing industry. Studying the distribution and toxic effects of Cd in fish, as well as the possible toxic effects of Cd on the human body, is very significant. A large number of studies have shown that the accumulation and distribution of Cd in fish are biologically specific, cause tissue differences, and seriously damage the integrity of tissue structure and function, the antioxidant defense system, the reproductive regulation system, and the immune system. The physiological, biochemical, enzyme, molecular, and gene expression levels change with different concentrations and times of Cd exposure, and these changes are closely related to the target sites of Cd action and tissues in fish. Therefore, the toxic effects of Cd on fish occur with multiple tissues, systems, and levels.
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Exposure to Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) Affects the Antioxidant Response and Gene Expression of Procambarus clarkii. SUSTAINABILITY 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/su13063495] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) is widely used daily in the chemical industry and exists in the environment; however, its eco-toxicity is not well documented. A hydroponic experiment was performed to investigate the effects of D6 exposure (10–1000 mg L−1) on oxidative stress induction and gene expression changes in crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). The results showed that superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was enhanced by 20–32% at low D6 exposure (10 mg L−1) in muscle but reduced in gill tissue at high D6 exposure (1000 mg L−1). High D6 (1000 mg L−1) also increased catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) activities in muscle tissue by 14–37% and 14–45%, respectively, and the same trend was observed in the carapace and gill tissue of crayfish. The Malondialdehyde (MDA), ascorbate (AsA), and glutathione (GSH) contents were increased by 16–31%, 19–31%, and 21–28% in the muscle of crayfish under D6 exposure. Additionally, silicon (Si) content increased in three organs (gill, carapace, and muscle) of crayfish. Related genes involved in enzyme and nonenzyme activities were detected, and when crayfish was exposed to D6, genes such as Sod3, Cat3, Pod3, and Gsh3 were up-regulated, while Asa3 and Oxido3 were significantly down-regulated in the muscle. The research results help us to understand the toxicity of D6 in crayfish and provide a basis for further research on the mechanism of D6-induced stress in crayfish and other aquatic organisms.
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Kodzhahinchev V, Shekh K, Weber LP, Niyogi S. Interactive effects of cadmium and Benzo[a]pyrene in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) during short-term aqueous co-exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2021; 272:116027. [PMID: 33248835 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Environmental water quality guidelines often work under the assumption that the toxicity of environmental pollutants is identical when present in isolation or in a complex chemical mixture. Thus, there is a crucial gap in our knowledge regarding how these toxicants interact and alter the toxicological effects in aquatic organisms. The present study examined the effects of acute (72-hr) aqueous exposures of Cadmium (Cd), a highly toxic non-essential trace metal, and Benzo[a]Pyrene (B[a]P), a prototypical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) in adult zebrafish. Following a range-finding series of individual single-toxicant exposures, a second series was carried out using select concentrations in binary mixture exposures (using 5.8 or 22 μg/L for Cd; 0.44 or 1.07 μg/L for B[a]P). Our results demonstrated that tissue accumulation of both toxicants increased significantly in the presence of the second toxicant relative to single-toxicant exposures. Cd-only and B[a]P-only single toxicant exposures caused a significant downregulation of cytochrome p4501a (CYP1A1) and metallothionein-2 (MT2) mRNA in the gills, respectively, however binary co-exposures using both toxicants resulted in strong up-regulation of CYP1A1 and MT2. Additionally, co-exposures caused a strong induction of SOD1 and CAT mRNA transcript levels in the gill. The observed increase in body burden and transcript modulation did not translate into additive or more-than-additive toxic effects (oxidative stress) in zebrafish.
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- Department of Physiology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Paravani EV, Simoniello MF, Poletta GL, Casco VH. Cypermethrin induction of DNA damage and oxidative stress in zebrafish gill cells. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 173:1-7. [PMID: 30743075 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Cypermethrin (CYP) is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, used to control pests in domestic, industrial and agricultural environments. According to recent reports, it is one of the most common contaminants in freshwater aquatic systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate its potential genotoxic effect and the activation of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) systems of adult zebrafish gill cells after in vivo exposure. The comet assay (CA) demonstrated that gill cells are sensitive to DNA damage after in vitro exposure to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), showing a dose-dependent response. We also found an increase in DNA damage of gill cells following a dose- and time-dependent treatment with CYP. Moreover, it was verified that SOD and CAT activities significantly increased after exposure to 0.6 µg/L CYP, both during six and nine days. The same treatment caused a significant up-regulation of the mRNA levels of Mn-sod and cat genes. These data indicate that CYP causes gill cell's DNA damage and oxidative stress, modifying the activities of the enzymes responsible for maintaining ROS balance, as well as in their corresponding gene expression levels.
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- E V Paravani
- Laboratorio de Microscopia Aplicada a Estudios Moleculares y Celulares, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER), Ruta 11 km 10, Oro Verde,3101, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, CC242 Paraje El Pozo S/N, (3000), Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, CC242 Paraje El Pozo S/N, (3000), Santa Fe, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Rivadavia 1917 (C1033AAJ), CABA, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Microscopia Aplicada a Estudios Moleculares y Celulares, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER), Ruta 11 km 10, Oro Verde,3101, Entre Ríos, Argentina; IBB-CONICET-UNER, Argentina.
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Santos SW, Cachot J, Gourves PY, Clérandeau C, Morin B, Gonzalez P. Sub-lethal effects of waterborne copper in early developmental stages of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2019; 170:778-788. [PMID: 30593991 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.12.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The aim of this work was to study the impact of copper during a sub-chronic exposure to environmental concentrations in the early life stages of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Eyed-stage embryos of rainbow trout, at 265 °D, were exposed in semi-static conditions to sub-lethal concentrations of CuSO4 up to the larval stage (528 °D) under laboratory-controlled conditions. During 3 weeks, they were exposed to the environmentally-realistic concentration of 2 µg/L Cu and to a 10-fold higher concentration, 20 µg/L Cu. Several biological (survival, hatching success, malformation, growth) and behavioral (swimming activity) and molecular endpoints (genotoxicity and gene transcription) were studied. Exposure to 20 µg/L Cu had an inhibitory effect on hatching and increased half-hatched embryos (25%). At the end of the exposure, no significant differences were observed in growth of the larvae exposed to the highest Cu concentration. However, larvae exposed to 2 µg/L Cu exhibited increased growth in comparison with non-exposed larvae. The percentage of malformed larvae was significantly higher for both copper conditions, with skeletal malformations being the most observed. Expression of several genes was evaluated in whole larvae using quantitative real-time PCR. Genes involved in detoxification (gst, mt1 and mt2) and in cell cycle arrest (p53) were significantly repressed in both copper conditions when compared to control. In addition, potential genotoxic effects on larvae were investigated by the comet assay on blood cells, but this test did not demonstrate any significant DNA damage on larvae exposed to copper. This study confirms the adverse effects of copper on early life stages of rainbow trout even at the lowest environmentally relevant tested concentration.
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- Shannon Weeks Santos
- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Place du Dr B. Peyneau, 33120 Arcachon, France
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- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Avenue des Facultés, 33405 Talence Cedex, France
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- UMR CNRS 5805 EPOC, University of Bordeaux, Place du Dr B. Peyneau, 33120 Arcachon, France.
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Magnadóttir B, Bragason BT, Bricknell IR, Bowden T, Nicholas AP, Hristova M, Guðmundsdóttir S, Dodds AW, Lange S. Peptidylarginine deiminase and deiminated proteins are detected throughout early halibut ontogeny - Complement components C3 and C4 are post-translationally deiminated in halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.). DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2019; 92:1-19. [PMID: 30395876 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2018.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/30/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Post-translational protein deimination is mediated by peptidylarginine deiminases (PADs), which are calcium dependent enzymes conserved throughout phylogeny with physiological and pathophysiological roles. Protein deimination occurs via the conversion of protein arginine into citrulline, leading to structural and functional changes in target proteins. In a continuous series of early halibut development from 37 to 1050° d, PAD, total deiminated proteins and deiminated histone H3 showed variation in temporal and spatial detection in various organs including yolksac, muscle, skin, liver, brain, eye, spinal cord, chondrocytes, heart, intestines, kidney and pancreas throughout early ontogeny. For the first time in any species, deimination of complement components C3 and C4 is shown in halibut serum, indicating a novel mechanism of complement regulation in immune responses and homeostasis. Proteomic analysis of deiminated target proteins in halibut serum further identified complement components C5, C7, C8 C9 and C1 inhibitor, as well as various other immunogenic, metabolic, cytoskeletal and nuclear proteins. Post-translational deimination may facilitate protein moonlighting, an evolutionary conserved phenomenon, allowing one polypeptide chain to carry out various functions to meet functional requirements for diverse roles in immune defences and tissue remodelling.
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- Bergljót Magnadóttir
- Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v. Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v. Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Aquaculture Research Institute School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
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- Aquaculture Research Institute School of Food & Agriculture, University of Maine, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA.
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- Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
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- Perinatal Brain Protection and Repair Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, WC1E 6HX, UK.
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- Institute for Experimental Pathology, University of Iceland, Keldur v. Vesturlandsveg, 112 Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Tissue Architecture and Regeneration Research Group, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster, London, W1W 6UW, UK.
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Yinhua Ni, Ma L, Wu L, Yang T, Jiang J, Wu Z, Fu Z, Jin Y. Astaxanthin Has a Potential Role in Antioxidation and Oxidative Damage Repair in UVC Irradiated Mice. BIOL BULL+ 2018. [DOI: 10.1134/s1062359018660020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Diaz de Cerio O, Bilbao E, Izagirre U, Etxebarria N, Moreno G, Díez G, Cajaraville MP, Cancio I. Toxicology tailored low density oligonucleotide microarray for the thicklip grey mullets (Chelon labrosus): Biomarker gene transcription profile after caging in a polluted harbour. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 140:265-277. [PMID: 30042060 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In aquatic organisms inhabiting polluted waters genes are activated to build an adaptive/compensatory defence against the possible effects of pollutants. Such responses can be used as biomarkers of exposure to chemical compounds, outlining the molecular mechanisms activated under specific pollution scenarios. With the aim of exploiting such approach in environmental health assessment, toxicologically relevant gene fragments were sequenced in the thicklip grey mullet (Chelon labrosus) and a toxicologically tailored low-density (160 genes) oligonucleotide microarray was customised. The tool was validated comparing organ/sex specific gene expression profiles and characterising responses under laboratory exposure to model chemicals. Finally, juvenile mullets were caged in a polluted harbour and hepatic gene expression profiles analysed after 5 and 21 days of deployment. Cages were deployed in the inner (IH) and outer (OH) Pasaia harbour, Bay of Biscay. Mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) were also caged as biological matrix for chemical bioaccumulation analysis and stress biomarkers measurements. Slightly higher concentrations of chemicals (metals, tributyltin, PAHs, phthalates) were quantified in IH than in OH, fish bile metabolites also revealing higher availability of PAHs in IH. Lysosome membrane stability in mussels was reduced, indicating stress condition in both sites. The developed microarray discriminated mullets showing distinctive expression profiles depending on site and deployment time. Genes related to immune and hypoxia responses were regulated comparing IH and OH at day 5. Phase I and II biotransformation genes, such as cyp2, cyp3 and ugt, were up-regulated in IH, together with the aryl hydrocarbon receptor 2 (ahr2) and the ahr repressor. Similarly, TBT-binding proteins and genes involved in lipid metabolism (pparγ, cyp7) were up-regulated with deployment time. Even if nowadays higher throughput approaches for gene expression analyses are available, the developed mullet tool constitutes a comprehensive tool to assess molecular responses of mullets exposed to pollutants, although it remains to be explored whether it can be applied to assess pollutant exposure in active pollution monitorings and in environmental health assessment.
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- O Diaz de Cerio
- CBET Res. Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Zoology and Cell Biology Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Res. Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Zoology and Cell Biology Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Res. Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Zoology and Cell Biology Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- IBEA Res Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Analytical Chemistry Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), 805 15th Street NW, Washington, DC, 20005, USA
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- AZTI, Marine Research Division, Txatxarramendi irla z/g, 48395, Sukarrieta, Bizkaia, Spain
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- CBET Res. Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Zoology and Cell Biology Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Res. Group. Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PiE-UPV/EHU) and Zoology and Cell Biology Dept. (Fac. Science and Technology), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), E-48080, Bilbao, PO Box 644, Basque Country, Spain.
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Xu X, Cui Z, Wang S. Joint toxicity on hepatic detoxication enzymes in goldfish (Carassius auratus) exposed to binary mixtures of lead and paraquat. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2018; 62:60-68. [PMID: 29986279 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2018.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Revised: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Compared to single exposure, chemical mixtures might induce joint toxicity including additive, synergistic and antagonistic effects on both organisms and environment. Owing to the specific toxicity of oxidative stress and binding to proteins, lead (Pb) is generally recognized a non-essential and threatening heavy metal to animals and human. Paraquat (PQ) is a widely used herbicide in agriculture and can trigger oxidative stress as well as Pb. Little information was available about joint effects of the two chemicals on toxicological responses in organisms, especially in fish. In our present study, goldfish (Carassius auratus) were randomly exposed to single and combined experiments with different concentrations of Pb and PQ for 28 days. Activities of four enzyme biomarkers in liver, ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD), 7-benzyloxy-4-trifluoromethyl-coumarin-O-debenzyloxylase (BFCOD), glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) were evaluated in each experimental group on day 14 and 28. The results showed four enzyme levels were markedly reduced with the increase of concentrations in mixtures and prolonged exposure. The inhibitory EROD and BFCOD activities were not significantly changed in goldfish following PQ-treated groups with or without 0.5 mg/L Pb, which indicated PQ has more inhibitory toxicity on CYP450 enzymes than Pb in co-exposure groups. However, the reduced values of GST were observed only in the combinations containing high doses of Pb or PQ during experimental periods. Although the responses of UGT activity were similar to GST on 14th day, all combinations of Pb and PQ generated stronger inhibitions on UGT activities compared to individual Pb and PQ-treated group. These results suggested that combined exposure of Pb and PQ have more inhibitory toxicity on phase I enzymes than phase II enzymes.
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- Xiaoming Xu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China; School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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- School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan, 250101, China
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Xie Y, Chen H, Zheng S, Zhang X, Mu S. Molecular characterization of cu/Zn SOD gene in Asian clam Corbicula fluminea and mRNA expression and enzymatic activity modulation induced by metals. Gene 2018; 663:189-195. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2018.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/16/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Li H, Yu S, Cao F, Wang C, Zheng M, Li X, Qiu L. Developmental toxicity and potential mechanisms of pyraoxystrobin to zebrafish (Danio rerio). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2018; 151:1-9. [PMID: 29304412 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.12.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Revised: 12/28/2017] [Accepted: 12/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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As a newly developed, highly efficient strobilurin fungicide, pyraoxystrobin has been reported to be highly toxic to some aquatic organisms. However, the toxicity of pyraoxystrobin to different life stages of fish and the potential underlying mechanisms are still unknown. Hence, in the present study, the acute toxicity of pyraoxystrobin to different life stages of zebrafish (embryo, larva, and adult) was assessed. The developmental toxicity of pyraoxystrobin to zebrafish embryos and its effects on gene transcription in the embryo were also investigated. The results showed that the 96-h LC50 values of pyraoxystrobin to embryos [2h post-fertilization (hpf)], 12h post-hatching (hph) larvae (84 hpf), 72 hph larvae (144 hpf), and adult zebrafish were 4.099, 1.069, 3.236, and 5.970µg/L, respectively. This suggests that pyraoxystrobin has very high toxicity to different life stages of zebrafish, while the newly hatched larvae constitute the most sensitive period of zebrafish to pyraoxystrobin. Decreased heart rate, hatching inhibition, growth regression, and morphological deformities were observed in zebrafish embryos after acute exposure to different concentrations of pyraoxystrobin. The rate of malformation increased in a time- and concentration-dependent manner in embryos, and the most pronounced abnormality was pericardial edema and yolk sac edema. Pyraoxystrobin (2 and 4μg/L) significantly altered the mRNA levels of genes related to mitochondrial respiratory chain and ATP synthesis (NDI, uqcrc, and ATPo6), oxidative stress (Mn-Sod, Cat, and Gpx), apoptosis (p53, Bcl2, Bax, and Cas3), and immune system (TNFα, IFN, and IL-1b) in zebrafish embryos. This result indicates that the alteration of these genes is a potential mechanism underlying the toxic effects of pyraoxystrobin on zebrafish.
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- Hui Li
- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
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Paravani EV, Simoniello MF, Poletta GL, Zolessi FR, Casco VH. Cypermethrin: Oxidative stress and genotoxicity in retinal cells of the adult zebrafish. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2017; 826:25-32. [PMID: 29412866 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2017.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Cypermethrin (CM), widely used for control of indoor and field pests, is one of the most common contaminants in freshwater aquatic systems. We evaluated CM genotoxicity and the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) in retinal cells of adult zebrafish. Histological and immunofluorescence techniques show the presence of apoptotic cells in the zebrafish retina after 9 d of treatment with 0.6 μg/L CM. Histone γ-H2AX, a marker of DNA damage, was detected in both outer and inner nuclear layers; caspase-3, an apoptotic marker, was detected in the outer nuclear layer. In the comet assay, the cells were sensitive to hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA damage, showing a dose-dependent response. We observed a positive comet assay response to CM that was dose- and time-dependent. Following exposure to CM, SOD and CAT enzyme activities, and sod and cat mRNA levels, increased. These results indicate that CM causes DNA damage and oxidative stress and can induce apoptosis in retinal cells.
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- E V Paravani
- Laboratorio de Microscopia Aplicada a Estudios Moleculares y Celulares, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER), Ruta 11 Km 10, IBB-CONICET-UNER, Oro Verde, 3101, Entre Ríos, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, CC242 Paraje El Pozo S/N, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Cátedra de Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, Ciudad Universitaria, CC242 Paraje El Pozo S/N, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina; Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Av. Rivadavia 1917 (C1033AAJ), CABA, Argentina
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- Sección Biología Celular, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Uruguay; Cell Biology of Neural Development Laboratory, Institut Pasteur de Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Laboratorio de Microscopia Aplicada a Estudios Moleculares y Celulares, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos (UNER), Ruta 11 Km 10, IBB-CONICET-UNER, Oro Verde, 3101, Entre Ríos, Argentina.
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Gandar A, Laffaille P, Marty-Gasset N, Viala D, Molette C, Jean S. Proteome response of fish under multiple stress exposure: Effects of pesticide mixtures and temperature increase. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 184:61-77. [PMID: 28109940 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Revised: 01/10/2017] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Aquatic systems can be subjected to multiple stressors, including pollutant cocktails and elevated temperature. Evaluating the combined effects of these stressors on organisms is a great challenge in environmental sciences. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to assess the molecular stress response of an aquatic fish species subjected to individual and combined pesticide mixtures and increased temperatures. For that, goldfish (Carassius auratus) were acclimated to two different temperatures (22 and 32°C) for 15 days. They were then exposed for 96h to a cocktail of herbicides and fungicides (S-metolachlor, isoproturon, linuron, atrazine-desethyl, aclonifen, pendimethalin and tebuconazole) at two environmentally relevant concentrations (total concentrations of 8.4μgL-1 and 42μgL-1) at these two temperatures (22 and 32°C). The molecular response in liver was assessed by 2D-proteomics. Identified proteins were integrated using pathway enrichment analysis software to determine the biological functions involved in the individual or combined stress responses and to predict the potential deleterious outcomes. The pesticide mixtures elicited pathways involved in cellular stress response, carbohydrate, protein and lipid metabolisms, methionine cycle, cellular functions, cell structure and death control, with concentration- and temperature-dependent profiles of response. We found that combined temperature increase and pesticide exposure affected the cellular stress response: the effects of oxidative stress were more marked and there was a deregulation of the cell cycle via apoptosis inhibition. Moreover a decrease in the formation of glucose by liver and in ketogenic activity was observed in this multi-stress condition. The decrease in both pathways could reflect a shift from a metabolic compensation strategy to a conservation state. Taken together, our results showed (1) that environmental cocktails of herbicides and fungicides induced important changes in pathways involved in metabolism, cell structure and cell cycle, with possible deleterious outcomes at higher biological scales and (2) that increasing temperature could affect the response of fish to pesticide exposure.
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- Allison Gandar
- EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France
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- Plate-Forme 'Exploration du Métabolisme', Centre de Clermont-Ferrand, Theix, 63122, Saint Genès Champanelle, France; UMR 1213 Herbivores, INRA, VetAgro Sup, NRA Theix, 63122, Saint Genès Champanelle, France
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- GenPhySE, Université de Toulouse, INRA, INPT, ENVT, 31326 Castanet-Tolosan, France
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- EcoLab, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INPT, UPS, Toulouse, France.
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Nan P, Yan S, Wang Y, Du Q, Chang Z. Gene expression profile changes induced by acute toxicity of [C 16 mim]Cl in loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2017; 32:404-416. [PMID: 26892570 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22244] [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: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/24/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) are widely used as reaction media in various commercial applications. Many reports have indicated that most ILs are poorly decomposed by microorganisms and are toxic to aquatic organisms. In this study, differential gene expression profiling was conducted using a suppression subtraction hybridization cDNA library from hepatic tissue of the loach (Paramisgurnus dabryanus) after exposure to 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([C16 mim]Cl), a representative IL. Two hundred and fifty-nine differentially expressed candidate genes, whose expression was altered by >2.0-fold by the [C16 mim]Cl treatment, were identified, including 127 upregulated genes and 132 downregulated genes. A gene ontology analysis of the known genes isolated in this study showed that [C16 mim]Cl-responsive genes were involved in cell cycle, stimulus response, defense response, DNA damage response, oxidative stress responses, and other biological responses. To identify candidate genes that may be involved in [C16 mim]Cl-induced toxicity, 259 clones were examined by Southern blot macroarray hybridization, and 20 genes were further characterized using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. Finally, six candidate genes were selected, including three DNA damage response genes, two toxic substance metabolic genes, and one stress protein gene. Our results indicate that these changes in gene expression are associated with [C16 mim]Cl-induced toxicity, and that these six candidate genes can be promising biomarkers for detecting [C16 mim]Cl-induced toxicity. Therefore, this study demonstrates the use of a powerful assay to identify genes potentially involved in [C16 mim]Cl toxicity, and it provides a foundation for the further study of related genes and the molecular mechanism of [C16 mim]Cl toxicity. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 32: 404-416, 2017.
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- Ping Nan
- Molecular and Genetic Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, No.46, East Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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- Molecular and Genetic Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, No.46, East Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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- Molecular and Genetic Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, No.46, East Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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- Molecular and Genetic Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, No.46, East Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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- Molecular and Genetic Laboratory, College of Life Science, Henan Normal University, No.46, East Jianshe Road, Xinxiang, Henan, 453007, China
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Kumar G, Denslow ND. Gene Expression Profiling in Fish Toxicology: A Review. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2017; 241:1-38. [PMID: 27464848 DOI: 10.1007/398_2016_10] [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] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In this review, we present an overview of transcriptomic responses to chemical exposures in a variety of fish species. We have discussed the use of several molecular approaches such as northern blotting, differential display reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (DDRT-PCR), suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), real time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), microarrays, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) for measuring gene expression. These techniques have been mainly used to measure the toxic effects of single compounds or simple mixtures in laboratory conditions. In addition, only few studies have been conducted to examine the biological significance of differentially expressed gene sets following chemical exposure. Therefore, future studies should focus more under field conditions using a multidisciplinary approach (genomics, proteomics and metabolomics) to understand the synergetic effects of multiple environmental stressors and to determine the functional significance of differentially expressed genes. Nevertheless, recent developments in NGS technologies and decreasing costs of sequencing holds the promise to uncover the complexity of anthropogenic impacts and biological effects in wild fish populations.
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- Girish Kumar
- Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Zátiší 728/II, 389 25, Vodňany, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Physiological Sciences and Center for Environmental and Human Toxicology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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Zeeshan M, Murugadas A, Ghaskadbi S, Rajendran RB, Akbarsha MA. ROS dependent copper toxicity in Hydra-biochemical and molecular study. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2016; 185-186:1-12. [PMID: 26945520 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2016.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 02/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Copper, an essential microelement, is known to be toxic to aquatic life at concentrations higher than that could be tolerated. Copper-induced oxidative stress has been documented in vitro, yet the in vivo effects of metal-induced oxidative stress have not been extensively studied in the lower invertebrates. The objective of the present study has been to find the effect of ROS-mediated toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of copper at organismal and cellular levels in Hydra magnipapillata. Exposure to copper at sublethal concentrations (0.06 and 0.1mg/L) for 24 or 48h resulted in generation of significant levels of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). We infer that the free radicals here originate predominantly at the lysosomes but partly at the mitochondria also as visualized by H2-DHCFDA staining. Quantitative real-time PCR of RNA extracted from copper-exposed polyps revealed dose-dependent up-regulation of all antioxidant response genes (CAT, SOD, GPx, GST, GR, G6PD). Concurrent increase of Hsp70 and FoxO genes suggests the ability of polyps to respond to stress, which at 48h was not the same as at 24h. Interestingly, the transcript levels of all genes were down-regulated at 48h as compared to 24h incubation period. Comet assay indicated copper as a powerful genotoxicant, and the DNA damage was dose- as well as duration-dependent. Western blotting of proteins (Bax, Bcl-2 and caspase-3) confirmed ROS-mediated mitochondrial cell death in copper-exposed animals. These changes correlated well with changes in morphology, regeneration and aspects of reproduction. Taken together, the results indicate increased production of intracellular ROS in Hydra on copper exposure.
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- Mohammed Zeeshan
- Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Center, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India; Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India
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- Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Center, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India; Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India
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- Developmental Biology Group, MACS-Agharkar Research Institute, Pune 411004, India
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- Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India
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- Mahatma Gandhi-Doerenkamp Center, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, India; Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food and Agriculture, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Ben Saad H, Driss D, Ellouz Chaabouni S, Boudawara T, Zeghal KM, Hakim A, Ben Amara I. Vanillin mitigates potassium bromate-induced molecular, biochemical and histopathological changes in the kidney of adult mice. Chem Biol Interact 2016; 252:102-13. [PMID: 27074584 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2016.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The present study aimed to explore the ability of vanillin to ameliorate the adverse effects induced by potassium bromate (KBrO3) in the renal tissue. Our results showed a significant increase in hydrogen peroxide, superoxide anion, malondialdehyde, advanced oxidation protein product and protein carbonyl levels in the kidney of KBrO3 treated mice, compared with the control group. Nephrotoxicity was evidenced by a decrease in plasma uric acid and kidney glutathione levels, Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase, lactate dehydrogenase and catalase activities. Additionally, creatinine and urea levels significantly increased in the plasma and declined in the urine. Also, Kidney glutathione peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, metallothionein (MT1 and MT2) mRNA expression remarkably increased. These modifications in biochemical and molecular values were substantiated by histopathological data. Co-treatment with vanillin restored these parameters to near control values. Interestingly, vanillin proved to possess, in vitro, a stronger scavenging radical activity than vitamin C and Trolox. Thus, vanillin inhibited KBrO3-induced damage via its antioxidant and antiradical activities as well as its capacity to protect genes expression and histopathological changes.
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- Hajer Ben Saad
- Laboratory of Pharmacology, UR/12 ES-13, Faculty of Medicine, 3029 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia.
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- Enzymes and Bioconversions Laboratory, National Engineering School, University of Sfax, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Enzymes and Bioconversions Laboratory, National Engineering School, University of Sfax, BP 1173, 3038 Sfax, Tunisia
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- Anatomopathology Laboratory, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, 3029 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, UR/12 ES-13, Faculty of Medicine, 3029 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Pharmacology, UR/12 ES-13, Faculty of Medicine, 3029 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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- Higher Institute of Biotechnology of Sfax, 3000 Sfax University, Tunisia
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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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Fish pre-acclimation temperature only modestly affects cadmium toxicity in Atlantic salmon hepatocytes. J Therm Biol 2016; 57:21-34. [PMID: 27033036 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2016.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 02/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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An emerging focus in environmental toxicology is how climate change will alter bioavailability and uptake of contaminants in organisms. Ectothermic animals unable to adjust their temperature by local migration, such as farmed fish kept in net pens, may become more vulnerable to contaminants in warmer seas. The aim of this work was to study cadmium (Cd) toxicity in cells obtained from fish acclimated to sub-optimal growth temperature. Atlantic salmon hepatocytes, harvested from fish pre-acclimated either at 15°C (optimal growth temperature) or 20°C (heat-stressed), were exposed in vitro to two concentrations of Cd (control, 1 and 100µM Cd) for 48h. Cd-induced cytotoxicity, determined with the xCELLigence system, was more pronounced in cells from fish pre-acclimated to a high temperature than in cells from fish grown at optimal temperature. A feed spiked with antioxidants could not ameliorate the Cd-induced cytotoxicity in cells from temperature-stressed fish. At the transcriptional level, Cd exposure affected 11 out of 20 examined genes, of which most are linked to oxidative stress. The transcriptional levels of a majority of the altered genes were changed in cells harvested from fish grown at sub-optimal temperature. Interaction effects between Cd exposure and fish pre-acclimation temperature were seen for four transcripts, hmox1, mapk1, fth1 and mmp13. Overall, this study shows that cells from temperature-stressed fish are modestly more vulnerable to Cd stress, and indicate that mechanisms linked to oxidative stress may be differentially affected in temperature-stressed cells.
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El-Sayed YS, El-Gazzar AM, El-Nahas AF, Ashry KM. Vitamin C modulates cadmium-induced hepatic antioxidants' gene transcripts and toxicopathic changes in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2016; 23:1664-1670. [PMID: 26385855 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5412-8] [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: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 09/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is one of the naturally occurring heavy metals having adverse effects, while vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) is an essential micronutrient for fish, which can attenuate tissue damage owing to its chain-breaking antioxidant and free radical scavenger properties. The adult Nile tilapia fish were exposed to Cd at 5 mg/l with and without vitamin C (500 mg/kg diet) for 45 days in addition to negative and positive controls fed with the basal diet and basal diet supplemented with vitamin C, respectively. Hepatic relative mRNA expression of genes involved in antioxidant function, metallothionein (MT), glutathione S-transferase (GST-α1), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx1), was assessed using real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Hepatic architecture was also histopathologically examined. Tilapia exposed to Cd exhibited upregulated antioxidants' gene transcript levels, GST-⍺1, GPx1, and MT by 6.10-, 4.60-, and 4.29-fold, respectively. Histopathologically, Cd caused severe hepatic changes of multifocal hepatocellular and pancreatic acinar necrosis, and lytic hepatocytes infiltrated with eosinophilic granular cells. Co-treatment of Cd-exposed fish with vitamin C overexpressed antioxidant enzyme-related genes, GST-⍺1 (16.26-fold) and GPx1 (18.68-fold), and maintained the expression of MT gene close to control (1.07-fold), averting the toxicopathic lesions induced by Cd. These results suggested that vitamin C has the potential to protect Nile tilapia from Cd hepatotoxicity via sustaining hepatic antioxidants' genes transcripts and normal histoarchitecture.
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- Yasser S El-Sayed
- Department of Veterinary Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, Egypt.
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- Department of Veterinary Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Egypt
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- Department of Animal Husbandry and Animal Wealth Development, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Egypt
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- Department of Veterinary Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Alexandria University, Edfina, Egypt
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Khazri A, Sellami B, Dellali M, Corcellas C, Eljarrat E, Barceló D, Mahmoudi E. Acute toxicity of cypermethrin on the freshwater mussel Unio gibbus. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2015; 115:62-66. [PMID: 25681606 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/31/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Cypermethrin is a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide used worldwide in agriculture, home pest control, food stuff protection and disease vector control. We investigate the potential of cypermethrin to induce oxidative stress and enzyme activities within the gills of freshwater mussel Unio gibbus. This study was carried out under laboratory conditions using two nominal cypermethrin concentrations C1 (100µg/L) and C2 (150µg/L) during 96h. The measured concentrations of cypermethrin using GC-MS-MS in the treatment aquariums were respectively 59.7 µg/L and 97.5µg/L. Antioxidant enzyme activities (superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT)) as well as H2O2, malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl (PCO) levels were assessed. An exposure during 96h induced the SOD activity at the highest concentration. The CAT activity and H2O2 level were increased significantly (P<0.05) in gills following a dose-dependent profile. Cypermethrin also generated an increase in malondialdehyde (MDA) levels reaching the highest value at the high concentration. The considered parameters can be used as biomarkers of exposure to cypermethrin. Freshwater mussel U. gibbus can be potentially employed in biomonitoring surveys of such threatened ecosystems.
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- Abdelhafidh Khazri
- Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l'Environnement (LBE), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie et d'Ecologie Côtière (GREEC), Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, 7021 Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l'Environnement (LBE), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie et d'Ecologie Côtière (GREEC), Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, 7021 Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l'Environnement (LBE), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie et d'Ecologie Côtière (GREEC), Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, 7021 Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDÆA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDÆA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Department of Environmental Chemistry, IDÆA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Biosurveillance de l'Environnement (LBE), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie et d'Ecologie Côtière (GREEC), Faculté des Sciences de Bizerte, 7021 Zarzouna, Bizerte, Tunisia
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Moon JY, Hong YK, Kong HJ, Kim DG, Kim YO, Kim WJ, Ji YJ, An CM, Nam BH. A cDNA microarray analysis to identify genes involved in the acute-phase response pathway of the olive flounder after infection with Edwardsiella tarda. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2014; 161:49-56. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2014.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Gauthier PT, Norwood WP, Prepas EE, Pyle GG. Metal-PAH mixtures in the aquatic environment: a review of co-toxic mechanisms leading to more-than-additive outcomes. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 154:253-69. [PMID: 24929353 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Revised: 05/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Mixtures of metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occur ubiquitously in aquatic environments, yet relatively little is known regarding their combined toxicities. Emerging reports investigating the additive mortality in metal-PAH mixtures have indicated that more-than-additive effects are equally as common as strictly-additive effects, raising concern for ecological risk assessment typically based on the summation of individual toxicities. Moreover, the current separation of focus between in vivo and in vitro studies, and fine- and coarse-scale endpoints, creates uncertainty regarding the mechanisms of co-toxicity involved in more-than-additive effects on whole organisms. Drawing from literature on metal and PAH toxicity in bacteria, protozoa, invertebrates, fish, and mammalian models, this review outlines several key mechanistic interactions likely to promote more-than-additive toxicity in metal-PAH mixtures. Namely, the deleterious effects of PAHs on membrane integrity and permeability to metals, the potential for metal-PAH complexation, the inhibitory nature of metals to the detoxification of PAHs via the cytochrome P450 pathway, the inhibitory nature of PAHs towards the detoxification of metals via metallothionein, and the potentiated production of reactive oxygenated species (ROS) in certain metal (e.g. Cu) and PAH (e.g., phenanthrenequinone) mixtures. Moreover, the mutual inhibition of detoxification suggests the possibility of positive feedback among these mechanisms. The individual toxicities and interactive aspects of contaminant transport, detoxification, and the production of ROS are herein discussed.
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- Patrick T Gauthier
- Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B 5E1.
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON, Canada L7R 4A6
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- Faculty of Natural Resources Management, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada P7B 5E1
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada T1K 3M4
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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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Williams TD, Davies IM, Wu H, Diab AM, Webster L, Viant MR, Chipman JK, Leaver MJ, George SG, Moffat CF, Robinson CD. Molecular responses of European flounder (Platichthys flesus) chronically exposed to contaminated estuarine sediments. CHEMOSPHERE 2014; 108:152-158. [PMID: 24534155 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Molecular responses to acute toxicant exposure can be effective biomarkers, however responses to chronic exposure are less well characterised. The aim of this study was to determine chronic molecular responses to environmental mixtures in a controlled laboratory setting, free from the additional variability encountered with environmental sampling of wild organisms. Flounder fish were exposed in mesocosms for seven months to a contaminated estuarine sediment made by mixing material from the Forth (high organics) and Tyne (high metals and tributyltin) estuaries (FT) or a reference sediment from the Ythan estuary (Y). Chemical analyses demonstrated that FT sediment contained significantly higher concentrations of key environmental pollutants (including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals) than Y sediment, but that chronically exposed flounder showed a lack of differential accumulation of contaminants, including heavy metals. Biliary 1-hydroxypyrene concentration and erythrocyte DNA damage increased in FT-exposed fish. Transcriptomic and (1)H NMR metabolomic analyses of liver tissues detected small but statistically significant alterations between fish exposed to different sediments. These highlighted perturbance of immune response and apoptotic pathways, but there was a lack of response from traditional biomarker genes. Gene-chemical association annotation enrichment analyses suggested that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were a major class of toxicants affecting the molecular responses of the exposed fish. This demonstrated that molecular responses of sentinel organisms can be detected after chronic mixed toxicant exposure and that these can be informative of key components of the mixture.
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- Tim D Williams
- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK.
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- Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Rd., Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, The University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Rd., Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, The University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Institute of Aquaculture, The University of Stirling, Stirling FK9 4LA, UK
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- Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Rd., Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
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- Marine Scotland Science, Marine Laboratory, 375 Victoria Rd., Aberdeen AB11 9DB, UK
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Huang GY, Ying GG, Liang YQ, Liu SS, Liu YS. Expression patterns of metallothionein, cytochrome P450 1A and vitellogenin genes in western mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in response to heavy metals. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2014; 105:97-102. [PMID: 24793519 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2013] [Revised: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 04/09/2014] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of three metals (Zn, Cd and Pb) on hepatic metallothionein (MT), cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) and vitellogenin (Vtg) mRNA expression in the liver of adult female mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) after 1, 3 or 8d. Both concentration-response and time-course effects of hepatic MT, CYP1A and Vtg at the transcription level were determined by quantitative real-time PCR. The results from this study showed that Zn, Cd and Pb could significantly induced MT, CYP1A and Vtg mRNA expression levels in mosquitofish. In general, this study demonstrated that heavy metals modulate MT, CYP1A and Vtg mRNA expression levels in a metal-, concentration- or time-dependent manner.
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- Guo-Yong Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China
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Zhu B, Liu L, Li DL, Ling F, Wang GX. Developmental toxicity in rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) embryos exposed to Cu, Zn and Cd. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2014; 104:269-77. [PMID: 24726939 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2013] [Revised: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Using rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus) embryos as experimental model, the developmental toxicity of Cu, Zn and Cd were investigated following exposure to 0.001-1.000mg/L for 72h, and the toxicity effects were evaluated by larval malformation rate, heart rate, pericardial area, spontaneous movements, tail length, enzyme activities and biomarker genes. Our results revealed that increased malformation rate provide a gradual dose-response relationship, and the most pronounced morphological alteration was heart and body malformations. Values of 72h EC50 with their 95 percent confidence intervals on G. rarus embryos were 0.103 (0.072-0.149)mg/L for Cu, 0.531 (0.330-1.060)mg/L for Zn, 0.219 (0.147-0.351)mg/L for Cd. Enzyme activities can be regard as a type of low-dose stimulation and high-dose inhibition. Stress and metabolism-related genes (hsp70, cyp1a and mt) were significantly up-regulated, development-related genes (wnt8a, vezf1 and mstn) were significantly down-regulated after the treatment by Cu, Zn and Cd. Overall, the present study points out Cu, Zn and Cd are highly toxic to G. rarus embryos. The information presented in this study will be helpful in fully understanding the toxicity induced by Cu, Zn and Cd in fish embryos.
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- Bin Zhu
- Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China.
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Blickley TM, Matson CW, Vreeland WN, Rittschof D, Di Giulio RT, McClellan-Green PD. Dietary CdSe/ZnS quantum dot exposure in estuarine fish: bioavailability, oxidative stress responses, reproduction, and maternal transfer. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 148:27-39. [PMID: 24440963 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.12.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Continued development, use, and disposal of quantum dots (QDs) ensure their entrance into aquatic environments where they could pose a risk to biological organisms as whole nanoparticles or as degraded metal constituents. Reproductive Fundulus heteroclitus were fed a control diet with lecithin, diets containing 1 or 10 μg of lecithin-encapsulated CdSe/ZnS QD/day, or a diet containing 5.9 μg CdCl2/day for 85 days. Cadmium concentrations in liver, intestine, and eggs were quantified with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In fish fed 10 μg QD/day, QDs or their degradation products traversed the intestinal epithelia and accumulated in the liver. Less than 0.01% of the QD's cadmium was retained in the liver or intestinal tissues. This compares to 0.9% and 0.5% of the cadmium in the intestine and liver, respectively of fish fed a CdCl2 diet. Cadmium was also detected in the eggs from parents fed 10 μg QD/day. No significant changes in hepatic total glutathione, lipid peroxidation, or expression of genes involved in metal metabolism or oxidative stress were observed. While QDs in the diet are minimally bioavailable, unusual levels of vitellogenin transcription in male fish as well as declining fecundity require further investigation to determine if endocrine disruption is of environmental concern.
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- T Michelle Blickley
- Marine Science and Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, United States; Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Biochemical Science Div., National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, United States.
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- Marine Science and Conservation, Duke University Marine Laboratory, Beaufort, NC, United States; Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Integrated Toxicology & Environmental Health Program, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States; Center for the Environmental Implications of NanoTechnology (CEINT), Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
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- Dept. of Environmental & Molecular Toxicology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States; Center for Marine Sciences & Technology, North Carolina State University, Morehead City, NC, United States.
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Villarreal FD, Das GK, Abid A, Kennedy IM, Kültz D. Sublethal effects of CuO nanoparticles on Mozambique tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) are modulated by environmental salinity. PLoS One 2014; 9:e88723. [PMID: 24520417 PMCID: PMC3919801 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The increasing use of manufactured nanoparticles (NP) in different applications has triggered the need to understand their putative ecotoxicological effects in the environment. Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NP) are toxic, and induce oxidative stress and other pathophysiological conditions. The unique properties of NP can change depending on the characteristics of the media they are suspended in, altering the impact on their toxicity to aquatic organisms in different environments. Here, Mozambique tilapia (O. mossambicus) were exposed to flame synthesized CuO NP (0.5 and 5 mg·L−1) in two environmental contexts: (a) constant freshwater (FW) and (b) stepwise increase in environmental salinity (SW). Sublethal effects of CuO NP were monitored and used to dermine exposure endpoints. Fish exposed to 5 mg·L−1 CuO in SW showed an opercular ventilation rate increase, whereas fish exposed to 5 mg·L−1 in FW showed a milder response. Different effects of CuO NP on antioxidant enzyme activities, accumulation of transcripts for metal-responsive genes, GSH∶GSSG ratio, and Cu content in fish gill and liver also demonstrate that additive osmotic stress modulates CuO NP toxicity. We conclude that the toxicity of CuO NP depends on the particular environmental context and that salinity is an important factor for modulating NP toxicity in fish.
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- Fernando D. Villarreal
- Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
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Lü A, Hu X, Wang Y, Shen X, Li X, Zhu A, Tian J, Ming Q, Feng Z. iTRAQ analysis of gill proteins from the zebrafish (Danio rerio) infected with Aeromonas hydrophila. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 36:229-239. [PMID: 24269520 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 11/04/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The gills are large mucosal surfaces and very important portals for pathogen entry in fish. The aim of this study was to determine the gill immune response at the protein levels, the differential proteomes of the zebrafish gill response to Aeromonas hydrophila infection were identified with isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation (iTRAQ) labeling followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). A total of 1338 proteins were identified and classified into the categories primarily related to cellular process (15.36%), metabolic process (11.95%) and biological regulation (8.29%). Of these, 82 differentially expressed proteins were reliably quantified by iTRAQ analysis, 57 proteins were upregulated and 25 proteins were downregulated upon bacterial infection. Gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis showed that approximately 33 (8.8%) of the differential proteins in gills were involved in the stress and immune responses. Several upregulated proteins were observed such as complement component 5, serpin peptidase inhibitor clade A member 7, annexin A3a, histone H4, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, creatine kinase, and peroxiredoxin. These protein expression changes were further validated at the transcript level using microarray analysis. Moreover, complement and coagulation cascades, pathogenic Escherichia coli infection and phagosome were the significant pathways identified by KEGG enrichment analysis. This is first report on proteome of fish gills against A. hydrophila infection, which contribute to understanding the defense mechanisms of the gills in fish.
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- Aijun Lü
- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Key Laboratory for Biotechnology on Medicinal Plants of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou 221116, China
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Li M, Zheng Y, Liang H, Zou L, Sun J, Zhang Y, Qin F, Liu S, Wang Z. Molecular cloning and characterization of cat, gpx1 and Cu/Zn-sod genes in pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze) and antioxidant enzyme modulation induced by hexavalent chromium in juveniles. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2013; 157:310-21. [PMID: 23462276 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2013.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Hexavalent chromium (Cr(6+)) is a common pollutant transient metal with high toxicity in the environment. The toxicological effects partly result from oxidative damage due to the production of excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the reductive process of Cr(6+). To explore the influence of ROS induced directly by Cr(6+) on the oxidative stress generation and antioxidant system, the full length cDNAs of antioxidant-related genes cat, gpx1 and Cu/Zn-sod were successfully acquired from pengze crucian carp first and analyzed. Furthermore, the mRNA expression of the antioxidant genes encompassing catalase (cat), copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn-sod) and glutathione peroxidase (gpx1), antioxidant enzyme activities of CAT, SOD, and GPx and total protein content were further studied in the gill, intestine and liver of pengze crucian carp (Carassius auratus var. Pengze) juveniles upon acute exposure to Cr(6+) at concentrations of 0.1, 1.0, 10 and 100 mg/L for 4 days. Differential significant changes of the antioxidant enzymes and gene expression were observed in different tissues. The findings contribute to better understanding the antioxidant mechanisms induced by Cr(6+) and selecting the organic-specific sensitive biomarkers to monitor the safety of the aquatic ecosystem.
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- Meng Li
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology for Agriculture, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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Lu X, Yu C. Enantiomer-specific profenofos-induced cytotoxicity and DNA damage mediated by oxidative stress in rat adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells. J Appl Toxicol 2013; 34:166-75. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.2847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2012] [Revised: 10/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Xianting Lu
- College of Materials and Environmental Engineering; Hangzhou Dianzi University; Hangzhou 310018 China
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- HangZhou Environmental Protection CO. LTD; Hangzhou 310007 China
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Lu X. Enantioselective effect of bifenthrin on antioxidant enzyme gene expression and stress protein response in PC12 cells. J Appl Toxicol 2012; 33:586-92. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.1774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2011] [Revised: 10/10/2011] [Accepted: 10/15/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Xianting Lu
- College of Materials and Environmental Engineering; Hangzhou Dianzi University; Hangzhou; 310018; People's Republic of China
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Costa PM, Chicano-Gálvez E, Caeiro S, Lobo J, Martins M, Ferreira AM, Caetano M, Vale C, Alhama-Carmona J, Lopez-Barea J, DelValls TA, Costa MH. Hepatic proteome changes in Solea senegalensis exposed to contaminated estuarine sediments: a laboratory and in situ survey. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2012; 21:1194-1207. [PMID: 22362511 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0874-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/11/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Assessing toxicity of contaminated estuarine sediments poses a challenge to ecotoxicologists due to the complex geochemical nature of sediments and to the combination of multiple classes of toxicants. Juvenile Senegalese soles were exposed for 14 days in the laboratory and in situ (field) to sediments from three sites (a reference plus two contaminated) of a Portuguese estuary. Sediment characterization confirmed the combination of metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines in the two contaminated sediments. Changes in liver cytosolic protein regulation patterns were determined by a combination of two-dimensional electrophoresis with de novo sequencing by tandem mass spectrometry. From the forty-one cytosolic proteins found to be deregulated, nineteen were able to be identified, taking part in multiple cellular processes such as anti-oxidative defence, energy production, proteolysis and contaminant catabolism (especially oxidoreductase enzymes). Besides a clear distinction between animals exposed to the reference and contaminated sediments, differences were also observed between laboratory- and in situ-tested fish. Soles exposed in the laboratory to the contaminated sediments failed to induce, or even markedly down-regulated, many proteins, with the exception of a peroxiredoxin (an anti-oxidant enzyme) and a few others, when compared to reference fish. In situ exposure to the contaminated sediments revealed significant up-regulation of basal metabolism-related enzymes, comparatively to the reference condition. Down-regulation of basal metabolism enzymes, related to energy production and gene transcription, in fish exposed in the laboratory to the contaminated sediments, may be linked to sediment-bound contaminants and likely compromised the organisms' ability to deploy adequate responses against insult.
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- Pedro M Costa
- Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da, IMAR-Instituto do Mar, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal.
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Rola RC, Monteiro MDC, Reis SRDS, Sandrini JZ. Molecular and biochemical biomarkers responses in the mussel Mytilus edulis collected from Southern Brazil coast. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2012; 64:766-771. [PMID: 22325321 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.01.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Revised: 12/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Marine ecosystems are typically subjected to a variety of stressors containing complex xenobiotics mixtures. This study aims to evaluate the responses of molecular and biochemical biomarkers in the mussel Mytilus edulis providing data for environmental monitoring programs development in Southern Brazil. Mussels were collected at a polluted site, near Patos Lagoon outfall, and at a control site. Gills, muscle and mantle samples were used for biomarker determinations. Mussels collected at the polluted site significantly increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione S-transferase (GST) activities and decreased catalase (CAT) activity. Moreover, an increase in sod1, gstπ and hsp70 mRNA expression was observed. Overall, biochemical and molecular biomarkers responses were observed, but these responses varied depending on the analyzed tissue. These results indicate possible contaminants effects on organisms and the need for effective environmental monitoring programs in this ecosystem.
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- Regina Coimbra Rola
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Fisiológicas - Fisiologia Animal Comparada, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália Km 8, Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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Rizwan-ul-Haq M, Zhenling Z, Yongxue S, Wenguang X. Evaluation of glutathione s-transferase as toxicity indicator for roxarsone and arsanilic acid in Eisenia fetida. J Appl Toxicol 2012; 32:731-8. [PMID: 22407816 DOI: 10.1002/jat.2726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Revised: 12/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/29/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Different compounds can induce stress response by targeting specific genes. Studies related to elucidating the detoxification and adaptive responses of proteins like glutathione-s-transferase (GST) can be helpful in better understanding toxicity. Roxarsone and arsanilic acid, which have been exhaustively used as animal and poultry feed additives, pose a threat to the environment and human health. GST enzyme bioassay revealed fluctuations in response to different concentrations of roxarsone and arsanilic acid at different time intervals. The highest GST enzyme activity (40.51%) was observed on day 15 of treatment with roxarsone. On the other hand, arsanilic acid caused the maximum enzyme activity (52.11%) on day 10 of treatment. During this study, the full-length gene sequence of GST, having the size 984 bp (Genbankno. HQ693699), was achieved from Eisenia fetida and established as a biomarker to assess the toxicity of roxarsone and arsanilic acid. The deduced protein has a computed molecular mass of 23.56 kDa and a predicted isoelectric point of 9.92. Quantitative real-time PCR revealed significant differential gene expression in response to roxarsone and arsanilic acid treatment as compared with control treatment. Roxarsone caused the highest gene expression of 7.0-fold increase over control on day 15 of treatment, whereas arsanilic acid resulted in the highest gene expression reaching to 14.56-fold as compared with control. This study is helpful in understanding the role of GST as a potential biomarker for chemicals like roxarsone and arsanilic acid, which can pollute the food chain.
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- Muhammad Rizwan-ul-Haq
- National Laboratory of Safety Evaluation (Environmental Assessment) of Veterinary Drugs, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China
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Veldhoen N, Ikonomou MG, Helbing CC. Molecular profiling of marine fauna: integration of omics with environmental assessment of the world's oceans. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 76:23-38. [PMID: 22036265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Revised: 09/16/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Many species that contribute to the commercial and ecological richness of our marine ecosystems are harbingers of environmental change. The ability of organisms to rapidly detect and respond to changes in the surrounding environment represents the foundation for application of molecular profiling technologies towards marine sentinel species in an attempt to identify signature profiles that may reside within the transcriptome, proteome, or metabolome and that are indicative of a particular environmental exposure event. The current review highlights recent examples of the biological information obtained for marine sentinel teleosts, mammals, and invertebrates. While in its infancy, such basal information can provide a systems biology framework in the detection and evaluation of environmental chemical contaminant effects on marine fauna. Repeated evaluation across different seasons and local marine environs will lead to discrimination between signature profiles representing normal variation within the complex milieu of environmental factors that trigger biological response in a given sentinel species and permit a greater understanding of normal versus anthropogenic-associated modulation of biological pathways, which prove detrimental to marine fauna. It is anticipated that incorporation of contaminant-specific molecular signatures into current risk assessment paradigms will lead to enhanced wildlife management strategies that minimize the impacts of our industrialized society on marine ecosystems.
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- Nik Veldhoen
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055 Stn CSC, Victoria, B.C., Canada
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Cirillo T, Amodio Cocchieri R, Fasano E, Lucisano A, Tafuri S, Ferrante MC, Carpenè E, Andreani G, Isani G. Cadmium accumulation and antioxidant responses in Sparus aurata exposed to waterborne cadmium. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2012; 62:118-126. [PMID: 21553241 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-011-9676-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2010] [Accepted: 04/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd), a nonessential trace element, is rapidly accumulated by most living organisms and subsequently exerts its toxicity at different molecular levels. This study exposed gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) to waterborne 0.1 mg/l Cd for 11 days and investigated the Cd accumulation pattern, lipid oxidation, and response of antioxidant defences. At the end of the experiment, mean Cd concentrations in gills and liver, the organs most prone to metal accumulation, were 209.4 and 371.7 ng/g ww, respectively. Muscle did not show any Cd retention during the 11 days of exposure. In liver, the cytosolic fraction of the metal was chelated into the nontoxic form by metallothionein (MT), a specific Cd-inducible protein. Zn and Cu concentrations were not influenced by Cd exposure. Glutathione (GSH) concentrations and the antioxidant enzyme activities of GSH reductase and GSH peroxidase showed an overall decreasing trend. In addition, lipid and aqueous hydroperoxide levels did not show any significant variation. Oxidative stress indirectly generated by Cd seems to be compensated for by the different biochemical systems tailored to decrease cellular damage. In particular, the negative effects of Cd accumulation in tissues were probably counteracted by the induction of MT.
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- T Cirillo
- Department of Food Science, Federico II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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Chen J, Liu J, Xiao S, Yu Z. Molecular cloning, characterization and expression analysis of receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) from pearl oyster (Pinctada martensii) challenged with bacteria and exposed to cadmium. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 31:781-787. [PMID: 21782956 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2011] [Revised: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 07/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Receptor for activated C kinase 1 (RACK1) is involved in superoxide anion generation and play an important role in the immune response. In the study, we cloned the full-length sequence of pearl oyster, Pinctada martensii, RACK1 (designated as PmRACK1) by a combination of expression sequence tag (EST) analysis and rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA of PmRACK1 is 1176 bp in length, containing a 5' UTR of 83 bp, a 3' UTR of 139, and an open reading frame (ORF) of 954 bp encoding 317 amino acids. Analysis of protein domain features showed that the deduced polypeptide contain seven WD domains characteristic of RACK1 protein family. The tissue distribution of PmRACK1 in unchallenged pearl oysters and temporal expression pattern of PmRACK1 in pearl oysters challenged with bacteria and exposed to 0.1 ppm cadmium were analyzed by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR). The transcript was detected in all tissues tested, and the expression level was highest in hepatopancreas and lowest in adductor muscle. After challenge with bacteria, expression level of PmRACK1 in haemocytes was gradually decreased until 6 h post challenge, and then up-regulated over time. After exposure to cadmium, its expression level in gill decreased on 1 d post exposure, and then increased as time elapsed, and its expression level in hepatopancreas gradually decreased until 2 d post exposure, and then increased over time. These results suggested that PmRACK1 was involved in oxidative stress response caused by bacteria and cadmium and was a useful biomarker for cadmium exposure. The expression pattern of PmRACK1 in response to bacterial challenge also has a potential link with organism's immune response.
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- Jinhui Chen
- Key Laboratory of Marine Bio-resources Sustainable Utilization, CAS, Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 164 West Xingang Road, Guangzhou 510301, Guangdong, China
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Pérez-Sánchez J, Bermejo-Nogales A, Calduch-Giner JA, Kaushik S, Sitjà-Bobadilla A. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of six peroxiredoxin paralogous genes in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata): insights from fish exposed to dietary, pathogen and confinement stressors. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 31:294-302. [PMID: 21640832 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2011.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 05/19/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The aim of this work was to underline the physiological role of the antioxidant peroxiredoxin (PRDX) family in gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata L.), a perciform fish extensively cultured in the Mediterranean area. First, extensive BLAST searches were done on the gilthead sea bream cDNA database of the AQUAMAX European Project (www.sigenae.org/iats), and six contigs were unequivocally identified as PRDX1-6 after sequence completion by RT-PCR. The phylogenetic analysis evidenced three major clades corresponding to PRDX1-4 (true 2-Cyst PRDX subclass), PRDX5 (atypical 2-Cys PRDX subclass) and PRDX6 (1-Cys PRDX subclass) that reflected the present hierarchy of vertebrates. However, the PRDX2 branch of modern fish including gilthead sea bream was related to the monophyletic PRDX1 node rather than to PRDX2 cluster of mammals and primitive fish, which probably denotes the acquisition of novel functions through vertebrate evolution. Transcriptional studies by means of quantitative real-time PCR evidenced a ubiquitous PRDX gene expression that was tissue specific for each PRDX isoform. In a second set of transcriptional studies, liver and head kidney were chosen as target tissues in fish challenged with i) the intestinal parasite Enteromyxum leei, ii) a plant oil (VO) diet with deficiencies in essential fatty acids and iii) prolonged exposure to high-rearing densities. These studies showed that PRDX genes were highly and mostly constitutively expressed in the liver and were not affected by dietary intervention or high density. In contrast, head kidney was highly sensitive to the different experimental challenges: significantly lower values were found for PRDX5 in the three trials, for PRDX6 in parasitized and high density fish and for PRDX1 in parasitized and VO fish. PRDX2, 3 and 5 were decreased only in VO, high density and parasitized animals, respectively. These findings would highlight the role of PRDXs as integrative and highly predictive biomarkers of health and welfare in fish and gilthead sea bream in particular.
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- Jaume Pérez-Sánchez
- Fish Nutrition and Growth Endocrinology Group, Department of Marine Species Biology, Culture and Pathology, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal, CSIC, Castellón, Spain.
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David RM, Dakic V, Williams TD, Winter MJ, Chipman JK. Transcriptional responses in neonate and adult Daphnia magna in relation to relative susceptibility to genotoxicants. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2011; 104:192-204. [PMID: 21632023 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2011.04.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Revised: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 04/22/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Little information is available on the responses of lower animals to genotoxic chemicals or on their sensitivity for detecting genotoxic chemicals, especially at different life-stages, despite the established use of the water flea Daphnia magna in ecotoxicity testing. Comet assay methodology was developed and applied to daphnid cells but only limited, non-statistically significant responses to the genotoxicants sodium dichromate (0.2-1 μM), chrysoidine (0.1-2 μM), and mixtures of benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) and sodium dichromate were found (from 0.01 μM BaP & 0.1 μM sodium dichromate to 0.25 μM BaP & 0.75 μM sodium dichromate). Transcriptomic analyses using Agilent D. magna oligonucleotide microarrays were undertaken to assess the effect of a mixture of sodium dichromate and BaP (designed to produce both adducted and oxidised DNA) on gene transcription. Neonates (<24h) and adults (day 7) were exposed for 6h and 24h at two combination concentration levels (0.02 μM BaP & 0.15 μM sodium dichromate and 0.1 μM BaP & 0.75 μM sodium dichromate). The greatest differences in transcriptional profile occurred between adults and neonates. Subsets of the transcriptional profiles distinguished genotoxicant-exposed animals from controls, both for neonates and adults. Higher transcript levels of DNA repair genes were found in adults and adults also displayed significant induction of DNA repair gene transcripts in response to exposure whereas neonates did not. Transcriptional changes in response to genotoxicant exposure proved more sensitive than measurement of DNA strand breaks by the Comet assay and the extensive differences in transcription between adults and neonates emphasized the importance of life stage in toxicant testing with Daphnia.
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- Rhiannon M David
- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT UK.
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Jin Y, Zheng S, Pu Y, Shu L, Sun L, Liu W, Fu Z. Cypermethrin has the potential to induce hepatic oxidative stress, DNA damage and apoptosis in adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). CHEMOSPHERE 2011; 82:398-404. [PMID: 20965546 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.09.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2010] [Revised: 09/16/2010] [Accepted: 09/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Cypermethrin (CYP), a widely used Type II pyrethroid pesticide, is one of the most common contaminants in the freshwater aquatic system. We studied the effects of CYP exposure on the induction of hepatic oxidative stress, DNA damage and the alteration of gene expression related to apoptosis in adult zebrafish. Hepatic mRNA levels for the genes encoding antioxidant proteins, such as Cu/Zn-Sod, Mn-Sod, Cat, and Gpx, were significantly upregulated when zebrafish were exposed to various concentrations of CYP for 4 or 8 days. In addition, the main genes related to fatty acid β-oxidation and the mitochondrial genes related to respiration and ATP synthesis were also significantly upregulated after exposure to high concentrations (1 and 3 μg L(-1)) of CYP for 4 or 8 days. Moreover, in a comet assay of zebrafish hepatocytes, tail DNA, tail length, tail moment and Olive tail moment increased in a concentration-dependent manner. The significant induction (p<0.01) of all four parameters observed with CYP concentrations of 0.3 μg L(-1) or higher suggests that heavy DNA damage was induced even at low levels. Furthermore, several apoptosis- related genes, such as p53, Apaf1 and Cas3, were significantly upregulated after CYP exposure, and Bcl2/Bax expression ratio decreased, especially in groups treated with 1 and 3 μg L(-1) CYP for 8 days. Taken together, our results suggested that CYP has the potential to induce hepatic oxidative stress, DNA damage and apoptosis in zebrafish. This information will be helpful in fully understanding the mechanism of aquatic toxicology induced by CYP in fish.
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- Yuanxiang Jin
- College of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310032, China
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Hook SE. Promise and progress in environmental genomics: a status report on the applications of gene expression-based microarray studies in ecologically relevant fish species. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2010; 77:1999-2022. [PMID: 21133914 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02814.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The advent of any new technology is typically met with great excitement. So it was a few years ago, when the combination of advances in sequencing technology and the development of microarray technology made measurements of global gene expression in ecologically relevant species possible. Many of the review papers published around that time promised that these new technologies would revolutionize environmental biology as they had revolutionized medicine and related fields. A few years have passed since these technological advancements have been made, and the use of microarray studies in non-model fish species has been adopted in many laboratories internationally. Has the relatively widespread adoption of this technology really revolutionized the fields of environmental biology, including ecotoxicology, aquaculture and ecology, as promised? Or have these studies merely become a novelty and a potential distraction for scientists addressing environmentally relevant questions? In this review, the promises made in early review papers, in particular about the advances that the use of microarrays would enable, are summarized; these claims are compared to the results of recent studies to determine whether the forecasted changes have materialized. Some applications, as discussed in the paper, have been realized and have led to advances in their field, others are still under development.
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- S E Hook
- Battelle Pacific Northwest Division, 1529 W. Sequim Bay Road, Sequim, WA 98382, USA.
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Cerdà J, Douglas S, Reith M. Genomic resources for flatfish research and their applications. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2010; 77:1045-1070. [PMID: 21039490 DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02695.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Flatfishes are a group of teleosts of high commercial and environmental interest, whose biology is still poorly understood. The recent rapid development of different 'omic' technologies is, however, enhancing the knowledge of the complex genetic control underlying different physiological processes of flatfishes. This review describes the different functional genomic approaches and resources currently available for flatfish research and summarizes different areas where microarray-based gene expression analysis has been applied. The increase in genome sequencing data has also allowed the construction of genetic linkage maps in different flatfish species; these maps are invaluable for investigating genome organization and identifying genetic traits of commercial interest. Despite the significant progress in this field, the genomic resources currently available for flatfish are still scarce. Further intensive research should be carried out to develop larger genomic sequence databases, high-density microarrays and, more detailed, complete linkage maps, using second-generation sequencing platforms. These tools will be crucial for further expanding the knowledge of flatfish physiology, and it is predicted that they will have important implications for wild fish population management, improved fish welfare and increased productivity in aquaculture.
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- J Cerdà
- Laboratory of Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (IRTA) - Institut de Ciències del Mar, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Passeig marítim 37-49, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
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Gonzalez HO, Hu J, Gaworecki KM, Roling JA, Baldwin WS, Gardea-Torresdey JL, Bain LJ. Dose-responsive gene expression changes in juvenile and adult mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) after arsenic exposure. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2010; 70:133-41. [PMID: 20451245 PMCID: PMC2900493 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Revised: 09/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/10/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The present study investigated arsenic's effects on mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus), while also examining what role that gender or exposure age might play. Adult male and female mummichogs were exposed to 172 ppb, 575 ppb, or 1720 ppb arsenic as sodium arsenite for 10 days immediately prior to spawning. No differences were noted in the number or viability of eggs between the groups, but there was a significant increase in deformities in 1720 ppb arsenic exposure group. Total RNA from adult livers or 6-week old juveniles was used to probe custom macroarrays for changes in gene expression. In females, 3% of the genes were commonly differentially expressed in the 172 and 575 ppb exposure groups compared to controls. In the males, between 1.1 and 3% of the differentially expressed genes were in common between the exposure groups. Several genes, including apolipoprotein and serum amyloid precursor were commonly expressed in either a dose-responsive manner or were dose-specific, but consistent across genders. These patterns of regulation were confirmed by QPCR. These findings will provide us with a better understanding of the effects of dose, gender, and exposure age on the response to arsenic.
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- Horacio O. Gonzalez
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA
- To whom correspondence should be addressed: Phone: +1 864 656 5050; FAX: +1 864 656 0435;
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