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Li H, Zhao R, Pan Y, Tian H, Chen W. Insecticidal activity of Ageratina adenophora (Asteraceae) extract against Limax maximus (Mollusca, Limacidae) at different developmental stages and its chemical constituent analysis. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0298668. [PMID: 38625919 PMCID: PMC11020717 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0298668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 04/18/2024] Open
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Limax maximus, or great gray slug, is a common agriculture pest. The pest infests crops during their growth phase, creating holes in vegetable leaves, particularly in seedlings and tender leaves. A study was conducted to assess the insecticidal activity of Ageratina adenophora extract against these slugs. Factors such as fecundity, growth, hatching rate, offspring survival rate, protective enzyme activity, and detoxifying enzyme activity were examined in slugs exposed to the extract's sublethal concentration (LC50) for two different durations (24 and 48 h). The phytochemical variability of the extracts was also studied. The LC50 value of the A. adenophora extract against L. maximus was 35.9 mg/mL. This extract significantly reduced the hatching rate of eggs and the survival rate of offspring hatched from exposed eggs compared with the control. The lowest rates were observed in those exposed for 48 h. The survival, growth, protective enzyme, and detoxification activity of newly hatched and 40-day-old slugs decreased. The A. adenophora extract contained tannins, flavonoids, and saponins, possibly contributing to their biological effects. These results suggest that the extract could be used as an alternative treatment for slug extermination, effectively controlling this species.
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- Haojun Li
- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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- Provincial Key Laboratory for Agricultural Pest Management of Mountainous Region, Institute of Entomology, Guizhou University, Guiyang, China
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Raman NV, Dubey A, van Donk E, von Elert E, Lürling M, Fernandes TV, de Senerpont Domis LN. Understanding the differential impacts of two antidepressants on locomotion of freshwater snails (Lymnaea stagnalis). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024; 31:12406-12421. [PMID: 38233708 PMCID: PMC10869440 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-31914-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/19/2024]
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There is growing evidence of negative impacts of antidepressants on behavior of aquatic non-target organisms. Accurate environmental risk assessment requires an understanding of whether antidepressants with similar modes of action have consistent negative impacts. Here, we tested the effect of acute exposure to two antidepressants, fluoxetine and venlafaxine (0-50 µg/L), on the behavior of non-target organism, i.e., freshwater pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. As compounds interact with chemical cues in the aquatic ecosystems, we also tested whether the effects altered in the presence of bile extract containing 5α-cyprinol sulfate (5α-CPS), a characterized kairomone of a natural predator, common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Behavior was studied using automated tracking and analysis of various locomotion parameters of L. stagnalis. Our results suggest that there are differences in the effects on locomotion upon exposure to venlafaxine and fluoxetine. We found strong evidence for a non-monotonic dose response on venlafaxine exposure, whereas fluoxetine only showed weak evidence of altered locomotion for a specific concentration. Combined exposure to compounds and 5α-CPS reduced the intensity of effects observed in the absence of 5α-CPS, possibly due to reduced bioavailability of the compounds. The results highlight the need for acknowledging different mechanisms of action among antidepressants while investigating their environmental risks. In addition, our results underline the importance of reporting non-significant effects and acknowledging individual variation in behavior for environmental risk assessment.
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- Nandini Vasantha Raman
- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Environmental Biology, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Aquatic Chemical Ecology, Biocenter, Institute of Zoology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Droevendaalsesteeg 10, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 47, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Pervasive Systems, EEMCS, University of Twente & Department of Water Resources, ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Capela R, Castro LF, Santos MM, Garric J. Development of a Lymnaea stagnalis embryo bioassay for chemicals hazard assessment. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 908:168061. [PMID: 37926257 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 09/17/2023] [Accepted: 10/21/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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The validation of high-throughput toxicity tests with invertebrate species is a key priority to improve hazard assessment of new chemicals and increase the available test guidelines with organisms from a representative set of taxa. This work aimed to contribute to the validation of an embryo test with the freshwater gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis, which has been identified by Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as a potential invertebrate test model, and provide the basis for such an endeavor. Recently, a L. stagnalis reproductive test was standardized by the OECD. However, to encompass the entire life cycle, it is crucial to addresses embryogenic development - a phase highly susceptible to various anthropogenic chemicals, which is covered in the proposed methodology. The approach used in the present study is in line with the OECD guidelines and other published studies, namely the Detailed Review Paper (DRP) on Mollusks life-cycle toxicity testing. Here, the assay quality criteria such as basal mortality and abnormality rates, development, growth and hatching rates, the appropriated testing media, and the optimal assay duration were investigated. Cadmium was chosen as the positive test substance, due to the available data and the verified model sensitivity to this compound, namely in the OECD reproductive test validation process. The obtained data demonstrate that L. stagnalis embryogenesis using the developed methodology is highly sensitive to cadmium. High concentration-response correlation was observed using this reference compound, the EC10 and EC50 for growth are 13.57 and 21.84 μg/L, respectively, after 168 h of exposure. The development EC's 10 and 50 were 15.75 and 38.66 μg/L, respectively, after 240 h. This demonstrates the model sensitivity to this compound when compared with other embryo test models, as well as the model sensitivity during the embryogenesis, if compared with the adult stage. Further, given the determined sensitivity parameters, and incubation times, the test can be performed at 240 h as over 95 % of the control embryos were hatched and no further significant changes in the exposure groups were determined. Overall, the findings of the present study demonstrate that the embryo test with L. stagnalis has potential to high-throughput testing and the model has a high sensitivity to cadmium during this life cycle period. The background data provide by this study will be essential to foster the future standardization of this assay.
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- Ricardo Capela
- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment - Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS20244, 69625 Villeurbanne Cedex, Lyon-Villeurbanne, France
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- INRAE - National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment - Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS20244, 69625 Villeurbanne Cedex, Lyon-Villeurbanne, France.
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Osborne RK, Ijzerman MM, Venier C, Prosser RS. Development of an Embryo Toxicity Test to Assess the Comparative Toxicity of Metal Exposure on Different Life Stages of Freshwater Gastropods. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2023; 42:1791-1805. [PMID: 37283216 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Early life stages are commonly thought to be highly sensitive to environmental contaminants and may offer insight into the future health of a population. Despite the importance of studying early life stages, very few standard protocols for benthic invertebrates commonly used in ecotoxicological assessments measure developmental endpoints. The goal of the present study was to develop and optimize a robust standard protocol for studying embryonic endpoints in freshwater gastropods. The developed method was then used to characterize the sensitivity of four embryonic endpoints (viability, hatching, deformities, and biomass production), in conjunction with juvenile and adult mortality, for the snail Planorbella pilsbryi exposed to three metals (copper [Cu], cadmium [Cd], and nickel [Ni]). Biomass production was typically the most sensitive endpoint but was relatively variable, while embryo hatching was slightly less sensitive but highly consistent for all three metals. However, no single embryonic endpoint was consistently the most sensitive, which demonstrates the importance of assessing a broad range of endpoints and life stages in ecotoxicological risk assessment. Interestingly, the embryonic life stage of P. pilsbryi was considerably less sensitive to Cu exposure compared with juvenile and adult mortality. However, for Cd exposure, embryonic endpoints were the most sensitive, and for Ni exposure, embryonic endpoints were similar in sensitivity to juvenile and adult mortality. The present study has valuable applications in conducting developmental toxicity research with organisms lacking standardized testing protocol as well as future applications in multigenerational and in silico toxicity research. Environ Toxicol Chem 2023;42:1791-1805. © 2023 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.
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- R K Osborne
- School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Environmental Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Plantade J, Baudrot V, Charles S. hb or not hb - when and why accounting for background mortality in toxicological survival models matters? MethodsX 2023; 10:102114. [PMID: 37007615 PMCID: PMC10064231 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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Decisions in Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) about impacts of chemical compounds on different species are based on critical effect indicators such as the 50% lethal concentration (LC50). Regulatory documents recommend concentration-response (or concentration-effect) model fitting on standard toxicity test data to get LC50 values. However, toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) models proved their efficiency to better exploit toxicity test data, at Tier-2 but also at Tier-1, delivering time-independent indicators. In particular, LC50 values can be obtained from the reduced General Unified Threshold model of Survival (GUTS-RED) with both variants, Stochastic Death and Individual Tolerance, that include parameter hb, the background mortality. Estimating hb during the fitting process or not depends on studies and fitting habits, while it may strongly influence the other GUTS-RED parameters, and consequently the LC50 estimate. We hypothesized that estimating hb from all data in all replicates over time should provide more precise LC50 estimates. We then explored how estimating hb impacted: (i) GUTS-RED model parameters; (ii) goodness-of-fit criteria (fitting plot, posterior predictive check, parameter correlations); (iii) LC50 accuracy and precision. We finally show that estimating hb does not impact the LC50 precision while providing more accurate and precise GUTS parameter estimates. Hence, estimating hb would lead to a more protective ERA.
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Wang T, Marle P, Slaveykova VI, Schirmer K, Liu W. Comparative study of the sensitivity of two freshwater gastropods, Lymnaea stagnalis and Planorbarius corneus, to silver nanoparticles: bioaccumulation and toxicity. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 312:119999. [PMID: 36030959 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Metal-based nanoparticles (NPs) are considered detrimental to aquatic organisms due to their potential accumulation. However, little is known about the mechanisms underlying these effects and their species-specificity. Here we used stable silver (Ag) NPs (20 nm, from 10 to 500 μg/L) with a low dissolution rate (≤2.4%) to study the bioaccumulation and biological impacts in two freshwater gastropods: Lymnaea stagnalis and Planorbarius corneus. No mortality was detected during the experiments. Ag bioaccumulation showed a dose-related increase with an enhanced concentration in both species after 7d exposure. L. stagnalis displayed a higher accumulation for AgNPs than P. corneus (e.g., up to 18- and 15-fold in hepatopancreas and hemolymph, respectively) which could be due to the more active L. stagnalis having greater contact with suspended AgNPs. Furthermore, the hepatopancreas and stomach were preferred organs for bioaccumulation compared to the kidney, mantle and foot. Regarding biological responses, the hemolymph rather than hepatopancreas appeared more susceptible to oxidative stress elicited by AgNPs, as shown by significantly increasing lipid peroxidation (i.e., formation of malondialdehyde). Neurotoxicity was detected in L. stagnalis when exposed to high concentrations (500 μg/L). Comparison with impacts elicited by dissolved Ag revealed that the effects observed on AgNPs exposure were mainly attributable to NPs. These results highlighted the relationship between the physiological traits, bioaccumulation, and toxicity responses of these two species to AgNPs and demonstrated the necessity of species-specificity considerations when assessing the toxicity of NPs.
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- Ting Wang
- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmenatal Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, CH-1211Geneva, Switzerland
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- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmenatal Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, CH-1211Geneva, Switzerland; University of Lyon, CNRS UMR5023 LEHNA, Villeurbanne Cedex 69622, France
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- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmenatal Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, CH-1211Geneva, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Department of Environmental Toxicology, CH-8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland; Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland; School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, EPFL Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- University of Geneva, Faculty of Sciences, Earth and Environment Sciences, Department F.-A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Environmenatal Biogeochemistry and Ecotoxicology, CH-1211Geneva, Switzerland.
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Liu W, Chen Y, Leng X, Stoll S. Embryonic exposure to selenium nanoparticles delays growth and hatching in the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:136147. [PMID: 36037947 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/18/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Selenium nanoparticles (SeNPs) have been applied in the biomedical and biocidal domain which may have potential environmental risks for aquatic systems. However, the knowledge of its toxicity and the role of functionalization on aquatic invertebrates are scarce. Thus, the present study aimed to analyze the embryotoxicity of two types of SeNPs coated with Sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC-SeNPs) and Chitosan (CS-SeNPs) to the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis in lake water, focusing on embryonic development. The influence of surface coatings and ions release, on the embryonic development of SeNPs to freshwater snail L. stagnalis was investigated. For this end, the snails were exposed to different concentrations of SeNPs and Se ions (0.05-1 mg L-1) during 7 days and multiple endpoints were analyzed, including developmental stage frequency, morphological alterations, embryos mortality and hatching success. The results showed that both Se forms promoted the developmental delay, mortality, morphological changes, and hatching inhibition in snail embryos in a concentration-dependent manner. CMC-SeNPs are 2.6 times more embryotoxic compared to CS-SeNPs indicating the importance of surface coating on the embryotoxicity. Moreover, the results revealed that although both forms of Se inhibited the embryo development and reduced the hatching of L. stagnalis, the mode of action on the embryogenesis was different. SeNPs had a higher toxicity to snails' embryos compared to their dissolved counterparts. Despite significant dissolution, by comparing the SeNPs with their dissolved fraction, the results suggest SeNPs inhibition effect on the snail development could be caused by both SeNPs and Se4+, and SeNPs might be the major development retardation driver rather than Se ions. The present study evidenced by the first time the toxicity effects of SeNPs on the snail embryogenesis, and highlighted how SeNPs intrinsic properties influence their transformation and toxicity in environmental relevant scenarios.
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- Wei Liu
- Department F.A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Carl-Vogt 66, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland.
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Dairy, College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Department F.A. Forel for Environmental and Aquatic Sciences, Section of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Geneva, Carl-Vogt 66, CH-1211, Geneva, Switzerland
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de-Carvalho RR, Gomes-Carneiro MR, Geraldino BR, Lopes GDS, Paumgartten FJR. Evaluation of the developmental toxicity of solvents, metals, drugs, and industrial chemicals using a freshwater snail ( Biomphalaria glabrata) assay. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2022; 85:798-814. [PMID: 35723169 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2022.2089413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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A freshwater snail assay was employed to assess the embryotoxicity of solvents including acetone, methanol, ethanol, isopropanol, dimethyl-sulfoxide, glycerin, metals/metalloids including mercuric chloride (HgCl2), cadmium chloride (CdCl2,), antimony salts Sb+3 and Sb+5, drugs including colchicine, hydroxyurea, cyclophosphamide, an industrial chemical sodium azide (SA), an anionic surfactant dodecyl sodium sulfate-(DSS), H2O2 and sodium chloride (NaCl). The assay consists of exposing Biomphalaria glabrata egg masses (EM) to the substances for 96-hr and following up embryo/snail development for lethality, abnormal morphology (teratogenicity), and day of hatching up to day 10 or 14 after spawning. Based upon concentration-response relationships, LC50%s (embryolethality), EC50%s (teratogenicity) and IC50%s (hatching retardation) and 95%CIs were determined for tested chemicals. The LOECs indicated that HgCl2 (37 nM) and CdCl2 (140 nM) are potent embryotoxic agents in snails. Teratogenic indices (TI = LC50/EC50) for almost all tested chemicals were lower than or close to unity suggesting that these compounds were not teratogenic in this assay. The snail assay may be adequately performed in a cost-effective standardized protocol which enables testing a number of environmental chemicals over a broad concentration range. The snail assay needs to undergo further validation to be recognized for an internationally harmonized hazard identification in ecotoxicity risk assessment.
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- Rosângela Ribeiro de-Carvalho
- Department of Biological Sciences, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Pena RV, Machado RC, Caixeta MB, Araújo PS, de Oliveira EC, da Silva SM, Rocha TL. Lauric acid bilayer-functionalized iron oxide nanoparticles disrupt early development of freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818). Acta Trop 2022; 229:106362. [PMID: 35150640 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been indicated for the control of parasites and intermediate hosts, as well as applications in several sectors of nanomedicine. However, knowledge regarding its toxicity, mechanisms of action and the role of functionalization in gastropods that act as intermediate hosts of neglected disease parasites is still scarce. The present study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of lauric acid bilayer-functionalized IONPs (LA-IONPs), lauric acid isolated (LA) and iron ions in embryos and newly-hatched Biomphalaria glabrata. The snails were exposed to different concentrations of IONPs, LA and iron ions (1.0-97.65 mg L-1) during 144 h (embryos) and 96 h (newly-hatched) and multiple parameters were analyzed, such as mortality, hatching rate, developmental delay, and morphological changes. The results showed that both iron forms (LA-IONPs and iron ions) and LA promoted mortality, hatching inhibition and morphological changes in snail embryos in a concentration-dependent patterns. Embryos also showed iron bioaccumulation after exposure to both iron forms. High toxicity was observed in newly-hatched snails compared to embryos, indicating the protective role of ovigerous masses during the early developmental stages. LA induced high developmental toxicity compared to LA-IONPs and iron ions. Results showed the molluscicide activity of LA-IONPs and isolated LA, indicating their potential use as molluscicide in the snail control program.
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- Rafael Veloso Pena
- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235, Setor Universitário, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605050, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235, Setor Universitário, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605050, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235, Setor Universitário, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605050, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235, Setor Universitário, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605050, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Rua 235, Setor Universitário, Goiânia, Goiás CEP 74605050, Brazil.
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Svigruha R, Fodor I, Padisak J, Pirger Z. Progestogen-induced alterations and their ecological relevance in different embryonic and adult behaviours of an invertebrate model species, the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis). ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 28:59391-59402. [PMID: 33349911 PMCID: PMC8542004 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-12094-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 12/14/2020] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The presence of oral contraceptives (basically applying estrogens and/or progestogens) poses a challenge to animals living in aquatic ecosystems and reflects a rapidly growing concern worldwide. However, there is still a lack in knowledge about the behavioural effects induced by progestogens on the non-target species including molluscs. In the present study, environmental progestogen concentrations were summarised. Knowing this data, we exposed a well-established invertebrate model species, the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) to relevant equi-concentrations (1, 10, 100, and 500 ng L-1) of mixtures of four progestogens (progesterone, drospirenone, gestodene, levonorgestrel) for 21 days. Significant alterations were observed in the embryonic development time, heart rate, feeding, and gliding activities of the embryos as well as in the feeding and locomotion activity of the adult specimens. All of the mixtures accelerated the embryonic development time and the gliding activity. Furthermore, the 10, 100, and 500 ng L-1 mixtures increased the heart rate and feeding activity of the embryos. The 10, 100, and 500 ng L-1 mixtures affected the feeding activity as well as the 1, 10, and 100 ng L-1 mixtures influenced the locomotion of the adult specimens. The differences of these adult behaviours showed a biphasic response to the progestogen exposure; however, they changed approximately in the opposite way. In case of feeding activity, this dose-response phenomenon can be identified as a hormesis response. Based on the authors' best knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the non-reproductive effects of progestogens occurring also in the environment on molluscan species. Our findings contribute to the global understanding of the effects of human progestogens, as these potential disruptors can influence the behavioural activities of non-target aquatic species. Future research should aim to understand the potential mechanisms (e.g., receptors, signal pathways) of progestogens induced behavioural alterations.
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- Reka Svigruha
- Department of Limnology, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary
- NAP Adaptive Neuroethology Research Group, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, 8237, Hungary
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- NAP Adaptive Neuroethology Research Group, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, 8237, Hungary
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- Department of Limnology, University of Pannonia, Veszprém, 8200, Hungary
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- NAP Adaptive Neuroethology Research Group, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Tihany, 8237, Hungary.
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Moore EM, Alexander ME, Sloman KA, Pereira MG, Thacker SA, Orton F. Laboratory-Based Comparison for the Effects of Environmental Stressors Supports Field Evidence for the Relative Importance of Pollution on Life History and Behavior of the Pond Snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:8806-8816. [PMID: 34167293 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Biodiversity is declining at an alarming rate globally, with freshwater ecosystems particularly threatened. Field-based correlational studies have "ranked" stressors according to their relative effects on freshwater biota, however, supporting cause-effect data from laboratory exposures are lacking. Here, we designed exposures to elicit chronic effects over equivalent exposure ranges for three ubiquitous stressors (temperature: 22-28 °C; pollution [14 component mixture]: 0.05-50 μg/L; invasive predator cue [signal crayfish, Pacifasticus leniusculus]: 25-100% cue) and investigated effects on physiological end points in the pond snail (Lymnaeastagnalis). All stressors reduced posthatch survival at their highest exposure levels, however, highly divergent effects were observed at lower test levels. Temperature stimulated hatching, growth, and reproduction, whereas pollution delayed hatching, decreased growth, reduced egg number/embryo viability, and induced avoidance behavior. The invasive predator cue stimulated growth and reduced embryo viability. In agreement with field-based ranking of stressors, pollution was identified as having the most severe effects in our test system. We demonstrate here the utility of laboratory studies to effectively determine hierarchy of stressors according to their likelihood of causing harm in the field, which has importance for conservation. Finally, we report negative impacts on life-history traits central to population stability (survival/reproduction) at the lowest pollution level tested (0.05 μg/L).
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- Emily M Moore
- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE Scotland
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE Scotland
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE Scotland
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Bailrigg, Lancaster LA1 4AP, United Kingdom
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- School of Health and Life Sciences, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, PA1 2BE Scotland
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Caixeta MB, Araújo PS, Rodrigues CC, Gonçalves BB, Araújo OA, Bevilaqua GB, Malafaia G, Silva LD, Rocha TL. Risk assessment of iron oxide nanoparticles in an aquatic ecosystem: A case study on Biomphalaria glabrata. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 401:123398. [PMID: 32763694 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have been applied in several sectors in the environmental field, such as aquatic nanoremediation, due to their unique superparamagnetic and nanospecific properties. However, the knowledge of chronic toxicity of IONPs on aquatic invertebrate remains limited. Thus, the present study aimed to analyze the chronic toxicity of gluconic acid-functionalized IONPs (GLA-IONPs) and their dissolved counterpart (FeCl3) to freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata. GLA-IONPs were synthesized and characterized by multiple techniques, and the snails were exposed to both Fe forms at environmentally relevant concentrations (1.0-15.6 mg L-1) for 28 days. The bioaccumulation, mortality rate, behavior impairments, morphological alterations, fecundity and fertility of snails were analyzed. Results showed that GLA-IONPs induced high iron bioaccumulation in the entire soft tissue portion. Chronic exposure to GLA-IONP increased the behavioral impairments of snails compared to iron ions and control groups. Both Fe forms reduced the fecundity, while the mortality and reduced fertility were observed only after the exposure to GLA-IONPs at 15.6 mg L-1. Overall results indicated the behavioral impairments and reproductive toxicity associated, possibly, to bioaccumulation of GLA-IONPs in the B. glabrata. These results can be useful for the development of eco-friendly nanotechnologies.
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- Maxwell Batista Caixeta
- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Chemistry Institute, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Molecular Modelling, Chemistry Institute, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interactions, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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Caixeta MB, Araújo PS, Gonçalves BB, Silva LD, Grano-Maldonado MI, Rocha TL. Toxicity of engineered nanomaterials to aquatic and land snails: A scientometric and systematic review. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 260:127654. [PMID: 32758772 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 06/10/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The emerging growth of nanotechnology has attracted great attention due to its application in the parasite and intermediate host control. However, the knowledge concerning the mechanism of action (MoA) and toxicity of nanomaterials (NMs) to snails remain unclear. In this context, the present study revised the historical use of snails as experimental models in nanotoxicological studies and summarized the MoA and toxicity of NMs in aquatic and land snails. The data concerning the bioaccumulation, reproductive and transgenerational toxicity, embryotoxicity, genotoxicity and potential molluscicidal activity of NMs were revised. Furthermore, the data about the experimental conditions, such as exposure time, concentrations, cell and tissue-specific responses, snail species and nanoparticle types are discussed. Revised data showed that the toxic effects of NMs were reported for 21 snail species with medical, veterinary and ecological importance. The NM toxicity to snails is dependent on the physical and chemical properties of NMs, as well as their environmental transformation and experimental design. The NM bioaccumulation on snails was related to several toxic effects, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, oxidative stress, following by oxidative damage to DNA, lipids and proteins. The NM metabolism in snails remains unknown. Results showed the potential use of NMs in the snail control program. Also, significant research gaps and recommendations for future researches are indicated. The present study confirms that snails are suitable invertebrate model system to assess the nanotoxicity.
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- Maxwell Batista Caixeta
- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interactions, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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Araújo PS, Caixeta MB, Brito RDS, Gonçalves BB, da Silva SM, Lima ECDO, Silva LD, Bezerra JCB, Rocha TL. Molluscicidal activity of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-functionalized silver nanoparticles to Biomphalaria glabrata: Implications for control of intermediate host snail of Schistosoma mansoni. Acta Trop 2020; 211:105644. [PMID: 32682748 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2020] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) have been applied in several commercial products due to their antimicrobial properties, while their molluscicide properties, mode of action and toxicity to snail species remain unclear. In this study, the comparative toxicity of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP)-functionalized Ag NPs and their dissolved counterpart (Ag ions) was analyzed during the early developmental stages of the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata, intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni. Ag NPs were synthesized and characterized by multiple techniques, and the snail embryotoxicity was analyzed in terms of mortality, hatching, developmental stages and morphological alterations, while the acute toxicity to newly-hatched snails was analyzed by mortality and behavioral impairments. Results showed that both Ag forms induced mortality, hatching delay and morphological alterations (especially hydropic abnormalities) in snail embryos in a concentration and exposure time dependent patterns. Ag NPs showed low embryotoxic effects and similar toxicity for newly-hatched snails when compared to their dissolved counterparts, indicating that the nanotoxicity was dependent of snail developmental stages. The knowledge about the Ag NP toxicity to different early development stages of B. glabrata contributes to its potential use as molluscicide and control of neglected tropical diseases, including schistosomiasis.
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- Paula Sampaio Araújo
- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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- Exact Sciences Department, Federal University of Goiás - Regional Jataí, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Host-Parasite Interactions, State University of Goiás, Anápolis, Goiás, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil.
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Fodor I, Hussein AAA, Benjamin PR, Koene JM, Pirger Z. The unlimited potential of the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. eLife 2020; 9:e56962. [PMID: 32539932 PMCID: PMC7297532 DOI: 10.7554/elife.56962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Only a limited number of animal species lend themselves to becoming model organisms in multiple biological disciplines: one of these is the great pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis. Extensively used since the 1970s to study fundamental mechanisms in neurobiology, the value of this freshwater snail has been also recognised in fields as diverse as host-parasite interactions, ecotoxicology, evolution, genome editing and 'omics', and human disease modelling. While there is knowledge about the natural history of this species, what is currently lacking is an integration of findings from the laboratory and the field. With this in mind, this article aims to summarise the applicability of L. stagnalis and points out that this multipurpose model organism is an excellent, contemporary choice for addressing a large range of different biological questions, problems and phenomena.
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- István Fodor
- NAP Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological ResearchTihanyHungary
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- Department of Ecological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Sussex Neuroscience, School of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUnited Kingdom
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- Section of Animal Ecology, Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdamNetherlands
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- NAP Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological ResearchTihanyHungary
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Bamze Attoumani R, de Vaufleury A, Crini N, Fatin-Rouge N. Assessing natural clays of a contaminated site to stabilize and reduce the ecotoxicity of a coal tar. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 190:110081. [PMID: 31864117 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 12/04/2019] [Accepted: 12/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Stabilization/solidification is widely used for the immobilization of pollutants in matrices. This work addresses the effect of illite amendment to a liquid coal tar on organic compounds (OCs) immobilization, especially PAHs and BTEX. For practical purpose, illite was selected as raw clay material available on the coal tar contaminated site. Contaminants availability and ecotoxicity of clay/tar matrices at various ratios and considering several treatments were assessed. Varying the tar mass fraction from 1 to 0.12, strongly viscous pastes, pellets and powders were obtained successively, with minimal contaminant mobility observed for tar fractions ranging from 0.28 to 0.80. Pellets obtained for the tar fraction of 0.33 were particularly studied for toxicity tests, because of their ease of handling. Using the land snail Cantareus aspersus as an ecotoxicity probe, mechanisms of PAHs bioavailability considering several treatments were studied. Considering either land snails for direct contact or exposed to vapors, or Lymnaea stagnalis for contact with leachates, toxicity of matrices decreased with ageing or even better with incineration.
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- Rachida Bamze Attoumani
- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institute UTINAM, UMR CNRS 6213, 16 Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, Cedex, France
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- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Department Chrono-environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, 16 Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, Cedex, France
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- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Department Chrono-environnement, UMR CNRS 6249, 16 Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, Cedex, France
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- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Institute UTINAM, UMR CNRS 6213, 16 Route de Gray, 25030, Besançon, Cedex, France.
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Capela R, Garric J, Castro LFC, Santos MM. Embryo bioassays with aquatic animals for toxicity testing and hazard assessment of emerging pollutants: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 705:135740. [PMID: 31838430 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This review article gathers the available information on the use of embryo-tests as high-throughput tools for toxicity screening, hazard assessment and prioritization of new and existing chemical compounds. The approach is contextualized considering the new legal trends for animal experimentation, fostering the 3R policy, with reduction of experimental animals, addressing the potential of embryo-tests as high-throughput toxicity screening and prioritizing tools. Further, the current test guidelines, such as the ones provided by OECD and EPA, focus mainly in a limited number of animal lineages, particularly vertebrates and arthropods. To extrapolate hazard assessment to the ecosystem scale, a larger diversity of taxa should be tested. The use of new experimental animal models in toxicity testing, from a representative set of taxa, was thoroughly revised and discussed in this review. Here, we critically review current tools and the main advantages and drawbacks of different animal models and set researcher priorities.
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- Ricardo Capela
- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; IRSTEA - National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture - Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS20244, 69625 Villeurbanne Cedex, Lyon-Villeurbanne, France
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- IRSTEA - National Research Institute of Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture - Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS20244, 69625 Villeurbanne Cedex, Lyon-Villeurbanne, France.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- CIMAR/CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research, Av. General Norton de Matos s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal; FCUP - Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Amorim J, Abreu I, Rodrigues P, Peixoto D, Pinheiro C, Saraiva A, Carvalho AP, Guimarães L, Oliva-Teles L. Lymnaea stagnalis as a freshwater model invertebrate for ecotoxicological studies. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 669:11-28. [PMID: 30877957 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Lymnaea stagnalis, also referred to as great or common pond snail, is an abundant and widespread invertebrate species colonizing temperate limnic systems. Given the species importance, studies involving L. stagnalis have the potential to produce scientifically relevant information, leading to a better understanding of the damage caused by aquatic contamination, as well as the modes of action of toxicants. Lymnaea stagnalis individuals are easily maintained in laboratory conditions, with a lifespan of about two years. The snails are hermaphrodites and sexual maturity occurs about three months after egg laying. Importantly, they can produce a high number of offspring all year round and are considered well suited for use in investigations targeting the identification of developmental and reproductive impairments. The primary aims of this review were two-fold: i) to provide an updated and insightful compilation of established toxicological measures determined in both chronic and acute toxicity assays, as useful tool to the design and development of future research; and ii) to provide a state of the art related to direct toxicant exposure and its potentially negative effects on this species. Relevant and informative studies were analysed and discussed. Knowledge gaps in need to be addressed in the near future were further identified.
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- João Amorim
- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal
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- Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Departamento de Biologia, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental (CIIMAR) da Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões, Avenida General Norton de Matos, s/n, 4450-208 Matosinhos, Portugal.
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Raybould A, Holt K, Kimber I. Using problem formulation to clarify the meaning of weight of evidence and biological relevance in environmental risk assessments for genetically modified crops. GM CROPS & FOOD 2019; 10:63-76. [PMID: 31184249 PMCID: PMC6615591 DOI: 10.1080/21645698.2019.1621615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Weight of evidence and biological relevance are important concepts for risk assessment and decision-making over the use of GM crops; however, their meanings are not well defined. We use problem formulation to clarify the definition of these concepts and thereby identify data that are relevant for risk assessment. Problem formulation defines criteria for the acceptability of risk and devises rigorous tests of the hypothesis that the criteria are met. Corroboration or falsification of such hypotheses characterize risk and enable predictable and transparent decisions about whether certain risks from using a particular GM crop are acceptable. Decisions based on a weight of evidence approach use a synthesis of several lines of evidence, whereas a "definitive" approach to risk assessment enables some decisions to be based on the results of a single test. Data are biologically relevant for risk assessment only if they test a hypothesis that is useful for decision-making.
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- Syngenta Ltd., Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, UK
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- Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Abdel-Wareth MTA, Sayed SSM. Reprotoxicity of 4-nonylphenol to Biomphalaria alexandrina snails at certain temperatures. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:18533-18540. [PMID: 31044380 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-05142-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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One of the most common compounds in pesticide formulations, plastics, and papers is 4-nonylphenol (4-NP). It is contained in agricultural, industrial, and wastewater effluents, which when discharged into surface waters affect aquatic fauna. Therefore, the present study aimed to use Biomphalaria alexandrina snails to evaluate the chronic toxicity of 4-NP. Its concentrations in collected water samples from Giza Governorate ranged from 400 to 1600 μg/l. Based on these environmentally relevant concentrations, laboratory experiments were carried out using standard 4-NP to investigate the effect of three concentrations; namely 400, 750, and 1600 μg/l. Survival rate of the exposed snails to 4-NP concentrations was affected after 4 weeks. Reproduction of the exposed snails to 4-NP concentrations was lower than that of the control at 30 °C, while the exposed snails to 400 μg/l of 4-NP showed maximum reproduction at 15 °C. The lowest hatchability percentage was recorded with egg masses laid by the exposed snails to 400 and 1600 μg/l of 4-NP at 15 and 30 °C, respectively. Furthermore, the results showed fluctuated levels of progesterone, estradiol, and testosterone depending upon the concentration and the temperature, which played a key role in determining the degree of 4-NP toxicity.
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- Marwa T A Abdel-Wareth
- Environmental Research and Medical Malacology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, 11635, Egypt.
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- Environmental Research and Medical Malacology Department, Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Giza, 11635, Egypt
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Reátegui-Zirena EG, Salice CJ. Parental diet affects embryogenesis of the great pond snail (Lymnaea stagnalis) exposed to cadmium, pyraclostrobin, and tributyltin. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2018; 37:2428-2438. [PMID: 29900568 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 06/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Diet quality has a strong impact on life-history traits, but it is not usually considered as a factor in toxicity tests. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate how diets differing in nutritional content affect sensitivity to cadmium, pyraclostrobin, and tributyltin in Lymnaea stagnalis offspring. Three groups were fed a different diet each: lettuce, high-caloric pellets, or a combination of both. Snails fed pellets and both diets had similar growth; however, snails fed lettuce showed lower growth until the fourth month. Egg masses were collected from adult snails fed each diet and exposed to 3 concentrations of either cadmium, pyraclostrobin, or tributyltin. We quantified time to hatch, hatching success, and the developmental stages of embryos. We measured fecundity in adults and total lipids, carbohydrates, and proteins in adult snails and egg masses. Adult snails fed different diets produced a similar number of egg masses, but the number of eggs per egg mass in snails fed pellets was lower than for snails fed the other 2 diets. We found that adult snails fed pellets had a higher lipid content compared to snails fed the other 2 diets. However, egg masses from parental snails fed pellets did not hatch, including those from the controls. Interestingly, egg masses exposed to the lowest concentration of tributyltin had low hatching success. These observations on offspring performance suggest that there are important diet effects that can strongly influence responses that could be diet- and chemical-dependent. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2428-2438. © 2018 SETAC.
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- Evelyn G Reátegui-Zirena
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Environmental Science and Studies, Towson University, Towson, Maryland, USA
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Boisseaux P, Noury P, Delorme N, Perrier L, Thomas-Guyon H, Garric J. Immunocompetence analysis of the aquatic snail Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to urban wastewaters. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:16720-16728. [PMID: 29611123 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1790-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Wastewater treatment plant effluents from urban area are a well-known source of chronic multiple micropollution to the downstream living organisms. In this study, ecologically relevant laboratory-bred freshwater gastropods, Lymnaea stagnalis, were exposed for 29 days to raw effluents of a wastewater treatment plant in Lyon area (France). A time-course analysis of individual markers of immunocompetence (hemocyte density and viability, hemocyte NADPH activity, phenol oxidase activity, and capacity of phagocytosis) has shown slight trends of inflammatory-like responses induced by the 100% effluents. So far, no short-term hazard for L. stagnalis can be revealed. However, over the long term, such environmental stress-stimulating immune responses could provoke deleterious life history trade-offs because the immune system is known to be highly energy-consuming.
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- Paul Boisseaux
- Irstea, UR RIVERLY, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS 20244, 69625, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Irstea, UR RIVERLY, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS 20244, 69625, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Irstea, UR RIVERLY, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS 20244, 69625, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Irstea, UR RIVERLY, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS 20244, 69625, Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- LIttoral Environnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) - UMR 7266, Bâtiment ILE 2, Rue Olympe de Gouges, 17000, La Rochelle, France
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- Irstea, UR RIVERLY, Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, CS 20244, 69625, Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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Jiang X, Hansen HCB, Strobel BW, Cedergreen N. What is the aquatic toxicity of saponin-rich plant extracts used as biopesticides? ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 236:416-424. [PMID: 29414366 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.01.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Saponin-rich extracts from Quillaja saponaria and Chenopodium quinoa have been registered by US EPA as active ingredients in biopesticides, and extract from tea seed powder, Camellia oleifera has been proposed for biocidal use. If saponin-rich biopesticides are efficient against pests, they are most likely also bioactive in the aquatic environment against non-target organisms. The aim of this study was to conduct an effect assessment of saponin-rich plant extracts by using species sensitivity distributions based on acute toxicity tests. The maximal concentrations protecting 95% of the aquatic species (HC5) of saponins extracted from quillaja bark, tea seed coat and quinoa seed coat were 2.91 ± 1.00, 0.22 ± 0.11 and 22.9 ± 5.84 mg/L, respectively. The 100-fold difference in toxicity between the saponin-rich extracts from different plant species, indicate that saponin toxicity depends on the species it origins from, making "read-across" between saponins a dubious exercise. In addition, the predicted environmental concentrations of different saponins are close to or higher than their water quality standard, which means that the extracts might pose a risk to the aquatic environment if not used cautiously.
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- Xiaogang Jiang
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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Charles S, Veber P, Delignette-Muller ML. MOSAIC: a web-interface for statistical analyses in ecotoxicology. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2018; 25:11295-11302. [PMID: 28842838 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9809-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 07/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In ecotoxicology, bioassays are standardly conducted in order to measure acute or chronic effects of potentially toxic substances on reproduction, growth, and/or survival of living animals. MOSAIC, standing for MOdeling and StAtistical tools for ecotoxICology, is a user-friendly web interface dedicated to the mathematical and statistical modelling of such standard bioassay data. Its simple use makes MOSAIC a turnkey decision-making tool for ecotoxicologists and regulators. Without wasting time on extensive mathematical and statistical technicalities, users are provided with advanced and innovative methods for a valuable quantitative environmental risk assessment. MOSAIC is available at http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/software/mosaic/ .
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- Sandrine Charles
- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 69100, Villeurbanne, France.
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
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- Université de Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, 69100, Villeurbanne, France
- Université de Lyon, VetAgro Sup Campus Vetérinaire de Lyon, 69280, Marcy l'Étoiles, France
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Baudrot V, Preux S, Ducrot V, Pave A, Charles S. New Insights to Compare and Choose TKTD Models for Survival Based on an Interlaboratory Study for Lymnaea stagnalis Exposed to Cd. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2018; 52:1582-1590. [PMID: 29298052 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic (TKTD) models, as the General Unified Threshold model of Survival (GUTS), provide a consistent process-based framework compared to classical dose-response models to analyze both time and concentration-dependent data sets. However, the extent to which GUTS models (Stochastic Death (SD) and Individual Tolerance (IT)) lead to a better fitting than classical dose-response model at a given target time (TT) has poorly been investigated. Our paper highlights that GUTS estimates are generally more conservative and have a reduced uncertainty through smaller credible intervals for the studied data sets than classical TT approaches. Also, GUTS models enable estimating any x% lethal concentration at any time (LCx,t), and provide biological information on the internal processes occurring during the experiments. While both GUTS-SD and GUTS-IT models outcompete classical TT approaches, choosing one preferentially to the other is still challenging. Indeed, the estimates of survival rate over time and LCx,t are very close between both models, but our study also points out that the joint posterior distributions of SD model parameters are sometimes bimodal, while two parameters of the IT model seems strongly correlated. Therefore, the selection between these two models has to be supported by the experimental design and the biological objectives, and this paper provides some insights to drive this choice.
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- Virgile Baudrot
- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
- School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering ENAC, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL , Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Bayer AG, CropScience Division, Environmental Safety, Monheim, Germany
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1 , UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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Zrinyi Z, Maasz G, Zhang L, Vertes A, Lovas S, Kiss T, Elekes K, Pirger Z. Effect of progesterone and its synthetic analogs on reproduction and embryonic development of a freshwater invertebrate model. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2017; 190:94-103. [PMID: 28697460 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2017.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Revised: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 06/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The presence of a mixture of progestogens at ng/L concentration levels in surface waters is a worldwide problem. Only a few studies explore the effect of progestogen treatment in a mixture as opposed to individual chemicals to shed light on how non-target species respond to these contaminants. In the present study, we used an invertebrate model species, Lymnaea stagnalis, exposed to a mixture of four progestogens (progesterone, levonorgestrel, drospirenone, and gestodene) in 10ng/L concentration for 3 weeks. Data at both physiological and cellular/molecular level were analyzed using the ELISA technique, stereomicroscopy combined with time lapse software, and capillary microsampling combined with mass spectrometry. The treatment of adult Lymnaeas caused reduced egg production, and low quality egg mass on the first week, compared to the control. Starting from the second week, the egg production, and the quality of egg mass were similar in both groups. At the end of the third week, the egg production and the vitellogenin-like protein content of the hepatopancreas were significantly elevated in the treated group. At the cellular level, accelerated cell proliferation was observed during early embryogenesis in the treated group. The investigation of metabolomic changes resulted significantly elevated hexose utilization in the single-cell zygote cytoplasm, and elevated adenylate energy charge in the egg albumen. These changes suggested that treated snails provided more hexose in the eggs in order to improve offspring viability. Our study contributes to the knowledge of physiological effect of equi-concentration progestogen mixture at environmentally relevant dose on non-target aquatic species.
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- Zita Zrinyi
- MTA-ÖK BLI NAP_B Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary
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- MTA-ÖK BLI NAP_B Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary
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- Department of Chemistry, W. M. Keck Institute for Proteomics Technology and Applications, The George Washington University, WA, District of Columbia 20052, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, W. M. Keck Institute for Proteomics Technology and Applications, The George Washington University, WA, District of Columbia 20052, USA
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- MTA-ÖK BLI NAP_B Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary
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- MTA-ÖK BLI, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary
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- MTA-ÖK BLI, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary
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- MTA-ÖK BLI NAP_B Adaptive Neuroethology, Department of Experimental Zoology, Balaton Limnological Institute, MTA Center for Ecological Research, Tihany, Hungary.
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Ruppert K, Geiß C, Askem C, Benstead R, Brown R, Coke M, Ducrot V, Egeler P, Holbech H, Hutchinson TH, Kinnberg KL, Lagadic L, Le Page G, Macken A, Matthiessen P, Ostermann S, Schimera A, Schmitt C, Seeland-Fremer A, Smith AJ, Weltje L, Oehlmann J. Development and validation of an OECD reproductive toxicity test guideline with the mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum (Mollusca, Gastropoda). CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 181:589-599. [PMID: 28472747 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 04/23/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Mollusks are known to be uniquely sensitive to a number of reproductive toxicants including some vertebrate endocrine disrupting chemicals. However, they have widely been ignored in environmental risk assessment procedures for chemicals. This study describes the validation of the Potamopyrgus antipodarum reproduction test within the OECD Conceptual Framework for Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment. The number of embryos in the brood pouch and adult mortality serve as main endpoints. The experiments are conducted as static systems in beakers filled with artificial medium, which is aerated trough glass pipettes. The test chemical is dispersed into the medium, and adult snails are subsequently introduced into the beakers. After 28 days the reproductive success is determined by opening the brood pouch and embryo counting. This study presents the results of two validation studies of the reproduction test with eleven laboratories and the chemicals tributyltin (TBT) with nominal concentrations ranging from 10 to 1000 ng TBT-Sn/L and cadmium with concentrations from 1.56 to 25 μg/L. The test design could be implemented by all laboratories resulting in comparable effect concentrations for the endpoint number of embryos in the brood pouch. After TBT exposure mean EC10, EC50, NOEC and LOEC were 35.6, 127, 39.2 and 75.7 ng Sn/L, respectively. Mean effect concentrations in cadmium exposed snails were, respectively, 6.53, 14.2, 6.45 and 12.6 μg/L. The effect concentrations are in good accordance with already published data. Both validation studies show that the reproduction test with P. antipodarum is a well-suited tool to assess reproductive effects of chemicals.
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- Katharina Ruppert
- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Biological Sciences Division, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60348, Frankfurt, Germany.
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Biological Sciences Division, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60348, Frankfurt, Germany
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- CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
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- AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory, Ecotoxicology, Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 8BA, United Kingdom
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- INRA, Unité Expérimentale d'Ecologie et d'Ecotoxicologie, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, F-35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- UMR Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, F-35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH, Böttgerstraße 2 - 14, 65439, Flörsheim, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- UMR Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, F-35042, Rennes Cedex, France
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- AstraZeneca, Brixham Environmental Laboratory, Ecotoxicology, Freshwater Quarry, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 8BA, United Kingdom
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment, Gaustadalléen 21, Oslo, Norway
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- Independent Consultant, Dolfan Barn, Beulah, Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, LD5 4UE, United Kingdom
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Biological Sciences Division, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60348, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Biological Sciences Division, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60348, Frankfurt, Germany
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- University of Antwerp, Ecosystem Management Research Group, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Ibacon GmbH, Institut für Biologische Analytik und Consulting, Arheilger Weg 17, 64380, Rossdorf, Germany
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- CEFAS Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, United Kingdom
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- BASF SE, Crop Protection - Ecotoxicology, Speyerer Strasse 2, D-67117, Limburgerhof, Germany
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Biological Sciences Division, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60348, Frankfurt, Germany
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Reátegui-Zirena EG, Fidder BN, Olson AD, Dawson DE, Bilbo TR, Salice CJ. Transgenerational endpoints provide increased sensitivity and insight into multigenerational responses of Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to cadmium. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 224:572-580. [PMID: 28274592 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.02.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2016] [Revised: 02/10/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Ecotoxicology provides data to inform environmental management. Many testing protocols do not consider offspring fitness and toxicant sensitivity. Cadmium (Cd) is a well-studied and ubiquitous toxicant but little is known about the effects on offspring of exposed parents (transgenerational effects). This study had three objectives: to identify endpoints related to offspring performance; to determine whether parental effects would manifest as a change in Cd tolerance in offspring and how parental exposure duration influenced the manifestation of parental effects. Adult snails were exposed to Cd 0, 25, 50, 100, 200 and 400 μg Cd/L for eight weeks. There were effects on adult endpoints (e.g., growth, reproduction) but only at the highest concentrations (>100 μg/L). Alternatively, we observed significant transgenerational effects at all Cd concentrations. Surprisingly, we found increased Cd tolerance in hatchlings from all parental Cd exposure concentrations even though eggs and hatchlings were in Cd-free conditions for 6 weeks. Explicit consideration of offspring performance adds value to current toxicity testing protocols. Parental exposure duration has important implications for offspring effects and that contaminant concentrations that are not directly toxic to parents can cause transgenerational changes in resistance that have significant implications for toxicity testing and adaptive responses.
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- Evelyn G Reátegui-Zirena
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA; Intrinsik Environmental Science Inc., Mississauga, ME, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA; Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA; College of Agriculture, Clemson University, USA.
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Geiß C, Ruppert K, Askem C, Barroso C, Faber D, Ducrot V, Holbech H, Hutchinson TH, Kajankari P, Kinnberg KL, Lagadic L, Matthiessen P, Morris S, Neiman M, Penttinen OP, Sanchez-Marin P, Teigeler M, Weltje L, Oehlmann J. Validation of the OECD reproduction test guideline with the New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum using trenbolone and prochloraz. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2017; 26:370-382. [PMID: 28168557 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-017-1770-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) provides several standard test methods for the environmental hazard assessment of chemicals, mainly based on primary producers, arthropods, and fish. In April 2016, two new test guidelines with two mollusc species representing different reproductive strategies were approved by OECD member countries. One test guideline describes a 28-day reproduction test with the parthenogenetic New Zealand mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum. The main endpoint of the test is reproduction, reflected by the embryo number in the brood pouch per female. The development of a new OECD test guideline involves several phases including inter-laboratory validation studies to demonstrate the robustness of the proposed test design and the reproducibility of the test results. Therefore, a ring test of the reproduction test with P. antipodarum was conducted including eight laboratories with the test substances trenbolone and prochloraz and results are presented here. Most laboratories could meet test validity criteria, thus demonstrating the robustness of the proposed test protocol. Trenbolone did not have an effect on the reproduction of the snails at the tested concentration range (nominal: 10-1000 ng/L). For prochloraz, laboratories produced similar EC10 and NOEC values, showing the inter-laboratory reproducibility of results. The average EC10 and NOEC values for reproduction (with coefficient of variation) were 26.2 µg/L (61.7%) and 29.7 µg/L (32.9%), respectively. This ring test shows that the mudsnail reproduction test is a well-suited tool for use in the chronic aquatic hazard and risk assessment of chemicals.
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- Cornelia Geiß
- Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany.
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- Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany
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- Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 OHT, UK
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Bayer CropScience AG, Environmental Safety/Ecotoxicology, Alfred-Nobel-Str. 50, Monheim am Rhein, 40789, Germany
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- INRA, UMR Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, Rennes Cedex, F-35042, France
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, Lahti, 15140, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230, Odense M, Denmark
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- INRA, UMR Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, CS 84215, Rennes Cedex, F-35042, France
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- Old School House, Brow Edge, Backbarrow, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA128QX, UK
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- Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 OHT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, 143 Biology Building, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, Lahti, 15140, Finland
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- Department of Biology and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
- University of Vigo, ECIMAT, Illa de Toralla s/n, 36331 Coruxo-Vigo, Galicia, Spain
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Auf dem Aberg 1, Schmallenberg, 57392, Germany
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- BASF SE, Crop Protection - Ecotoxicology, Speyerer Straße 2, Limburgerhof, 67117, Germany
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- Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, Frankfurt am Main, 60438, Germany
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Yin G, Zhou Y, Strid A, Zheng Z, Bignert A, Ma T, Athanassiadis I, Qiu Y. Spatial distribution and bioaccumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in snails (Bellamya aeruginosa) and sediments from Taihu Lake area, China. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 24:7740-7751. [PMID: 28127688 PMCID: PMC5383689 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8467-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/16/2017] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Taihu Lake area is one of the densest metropolitan areas in the world including diverse industrial activity. In the present study, the snail (Bellamya aeruginosa) and sediment were collected from the Taihu Lake area to investigate the contamination status, congener pattern, spatial distribution, and bioaccumulation effect of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). The samples underwent liquid extraction, lipid removal by sulfuric acid, and acidic silica gel column, and subsequently analyzed by gas chromatography-electron capture detector (GC-ECD) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Concentration of ∑22PCBs ranged between 90 and 680 ng g-1 lipid weight in the snails and between 0.018 and 0.82 ng g-1 dry weight in the sediments. Concentration of ∑24PBDEs varied from 25 to 200 ng g-1 lipid weight in the snails and from 0.62 to 67 ng g-1 dry weight in the sediments. The levels of PCBs and PBDEs observed were in the medium to low range compared with other studies in the world. CB-153 was the predominant PCB congener in both snails and sediments whereas BDE-209 showed a low bioavailability in the snails, even if it contributed up to 70% of ∑24PBDEs in the sediments. The spatial distribution showed that the highest concentration of PCBs and PBDEs were detected in samples from Zhushan Lake. East Taihu Lake and Dianshan Lake showed lower concentration of PCBs and PBDEs than the other sampling sites. Biota-sediment accumulation was found between snails and sediments of most of PCB and PBDE congeners except for the highly brominated BDEs (i.e., BDE-209). Therefore, sediment is suggested to be an appropriate matrix to monitor BDE-209 while aquatic species such as the snail could be good for monitoring of PCBs and lower brominated BDE congeners. No significant correlation (Spearman correlation test, two-tailed) of CB-153 (r = 0.54, p = 0.27) or BDE-47 (r = 0.60, p = 0.21) was found between snails and sediments.
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- Ge Yin
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden.
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, 90187, Umeå, Sweden
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- Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 10405, Stockholm, Sweden
- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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- College of Biology and Environmental Sciences, Jishou University, Jishou, 416000, China
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, 11418, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment (Ministry of Education), College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China
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Ferrari BJD, Faburé J. Field assessment of reproduction-related traits of chironomids using a newly developed emergence platform (E-Board). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2017; 137:186-193. [PMID: 27940133 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2016.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Further progress in the development of reliable biomonitoring strategies requires to better link effects in aquatic ecological systems to ambient concentrations of chemical contaminants. Among existing tools, in situ bioassays using caging method represent an interesting way to achieve this challenge. However, elaboration of adapted exposure chambers and suitable operating procedures is still required, particularly to assess ecological relevant traits such as those related to the reproduction. In such context, we developed a new device (Emergence board - E-Board) which allows assessing in rivers the development of the Chironomus riparius species from the early fourth instar larvae to the adult stage. The system acts as a suspended matter trap floating in the subsurface of the water equipped of an emergence trap for catching adults. The system was tested in actual field conditions. Its easy handling allowed obtaining data which demonstrated its applicability for assessing the development of the chironomids. Moreover, by adapting energy-based models (DEB) specifically developed in the laboratory for the species C. riparius, we were able to predict the growth pattern and the emergence of chironomids in real environmental conditions. The E-Board represents thus a promising new in situ tool in perspective of evaluation of the quality of the ecosystems.
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- Benoît J D Ferrari
- Swiss Centre for Applied Ecotoxicology Eawag/EPFL (Centre Ecotox), EPFL-ENAC-IIE-GE, Station 2, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; Irstea, UR MALY, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, BP 32108, 69626 Cedex, Villeurbanne, France.
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles, France; Irstea, UR MALY, Centre de Lyon-Villeurbanne, 5 rue de la Doua, BP 32108, 69626 Cedex, Villeurbanne, France
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Oliveira-Filho EC, Nakano E, Tallarico LDF. Bioassays with freshwater snailsBiomphalariasp.: from control of hosts in public health to alternative tools in ecotoxicology. INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2016.1276484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Eduardo Cyrino Oliveira-Filho
- Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia, Embrapa Cerrados, Planaltina, Brazil
- Faculdade de Ciências da Educação e Saúde, Centro Universitário de Brasília, UniCEUB, Brasília, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Parasitologia/Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Parasitologia/Malacologia, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, Brazil
- Faculdade Nossa Cidade, Estácio, Carapicuíba, Brazil
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Martínez-Paz P, Morales M, Sánchez-Argüello P, Morcillo G, Martínez-Guitarte JL. Cadmium in vivo exposure alters stress response and endocrine-related genes in the freshwater snail Physa acuta. New biomarker genes in a new model organism. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:1488-1497. [PMID: 27890585 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 10/05/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The freshwater snail Physa acuta is a sensitive organism to xenobiotics that is appropriate for toxicity testing. Cadmium (Cd) is a heavy metal with known toxic effects on several organisms, which include endocrine disruption and activation of the cellular stress responses. There is scarce genomic information on P. acuta; hence, in this work, we identify several genes related to the hormonal system, the stress response and the detoxification system to evaluate the effects of Cd. The transcriptional activity of the endocrine-related genes oestrogen receptor (ER), oestrogen-related receptor (ERR), and retinoid X receptor (RXR), the heat shock proteins genes hsp70 and hsp90 and a metallothionein (MT) gene was analysed in P. acuta exposed to Cd. In addition, the hsp70 and hsp90 genes were also evaluated after heat shock treatment. Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) analysis showed that Cd presence induced a significant increase in the mRNA levels of ER, ERR and RXR, suggesting a putative mode of action that could explain the endocrine disruptor activity of this heavy metal at the molecular level on Gastropoda. Moreover, the hsp70 gene was upregulated after 24-h Cd treatment, but the hsp90 gene expression was not affected. In contrast, the hsp70 and hsp90 genes were strongly upregulated during heat shock response. Finally, the MT gene expression showed a non-significant variability after Cd exposure. In conclusion, this study provides, for the first time, information about the effects of Cd on the endocrine system of Gastropoda at the molecular level and offers new putative biomarker genes that could be useful in ecotoxicological studies, risk assessment and bioremediation.
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- Pedro Martínez-Paz
- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain.
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología, Departamento de Medioambiente, Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Ctra. La Coruña km 7, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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- Grupo de Biología y Toxicología Ambiental, Departamento de Física Matemática y de Fluidos, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Reátegui-Zirena EG, Fidder BN, Salice CJ. A cost or a benefit? Counterintuitive effects of diet quality and cadmium in Lymnaea stagnalis. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2016; 25:1771-1781. [PMID: 27663695 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1720-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Diet quality can have a strong impact on organismal fitness although diet quality is infrequently considered as a factor in toxicity tests. The purpose of this study was to assess how diets differing in nutritional content affect sensitivity to Cd as measured by several sublethal responses related directly to bioenergetics. We evaluated feeding rate, growth rate, behavior and macronutrient content in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis exposed to Cd and fed two different diets. Hatchlings were fed either lettuce or high-caloric pellets, and exposed to 5, 10, and 20 µg/L Cd for 12 days. Length and weight were measured at the beginning and end of the test. The amount of food eaten and behavior were determined every two days. Total lipids, proteins and carbohydrates were biochemically measured at test end. For the second part of the study, snails were fed either lettuce or pellets for 2 weeks and then exposed to high challenge concentrations of Cd. Growth coefficients based on length and weight were significantly higher for snails fed pellets. In addition, snails exposed to Cd had significantly smaller growth coefficients than those in the control for both diets. Total carbohydrates and lipids were higher for snails fed pellets while the protein content was not significantly affected by Cd or diets. Even though snails fed pellets grew significantly faster, contrary to expectations they were significantly more sensitive to Cd compared to those fed lettuce. This study provides evidence that a bioenergetics-based approach can been used to better understand how diet can affect the ecotoxicity of chemical stressors to freshwater gastropods.
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- Evelyn G Reátegui-Zirena
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH), Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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Charles S, Ducrot V, Azam D, Benstead R, Brettschneider D, De Schamphelaere K, Filipe Goncalves S, Green JW, Holbech H, Hutchinson TH, Faber D, Laranjeiro F, Matthiessen P, Norrgren L, Oehlmann J, Reategui-Zirena E, Seeland-Fremer A, Teigeler M, Thome JP, Tobor Kaplon M, Weltje L, Lagadic L. Optimizing the design of a reproduction toxicity test with the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2016; 81:47-56. [PMID: 27461040 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2016.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This paper presents the results from two ring-tests addressing the feasibility, robustness and reproducibility of a reproduction toxicity test with the freshwater gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (RENILYS strain). Sixteen laboratories (from inexperienced to expert laboratories in mollusc testing) from nine countries participated in these ring-tests. Survival and reproduction were evaluated in L. stagnalis exposed to cadmium, tributyltin, prochloraz and trenbolone according to an OECD draft Test Guideline. In total, 49 datasets were analysed to assess the practicability of the proposed experimental protocol, and to estimate the between-laboratory reproducibility of toxicity endpoint values. The statistical analysis of count data (number of clutches or eggs per individual-day) leading to ECx estimation was specifically developed and automated through a free web-interface. Based on a complementary statistical analysis, the optimal test duration was established and the most sensitive and cost-effective reproduction toxicity endpoint was identified, to be used as the core endpoint. This validation process and the resulting optimized protocol were used to consolidate the OECD Test Guideline for the evaluation of reproductive effects of chemicals in L. stagnalis.
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- Sandrine Charles
- Univ Lyon, Université Lyon 1, UMR CNRS 5558, Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Évolutive, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France.
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre de Recherche de Rennes, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, F-35042 Rennes, France; Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Crop Science Division, BCS AG-R&D-D-EnSa-ETX-AQ, Alfred-Nobel Straße 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre de Recherche de Rennes, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, F-35042 Rennes, France
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- The Food and Environment Research Agency (now Fera Science Ltd), Sand Hutton, York, YO41 1LZ, United Kingdom
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- DuPont, PO Box 60, 1090 Elkton Road, DuPont Stine-Haskell Research Center, S315/1369 Newark, Delaware, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, 5230 Odense M, Denmark
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, United Kingdom
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- Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Crop Science Division, BCS AG-R&D-D-EnSa-ETX-AQ, Alfred-Nobel Straße 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Old School House, Brow Edge, Backbarrow, Ulverston, Cumbria LA128QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7028, Uppsala, S-750 07, Sweden
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- Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Department Aquatic Ecotoxicology, Max-von-Laue-Straße 13, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Department of Ecotoxicology, Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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- University of Liège, Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Ecotoxicity (LEAE-CART), Allée du 6 Août, 11, Sart-Tilman, Belgium
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- WIL Research, Department of In vitro and Environmental Toxicology, Ashland, United States
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- BASF SE, Crop Protection - Ecotoxicology, Speyerer Straße 2, D-67117 Limburgerhof, Germany
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- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre de Recherche de Rennes, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, F-35042 Rennes, France; Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Crop Science Division, BCS AG-R&D-D-EnSa-ETX-AQ, Alfred-Nobel Straße 50, D-40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany
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A Lymnaea stagnalis Embryo Test for Toxicity Bioindication of Acidification and Ammonia Pollution in Water. WATER 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/w8070295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Laranjeiro F, Sánchez-Marín P, Barros A, Galante-Oliveira S, Moscoso-Pérez C, Fernández-González V, Barroso C. Triphenyltin induces imposex in Nucella lapillus through an aphallic route. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2016; 175:127-131. [PMID: 27016628 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Triphenyltin (TPT) was used until recently as a biocide in antifouling systems and nowadays is still applied as an agriculture pesticide in some countries. This compound is known to cause imposex (the imposition of male characters in females of gastropod molluscs) in a very limited number of species, when compared with tributyltin (TBT), the universally recognized imposex-causing agent. In this study, we tested if TPT could induce imposex in females of the dog-whelk Nucella lapillus. Experimental groups of 40 females were injected with a volume of 2μL/g of soft tissue wet weight (ww) of one of the following treatments, using DMSO as a solvent carrier: DMSO (solvent control); 1μg/g ww of TBT (positive control); 0.2, 1 and 5μg/g ww of TPT and a non-injected group (negative control). Concentrations were confirmed in the organism tissues by means of chemical analyses of a pool of 10 specimens at T0 and then after the imposex analysis at T56days. After 8-week trial, results pointed out statistically significant differences between treatments, with both TPT and TBT positively inducing imposex. However, imposex development in TPT-injected females differed from that of TBT, since females that developed imposex presented an aphallic condition (no penis development) while the TBT-treated females developed standard imposex (with penis formation). These results suggest that TPT and TBT act differently in the sequential process of female masculinization, casting new insights about the hypothetical pathways underlying imposex development.
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- Filipe Laranjeiro
- Biology Department and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Biology Department and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal; Department of Animal Biology and Ecology, University of Vigo, E-36310 Vigo, Spain
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- Biology Department, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Biology Department and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Grupo Química Analítica Aplicada (QANAP), Instituto Universitario de Medio Ambiente (IUMA), Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Grupo Química Analítica Aplicada (QANAP), Instituto Universitario de Medio Ambiente (IUMA), Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidade da Coruña, Campus de A Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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- Biology Department and CESAM, University of Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Fidder BN, Reátegui-Zirena EG, Olson AD, Salice CJ. Energetic endpoints provide early indicators of life history effects in a freshwater gastropod exposed to the fungicide, pyraclostrobin. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 211:183-190. [PMID: 26766536 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 12/08/2015] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Organismal energetics provide important insights into the effects of environmental toxicants. We aimed to determine the effects of pyraclostrobin on Lymnaea stagnalis by examining energy allocation patterns and life history traits. Juvenile snails exposed to pyraclostrobin decreased feeding rate and increased apparent avoidance behaviors at environmentally relevant concentrations. In adults, we found that sublethal concentrations of pyraclostrobin did not affect reproductive output, however, there were significant effects on developmental endpoints with longer time to hatch and decreased hatching success in pyraclostrobin-exposed egg masses. Further, there were apparent differences in developmental effects depending on whether mothers were also exposed to pyraclostrobin suggesting this chemical can exert intergenerational effects. Pyraclostrobin also affected protein and carbohydrate content of eggs in mothers that were exposed to pyraclostrobin. Significant effects on macronutrient content of eggs occurred at lower concentrations than effects on gross endpoints such as hatching success and time to hatch suggesting potential value for these endpoints as early indicators of ecologically relevant stress. These results provide important insight into the effects of a common fungicide on important endpoints for organismal energetics and life history.
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- Bridgette N Fidder
- The Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- The Department of Environmental Toxicology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
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- Environmental Science and Studies Program, Psychology Bldg. Rm 210, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252, USA.
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Hallett KC, Atfield A, Comber S, Hutchinson TH. Developmental toxicity of metaldehyde in the embryos of Lymnaea stagnalis (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) co-exposed to the synergist piperonyl butoxide. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2016; 543:37-43. [PMID: 26575636 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2015] [Revised: 11/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/07/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Metaldehyde is a widely used molluscicide in countries where damage to crops from slugs and snails is a major problem associated with warm and wet winters. In the UK it is estimated that over 8% of the area covered by arable crops is treated with formulated granular bait pellets containing metaldehyde as the main active ingredient. Metaldehyde is hydrophilic (log Kow=0.12), water soluble (200 mg·L(-1) at 17 °C) and has been detected in UK surface waters in the concentration range of typically 0.2-0.6 μg·L(-1) (maximum 2.7 μg·L(-1)) during 2008-2011. In the absence of chronic data on potential hazards to non-target freshwater molluscs, a laboratory study was conducted to investigate the impact of metaldehyde on embryo development in the gastropod Lymnaea stagnalis (RENILYS strain) and using zinc as a positive control. L. stagnalis embryos were exposed to metaldehyde under semi-static conditions at 20±1 °C and hatching success and growth (measured as shell height and intraocular distance) examined after 21 d. Exposure concentrations were verified using HPLC and gave 21 d (hatching)NOEC and (hatching)LOEC mean measured values of 36 and 116 mg MET·L(-1), respectively (equal to the 21 d (shell height)NOEC and (shell height)LOEC values). For basic research purposes, a second group of L. stagnalis embryos was co-exposed to metaldehyde and the pesticide synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO). Co-exposure to the PBO (measured concentrations between 0.47-0.56 mg·L(-1)) reduced hatching success from 100% to 47% and resulted in a 30% reduction in embryo growth (shell height) in snail embryos co-exposed to metaldehyde at 34-36 mg·L(-1) over 21 d. In conclusion, these data suggest mollusc embryos may have some metabolic detoxication capacity for metaldehyde and further work is warranted to explore this aspect in order to support the recent initiative to include molluscs in the OECD test guideline programme.
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- Katrina C Hallett
- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.
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Côte J, Bouétard A, Pronost Y, Besnard AL, Coke M, Piquet F, Caquet T, Coutellec MA. Genetic variation of Lymnaea stagnalis tolerance to copper: A test of selection hypotheses and its relevance for ecological risk assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2015; 205:209-217. [PMID: 26074162 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.05.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2015] [Revised: 05/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The use of standardized monospecific testing to assess the ecological risk of chemicals implicitly relies on the strong assumption that intraspecific variation in sensitivity is negligible or irrelevant in this context. In this study, we investigated genetic variation in copper sensitivity of the freshwater snail Lymnaea stagnalis, using lineages stemming from eight natural populations or strains found to be genetically differentiated at neutral markers. Copper-induced mortality varied widely among populations, as did the estimated daily death rate and time to 50% mortality (LT50). Population genetic divergence in copper sensitivity was compared to neutral differentiation using the QST-FST approach. No evidence for homogenizing selection could be detected. This result demonstrates that species-level extrapolations from single population studies are highly unreliable. The study provides a simple example of how evolutionary principles could be incorporated into ecotoxicity testing in order to refine ecological risk assessment.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jessica Côte
- INRA, UMR0985 INRA/Agrocampus-Ouest ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR0985 INRA/Agrocampus-Ouest ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France
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- INRA, UMR0985 INRA/Agrocampus-Ouest ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France
| | - Maïra Coke
- INRA, Experimental Unit U3E, Rennes, France
| | | | - Thierry Caquet
- INRA, UMR0985 INRA/Agrocampus-Ouest ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France
| | - Marie-Agnès Coutellec
- INRA, UMR0985 INRA/Agrocampus-Ouest ESE Ecology and Ecosystem Health, Rennes, France.
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