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Machikhin A, Guryleva A, Chakraborty A, Khokhlov D, Selyukov A, Shuman L, Bukova V, Efremova E, Rudenko E, Burlakov A. Microscopic photoplethysmography-based evaluation of cardiotoxicity in whitefish larvae induced by acute exposure to cadmium and phenol. JOURNAL OF BIOPHOTONICS 2024:e202400111. [PMID: 39031962 DOI: 10.1002/jbio.202400111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/22/2024]
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Toxic environmental pollutants pose a health risk for both humans and animals. Accumulation of industrial contaminants in freshwater fish may become a significant threat to biodiversity. Comprehensive monitoring of the impact of environmental stressors on fish functional systems is important and use of non-invasive tools that can detect the presence of these toxicants in vivo is desirable. The blood circulatory system, by virtue of its sensitivity to the external stimuli, could be an informative indicator of chemical exposure. In this study, microscopic photoplethysmography-based approach was used to investigate the cardiac activity in broad whitefish larvae (Coregonus nasus) under acute exposure to cadmium and phenol. We identified contamination-induced abnormalities in the rhythms of the ventricle and atrium. Our results allow introducing additional endpoints to evaluate the cardiac dysfunction in fish larvae and contribute to the non-invasive evaluation of the toxic effects of industrial pollutants on bioaccumulation and aquatic life.
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- Alexander Machikhin
- Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Genetics & Cancer, Nitte University Centre for Science Education & Research, Nitte (Deemed to be University), Mangalore, India
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- Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Tyumen State University, Laboratory AquaBioSafe, Tyumen, Russia
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- Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Scientific and Technological Center of Unique Instrumentation of Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Department of Ichthyology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Jamil Emon F, Rohani MF, Sumaiya N, Tuj Jannat MF, Akter Y, Shahjahan M, Abdul Kari Z, Tahiluddin AB, Goh KW. Bioaccumulation and Bioremediation of Heavy Metals in Fishes-A Review. TOXICS 2023; 11:510. [PMID: 37368610 DOI: 10.3390/toxics11060510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 03/06/2023] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023]
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Heavy metals, the most potent contaminants of the environment, are discharged into the aquatic ecosystems through the effluents of several industries, resulting in serious aquatic pollution. This type of severe heavy metal contamination in aquaculture systems has attracted great attention throughout the world. These toxic heavy metals are transmitted into the food chain through their bioaccumulation in different tissues of aquatic species and have aroused serious public health concerns. Heavy metal toxicity negatively affects the growth, reproduction, and physiology of fish, which is threatening the sustainable development of the aquaculture sector. Recently, several techniques, such as adsorption, physio-biochemical, molecular, and phytoremediation mechanisms have been successfully applied to reduce the toxicants in the environment. Microorganisms, especially several bacterial species, play a key role in this bioremediation process. In this context, the present review summarizes the bioaccumulation of different heavy metals into fishes, their toxic effects, and possible bioremediation techniques to protect the fishes from heavy metal contamination. Additionally, this paper discusses existing strategies to bioremediate heavy metals from aquatic ecosystems and the scope of genetic and molecular approaches for the effective bioremediation of heavy metals.
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- Farhan Jamil Emon
- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Aquaculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, Bangladesh
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- Laboratory of Fish Ecophysiology, Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
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- Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli 17600, Malaysia
- Advanced Livestock and Aquaculture Research Group, Faculty of Agro-Based Industry, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli 17600, Malaysia
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- College of Fisheries, Mindanao State University-Tawi-Tawi College of Technology and Oceanography, Sanga-Sanga, Bongao 7500, Philippines
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- Faculty of Data Science and Information Technology, INTI International University, Nilai 71800, Malaysia
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Filipović Marijić V, Krasnići N, Valić D, Kapetanović D, Vardić Smrzlić I, Jordanova M, Rebok K, Ramani S, Kostov V, Nastova R, Dragun Z. Pollution impact on metal and biomarker responses in intestinal cytosol of freshwater fish. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2023; 30:63510-63521. [PMID: 37055686 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-26844-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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In the present study, essential and nonessential metal content and biomarker responses were investigated in the intestine of fish collected from the areas polluted by mining. Our objective was to determine metal and biomarker levels in tissue responsible for dietary intake, which is rarely studied in water pollution research. The study was conducted in the Bregalnica River, reference location, and in the Zletovska and Kriva Rivers (the Republic of North Macedonia), which are directly influenced by the active mines Zletovo and Toranica, respectively. Biological responses were analyzed in Vardar chub (Squalius vardarensis; Karaman, 1928), using for the first time intestinal cytosol as a potentially toxic cell fraction, since metal sensitivity is mostly associated with cytosol. Cytosolic metal levels were higher in fish under the influence of mining (Tl, Li, Cs, Mo, Sr, Cd, Rb, and Cu in the Zletovska River and Cr, Pb, and Se in the Kriva River compared to the Bregalnica River in both seasons). The same trend was evident for total proteins, biomarkers of general stress, and metallothioneins, biomarkers of metal exposure, indicating cellular disturbances in the intestine, the primary site of dietary metal uptake. The association of cytosolic Cu and Cd at all locations pointed to similar pathways and homeostasis of these metallothionein-binding metals. Comparison with other indicator tissues showed that metal concentrations were higher in the intestine of fish from mining-affected areas than in the liver and gills. In general, these results indicated the importance of dietary metal pathways, and cytosolic metal fraction in assessing pollution impacts in freshwater ecosystems.
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- Vlatka Filipović Marijić
- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400, Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department for Cytology, Histology, and Embryology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Arhimedova 3, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Department for Cytology, Histology, and Embryology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Arhimedova 3, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Department for Ecology, Hydrometeorological Service, 18 Skupi, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Institute of Animal Science, Bul. Ilinden, 92A, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Institute of Animal Science, Bul. Ilinden, 92A, Skopje, 1000, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Division for Marine and Environmental Research, Ruđer Bošković Institute, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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Filice M, Reinero FR, Cerra MC, Faggio C, Leonetti FL, Micarelli P, Giglio G, Sperone E, Barca D, Imbrogno S. Contamination by Trace Elements and Oxidative Stress in the Skeletal Muscle of Scyliorhinus canicula from the Central Tyrrhenian Sea. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12020524. [PMID: 36830082 PMCID: PMC9952106 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12020524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 02/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
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Marine pollution, due to the regular discharge of contaminants by various anthropogenic sources, is a growing problem that imposes detrimental influences on natural species. Sharks, because of a diet based on smaller polluted animals, are exposed to the risk of water contamination and the subsequent bioaccumulation and biomagnification. Trace elements are very diffuse water pollutants and able to induce oxidative stress in a variety of marine organisms. However, to date, studies on sharks are rather scarce and often limited to mercury. In this context, the present study aimed to analyze the accumulation of trace elements and their putative correlation with the onset of an oxidative status in the muscle of the lesser spotted dogfish Scyliorhinus canicula, from the Central Mediterranean Sea. Ecotoxicological analysis detected the presence of Pb, As, Cd, Mn, Zn, Ni, Cu, and Fe; no significant differences were observed between sexes, while a negative correlation was found between Pb and animal length. Analysis of oxidative stress markers showed either positive or negative correlation with respect to the presence of trace elements. Lipid peroxidation (TBARS) positively correlated with Zn, Ni, and Fe; SOD enzyme activity negatively correlated with Cu and Ni; LDH was negatively correlated with Fe and positively correlated with Pb. Moreover, positive correlations between the leukocyte count and Mn and Zn, as well as with LDH activity, were also observed. The data suggested that, in sharks, trace elements accumulation may affect oxidant and antioxidant processes with important outcomes for their physiology and health.
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- Mariacristina Filice
- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Sharks Studies Center—Scientific Institute, 58024 Massa Marittima, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy
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Investigation on Immune-Related Protein (Heat Shock Proteins and Metallothionein) Gene Expression Changes and Liver Histopathology in Cadmium-Stressed Fish. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2022; 2022:2075791. [PMID: 35968242 PMCID: PMC9365607 DOI: 10.1155/2022/2075791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2022] [Accepted: 07/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Heat shock proteins (HSP) are highly conserved in their structure and released in case of stress. Increased metallothionein (MT) synthesis is associated with increased capacity for binding heavy metals. Healthy juveniles of grass carp were exposed to sublethal dose (1.495 mg L−1) of cadmium for 28 days. Simultaneously, a control group was also run to compare difference of total RNA expression levels in cadmium-treated and control groups. The cadmium levels in the tissues of treated fish recorded were 1.78 ± 0.10 mg L−1, 1.60 ± 0.04 mg L−1, and 2.00 ± 0.05 mg L−1, respectively. Several histological alterations including edema, hemorrhage, dilated sinusoids, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, congestion of central vein, and nuclear alterations were observed in cadmium-exposed fish. Stress gene (metallothionein and heat shock proteins) mRNA transcription levels were studied by mRNA extraction and cDNA preparation by using PCR. The expression level of heat shock protein gene was higher as compared to metallothionein and beta-2-microglobulin gene after cadmium exposure. This study reports various stress-related immune-responsive changes of immune proteins, heat shock proteins, metallothionein, and histopathological changes in fish due to cadmium toxicity that make the fish immunocompromised which may be considered as the biomarkers of cadmium toxicity in other experimental species.
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Spilsbury F, Foysal MJ, Tay A, Gagnon MM. Gut Microbiome as a Potential Biomarker in Fish: Dietary Exposure to Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Metals, Metabolic Functions and Cytokine Expression in Juvenile Lates calcarifer. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:827371. [PMID: 35942316 PMCID: PMC9356228 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.827371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The gut microbiome of fish contains core taxa whose relative abundances are modulated in response to diet, environmental factors, and exposure to toxicogenic chemicals, influencing the health of the host fish. Recent advances in genomics and metabolomics have suggested the potential of microbiome analysis as a biomarker for exposure to toxicogenic compounds. In this 35-day laboratory study, 16S RNA sequencing and multivariate analysis were used to explore changes in the gut microbiome of juvenile Lates calcarifer exposed to dietary sub-lethal doses of three metals: vanadium (20 mg/kg), nickel (480 mg/kg), and iron (470 mg/kg), and to two oils: bunker C heavy fuel oil (HFO) (1% w/w) and Montara, a typical Australian medium crude oil (ACO) (1% w/w). Diversity of the gut microbiome was significantly reduced compared to negative controls in fish exposed to metals, but not petroleum hydrocarbons. The core taxa in the microbiome of negative control fish comprised phyla Proteobacteria (62%), Firmicutes (7%), Planctomycetes (3%), Actinobacteria (2%), Bacteroidetes (1%), and others (25%). Differences in the relative abundances of bacterial phyla of metal-exposed fish were pronounced, with the microbiome of Ni-, V-, and Fe-exposed fish dominated by Proteobacteria (81%), Firmicutes (68%), and Bacteroidetes (48%), respectively. The genus Photobacterium was enriched proportionally to the concentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in oil-exposed fish. The probiotic lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus was significantly reduced in the microbiota of fish exposed to metals. Transcription of cytokines IL-1, IL-10, and TNF-a was significantly upregulated in fish exposed to metals but unchanged in oil-exposed fish compared to negative controls. However, IL-7 was significantly downregulated in fish exposed to V, Ni, Fe, and HFOs. Fish gut microbiome exhibits distinctive changes in response to specific toxicants and shows potential for use as biomarkers of exposure to V, Ni, Fe, and to PAHs present in crude oil.
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- Francis Spilsbury
- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
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- Helicobacter Research Laboratory, The Marshall Centre, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Harrison CE, Knupp CK, Brenden TO, Ebener M, Loch TP. First isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum from wild adult Great Lakes lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis). JOURNAL OF FISH DISEASES 2022; 45:1023-1032. [PMID: 35466417 PMCID: PMC9323434 DOI: 10.1111/jfd.13626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis; LWF) is an economically and ecologically valuable native species to the Great Lakes, but recent declines in their recruitment have generated significant concern about their future viability. Although studies have sought to identify factors contributing to declining recruitment, the potential role(s) of infectious diseases has not been thoroughly investigated. In 2018 and 2019, adult LWF were collected from Lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron for clinical examination and bacteriological analyses. Herein, we describe the first isolation of Flavobacterium psychrophilum, aetiological agent of bacterial coldwater disease (BCWD) and rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS), from systemically infected adult LWF. Bacterial isolates were yellow-orange, Gram-negative, filamentous bacilli that were oxidase and catalase positive, and produced a flexirubin-type pigment in 3% potassium hydroxide. Isolate identity was confirmed via F. psychrophilum-specific PCR, and multilocus sequence typing revealed three new singleton sequence types (STs) that were distinct from all previously described F. psychrophilum STs. The prevalence of F. psychrophilum infections was 3.3, 1.7, and 0.0% in Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron respectively. Findings illustrate the potential for F. psychrophilum to cause systemic infections in adult LWF and highlight the need for future studies to investigate the bacterium's potential role in declining LWF recruitment.
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- Courtney E. Harrison
- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeCollege of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeCollege of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeQuantitative Fisheries CenterMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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- The Fresh Lake Whitefish CompanySault Sainte MarieMichiganUSA
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- Department of Fisheries and WildlifeCollege of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
- Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic InvestigationCollege of Veterinary MedicineMichigan State UniversityEast LansingMichiganUSA
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Alberto A, Francesco C, Atzei A, Andrea S, Francesco P, Carla L, Mariateresa R. Heavy metal and metalloid accumulation in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta L., 1758 complex, Osteichthyes: Salmonidae) from a mountain stream in Sardinia by ICP-OES. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2021; 193:448. [PMID: 34173864 PMCID: PMC8236055 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-021-09204-w] [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: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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This paper reports heavy metal and metalloid accumulation in wild brown trout (Salmo trutta L., 1758 complex) raised in freshwater and uncontaminated Sardinia system (Italy). Metals are widespread pollutants of aquatic systems, and their contamination can originate from anthropogenic activities such as industrial waste, agricultural and domestic environments, and geochemical release. Fish has a relevant position within the human diet; moreover, fishes can accumulate metals, making them a valuable tool as biomarkers for risk assessment studies. The concentration of 22 metals and metalloids after chemical digestion was assessed by inductively coupled plasma-optic emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES) in both the guts and the edible part (EP, muscle + skin) of brown trout. The results, expressed as μg g-1, showed different levels of accumulation in the EP and guts, following the series Cu > Zn > Ba > Al > Sr > Fe > Pb and Fe > Al > Hg > As > Mn > Cu > Ba > B > Zn > Pb, respectively. PCA analysis showed a fairly good correlation between the total lipid and SAFA content and Cd, Hg, and Pb accumulation in the gut. Non-carcinogenic risk assessment, expressed as THQ (target hazard quotient), showed values far below 1 for all metals in muscles, while high As and Hg contamination of the gut draws attention to possible health risks which should be discarded from the fish before consumption. TR (target cancer risk) values showed alarmingly high values for As and Cd when the fish were consumed entirely (gut + EP), while Pb levels were far below the safety levels.
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- Angioni Alberto
- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chemical Food Analysis Laboratory, University of Cagliari, University Campus of Monserrato S.S. 554, Sestu. S.P. Monserrato, Bivio Monserrato Sestu Km 0, 700, Monserrato, Italy.
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chemical Food Analysis Laboratory, University of Cagliari, University Campus of Monserrato S.S. 554, Sestu. S.P. Monserrato, Bivio Monserrato Sestu Km 0, 700, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chemical Food Analysis Laboratory, University of Cagliari, University Campus of Monserrato S.S. 554, Sestu. S.P. Monserrato, Bivio Monserrato Sestu Km 0, 700, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Sustainable Development and Management of Marine and Freshwater Resources, University of Cagliari, via Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Sustainable Development and Management of Marine and Freshwater Resources, University of Cagliari, via Fiorelli 1, 09126, Cagliari, Italy
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- Department of Life and Environmental Science, Chemical Food Analysis Laboratory, University of Cagliari, University Campus of Monserrato S.S. 554, Sestu. S.P. Monserrato, Bivio Monserrato Sestu Km 0, 700, Monserrato, Italy
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- Department of Agricultural Science, Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Località Feo di Vito, 89122, Reggio Calabria (RC), Italy
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Baptista M, Figueiredo C, Azevedo OM, Pina Rodrigues MT, Costa T, Santos MT, Queiroz N, Rosa R, Raimundo J. Tissue and gender-related differences in the elemental composition of juvenile ocean sunfish (Mola spp.). CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 272:129131. [PMID: 33592516 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.129131] [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: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Trace elements are potentially critical contaminants of aquatic environments and fish, occupying upper trophic levels, are especially vulnerable to bioaccumulation. Due to public health concerns, however, data on the elemental composition of non-commercially important marine species are particularly lacking. Ocean sunfish (Mola spp.) attain a low commercial value worldwide and information on their elemental composition is limited. In this context, we examined the concentration of 11 trace elements (V, Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Cd and Pb) in eight tissues [brain, gills, gelatin (subcutaneous white gelatinous layer), gonads, spleen, liver, white muscle and red muscle] of 20 juvenile specimens (37.5-85.5 cm TL). Gender-related differences were solely found in the gonads and chiefly for essential elements possibly as a result of their importance in embryo development. Overall, Zn and As were the elements observed in greatest concentrations in body tissues. The considerably high presence of As should be related to the dietary preferences of juvenile ocean sunfish. Considerable inter-individual variability in the concentration of each element in any given tissue was observed, especially in the liver, likely originating from the inclusion of both benthic and pelagic prey in the diet of analysed fish. Greatest elemental loads were found in the liver and gills whereas lowest loads were observed in white muscle, brain and gelatin. Moreover, a clear distinction in elemental load and elemental composition was observed between white and red muscles, likely deriving from existing divergent metabolism-related physiological adaptations linked to their different roles in locomotion.
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- Miguel Baptista
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora Do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal; Division of Oceanography and Marine Environment, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Doutor Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1495-165, Algés, Portugal; CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade Do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora Do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal; Division of Oceanography and Marine Environment, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Doutor Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1495-165, Algés, Portugal.
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- Division of Oceanography and Marine Environment, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Doutor Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1495-165, Algés, Portugal.
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- Division of Aquaculture and Seafood Upgrading, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Doutor Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1495-165, Algés, Portugal.
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade Do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora Do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal.
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- Division of Oceanography and Marine Environment, IPMA - Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere, Av. Doutor Alfredo Magalhães Ramalho, 6, 1495-165, Algés, Portugal.
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Bhandari U, Arulkumar A, Ganeshkumar A, Paramasivam S, Rajaram R, Miranda JM. Metal accumulation and biomineralisation of coastal and mangrove-associated molluscs of Palk Bay, Southeastern India. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2021; 167:112259. [PMID: 33839569 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112259] [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: 01/02/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The present study aimed to determine metal accumulation levels in tissue and biomineralisation in shells of 20 species of molluscs (13 gastropods and 7 bivalves) from Palk Bay, India. In most cases, metal concentrations in the tissues were higher than in the shells of the same species collected from same location, meaning that in many cases biomineralisation factors of metal ratios were <1. The highest biomineralisation factor for Cd was detected in Melampus sincaporensis (3.72 ± 0.1) from the Thondi mangrove, for Pb in Cerithidea cingulata (2.51 ± 0.17) from the Vattanam mangrove, for Cu in Melampus sincaporensis (0.88 ± 0.2) from the Thondi mangrove, and for Zn in Cerithidea cingulata (0.93 ± 0.3) from the Devipattinam mangrove. In most cases, metal concentrations were higher than reported in previous studies but were within the maximum limits stated by national and international regulatory agencies. Variations in the biomineralisation factor of metal ratios among the molluscan species likely stems from variations in bioaccumulation efficiency, selectivity of individual organisms, and availability of metals in the mangrove and coastal environments.
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- Uttra Bhandari
- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, School of Marine Sciences, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Achariya Arts and Science College (Affiliated to Pondicherry University), Villianur, Puducherry 605 110, India
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Department of Oceanography and Coastal Area Studies, School of Marine Sciences, Alagappa University, Science Campus, Karaikudi 630 003, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli 620024, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Departamento de QuímicaAnalítica, Nutrición y Bromatología, Facultade de Veterinaria, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Pabellón 4, Planta Baja, 27002 Lugo, Spain
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Salam MA, Paul SC, Zain RAMM, Bhowmik S, Nath MR, Siddiqua SA, Aka TD, Iqbal MA, Kadir WR, Ahamad RB, Khaleque MA, Rak AE, Amin MFM. Trace metals contamination potential and health risk assessment of commonly consumed fish of Perak River, Malaysia. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0241320. [PMID: 33104734 PMCID: PMC7588088 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The rapid growth of industrial and agricultural activities in Malaysia are leading to the impairment of most of the rivers in recent years through realising various trace metals. This leads to toxicity, particularly when the toxic has entered the food chain. Perak River is one of the most dynamic rivers for the Malaysian population. Therefore, in consideration of the safety issue, this study was conducted to assess the concentration of such metals (Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Pb) in the muscles of most widely consumed fish species (Barbonymus schwanenfeldii, Puntius bulum, Puntius daruphani, Hexanematichthys sagor, Channa striatus, Mystacoleucus marginatus, and Devario regina) from different locations of Perak River, Malaysia by employing inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES). Among the trace metals, Fe and Cd were found to be the highest (29.33–148.01 μg/g) and lowest (0.16–0.49 μg/g) concentration in all of the studied species, respectively. Although the estimated daily intakes (μg/kg/day) of Cd (0.65–0.85), Fe (79.27–352.00) and Pb (0.95–12.17) were higher than their reference, the total target hazard quotients values suggested that the local residents would not experience any adverse health effects from its consumption. In contrast, the target cancer risk value suggested that all fish species posed a potential cancer risk due to Cd and cumulative cancer risk values, strongly implying that continuous consumption of studied fish species would cause cancer development to its consumers.
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- Mohammed Abdus Salam
- Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
- Faculty of Earth Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Department of Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali, Bangladesh
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- Forest Biotechnology Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia
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- Forest Biotechnology Division, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia
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- School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Faculty of Earth Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
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- Faculty of Earth Science, University Malaysia Kelantan, Jeli Campus, Jeli, Kelantan, Malaysia
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Sun Z, Gong C, Ren J, Zhang X, Wang G, Liu Y, Ren Y, Zhao Y, Yu Q, Wang Y, Hou J. Toxicity of nickel and cobalt in Japanese flounder. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114516. [PMID: 32283401 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Nickel and cobalt are essential elements that become toxic at high concentrations. Little is known about nickel and cobalt toxicity in aquatic animals. This study aimed to investigate acute and chronic toxicity of nickel and cobalt in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceous), with emphasis on oxidative stress reactions, histopathological changes, and differences in gene expression. The lethal concentration for 50% mortality (LC50) in 3 and 8 cm Japanese flounder exposed to nickel for 96 h was found to be 86.2 ± 0.018 and 151.3 ± 0.039 mg/L; for cobalt exposure, LC50 was 47.5 ± 0.015 and 180.4 ± 0.034 mg/L, respectively. Chronic nickel and cobalt exposure caused different degrees of oxidative enzyme activity changes in gill, liver, and muscle tissues. Erythrocyte deformations were detected after acute or chronic exposure to nickel and cobalt. the nickel and cobalt exposure also caused pathological changes such as spherical swelling over other gill patches, rod-like proliferations in the gill patch epithelial cell layer, and disorder in hepatocyte arrangement, cell swelling, and cytoplasm loosening. RNA-Seq indicated that there were 184 upregulated and 185 downregulated genes in the liver of Japanese flounder exposed to 15 mg/L nickel for 28 d. For cobalt, 920 upregulated and 457 downregulated genes were detected. Among these differentially expressed genes, 162 were shared by both nickel and cobalt exposure. In both nickel and cobalt, pathways including fatty acid elongation, steroid biosynthesis, unsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis, fatty acid metabolism, PPAR signaling, and ferroptosis were significantly enriched. Taken together, these results aided our understanding of the toxicity of nickel and cobalt in aquatic animals.
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- Zhaohui Sun
- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100141, China; Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Ocean Collage, Agricultural University of Hebei, Qinhuangdao, 066009, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Genomics, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, 100141, China; Beidaihe Central Experiment Station, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, Qinhuangdao, 066100, China.
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Accumulation of toxic elements in an invasive crayfish species (Procambarus clarkii) and its health risk assessment to humans. J Food Compost Anal 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Roda JFB, Lauer MM, Risso WE, Bueno Dos Reis Martinez C. Microplastics and copper effects on the neotropical teleost Prochilodus lineatus: Is there any interaction? Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2020; 242:110659. [PMID: 31962140 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2020.110659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2019] [Revised: 01/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Microplastics (MP) are emerging contaminants widely found in aquatic ecosystems. In addition to MP toxicity itself, there is increasing concern about the MP adsorption capacity and the interactive effects with other contaminants, such as copper. The objective of this research was to investigate the effects of polyethylene microplastic and its association with copper (Cu) in genotoxic, biochemical, and physiological biomarkers of the neotropical teleost Prochilodus lineatus. Fish were exposed for 24 and 96 h to MP (20 μg L-1) and Cu (10 μg L-1) and MP + Cu. The results showed that MP and Cu, both isolated and in combination, promoted DNA damage in erythrocytes (96 h) and liver cells (24 and 96 h) indicating that MP and Cu are genotoxic. Fish exposed only to Cu (96 h) showed a decrease in lipid peroxidation in the liver despite of the decrease in glutathione content, indicating the efficiency of other antioxidant defenses. Brain acetylcholinesterase was inhibited in the animals from all the treatments. Although MP did not influence on Cu accumulation in tissues, decreased plasma Na+ and Ca2+ (24 h) occurred after the exposure to MP and Cu, isolated and combined. Exposure to MP and MP + Cu resulted in decreased activity of Ca2+-ATPase (24 h). Taken altogether, these results showed that MP and Cu depicted genotoxic, neurotoxic, and physiological effects on P. lineatus, both alone and combined. An interaction between Cu and MP was observed in plasma Ca2+, where the combination of both contaminants caused a greater effect than the contaminants alone.
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- Jéssica Fernanda Bernardes Roda
- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Martínez-Martínez MI, Muñoz-Fambuena I, Cauli O. Neurotransmitters and Behavioral Alterations Induced by Nickel Exposure. Endocr Metab Immune Disord Drug Targets 2019; 20:985-991. [PMID: 31789138 DOI: 10.2174/1871530319666191202141209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2019] [Revised: 03/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nickel ions (Ni2+) are a heavy metal with wide industrial uses. Environmental and occupational exposures to Ni are potential risk factors for brain dysfunction and behavioral and neurological symptoms in humans. METHODS We reviewed the current evidence about neurochemical and behavioral alterations associated with Ni exposure in laboratory animals and humans. RESULTS Ni2+ exposure can alter (both inhibition and stimulation) dopamine release and inhibit glutamate NMDA receptors. Few reports claim an effect of Ni2+ at the level of GBA and serotonin neurotransmission. At behavioral levels, exposure to Ni2+ in rodents alters motor activity, learning and memory as well as anxiety and depressive-like symptoms. However, no analysis of the dose-dependent relationship has been carried out regarding these effects and the levels of the Ni2+ in the brain, in blood or urine. CONCLUSION Further research is needed to correlate the concentration of Ni2+ in biological fluids with specific symptoms/deficits. Future studies addressing the impact of Ni2+ under environmental or occupational exposure should consider the administration protocols to find Ni2+ levels similar in the general population or occupationally exposed workers.
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- Department of Nursing, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Baptista M, Azevedo O, Figueiredo C, Paula JR, Santos MT, Queiroz N, Rosa R, Raimundo J. Body size and season influence elemental composition of tissues in ocean sunfish Mola mola juveniles. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 223:714-722. [PMID: 30802837 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2018] [Revised: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The effects of body size and season on the elemental composition of ocean sunfish Mola mola were assessed for the first time. A total of 57 by-caught juvenile specimens measuring between 31.8 and 120.3 cm were sampled in spring and autumn. Concentrations of trace elements (three essential - Co, Cu, Zn, and three non-essential - As, Cd, Pb) were determined in five body tissues [gills, gelatin (subcutaneous white gelatinous layer), liver, white muscle and red muscle]. Elemental composition of M. mola tissues was found to vary with both body size and season. When an effect of size was verified, the most common trend was a decrease in elemental levels with increasing fish size, most likely deriving from the fast growth rate of this fish (i.e. dilution effect) and the occurrence of an ontogenetic shift in dietary preferences. Differently, Zn levels increased with fish size in both gills and red muscle, potentially deriving from a greater physiological need in those tissues as fish grow. Seasonal differences in trace element levels were observed for approximately half of the studied cases (tissue/trace element) with greater elemental concentrations being mostly found in autumn. Such pattern was most obvious in liver tissue, presumably resulting from a greater dietary elemental uptake in the end of summer/autumn. A general absence of seasonal differences was observed in the gills, white muscle and red muscle. Interestingly, a trend of enhanced concentrations in spring was observed for gelatin, potentially deriving from past long-term differences in exposure to trace elements.
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- Miguel Baptista
- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal; Divisão de Oceanografia Ambiental e Bioprospecção, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal; CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.
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- Divisão de Oceanografia Ambiental e Bioprospecção, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal; Divisão de Oceanografia Ambiental e Bioprospecção, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- Divisão de Aquacultura e Valorização, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Laboratório Marítimo da Guia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Nossa Senhora do Cabo, 939, 2750-374, Cascais, Portugal
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- Divisão de Oceanografia Ambiental e Bioprospecção, IPMA - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, Av. Brasília, 1449-006, Lisboa, Portugal
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Erdoğan K, Kandemir Ş, Doğru MI, Doğru A, Şimşek I, Yılmaz S, Örün G, Altaş L, Yazıcıoğlu O, Korkmaz N, Örün I. The effects of seasonal heavy-metal pollution of Ladik Lake on pike fish (Esox lucius). BIOL RHYTHM RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2019.1607215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Kenan Erdoğan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Technical Sciences Vocational School, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Technical Sciences Vocational School, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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A A, R N, K P, Bing CH, R R. Human health risk assessment and bioaccumulation of trace metals in fish species collected from the Miri coast, Sarawak, Borneo. MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN 2018; 133:655-663. [PMID: 30041362 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2018] [Revised: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The concentrations of nine trace metals (Cr, Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Rb, Cd, and Pb) were measured in different tissues of two pelagic and five demersal fish species collected from the Miri coast, Sarawak. The sequence of accumulation of trace metals in different tissues were: liver > gill > gonad > muscle. Zn (301.00 μg g-1) and Cd (0.10 μg g-1) was the maximum and minimum accumulated elements. According to the Hazard Index calculation, none of the elements will pose any adverse health effects to humans for both ingestion rates (normal and habitual fish consumers) proposed by USEPA, except for Pb and Cd in certain fish species. On the basis of the results, the level of elements in the edible muscle tissues of all the analyzed fish species from the Miri coast are below the maximum permissible limits of Malaysian and International seafood guideline values and safe for consumers.
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- Anandkumar A
- Curtin Malaysia Research Institute, Curtin University, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Sarawak, Malaysia; Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Sarawak, Malaysia.
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- Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Applied Geology, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Science, Curtin University, CDT 250, Miri 98009, Sarawak, Malaysia
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- Department of Marine Science, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu 620024, India
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Jabeen G, Manzoor F, Javid A, Azmat H, Arshad M, Fatima S. Evaluation of Fish Health Status and Histopathology in Gills and Liver Due to Metal Contaminated Sediments Exposure. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2018; 100:492-501. [PMID: 29450571 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-018-2295-7] [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: 08/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/07/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Health status of freshwater fish, Cirrhina mrigala was studied by qualitative and quantitative histopathological analysis, alterations in frequency/prevalence percentages (%) and histological alteration indices (HAI) in response to metal contaminated sediments of the River Ravi aquatic ecosystem. Histo-structures of gill and liver samples of fish were analyzed and comparison between the degree of damage of the alterations in fish organs was performed after exposure to metal contaminated sediments for 7, 14 and 28 days under semi-static water renewal bioassays. Histopathological studies revealed marked histological alterations in the gills and liver of exposed fish as compared to normal tissue structure observed in control fish. The frequency and prevalence percentages observed in 28-day exposed fish were significantly higher as compared to 7- and 14-day exposed fish. The order of frequency and prevalence percentage for gills and liver of exposed fish was as: 28-day > 14-day > 7-day. The highest prevalence percentages recorded were 83 and 80% as focal area of necrosis in gill and liver, respectively, after 28-day exposure. The lowest prevalence percentage observed in 7-day exposed Cirrhina mrigala was dilation of sinusoids (17%).
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- Ghazala Jabeen
- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan.
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- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Zoology, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
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Wu Z, Xu Y, Cai M, Cheng SY, Chen H, Huang D, Chen K, Lin Y, Li T, Liu M, Deng H, Ni M, Ke H. Metals in Fishes from Yongshu Island, Southern South China Sea: Human Health Risk Assessment. J Toxicol 2017; 2017:2458293. [PMID: 29201049 PMCID: PMC5672128 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2458293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In order to assess the bioaccumulation of metals associated with gender, tissues, and their potential ecological risk, four species of fish were collected from the Yongshu Island in the Southern South China Sea. Metals and stable Pb isotopes in their tissues (muscle, gill, liver, intestine, and ovary) were determined. The concentrations of metals (mg/kg, dry weight) in these species were ND-21.60 (Cd), 1.21-4.87 (Cr), 0.42-22.4 (Cu), 1.01-51.8 (Mn), 0.30-3.28 (Ni), 6.04-1.29 × 103 (Zn), 14.89-1.40 × 103 (Fe), and 0.22-3.36 (Pb). In general, the liver and intestine absorbed more metals than the other tissues. Metals accumulation can be influenced by gender and feeding behavior and in fact, female fish and dietary exposure are more prone to accumulate metals. In addition, Pb isotopic ratios indicated that all species had significant biological fractionation, which may not make them good tracers for source identification. The metal concentrations of most samples were lower than the national standard values of the FAO (USA), which suggested that human consumption of these species may not cause health risks. However, since the surrounding areas are developing rapidly, the potential environmental risk of metals will intensify and should receive more attention.
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- Zhai Wu
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean Science and Resource, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung 20224, Taiwan
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- The Monitoring Center of Marine Environment and Fishery Resources, Fujian Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries, Fuzhou 350003, China
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- The Monitoring Center of Marine Environment and Fishery Resources, Fujian Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries, Fuzhou 350003, China
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- Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Coastal and Ocean Management Institute, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for Coastal Ecology and Environmental Studies, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
- College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China
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Song X, Fiati Kenston SS, Kong L, Zhao J. Molecular mechanisms of nickel induced neurotoxicity and chemoprevention. Toxicology 2017; 392:47-54. [PMID: 29032222 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 10/08/2017] [Accepted: 10/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Nickel (Ni) is widely used in many industrial sectors such as alloy, welding, printing inks, electrical and electronics industries. Excessive environmental or occupational exposure to Ni may result in tumor, contact dermatitis, as well as damages to the nervous system. In recent years, more and more research has demonstrated that Ni induced nerve damages are related to mitochondrial dysfunction. In this paper, we try to characterize Ni induced neurotoxicity as well as the underlying mechanisms, and how to find new drugs for chemoprevention, by reviewing chemicals with neuroprotective effects on Ni induced neurotoxicity.
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- Xin Song
- Department of Preventative Medicine, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Medicine School of Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Medicine School of Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Preventative Medicine, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Pathophysiology, Medicine School of Ningbo University, 818 Fenghua Road, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, 315211, People's Republic of China.
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Gundersen DT, Zeug SC, Bringolf RB, Merz J, Jackson Z, Webb MAH. Tissue Contaminant Burdens in San Francisco Estuary White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus): Implications for Population Recovery. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2017; 73:334-347. [PMID: 28528414 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-017-0378-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The San Francisco Estuary (SFE) is heavily influenced by anthropogenic activities, including historic and chronic contaminant inputs. These contaminants can adversely affect SFE fish populations, particularly white sturgeon, because they are a benthic dwelling, long-lived species. We measured a suite of metals and organic contaminants in liver and gonad tissues of 25 male and 32 female white sturgeon as well as several physiological indicators of sturgeon health. Most sturgeon (68% of males and 83% of females) were estimated to be between 13 and 17 years of age. Sturgeon tissues had elevated concentrations of several metals, including As, Ba, Cd, Cu, Cr, Pb, Hg, Ni, Se, and Zn. The most frequently detected organic contaminants in sturgeon livers and gonads were DDE, PCBs, PBDEs, and galaxolide. Selenium was detected at levels similar to those shown to cause impaired liver physiology and reproductive success in white sturgeon. Observed Hg levels were higher than those shown to result in lower condition factor and gonadosomatic indices in white sturgeon. Liver galaxolide levels correlated with decreased plasma estradiol levels in female sturgeon. The Cd, As, and Cu warrant further investigation, because they were detected at levels known to impair fish health. Our results suggest contaminants are negatively affecting SFE white sturgeon health and fitness. Future SFE white sturgeon contaminant research is suggested.
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- Deke T Gundersen
- Environmental Science Program, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, USA
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- Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Cramer Fish Sciences, Auburn, CA, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, 100 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA
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- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bozeman Fish Technology Center, Bozeman, MT, USA
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Blewett TA, Leonard EM. Mechanisms of nickel toxicity to fish and invertebrates in marine and estuarine waters. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 223:311-322. [PMID: 28122673 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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In freshwater settings the toxicity of the trace metal nickel (Ni) is relatively well understood. However, until recently, there was little knowledge regarding Ni toxicity in waters of higher salinity, where factors such as water chemistry and the physiology of estuarine and marine biota would be expected to alter toxicological impact. This review summarizes recent literature investigating Ni toxicity in marine and estuarine invertebrates and fish. As in freshwater, three main mechanisms of Ni toxicity exist: ionoregulatory impairment, inhibition of respiration, and promotion of oxidative stress. However, unlike in freshwater biota, where mechanisms of toxicity are largely Class-specific, the delineation of toxic mechanisms between different species is less defined. In general, despite changes in Ni speciation in marine waters, organism physiology appears to be the main driver of toxic impact, a fact that will need to be accounted for when adapting regulatory tools (such as bioavailability normalization) from freshwater to estuarine and marine environments.
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- Tamzin A Blewett
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, AB, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Simmons DBD, Sherry JP. Plasma proteome profiles of White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) from the Athabasca River within the oil sands deposit. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY D-GENOMICS & PROTEOMICS 2016; 19:181-189. [PMID: 27013027 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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There are questions about the potential for oil sands related chemicals to enter the Athabasca River, whether from tailing ponds, atmospheric deposition, precipitation, or transport of mining dust, at concentrations sufficient to negatively impact the health of biota. We applied shotgun proteomics to generate protein profiles of mature male and female White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii) that were collected from various sites along the main stem of the Athabasca River in 2011 and 2012. On average, 399±131 (standard deviation) proteins were identified in fish plasma from each location in both years. Ingenuity Pathway Analysis software was used to determine the proteins' core functions and to compare the datasets by location, year, and sex. Principal component analysis (PCA) was used to determine if variation in the number of proteins related to a core function among all male and female individuals from both sampling years was affected by location. The core biological functions of plasma proteins that were common to both sampling years for males and females from each location were also estimated separately (based on Ingenuity's Knowledge Base). PCA revealed site-specific differences in the functional characteristics of the plasma proteome from white sucker sampled from downstream of oil sands extraction facilities compared with fish from upstream. Plasma proteins that were unique to fish downstream of oil sands extraction were related to lipid metabolism, small molecule biochemistry, vitamin and mineral metabolism, endocrine system disorders, skeletal and muscular development and function, neoplasia, carcinomas, and gastrointestinal disease.
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- Denina B D Simmons
- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Moneam NMAE, Maguid NEAE, El-Sikaily AM, Zaki MG, Sheradah MA. Biomarkers and Ultra Structural Evaluation of Marine Pollution by Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 2016; 07:1283-1304. [DOI: 10.4236/jep.2016.710113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Liu JL, Xu XR, Ding ZH, Peng JX, Jin MH, Wang YS, Hong YG, Yue WZ. Heavy metals in wild marine fish from South China Sea: levels, tissue- and species-specific accumulation and potential risk to humans. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2015; 24:1583-92. [PMID: 25822200 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-015-1451-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/21/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Heavy metal pollution in marine fish has become an important worldwide concern, not only because of the threat to fish in general, but also due to human health risks associated with fish consumption. To investigate the occurrence of heavy metals in marine fish species from the South China Sea, 14 fish species were collected along the coastline of Hainan China during the spring of 2012 and examined for species- and tissue-specific accumulation. The median concentrations of Cd, Cr, Cu, Zn, Pb and As in muscle tissue of the examined fish species were not detectable (ND), 2.02, 0.24, 2.64, 0.025, and 1.13 mg kg(-1) wet weight, respectively. Levels of Cu, Zn, Cd and Cr were found to be higher in the liver and gills than in muscle, while Pb was preferentially accumulated in the gills. Differing from other heavy metals, As did not exhibit tissue-specific accumulation. Inter-species differences of heavy metal accumulation were attributed to the different habitat and diet characteristics of marine fish. Human dietary exposure assessment suggested that the amounts of both Cr and As in marine wild fish collected from the sites around Hainan, China were not compliant with the safety standard of less than 79.2 g d(-1) for wild marine fish set by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Further research to identify the explicit sources of Cr and As in marine fish from South China Sea should be established.
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- Jin-Ling Liu
- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China.
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- College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, 510301, China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- College of the Environment & Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Guangzhou, 510301, China
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Barst BD, Bridges K, Korbas M, Roberts AP, Van Kirk K, McNeel K, Drevnick PE. The role of melano-macrophage aggregates in the storage of mercury and other metals: an example from yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus). ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2015; 34:1918-25. [PMID: 26177920 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 04/04/2015] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Melano-macrophage aggregates, collections of specialized cells of the innate immune system of fish, are considered a general biomarker for contaminant toxicity. To elucidate further the relationship between macrophage aggregates and metals exposure, yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus), a long-lived species, were sampled from the east and west coasts of Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Metals concentrations in livers (inorganic Hg, methyl mercury, Se, Ni, Cd, Cu, Zn) and spleens (inorganic Hg and methyl mercury) were determined, as well as their correlations with melano-macrophage aggregate area. Sections of liver tissue were analyzed by laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to determine how metals were spatially distributed between hepatocytes and macrophage aggregates. The concentration of inorganic Hg in whole tissue was the best predictor of macrophage area in yelloweye livers and spleens. Macrophage aggregates had higher relative concentrations than most metals compared with the surrounding hepatocytes. However, not all metals were accumulated to the same degree, as evidenced by differences in the ratios of metals in macrophages compared with hepatocytes. Laser ablation data were corroborated with the results of X-ray synchrotron fluorescence imaging of a yelloweye liver section. Hepatic macrophage aggregates in yelloweye rockfish may play an important role in the detoxification and storage of Hg and other metals.
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- Department of Biological Sciences & Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
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- Canadian Light Source, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences & Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA
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- Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Douglas, Alaska, USA
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- Division of Commercial Fisheries, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Douglas, Alaska, USA
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- INRS-ETE, Université du Québec, Québec, Québec, Canada
- University of Michigan Biological Station and School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Scientific Opinion on the risks to animal and public health and the environment related to the presence of nickel in feed. EFSA J 2015. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2015.4074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Rosabal M, Pierron F, Couture P, Baudrimont M, Hare L, Campbell PGC. Subcellular partitioning of non-essential trace metals (Ag, As, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Tl) in livers of American (Anguilla rostrata) and European (Anguilla anguilla) yellow eels. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2015; 160:128-141. [PMID: 25635611 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 01/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We determined the intracellular compartmentalization of the trace metals Ag, As, Cd, Ni, Pb, and Tl in the livers of yellow eels collected from the Saint Lawrence River system in Canada (Anguilla rostrata) and in the area of the Gironde estuary in France (Anguilla anguilla). Differential centrifugation, NaOH digestion and thermal shock were used to separate eel livers into putative "sensitive" fractions (heat-denatured proteins, mitochondria and microsomes+lysosomes) and detoxified metal fractions (heat-stable peptides/proteins and granules). The cytosolic heat-stable fraction (HSP) was consistently involved in the detoxification of all trace metals. In addition, granule-like structures played a complementary role in the detoxification of Ni, Pb, and Tl in both eel species. However, these detoxification mechanisms were not completely effective because increasing trace metal concentrations in whole livers were accompanied by significant increases in the concentrations of most trace metals in "sensitive" subcellular fractions, that is, mitochondria, heat-denatured cytosolic proteins and microsomes+lysosomes. Among these "sensitive" fractions, mitochondria were the major binding sites for As, Cd, Pb, and Tl. This accumulation of non-essential metals in "sensitive" fractions likely represents a health risk for eels inhabiting the Saint Lawrence and Gironde environments.
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- Maikel Rosabal
- Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Université de Bordeaux, UMR EPOC CNRS 5805, F-33400 Talence, France; CNRS, EPOC, UMR 5805, F-33400 Talence, France
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Eau Terre et Environnement (INRS-ETE), 490 de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada.
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Abdel-Khalek AA. Risk assessment, bioaccumulation of metals and histopathological alterations in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) facing degraded aquatic conditions. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2015; 94:77-83. [PMID: 25341621 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1400-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 09/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Two sampling sites contaminated with high aqueous metal concentrations in the vicinity of metal-related factories (site2) and 7 km downstream (site3) were selected along river Nile. These sites were compared to reference fish farm (site1) that fed on unpolluted water source. Bioaccumulation of metals (Cu, Zn, Pb, Fe, Mn and Cd) in Oreochromis niloticus showed a tissue-specific pattern with high rate of accumulation in gills, liver and kidney. The lowest concentrations of almost all metals were observed in muscle. The accumulated pattern was confirmed by histopathological examination of gills, liver and kidneys. Tissues from site2 and 3 revealed various histopathological alterations ranging from compensatory histological changes to histological damage. Evaluation of human health hazard using metals hazard index values in skin and muscle showed that all metals were in the safe limits for human intake except in the case of zinc and cadmium in skin at subsistence consumption level.
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- Amr A Abdel-Khalek
- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt,
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Fazio F, Piccione G, Tribulato K, Ferrantelli V, Giangrosso G, Arfuso F, Faggio C. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in blood and tissue of striped mullet in two Italian lakes. JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH 2014; 26:278-84. [PMID: 25369146 DOI: 10.1080/08997659.2014.938872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Water and sediment from Faro and Ganzirri lakes were tested for cadmium, mercury, and lead. These heavy metals have been assessed in serum and muscles of Striped Mullet Mugil cephalus. A haemogram was performed to find effects of heavy metals on haematological variables. Student's t-test showed higher Pb levels in sediments of Ganzirri Lake than Faro Lake. Two-way analysis of variance showed higher Cd and Pb concentration in muscles samples of Striped Mullet from Ganzirri Lake than from Faro Lake. Significant differences were found among haematological parameters as well. Mullet from Ganzirri Lake had lower white and red blood cell and trombocyte counts and higher mean corpuscular haemoglobin and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration than those from Faro Lake. Our results indicate a significant presence of lead in the environmental produces an accumulation of this metal in fish muscles.
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- Francesco Fazio
- a Department of Veterinary Science, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, University of Messina , 98168 Messina, Italy
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Husak VV, Mosiichuk NM, Maksymiv IV, Sluchyk IY, Storey JM, Storey KB, Lushchak VI. Histopathological and biochemical changes in goldfish kidney due to exposure to the herbicide Sencor may be related to induction of oxidative stress. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 155:181-189. [PMID: 25036620 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.06.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Revised: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Molecular mechanisms of toxicity by the metribuzin-containing herbicide Sencor to living organisms, particularly fish, have not yet been extensively investigated. In the present work, we studied the effects of 96 h exposure to 7.14, 35.7, or 71.4 mg L(-1) of Sencor (corresponding to 5, 25, or 50 mg L(-1) of its herbicidal component metribuzin) on goldfish (Carassius auratus L.), examining the histology, levels of oxidative stress markers, and activities of antioxidant and related enzymes in kidney as well as hematological parameters and leukocyte profiles in blood. The treatment induced various histopathological changes in goldfish kidney, such as hypertrophy of intertubular hematopoietic tissue, small and multiple hemorrhages, glomerular shrinkage, a decrease in space between glomerulus and Bowman's capsule, degeneration and necrosis of the tubular epithelium. Sencor exposure also decreased activities of selected enzymes in kidney; activities of catalase decreased by 31-34%, glutathione peroxidase by 14-33%, glutathione reductase by 17-25%, and acetylcholinesterase by 31%. However, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and lactate dehydrogenase activities increased by 25-30% and 22% in kidney after treatment with 7.14 or 35.7 mg L(-1) and 71.4 mg L(-1) Sencor, respectively. Kidney levels of protein carbonyls increased by 177% after exposure to 35.7 mg L(-1) of Sencor indicating extensive damage to proteins. Lipid peroxide concentrations also increased by 25% after exposure to 7.14 mg L(-1) of Sencor, but levels were reduced by 42% in the 71.4 mg L(-1) exposure group. The data indicate that induction of oxidative stress is one of the mechanisms responsible for Sencor toxicity to fish.
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- Viktor V Husak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Human and Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1S 5B6
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine.
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Chiou YH, Wong RH, Chao MR, Chen CY, Liou SH, Lee H. Nickel accumulation in lung tissues is associated with increased risk of p53 mutation in lung cancer patients. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2014; 55:624-632. [PMID: 24711049 DOI: 10.1002/em.21867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2013] [Revised: 03/12/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Occupational exposure to nickel compounds has been associated with lung cancer. The correlation between high nickel levels and increased risk of lung cancer has been previously reported in a case-control study. This study assessed whether nickel exposure increased the occurrence of p53 mutations due to DNA repair inhibition by nickel. A total of 189 lung cancer patients were enrolled to determine nickel levels in tumor-adjacent normal lung tissues and p53 mutation status in lung tumors through atomic absorption spectrometry and direct sequencing, respectively. Nickel levels in p53 mutant patients were significantly higher than those in p53 wild-type patients. When patients were divided into high- and low-nickel subgroups by median nickel level, the high-nickel subgroup of patients had an odds ratio (OR) of 3.25 for p53 mutation risk relative to the low-nickel subgroup patients. The OR for p53 mutation risk of lifetime non-smokers, particularly females, in the high-nickel subgroup was greater than that in the low-nickel subgroup. To determine whether nickel affected DNA repair capacity, we conducted the host cell reactivation assay in A549 and H1975 lung cancer cells and showed that the DNA repair activity was reduced by nickel chloride in a dose-dependent manner. This was associated with elevated production of hydrogen peroxide-induced 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine. Therefore, increased risk of p53 mutation due to defective DNA repair caused by high nickel levels in lung tissues may be one mechanism by which nickel exposure contributes to lung cancer development, especially in lifetime female non-smokers.
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- Yu-Hu Chiou
- Institute of Medical and Molecular Toxicology, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC; Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, ROC
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Leonard EM, Banerjee U, D'Silva JJ, Wood CM. Chronic nickel bioaccumulation and sub-cellular fractionation in two freshwater teleosts, the round goby and the rainbow trout, exposed simultaneously to waterborne and dietborne nickel. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 154:141-153. [PMID: 24880786 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2014] [Revised: 04/16/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Rainbow trout and round goby were exposed for 30 days to waterborne and dietary Ni in combination at two waterborne concentration ranges (6.2-12 μmol/L, 68-86 μmol/L), the lower of which is typical of contaminated environments. The prey (black worms; Lumbriculus variegatus) were exposed for 48 h in the effluent of the fish exposure tanks before being fed to the fish (ration=2% body weight/day). Ni in gills, gut, and prey was fractionated into biologically inactive metal [BIM=metal-rich granules (MRG) and metallothionein-like proteins (MT)] and biologically active metal [BAM=organelles (ORG) and heat-denaturable proteins (HDP)]. Gobies were more sensitive than trout to chronic Ni exposure. Possibly, this greater sensitivity may have been due to the goby's pre-exposure to pollutants at their collection site, as evidenced by ∼2-fold greater initial Ni concentrations in both gills and gut relative to trout. However, this was followed by ∼2-16× larger bioaccumulation in both the gills and the gut during the experimental exposure. On a subcellular level, ∼3-40× more Ni was associated with the BAM fraction of goby in comparison to trout. Comparison of the fractional distribution of Ni in the prey versus the gut tissue of the predators suggested that round goby were more efficient than rainbow trout in detoxifying Ni taken up from the diet. Assessing sub-cellular distribution of Ni in the gills and gut of two fish of different habitat and lifestyles revealed two different strategies of Ni bioaccumulation and sub-cellular distribution. On the one hand, trout exhibited an ability to regulate gill Ni bioaccumulation and maintain the majority of the Ni in the MT fraction of the BIM. In contrast goby exhibited large Ni spillovers to both the HDP and ORG fractions of the BAM in the gill. However, the same trend was not observed in the gut, where the potential acclimation of goby to pollutants from their collection site may have aided their ability to regulate Ni spillover to the BAM more so than in trout. Overall, chronic mortality observed in goby may be associated more with Ni bioaccumulation in gills than in gut; the former at either 4-d or 30-d was predictive of chronic Ni toxicity. BIM and BAM fractions of the goby gills were equally predictive of chronic (30-d) mortality. However, critical body residue (CBR50) values of the BIM fraction were ∼2-4× greater than CBR50 values of the BAM fraction, suggesting that goby are more sensitive to Ni bioaccumulation in the BAM fraction. There was insufficient mortality in trout to assess whether Ni bioaccumulation was predictive of chronic mortality.
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- Erin M Leonard
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Life Science Building 208 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1.
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Life Science Building 208 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Life Science Building 208 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Life Science Building 208 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
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Alsop D, Lall SP, Wood CM. Reproductive impacts and physiological adaptations of zebrafish to elevated dietary nickel. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 165:67-75. [PMID: 24858402 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2014.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2013] [Revised: 05/05/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nickel (Ni) concentrations in the environment can rise due to human industrial activities. The toxicity of waterborne Ni to aquatic animals has been examined in a number of previous studies; however, little is known about the impacts of elevated dietary Ni. In the present study, zebrafish were chronically fed diets containing two concentrations of Ni [3.7 (control) and 116 μg Ni/g diet]. Ni-exposed males, but not females, were significantly smaller (26%) compared to controls at 80 days. In addition, total egg production was decreased by 65% in the Ni treatment at 75-78 days of the experiment. Ni was ubiquitously distributed in control animals (similar to previous studies), and concentrations varied between tissues by 15-fold. Ni exposure resulted in modest but significant Ni accumulation in some tissues (increases were highest in brain, vertebrae and gut; 44%, 34% and 25%, respectively), an effect observed only at 80 days. The limited Ni accumulation may be due to (1) the lack of an acidified stomach in zebrafish and/or (2) the efficient upregulation of Ni transport and excretion mechanisms, as indicated by the 4.5-fold increase in waterborne (63)Ni uptake by Ni-exposed fish. Eggs from Ni-exposed adults had Ni concentrations that were 5.2-fold higher than controls. However, by 4 days post fertilization, larvae had similar Ni concentrations as controls, demonstrating a capacity for rapid Ni depuration. Larvae from Ni-exposed adults were also more resistant to waterborne Ni (35% increase in the 96-h LC50 over controls). In conclusion, elevated dietary Ni significantly affected zebrafish reproduction despite only modest tissue Ni accumulation. There were also indications of adaptation, including increased Ni uptake rates and increased Ni tolerance of offspring from Ni-exposed adults. Ni concentrations were particularly elevated in the brain with exposure; possible relations to growth and reproductive impacts require further study.
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- Derek Alsop
- McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- McMaster University, 1280 Main St. W., Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Kubrak OI, Poigner H, Husak VV, Rovenko BM, Meyer S, Abele D, Lushchak VI. Goldfish brain and heart are well protected from Ni²⁺-induced oxidative stress. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2014; 162:43-50. [PMID: 24704544 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2014.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Revised: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 03/26/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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After 96 h goldfish exposure to 10, 25 or 50 mg/L of Ni(2+) no Ni accumulation was found in the brain, but lipid peroxide concentration was by 44% elevated in the brain, whereas carbonyl protein content was by 45-45% decreased in the heart. High molecular mass thiol concentration was enhanced by 30% in the heart, while in the brain low molecular mass thiol concentration increased by 28-88%. Superoxide dismutase activity was by 27% and 35% increased in the brain and heart, respectively. Glutathione peroxidase activity was lowered to 38% and 62% of control values in both tissues, whereas catalase activity was increased in the heart by 15-45%, accompanied by 18-29% decreased glutathione reductase activity. The disturbances of free radical processes in the brain and heart might result from Ni-induced injuries to other organs with more prominent changes in the heart, because of close contact of this organ with blood, whereas the blood-brain barrier seems to protect the brain.
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- Olga I Kubrak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine.
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Hussainzada N, Lewis JA, Baer CE, Ippolito DL, Jackson DA, Stallings JD. Whole adult organism transcriptional profiling of acute metal exposures in male zebrafish. BMC Pharmacol Toxicol 2014; 15:15. [PMID: 24612858 PMCID: PMC4007779 DOI: 10.1186/2050-6511-15-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Accepted: 02/27/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background A convergence of technological breakthroughs in the past decade has facilitated the development of rapid screening tools for biomarkers of toxicant exposure and effect. Platforms using the whole adult organism to evaluate the genome-wide response to toxicants are especially attractive. Recent work demonstrates the feasibility of this approach in vertebrates using the experimentally robust zebrafish model. In the present study, we evaluated gene expression changes in whole adult male zebrafish following an acute 24 hr high dose exposure to three metals with known human health risks. Male adult zebrafish were exposed to nickel chloride, cobalt chloride or sodium dichromate concentrations corresponding to their respective 96 hr LC20, LC40 and LC60. Histopathology was performed on a subset of metal-exposed zebrafish to phenotypically anchor transcriptional changes associated with each metal. Results Comparative analysis identified subsets of differentially expressed transcripts both overlapping and unique to each metal. Application of gene ontology (GO) and transcription factor (TF) enrichment algorithms revealed a number of key biological processes perturbed by metal poisonings and the master transcriptional regulators mediating gene expression changes. Metal poisoning differentially activated biological processes associated with ribosome biogenesis, proteosomal degradation, and p53 signaling cascades, while repressing oxygen-generating pathways associated with amino acid and lipid metabolism. Despite appreciable effects on gene regulation, nickel poisoning did not induce any morphological alterations in male zebrafish organs and tissues. Histopathological effects of cobalt remained confined to the olfactory system, while chromium targeted the gills, pharynx, and intestinal mucosa. A number of enriched transcription factors mediated the observed gene response to metal poisoning, including known targets such as p53, HIF1α, and the myc oncogene, and novel regulatory factors such as XBP1, GATA6 and HNF3β. Conclusions This work uses an experimentally innovative approach to capture global responses to metal poisoning and provides mechanistic insights into metal toxicity.
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- Biomarkers Program, US Army Center for Environmental Health Research, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-5010, USA.
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Zheng GH, Liu CM, Sun JM, Feng ZJ, Cheng C. Nickel-induced oxidative stress and apoptosis in Carassius auratus liver by JNK pathway. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2014; 147:105-111. [PMID: 24394944 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Revised: 12/08/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Nickel (Ni) is ubiquitous in the biosphere and is a common component of natural fresh waters. When present in high concentrations, it becomes toxic to aquatic organisms. It is known that Ni toxicity may induce oxidative stress and apoptosis. However, the precise mechanism and the pathways that are activated in fish are still unclear. Thus, this study aimed to assess which apoptotic pathways are triggered by Ni in Carassius auratus liver, the main target of waterborne pollutants. Fish were exposed to 10, 25, 50 and 100mg/L of nickel sulfate for 96 h. Our data showed that Ni exposure caused fish weight loss (by 10-12%) and decreased locomotory activity (by 1-25%). Ni exposure significantly decreased the relative lymphocyte count (by 1-24%) and increased the relative count of monocytes (by 25-111%) and neutrophils (by 10-322%) as compared to controls. Ni induced oxidative stress, as evidenced by increasing of lipid peroxidation level (29-91%) and depleting of the glutathione levels (7-79%) in fish liver. Ni also suppressed the activities of superoxide dismutase (by 39-55%) and glutathione peroxidase (16-24%) and decreased ATP levels (13-51%) in livers. Moreover, liver caspase-3, one of the key executioners of apoptosis, was markedly activated by the Ni exposure. Ni exposure also increased expression levels of phosphorylated Jun N-terminal kinases (JNK) in liver, which in turn activated pro-apoptotic signaling events by breaking the balance between pro-apoptotic and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins. In conclusion, these results suggested that Ni induced oxidative stress and apoptosis, at least, via the JNK signaling pathway.
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- Gui-Hong Zheng
- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101, Shanghai Road, Tongshan New Area, Xuzhou City 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101, Shanghai Road, Tongshan New Area, Xuzhou City 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China.
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101, Shanghai Road, Tongshan New Area, Xuzhou City 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101, Shanghai Road, Tongshan New Area, Xuzhou City 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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- School of Life Science, Jiangsu Normal University, No. 101, Shanghai Road, Tongshan New Area, Xuzhou City 221116, Jiangsu Province, PR China
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Squadrone S, Prearo M, Gavinelli S, Pellegrino M, Tarasco R, Benedetto A, Abete M. Heavy metals inMugil cephalus(Mugilidae) from the Ligurian Sea (North-West Mediterranean, Italy). FOOD ADDITIVES & CONTAMINANTS PART B-SURVEILLANCE 2013; 6:134-8. [DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.766817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kubrak OI, Atamaniuk TM, Storey KB, Lushchak VI. Goldfish can recover after short-term exposure to 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate: use of blood parameters as vital biomarkers. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2013; 157:259-65. [PMID: 23291397 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2012.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2012] [Revised: 12/27/2012] [Accepted: 12/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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This study investigated the effects of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), a widely used herbicide, on the metabolism of goldfish, Carassius auratus, using only vital (non-lethal) approaches. After 96 h exposure to 1, 10 or 100 mg/L of 2,4-D selected hematological (total hemoglobin and hematocrit) and biochemical (glucose content, aspartate transaminase and acetylcholinesterase activities) parameters were unchanged in blood of exposed fish. At 100 mg/L of 2,4-D lymphocyte numbers decreased by 8%, whereas promyelocyte and metamyelocyte numbers increased by 7- and 2-fold, respectively. Exposure to 100 mg/L of 2,4-D also elevated carbonyl protein levels (by 2-fold), triglyceride content (by 43%) and alanine transaminase activity (by 46%) in goldfish plasma. All of these hematological and biochemical parameters reverted to control values after a 96 h recovery period. These data indicate that 2,4-D has toxicological effects on goldfish that can be monitored with multiple diagnostic tests using non-lethal blood testing.
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- Olga I Kubrak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk, 76025, Ukraine
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Rajkowska M, Protasowicki M. Distribution of metals (Fe, Mn, Zn, Cu) in fish tissues in two lakes of different trophy in Northwestern Poland. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2013; 185:3493-502. [PMID: 22923375 PMCID: PMC3585692 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2805-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 07/23/2012] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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This study presents concentrations of iron, manganese, zinc, and copper in selected tissues of two fish species: pike (Esox lucius L.) and bream (Abramis brama L.) living in lakes Ińsko and Wisola, Northwestern Poland. The lakes differ in their trophic status. The effect of gender and environmental conditions on metals accumulation was also investigated. Metal analyses were performed using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy. Considering all studied fish species and tissues, the average metal concentrations (micrograms per gram wet weight) in both lakes occurred in the following ranges: Fe 0.8-240.6, Mn 0.2-8.4, Zn 3.0-185.9, and Cu 0.14-7.76. The lowest levels of the studied metals were always detected in the muscles. The spleen, kidneys, and liver were found to accumulate the highest amounts of Fe. In the case of the other metals, the highest levels were found, as follows: Mn in skin, gills, and gonads, Zn in digestive tract and gills, Cu in liver. Heavy metal content in fish gonads was observed to be sex dependent.
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- Monika Rajkowska
- West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland.
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Kubrak OI, Atamaniuk TM, Husak VV, Drohomyretska IZ, Storey JM, Storey KB, Lushchak VI. Oxidative stress responses in blood and gills of Carassius auratus exposed to the mancozeb-containing carbamate fungicide Tattoo. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 85:37-43. [PMID: 22963715 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2012] [Revised: 08/14/2012] [Accepted: 08/19/2012] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Intensive use of pesticides, particularly dithiocarbamates, in agriculture often leads to contamination of freshwater ecosystems. To our knowledge, the mechanisms of toxicity to fish by the carbamate fungicide Tattoo that contains mancozeb [ethylenebis(dithiocarbamate)] have not been studied. The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of Tattoo on goldfish gills and blood, tissues that would have close early contact with the pollutant. Exposure of goldfish Carassius auratus to 3, 5 or 10mgL(-1) of Tattoo for 96h resulted in moderate lymphopenia (by 8 percent) with a concomitant increase in both stab (by 66-88 percent) and segmented (by 166 percent) neutrophils. An increase in the content of protein carbonyl groups in blood (by 137-184 percent) together with decreased levels of protein thiols (by 23 percent) and an enhancement of lipid peroxide concentrations (by 29 percent) in gills after exposure to 10mgL(-1) of Tattoo demonstrated the induction of mild oxidative stress in response to Tattoo exposure. At the same time, the activities of selected antioxidant enzymes were enhanced in gills: superoxide dismutase by 18-25 percent and catalase by 27 percent. A 34 percent increment in low molecular mass thiol concentrations (mainly represented by glutathione) also occurred in gills and could be related to increased activity (by 13-30 percent) of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The results indicate that Tattoo exposure perturbs free radical processes, i.e. induces mild oxidative stress and enhances the activity of certain antioxidant and associated enzymes in goldfish gills. It is clear that goldfish respond to the presence of waterborne pesticide by adjusting antioxidant defenses through upregulation of activities of antioxidant and associated enzymes.
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- Olga I Kubrak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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Wang WX. Dietary toxicity of metals in aquatic animals: Recent studies and perspectives. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5413-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Kubrak OI, Husak VV, Rovenko BM, Poigner H, Mazepa MA, Kriews M, Abele D, Lushchak VI. Tissue specificity in nickel uptake and induction of oxidative stress in kidney and spleen of goldfish Carassius auratus, exposed to waterborne nickel. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2012; 118-119:88-96. [PMID: 22534063 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2012] [Revised: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 03/27/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Toxic and carcinogenic effects of nickel compounds are suggested to result from nickel-mediated oxidative damage to macromolecules and/or inhibition of cellular antioxidant defenses. We investigated the effects of waterborne Ni(2+) (10, 25 and 50 mg/L) on the blood and blood-producing tissues (kidney and spleen) of goldfish to identify relationships between Ni accumulation and oxidative stress. Whereas the main hematological parameters (total hemoglobin and hematocrit) were unaffected, Ni(2+) exposure had substantial influence on goldfish immune system, causing lymphopenia. Ni accumulation increased renal iron content (by 49-78%) and resulted in elevated lipid peroxide (by 29%) and protein carbonyl content (by 274-278%), accompanied by suppression of the activities of superoxide dismutase (by 50-53%), glutathione peroxidase (15-45%), glutathione reductase (31-37%) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (20-44%), indicating development of oxidative stress in kidney. In contrast to kidney, in spleen the activation of glutathione peroxidase (by 34-118%), glutathione-S-transferase (by 41-216%) and glutathione reductase (by 47%), as well as constant levels of low molecular mass thiols and metals together with enhanced activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (by 41-94%) speaks for a powerful antioxidant potential that counteracts Ni-induced ROS production. Further, as Ni accumulation in this organ was negligible, Ni-toxicity in spleen may be minimized by efficient exclusion of this otherwise toxic metal.
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- Olga I Kubrak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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- Department of Geosciences, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
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- Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Am Handelshafen 12, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine.
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Kubrak OI, Rovenko BM, Husak VV, Storey JM, Storey KB, Lushchak VI. Nickel induces hyperglycemia and glycogenolysis and affects the antioxidant system in liver and white muscle of goldfish Carassius auratus L. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2012; 80:231-237. [PMID: 22444726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/12/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The toxicity of nickel to mammals is well studied, whereas information on nickel effects on fish is scant. Goldfish exposure to 10-50 mg L(-1) of waterborne Ni(2+) for 96 h showed reduced glycogen levels by 27-33% and 37-40% in liver and white muscle, respectively, accompanied by substantial increases in blood glucose levels (by 15-99%). However, indices of oxidative damage to proteins (carbonyl proteins) and lipids (lipid peroxides) were largely unaffected by nickel exposure. In liver, the activities of antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx), were not affected by Ni(2+) treatment, while catalase activity was elevated by 26%. In white muscle, however, substantial increases in SOD (by 38-147%) and GPx (by 2.5-5.5-fold) activities appeared to compensate for decreased catalase activity (by 59-69%) in order to resist Ni-induced oxidative perturbations. Both hepatic and muscular glutathione reductase activities were suppressed by 10-30% and 12-21%, respectively, after goldfish exposure to all Ni(2+) concentrations used. However, the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase was remarkably enhanced (by 1.6-5.4-fold) in white muscle of Ni-exposed fish, indicating a strong potential increase in NADPH production under Ni exposure. Thus, the exposure of goldfish to 10-50 mg L(-1) of Ni(2+) for 96 h induces glycogenolysis and hyperglycemia, showing some similarities with a hypoxia response, and leads to a substantial activation of defense systems against reactive oxygen species in liver and white muscle in tissue-specific and concentration-dependent manner.
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- Olga I Kubrak
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Precarpathian National University named after Vassyl Stefanyk, 57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk 76025, Ukraine
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Zhu L, Yan B, Wang L, Pan X. Mercury concentration in the muscle of seven fish species from Chagan Lake, Northeast China. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2012; 184:1299-1310. [PMID: 21625920 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2041-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Chagan Lake is located downstream of the Second Songhua River basin in Northeast China. It is one of the top ten inland freshwater lakes, and an important aquatic farm in China. The lake has been receiving large amounts (currently at 1.5 × 10(8) m(3)/a) of water from the river since 1984. This would pose a threat to the aquatic system of the lake because the river was seriously polluted with mercury in 1970s-1980s. The current study is the first to report the total mercury concentrations in fish found in the lake. Mercury concentrations in seven fish species collected from the lake in January 2009 were determined. The related human health risk from fish consumption was also assessed. The average concentration of mercury in the fish was 18.8 μg/kg of wet weight, ranging from 4.5 to 37.6 μg/kg of wet weight. A large difference in the mercury concentrations among the fish species was found. The mercury concentration was found to be higher in carnivorous species and lower in omnivorous and herbivorous species. This demonstrates greater mercury bioaccumulation in fish species at higher trophic levels. Mercury concentrations in fish showed significant positive correlations with age, length, and weight. No significant relationship was found between mercury concentrations in fish and the habitat preferences. Mercury concentrations in fish from the lake were within the limits of the international and national standards of China established for mercury. According to the reference doses established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the maximum safe consuming quantity considering all the fish was 297.3 g/day/person, which was more than five times as much as the current quantity (50 g/day/person) consumed by the local residents. This investigation indicates that the historical pollution of the Second Songhua River has not caused mercury bioaccumulation in fish muscle tissue of Chagan Lake. The present consumption of fish from the lake in the local area does not pose a threat to human health.
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- Lilu Zhu
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3195, Weishan Road, Changchun 130012, Jilin, China
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Amundsen PA, Kashulin NA, Terentjev P, Gjelland KØ, Koroleva IM, Dauvalter VA, Sandimirov S, Kashulin A, Knudsen R. Heavy metal contents in whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) along a pollution gradient in a subarctic watercourse. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT 2011; 182:301-316. [PMID: 21287264 DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-1877-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2010] [Accepted: 01/18/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Metallurgic industry is a source of serious environmental pollution related to the emission of heavy metals. Freshwater systems are focal points for pollution, acting as sinks for contaminants that may end up in fish and humans. The Pasvik watercourse in the border area between Finland, Norway and Russia is located in the vicinity of the Pechenganickel metallurgic enterprises, and the lower part of the watershed drains the Nikel smelters directly through Lake Kuetsjarvi. Heavy metal (Ni, Cu, Cd, Zn, Pb and Hg) concentrations in environment (water and sediments) and whitefish Coregonus lavaretus tissue (gills, liver, kidney and muscle) were contrasted between five lake localities situated along a spatial gradient of increasing distance (5-100 km) to the smelters. The heavy metal concentrations, in particular Ni, Cu and Cd, were highly elevated in Kuetsjarvi, but steeply declined with increasing distance to the smelters and were moderate or low in the other four localities. The study demonstrates that the majority of metal emissions and runoffs are deposited near the pollution source, and only moderate amounts of the heavy metal contaminants seem to be transported at further distances. Bioaccumulation of Hg occurred in all investigated tissues, and higher Hg concentrations in planktivorous versus benthivorous whitefish furthermore indicated that pelagic foraging is associated with higher levels of Hg biomagnification. Potential population ecology impacts of high heavy metal contaminations where mainly observed in whitefish in Kuetsjarvi, which showed depletions in growth rate, condition factor and size and age at maturation.
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- Per-Arne Amundsen
- Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.
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Gauthier C, Campbell PGC, Couture P. Enzymatic correlates of energy status in wild yellow perch inhabiting clean and contaminated environments. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2011; 30:2148-2156. [PMID: 21713973 DOI: 10.1002/etc.609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2010] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Enzymes representing a variety of metabolic pathways were examined in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected from a metal-contaminated region (Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada) to determine which were most closely related to fish condition factor, pyloric caeca weight, and visceral lipid accumulation, as well to seek a better understanding of the influence of metal contamination on the physiology and biometrics of perch. Compared to laboratory fish, wild perch were under important energy restrictions. The condition factor of wild fish was correlated with indicators of aerobic metabolism (citrate synthase, cytochrome C oxidase), protein anabolism (nucleoside diphosphokinase), and indicators of lipid accumulation (glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, visceral lipid index). Pyloric caeca weights were well correlated with indicators of protein anabolism, but only when both seasons were examined together, possibly indicating a lag in the response of enzymes to changes in diet. The addition of contaminant stress to existing energy restrictions led to changes in the relationships between enzymes and biometrics, reducing the predictive power of the models for perch in contaminated lakes. The present study broadens our knowledge of the impact of metal contamination on energy accumulation and tissue metabolic capacities in wild perch.
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- Charles Gauthier
- Institut National de Recherche Scientifique-Centre Eau Terre Environnement, Québec, Canada
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Ramos-Gómez J, Coz A, Viguri JR, Luque A, Martín-Díaz ML, DelValls TÁ. Biomarker responsiveness in different tissues of caged Ruditapes philippinarum and its use within an integrated sediment quality assessment. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:1914-1922. [PMID: 21531489 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Biomarkers comprising activities of biotransformation enzymes (ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase -EROD-, dibenzylfluorescein dealkylase -DBF-, glutathione S-transferase -GST), antioxidant enzymes (glutathione reductase -GR- and glutathione peroxidase -GPX), lipid peroxidation -LPO- and DNA strand breaks were analyzed in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum caged at Cádiz Bay, Santander Bay and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (LPGC) Port (Spain). Sediments were characterized. Digestive gland was the most sensitive tissue to sediment contamination. In Cádiz Bay, changes in LPO regarding day 0 were related with metals. In LPGC Port, DBF, EROD, and GST activity responses suggested the presence of undetermined contaminants which might have led to DNA damage. In Santander Bay, PAHs were related with EROD activity, organic and metal contamination was found to be associated with GR and GST activities and DNA damage presented significant (p < 0.05) induction. R. philippinarum was sensitive to sediment contamination at biochemical level. Biomarkers allowed chemical exposure and sediment quality assessment.
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- Julia Ramos-Gómez
- UNITWIN/UNESCO/WiCoP, Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Cádiz, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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