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Arcanjo C, Frelon S, Armant O, Camoin L, Audebert S, Camilleri V, Cavalié I, Adam-Guillermin C, Gagnaire B. Insights into the modes of action of tritium on the early-life stages of zebrafish, Danio rerio, using transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2023; 261:107141. [PMID: 36878054 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2023.107141] [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: 12/09/2022] [Revised: 01/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In the environment, populations are exposed to different kinds of ionizing radiation. Little is known about their modes of action on non-human species, and whether or not they are similar for alpha, beta and gamma radiations, considered as the reference. In this context, tritium effects (beta emitter) under the form of tritiated water (HTO) were investigated in zebrafish, a common model in toxicology and ecotoxicology with a fully sequenced genome. Experiments were conducted on early life stages, considered to be highly sensitive to pollutants, by exposing eggs to 0.4 mGy/h of HTO until 10 days post fertilization. Tritium internalization was quantified, and effects were investigated using a combined approach of transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. Results highlighted similarities in the biological pathways affected by HTO by both techniques, such as defence response, muscle integrity and contraction, and potential visual alterations. These results correlated well with previous data obtained on earlier developmental stages (1 and 4 dpf). Interestingly, HTO effects were partly overlapping those obtained after gamma irradiation, underlying potential common modes of action. This study, therefore, brought a body of evidence on the effects of HTO observed at the molecular level on zebrafish larvae. Further studies could investigate if the effects persist in adult organisms.
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- Caroline Arcanjo
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille Proteomics, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ., CNRS, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille Proteomics, Marseille, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, 13115, France.
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Transcriptome Analysis of the Immortal Human Keratinocyte HaCaT Cell Line Damaged by Tritiated Water. BIOLOGY 2023; 12:biology12030405. [PMID: 36979097 PMCID: PMC10045445 DOI: 10.3390/biology12030405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Revised: 02/05/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/08/2023]
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Radioactive elements, such as tritium, have been released into the ocean in large quantities as a result of the reactor leakage accident. In this study, an MTT assay demonstrated that the viability of HacaT cells decreased after tritiated water treatment. Bioinformatics analysis was used to analyze gene changes in the HacaT cells. The sequencing results showed 267 significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and GO enrichment analysis showed that the DEGs were mainly divided into three parts. The KEGG pathway analysis showed that the up-regulated DEGs were involved in Wnt and other pathways, while the down-regulated DEGs were involved in Jak–STAT and others. A Western blot assay was used to verify the parts of the sequencing results. This study was the first to explore the mechanism of tritiated water on HacaT cells using Transcriptome analysis. The results will provide a theoretical basis for the study of tritiated water hazard mechanisms.
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Vo NTK. The sine qua non of the fish invitrome today and tomorrow in environmental radiobiology. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 98:1025-1033. [PMID: 32816609 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1812761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Fish cell lines, collectively referred to as the fish invitrome, are useful diagnostic tools to study radiation impacts on aquatic health and elucidate radiation mechanisms in fish. This paper will highlight the advantages, discuss the challenges, and propose possible future directions for uses of the fish invitrome in the field of environmental radiobiology. The fish invitrome contains at least 714 fish cell lines. However, only a few of these cell lines have been used to study radiation biology in fish and they represent only 10 fish species. The fish invitrome is clearly not yet explored for its full potential in radiation biology. Evidence suggests that they are useful and, in some cases, irreplaceable in making underlying theories and fundamental concepts in radiation responses in fish. The debate of whether environmental radiation is harmful, presents risks, has no effect on health, or is beneficial is on-going and is one that fish cell lines can help address in a time-effective fashion. Any information obtained with fish cell lines is useful in the framework of environment radiation risk assessments. Radiation threats to aquatic health will continue due to the very likely rise of nuclear energy and medicine in the future. The fish invitrome, in theory, lives forever and can meet new challenges at any given time to provide diagnostic risk analyses pertaining to aquatic health and environmental radiation protection.
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- Nguyen T K Vo
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Yu S, Brant HA, Seaman JC, Looney BB, Blas SD, Bryan AL. Legacy Contaminants in Aquatic Biota in a Stream Associated with Nuclear Weapons Material Production on the Savannah River Site. ARCHIVES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2020; 79:131-146. [PMID: 32285161 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-020-00733-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Former nuclear weapons material production at the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) has resulted in contamination of certain terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems on site with legacy wastes such as radiocesium (137Cs), tritium (3H), and metals. We collected fish and invertebrates from five beaver ponds (sites) above, adjacent, and downgradient of three SRS facilities (H-, F-, and C-Areas) to evaluate whether the accumulation of metals and radionuclides in biota were associated with specific facility operations and if the measured levels could pose risks to aquatic organisms. We compared concentrations of various metals, 137Cs, and 3H in fish, as well as in water (3H only), among sites along the stream gradient. Fish collected from sites adjacent to H-Area had significantly higher 137Cs concentrations compared to fish from other sites. Both biota and water samples indicated significantly greater levels of 3H in sites adjacent to and downstream of C-Area. Concentrations of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and mercury (Hg) in some samples exceeded effects levels reported for fish and may pose a risk to fish populations. This study reported fish tissue concentrations of 137Cs and 3H, which have not been documented extensively in ecotoxicological studies. Our results suggested that industrial operations such as nuclear material production at SRS could have long-lasting impact on the aquatic ecosystem via the release of radionuclides and metals, and long-term monitoring of physiological effects and population level impact in biota exposed to these contaminants are recommended.
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- Shuangying Yu
- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
- Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC, 28204, USA
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- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
- Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
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- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
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- Savannah River National Laboratory, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
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- Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA
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- Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, University of Georgia, Aiken, SC, 29802, USA.
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Gagnaire B, Arcanjo C, Cavalié I, Camilleri V, Simon O, Floriani M, Orjollet D, Adam-Guillermin C. Tritiated Water Exposure in Zebrafish (Danio rerio): Effects on the Early-Life Stages. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2020; 39:648-658. [PMID: 31858643 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tritium, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen of natural and anthropogenic origin, is ubiquitously present in the environment. Effluents of nuclear centers of production are significant anthropogenic sources. With the upcoming project of thermonuclear fusion, tritium releases in the environment may increase. It is therefore important to characterize the ecological risk linked to tritium. The effects of tritiated water (HTO) were therefore studied in zebrafish larvae exposed for 10 d to different dose rates, 1.1 × 102 , 4.1 × 102 , and 3.8 × 103 µGy/h for larvae corresponding, respectively, to a water contamination of 104 , 105 , and 106 Bq/mL of HTO. Those dose rates were higher than 10 μGy/h, which is the threshold recommended to start monitoring ecosystems where radiological contaminants are present. Mortality, embryo-larval development, immune toxicity, genotoxicity, neurotoxicity, and alterations of tissues were investigated. The results showed that HTO exposure induced DNA damage and reactive oxygen species production and modulated the expression of genes involved in detoxification processes. Moreover, modifications of the muscular tissues (degradation of myofibrils at 4 d post fertilization and disorganization of mitochondria at later stages) were observed. The results differed with HTO dose rates and with developmental stages. These results will drive future research for the development of new HTO-sensitive biomarkers and will allow us to progress in the characterization of the modes of action of tritium in fish. Environ Toxicol Chem 2020;39:648-658. © 2019 SETAC.
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- Béatrice Gagnaire
- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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- PSE-ENV/SRTE/LR2T, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Cadarache, France
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Arcanjo C, Adam-Guillermin C, Murat El Houdigui S, Loro G, Della-Vedova C, Cavalie I, Camilleri V, Floriani M, Gagnaire B. Effects of tritiated water on locomotion of zebrafish larvae: a new insight in tritium toxic effects on a vertebrate model species. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 219:105384. [PMID: 31869577 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.105384] [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: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Tritium (3H), a radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is ubiquitously present in the environment. In a previous study, we highlighted a mis-regulation of genes involved in muscle contraction, eye transparency and response to DNA damages after exposure of zebrafish embryo-larvae from 3 hpf to 96 hpf at 0.4 and 4 mGy/h of tritiated water (HTO). The present study aimed to link this gene mis-regulation to responses observed at higher biological levels. Analyses on spontaneous tail movement, locomotor activity and heart rate were performed. Histological sections of eyes were made to evaluate the impact of HTO on eye transparency and whole embryo immunostainings were realized to assess DNA double strand breaks repair using gamma-H2AX foci. We found a decrease of basal velocity as well as a decrease of response in 96 hpf larvae exposed at 0.4 mGy/h after a tactile stimulus as compared to controls. Histological sections of larvae eyes performed after the exposure to 4 mGy/h did not show obvious differences in lens transparency or retinal development between contaminated and control organisms. Gamma-H2AX foci detection revealed no differences in the number of foci between contaminated organisms and controls, for both dose rates. Overall, results highlighted more detrimental effects of HTO exposure on locomotor behavior in 96 hpf larvae exposed at the lowest dose rate. Those results could be linked to mis-regulation of genes involved in muscle contraction found in a previous study at the same dose rate. It appears that not all effects found at the molecular scale were confirmed using higher biological scales. These results could be due to a delay between gene expression modulation and the onset of physiological disruption or homeostatic mechanisms to deal with tritium effects. However, crossing data from different scales highlighted new pathways to explore, i.e. neurotoxic pathways, for better understanding HTO effects on organisms.
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- Caroline Arcanjo
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE\SDOS\LMDN, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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Gagnaire B, Gosselin I, Festarini A, Walsh S, Cavalié I, Adam-Guillermin C, Della-Vedova C, Farrow F, Kim SB, Shkarupin A, Chen HQ, Beaton D, Stuart M. Effects of in vivo exposure to tritium: a multi-biomarker approach using the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:3612-3623. [PMID: 30460657 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3781-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2018] [Accepted: 11/15/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tritium (3H) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. In the environment, the most common form of tritium is tritiated water (HTO). However, tritium can also be incorporated into organic molecules, forming organically bound tritium (OBT). The present study characterized the effects of tritium on the health of the fathead minnow, Pimephales promelas. Fish were exposed to a gradient of HTO (activity concentrations of 12,000, 25,000, and 180,000 Bq/L) and OBT using food spiked with tritiated amino acids (OBT only, with an activity concentration of 27,000 Bq/L). A combined exposure condition where fish were placed in 25,000 Bq/L water and received OBT through feed was also studied. Fish were exposed for 60 days, followed by a 60-day depuration period. A battery of health biomarkers were measured in fish tissues at seven time points throughout the 120 days required to complete the exposure and depuration phases. HTO and OBT were also measured in fish tissues at the same time points. Results showed effects of increasing tritium activity concentrations in water after 60 days of exposure. The internal dose rates of tritium, estimated from the tissue free-water tritium (TFWT) and OBT activity concentrations, reached a maximum of 0.65 μGy/h, which is relatively low considering background levels. No effects were observed on survival, fish condition, and metabolic indices (gonado-, hepato-, and spleno-somatic indexes (GSI, HSI, SSI), RNA/DNA and proteins/DNA ratios). Multivariate analyses showed that several biomarkers (DNA damages, micronucleus frequency, brain acetylcholinesterase, lysosomal membrane integrity, phagocytosis activity, and reactive oxygen species production) were exclusively correlated with fish tritium internal dose rate, showing that tritium induced genotoxicity, as well as neural and immune responses. The results were compared with another study on the same fish species where fish were exposed to tritium and other contaminants in natural environments. Together with the field study, the present work provides useful data to identify biomarkers for tritium exposure and better understand modes of action of tritium on the fathead minnow.
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- Béatrice Gagnaire
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada.
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LRTA, Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON, K0J 1J0, Canada
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Beaton ED, Gosselin I, Festarini A, Gagnaire B, Farrow F, Cavalié I, Shultz C, Kim SB, Walsh S, Chen HQ, Adam-Guillermin C, Stuart M. Correlated responses for DNA damage, phagocytosis activity and lysosomal function revealed in a comparison between field and laboratory studies: Fathead minnow exposed to tritium. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 662:990-1002. [PMID: 30795485 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Tritium entering the aquatic environment can confer a whole body internal radiological dose to aquatic organisms. Multiple stressors inherent in natural environments, however, confound estimates for observable radiation specific responses. To disentangle differences between field and laboratory outcomes to tritium exposures, a multivariate analysis comparing biomarkers for radiation exposure at the cellular level with changes in biological processes within tissues is described for fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas). Over tritium activity concentrations up to 180,000 Bq/L, DNA damage in the field were lower than DNA damage in the laboratory. This finding does not support an increase in morbidity of biota in field exposures. Energy deposited by tritium decay produces oxidised free radicals, yet the biological responses in brain, muscle and liver to oxidative stress differed between the studies and were not related to the tritium. For both studies, DNA damage in gonad and blood increased with increased tritium as did the fluorescence associated with lysosomal function in spleen. The studies differed in spleen phagocytosis activity were, in the laboratory but not the field, activity increased with increased tritium-and was correlatd with lysosomal function (Spearman coefficient of 0.98 (p = 0.001). The higher phagocytosis activity in the field reflects exposures to unmeasured factors that were not present within the laboratory. In the laboratory, DNA damage and lysosomal function were correlated: Spearman coefficients of 0.9 (Comet, p = 0.03) and 0.9 (micronuclei, p = 0.08). In the field, DNA damage by the Comet assay, but not by micronucleus frequency, correlated with lysosomal function: Spearman coefficients of 0.91 (Comet, p < 0.001) and 0.47 (micronuclei, p = 0.21). These observations highlight a need for better physiologic understanding of linkages between radiation-induced damage within cells and responses at higher levels of biological organization.
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- E D Beaton
- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada.
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance 13115, France
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance 13115, France
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance 13115, France
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- Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (formerly Atomic Energy of Canada Limited), Chalk River Laboratories, 286 Plant Road, Chalk River, ON K0J 1J0, Canada
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Shi X, Seymour C, Mothersill C. Change of cell growth and mitochondrial membrane polarization in the progeny of cells surviving low-dose high-LET irradiation from Ra-226. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2018; 167:51-65. [PMID: 30007873 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2018.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In order to test the delayed effect of radiation on the progeny of irradiated survivors, the human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT and the fish common bluegill embryonic cell line CHSE/F were exposed to low-dose high-LET α-radiation from Ra-226 or γ-rays. The clonogenic survival fraction, mitochondrial membrane polarization (MMP) and reproductive ability of the descendants of the surviving cells were measured. For progeny of irradiated HaCaT survivors, no delayed cell death occurred. On the contrary, progeny at about 47 cell doublings after Ra-226 irradiation and progeny at about 14 cell doublings after γ-irradiation showed increased clonogenic survival. However the total cell number was reduced for progeny of Ra-226-treated cells up to about 47 cell doublings after irradiation and for progeny of γ-irradiated cells up to about 28 doublings after irradiation, which means low reproductive ability had appeared. In addition, α-radiation from Ra-226 had greater impact on the MMP of the HaCaT progeny than γ-rays. MMP of progeny of Ra-226-treated cells decreased at 5 cell doublings after irradiation and increased dose-dependently at 19 cell doublings after treatment, and then decreased dose-dependently at 47 cell doublings, while there was no significant effect on MMP in progeny of γ irradiated cells. The progeny of Ra-226-irradiated CHSE/F survivors showed more serious damage than the offspring of γ-irradiated CHSE/F cells. Significant, dose-dependent delayed cell death occurred in progeny of surviving cells up to about 61 cell doublings after Ra-226 treatment, and the reproductive ability was also significantly reduced. But the MMP increased, which might be because of the increased removal of dead cells. For progeny of CHSE/F cells surviving γ-rays radiation, no significant change in clonogenic survival occurred, except for offspring of cells surviving low dose (0.1 Gy and 0.5 Gy) irradiation, which had higher survival than control up to about 28 cell doublings after irradiation. But the number of cells which were the progeny of γ-irradiated survivors decreased dose-dependently up to about 28 cell doublings after γ-irradiation.
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- Xiaopei Shi
- McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Arcanjo C, Armant O, Floriani M, Cavalie I, Camilleri V, Simon O, Orjollet D, Adam-Guillermin C, Gagnaire B. Tritiated water exposure disrupts myofibril structure and induces mis-regulation of eye opacity and DNA repair genes in zebrafish early life stages. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2018; 200:114-126. [PMID: 29751158 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
Tritium (3H) is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. In the environment, the most common form of tritium is tritiated water (HTO). The present study aimed to identify early biomarkers of HTO contamination through the use of an aquatic model, the zebrafish (Danio rerio). We used the zebrafish embryo-larvae model to investigate the modes of action of HTO exposure at dose rates of 0.4 and 4 mGy/h, dose rates expected to induce deleterious effects on fish. Zebrafish were exposed to HTO from 3 hpf (hours post fertilization) to 96 hpf. The transcriptomic effects were investigated 24 h and 96 h after the beginning of the contamination, using mRNAseq. Results suggested an impact of HTO contamination, regardless of the dose rate, on genes involved in muscle contraction (tnnt2d, tnni2a.4, slc6a1a or atp2a1l) and eye opacity (crygm2d9, crygmxl1, mipb or lim2.3) after 24 h of contamination. Interestingly, an opposite differential expression was highlighted in genes playing a role in muscle contraction and eye opacity in 24 hpf embryos when comparing dose rates, suggesting an onset of DNA protective mechanisms. The expression of h2afx and ddb2 involved in DNA repair was enhanced in response to HTO exposure. The entrainment of circadian clock and the response to H2O2 signalling pathways were enriched at 96 hpf at 0.4 mGy/h and in both stages after 4 mGy/h. Genes involved in ROS scavenging were differentially expressed only after 24 h of exposure for the lowest dose rate, suggesting the onset of early protective mechanisms against oxidative stress. Effects highlighted on muscle at the molecular scale were confirmed at a higher biological scale, as electron microscopy observations revealed sarcomere impairments in 96 hpf larvae for both dose rates. Together with other studies, the present work provides useful data to better understand modes of action of tritium on zebrafish embryos-larvae.
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- Caroline Arcanjo
- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LR2T, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de SÛreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV/SRTE/LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
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Hamilton ME, Bols NC, Duncker BP. The characterization of γH2AX and p53 as biomarkers of genotoxic stress in a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) brain cell line. CHEMOSPHERE 2018; 201:850-858. [PMID: 29554631 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2017] [Revised: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Rainbow trout cell cultures were exposed to three genotoxicants and examined for effects on γH2AX and p53 levels by western blotting and on cell viability using the indicator dyes Alamar Blue (AB) for energy metabolism and 5'-carboxyfluorescein diacetate acetoxymethyl ester (CFDA-AM) for plasma membrane integrity. Bleomycin induced γH2AX and p53 in a dose- and time-dependent manner and had little cytotoxic effect. However, induction was first seen at 0.3 μM for γH2AX but not until 16.5 μM for p53. Methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) increased H2AX phosphorylation but diminished p53 levels as the dose was increased from 908 μM up to 2724 μM. Over this dose range cell viability was progressively lost. 4-nitroquinoline N-oxide (NQO) induced both γH2AX and p53, beginning at 62.5 nM, which was also the concentration at which cell viability began to decline. As the NQO concentration increased further, elevated γH2AX was detected at up to 2.0 μM, while p53 was elevated up to 1.0 μM. Therefore, H2AX phosphorylation was superior to p53 levels as a marker of DNA damage caused by genotoxicants that act by introducing double-stranded DNA breaks (bleomycin), alkyl groups (MMS), and quinoline adducts (NQO).
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- Mark E Hamilton
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
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Vo NTK, Seymour CB, Mothersill CE. Dose rate effects of low-LET ionizing radiation on fish cells. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2017; 56:433-441. [PMID: 28780694 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-017-0706-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Radiobiological responses of a highly clonogenic fish cell line, eelB, to low-LET ionizing radiation and effects of dose rates were studied. In acute exposure to 0.1-12 Gy of gamma rays, eelB's cell survival curve displayed a linear-quadratic (LQ) relationship. In the LQ model, α, β, and α/β ratio were 0.0024, 0.037, and 0.065, respectively; for the first time that these values were reported for fish cells. In the multi-target model, n, D o, and D q values were determined to be 4.42, 2.16, and 3.21 Gy, respectively, and were the smallest among fish cell lines being examined to date. The mitochondrial potential response to gamma radiation in eelB cells was at least biphasic: mitochondria hyperpolarized 2 h and then depolarized 5 h post-irradiation. Upon receiving gamma rays with a total dose of 5 Gy, dose rates (ranging between 83 and 1366 mGy/min) had different effects on the clonogenic survival but not the mitochondrial potential. The clonogenic survival was significantly higher at the lowest dose rate of 83 mGy/min than at the other higher dose rates. Upon continuous irradiation with beta particles from tritium at 0.5, 5, 50, and 500 mGy/day for 7 days, mitochondria significantly depolarized at the three higher dose rates. Clearly, dose rates had differential effects on the clonogenic survival of and mitochondrial membrane potential in fish cells.
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- Nguyen T K Vo
- Radiation Sciences Program, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Radiation Sciences Program, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Radiation Sciences Program, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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