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Vandenbulcke F, Anzillotti G, Ravasio G, Malagoli E, Conte P, Balzarini B, Kirienko A, Kon E. External fixator-assisted plating osteosynthesis in a rabbit model of femoral bone defects appears to be a feasible and reproducible surgical technique: preliminary insights from a bone substitute study. J Exp Orthop 2023; 10:77. [PMID: 37526773 PMCID: PMC10393914 DOI: 10.1186/s40634-023-00644-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The aims of this study were to assess the complications associated with the use of an external fixator-assisted plate osteosynthesis technique to stabilize a femoral bone defect in a rabbit model and to evaluate if this technique could avoid the mispositioning and the displacement of the femoral fragments during the surgical procedure. METHODS A preliminary cadaveric animal study was conducted to develop a new technique of external fixator-assisted plating. Thirty rabbits underwent a surgical procedure consisting in the creation of a femoral bone defect and, subsequently an implantation of a bone substitute through the assistance of a temporary external fixator. The fixator's ability to maintain length and alignment during surgery was documented. All intraoperative complications were prospectively collected. RESULTS No complications related to the use of the temporary external fixator were reported. The technique successfully prevented mispositioning and dislocation during plating in all the rabbits. CONCLUSION In a rabbit animal model, the use of an external fixator-assisted plate osteosynthesis technique appears to be feasible and effective in avoiding misposition and rotation of femoral fragments when performing osteotomy and plating to create a mid-diaphyseal femoral defect.
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- F Vandenbulcke
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy.
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122, Milan, Italy
- University of Milan, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Via Dell'Università 6, 26900, Lodi, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Manzoni 113, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, External Fixation Unit (Dr Kirienko A), Via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, 20089, Milan, Italy
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Zorena K, Jaskulak M, Michalska M, Mrugacz M, Vandenbulcke F. Air Pollution, Oxidative Stress, and the Risk of Development of Type 1 Diabetes. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:1908. [PMID: 36290631 PMCID: PMC9598917 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11101908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Despite multiple studies focusing on environmental factors conducive to the development of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), knowledge about the involvement of long-term exposure to air pollution seems insufficient. The main focus of epidemiological studies is placed on the relationship between exposure to various concentrations of particulate matter (PM): PM1, PM2.5, PM10, and sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (O3), versus the risk of T1DM development. Although the specific molecular mechanism(s) behind the link between increased air pollution exposure and a higher risk of diabetes and metabolic dysfunction is yet unknown, available data indicate air pollution-induced inflammation and oxidative stress as a significant pathway. The purpose of this paper is to assess recent research examining the association between inhalation exposure to PM and associated metals and the increasing rates of T1DM worldwide. The development of modern and more adequate methods for air quality monitoring is also introduced. A particular emphasis on microsensors, mobile and autonomous measuring platforms, satellites, and innovative approaches of IoT, 5G connections, and Block chain technologies are also presented. Reputable databases, including PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science, were used to search for relevant literature. Eligibility criteria involved recent publication years, particularly publications within the last five years (except for papers presenting a certain novelty or mechanism for the first time). Population, toxicological and epidemiological studies that focused particularly on fine and ultra-fine PM and associated ambient metals, were preferred, as well as full-text publications.
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- Katarzyna Zorena
- Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7, 80-210 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Eye Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Kilinskiego 1, 15-089 Białystok, Poland
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, University Artois, YncreaHauts-de-France, ULR4515-LGCgE, F-59000 Lille, France
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Jaskulak M, Rostami S, Zorena K, Vandenbulcke F. Transcriptome sequencing of Brassica napus highlights the complex issues with soil supplementation with sewage sludge. Chemosphere 2022; 298:134321. [PMID: 35306057 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The soil supplementation with sewage sludge (SS) has become a widespread method to improve soil quality, but its long-term possible consequences are still relatively unknown. SS may contain several groups of contaminants to which the biological responses of the organisms are still poorly understood mainly due to the mixture toxicity. In this context, RNA-seq has been used to assess the impact of the exposure to sewage sludge supplemented soil at the whole-transcriptome level in the Brassica napus (B. napus). Although the municipal sewage sludge passed all safety regulations set by the EU commission (86/278/EEC), soil supplementation with SS caused a significant (p < 0.05) increase in the content of lead (by 68.8%, 71.4% in plant shoots and roots, respectively), zinc (by 22.4% and 31.2%), nickel (by 67.0% and 30.2%), and copper (by 33.1% and 39.2%). The de-novo assembled transcriptome of B. napus identified 555 differently expressed genes (DEGs) in a response to sewage sludge supplementation at the false detection rate below 0.001 (FDR <0.001). Among them, 313 genes were up-regulated and 242 genes were down-regulated. The gene ontology analysis (GO) had shown, that significantly enriched GO groups included genes involved in photosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism and photosystems repair (41 genes), response to oxidative stress (50 genes), response to pathogens (36 genes), response to xenobiotics (15 genes), and heavy metals (41 genes), cell death (8 genes), cell wall structure (15 genes). These results suggest a significant impact of contaminants in sewage sludge on plants transcriptome. The transcriptomic approach facilitated a better understanding of the molecular level of the potential toxicity of sewage sludge in B. napus. RNA-seq allowed for the identification of potential novel early-warning molecular markers of environmental contamination. This work highlights the crucial necessity for rapid legislation change concerning the allowable levels of contaminants in sewage sludge applied on land, to mitigate the possible adverse outcomes in the ecosystem after its use as a fertilizer.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- University of Lille, IMT Lille Douai, University of Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515, LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France; Department of Immunobiology and Environmental Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland.
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Department of Immunobiology and Environmental Microbiology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland
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- University of Lille, IMT Lille Douai, University of Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515, LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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Jaskulak M, Rorat A, Vandenbulcke F, Pauwels M, Grzmil P, Plytycz B. Polymorphic microsatellite markers demonstrate hybridization and interspecific gene flow between lumbricid earthworm species, Eisenia andrei and E. fetida. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0262493. [PMID: 35180227 PMCID: PMC8856553 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The lumbricid earthworms Eisenia andrei (Ea) and E. fetida (Ef) have been used as model organisms for studies on hybridization. Previously they have been identified by species specific sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene of maternal origin ('a' or 'f') and the nuclear 28S gene of maternal/paternal origin ('A' or 'F'). In experimental crosses, these hermaphroditic species produce progeny of genotypes Ea (aAA), Ef (fFF) and hybrids (aAF and fFA) originating by self-fertilization or cross-fertilization. To facilitate studies on new aspects of the breeding biology and hybridization of earthworms, polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed based on 12 Ea and 12 Ef specimens and validated on DNA samples extracted from 24 genotyped specimens (aAA, fFF, aAF and fFA) from three laboratory-raised families and 10 of them were applied in the present study. The results indicate that microsatellite markers are valuable tools for tracking interspecific gene flow between these species.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515—LGCgE, Lille, France
- Department of Immunobiology and Environment Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences with Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515—LGCgE, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515—LGCgE, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515—LGCgE, Lille, France
- Univ. Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 - EEP - Laboratoire Evolution Ecologie Paléontologie F-59000 Lille, France
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Evolutionism, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Courtois P, de Vaufleury A, Grosser A, Lors C, Vandenbulcke F. Transfer of sulfidized silver from silver nanoparticles, in sewage sludge, to plants and primary consumers in agricultural soil environment. Sci Total Environ 2021; 777:145900. [PMID: 33676211 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 02/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Consumer products containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) release silver (Ag) to the environment, particularly wastewater. Sewage sludge (SS), which contains numerous contaminants including Ag, is recycled by spreading on agricultural land. Although slight impacts and bioaccumulation of Ag sulfide (Ag2S, the main species found in SS) in terrestrial organisms have been demonstrated, possible trophic transfer into plants and subsequently animal species has not been examined. Accordingly, the present study experimentally measured the transfer of Ag from AgNPs and sulfidized Ag into plants and primary consumers and compared their bioavailability. Nine plant cultivars were grown in soil mixed with SS containing Ag, which revealed that bioaccumulation of Ag by plants is species-dependent. Ryegrass (the plant species with the greatest accumulation - up to 0.2 mg kg-1) was then cultivated on a larger scale to expose snails and locusts for several weeks. While locusts did not accumulate Ag after two weeks of exposure, snails exhibited Ag bioaccumulation after 5 weeks when soil was accessible. Sulfidized Ag derived from AgNPs were less available (bioaccumulation up to 2.5 mg kg-1) than the Ag from the original AgNPs (bioaccumulation up to 15 mg kg-1). This transfer potential of Ag could have consequences for food webs due to chronic exposure linked to SS spreading practices. This study shows that transformations of AgNPs in treatment plants attenuate but do not completely eliminate the risk of Ag to plant and animal species SS.
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- Pauline Courtois
- Univ. Lille, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Artois, Junia, ULR 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- University of Bourgogne Franche-Comté, Department Chrono-environnement, UMR UFC/CNRS 6249, 16 route de Gray, Besançon Cedex 25030, France
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- Częstochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Częstochowa, Poland
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- IMT Lille Douai, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Lille, Centre for Materials and Processes, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Institut Mines-Télécom, Univ. Artois, Junia, ULR 4515 - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France
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Bernard F, Dumez S, Lemière S, Platel A, Nesslany F, Deram A, Vandenbulcke F, Cuny D. Impact of cadmium on forage kale (Brassica oleracea var. viridis cv "Prover") after 3-,10- and 56-day exposure to a Cd-spiked field soil. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:25060-25068. [PMID: 29546517 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-1636-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 02/28/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a highly toxic element for living organisms and is widespread in metal-contaminated soils. As organisms which can grow up on these polluted areas, plants have some protection mechanisms against Cd issues. Among the plant kingdom, the Brassicaceae family includes species which are known to be able to tolerate and accumulate Cd in their tissues. In this study, Brassica oleracea var. viridis cv "Prover" was exposed to a range of artificially Cd-contaminated soils (from 2.5 up to 20 mg kg-1) during 3, 10, and 56 days and the effects on life traits, photosynthesis activity, antioxidant enzymatic activities were studied. Metal accumulation was quantified, as well as DNA damage, by means of the comet assay and immunodetection of 8-OHdG levels. Globally, B. oleracea was relatively tolerant to those Cd exposures. However, comet assay and detection of 8-OHdG revealed some DNA damage but which are not significant. According to metal accumulation analysis, B. oleracea var. viridis cv Prover could be a good candidate for alternative growing in contaminated areas.
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- Fabien Bernard
- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- LGCgE EA 4515, "Fonctionnement des écosystèmes terrestres anthropisés" Cité Scientifique, Univ Lille1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques-Université de Lille 2, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques-Université de Lille 2, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- LGCgE EA 4515, "Fonctionnement des écosystèmes terrestres anthropisés" Cité Scientifique, Univ Lille1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique-Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, 59800, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique-Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, 59800, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques-Université de Lille 2, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
- Faculté de Management de la Santé (ILIS)-Université de Lille 2, EA 4483, 59120, Loos, France
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France.
- LGCgE EA 4515, "Fonctionnement des écosystèmes terrestres anthropisés" Cité Scientifique, Univ Lille1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Université de Lille, 59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques-Université de Lille 2, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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Courtois P, Rorat A, Lemiere S, Guyoneaud R, Attard E, Longepierre M, Rigal F, Levard C, Chaurand P, Grosser A, Grobelak A, Kacprzak M, Lors C, Richaume A, Vandenbulcke F. Medium-term effects of Ag supplied directly or via sewage sludge to an agricultural soil on Eisenia fetida earthworm and soil microbial communities. Chemosphere 2021; 269:128761. [PMID: 33168285 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The widespread use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in consumer products that release Ag throughout their life cycle has raised potential environmental concerns. AgNPs primarily accumulate in soil through the spreading of sewage sludge (SS). In this study, the effects of direct exposure to AgNPs or indirect exposure via SS contaminated with AgNPs on the earthworm Eisenia fetida and soil microbial communities were compared, through 3 scenarios offering increasing exposure concentrations. The effects of Ag speciation were analyzed by spiking SS with AgNPs or AgNO3 before application to soil. SS treatment strongly impacted Ag speciation due to the formation of Ag2S species that remained sulfided after mixing in the soil. The life traits and expression of lysenin, superoxide dismutase, cd-metallothionein genes in earthworms were not impacted by Ag after 5 weeks of exposure, but direct exposure to Ag without SS led to bioaccumulation of Ag, suggesting transfer in the food chain. Ag exposure led to a decrease in potential carbon respiration only when directly added to the soil. The addition of SS had a greater effect on soil microbial diversity than the form of Ag, and the formation of Ag sulfides in SS reduced the impact of AgNPs on E. fetida and soil microorganisms compared with direct addition.
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- Pauline Courtois
- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de L'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, UMR IPREM 5254, Environmental Microbiology, 64000, Pau, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de L'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, UMR IPREM 5254, Environmental Microbiology, 64000, Pau, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de L'Adour, E2S UPPA, CNRS, UMR IPREM 5254, Environmental Microbiology, 64000, Pau, France
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- Azorean Biodiversity Group, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C), Departamento de Ciencias Agráriase Engenharia Do Ambiente, Universidade Dos Açores, PT-9700-042, Angra Do Heroísmo, Açores, Portugal
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Częstochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Częstochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Częstochowa University of Technology, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- LEM, Laboratoire D'Ecologie Microbienne, UMR 5557, 69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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Jaskulak M, Rorat A, Kurianska-Piatek L, Hofman S, Bigaj J, Vandenbulcke F, Plytycz B. Species-specific Cd-detoxification mechanisms in lumbricid earthworms Eisenia andrei, Eisenia fetida and their hybrids. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 208:111425. [PMID: 33068978 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111425] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hermaphroditic lumbricid Eisenia sp. earthworms are ubiquitous and highly resistant to a variety of environmental stressors, including heavy metals. Among the progeny of laboratory mated inter-specific pairs of Eisenia fetida (Ea) and Eisenia andrei (Ef) there are fertile Ha hybrids derived from Ea ova fertilized by Ef spermatozoa and very rare sterile Hf hybrids from Ef ova fertilized by Ea spermatozoa. The aim of the first part of the experiment was to compare the life traits and whole body accumulation of cadmium in adult earthworms from genetically defined Ea, Ef and their hybrids (Ha) exposed for four weeks to commercial soil either unpolluted (control) or cadmium-spiked leading to moderate (M) or high (H) soil pollution (M = 425 and H = 835 mg kg-1 dry soil weight). Such exposure impaired cocoon production but not affected earthworm viability despite the massive Cd bioaccumulation in the whole earthworm bodies reaching at M and H groups 316-454, 203-338, 114-253, and 377-309 mg kg-1 dry body weights of Ea, Ef1, Ef2, and Ha, respectively, surprisingly reaching maximum accumulation quantities in hybrids. The second part of the experiment aimed to investigate cadmium-related defense mechanisms at transcriptomic level in coelomocytes non-invasively extruded from coelomic cavities of the new sets of Ea, Ef, Ha, and Hf earthworms exposed to Cd in microcosms for 0 days (control), 2 days, and 7 days (M = 425 mg kg-1). Expression level of stress-induced Cd-metallothionein (mt) and superoxide dismutase (sod) were gradually up-regulated, while the immune-connected lysenin (lys) was rapidly down-regulated; the expression of glutathione S-transferase (gst) and phytochelatin synthase (pcs) remained unaffected. Mt and sod gene up-regulation and lys gene down-regulation were especially pronounced in Ea-derived hybrids. In sum, capacity of cadmium bioaccumulation and detoxification mechanisms is more efficient in interspecific hybrids than in the pure Ea and Ef species.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, and Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, and Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR4515 - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, and Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Chaâbene Z, Rorat A, Kriaa W, Rekik I, Mejdoub H, Vandenbulcke F, Elleuch A. In-site and Ex-site Date Palm Exposure to Heavy Metals Involved Infra-Individual Biomarkers Upregulation. Plants (Basel) 2021; 10:plants10010137. [PMID: 33445405 PMCID: PMC7826821 DOI: 10.3390/plants10010137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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As a tree of considerable importance in arid regions-date palm, Phoenix dactylifera L. survival in contaminated areas of Sfax city has drawn our attention. Leaf samples of the plants grown in the study area showed high levels of cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), and chromium (Cr). On the basis of this finding, the cellular mechanisms that explain these metal accumulations were investigated in controlled conditions. After four months of exposure to Cd, Cr, or Cu, high bioconcentration and translocation factor (TF>1) have been shown for date palm plantlets exposed to Cd and low TF values were obtained for plantlets treated with Cr and Cu. Moreover, accumulation of oxidants and antioxidant enzyme activities occurred in exposed roots to Cu and Cd. Secondary metabolites, such as polyphenols and flavonoids, were enhanced in plants exposed at low metal concentrations and declined thereafter. Accumulation of flavonoids in cells may be correlated with the expression of the gene encoding Pdmate5, responsible for the transport of secondary metabolites, especially flavonoids. Other transporter genes responded positively to metal incorporation, especially Pdhma2, but also Pdabcc and Pdnramp6. The latter would be a new candidate gene sensitive to metallic stress in plants. Expressions of gene coding metal chelators were also investigated. Pdpcs1 and Pdmt3 exhibited a strong induction in plants exposed to Cr. These modifications of the expression of some biochemical and molecular based-markers in date palm helped to better understand the ability of the plant to tolerate metals. They could be useful in assessing heavy metal contaminations in polluted soils and may improve accumulation capacity of other plants.
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- Zayneb Chaâbene
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia; (H.M.); (A.E.)
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement–Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (A.R.); (F.V.)
- Correspondence:
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement–Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (A.R.); (F.V.)
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- Environmental Science Center, Qatar University, Doha P.O. Box 2713, Qatar;
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- High Institute of Applied Biology of Medenine, Medenine 4119, Tunisia;
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia; (H.M.); (A.E.)
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement–Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France; (A.R.); (F.V.)
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3000, Tunisia; (H.M.); (A.E.)
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Courtois P, Rorat A, Lemiere S, Levard C, Chaurand P, Grobelak A, Lors C, Vandenbulcke F. Accumulation, speciation and localization of silver nanoparticles in the earthworm Eisenia fetida. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:3756-3765. [PMID: 32270459 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08548-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The use of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) in agriculture and many consumer products has led to a significant release of Ag in the environment. Although Ag toxicity in terrestrial organisms has been studied extensively, very little is known about the accumulation capacity and coping mechanisms of organisms in Ag-contaminated soil. In this context, we exposed Eisenia fetida earthworms to artificial OECD soil spiked with a range of concentrations of Ag (AgNPs or AgNO3). The main aims were to (1) identify the location and form of accumulation of Ag in the exposed earthworms and (2) better understand the physiological mechanisms involved in Ag detoxification. The results showed that similar doses of AgNPs or AgNO3 did not have the same effect on E. fetida survival. The two forms of Ag added to soil exhibited substantial differences in speciation at the end of exposure, but the Ag speciation and content of Ag in earthworms were similar, suggesting that biotransformation of Ag occurred. Finally, 3D images of intact earthworms obtained by X-ray micro-computed tomography revealed that Ag accumulated preferentially in the chloragogen tissue, coelomocytes, and nephridial epithelium. Thus, E. fetida bioaccumulates Ag, but a regulation mechanism limits its impact in a very efficient manner. The location of Ag in the organism, the competition between Ag and Cu, and the speciation of internal Ag suggest a link between Ag and the thiol-rich proteins that are widely present in these tissues, most probably metallothioneins, which are key proteins in the sequestration and detoxification of metals.
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- Pauline Courtois
- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR 4515, - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR 4515, - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR 4515, - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR 4515, - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, IMT Lille Douai, Univ. Artois, Yncrea Hauts-de-France, ULR 4515, - LGCgE, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, F-59000, Lille, France.
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Jaskulak M, Grobelak A, Vandenbulcke F. Effects of sewage sludge supplementation on heavy metal accumulation and the expression of ABC transporters in Sinapis alba L. during assisted phytoremediation of contaminated sites. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 197:110606. [PMID: 32304921 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 04/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporters, types C, G, and B were monitored via qPCR in order to investigate the influence of heavy metal (HM) contamination of post-industrial and post-agricultural soils and the effects of its supplementation with sewage sludge, on Sinapis alba plants. Five house-keeping genes were selected and validated to ensure the best reference points. The relative expression of ABC types C and G genes was profoundly affected by experimental conditions and included their upregulation after plants exposure to heavy metals and downregulation after supplementation with sewage sludge. However, ABC type C was more responsive then type G. The experimental conditions altered the expression of ABC type C gene faster than ABC type G and thus, the expression of ABC type C can therefore potentially be used as a bioindicator during assisted phytoremediation of degraded sites. In clean soil, supplementation with sewage sludge with a slight content of heavy metals still caused an upregulation in the expression of ABC types C and G, which showed that proper toxicity assessments are necessary to ensure safe application of sewage sludge into soils. Results showed that the analysed genes take a significant part in plants metal detoxification and that their expression is regulated at transcriptional level after exposure to soil contaminated with heavy metals by both, industrial activities and by sewage sludge supplementation. Thus, their expression can potentially be used as an early-warning biomarker when soil supplementation with sewage sludge is incorporated into the soil-management process.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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De Coster M, Demolder A, De Meyer V, Vandenbulcke F, Van Heuverswyn F, De Pooter J. P1362Diagnostic accuracy of R-wave detection by insertable cardiac monitors. Europace 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/europace/euaa162.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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OnBehalf
1.Department of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Introduction
Insertable cardiac monitors (ICM) allow automatic arrhythmia detection but the diagnostic performance can be hampered by poor R-wave sensing leading to false positive recordings.
Purpose
This study assesses the prevalence and predictors of R-wave under- and oversensing among different ICM types.
Methods
Patients implanted with an ICM at the University Hospital of Ghent between January 2017 and August 2018 were included. All ICM tracings recorded at ICM interrogation or transmitted by remote monitoring were reviewed for inadequate R-wave sensing leading to false arrhythmia alerts. Inadequate R wave sensing was defined as undersensing due to sudden reduction in R wave amplitude or oversensing due to the occurrence of artefacts. Patient and implant characteristics were retrieved from the medical record and implant reports.
Results
The study screened 135 patients (age 59 ± 19 years, 44% female) implanted with different ICM types: Reveal XT and LINQ n = 92 (68%), Confirm and Confirm Rx n = 35 (26%), BioMonitor n = 8 (6%). ICM analysis was conducted in 112 patients (83%). Overall, false arrhythmia alerts due to inadequate R wave sensing occurred in 22 (20%) of the patients. Among these 22 patients, false diagnosis of bradycardia or pauses were documented in 64%, false high ventricular rates in 14% and false atrial fibrillation alerts in 22% of the patients. Of interest, in an additional 7 (6%) patients significant changes in R wave sensing occurred, although not causing false arrhythmic alerts. Occurrence of R-wave changes occurred in 19% of Reveal, 17% of Confirm and 50% of BioMonitor ICMs (p = not significant). Occurrence of R-wave changes among the different types of ICMs were not related to age, sex, BMI, time of the day, heart frequency or implant R-wave sensing.
Conclusion
Poor R wave sensing, leading to false arrhythmia detection, occurred in a significant number of ICM, and seems to occur independent of ICM type, patient or implant characteristics.
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- University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium
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- University Hospital Ghent, Gent, Belgium
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Jaskulak M, Grobelak A, Vandenbulcke F. Modelling assisted phytoremediation of soils contaminated with heavy metals - Main opportunities, limitations, decision making and future prospects. Chemosphere 2020; 249:126196. [PMID: 32088456 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 01/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/11/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The heavy metals (HMs) soils contamination is a growing concern since HMs are not biodegradable and can accumulate in all living organisms causing a threat to plants and animals, including humans. Phytoremediation is a cost-efficient technology that uses plants to remove, transform or detoxify contaminants. In recent years, phytoremediation is entering the stage of large-scale modelling via various mathematical models. Such models can be useful tools to further our understanding and predicting of the processes that influence the efficiency of phytoremediation and to precisely plan such actions on a large-scale. When dealing with extremely complicated and challenging variables like the interactions between the climate, soil and plants, modelling before starting an operation can significantly reduce the time and cost of such process by granting us an accurate prediction of possible outcomes. Research on the applicability of different modelling approaches is ongoing and presented work compares and discusses available models in order to point out their specific strengths and weaknesses in given scenarios. The main aim of this paper is to critically evaluate the main advantages and limitations of available models for large-scale phytoremediation including, among others, the Decision Support System (DSS), Response Surface Methodology (RSM), BALANS, PLANTIX and various regression models. Study compares their applicability and highlight existing gaps in current knowledge with a special reference to improving the efficiency of large-scale phytoremediation of sites contaminated with heavy-metals. The presented work can serve as a useful tool when choosing the most suitable model for the phytoremediation of contaminated sites.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Jaskulak M, Grobelak A, Vandenbulcke F. Modeling and optimizing the removal of cadmium by Sinapis alba L. from contaminated soil via Response Surface Methodology and Artificial Neural Networks during assisted phytoremediation with sewage sludge. Int J Phytoremediation 2020; 22:1321-1330. [PMID: 32466658 DOI: 10.1080/15226514.2020.1768513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The study was aimed to model and optimize the removal of cadmium from contaminated post-industrial soil via Sinapis alba L. by comparing two modeling approaches: Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN). The experimental design was done using the Box-Behnken Design method. In the RSM model, the quadratic model was shown to predict the closest results in comparison to our experimental data. For ANN approach, a two-layer Feed-Forward Back-Propagation Neural Network model was designed. The results showed that sewage sludge supplementation increased the efficiency of the Sinapis alba plant in removing Cd from the soil. After 28 days of exposure, the removal rate varied from 10.96% without any supplementation to 65.9% after supplementation with the highest possible (law allowed) dose of sewage sludge. The comparison proved that the prediction capability of the ANN model was much higher than that of the RSM model (adjusted R-square: 0.98, standard error of the Cd prediction removal: 0.85 ± 0.02). Thus, the ANN model could be used for the prediction of heavy metal removal during assisted phytoremediation with sewage sludge. Moreover, such approach could also be used to determinate the dose of sewage sludge that will ensure highest process efficiency.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, Lille, France
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- Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, Lille, France
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Audusseau H, Vandenbulcke F, Dume C, Deschins V, Pauwels M, Gigon A, Bagard M, Dupont L. Impacts of metallic trace elements on an earthworm community in an urban wasteland: Emphasis on the bioaccumulation and genetic characteristics in Lumbricus castaneus. Sci Total Environ 2020; 718:137259. [PMID: 32105923 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Metallic trace elements (MTEs) soil pollution has become a worldwide concern, particularly regarding its impact on earthworms. Earthworms, which constitute the dominant taxon of soil macrofauna in temperate regions and are crucial ecosystem engineers, are in direct contact with MTEs. The impacts of MTE exposure on earthworms, however, vary by species, with some able to cope with high levels of contamination. We combined different approaches to study the effects of MTEs at different levels of biological organisation of an earthworm community, in a contaminated urban wasteland. Our work is based on field collection of soil and earthworm samples, with a total of 891 adult earthworms from 8 species collected, over 87 quadrats across the study plot. We found that MTE concentrations are highly structured at the plot scale and that some elements, such as Pb, Zn, and Cu, are highly correlated. Comparing species assemblage to MTE concentrations, we found that the juvenile and adult abundances, and community composition, were significantly affected by pollution. Along the pollution gradient, as species richness decreased, Lumbricus castaneus became more dominant. We thus investigated the physiological response of this species to a set of specific elements (Pb, Zn, Cu, and Cd) and studied the impacts of MTE concentrations at the plot scale on its population genetic. These analyses revealed that L. castaneus is able to bioaccumulate high quantities of Cd and Zn, but not of Cu and Pb. The population genetic analysis, based on the genotyping of 175 individuals using 8 microsatellite markers, provided no evidence of the role of the heterogeneity in MTE concentrations as a barrier to gene flow. The multidisciplinary approach we used enabled us to reveal the comparatively high tolerance of L. castaneus to MTE concentrations, suggesting that this is a promising model to study the molecular bases of MTE tolerance.
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- Hélène Audusseau
- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France; Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8BB, UK.
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- Université de Lille, EA 4515-LGCgE - Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France; Université de Lille, EA 4515-LGCgE - Laboratoire Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Université de Lille, CNRS, UMR 8198 - Unité Evolution-Ecologie-Paléontologie, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France
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- Univ. Paris Est Creteil, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, INRA, IRD, Institut d'écologie et des sciences de l'environnement de Paris, 94010 Créteil, France
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Jaskulak M, Grobelak A, Grosser A, Vandenbulcke F. Gene expression, DNA damage and other stress markers in Sinapis alba L. exposed to heavy metals with special reference to sewage sludge application on contaminated sites. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 181:508-517. [PMID: 31234065 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2018] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bioindicators are promising tools used to detect the long-term effects of selected biosolids on plants development and should be implemented before large-scale supplementation of sewage sludge into the soil. The presented study shows the impact of sewage sludge application on metal-sensitive toxicity biological parameters (biomarkers) in Sinapis alba including: germination, root length, the activity of guaiacol peroxidase, the chlorophyll content, the level of DNA damage and the expression level of Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL) and metallothionein (mt). We evaluated data from selected biomarkers in order to broaden our understanding of plants defense mechanisms against heavy metal contamination and the application of sewage sludge into soils. Overall, in contaminated soil after supplementation with both municipal sewage sludges, an increase in toxicity was noticed in DNA damage, mt and rbcl expression and total chlorophyll content. The supplementation of both soils with municipal sewage sludge caused a two-time induction in the mt expression. Moreover, clean soil supplemented with sewage sludge caused an increase in DNA damage shown as the tail moment from approximately 12 μm on control to 40 μm after supplementation. Even if those biosolids increased the initial germination, roots length, and biomass in comparison to the unamended soil, the toxicity was evidenced with other stress markers. Results showed, that in order to accurately assess the influence of sewage sludge application on plants the use of several specific biomarkers is required for safe land restoration. The conducted study also confirmed, both under biochemical and genotoxic tests, that iron enrichment for biosolids or contaminated soil can significantly reduce the bioavailability and toxicity of other metals.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- University of Lille, Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Courtois P, Rorat A, Lemiere S, Guyoneaud R, Attard E, Levard C, Vandenbulcke F. Ecotoxicology of silver nanoparticles and their derivatives introduced in soil with or without sewage sludge: A review of effects on microorganisms, plants and animals. Environ Pollut 2019; 253:578-598. [PMID: 31330350 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.07.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Revised: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are widely incorporated in many products, partly due to their antimicrobial properties. The subsequent discharge of this form of silver into wastewater leads to an accumulation of silver species (AgNPs and derivatives resulting from their chemical transformation), in sewage sludge. As a result of the land application of sewage sludge for agricultural or remediation purposes, soils are the primary receiver media of silver contamination. Research on the long-term impact of AgNPs on the environment is ongoing, and this paper is the first review that summarizes the existing state of scientific knowledge on the potential impact of silver species introduced into the soil via sewage sludge, from microorganisms to earthworms and plants. Silver species can easily enter cells through biological membranes and affect the physiology of organisms, resulting in toxic effects. In soils, exposure to AgNPs may change microbial biomass and diversity, decrease plant growth and inhibit soil invertebrate reproduction. Physiological, biochemical and molecular effects have been documented in various soil organisms and microorganisms. Negative effects on organisms of the dominant form of silver in sewage sludge, silver sulfide (Ag2S), have been observed, although these effects are attenuated compared to the effects of metallic AgNPs. However, silver toxicity is complex to evaluate and much remains unknown about the ecotoxicology of silver species in soils, especially with respect to the possibility of transfer along the trophic chain via accumulation in plant and animal tissues. Critical points related to the hazards associated with the presence of silver species in the environment are described, and important issues concerning the ecotoxicity of sewage sludge applied to soil are discussed to highlight gaps in existing scientific knowledge and essential research directions for improving risk assessment.
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- Pauline Courtois
- Univ. Lille - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Lille - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Lille - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S/CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour L'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), UMR 5254, 64000, Pau, France
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- Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour/E2S/CNRS, Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-chimie pour L'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM), UMR 5254, 64000, Pau, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD, INRA, Coll France, CEREGE, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Univ. Lille - LGCgE - Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Cité scientifique, SN3, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Jaskulak M, Rorat A, Grobelak A, Chaabene Z, Kacprzak M, Vandenbulcke F. Bioaccumulation, antioxidative response, and metallothionein expression in Lupinus luteus L. exposed to heavy metals and silver nanoparticles. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2019; 26:16040-16052. [PMID: 30968299 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04972-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Yellow-lupin (Lupinus luteus L.) was grown on soils contaminated with heavy metals during two parallel studies. In the first one, the soil was contaminated by industrial activities whereas, in the second one, the soil was artificially contaminated with a single metal including Cd, Pb, Zn, Ni (in nitrate form), and Ag (in nitrate and nanoparticles form). The study was performed to assess a plant's response to contamination including its antioxidative response and molecular mechanisms involved in metal detoxification through the expression level of metallothioneins (MTs). Overall, the study provided insights into identification and validation of housekeeping genes (HKG) in L. luteus under exposure to metal stress and showed the effects of selected heavy metals and silver nanoparticles on the expression of metallothioneins, the activity of guaiacol peroxidase (GPX) and bioaccumulation of metals in leaves of L. luteus. As such, HKG validation using BestKeeper, NormFinder, and geNorm software allowed for the selection of four most stable reference genes in a context metal contamination for the selected plant. Moreover, a significant increase in the expression levels of MT was observed in plants grown under heavy metal stress and none on plants grown on 25 mg kg-1 of silver nanoparticles. Also, the GPX activity and MT expression showed statistically significant changes between different conditions and doses which means that they can be used as highly sensitive stress markers for planning the phytoremediation process on a large scale.
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- Marta Jaskulak
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland.
- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire des Biotechnologies Végétales Appliquées à l'Amélioration des Cultures, Université de Sfax, Sfax, Tunisie
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Infrastructure and Environment, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Laboratory of Civil Engineering and Environment (LGCgE), Environmental Axis, University of Lille, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Lanier C, Bernard F, Dumez S, Leclercq-Dransart J, Lemière S, Vandenbulcke F, Nesslany F, Platel A, Devred I, Hayet A, Cuny D, Deram A. Combined toxic effects and DNA damage to two plant species exposed to binary metal mixtures (Cd/Pb). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2019; 167:278-287. [PMID: 30343142 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2018.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 09/30/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Acute and long-term (3-, 10- and 56-day exposure) laboratory toxicity tests were carried out to assess the individual and combined toxic effects of cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) in Brassica oleracea and Trifolium repens. In addition to morphological parameters, this work also used comet assay to address endpoints in relation to genotoxicity. Bioaccumulation was measured to demonstrate the influence of the mixture on the concentrations of each metal in the plant. The statistical method reported by Ince et al. (1999) was used to evaluate the types of interaction between Cd and Pb in each treatment and concerning their combined effect. This study concludes that the combined effects of binary metal combinations of Cd/Pb on morphological parameters are most often additive, sometimes antagonistic and more rarely synergistic, thus extending the findings of previous publications on this subject. DNA damage analysis revealed concentration- and time-dependent interactions. Synergistic effects of mixed metals (more breaks than individually applied metals) are observed in T. repens after a short exposure. Antagonistic effects are statistically significant after 10 days-exposure, suggesting competition between metals. At 56 days, the rate of DNA damage observed in plants exposed to the Cd/Pb mixture was similar to that measured in plants exposed to lead only and was significantly lower than the rate of DNA damage induced by Cd. This supports the idea that there may be competition between metals and also strengthens the hypothesis that long-term reparation mechanisms may be implemented. Cd/Pb co-exposure does not significantly influence the bioaccumulation of each metal. It is nevertheless important to note that a statistically significant 'interaction' is not necessarily biologically relevant and should therefore be considered with caution when assessing heavy metals combined effects.
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- C Lanier
- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France.
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille EA 4515 - LGCgE (Civil and geo-environmental research laboratory), F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille EA 4515 - LGCgE (Civil and geo-environmental research laboratory), F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Lille EA 4515 - LGCgE (Civil and geo-environmental research laboratory), F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483 - IMPECS (IMPact of Environmental ChemicalS on human health), F-59000 Lille, France
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Chaâbene Z, Rorat A, Rekik Hakim I, Bernard F, Douglas GC, Elleuch A, Vandenbulcke F, Mejdoub H. Insight into the expression variation of metal-responsive genes in the seedling of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Chemosphere 2018; 197:123-134. [PMID: 29334652 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Revised: 12/20/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Phytochelatin synthase and metallothionein gene expressions were monitored via qPCR in order to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in Cd and Cr detoxification in date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). A specific reference gene validation procedure using BestKeeper, NormFinder and geNorm programs allowed selection of the three most stable reference genes in a context of Cd or Cr contamination among six reference gene candidates, namely elongation factor α1, actin, aldehyde dehydrogenase, SAND family, tubulin 6 and TaTa box binding protein. Phytochelatin synthase (pcs) and metallothionein (mt) encoding gene expression were induced from the first days of exposure. At low Cd stress (0.02 mM), genes were still up-regulated until 60th day of exposure. At the highest metal concentrations, however, pcs and mt gene expressions decreased. pcs encoding gene was significantly up-regulated under Cr exposure, and was more responsive to increasing Cr concentration than mt encoding gene. Moreover, exposure to Cd or Cr influenced clearly seed germination and hypocotyls elongation. Thus, the results have proved that both analyzed genes participate in metal detoxification and their expression is regulated at transcriptional level in date palm subjected to Cr and Cd stress. Consequently, variations of expression of mt and pcs genes may serve as early-warning biomarkers of metal stress in this species.
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- Zayneb Chaâbene
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia; Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Biorecycling Operations Research Laboratory, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille 1, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, BP 1171, 3000 Sfax, University of Sfax, Tunisia
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Chaâbene Z, Hakim IR, Rorat A, Elleuch A, Mejdoub H, Vandenbulcke F. Copper toxicity and date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) seedling tolerance: Monitoring of related biomarkers. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018; 37:797-806. [PMID: 29023967 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2017] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) seeds were exposed to different copper (Cu) solutions to examine plant stress responses. Low Cu concentrations (0.02 and 0.2 mM) caused an increase of seed germination, whereas higher Cu amounts (2 mM) significantly inhibited seed germination, delayed hypocotyl elongation, increased seedling mortality, and reduced the germination index by more than 90%. Metal-related toxicity symptoms appeared after 15 d of 2 mM of Cu exposure. Biochemical activities such as amylase activity and redox balance elements were examined to study the relationship between external Cu amount and internal plant response. The present study showed that amylolytic activity was dose- and time-dependent. Likewise, H2 O2 production increased after exposure to Cu, which was correlated with thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) accumulation. Furthermore at low Cu concentrations, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities increased, suggesting that date palm seed stimulated its metal homeostasis networks. However, the highest cupric ion amounts increased cell oxidant accumulation and reduced enzyme production. Gene expression level measures of P. dactylifera phytochelatin synthase (Pdpcs) and P. dactylifera metallothionein (Pdmt) encoding genes have been carried out to investigate the implication of PdPCS and PdMT proteins in Cu homeostasis and/or its sequestration. Phoenix dactylifera metallothionein induction reached a peak after 30 d of exposure to 0.2 mM of Cu. However, it was down-regulated in plants exposed to higher Cu concentrations. In the same conditions, Pdpcs was overexpressed during 1 mo of exposure before it decreased thereafter. These observations provide a new insight into date palm cell response to Cu, a metal that can be toxic but that is also an essential element. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:797-806. © 2017 SETAC.
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- Zayneb Chaâbene
- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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- Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, Université de Lille, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille, France
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Plytycz B, Bigaj J, Osikowski A, Hofman S, Falniowski A, Panz T, Grzmil P, Vandenbulcke F. The existence of fertile hybrids of closely related model earthworm species, Eisenia andrei and E. fetida. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0191711. [PMID: 29370238 PMCID: PMC5784991 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0191711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Lumbricid earthworms Eisenia andrei (Ea) and E. fetida (Ef) are simultaneous hermaphrodites with reciprocal insemination capable of self-fertilization while the existence of hybridization of these two species was still debatable. During the present investigation fertile hybrids of Ea and Ef were detected. Virgin specimens of Ea and Ef were laboratory crossed (Ea+Ef) and their progeny was doubly identified. 1 -identified by species-specific maternally derived haploid mitochondrial DNA sequences of the COI gene being either 'a' for worms hatched from Ea ova or 'f' for worms hatched from Ef ova. 2 -identified by the diploid maternal/paternal nuclear DNA sequences of 28s rRNA gene being either 'AA' for Ea, 'FF' for Ef, or AF/FA for their hybrids derived either from the 'aA' or 'fF' ova, respectively. Among offspring of Ea+Ef pairs in F1 generation there were mainly aAA and fFF earthworms resulted from the facilitated self-fertilization and some aAF hybrids from aA ova but none fFA hybrids from fF ova. In F2 generation resulting from aAF hybrids mated with aAA a new generations of aAA and aAF hybrids were noticed, while aAF hybrids mated with fFF gave fFF and both aAF and fFA hybrids. Hybrids intercrossed together produced plenty of cocoons but no hatchlings independently whether aAF+aAF or aAF+fFA were mated. These results indicated that Ea and Ef species, easy to maintain in laboratory and commonly used as convenient models in biomedicine and ecotoxicology, may also serve in studies on molecular basis of interspecific barriers and mechanisms of introgression and speciation. Hypothetically, their asymmetrical hybridization can be modified by some external factors.
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- Barbara Plytycz
- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Comparative Anatomy, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Malacology, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Ecologie Numerique et Ecotoxicologie, University Lille Nord de France, Lille, France
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Rorat A, Vandenbulcke F, Gałuszka A, Klimek B, Plytycz B. Protective role of metallothionein during regeneration in Eisenia andrei exposed to cadmium. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 203:39-50. [PMID: 29038073 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Lumbricid earthworms are often exposed to simultaneous action of various environmental stressors like soil contamination, temperature fluctuation or predators' attacks, which may induce extrusion of coelomocyte-containing coelomic fluid or loss of tail segments. If the injuries are not lethal, renewal of the immune-competent cells and soluble components of coelomic fluid and/or the regeneration of tail segments occurs. The aim of our investigations was to test the hypothesis that exposure of adult earthworms Eisenia andrei to cadmium-polluted soil at room temperature (RT) and/or low temperature (6°C) have adverse effects on restoration of experimentally depleted coelomocytes or on regeneration of amputated posterior segments. Intact control earthworms and their experimental counterparts subjected to electrostimulation-induced coelomocyte depletion or surgical amputation of posterior segments were maintained either in control soil or in soil spiked with cadmium chloride (500mg/kg air-dried soil) at RT or 6°C. Four weeks after the beginning of experiments, cadmium accumulation in earthworm bodies was significantly lower at 6°C than at room temperature. The numbers of restored cells and fluorophore contents were hardly affected by temperature or cadmium. However, cocoon production was reduced by cadmium and completely abolished at 6°C and regeneration of amputated posterior segments was inhibited in cold but was enhanced by cadmium exposure at RT. Independently on the temperature, the 4-week cadmium exposure of adult earthworms was connected with significantly upregulated expression of Cd-metallothionein (but not of catalase, lysenin and phytochelatin) in coelomocytes.
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- Agnieszka Rorat
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, SN3 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Université de Lille, Sciences et Technologies, Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement, SN3 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Suleiman H, Rorat A, Grobelak A, Grosser A, Milczarek M, Płytycz B, Kacprzak M, Vandenbulcke F. Determination of the performance of vermicomposting process applied to sewage sludge by monitoring of the compost quality and immune responses in three earthworm species: Eisenia fetida, Eisenia andrei and Dendrobaena veneta. Bioresour Technol 2017; 241:103-112. [PMID: 28550771 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.05.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of vermicomposting process applied on three different sewage sludge (precomposted with grass clippings, sawdust and municipal solid wastes) using three different earthworm species. Selected immune parameters, namely biomarkers of stress and metal body burdens, have been used to biomonitor the vermicomposting process and to assess the impact of contaminants on earthworm's physiology. Biotic and abiotic parameters were also used in order to monitor the process and the quality of the final product. Dendrobaena veneta exhibited much lower resistance in all experimental conditions, as the bodyweight and the total number of circulating immune cells decreased in the most contaminated conditions. All earthworm species accumulated heavy metals as follows Cd>Co>Cu>Zn>Ni>Pb>Cr: Eisenia sp. worms exhibited the highest ability to accumulate several heavy metals. Vermicompost obtained after 45days was acceptable according to agronomic parameters and to compost quality norms in France and Poland.
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- Hanine Suleiman
- Université de Lille, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université de Lille, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Université de Lille, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Beaumelle L, Hedde M, Vandenbulcke F, Lamy I. Relationships between metal compartmentalization and biomarkers in earthworms exposed to field-contaminated soils. Environ Pollut 2017; 224:185-194. [PMID: 28284548 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2016] [Revised: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Partitioning tissue metal concentration into subcellular compartments reflecting toxicologically available pools may provide good descriptors of the toxicological effects of metals on organisms. Here we investigated the relationships between internal compartmentalization of Cd, Pb and Zn and biomarker responses in a model soil organism: the earthworm. The aim of this study was to identify metal fractions reflecting the toxic pressure in an endogeic, naturally occurring earthworm species (Aporrectodea caliginosa) exposed to realistic field-contaminated soils. After a 21 days exposure experiment to 31 field-contaminated soils, Cd, Pb and Zn concentrations in earthworms and in three subcellular fractions (cytosol, debris and granules) were quantified. Different biomarkers were measured: the expression of a metallothionein gene (mt), the activity of catalase (CAT) and of glutathione-s-transferase (GST), and the protein, lipid and glycogen reserves. Biomarkers were further combined into an integrated biomarker index (IBR). The subcellular fractionation provided better predictors of biomarkers than the total internal contents hence supporting its use when assessing toxicological bioavailability of metals to earthworms. The most soluble internal pools of metals were not always the best predictors of biomarker responses. metallothionein expression responded to increasing concentrations of Cd in the insoluble fraction (debris + granules). Protein and glycogen contents were also mainly related to Cd and Pb in the insoluble fraction. On the other hand, GST activity was better explained by Pb in the cytosolic fraction. CAT activity and lipid contents variations were not related to metal subcellular distribution. The IBR was best explained by both soluble and insoluble fractions of Pb and Cd. This study further extends the scope of mt expression as a robust and specific biomarker in an ecologically representative earthworm species exposed to field-contaminated soils. The genetic lineage of the individuals, assessed by DNA barcoding with cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, did not influence mt expression.
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- Léa Beaumelle
- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, 78026, Versailles, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, 78026, Versailles, France
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- LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, Université de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris Saclay, 78026, Versailles, France.
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Rorat A, Wloka D, Grobelak A, Grosser A, Sosnecka A, Milczarek M, Jelonek P, Vandenbulcke F, Kacprzak M. Vermiremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in sewage sludge composting process. J Environ Manage 2017; 187:347-353. [PMID: 27836561 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.10.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The main objective of this work was to study the dynamics of the degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) during sewage sludge vermicomposting. This eco-biotechnology employing earthworms as natural bioreactors for decomposing of organic matter may be used for vermiremediation of particular pollutants present in various organic matter sources. In this experiment, sewage sludge was mixed with bulking agents and precomposted. Afterward, adult Eisenia andrei specimens were introduced into the process. Total heavy metal and PAHs concentration were measured in composts and earthworms before and after the process. While heavy metal concentrations fluctuated mildly in the substratum, several metals clearly accumulated in the earthworms' bodies. Body Accumulation Factors could be ranked as follows (Cd > Cu > Zn > Ni > Cr > Pb). Interestingly, addition of earthworms into the process has led to the high percentage of PAHs removal and some of the 16 priority PAHs analyzed in this study have been accumulated in earthworms' bodies. Applied conditions did not affect worms' viability but they almost completely inhibited their reproduction.
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- Agnieszka Rorat
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland; Université Lille Nord de France, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland.
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Université Lille Nord de France, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
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Beaumelle L, Vile D, Lamy I, Vandenbulcke F, Gimbert F, Hedde M. A structural equation model of soil metal bioavailability to earthworms: confronting causal theory and observations using a laboratory exposure to field-contaminated soils. Sci Total Environ 2016; 569-570:961-972. [PMID: 27378153 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Revised: 06/03/2016] [Accepted: 06/04/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Structural equation models (SEM) are increasingly used in ecology as multivariate analysis that can represent theoretical variables and address complex sets of hypotheses. Here we demonstrate the interest of SEM in ecotoxicology, more precisely to test the three-step concept of metal bioavailability to earthworms. The SEM modeled the three-step causal chain between environmental availability, environmental bioavailability and toxicological bioavailability. In the model, each step is an unmeasured (latent) variable reflected by several observed variables. In an exposure experiment designed specifically to test this SEM for Cd, Pb and Zn, Aporrectodea caliginosa was exposed to 31 agricultural field-contaminated soils. Chemical and biological measurements used included CaC12-extractable metal concentrations in soils, free ion concentration in soil solution as predicted by a geochemical model, dissolved metal concentration as predicted by a semi-mechanistic model, internal metal concentrations in total earthworms and in subcellular fractions, and several biomarkers. The observations verified the causal definition of Cd and Pb bioavailability in the SEM, but not for Zn. Several indicators consistently reflected the hypothetical causal definition and could thus be pertinent measurements of Cd and Pb bioavailability to earthworm in field-contaminated soils. SEM highlights that the metals present in the soil solution and easily extractable are not the main source of available metals for earthworms. This study further highlights SEM as a powerful tool that can handle natural ecosystem complexity, thus participating to the paradigm change in ecotoxicology from a bottom-up to a top-down approach.
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- Léa Beaumelle
- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles, France.
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- INRA, Montpellier SupAgro, UMR 759 LEPSE, 34060 Montpellier, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles, France.
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- LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, Université de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire Chrono-Environnement, UMR 6249 University of Franche-Comté/CNRS Usc INRA, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- UMR ECOSYS, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78026 Versailles, France
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Bernard F, Dumez S, Brulle F, Lemière S, Platel A, Nesslany F, Cuny D, Deram A, Vandenbulcke F. Antioxidant defense gene analysis in Brassica oleracea and Trifolium repens exposed to Cd and/or Pb. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:3136-51. [PMID: 26514569 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5636-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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This study focused on the expression analysis of antioxidant defense genes in Brassica oleracea and in Trifolium repens. Plants were exposed for 3, 10, and 56 days in microcosms to a field-collected suburban soil spiked by low concentrations of cadmium and/or lead. In both species, metal accumulations and expression levels of genes encoding proteins involved and/or related to antioxidant defense systems (glutathione transferases, peroxidases, catalases, metallothioneins) were quantified in leaves in order to better understand the detoxification processes involved following exposure to metals. It appeared that strongest gene expression variations in T. repens were observed when plants are exposed to Cd (metallothionein and ascorbate peroxidase upregulations) whereas strongest variations in B. oleracea were observed in case of Cd/Pb co-exposures (metallothionein, glutathione transferase, and peroxidase upregulations). Results also suggest that there is a benefit to use complementary species in order to better apprehend the biological effects in ecotoxicology.
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- F Bernard
- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515, Université Lille Nord de France-Lille 1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515, Université Lille Nord de France-Lille 1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, 59800, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique, Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, 59800, Lille, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille, EA4483, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
- Faculté de Management de la Santé (ILIS), Université de Lille, EA4483, F-59120, Loos, France
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- Université de Lille, F-59000, Lille, France.
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515, Université Lille Nord de France-Lille 1, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Rorat A, Suleiman H, Grobelak A, Grosser A, Kacprzak M, Płytycz B, Vandenbulcke F. Interactions between sewage sludge-amended soil and earthworms--comparison between Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei composting species. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:3026-35. [PMID: 26517992 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-5635-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/18/2015] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Vermicomposting is an eco-friendly technology, where earthworms are introduced in the waste, inter alia sewage sludge, to cooperate with microorganisms and enhance decomposition of organic matter. The main aims of the present study was to determine the influence of two different earthworm species, Eisenia fetida and Eisenia andrei, on the changes of selected metallic trace elements content in substratum during vermicomposting process using three different sewage sludge mainly differentiated by their metal contents. Final vermicompost has shown a slight reduction in Cd, Cu, Ni, and Pb, while the Zn concentration tends to increase. Accumulation of particular heavy metals in earthworms' bodies was assessed. Both species revealed high tendency to accumulate Cd and Zn, but not Cu, Ni, and Pb, but E. andrei has higher capabilities to accumulate some metals. Riboflavin content, which content varies depending on metal pollution in several earthworms species, was measured supravitaly in extruded coelomocytes. Riboflavin content decreased slightly during the first 6 weeks of exposure and subsequently restored till the end of the 9-week experiment. Selected agronomic parameters have also been measured in the final product (vermicompost) to assess the influence of earthworms on substratum.
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- Agnieszka Rorat
- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Brzeznicka 60a, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland.
- Université Lille Nord de France, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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- Université Lille Nord de France, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Brzeznicka 60a, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Brzeznicka 60a, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, ul. Brzeznicka 60a, 42-200, Czestochowa, Poland
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- Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
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- Université Lille Nord de France, LGCgE-Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59650, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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Lanier C, Bernard F, Dumez S, Leclercq J, Lemière S, Vandenbulcke F, Nesslany F, Platel A, Devred I, Cuny D, Deram A. Combined effect of Cd and Pb spiked field soils on bioaccumulation, DNA damage, and peroxidase activities in Trifolium repens. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:1755-1767. [PMID: 26396009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The present study was designed to investigate the combined effects of Cd and Pb on accumulation and genotoxic potential in white clover (Trifolium repens). For this purpose, T. repens was exposed to contaminated soils (2.5-20 mg kg(-1) cadmium (Cd), 250-2000 mg kg(-1) lead (Pb) and a mixture of these two heavy metals) for 3, 10 and 56 days. The resulting bioaccumulation of Cd and Pb, DNA damage (comet assay) and peroxidase activities (APOX and GPOX) were determined. The exposure time is a determinant factor in experiments designed to measure the influence of heavy metal contamination. The accumulation of Cd or Pb resulting from exposure to the two-metal mixture does not appear to depend significantly on whether the white clover is exposed to soil containing one heavy metal or both. However, when T. repens is exposed to a Cd/Pb mixture, the percentage of DNA damage is lower than when the plant is exposed to monometallic Cd. DNA damage is close to that observed in the case of monometallic Pb exposure. Peroxidase activity cannot be associated with DNA damage under these experimental conditions.
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- C Lanier
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France.
- Faculté Ingénierie et Management de la Santé (EA 4483), Université Lille Droit et Santé, 42 rue Ambroise Paré, F-59120, Loos, France.
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
- LGCgE (EA 4515), Université Lille Sciences et Technolohgies, Cité scientifique, bâtiment SN3-Rdc, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- LGCgE (EA 4515), Université Lille Sciences et Technolohgies, Cité scientifique, bâtiment SN3-Rdc, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- LGCgE (EA 4515), Université Lille Sciences et Technolohgies, Cité scientifique, bâtiment SN3-Rdc, F-59655, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique (EA 4483), Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Pr Calmette BP245, F-59019, Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Toxicologie Génétique (EA 4483), Institut Pasteur de Lille, 1 rue du Pr Calmette BP245, F-59019, Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques (EA 4483), Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Droit et Santé, F-59006, Lille Cedex, France
- Faculté Ingénierie et Management de la Santé (EA 4483), Université Lille Droit et Santé, 42 rue Ambroise Paré, F-59120, Loos, France
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Homa J, Rorat A, Kruk J, Cocquerelle C, Plytycz B, Vandenbulcke F. Dermal exposure of Eisenia andrei earthworms: Effects of heavy metals on metallothionein and phytochelatin synthase gene expressions in coelomocytes. Environ Toxicol Chem 2015; 34:1397-1404. [PMID: 25693738 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2014] [Revised: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Parameters such as total number of coelomocytes, riboflavin content in coelomocytes, expression of genes implied in metal homeostasis, and detoxification mechanisms can be used as biomarkers to assess the impact of metals on annelids. Defense biomarkers (detoxification gene expressions and coelomocyte parameters) were investigated in the ecotoxicologically important species Eisenia andrei following in vivo exposure to 5 different metals (zinc, copper, nickel, lead, and cadmium) at known concentrations. Coelomocyte numbers and riboflavin content were not affected by metallic exposure, but metal-specific gene expression variations were evidenced.
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- Joanna Homa
- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Environmental Engineering, Czestochowa University of Technology, Czestochowa, Poland
- Environmental Axis, Lille 1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Evolutionary Immunology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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Bernard F, Brulle F, Dumez S, Lemiere S, Platel A, Nesslany F, Cuny D, Deram A, Vandenbulcke F. Antioxidant responses of Annelids, Brassicaceae and Fabaceae to pollutants: a review. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2015; 114:273-303. [PMID: 24951273 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2013] [Revised: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 04/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Pollutants, such as Metal Trace Elements (MTEs) and organic compounds (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides), can impact DNA structure of living organisms and thus generate damage. For instance, cadmium is a well-known genotoxic and mechanisms explaining its clastogenicity are mainly indirect: inhibition of DNA repair mechanisms and/or induction of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS). Animal or vegetal cells use antioxidant defense systems to protect themselves against ROS produced during oxidative stress. Because tolerance of organisms depends, at least partially, on their ability to cope with ROS, the mechanisms of production and management of ROS were investigated a lot in Ecotoxicology as markers of biotic and abiotic stress. This was mainly done through the measurement of enzyme activities The present Review focuses on 3 test species living in close contact with soil that are often used in soil ecotoxicology: the worm Eisenia fetida, and two plant species, Trifolium repens (white clover) and Brassica oleracea (cabbage). E. fetida is a soil-dwelling organism commonly used for biomonitoring. T. repens is a symbiotic plant species which forms root nodule with soil bacteria, while B. oleracea is a non-symbiotic plant. In literature, some oxidative stress enzyme activities have already been measured in those species but such analyses do not allow distinction between individual enzyme involvements in oxidative stress. Gene expression studies would allow this distinction at the transcriptomic level. A literature review and a data search in molecular database were carried out on the basis of keywords in Scopus, in PubMed and in Genbank™ for each species. Molecular data regarding E. fetida were already available in databases, but a lack of data regarding oxidative stress related genes was observed for T. repens and B. oleracea. By exploiting the conservation observed between species and using molecular biology techniques, we partially cloned missing candidates involved in oxidative stress and in metal detoxification in E. fetida, T. repens and B. oleracea.
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- F Bernard
- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515 - Université Lille Nord de France - Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515 - Université Lille Nord de France - Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire de Toxicologie - Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, F-59800 Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire de Toxicologie - Institut Pasteur de Lille, EA 4483, F-59800 Lille, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Faculté de Management de la Santé (ILIS) - Université de Lille 2, EA4483, F-59120 Loos, France
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- Université Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France; Laboratoire de Génie Civil et géo-Environnement EA4515 - Université Lille Nord de France - Lille 1, Ecologie Numérique et Ecotoxicologie, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Brulle F, Bernard F, Vandenbulcke F, Cuny D, Dumez S. Identification of suitable qPCR reference genes in leaves of Brassica oleracea under abiotic stresses. Ecotoxicology 2014; 23:459-71. [PMID: 24566730 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1209-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Real-time quantitative PCR is nowadays a standard method to study gene expression variations in various samples and experimental conditions. However, to interpret results accurately, data normalization with appropriate reference genes appears to be crucial. The present study describes the identification and the validation of suitable reference genes in Brassica oleracea leaves. Expression stability of eight candidates was tested following drought and cold abiotic stresses by using three different softwares (BestKeeper, NormFinder and geNorm). Four genes (BolC.TUB6, BolC.SAND1, BolC.UBQ2 and BolC.TBP1) emerged as the most stable across the tested conditions. Further gene expression analysis of a drought- and a cold-responsive gene (BolC.DREB2A and BolC.ELIP, respectively), confirmed the stability and the reliability of the identified reference genes when used for normalization in the leaves of B. oleracea. These four genes were finally tested upon a benzene exposure and all appeared to be useful reference genes along this toxicological condition. These results provide a good starting point for future studies involving gene expression measurement on leaves of B. oleracea exposed to environmental modifications.
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- Franck Brulle
- Laboratoire des Sciences Végétales et Fongiques, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université Lille Nord de France, EA 4483, Lille 2, B.P. 83, 59006, Lille Cedex, France
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Rorat A, Kachamakova-Trojanowska N, Jozkowicz A, Kruk J, Cocquerelle C, Vandenbulcke F, Santocki M, Plytycz B. Coelomocyte-derived fluorescence and DNA markers of composting earthworm species. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 321:28-40. [DOI: 10.1002/jez.1834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2013] [Revised: 07/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Agnieszka Rorat
- Institute of Environmental Engineering; Czestochowa University of Technology; Czestochowa Poland
- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement; University Lille Nord de France; Lille France
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- Faculty of Biochemistry; Biophysics and Biotechnology; Jagiellonian University; Cracow Poland
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- Institute of Zoology; Jagiellonian University; Cracow Poland
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement; University Lille Nord de France; Lille France
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- Laboratoire de Génie Civil et Géo-Environnement; University Lille Nord de France; Lille France
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- Institute of Zoology; Jagiellonian University; Cracow Poland
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- Institute of Zoology; Jagiellonian University; Cracow Poland
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Pauwels M, Frérot H, Souleman D, Vandenbulcke F. Using biomarkers in an evolutionary context: lessons from the analysis of biological responses of oligochaete annelids to metal exposure. Environ Pollut 2013; 179:343-350. [PMID: 23707006 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Anthropogenic activities may lead to the accumulation of inorganic and organic compounds in topsoils. Biota living in close contact with contaminated soils may experience stress at different levels of biological organization throughout the continuum from molecular to community level. Biological responses observed at the individual or infra-individual level of biological organization led to the development of biomarkers. The development of biomarkers consists often in evidencing biological modifications following a contaminant stress in laboratory conditions, using naïve organisms and it is sometime proposed to use the biological state of individuals from sentinel species collected in the field to evaluate the level of environmental exposure. However, considering the possibility of local adaptation following long-term exposure, organisms response sampled in the field may substantially differ from laboratory specimens. In this review, we discuss this point focusing on the definition and validity of molecular biomarkers of metal pollution using earthworms of the Lumbricidae family.
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- Maxime Pauwels
- Laboratoire de Génétique et Evolution des Populations Végétales, UMR CNRS 8198, Université Lille Nord de France, Bâtiment SN2, F-59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Vandenbulcke F, Rahmoun J, Naceur H, Morvan H, Drazetic P, Fontaine C. Multiscale modelling of the mechanical behaviour of human humerus under impact. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2013; 16 Suppl 1:211-3. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.815954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Vandenbulcke F, Bruyere K, Masson C, Delille R, Lesueur D, Drazetic P. Comparison of geometrical models of cranial bone samples for the identification of an apparent elastic modulus. Comput Methods Biomech Biomed Engin 2012; 15 Suppl 1:303-5. [DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2012.713617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Manier N, Brulle F, Le Curieux F, Vandenbulcke F, Deram A. Biomarker measurements in Trifolium repens and Eisenia fetida to assess the toxicity of soil contaminated with landfill leachate: a microcosm study. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2012; 80:339-348. [PMID: 22520451 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Revised: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 04/01/2012] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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To assess the toxicity of a soil contaminated with landfill leachate, biomarker measurements in two species living in close contact with the soil, i.e. a plant species Trifolium repens and an animal species Eisenia fetida, were conducted. Briefly, both species were studied after simultaneous exposure conducted in microcosms. The organisms were exposed to soil supplemented with pure leachate, leachate diluted to 50%; leachate diluted to 25% and without leachate. After a 10 weeks exposure period, we observed an increase in the Olive Trail Moment in T. repens, compared to the reference, for 50% and pure leachate. The response observed appears to be dose-dependent and linear in our experimental conditions. Addition of the leachate to the reference soil induced an increase in Cd-Metallothionein-coding mRNA quantity in E. fetida. In addition, expression level of another gene implied in detoxification and coding Phytochelatin synthase was significantly induced in worms exposed to the reference soil spiked with the leachate, regardless presence of T. repens. Thus, T. repens and E. fetida can be used in a complementary manner to assess soil quality. Sensitivities of the test species yield sensitive bioassays as both species responded at low doses despite the buffering effect of the soil.
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- N Manier
- INERIS, Parc Technologique ALATA, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil en Halatte, France
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Brulle F, Lemière S, Waterlot C, Douay F, Vandenbulcke F. Gene expression analysis of 4 biomarker candidates in Eisenia fetida exposed to an environmental metallic trace elements gradient: a microcosm study. Sci Total Environ 2011; 409:5470-5482. [PMID: 21937088 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2011] [Revised: 08/17/2011] [Accepted: 08/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Past activities of 2 smelters (Metaleurop Nord and Nyrstar) led to the accumulation of high amounts of Metal Trace Elements (TEs) in top soils of the Noyelles-Godault/Auby area, Northern France. Earthworms were exposed to polluted soils collected in this area to study and better understand the physiological changes, the mechanisms of acclimation, and detoxification resulting from TE exposure. Previously we have cloned and transcriptionally characterized potential biomarkers from immune cells of the ecotoxicologically important earthworm species Eisenia fetida exposed in vivo to TE-spiked standard soils. In the present study, analysis of expression kinetics of four candidate indicator genes (Cadmium-metallothionein, coactosin like protein, phytochelatin synthase and lysenin) was performed in E. fetida after microcosm exposures to natural soils exhibiting an environmental cadmium (Cd) gradient in a kinetic manner. TE body burdens were also measured. This microcosm study provided insights into: (1) the ability of the 4 tested genes to serve as expression biomarkers, (2) detoxification processes through the expression analysis of selected genes, and (3) influence of land uses on the response of potential biomarkers (gene expression or TE uptake).
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- Franck Brulle
- University Lille Nord de France, F-59000 Lille, France
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Laborie C, Molendi-Coste O, Breton C, Montel V, Vandenbulcke F, Grumolato L, Anouar Y, Vieau D. Maternal perinatal undernutrition has long-term consequences on morphology, function and gene expression of the adrenal medulla in the adult male rat. J Neuroendocrinol 2011; 23:711-24. [PMID: 21564351 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2011.02159.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Epidemiological studies suggest that maternal undernutrition sensitises to the development of chronic adult diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension and obesity. Although the physiological mechanisms involved in this 'perinatal programming' remain largely unknown, alterations of stress neuroendocrine systems such as the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) and sympathoadrenal axes might play a crucial role. Despite recent reports showing that maternal perinatal undernutrition disturbs chromaffin cells organisation and activity in male rats at weaning, its long-term effects on adrenal medulla in adult animals are unknown. Using a rat model of maternal perinatal 50% food restriction (FR50) from the second week of gestation until weaning, histochemistry approaches revealed alterations in noradrenergic chromaffin cells aggregation and in cholinergic innervation in the adrenal medulla of 8-month-old FR50 rats. Electron microscopy showed that chromaffin cell granules exhibited ultrastructural changes in FR50 rats. These morphological changes were associated with reduced circulating levels and excretion of catecholamines. By contrast, catecholamine plasma levels were significantly increased after a 16 or 72 h of fasting, indicating that the responsiveness of the sympathoadrenal system to food deprivation was accentuated in FR50 adult rats. Among 384 pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-sensitive genes, we identified 129 genes (33.6%) that were under expressed (ratio < 0.7) in FR50 animals. A large number of these genes are involved in cytoskeleton remodelling and vesicle trafficking. Taken together, our results show that maternal perinatal undernutrition programmes adrenomedullary function and gene expression in adult male rats. Because catecholamines contribute to metabolic homeostasis, as well as arterial blood pressure regulation, the alterations observed in the adrenal medulla of adult male FR50 rats may participate in the programming of chronic adult diseases.
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- Unité Environnement Périnatal et Croissance, EA 4489, Université Lille Nord de France, Equipe Dénutritions Remplace by Maternelles Périnatales, Université Lille1, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France.
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Homa J, Klimek M, Kruk J, Cocquerelle C, Vandenbulcke F, Plytycz B. Metal-specific effects on metallothionein gene induction and riboflavin content in coelomocytes of Allolobophora chlorotica. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2010; 73:1937-1943. [PMID: 20696476 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2010] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 07/03/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Metal pollution affects earthworm coelomocytes, including their differential counts, riboflavin content and metallothioneins (MT) involved in metal homoeostasis and detoxification. The present work shows effects of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb at the same molarity (1mM) on coelomocytes of Allolobophora chlorotica after 2-day worm dermal exposure to metal chlorides. Numbers of coelomocytes/eleocytes extruded by electric shock and amounts of riboflavin in coelomocyte lysates were significantly decreased in Cu-exposed worms, less diminished in response to Ni, Zn, Cd, and unaffected by Pb. In sharp contrast, real-time PCR revealed a very strong (272 fold) MT-mRNA induction in response to Cd only. The induction was very low in response to Zn, Cu, Pb, and Ni ions (2.6, 2.1, 1.4, and 1.3-fold, respectively). In conclusion, decreased cell counts and riboflavin content are molecular biomarkers of Cu exposure while induction of MT-mRNA is a molecular biomarker of worm Cd exposure.
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- Joanna Homa
- Department of Evolutionary Immunobiology, Institute of Zoology, Jagiellonian University, R. Ingardena 6, 30-060 Krakow, Poland
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Brulle F, Morgan AJ, Cocquerelle C, Vandenbulcke F. Transcriptomic underpinning of toxicant-mediated physiological function alterations in three terrestrial invertebrate taxa: a review. Environ Pollut 2010; 158:2793-2808. [PMID: 20619942 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2010] [Revised: 06/09/2010] [Accepted: 06/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Diverse anthropogenic activities often lead to the accumulation of inorganic and organic residues in topsoils. Biota living in close contact with contaminated soils may experience stress at different levels of biological organisation throughout the continuum from the molecular-genetic to ecological and community levels. To date, the relationship between changes at the molecular (mRNA expression) and biochemical/physiological levels evoked by exposures to chemical compounds has been partially established in a limited number of terrestrial invertebrate species. Recently, the advent of a family of transcriptomic tools (e.g. Real-time PCR, Subtractive Suppressive Hybridization, Expressed Sequence Tag sequencing, pyro-sequencing technologies, Microarray chips), together with supporting informatic and statistical procedures, have permitted the robust analyses of global gene expression changes within an ecotoxicological context. This review focuses on how transcriptomics is enlightening our understanding of the molecular-genetic responses of three contrasting terrestrial macroinvertebrate taxa (nematodes, earthworms, and springtails) to inorganics, organics, and agrochemicals.
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Bernard F, Brulle F, Douay F, Lemière S, Demuynck S, Vandenbulcke F. Metallic trace element body burdens and gene expression analysis of biomarker candidates in Eisenia fetida, using an "exposure/depuration" experimental scheme with field soils. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2010; 73:1034-1045. [PMID: 20149457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2009] [Revised: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Smelting plant activities lead to the accumulation of Metal Trace Elements (MTEs) in soils. The presence of high concentrations of MTEs can generate an environmental stress likely to affect macroinvertebrates living in close soil contact such as the Annelida Oligochaeta. Eisenia fetida, an ecotoxicologically important test species, was successively exposed to two field soils: (1) a highly contaminated agricultural topsoil collected near the former smelter Metaleurop Nord (Noyelles-Godault, France) which contaminated surrounding soils by its atmospheric emissions [exposure phase], and then (2) a slightly contaminated topsoil from an urban garden located in the conurbation of Lille (Wambrechies) [depuration phase]. Two analyses were performed during each phase. Firstly, the gene expression levels of four biomarker candidates identified in previous studies were analyzed in E. fetida coelomocytes. These candidates are Cd-metallothionein, phytochelatin synthase, coactosin-like protein and lysenin. Secondly, the body burdens of the following elements Cd, Pb, Zn, Cu, Fe, Ca, and P were measured. Moreover, both analyses were also performed in Lumbricus rubellus, an Annelid species collected from the two tested soil-originating sites. Analysis of gene expression and MTE body burdens in both species are discussed to: (1) evaluate expression biomarkers; (2) gain insight the detoxification processes and the long-term response to a metallic stress and (3) compare the responses observed in a test species (E. fetida) with the responses of a field species (L. rubellus).
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Brulle F, Cocquerelle C, Wamalah AN, Morgan AJ, Kille P, Leprêtre A, Vandenbulcke F. cDNA cloning and expression analysis of Eisenia fetida (Annelida: Oligochaeta) phytochelatin synthase under cadmium exposure. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2008; 71:47-55. [PMID: 18083232 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2007] [Revised: 10/04/2007] [Accepted: 10/20/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Metallothioneins (MTs) are central to trace metal homeostasis and detoxification throughout biological systems. Prokaryotes, plants, and fungi utilize both gene encoded cysteine-rich polypeptides (classically designated Class I and II MTs) and enzymatically synthesized cysteine-rich peptides (classically designated Class III MTs or phytochelatins). In contrast, although gene encoded MTs are ubiquitous in animal species the identification of a functional phytochelatin synthase in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a representative member of the Ecdysozoa, provided the first evidence for these metal-binding peptides in animals. By exploiting the conservation observed between species we have been able to clone and transcriptionally characterize a phytochelatin synthase from the immune cells of the earthworm Eisenia fetida, the first evidence for its presence in a phylum belonging to the Lophototrochozoa. The complete coding sequence of this enzyme was determined and the phylogenetic relationship to plant, yeast and nematode enzymes elucidated. Temporal- and dose-profiling of the transcriptional regulation of phytochelatin synthase and MT in response to cadmium was performed by using real-time PCR.
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- Franck Brulle
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Numérique et d'Ecotoxicologie, EA 3570, Université de Lille 1, Cité Scientifique, Bâtiment SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Brulle F, Cocquerelle C, Mitta G, Castric V, Douay F, Leprêtre A, Vandenbulcke F. Identification and expression profile of gene transcripts differentially expressed during metallic exposure in Eisenia fetida coelomocytes. Dev Comp Immunol 2008; 32:1441-1453. [PMID: 18634820 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2008.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2008] [Revised: 06/04/2008] [Accepted: 06/21/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The aim of this work was to identify in Eisenia fetida genes whose expression are regulated following exposure to a complex mixture of metallic trace elements (MTE) representative of a highly polluted smelter soil. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) was used to construct cDNA libraries enriched in up- or down-regulated transcripts in the immune-circulating cells of the coelomic cavities, namely coelomocytes, from worms exposed to metallic pollution. Among 1536 SSH-derived cDNA clones sequenced, we identified 764 unique ESTs of which we selected 18 candidates on the basis of their redundancy. These selected candidates were subjected to a two-step validation procedure based on the study of their expression level by real-time PCR. The first step consisted in measuring the expression of the 18 candidates in worms exposed to artificial contaminated soil. The second step consisted in measuring the expression in animals exposed to a "naturally" contaminated soil sampled close to a smelter. Both steps allowed us to highlight 3 candidates that are strongly induced in worms exposed to a smelter polluted soil. These candidates are: the well-known MTE-induced Cd-metallothionein and 2 original biomarkers, lysenin, and a transcript, which cloning of the complete coding sequence identified as the coactosin-like protein.
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- Franck Brulle
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Numérique et d'Ecotoxicologie, EA 3570, Université de Lille 1, Cité scientifique, Bâtiment SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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Lefebvre C, Vandenbulcke F, Bocquet B, Tasiemski A, Desmons A, Verstraete M, Salzet M, Cocquerelle C. Cathepsin L and cystatin B gene expression discriminates immune coelomic cells in the leech Theromyzon tessulatum. Dev Comp Immunol 2007; 32:795-807. [PMID: 18177937 PMCID: PMC2782477 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 11/21/2007] [Accepted: 11/25/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Previous studies evidenced that cystatin B-like gene is specifically expressed and induced in large circulating coelomic cells following bacterial challenge in the leech Theromyzon tessulatum. In order to understand the role of that cysteine proteinase inhibitor during immune response, we investigated the existence of members of cathepsin family. We cloned a cathepsin L-like gene and studied its tissue distribution. Immunohistochemical studies using anti-cathepsin L and anti-cystatin B antibodies and ultrastructural results demonstrated the presence of three distinct coelomic cell populations: (1) the chloragocytes, which were initially defined as large coelomocytes, (2) the granular amoebocytes and (3) small coelomic cells. Among those cells, while chloragocytes contain cystatin B and cathepsin L, granular amoebocytes contain only cathepsin L and the third cell population contains neither cathepsin nor inhibitor. Finally, results evidenced that cathepsin L immunopositive granular amoebocytes are chemoattracted to the site of injury and phagocyte bacteria.
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- Christophe Lefebvre
- Université de Lille 1, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, FRE 2933 Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), IFR147, Bâtiment SN3, Université de Lille1, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France.
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Tirapé A, Bacque C, Brizard R, Vandenbulcke F, Boulo V. Expression of immune-related genes in the oyster Crassostrea gigas during ontogenesis. Dev Comp Immunol 2007; 31:859-73. [PMID: 17337052 DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2007.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2006] [Revised: 01/03/2007] [Accepted: 01/03/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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The work presented here reports the expression of immune-related genes during ontogenesis in the oyster Crassostrea gigas. Expression patterns of 18 selected genes showed that RNAs detected in oocytes and 2-4 cell embryos are of maternal origin and that gene transcription starts early after fertilization. The expression patterns of 4 genes (Cg-timp, Cg-tal, Cg-EcSOD and Drac3) suggested that hemocytes appear in the gastrula-trochophore stages. The localization of Cg-tal expression suggested that hematopoietic cells were derived from vessels and/or artery endothelia cells. Moreover, a bacterial challenge affected the level of expression of genes. Indeed, a change in expression levels was observed for Cg-LBP/BPI, Cg-timp, Drac3 and Cg-MyD88 genes in larval stages upon exposure to non-pathogenic bacteria. In early juveniles, a modulation was also observed for Cg-LBP/BPI, Cg-timp, Cg-MyD88 and for Cg-tal, according to the concentration of bacteria. Altogether, the results showed that studying the appearance of immunocompetent cells through their ability to express immune-related genes is a tool to gain insight the ontogenesis of the oyster immune system.
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- Ana Tirapé
- UMR5171, IFREMER, CNRS, UMII, Génome Populations Interactions Adaptation (GPIA), Université de Montpellier II, 2 Place Eugène Bataillon, CC80, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Brulle F, Mitta G, Leroux R, Lemière S, Leprêtre A, Vandenbulcke F. The strong induction of metallothionein gene following cadmium exposure transiently affects the expression of many genes in Eisenia fetida: a trade-off mechanism? Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2007; 144:334-41. [PMID: 17150412 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2006.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2006] [Revised: 10/13/2006] [Accepted: 10/19/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Metal pollution causes disturbances at various levels of biological organization in most species. Important physiological functions could be affected in the exposed individuals and among the main physiological functions, immunity may provide one (or more) effector(s) whose expression can be directly affected by a metal exposure in various macroinvertebrates. Protein expressions were studied in order to test them as molecular biomarkers of metal exposure in Eisenia fetida. Selected effectors were calmodulin, heat shock proteins, superoxide dismutase, catalase, metallothionein, beta-adrenergic receptor kinase, pyruvate carboxylase, transcriptionally controlled tumor protein, protein kinase C, ubiquitin and cyclophilin-A. The level of expression of each gene was analysed in whole organism following exposures to cadmium in soil using real-time PCR. Metallothionein, transcriptionally controlled tumor protein and cyclophilin-A expression were also measured following copper exposures in soil because these genes seemed to be sensitive to copper. This work enabled to distinguish metallothionein and cyclophilin-A among the 15 selected effectors. A strong decrease of the number of transcripts was also detected for most effectors soon after the exposure to cadmium suggesting that a trade-off mechanism occurs.
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- F Brulle
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Numérique et d'Ecotoxicologie, EA 3570, Université de Lille 1, Cité scientifique, Batiment SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq cedex, France
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Brulle F, Mitta G, Cocquerelle C, Vieau D, Lemière S, Leprêtre A, Vandenbulcke F. Cloning and real-time PCR testing of 14 potential biomarkers in Eisenia fetida following cadmium exposure. Environ Sci Technol 2006; 40:2844-50. [PMID: 16683633 DOI: 10.1021/es052299x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Important biological activities could be affected in metal exposed species, and amongthe main physiological functions, immunity may provide one (or more) effector(s) which expression can be directly affected by a metal exposure in various macroinvertebrates. As many proteinic effectors showed a high degree of homology between species, we have developed a PCR approach to characterize partial mRNA sequences of selected effectors in the laboratory model, Eisenia fetida. After cloning, levels of expression of each gene were analyzed following exposures (80 and 800 mg/kg) to cadmium spiked soils using real-time PCR. An implemented approach was allowed to test quickly potential biomarkers in Eisenia fetida. Selected effectors were calmodulin, heat shock proteins, superoxide dismutase, catalase, metallothionein, beta-adrenergic receptor kinase, pyruvate carboxylase, trancriptionally controlled tumor protein, protein kinase C, and ubiquitin. Most of the selected effectors did not show variations of expression level after exposure. Others expressed weak changes of expression as heat shock proteins. At lastfor catalase and metallothionein, early suitable variations of expression were observed.
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- F Brulle
- Laboratoire d'Ecologie Numérique et d'Ecotoxicologie, EA 3570, Université de Lille 1, Cité scientifique, Batiment SN3, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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RIVIèRE G, Michaud A, Deloffre L, Vandenbulcke F, Levoye A, Breton C, Corvol P, Salzet M, Vieau D. Characterization of the first non-insect invertebrate functional angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE): leech TtACE resembles the N-domain of mammalian ACE. Biochem J 2005; 382:565-73. [PMID: 15175004 PMCID: PMC1133813 DOI: 10.1042/bj20040522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2004] [Revised: 05/27/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) is a zinc metallopeptidase that plays a major role in blood homoeostasis and reproduction in mammals. In vertebrates, both transmembrane and soluble ACE, containing one or two homologous active sites, have been characterized. So far, several ACEs from invertebrates have been cloned, but only in insects. They are soluble and display a single active site. Using biochemical procedures, an ACE-like activity was detected in our model, the leech, Theromyzon tessulatum. Annelida is the most distant phylum in which an ACE activity has been observed. To gain more insight into the leech enzyme, we have developed a PCR approach to characterize its mRNA. The approx. 2 kb cDNA has been predicted to encode a 616-amino-acid soluble enzyme containing a single active site, named TtACE (T. tessulatum ACE). Surprisingly, its primary sequence shows greater similarity to vertebrates than to invertebrates. Stable in vitro expression of TtACE in transfected Chinese-hamster ovary cells revealed that the leech enzyme is a functional metalloprotease. As in mammals, this 79 kDa glycosylated enzyme functions as a dipeptidyl carboxypeptidase capable of hydrolysing angiotensin I to angiotensin II. However, a weak chloride inhibitory effect and acetylated N-acetyl-SDKP (Ac SDAcKP) hydrolysis reveal that TtACE activity resembles that of the N-domain of mammalian ACE. In situ hybridization shows that its cellular distribution is restricted to epithelial midgut cells. Although the precise roles and endogenous substrates of TtACE remain to be identified, characterization of this ancestral peptidase will help to clarify its physiological roles in non-insect invertebrate species.
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- Guillaume RIVIèRE
- *Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie du Développement, UPRES-EA 2701, Bat SN4 2 étage, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cédex, France
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- †INSERM U 36, Pathologie Vasculaire et Endocrinologie Rénale, Collège de France, 11, place Marcellin Berthelot, 75231, Paris cedex 05, France
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- ‡Centro de Ciencias do Mar, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal
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- §CNRS UMR 8017, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- ∥Institut Cochin, CNRS UMR 8104–INSERM U567, IFR Alfred Jost, 22 rue Méchain, 75014 Paris, France
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- *Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie du Développement, UPRES-EA 2701, Bat SN4 2 étage, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cédex, France
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- †INSERM U 36, Pathologie Vasculaire et Endocrinologie Rénale, Collège de France, 11, place Marcellin Berthelot, 75231, Paris cedex 05, France
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- §CNRS UMR 8017, Laboratoire de Neuroimmunologie des Annélides, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, France
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- *Laboratoire de Neuroendocrinologie du Développement, UPRES-EA 2701, Bat SN4 2 étage, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, 59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cédex, France
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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