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Park HJ, Lee WY, Zhang M, Hong KH, Park C, Kim JH, Song H. Evaluation of Resmethrin Toxicity to Neonatal Testes in Organ Culture. Toxicol Sci 2021; 173:53-64. [PMID: 31593228 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfz212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Resmethrin is a widely used pyrethroid insecticide, which causes low toxicity in mammals. However, its toxicity in testes has not been fully investigated. Therefore, we evaluated the toxicity of resmethrin in mouse testes using an in vitro organ culture. Mouse testicular fragments (MTFs) derived from neonates were cultured in medium containing resmethrin for 30 days. Effects on spermatogenesis in the cultured testes were investigated as functions of both time and dose. Resmethrin significantly downregulated the transcription levels of marker genes for spermatogonia and the number of spermatogenic germ cells relative to those of the controls, according to quantitative PCR and immunostaining. In addition, spermatocyte was observed in the control, but not in 50 μM resmethrin-exposed cultures. Levels of the SYCP3 meiotic marker and phosphorylated H2AX decreased by resmethrin treatment, as observed by Western blotting. Toxic or apoptotic effects of resmethrin in Sertoli and Leydig cells from MTFs were not observed by immunostaining and Tunnel assay. No changes in the expression of steroidogenic enzymes were noted. Apoptosis was only detected in the germ cells of resmethrin-treated MTFs. Thus, the highest dose of resmethrin tested (50 μM) completely inhibited spermatogenesis, because of apoptosis of germ cells and spermatocytes. Although the in vivo toxicity of resmethrin has not yet been studied in detail, significant evidence for cytotoxicity was observed in our organ cultures. This methodological approach is useful for the study of reproductive toxicity before proceeding to animal models, as it greatly reduces the use of laboratory animals.
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- Hyun-Jung Park
- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Beef Science, Korea National College of Agricultures and Fisheries, Jeonju-si, Jeonbuk 54874, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Konkuk University, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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Jankowski MD, Moore ME, Hofmeister EK. An examination of the effect of aerosolized Permanone insecticide on zebra finch susceptibility to West Nile virus. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2017; 36:3376-3386. [PMID: 28722808 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 01/23/2017] [Accepted: 07/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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West Nile virus (WNV) is maintained cryptically primarily in avian (passerine) populations, where it is transmitted by Culex spp. mosquitoes. Mosquito-control measures currently include physical activities to reduce mosquito-breeding sites and the application of mosquito larvicides or aerosolized insecticides to kill adults (adulticides) when arboviral diseases such as WNV or Zika virus are detected in mosquito populations. Organochlorine, organophosphorus, carbamate, and pyrethroid insecticides are often used. Previous work suggests an effect of pyrethroids on the immune system in a variety of vertebrates. We examined the effects of exposure to aerosolized Permanone® 30:30 insecticide (permethrin and piperonyl butoxide in soy oil vehicle) at approximately 103 to 106 times potential environmental concentrations on the response of captive zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) to experimental challenge with WNV. Compared to vehicle control birds, WNV outcome was unchanged (65% of birds produced a viremia) in the "low" exposure (9.52 ± 3.13 mg/m3 standard deviation [SD] permethrin) group but reduced in the "high" exposure (mean 376.5 ± 27.9 mg/m3 SD permethrin) group (30% were viremic; p < 0.05). After clearing WNV infection, birds treated with Permanone regained less body mass than vehicle-treated birds (p < 0.001). The present study suggests that exposure to aerosolized Permanone insecticide at levels exceeding typical application rates has the potential to not change or to mildly enhance a bird's resistance to WNV. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:3376-3386. Published 2017 Wiley Periodicals Inc. on behalf of SETAC. This article is a US government work and, as such, is in the public domain in the United States of America.
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- Mark D Jankowski
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
- US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10, Seattle, Washington
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- National Wildlife Health Center, US Geological Survey, Madison, Wisconsin
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Closson KR, Paul EA. Comparison of the toxicity of two chelated copper algaecides and copper sulfate to non-target fish. BULLETIN OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2014; 93:660-665. [PMID: 25283368 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-014-1394-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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New pesticide products are reviewed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for possible effects to non-target aquatic organisms. The required toxicity data are for the active ingredient only, and fail to include toxicity of the mixture of other ingredients found in these pesticides. These ingredients may increase the toxicity of the active ingredient to non-target organisms. Our study compares the toxicity of two formulations of chelated copper algaecides with each other, and to a copper sulfate algaecide. We were particularly interested in the effects of a surfactant that is present in one of the formulations. We found that copper becomes less toxic to fish (e.g. fathead minnow 48-h LC50 = 0.90 mg/L) when it is chelated, providing an additional margin of safety to non-target fish compared to copper sulfate. However, inclusion of a surfactant to the formulation resulted in increased toxicity (e.g. fathead minnow 48-h LC50 = 0.30 mg/L).
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- K R Closson
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Rome Field Station, 8314 Fish Hatchery Road, Rome, NY, 13440, USA
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Goulding AT, Shelley LK, Ross PS, Kennedy CJ. Reduction in swimming performance in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) following sublethal exposure to pyrethroid insecticides. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2013; 157:280-6. [PMID: 23318297 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 12/30/2012] [Accepted: 01/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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While the lethal toxicity of pyrethroid insecticides to fish is well documented, their sublethal physio-behavioral effects remain poorly characterized. Known pyrethroid-associated changes to insect neuromuscular function may translate into similar effects in fish, thereby altering swimming ability and affecting foraging, predator avoidance, and migration. Three experiments were conducted using critical (Ucrit) and burst (Umax) swimming speeds to assess the sublethal effects of the pyrethroids permethrin and deltamethrin in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Fish were exposed to deltamethrin (100, 200, or 300 ng/L) or permethrin (1, 2, or 3 μg/L) in water for 4 d, and assessed for swimming performance. Deltamethrin (200 and 300 ng/L) reduced Ucrit, but not Umax, while both swim performance measurements were unaffected by permethrin. Subsequent experiments used only Ucrit to assess deltamethrin exposure. In a time course experiment, deltamethrin (300 ng/L) reduced Ucrit after 1 and 4 d of exposure, but after 7 d of exposure Ucrit was fully recovered. Finally, deltamethrin (1, 2, or 3 μg/L) reduced Ucrit after 1h bath exposures similar to recommended protocols for deltamethrin based sea-lice treatment in aquaculture. The real-world implications of the revealed pyrethroid-associated swimming ability reductions in salmon may be important in areas close to aquaculture facilities.
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- Adam T Goulding
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6
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Schleier JJ, Peterson RKD. A refined aquatic ecological risk assessment for a pyrethroid insecticide used for adult mosquito management. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2013; 32:948-953. [PMID: 23341175 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 09/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The use of pyrethroid insecticides has increased substantially throughout the world over the past few decades as the use of organophorous, carbamate, and organochlorine insecticides is being phased out. Pyrethroids are the most common class of insecticides for ultralow-volume (ULV) aerosol applications used to manage high densities of adult mosquitoes. Pyrethroids are highly toxic to nontarget organisms such as certain aquatic organisms, and there have been concerns about the effect of applications of ULV insecticides on these organisms. To address the uncertainties associated with the risks of ULV applications and the contradictory findings of other ecological risk assessments, the authors performed a probabilistic aquatic ecological risk assessment for permethrin using actual environmental deposition on surfaces to estimate permethrin concentrations in water. The present study is the first ecological risk assessment for pyrethroids to quantitatively integrate the reduction in bioavailability resulting from the presence of dissolved organic matter. As part of the risk assessment, the authors incorporated a species sensitivity distribution to take into account the differences in toxicity for different species. The 95th percentile estimated concentration would result in less than 0.0001% of the potentially affected fraction of species reaching the lethal concentration that kills 50% of a population. The results of the present study are supported by the weight of evidence that pyrethroids applied by ground-based ULV equipment will not result in deleterious effects on aquatic organisms.
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- Jerome J Schleier
- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
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Fojut TL, Palumbo AJ, Tjeerdema RS. Aquatic life water quality criteria derived via the UC Davis method: II. Pyrethroid insecticides. REVIEWS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION AND TOXICOLOGY 2012; 216:51-103. [PMID: 22298113 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-2260-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Aquatic life water quality criteria were derived for five pyrethroids using a new methodology developed by the University of California, Davis (TenBrook et al.2010). This methodology was developed to provide an updated, flexible, and robust water quality criteria derivation methodology specifically for pesticides. To derive the acute criteria, log-logistic SSDs were fitted to the medium-sized bifenthrin,cyfluthrin, and cypermethrin acute toxicity data sets while the X-cyhalothrin and permethrin acute data sets were larger, and Burr Type III SSDs could be fitted to these data sets. A review of the cyfluthrin acute criterion revealed that it was not protective of the most sensitive species in the data set, H. azteca, so the acute value was adjusted downward to calculate a more protective criterion. Similarly, the cypermethrin criteria were adjusted downward to be protective of H. azteca.Criteria for bifenthrin, X-cyhalothrin, and permethrin were calculated using the median fifth percentile acute values while the cyfluthrin and cypermethrin criteria were calculated with the next lowest acute value (median first percentile). Chronic data sets were limited in all cases, so ACRs were used for chronic criteria calculations, instead of statistical distributions. Sufficient corresponding acute and chronic data were not available for bifenthrin, cypermethrin, or permethrin, so a default ACR was used to calculate these chronic criteria while measured ACRs were used for cyfluthrin and X-cyhalothrin. A numeric scoring system was used to sort the acute and chronic data, based on relevance and reliability, and the individual study scores are included in the Supporting Information.According to the USEPA (1985) method, the data sets gathered for these five pyrethroids would not be sufficient to calculate criteria because they were each missing at least one of the eight taxa required by that method. The USEPA (1985)method generates robust and reliable criteria, and the goal of creating the UCDM was to create a method that also yields statistically robust criteria, but with more flexible calculation methods to accommodate pesticide data sets of varied sizes and diversities. Using the UCDM, acute and chronic water quality criteria were derived for bifenthrin (4 and 0.6 ng/L, respectively), cyfluthrin (0.3 and 0.05 ng/L, respectively), cypermethrin (1 and 0.2 ng/L, respectively), X-cyhalothrin (1 and 0.5 ng/L,respectively), and permethrin (10 and 2 ng/L, respectively). Water quality criteria for these five pyrethroids can be used by environmental managers to control the increasing problem of surface water contamination by pesticides.
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- Tessa L Fojut
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8588, USA.
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Key PB, Chung KW, Hoguet J, Sapozhnikova Y, Delorenzo ME. Toxicity of the mosquito control insecticide phenothrin to three life stages of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2011; 46:426-431. [PMID: 21614717 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2011.572519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Phenothrin is a synthetic pyrethroid used as a contact insecticide in mosquito control programs. This study compared the toxicity of phenothrin to adult, larval and embryonic grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio) and examined oxidative stress responses in adult and larval grass shrimp. The adult 24-h LC50 was 0.341 μg/L (95 % confidence intervals 0.282-0.412) and the 96-h LC50 was 0.161 μg/L (95 % CI 0.128-0.203 μg/L). The larval 24-h LC50 was 0.50 μg/L (95 % CI 0.441-0.568) and the 96-h LC50 was 0.154 μg/L (95 % CI 0.139-0.170 μg/L). In the presence of sediment, the 24-h LC50 was 6.30 μg/L (95 % CI 5.00-7.44 μg/L) for adults and 0.771 μg/L (95 % CI 0.630-0.944) for larvae. The sublethal biomarkers glutathione and lipid peroxidase (LPx) were examined after 96-h phenothrin exposure at five concentrations, and there were no statistically significant differences in these levels in adults or larvae compared to controls. There was a significant downward trend in larval LPx levels. This research confirms that phenothrin is highly toxic to grass shrimp and suggests that both adult and larval grass shrimp are appropriate life stages for risk assessments.
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- Peter B Key
- Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, National Ocean Service, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
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Schleier JJ, Peterson RKD. Toxicity and risk of permethrin and naled to non-target insects after adult mosquito management. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2010; 19:1140-1146. [PMID: 20429029 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-010-0497-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/14/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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We derived laboratory LC50 values, assessed non-target insect risks, and conducted a field bioassay for ultra-low-volume (ULV) aerosol applications of insecticides used to manage adult mosquitoes. The house cricket, Acheta domesticus (L.), was used as an indicator species for medium- to large-bodied ground dwelling insects. The 24-h LC(50) values for Permanone (formulated product of permethrin), Permanone + piperonyl butoxide (PBO), technical grade permethrin, and technical grade permethrin + PBO ranged from 0.052 to 0.9 microg/cm(2). The 24 h LC(50) for technical grade naled and Trumpet((R)) (formulated product of naled) were 0.038 and 0.44 microg/cm(2), respectively. The synergist ratio was 2.65 for Permanone + PBO and 1.57 for technical grade permethrin + PBO. The toxicity of technical grade permethrin was about 10-fold greater than Permanone. A risk assessment using modeled estimated environmental concentrations resulted in risk quotients (RQ) that exceeded regulatory levels of concern, but when compared to field-derived actual environmental concentrations RQs did not exceed a regulatory level of concern, except in the case of technical grade naled. These results were expected because higher tiered risk assessments using field-verified data generally lead to lower risk estimates. Field bioassays using caged crickets showed no significant mortality for permethrin or naled after a single truck-mounted ULV application. The results of the risk assessment using actual environmental concentrations are supported by the field bioassays and suggest that a single ULV application of synergized or unsynergized permethrin and naled most likely will not result in population impacts on medium- to large-bodied insects.
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- Jerome J Schleier
- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717-3120, USA.
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Jankowski MD, Franson JC, Möstl E, Porter WP, Hofmeister EK. Testing independent and interactive effects of corticosterone and synergized resmethrin on the immune response to West Nile virus in chickens. Toxicology 2010; 269:81-8. [PMID: 20096745 PMCID: PMC2861826 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2009] [Revised: 12/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Public health agencies utilize aerial insecticides to interrupt an active West Nile virus (WNV) transmission cycle, which may expose WNV-infected birds to these agents. Although resmethrin has been considered benign to birds, no studies have evaluated whether the environmentally employed form of resmethrin with PBO synergist (synergized resmethrin (SR)) can suppress avian immunity to WNV infection and enhance a bird's host competence. Recognizing that wild birds confront toxicological stressors in the context of various physiological states, we exposed four groups (n=9-11) of 9-week-old chickens (Gallus domesticus) to drinking water with either SR (three alternate days at 50 microg/l resmethrin+150 microg/l piperonyl butoxide), CORT (10 days at 20mg/l to induce subacute stress), the combination of SR and CORT, or 0.10% ethanol vehicle coincident with WNV infection. Compared to controls, SR treatment did not magnify but extended viremia by 1 day, and depressed IgG; CORT treatment elevated (mean, 4.26 log(10)PFU/ml) and extended viremia by 2 days, enhanced IgM and IgG, and increased oral virus. The combination of SR and CORT increased the number of chickens that shed oral virus compared to those treated with CORT alone. None of the chickens developed a readily infectious viremia to mosquitoes (none >or=5 log(10)PFU/ml), but viremia in a CORT-exposed chicken was up to 4.95 log(10)PFU/ml. Given that SR is utilized during WNV outbreaks, continued work toward a complete risk assessment of the potential immunotoxic effects of SR is warranted. This would include parameterization of SR exposures with immunological consequences in wild birds using both replicating (in the laboratory) and non-replicating (in the field) antigens. As a start, this study indicates that SR can alter some immunological parameters, but with limited consequences to primary WNV infection outcome, and that elevated CORT mildly enhances SRs immunotoxicity in chickens.
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- Mark D Jankowski
- Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center and Zoology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1300 University Avenue, 1530 MSC, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Zhang ZY, Yu XY, Wang DL, Yan HJ, Liu XJ. Acute toxicity to zebrafish of two organophosphates and four pyrethroids and their binary mixtures. PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 2010; 66:84-89. [PMID: 19728319 DOI: 10.1002/ps.1834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Environmental pollutants, including metals, pesticides and other organics, pose serious risks to many aquatic organisms. The acute toxicities to zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio Hamilton & Buchanan) were determined for two organophosphorus insecticides, four pyrethroid insecticides and 50:50 binary mixtures. RESULTS At 24, 48, 72 and 96 h after treatment, LC(50) of permethrin, tetramethrin, bifenthrin, etofenprox, dichlorvos and phoxim to zebrafish were 0.0052-0.0025, 0.0782-0.0460, 0.0065-0.0032, 0.0969-0.0791, 51.3-13.0 and 1.28-0.469 mg L(-1) respectively. LC(50) of permethrin + dichlorvos, permethrin + phoxim, tetramethrin + dichlorvos, tetramethrin + phoxim, bifenthrin + dichlorvos, bifenthrin + phoxim, etofenprox + dichlorvos and etofenprox + phoxim were 0.0082-0.0046, 0.0078-0.0042, 0.264-0.124, 0.141-0.121, 0.0251-0.0154, 0.0154-0.0087, 0.396-0.217 and 0.213-0.0391 mg L(-1). CONCLUSION Toxicity levels of all pyrethroid insecticides to the zebrafish were high or very high. The organophosphate dichlorvos showed low toxicity, but phoxim showed high or intermediate toxicities to zebrafish, and the toxicities of binary mixtures of permethrin and dichlorvos or phoxim, bifenthrin and dichlorvos or phoxim and etofenprox and phoxim (48, 72 and 96 h exposure) were very high. The toxicities of binary mixtures of tetramethrin and dichlorvos or phoxim, etofenprox and dichlorvos and etofenprox and phoxim (24 h exposure) were high.
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- Zhi-Yong Zhang
- Institute of Food Safety Research and Inspection, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Ansari RA, Kaur M, Ahmad F, Rahman S, Rashid H, Islam F, Raisuddin S. Genotoxic and oxidative stress-inducing effects of deltamethrin in the erythrocytes of a freshwater biomarker fish species, Channa punctata Bloch. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY 2009; 24:429-436. [PMID: 18937308 DOI: 10.1002/tox.20445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Deltamethrin, an alpha-cyano class of pyrethroid insecticide is used in insect pest control and antimalaria programs in several countries including India. Although various toxic manifestations of deltamethrin are reported in mammals, its ecotoxicologic dimensions are not adequately researched in ecologically and commercially important fishes. In this study, we report genotoxic effect of deltamethrin in a biomarker fish Channa punctata (Bloch). Adult fish were exposed to three concentrations of technical grade deltamethrin (0.4, 0.8, and 1.2 microg/L) for 48 and 72 h. Ethyl methane sulfonate was used as a positive control. Fish were analyzed for induction of micronucleus (MN), nuclear abnormalities (NAs), and oxidative stress biomarkers in erythrocytes. Deltamethrin significantly induced MN and NAs accompanied by increased lipid peroxidation. Activity of antioxidant enzyme superoxide dismutase was significantly decreased but an increase was observed in reduced glutathione level after 72 h of exposure. The NAs in exposed fish included blebbed, lobed and notched nuclei, and binucleated erythrocytes. Our findings suggest that oxidative stress may, in part, be contributing to deltamethrin-induced genotoxic damage to erythrocytes. Although MN induction is a nonspecific biomarker, it may provide an indication of pollution load of deltamethrin in the affected fish population when used as part of suite of other biomarkers.
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- Rizwan A Ansari
- Ecotoxicology Laboratory, Department of Medical Elementology and Toxicology, Hamdard University, New Delhi 110 062, India
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Schleier JJ, Davis RS, Barber LM, Macedo PA, Peterson RKD. A probabilistic risk assessment for deployed military personnel after the implementation of the "Leishmaniasis Control Program" at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2009; 46:693-702. [PMID: 19496443 DOI: 10.1603/033.046.0337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Leishmaniasis has been of concern to the U.S. military and has re-emerged in importance because of recent deployments to the Middle East. We conducted a retrospective probabilistic risk assessment for military personnel potentially exposed to insecticides during the "Leishmaniasis Control Plan" (LCP) undertaken in 2003 at Tallil Air Base, Iraq. We estimated acute and subchronic risks from resmethrin, malathion, piperonyl butoxide (PBO), and pyrethrins applied using a truck-mounted ultra-low-volume (ULV) sprayer and lambda-cyhalothrin, cyfluthrin, bifenthrin, chlorpyrifos, and cypermethrin used for residual sprays. We used the risk quotient (RQ) method for our risk assessment (estimated environmental exposure/toxic endpoint) and set the RQ level of concern (LOC) at 1.0. Acute RQs for truck-mounted ULV and residual sprays ranged from 0.00007 to 33.3 at the 95th percentile. Acute exposure to lambda-cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, and chlorpyrifos exceeded the RQ LOC. Subchronic RQs for truck-mounted ULV and residual sprays ranged from 0.00008 to 32.8 at the 95th percentile. Subchronic exposures to lambda-cyhalothrin and chlorpyrifos exceeded the LOC. However, estimated exposures to lambda-cyhalothrin, bifenthrin, and chlorpyrifos did not exceed their respective no observed adverse effect levels.
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- Jerome J Schleier
- Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 334 Leon Johnson Hall, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
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Mech A, Orynbayeva Z, Irgebayev K, Kolusheva S, Jelinek R. Screening membrane interactions of pesticides by cells decorated with chromatic polymer nanopatches. Chem Res Toxicol 2009; 22:90-6. [PMID: 19117376 DOI: 10.1021/tx800206t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Elucidating the factors contributing to the cell toxicity of pesticides and other environmentally sensitive small molecules is critical for evaluation of their health impacts and for understanding the biological processes that they affect. Disruption and permeation of the plasma membrane, which constitutes the critical interface between the cell and its environment, are recognized initiators of cytotoxicity. We present a new approach for predicting pesticide cytotoxicity through rapid screening of membrane interactions of pesticides using a recently developed live-cell chromatic sensor. The sensing platform comprises living mammalian cells labeled with polydiacetylene (PDA), a chromatic polymer that undergoes intense fluorescence transformations induced by structural perturbations of the membrane bilayer. Within a short time after the addition of membrane-interacting tested compounds to the labeled cells, the PDA patches emit high fluorescence, which can be monitored by conventional spectroscopy and microscopy apparatuses. The chromatic technology facilitates rapid evaluation of membrane activity of pesticide compounds and is capable of distinguishing between toxic effects associated with membrane interactions vs intracellular mechanisms.
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- Agnieszka Mech
- Ilse Katz Institute for Nanotechnology and Department of Chemistry, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel
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Oberhauser KS, Manweiler SA, Lelich R, Blank M, Batalden RV, de Anda A. Impacts of ultra-low volume resmethrin applications on non-target insects. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONTROL ASSOCIATION 2009; 25:83-93. [PMID: 19432072 DOI: 10.2987/08-5788.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We studied the impacts of exposure to ultra-low volume (ULV) applications of resmethrin (Scourge) on monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) larvae and adults. In a series of 3 experiments, we measured short- and long-term survival of monarch larvae and adults, and the impacts of consuming previously exposed host plants on monarch larvae. We measured efficacy during all experiments with caged sentinel mosquitoes, and during Experiments 1 and 2 with pretreatment, treatment, and posttreatment measurements of mosquito abundance in CO2 traps. Downwind monarch larval and adult mortality were higher than upwind or control mortality up to 120 m, but not 170 m, from the spray path. In 1 experiment, monarchs exposed to spray as larvae developed into smaller adults, suggesting sublethal impacts. Milkweed host plants sprayed 1, but not 2 or 4 days previously, resulted in increased monarch larval mortality. Sentinel mosquito mortality was generally high, and CO2 traps revealed substantially lower mosquito abundance immediately after the treatment (>90% reduction) but <20% reduction 24 h after treatment. Our results suggest that ULV resmethrin applications will impact lepidopteran larvae and adults that are directly exposed to the spray but that generalizations about other nontarget taxa will require additional research. The magnitude of population-level impacts on monarchs will depend on the proportion of the population that is exposed.
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- Karen S Oberhauser
- University of Minnesota, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, 1980 Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA
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Adam O, Badot PM, Degiorgi F, Crini G. Mixture toxicity assessment of wood preservative pesticides in the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex (L.). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2009; 72:441-449. [PMID: 18768221 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2008] [Revised: 07/23/2008] [Accepted: 07/27/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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All over the world, insecticides and fungicides are used to protect wood against pathogens. To document the environmental toxicity of wood preservative mixtures, freshwater amphipods Gammarus pulex (L.) were submitted to organic pesticides given independently or in mixtures. When given independently at environmentally realistic concentrations, propiconazole and tebuconazole (triazoles fungicides) were not toxic for G. pulex, 3-iodo-2-propinyl butyl carbamate (IPBC, fungicide) was moderately toxic, and cypermethrin (pyrethroid insecticide) was extremely toxic. 96-h LC50 were, respectively, 4703, 1643, 604, and 0.09 microg L(-1). When amphipods were submitted to a mixture mimicking the composition of a commercial solution (18.2% of cypermethrin, 45.8% propiconazole, 17.2% tebuconazole, 18.8% IPBC), the overall toxicity was equal to that of the most toxic component, namely cypermethrin. But, when organisms were submitted to the real commercial mixture containing pesticides, solvents and additives, the toxic effects were markedly higher. Moreover, a third mixture with only 0.002% cypermethrin showed lethality 2.5-18-fold higher than those predicted by the commonly used models. The present results show that toxicity of wood preservative mixtures cannot be assessed starting only from the toxicities of each single component. Furthermore, the present data strongly suggest that the environmental impacts of wood preservative mixtures might be frequently underestimated.
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- Olivier Adam
- Chrono-environment Department, UMR 6249 CNRS-Université de Franche-Comté, Place Leclerc, F-25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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Kitulagodage M, Astheimer LB, Buttemer WA. Diacetone alcohol, a dispersant solvent, contributes to acute toxicity of a fipronil-based insecticide in a passerine bird. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2008; 71:597-600. [PMID: 18155147 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2007.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2007] [Revised: 10/25/2007] [Accepted: 11/04/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Fipronil, a phenyl pyrazole pesticide, is aerially applied in eastern Australia to control locust outbreaks, usually as "Adonis 3UL Insecticide" (BASF), an ultra low (UL) volume formulation containing 0.3% active pesticide. We tested the toxicities of technical-grade fipronil, the Adonis 3UL formulation and its components in zebra finch, a native bird at risk of exposure in locust control regions. We estimated oral-dose LD50 by the Up-and-Down method. Under laboratory conditions, we identified unexpectedly high toxicities due exclusively to diacetone alcohol (DAA), a solvent making up 12.5% of the Adonis 3UL formulation. In contrast, finches were asymptomatic when exposed to 0.3% technical grade fipronil dissolved in a minimum amount of acetone. Depending upon the behaviour and persistence of DAA under field conditions, this formulation of Adonis 3UL may pose a far greater threat to the health of small birds and possibly other vertebrates than expected for fipronil alone.
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- M Kitulagodage
- Institute for Conservation Biology, University of Wollongong, Australia.
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Ray DE, Fry JR. A reassessment of the neurotoxicity of pyrethroid insecticides. Pharmacol Ther 2005; 111:174-93. [PMID: 16324748 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2005.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 200] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2005] [Accepted: 10/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The pyrethroids are a widely used class of insecticides to which there is significant human exposure. They are however generally regarded as safe to man, and there have been few reports of human fatalities. Their acute toxicity is dominated by pharmacological actions upon the central nervous system (CNS), predominantly mediated by prolongation of the kinetics of voltage-gated sodium channels, although other mechanisms operate. This review summarizes our present understanding of such actions and the pharmacological options to antagonize them. One significant problem is the very clear heterogeneity of pyrethroid sensitivity that is seen across sodium channel subtypes; however, the distribution and function of these across the central nervous system are poorly characterized. The review also provides an overview of recent studies that suggest additional effects of pyrethroids: developmental neurotoxicity, the production of neuronal death, and action mediated via pyrethroid metabolites. The evidence for these is at present equivocal, but all 3 carry important implications for human health.
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- David E Ray
- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Nottingham Medical School, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.
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