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Alonzo F, Trijau M, Plaire D, Billoir E. A toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic model with a transgenerational damage to explain toxicity changes over generations (in Daphnia magna exposed to depleted uranium). THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 914:169845. [PMID: 38190898 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
Affiliation(s)
- Frédéric Alonzo
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV, SERPEN, LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lèz-Durance, France.
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV, SERPEN, LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lèz-Durance, France; Ibacon GmbH, Roßdorf, Germany
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-ENV, SERPEN, LECO, Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lèz-Durance, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France
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Tejeda-Benítez L, Noguera K, Aga D, Olivero-Verbel J. Pesticides in sediments from Magdalena River, Colombia, are linked to reproductive toxicity on Caenorhabditis elegans. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 339:139602. [PMID: 37480944 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/24/2023]
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Pesticides are prevalent pollutants found in river sediments in agricultural regions worldwide, leading to environmental pollution and toxic effects on biota. In this study, twenty sediment samples were collected from the Magdalena River in Colombia and analyzed for forty pesticides. Methanolic extracts of the sediments were used to expose Caenorhabditis elegans for 24 h, evaluating the effects on its reproduction. The most abundant pesticides found in Magdalena River sediments were atrazine, bromacil, DDE, and chlorpyrifos. The concentrations of DDE and the sum of DDD, DDE, and DDT were above the Threshold Effect Concentration (TEC) values for freshwater sediments, indicating potential effects on aquatic organisms. The ratios of DDT/(DDE + DDD) and DDD/DDE suggest historical contributions of DDT and degradation under aerobic conditions. Several sampling sites displayed a moderate toxicity risk to biota, as calculated by the sediment quality guideline quotient (SQGQ). Nematode brood size was reduced by up to 37% after sediment extract exposure. The presence of chlordane, DDT-related compounds, and chlorpyrifos in Magdalena River sediments was associated with reproductive toxicity among C. elegans.
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- Lesly Tejeda-Benítez
- Biomedical, Toxicological and Environmental Sciences (Biotoxam), Campus Piedra de Bolivar, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
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- Environmental and Computational Chemistry Group, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zaragocilla Campus, University of Cartagena, Cartagena, 130014, Colombia.
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Huang P, Wang Y, Liu SS, Wang ZJ, Xu YQ. SAHmap: Synergistic-antagonistic heatmap to evaluate the combined synergistic effect of mixtures of three pesticides on multiple endpoints of Caenorhabditis elegans. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 315:120378. [PMID: 36220575 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The environmental pollution caused by toxic chemicals such as pesticides has become a global problem. The mixture of dichlorvos (DIC), dimethoate (DIM), aldicarb (ALD) poses potential risks to the environment and human health. To fully explore the interaction of complex mixtures on Caenorhabditis elegans behavioral toxicity endpoint. This study created a synergistic-antagonistic heatmap (SAHmap) based on the combination index to systematically describe the toxicological interaction prospect of the mixture system. It was shown that the three pesticides and their binary as well as ternary mixture rays have significant concentration-response relationship on three behavioral endpoints of nematodes, From the perspective of synergistic-antagonistic heatmaps, all the mixture rays in the DIC-DIM mixture system showed strong synergism on the three behavioral and lethal endpoints. In the ternary mixture system, the five mixture rays showed different interaction between the behavioral endpoint and the lethal endpoint, and showed slight synergism to two behavioral endpoints as a whole. The emergence of synergism should arouse our attention to these hazardous chemicals. In addition, the use of SAHmap and the significant linear correlation among three behavioral endpoints further improved the efficiency of the study on the behavioral toxicity of pesticide mixtures to Caenorhabditis elegans.
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- Peng Huang
- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, PR China
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Sun Q, Liu C, Jiang K, Fang Y, Kong C, Fu J, Liu Y. A preliminary study on the neurotoxic mechanism of harmine in Caenorhabditis elegans. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 245:109038. [PMID: 33794375 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Harmine is a beta-carboline and harmala alkaloid with extensive bioactivities. However, its toxicity, especially in neural system, is not systematically assessed and the toxic mechanism is not yet clear. Using Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) as a model system, we found that harmine exhibited dosage dependent (0, 5, 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, and 320 μmol/L) toxic effect, such as growth inhibition, egg laying defects, shortened life span and increased mortality. Although harmine did not result in obvious structural alterations in neurite or death of neurons, it did show direct acetylcholinesterase inhibition activity. Further, we found that harmine treatment decreased worm pharyngeal pump rate and lowered the content of nitric oxide (NO) in worm body, implying foraging disorders, which is an indicator of acetylcholinergic neuron activity inhibition. Besides, network pharmacology and molecular docking reveals that acetylcholinesterase is one of the major neural toxicity targets as well. Above all, harmine can directly inhibit the activity of acetylcholinesterase, leading to excessive accumulation of acetylcholine, which may be one of the harmine neurotoxicity mechanisms.
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- Qianqian Sun
- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China
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- College of Xinjiang Uyghur Medicine, Xinjiang 848000, China
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- Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 102488, China.
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Schultz CL, Bart S, Lahive E, Spurgeon DJ. What Is on the Outside Matters-Surface Charge and Dissolve Organic Matter Association Affect the Toxicity and Physiological Mode of Action of Polystyrene Nanoplastics to C. elegans. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:6065-6075. [PMID: 33848142 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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To better understand nanoplastic effects, the potential for surface functionalization and dissolve organic matter eco-corona formation to modify the mechanisms of action and toxicity of different nanoplastics needs to be established. Here, we assess how different surface charges modifying functionalization (postive (+ve) aminated; neutral unfunctionalized; negative (-ve) carboxylated) altered the toxicity of 50 and 60 nm polystyrene nanoplastics to the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The potency for effects on survival, growth, and reproduction reduced in the order +ve aminated > neutral unfunctionalized ≫ -ve carboxylated with toxicity >60-fold higher for the +ve than -ve charged forms. Toxicokinetic-toxicodynamic modeling (DEBtox) showed that the charge-related potency was primarily linked to differences in effect thresholds and dose-associated damage parameters, rather than to toxicokinetic parameters. This suggests that surface functionalization may change the nature of nanoplastic interactions with membrane and organelles leading to variations in toxicity. Eco-corona formation reduced the toxicity of all nanoplastics indicating that organic molecule associations may passivate surfaces. Between particles, eco-corona interactions resulting in more equivalent effects; however, even despite these changes, the order of potency of the charged forms was retained. These results have important implications for the development of future grouping approaches.
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- Carolin L Schultz
- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
- Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5NG, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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- UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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Queirós L, Martins AC, Krum BN, Ke T, Aschner M, Pereira JL, Gonçalves FJM, Milne GL, Pereira P. Assessing the neurotoxicity of the carbamate methomyl in Caenorhabditis elegans with a multi-level approach. Toxicology 2021; 451:152684. [PMID: 33508380 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2021.152684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The neurotoxicity and developmental effects of a widely applied insecticide (methomyl) was investigated by a multi-level approach (behavior and biometry, biochemical alterations and neurodegeneration) in Caenorhabditis elegans upon a short-term exposure (1 h) and a post-exposure period (48 h). The 1-h exposure to sub-lethal concentrations of methomyl (lower than 0.320 g L-1; i.e. below the estimated LC10) triggered significant changes on motor behavior and development impairment. The type of movement was significantly altered in methomyl-exposed worms, as well as biometric parameters (worms frequently idle and moving more backwards than controls; small body area, length and wavelength). These effects were followed by an increase of acetylcholine levels. Interestingly, after the 48-h recovery period, movement of previously exposed worms was similar to controls, and a concentration-dependent reversion of biometric endpoints was recorded, pointing out the transient action of the carbamate in line with an apparent absence of cholinergic neurons damage. This study provided new insight on the neurotoxicity of methomyl by showing that effects on movement and development were transient, and apparently did not result in neurodegeneration in cholinergic neurons. Moreover, these findings reinforced the advantages of using C. elegans in a multi-level approach for pesticide effects assessment.
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- L Queirós
- Department of Biology & CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal; Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA; Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Federal University of Santa Maria, 97105-900, Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA; IM Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biology & CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37240, USA
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- Department of Biology & CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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Bosker T, Olthof G, Vijver MG, Baas J, Barmentlo SH. Significant decline of Daphnia magna population biomass due to microplastic exposure. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2019; 250:669-675. [PMID: 31035149 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.04.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2019] [Revised: 03/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Even though microplastics are intensively studied, the focus of the research is mainly on relatively short term effects at high doses. Therefore there is a need to shift the focus toward more realistic, longer-term endpoints. Studies with a range of chemicals have shown that the response of populations often differs from studies in which a single organism is exposed in an individual container (as often described within standard ecotox screening assays). Here we investigate the impact of primary microplastics (1-5 μm in size) on a population of Daphnia magna. We first allowed a stable population of D. magna to develop over 29 d, after which the populations were exposed to microplastics for three weeks (concentrations ranging from 102 to 105 particles mL-1 and a control). We found a significant impact of microplastics on the total population of D. magna, with a reduction in the amount of adult daphnids. Importantly, when expressed as total biomass, exposure to 105 microplastics mL-1 resulted in a 21% reduction in total biomass compared to control. These results indicate that exposure to microplastics can result in significant adverse effects on the population of D. magna, including a reduction in the number of individuals as well as total biomass. Given the importance of D. magna in freshwater food webs, both as a grazer as well as a food source, this can potentially impact the functioning of the ecosystem.
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- Thijs Bosker
- Leiden University College, Leiden University, P.O. Box 13228, 2501, EE, The Hague, the Netherlands; Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA Leiden, the Netherlands; Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10 8BB, UK.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Baas J, Augustine S, Marques GM, Dorne JL. Dynamic energy budget models in ecological risk assessment: From principles to applications. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 628-629:249-260. [PMID: 29438934 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In ecological risk assessment of chemicals, hazard identification and hazard characterisation are most often based on ecotoxicological tests and expressed as summary statistics such as No Observed Effect Concentrations or Lethal Concentration values and No Effect Concentrations. Considerable research is currently ongoing to further improve methodologies to take into account toxico kinetic aspects in toxicological assessments, extrapolations of toxic effects observed on individuals to population effects and combined effects of multiple chemicals effects. In this context, the principles of the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB), namely the conserved allocation of energy to different life-supporting processes in a wide variety of different species, have been applied successfully to the development of a number of DEB models. DEB models allow the incorporation of effects on growth, reproduction and survival within one consistent framework. This review aims to discuss the principles of the DEB theory together with available DEB models, databases available and applications in ecological risk assessment of chemicals for a wide range of species and taxa. Future perspectives are also discussed with particular emphasis on ongoing research efforts to develop DEB models as open source tools to further support the research and regulatory community to integrate quantitative biology in ecotoxicological risk assessment.
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- Jan Baas
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, MacLean Building Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.
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- Akvaplan-niva, Fram - High North Research Centre for Climate and the Environment, 9296 Tromsø, Norway
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- European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Scientific Committee and emerging Risks Unit, Parma, Italy
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Ashauer R, Jager T. Physiological modes of action across species and toxicants: the key to predictive ecotoxicology. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. PROCESSES & IMPACTS 2018; 20:48-57. [PMID: 29090718 DOI: 10.1039/c7em00328e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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As ecotoxicologists we strive for a better understanding of how chemicals affect our environment. Humanity needs tools to identify those combinations of man-made chemicals and organisms most likely to cause problems. In other words: which of the millions of species are at risk from pollution? And which of the tens of thousands of chemicals contribute most to the risk? We identified our poor knowledge on physiological modes of action (how a chemical affects the energy allocation in an organism), and how they vary across species and toxicants, as a major knowledge gap. We also find that the key to predictive ecotoxicology is the systematic, rigorous characterization of physiological modes of action because that will enable more powerful in vitro to in vivo toxicity extrapolation and in silico ecotoxicology. In the near future, we expect a step change in our ability to study physiological modes of action by improved, and partially automated, experimental methods. Once we have populated the matrix of species and toxicants with sufficient physiological mode of action data we can look for patterns, and from those patterns infer general rules, theory and models.
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- Roman Ashauer
- Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5NG, UK.
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Lecomte-Pradines C, Hertel-Aas T, Coutris C, Gilbin R, Oughton D, Alonzo F. A dynamic energy-based model to analyze sublethal effects of chronic gamma irradiation in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2017; 80:830-844. [PMID: 28837407 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2017.1352194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Understanding how toxic contaminants affect wildlife species at various levels of biological organization (subcellular, histological, physiological, organism, and population levels) is a major research goal in both ecotoxicology and radioecology. A mechanistic understanding of the links between different observed perturbations is necessary to predict the consequences for survival, growth, and reproduction, which are critical for population dynamics. In this context, experimental and modeling studies were conducted using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. A chronic exposure to external gamma radiation was conducted under controlled conditions. Results showed that somatic growth and reproduction were reduced with increasing dose rate. Modeling was used to investigate whether radiation effects might be assessed using a mechanistic model based upon the dynamic energy budget (DEB) theory. A DEB theory in toxicology (DEB-tox), specially adapted to the case of gamma radiation, was developed. Modelling results demonstrated the suitability of DEB-tox for the analysis of radiotoxicity and suggested that external gamma radiation predominantly induced a direct reduction in reproductive capacity in C. elegans and produced an increase in costs for growth and maturation, resulting in a delay in growth and spawning observed at the highest tested dose rate.
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- Catherine Lecomte-Pradines
- a Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, LECO , Cadarache , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance , France
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- b Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Department of Environmental Science , Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) , Aas , Norway
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- b Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Department of Environmental Science , Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) , Aas , Norway
- c Division of Environment and Natural Resources , Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) , Aas , Norway
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- d Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, LRTE , Cadarache , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance , France
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- b Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Department of Environmental Science , Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) , Aas , Norway
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- a Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, LECO , Cadarache , Saint-Paul-lez-Durance , France
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Yang YF, Lin YJ, Liao CM. Toxicity-based toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic assessment of bioaccumulation and nanotoxicity of zerovalent iron nanoparticles in Caenorhabditis elegans. Int J Nanomedicine 2017; 12:4607-4621. [PMID: 28721038 PMCID: PMC5500513 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s138790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Elucidating the relationships between the toxicity-based-toxicokinetic (TBTK)/toxicodynamic (TD) properties of engineered nanomaterials and their nanotoxicity is crucial for human health-risk analysis. Zerovalent iron (Fe0) nanoparticles (NPs) are one of the most prominent NPs applied in remediating contaminated soils and groundwater. However, there are concerns that Fe0NP application contributes to long-term environmental and human health impacts. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans is a surrogate in vivo model that has been successfully applied to assess the potential nanotoxicity of these nanomaterials. Here we present a TBTK/TD approach to appraise bioaccumulation and nanotoxicity of Fe0NPs in C. elegans. Built on a present C. elegans bioassay with estimated TBTK/TD parameters, we found that average bioconcentration factors in C. elegans exposed to waterborne and food-borne Fe0NPs were ~50 and ~5×10-3, respectively, whereas 10% inhibition concentrations for fertility, locomotion, and development, were 1.26 (95% CI 0.19-5.2), 3.84 (0.38-42), and 6.78 (2.58-21) μg·g-1, respectively, implicating that fertility is the most sensitive endpoint in C. elegans. Our results also showed that biomagnification effects were not observed in waterborne or food-borne Fe0NP-exposed worms. We suggest that the TBTK/TD assessment for predicting NP-induced toxicity at different concentrations and conditions in C. elegans could enable rapid selection of nanomaterials that are more likely to be nontoxic in larger animals. We conclude that the use of the TBTK/TD scheme manipulating C. elegans could be used for rapid evaluation of in vivo toxicity of NPs or for drug screening in the field of nanomedicine.
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- Ying-Fei Yang
- Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Margerit A, Gomez E, Gilbin R. Dynamic energy-based modeling of uranium and cadmium joint toxicity to Caenorhabditis elegans. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 146:405-412. [PMID: 26741545 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.12.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Toxicokinetic - toxicodynamic energy-based models offer new alternatives to the commonly used approaches for the analysis of mixture toxicity data. Based on the Dynamic Energy Budget theory, DEBtox models enable the description of several endpoints over time simultaneously under the same framework. However, such model still has to be faced with experimental data in a multi-contamination context. In this study, the predictive capacities of a DEBtox model to describe the uranium and cadmium joint toxicity over the entire growth and reproduction period of the soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans was examined. The two reference additivity approaches, Concentration Addition and Response addition, implemented in the DEBtox model were tested. Assuming no interaction between the two toxicants through Response addition, the DEBtox model allowed a rather accurate fit of the U and Cd joint effects on the growth and reproduction of C. elegans: an interaction between the two metals at the toxicokinetic or toxicodynamic level seems thus unlikely or has only minor consequences. Interestingly, this study underlines that even if the compounds of a mixture share the same DEBtox physiological mode of action (in this case a decrease in assimilation), the Response addition approach may provide a better fit of joint toxicity data than the Concentration addition approach. Moreover, the present work highlighted limitations in the model predictions which are related to the simplifications of the DEBtox framework and its adaptations to the physiology of C. elegans and which lead to an overestimation of the U and Cd joint toxicity in some cases.
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- Adrien Margerit
- Biogeochemistry, Bioavailability and Radionuclide Transfer Laboratory (PRP-ENV/SERIS/L2BT), Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Cadarache, Building 183, BP3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France.
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- UMR Hydrosciences - Université Montpellier 1, DSESP - Faculté de Pharmacie, BP 14491, No 15 Av Charles Flahault, 34093 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
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- Biogeochemistry, Bioavailability and Radionuclide Transfer Laboratory (PRP-ENV/SERIS/L2BT), Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), Cadarache, Building 183, BP3, 13115 St-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex, France.
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Cedergreen N, Nørhave NJ, Svendsen C, Spurgeon DJ. Variable Temperature Stress in the Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (Maupas) and Its Implications for Sensitivity to an Additional Chemical Stressor. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0140277. [PMID: 26784453 PMCID: PMC4718611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A wealth of studies has investigated how chemical sensitivity is affected by temperature, however, almost always under different constant rather than more realistic fluctuating regimes. Here we compared how the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans responds to copper at constant temperatures (8-24°C) and under fluctuation conditions of low (±4°C) and high (±8°C) amplitude (averages of 12, 16, 20°C and 16°C respectively). The DEBkiss model was used to interpret effects on energy budgets. Increasing constant temperature from 12-24°C reduced time to first egg, life-span and population growth rates consistent with temperature driven metabolic rate change. Responses at 8°C did not, however, accord with this pattern (including a deviation from the Temperature Size Rule), identifying a cold stress effect. High amplitude variation and low amplitude variation around a mean temperature of 12°C impacted reproduction and body size compared to nematodes kept at the matching average constant temperatures. Copper exposure affected reproduction, body size and life-span and consequently population growth. Sensitivity to copper (EC50 values), was similar at intermediate temperatures (12, 16, 20°C) and higher at 24°C and especially the innately stressful 8°C condition. Temperature variation did not increase copper sensitivity. Indeed under variable conditions including time at the stressful 8°C condition, sensitivity was reduced. DEBkiss identified increased maintenance costs and increased assimilation as possible mechanisms for cold and higher copper concentration effects. Model analysis of combined variable temperature effects, however, demonstrated no additional joint stressor response. Hence, concerns that exposure to temperature fluctuations may sensitise species to co-stressor effects seem unfounded in this case.
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- Nina Cedergreen
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871 Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BB, United Kingdom
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Ristau K, Akgül Y, Bartel AS, Fremming J, Müller MT, Reiher L, Stapela F, Splett JP, Spann N. Toxicity in relation to mode of action for the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans: Acute-to-chronic ratios and quantitative structure-activity relationships. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2015; 34:2347-2353. [PMID: 25994998 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 04/27/2015] [Accepted: 05/14/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Acute-to-chronic ratios (ACRs) and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) are of particular interest in chemical risk assessment. Previous studies focusing on the relationship between the size or variation of ACRs to substance classes and QSAR models were often based on data for standard test organisms, such as daphnids and fish. In the present study, acute and chronic toxicity tests were performed with the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans for a total of 11 chemicals covering 3 substance classes (nonpolar narcotics: 1-propanol, ethanol, methanol, 2-butoxyethanol; metals: copper, cadmium, zinc; and carbamates: methomyl, oxamyl, aldicarb, dioxacarb). The ACRs were variable, especially for the carbamates and metals, although there was a trend toward small and less variable ACRs for nonpolar narcotic substances. The octanol-water partition coefficient was a good predictor for explaining acute and chronic toxicity of nonpolar narcotic substances to C. elegans, but not for carbamates. Metal toxicity could be related to the covalent index χm2r. Overall, the results support earlier results from ACR and QSAR studies with standard freshwater test animals. As such C. elegans as a representative of small soil/sediment invertebrates would probably be protected by risk assessment strategies already in use. To increase the predictive power of ACRs and QSARs, further research should be expanded to other species and compounds and should also consider the target sites and toxicokinetics of chemicals.
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- Kai Ristau
- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
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Hägerbäumer A, Höss S, Heininger P, Traunspurger W. Experimental studies with nematodes in ecotoxicology: an overview. J Nematol 2015; 47:11-27. [PMID: 25861113 PMCID: PMC4388576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023] Open
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With respect to their high abundances, their role as intermediaries between microorganisms and higher trophic levels, and their ubiquitous occurrence in all habitats, nematodes are of strong potential interest as environmental indicators. Ecotoxicological methods to evaluate the risk of anthropogenic pollutants on ecosystems require both in vitro and in vivo toxicity tests to investigate either mechanisms or pathways of toxicity and to set accurate toxicity thresholds. For this, the interest in nematodes as model organisms in ecotoxicology increased over the past few decades and existing appropriate experimental methods are reviewed in this manuscript. An overview of the various existing ecotoxicological tools for nematodes, ranging from molecular laboratory methods to experimental model ecosystem approaches, and their role as indicator organisms is given. The reviewed studies, approaches that range from species-based to community-based methods, reveal exciting possibilities for the future use of nematodes in ecotoxicological studies. Suitable ecotoxicological tools and ecological indices for nematodes should be integrated in weight-of-evidence approaches for assessing the ecological risk of contamination.
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- Arne Hägerbäumer
- Department of Animal Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Konsequenz 45, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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- German Federal Institute of Hydrology, Mainzer Tor 1, 56968 Koblenz, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Konsequenz 45, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
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Li WH, Ju YR, Liao CM, Liao VHC. Assessment of selenium toxicity on the life cycle of Caenorhabditis elegans. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2014; 23:1245-1253. [PMID: 24906985 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1267-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Selenium (Se) is a growing problem of global concern. Se can cause adverse effects on reproductive systems, which have been linked to declines in animal populations. The soil nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a ubiquitous soil organism that is increasingly utilized as a model organism in aquatic and soil toxicology. In the present study, the experimental data for individual body length, survival rate, brood size, and hatching rate were used to evaluate the possible effects of selenite [Se(IV)] on C. elegans. A stage-classified matrix model was applied to the experimental data to provide information on the population dynamics of C. elegans and to assess the Se(IV)-affected asymptotic population growth rate. Estimates of the survival probability showed significant decreases in survival at all stages when C. elegans was exposed to Se(IV). The growth probability of C. elegans in the L1 stage showed the most significant decline, from 0.11 h(-1) (for the control) to 0.04 h(-1) [for exposure to 3 mM Se(IV)]. These results showed that Se(IV) has a profound impact on C. elegans population dynamics. The asymptotic population growth rate (λ) was found to range from 1.00 to 0.64 h(-1) for increasing Se(IV) concentrations, implying a potential risk of population decrease for C. elegans exposure to a Se(IV)-contaminated environment. Our study shows how a mechanistic view based on the Se(IV) effects on the soil nematode C. elegans can promote a life cycle toxicity assessment. An important implication of this analysis is that mathematical models can be used to produce a population stage structure, to give clarity to the analysis of the key population-level endpoint (the asymptotic population growth rate) of population dynamics, and to evaluate the influences for the response of other species to environmental Se. These models sequentially provide candidate environmental criteria for the evaluation of the population impact of Se.
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- Wen-Hsuan Li
- Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Roosevelt Road, Sec. 4, Taipei, 106, Taiwan
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Meyer D, Williams PL. Toxicity testing of neurotoxic pesticides in Caenorhabditis elegans. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART B, CRITICAL REVIEWS 2014; 17:284-306. [PMID: 25205216 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2014.933722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The use of pesticides is ubiquitous worldwide, and these chemicals exert adverse effects on both target and nontarget species. Understanding the modes of action of pesticides, as well as quantifying exposure concentration and duration, is an important goal of clinicians and environmental health scientists. Some chemical exposures result in adverse effects on the nervous system. The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is a model lab organism well established for studying neurotoxicity, since the components of its nervous system are mapped and known, and most of its neurotransmitters correspond to human homologs. This review encompasses published studies in which C. elegans nematodes were exposed to pesticides with known neurotoxic actions. Endpoints measured include changes in locomotion, feeding behavior, brood size, growth, life span, and cell death. From data presented, evidence indicates that C. elegans can serve a role in assessing the effects of neurotoxic pesticides at the sublethal cellular level, thereby advancing our understanding of the mechanisms underlying toxicity induced by these chemicals. A proposed toxicity testing scheme for water-soluble chemicals is also included.
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- Dean Meyer
- a Department of Environmental Health Science , College of Public Health, The University of Georgia , Athens , Georgia , USA
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Plaire D, Bourdineaud JP, Alonzo A, Camilleri V, Garcia-Sanchez L, Adam-Guillermin C, Alonzo F. Transmission of DNA damage and increasing reprotoxic effects over two generations of Daphnia magna exposed to uranium. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2013; 158:231-43. [PMID: 24035969 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2013.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This study aimed to examine the mechanisms involved in the transgenerational increase in Daphnia magna sensitivity to waterborne depleted uranium (DU) under controlled laboratory conditions. Daphnids were exposed to concentrations ranging from 2 to 50 μg L(-1) over two successive generations. Genotoxic effects were assessed using random amplified polymorphic DNA and real time PCR (RAPD-PCR). Effects on life history (survival, fecundity and somatic growth) were monitored from hatching to release of brood 5. Different exposure regimes were tested to investigate the specific sensitivity of various life stages to DU. When daphnids were exposed continuously or from hatching to deposition of brood 5, results demonstrated that DNA damage accumulated in females and were transmitted to offspring in parallel with an increase in severity of effects on life history across generations. When daphnids were exposed during the embryo stage only, DU exposure induced transient DNA damage which was repaired after neonates were returned to a clean medium. Effects on life history remained visible after hatching and did not significantly increase in severity across generations. The present results suggest that DNA damage might be an early indicator of future effects on life history.
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- Delphine Plaire
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, LECO, Cadarache, France
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Tyne W, Lofts S, Spurgeon DJ, Jurkschat K, Svendsen C. A new medium for Caenorhabditis elegans toxicology and nanotoxicology studies designed to better reflect natural soil solution conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2013; 32:1711-1717. [PMID: 23595813 DOI: 10.1002/etc.2247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A new toxicity test medium for Caenorhabditis elegans is presented. The test solution is designed to provide a better representation of natural soil pore water conditions than currently available test media. The medium has a composition that can readily be modified to allow for studies of the influences of a range of environmentally relevant parameters on nematode biology and toxicology. Tests conducted in the new medium confirmed that nematodes' reproduction was possible at a range of solution pH levels, offering the potential to conduct toxicity studies under a variety of conditions. A test to establish silver nanoparticle and dissolved silver nitrate toxicity, a study type not feasible in M9 or agar media due to precipitation and nanoparticle agglomeration, indicated lower silver nanoparticle (median effective concentration [EC50] of 6.5 mg Ag/L) than silver nitrate (EC50 0.28 mg Ag/L) toxicity. Characterization identified stable nanoparticle behavior in the new test medium.
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- William Tyne
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Jones LM, Rayson SJ, Flemming AJ, Urwin PE. Adaptive and specialised transcriptional responses to xenobiotic stress in Caenorhabditis elegans are regulated by nuclear hormone receptors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e69956. [PMID: 23922869 PMCID: PMC3724934 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2013] [Accepted: 06/13/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Characterisation of the pathways by which xenobiotics are metabolised and excreted in both target and non-target organisms is crucial for the rational design of effective and specific novel bioactive molecules. Consequently, we have investigated the induced responses of the model nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to a variety of xenobiotics which represent a range of putative modes of action. The majority of genes that were specifically induced in preliminary microarray analyses encoded enzymes from Phase I and II metabolism, including cytochrome P450s, short chain dehydrogenases, UDP-glucuronosyl transferases and glutathione transferases. Changes in gene expression were confirmed by quantitative PCR and GFP induction in reporter strains driven by promoters for transcription of twelve induced enzymes was investigated. The particular complement of metabolic genes induced was found to be highly contingent on the xenobiotic applied. The known regulators of responses to applied chemicals ahr-1, hif-1, mdt-15 and nhr-8 were not required for any of these inducible responses and skn-1 regulated GFP expression from only two of the promoters. Reporter strains were used in conjunction with systematic RNAi screens to identify transcription factors which drive expression of these genes under xenobiotic exposure. These transcription factors appeared to regulate specific xenobiotic responses and have no reported phenotypes under standard conditions. Focussing on nhr-176 we demonstrate the role of this transcription factor in mediating the resistance to thiabendazole.
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MESH Headings
- Adaptation, Physiological/drug effects
- Adaptation, Physiological/genetics
- Animals
- Caenorhabditis elegans/drug effects
- Caenorhabditis elegans/enzymology
- Caenorhabditis elegans/genetics
- Caenorhabditis elegans/physiology
- Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Genes, Reporter
- Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism
- Metabolic Detoxication, Phase II/genetics
- Oviposition/drug effects
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics
- RNA Interference/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/metabolism
- Stress, Physiological/drug effects
- Stress, Physiological/genetics
- Thiabendazole/analogs & derivatives
- Thiabendazole/pharmacology
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/drug effects
- Xenobiotics/pharmacology
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- Laura M. Jones
- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Syngenta, Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell, United Kingdom
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- School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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Brinke M, Heininger P, Traunspurger W. Effects of a bioassay-derived ivermectin lowest observed effect concentration on life-cycle traits of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2013; 22:148-155. [PMID: 23161368 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-1011-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/23/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The pharmaceutical ivermectin is used to treat parasitic infections, such as those caused by nematodes. While several studies have demonstrated the severe effects of ivermectin on non-target organisms, little is known about the drug's impact on free-living nematodes. In the present work, a full life-cycle experiment was conducted to estimate how an ivermectin lowest observed effect concentration derived from a Caenorhabditis elegans bioassay (endpoint reproduction) might translate into effects at the population level of this free-living nematode. The results showed that fecundity decreased to levels similar to those determined in the bioassay after a time of corresponding duration (18.6 % inhibition compared to the control), but the impact then rather weakened until the end of the experiment, at which point the net reproductive rate (R(0)) was still, but not significantly, reduced by 12.4 %. Moreover, the average lifespan, length of the reproductive period, maximum daily reproduction rate, and intrinsic rate of increase (r(m)) were significantly reduced by 30.0, 25.9, 11.2, and 3.5 %, respectively. The experiment revealed that a 4-day bioassay is protective enough for C. elegans with respect to ivermectin's effects on fecundity. However, the pronounced effects of a low drug concentration on survival, a highly elastic trait, may better account for the observed population-level response, i.e., a decrease of r(m), than the effects on fecundity. These results emphasize that full life-cycle experiments are valuable for assessment of pollutants, because the effects on several life-cycle traits can be simultaneously measured and integrated into an ecologically relevant parameter, the population growth rate, that reflects a population's response to a specific pollutant.
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- Marvin Brinke
- Department of Animal Ecology, University of Bielefeld, Morgenbreede 45, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany.
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Zimmer EI, Jager T, Ducrot V, Lagadic L, Kooijman SALM. Juvenile food limitation in standardized tests: a warning to ecotoxicologists. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2012; 21:2195-204. [PMID: 22843241 PMCID: PMC3475972 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-012-0973-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/21/2012] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Standard ecotoxicological tests are as simple as possible and food sources are mainly chosen for practical reasons. Since some organisms change their food preferences during the life-cycle, they might be food limited at some stage if we do not account for such a switch. As organisms tend to respond more sensitively to toxicant exposure under food limitation, the interpretation of test results may then be biased. Using a reformulation of the von Bertalanffy model to analyze growth data of the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, we detected food limitation in the early juvenile phase. The snails were held under conditions proposed for a standardized test protocol, which prescribes lettuce as food source. Additional experiments showed that juveniles grow considerably faster when fed with fish flakes. The model is based on Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) theory, which allows for mechanistic interpretation of toxic effects in terms of changes in energy allocation. In a simulation study with the DEB model, we compared the effects of three hypothetical toxicants in different feeding situations. The initial food limitation when fed with lettuce always intensified the effect of the toxicants. When fed with fish flakes, the predicted effect of the toxicants was less pronounced. From this study, we conclude that (i) the proposed test conditions for L. stagnalis are not optimal, and require further investigation, (ii) fish flakes are a better food source for juvenile pond snails than lettuce, (iii) analyzing data with a mechanistic modeling approach such as DEB allows identifying deviations from constant conditions, (iv) being unaware of food limitation in the laboratory can lead to an overestimation of toxicity in ecotoxicological tests.
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- Elke I. Zimmer
- Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- INRA, Equipe Ecotoxicologie et Qualité des Milieux Aquatiques, UMR0985 Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint Brieuc, 35042 Rennes, France
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- INRA, Equipe Ecotoxicologie et Qualité des Milieux Aquatiques, UMR0985 Ecologie et Santé des Ecosystèmes, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint Brieuc, 35042 Rennes, France
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- Department of Theoretical Biology, Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, de Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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A number of practical advantages have made the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans a useful model for genetic and developmental biological research. These same advantages, along with conservation of disease and stress response pathways, availability of mutant and transgenic strains, and wealth of biological information, have led to the increased use of C. elegans in toxicological studies. Although the potential to study the mechanisms of developmental toxicology in C. elegans is promising, embryonic and larval growth tests to identify compounds that affect the nematode have remained the primary use of C. elegans in developmental toxicology. Here, we describe a C. elegans larval growth and development assay for medium- and high-throughput screening using the COPAS Biosort flow cytometer and provide descriptions of the data and subsequent analysis.
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- Windy A. Boyd
- Biomolecular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Biomolecular Screening Branch, National Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
- Laboratory of Toxicology and Pharmacology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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