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Chacón CF, Parachú Marcó MV, Poletta GL, Siroski PA. Lipid metabolism in crocodilians: a field with promising applications in the field of ecotoxicology. Environ Res 2024:119017. [PMID: 38704009 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2024.119017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/06/2024]
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In the last years, lipid physiology has become an important research target for systems biology applied to the field of ecotoxicology. Lipids are not only essential components of biological membranes, but also participate in extra and intracellular signaling processes and as signal transducers and amplifiers of regulatory cascades. Particularly in sauropsids, lipids are the main source of energy for reproduction, growth, and embryonic development. In nature, organisms are exposed to different stressors, such as parasites, diseases and environmental contaminants, which interact with lipid signaling and metabolic pathways, disrupting lipid homeostasis. The system biology approach applied to ecotoxicological studies is crucial to evaluate metabolic regulation under environmental stress produced by xenobiotics. In this review, we cover information of molecular mechanisms that contribute to lipid metabolism homeostasis in sauropsids, specifically in crocodilian species. We focus on the role of lipid metabolism as a powerful source of energy and its importance during oocyte maturation, which has been increasingly recognized in many species, but information is still scarce in crocodiles. Finally, we highlight priorities for future research on the influence of environmental stressors on lipid metabolism, their potential effect on the reproductive system and thus on the offspring, and their implications on crocodilians conservation.
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- C F Chacón
- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Aplicada (LEMA) - Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (ICiVet Litoral-CONICET/UNL). Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700 (3000), Santa Fe. Argentina; Proyecto Yacaré (MAyCC, Gob. de Santa Fe), Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina.
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Aplicada (LEMA) - Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (ICiVet Litoral-CONICET/UNL). Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700 (3000), Santa Fe. Argentina; Proyecto Yacaré (MAyCC, Gob. de Santa Fe), Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Aplicada (LEMA) - Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (ICiVet Litoral-CONICET/UNL). Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700 (3000), Santa Fe. Argentina; Cátedra Toxicología, Farmacología y Bioquímica Legal, FBCB-UNL, CONICET. Ciudad Universitaria - Paraje El Pozo S/N (3000), Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Aplicada (LEMA) - Instituto de Ciencias Veterinarias del Litoral- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (ICiVet Litoral-CONICET/UNL). Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700 (3000), Santa Fe. Argentina; Proyecto Yacaré (MAyCC, Gob. de Santa Fe), Av. Aristóbulo del Valle 8700, (3000) Santa Fe, Argentina
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Zeidi A, Sayadi MH, Rezaei MR, Banaee M, Gholamhosseini A, Pastorino P, Multisanti CR, Faggio C. Single and combined effects of CuSO 4 and polyethylene microplastics on biochemical endpoints and physiological impacts on the narrow-clawed crayfish Pontastacusleptodactylus. Chemosphere 2023; 345:140478. [PMID: 37865200 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.140478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 10/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/23/2023]
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This study investigated the toxicity of polyethylene microplastics (MPs; <0.02 mm) and CuSO4, alone and in combination, on the freshwater crayfish Pontastacus leptodactylus. In this study, the crayfish were exposed to PE-MPs (0.0, 0.5, and 1 mg L-1) and CuSO4·5H2O (0.0, 0.5, and 1 mg L-1) for a period of 28 days. Next, multi-biomarkers, including biochemical, immunological, and oxidative stress indicators were analyzed. Results showed that co-exposure to PE-MPs and CuSO4 resulted in increased aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), and decreased alkaline phosphatase (ALP), butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), and gamma-glutamyl-transferase (GGT). Triglycerides, cholesterol, glucose, and albumin content also increased. Although no significant change was observed in lysozyme and phenoloxidase activities in crayfish co-exposed to 0.5 mg L-1 MPs and 0.5 mg L-1 CuSO4, their activities were significantly decreased in other experimental groups. Oxidative stress parameters in hepatopancreas indicated increased superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), and in malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, but decreased catalase (CAT), glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), and cellular total antioxidant (TAC). Results showed that the sub-chronic toxicity of CuSO4 was confirmed. The study confirmed the toxicity of CuSO4 and found that higher concentrations led to more severe effects. Co-exposure to PE-MPs and CuSO4 primarily compromised the endpoints, showing increased toxicity when both pollutants were present in higher concentrations. The activities of POX, LYZ, ALP, GGT, LDH, and CAT were suppressed by both CuSO4 and MPs. However, a synergistic increase was observed in other measured biomarkers in crayfish co-exposed to CuSO4 and MPs.
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- Amir Zeidi
- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
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- Department of Agriculture, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran.
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- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
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- Division of Aquatic Animal Health & Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, Via Bologna 148, 10154, Torino, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
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Peng D, Yang L, Liang XF, Chai F. Dietary zinc levels affect growth, appetite, and lipid metabolism of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi). Fish Physiol Biochem 2023; 49:1017-1030. [PMID: 37718352 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-023-01238-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2023] [Accepted: 08/27/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
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An 84-day feeding experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary Zn (zinc) on growth performance, food intake, and lipid metabolism of Chinese perch (Siniperca chuatsi). Five isonitrogenous and isolipidic diets with differential Zn contents (67, 100, 149, 230, and 410 mg/kg) were fed to 270 fish (35.47 ± 0.49 g). Results showed that fish growth and food intake increased markedly with the dietary 149 mg/kg Zn levels. Meanwhile, the food intake of 149 mg/kg group was significantly higher than that of other treatment groups after feeding for 8 weeks (P < 0.05). The qRT-PCR results showed that the expression of center appetite regulation factors in the hypothalamus was significantly regulated, and 149 mg/kg significantly increased mRNA expression of npy (neuropeptide Y) and decreased pomc (anorexigenic proopiomelanocortin) and cart (cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript) gene expression. Meanwhile, the expressions of the main genes (such as leptin A and ghrelin) involved in peripheral appetite regulation factors were significantly up-regulated firstly and then reduced with the dietary Zn level increased, whereas the expression of cck (cholecystokinin) was significantly up-regulated. Serum AST (aspartate transaminase) and ALT (alanine transaminase) activities in fish fed the diets containing 230 and 410 mg/kg were significantly higher than that in other groups (P < 0.05). The lipid content of liver in 67 and 100 mg/kg groups was significantly higher than other groups (P < 0.05). Furthermore, dietary Zn significantly elevated the serum TG (triglyceride) and TCHO (total cholesterol) content levels (P < 0.05). Fish fed a high Zn diet (149, 230, and 410 mg/kg) dramatically down-regulated expression of srebp1 (sterol regulatory element binding proteins1c) and fas (fatty acid synthetase), but up-regulated expression of pparα (peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor-α) and cpt1 (carnitine palmitoyl transferase I) in the liver. The optimal dietary Zn inclusion level ranged from 146.69 to 152.86 mg/kg diet, based on two-slope broken-line regression analysis of WGR (weight gain rate) and FCR (feed conversion rate) for Chinese perch.
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- Di Peng
- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, China
- Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, China
- Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Wuhan, 430070, China
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, China.
- Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Wuhan, 430070, China.
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- College of Fisheries, Chinese Perch Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, No.1, Shizishan Street, Hongshan District, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei Province, China
- Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of Green Development for Conventional Aquatic Biological Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Wuhan, 430070, China
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Oliveira AC, Fascineli ML, de Oliveira PM, Gelfuso GM, Villacis RAR, Grisolia CK. Multi-level toxicity assessment of the antidepressant venlafaxine in embryos/larvae and adults of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Genet Mol Biol 2023; 46:e20220377. [PMID: 37695571 PMCID: PMC10494572 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2022-0377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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The toxic effects of venlafaxine (VLX) on aquatic organisms have already been verified and therefore are a proven matter of concern. Herein, we evaluated zebrafish embryos/adults after acute exposure to VLX. Embryos/larvae were exposed to different concentrations of VLX (100-1000 mg/L; 1.33 as a dilution factor), to evaluate mortality/developmental changos and to analyze biomarkers (0.002-100 mg/L). For adults, mortality, genotoxicity, and biomarkers were assessed in five different concentrations of VLX (1-100 mg/L). The median lethal concentration (LC50-168h) was 274.1 mg/L for embryos/larvae, and >100 mg/L for adults (LC50-96h). VLX decreased the heart rate frequency and caused premature hatching and lack of equilibrium in embryos/larvae exposed to different concentrations ranging from 100 to 562.5 mg/L. The activity of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) was inhibited in larvae exposed to 1, 25 and 100 mg/L. Glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activity was reduced in both larvae and adults after exposure to different concentrations, mainly at 25 mg/L. For both larvae and adults, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) activity increased after 100 mg/L of VLX exposure. No DNA damage was observed in peripheral erythrocytes. Exposure to VLX may cause adverse effects on zebrafish in their early and adult life stages, interfering with embryo-larval development, and can induce physiological disturbances in adults.
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- Ana Clara Oliveira
- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas,
Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica (GTOX),
Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas,
Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica (GTOX),
Brasília, DF, Brazil
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB), Centro de Ciências da Saúde,
Departamento de Morfologia (DMORF), João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde,
Laboratório de Tecnologia de Medicamentos, Alimentos e Cosméticos (LTMAC), Brasília,
DF, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde,
Laboratório de Tecnologia de Medicamentos, Alimentos e Cosméticos (LTMAC), Brasília,
DF, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas,
Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica (GTOX),
Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Instituto de Ciências Biológicas,
Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica (GTOX),
Brasília, DF, Brazil
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Liu XH, Pang X, Jin L, Pu DY, Wang ZJ, Zhang YG. Exposure to acute waterborne cadmium caused severe damage on lipid metabolism of freshwater fish, revealed by nuclear lipid droplet deposition in hepatocytes of rare minnow. Aquat Toxicol 2023; 257:106433. [PMID: 36841070 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2021] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/16/2023] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Cadmium (Cd) is a widely distributed aquatic toxic heavy metal with the potential to disrupt fish metabolism; however, more research is needed to clarify the underlying mechanisms. In the present study, rare minnows (Gobiocypris rarus) were used to detect the effects of cadmium on freshwater fish lipid metabolism and its underlying mechanism by histopathological observation, measurement of serum and liver biochemical indexes, and analysis of gene expression in terms of lipid oxidation, synthesis and transport. Here, severe damage, such as cytoplasmic lipid droplet (LD) accumulation, ectopic deposition of LDs, and the appearance of nuclear LDs (nLDs), was detected after exposure to 2.0 mg/L or higher concentrations (2.5 and 2.8 mg/L CdCl2) for 96 h. Other damage included abnormal increases in rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) lamellae in a fingerprint or concentric circle pattern and necrosis of hepatocytes, and which was observed in the livers of fish exposed to 2.0 mg/L CdCl2.. Both hepatic and serum lipids, such as triglycerides and total cholesterol, were significantly increased after exposure to 2.0 mg/L CdCl2, as was serum lipase (LPS). Hepatic lipase and lipoprotein lipase remained unchanged, in accordance with the unchanged hepatic mRNA transcripts of PPARɑ. Furthermore, the mRNA transcripts of both SCD and SQLE were significantly decreased. Moreover, hepatic and serum low-density and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol showed significant changes, which were accompanied by a significant increase and decrease in hepatic APOAI and APOB100 mRNA levels, respectively. All the results indicate the presence of severe damage to hepatic lipid metabolism and that disrupted lipid transport may play a key role in the accumulation of hepatic LDs. In addition, the hepatic nLDs of nonmammalian vertebrates and their location across the nuclear envelope are intriguing, suggesting that large-size nLDs are a common marker for severe liver damage.
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- Xiao-Hong Liu
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, Southwest University School of Life Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China
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- College of Fisheries, Institute of Three Gorges Ecological Fisheries of Chongqing, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, Southwest University School of Life Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, Southwest University School of Life Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, Southwest University School of Life Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Reproduction and Development (Ministry of Education), Key Laboratory of Aquatic Science of Chongqing, Southwest University School of Life Sciences, Chongqing 400715, China.
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Nirmalkar R, Suresh E, Felix N, Kathirvelpandian A, Nazir MI, Ranjan A. Synthesis of Iron Nanoparticles Using Sargassum wightii Extract and Its Impact on Serum Biochemical Profile and Growth Response of Etroplus suratensis Juveniles. Biol Trace Elem Res 2023; 201:1451-1458. [PMID: 35445936 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-022-03236-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The present study focuses on the green synthesis of iron nanoparticles using plant extracts as reducing, capping, and stabilizing agents. Aqueous seaweed extracts with the addition of iron solution were mixed using a magnetic stirrer which resulted in a color change indicating the formation of iron nanoparticles. The iron nanoparticles were successfully synthesized using Sargassum wightii extract. The synthesized iron nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and zeta potential techniques. The UV-Vis spectra showed a peak at 412 to 415 nm. Zeta potential revealed that the synthesized iron nanoparticles were negative and positive charges. FTIR spectroscopy analysis showed the presence of chemical bond and amide group likely to be responsible for the green synthesis of iron nanoparticles. The effect of nano-iron as a dietary iron source on the growth and serum biochemical profile of Etroplus suratensis fingerlings was evaluated. Iron nanoparticles were fed to E. suratensis fingerlings for 60 days with two levels 10 mg (T1) and 20 mg (T2) and a control group without iron nanoparticles. The highest WG% and SGR and lowest FCR were observed in the T2 group which is significantly different (p < 0.05) from other groups. The serum biochemical profile showed significantly increased activity on 20 mg/kg of nano-iron-supplemented diet. The findings of the present study concluded that supplementation of nano-iron at the 20 mg/kg level to the regular fish diet has a better impact not only on growth but also on the overall health of the fish.
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- Rakesh Nirmalkar
- Institute of Fisheries Post Graduate Studies, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, OMR Campus, Vaniyanchavadi, Chennai, India
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- Institute of Fisheries Post Graduate Studies, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, OMR Campus, Vaniyanchavadi, Chennai, India.
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- Directorate of Incubation and Vocational Training in Aquaculture, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, ECR, Muttukadu, Chennai, India
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- PMFGR Centre, ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Govt. of India, CMFRI Campus, Kochi, Kerala, India
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- Directorate of Incubation and Vocational Training in Aquaculture, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, ECR, Muttukadu, Chennai, India
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- Institute of Fisheries Post Graduate Studies, Tamil Nadu Dr. J. Jayalalithaa Fisheries University, Nagapattinam, OMR Campus, Vaniyanchavadi, Chennai, India
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Acar Ü, Erden Y, İnanan BE, Kesbiç OS, Yılmaz S, Çelik EŞ. Evaluation of metabolic stress status in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) exposed to the fungicide folpet. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2023; 263:109494. [PMID: 36283647 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2022.109494] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Among pesticides, fungicides are the most extensively used ones in agriculture and their effects on fish health and indirectly human health are needed to evaluate. Folpet has been used for over 50 years as a fungicide across the world. The mechanism of action of folpet on non-target aquatic organisms is so poorly understood and there is no available information about potential acute toxicity of folpet and its mechanism of action in non-target aquatic organisms. With this motivation, two successive experiments were set up: first, 96 h-LC50 value of folpet for common carp (Cyprinus carpio) was determined; and second, effects of different sublethal concentrations (0, 0.025, 0.50, 0.1 and 0.15 mg/L) of folpet on hematological serum biochemical blood parameters, DNA damages, expression levels of catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione S-transferase (GST), and cortisol receptor (HSP70) genes were evaluated in this study. It was calculated that 0.199 mg/L of folpet was the 96 h-LC50 value. After the folpet exposure for 14 days, significant decreases in red blood cells, hemoglobin, hematocrit, serum total protein, and GST gene expression levels were observed while serum glucose, liver enzymes activities, and expression levels of CAT, SOD, GPx, HSP70 genes increased. Also, folpet induced a significant genotoxic effect on the blood cells regarding to DNA damages. Consequently, the results have shown the toxic effects of folpet even at the lowest concentration on common carp.
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- Ümit Acar
- Department of Forestry, Bayramiç Vocational School, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale 17700, Türkiye.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science, Bartın University, Bartın 74110, Türkiye
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- Department of Fisheries and Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Aksaray University, Aksaray 68100, Türkiye
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- Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional Diseases, Veterinary Faculty, Kastamonu University, Kastamonu 37150, Türkiye
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- Department of Aquaculture, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale 17100, Türkiye
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- Department of Marine Science, Marine Science and Technology Faculty, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale 17100, Türkiye
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Haseeb A, Fozia, Ahmad I, Ullah H, Iqbal A, Ullah R, Moharram BA, Kowalczyk A. Ecotoxicological Assessment of Heavy Metal and Its Biochemical Effect in Fishes. Biomed Res Int 2022; 2022:3787838. [PMID: 36471686 PMCID: PMC9719420 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3787838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Level of toxic heavy metal concentration like lead (Pb), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and nickel (Ni) in thirty-six soft and hard organs and their impact on lipid profile of Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and Catla catla fish species inhibiting in Tanda Dam reservoir were investigated. The heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and fish of the different regions in the reservoir were determined with atomic absorption spectrophotometer. Lipid profile was carried out by AOAC official methods. The results showed that Pb was dominant among all the heavy metals in six organs, and its maximum concentration of Pb (22.5 mg kg-1 and 32.9 mg kg-1) was observed in scales in Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and tail of Catla catla, respectively. The maximum concentrations of Cd were observed in the head, scales, fins, and gills of Catla catla. The bioaccumulation of heavy metals was significantly different at (p ≤ 0.01) within the organs and between the fish species. The lipid concentration was minimum in those organs where the concentrations of heavy metals were maximum. It is clear from the findings that heavy metal accumulation reduces the lipid content of fish. It is inevitable to monitor the Tanda Dam reservoir to safeguard human health.
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- Abdul Haseeb
- Department of Zoology, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan
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- Biochemistry Department, Khyber Medical University Institute of Medical Sciences, Kohat 26000, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat 26000, Pakistan
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- Institute of Chemical Sciences, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Lakki Marwat, Lakki Marwat, Pakistan
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Environmental Hygiene and Animal Welfare, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Chełmońskiego 38C, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland
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Banaee M, Impellitteri F, Evaz-Zadeh Samani H, Piccione G, Faggio C. Dietary Arthrospira platensis in Rainbow Trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss): A Means to Reduce Threats Caused by CdCl 2 Exposure? Toxics 2022; 10:toxics10120731. [PMID: 36548564 PMCID: PMC9781257 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10120731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 11/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is one of the most commercially sought-after freshwater fish species and one of the most farmed in the world. On the other hand, aquaculture breeding frequently results in outbreaks of infectious diseases and pests, and compromises the production and welfare of fish. Arthrospira platensis (known as "Spirulina") has been used as a supplement in diets to enhance fish welfare in recent years because of its beneficial properties. This study aimed to assess the possible protective effects of Arthrospira platensis on rainbow trout specimens exposed to three different doses of the toxicant CdCl2. The experiment was carried out using five experimental treatments of 40 individuals each: control group; group II (0.2 mg CdCl2 per kg of commercial fish feed); group III (0.2 mg Kg-1 of CdCl2 plus 2.5 g per kg of A. platensis); group IV (0.2 mg Kg-1 of CdCl2 plus 5 g per kg of A. platensis); group V (0.2 mg Kg-1 of CdCl2 plus 10 g per kg of A. platensis). During the experiment, dietary supplementation of A. platensis normalized all serum and blood parameters altered by the presence of CdCl2. A. platensis also had a protective effect on markers of oxidative stress.
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- Mahdi Banaee
- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan 47189, Iran
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Aquaculture Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan 47189, Iran
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, University of Messina, 98168 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno, d’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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Pereira DMC, Resende AC, Schleger IC, Neundorf AKA, Romão S, Souza MRDPD, Herrerias T, Donatti L. Integrated biomarker response index as an ally in the observation of metabolic biomarkers in muscle of Astyanax lacustris exposed to thermal variation. Biochimie 2022:S0300-9084(22)00276-0. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2022.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Ngo HTT, Nguyen TD, Nguyen TTH, Le TT, Nguyen DQ. Adverse Effects of Toxic Metal Pollution in Rivers on the Physiological Health of Fish. Toxics 2022; 10:toxics10090528. [PMID: 36136493 PMCID: PMC9502420 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10090528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Toxic metal pollution influences the lives of diverse aquatic organisms and humans who consume contaminated aquatic products. However, its potential impacts on aquatic organism health and, thus, ecological health, have been neglected in many regions. This research was carried out to contribute to filling that knowledge gap. Three freshwater fish species in the Nhue−Day River basin, Vietnam, have been chosen to study the bioaccumulation of metals (Zn, Cu, Pb, and Cd) in the tissues (livers, kidneys, gills) and their effects on fish physiological health (changes in the oxidative-GST activity, and physiological biomarkers-energy reserves, respectively) from 2013 to 2017. The extensive results revealed significant spatial and temporal variations in metal concentrations in tissues of common carp (Cyprinus carpio), silver carp (Hypothalmic molitrix), and tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), and well correlated to their concentration in the water (p < 0.05). Fish bioaccumulated metals in the following order: Zn > Cu > Pb > Cd, with more in the kidneys and livers (spring and summer) than in other tissues. Metal accumulation in O. niloticus and C. carpio was higher than in H. molitrix. Biomarker responses (except for glycogen variation) were also higher during warm seasons. Changes in metal levels in water and fish tissues caused variations in biomarkers in the respective fish tissues, particularly in the livers, as demonstrated by significant correlations of metal concentrations in water and fish tissues to biochemical and physiological responses (p < 0.05). The findings suggest that metal pollution in the river basin adversely impacts the physiological health of both wild and cultured fish. Seasonal shifts in the levels of metal accumulation and biomarkers could be connected to species-specific differences in physiology and the levels of metals in environments. This biomarker set is simple but effective in assessing the impact of metal pollution on fish health and, hence, the aquatic ecosystem. This is one of the first biomonitoring studies to assist in designing better water management strategies for the Nhue−Day River basin.
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- Huong Thi Thuy Ngo
- Faculty of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- Bioresource Center, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +84-9-17709596
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- Bioresource Center, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
- Bioresource Center, Phenikaa University, Hanoi 12116, Vietnam
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- Economic Geology and Geomatics Department, Vietnam Institute of Geosciences and Mineral Resources, Hanoi 12109, Vietnam
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Khanh DNN, Vy NTT, Phuong TH, Nhi PT, Thang NQ, Sy DT, Phuong NTK. Effects of Cadmium and Lead on Muscle and Liver Glycogen Levels of Climbing Perch (Anabas testudineus). Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2022; 108:854-860. [PMID: 34596733 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-021-03384-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The aim of this study was to assess the glycogen content in the muscle and liver tissues of the climbing perch (Anabas testudineus) exposed to sublethal concentrations of Cd and Pb over 28 days of exposure and 14 days of depuration. Muscle and liver glycogen levels in A. testudineus after Pb or Cd treatment were significantly lower (p < 0.05) than that of A. testudineus in the control group during the exposure phase. In the recovery phase, muscle, and liver glycogen levels in A. testudineus increased in all Pb treatment groups, whereas they continuously decreased in all Cd treatment groups. Fish affected by Cd had obvious difficulties recovering from the stress response. It was concluded that exposure to the tested concentrations of Pb and Cd could be a potent endocrine activity disruptor, which may lead to adverse impacts on the health of A. testudineus.
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- Dang Nguyen Nha Khanh
- Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
- National Institute of Applied Mechanics and Informatics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- National Institute of Applied Mechanics and Informatics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- National Institute of Applied Mechanics and Informatics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Hochiminh City Institute of Resources Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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- Institute of Chemistry, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
- Hochiminh City Institute of Resources Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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Korkmaz C, Ay Ö, Dönmez AE, Demirbağ B, Erdem C. Effects of Lead on Reproduction Physiology and Liver and Gonad Histology of Male Cyprinus carpio. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2022; 108:685-693. [PMID: 35039884 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-021-03426-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Sera 17β-estradiol (E2), 11-ketotesteron (11-KT) and 17,20-β-dihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (17,20βP) levels and hepatosomatic-gonadosomatic indexes (HSI-GSI) were determined after exposing male C. carpio to 0.13 and 0.26 mg L-1 lead after 7, 14 and 21 days. Histological changes in liver and gonad tissues of male C. carpio were also determined. Sera E2, 11-KT and 17,20βP levels of male fish although showed differences from the control fish, these differences were not statistically significant. This was also true for the HSI values, the GSI values however, decreased on day 7 under the effect of 0.26 mg L-1 Pb. Dilatation in bile duct and sinusoids and lymphocyte infiltration were observed under histopathological examination. Low intensities of fibrosis were detected in testis tissues. Exposure to low concentrations of Pb did not cause endocrine disrupting and extensive histopathologic effects in C. carpio at the exposure periods tested.
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- Cengiz Korkmaz
- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, 33169, Mersin, Turkey.
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, 33169, Mersin, Turkey
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- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Fisheries, Mersin University, 33169, Mersin, Turkey
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- Advanced Technology Education, Research and Application Center, Mersin University, 33110, Mersin, Turkey
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Science and Letters, Çukurova University, 01330, Adana, Turkey
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Saha S, Chukwuka AV, Mukherjee D, Dhara K, Pal P, Saha NC. Physiological (haematological, growth and endocrine) and biochemical biomarker responses in air-breathing catfish, Clarias batrachus under long-term Captan® pesticide exposures. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 90:103815. [PMID: 35065295 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.103815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The sub-lethal toxicity of Captan® on selected haematological (Hemoglobin, Haematocrit, Mean Corpuscular Hemoglobin) growth (Condition factor, Hepatosomatic Index, Specific Growth Rate), biochemical (serum glucose, protein), and endocrine parameters (growth hormone, T3 and T4) in Clarias batrachus was examined under chronic exposures. Captan® was administered at predetermined exposure concentrations (0.53 and 1.06 mg/L) and monitored on days 15, 30, and 45 of the experimental periods. The experimental groups showed significantly lower values (p < 0.05) of haemoglobin content, hematocrit, MCH in Captan® exposed fish compared to control. Serum protein, k-factor and SGR were significantly lower in exposed fish. Endocrine responses (T3 and T4) emerged as the most sensitive biomarker category, depicting modulated responses between sub-chronic exposure at day-15 and chronic responses at day-45. In general, biomarker depictions indicate that Captan® exposures are capable of inducing stress-specific effects at the biochemical and physiological levels negatively impacting the overall health and longevity of such animals.
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- Shubhajit Saha
- Department of Zoology, Sundarban Hazi Desarat College, Pathankhali, South 24 Parganas, 743611 West Bengal, India
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- National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria.
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- Department of Zool ogy, S.B.S. Government College, Hili, Mera Aptair, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 733126, West Bengal, India
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- Freshwater Fisheries Research & Training Centre, Directorate of Fisheries, Kulia, Kalyani, Nadia 741235, West Bengal, India
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- College of Fisheries, Central Agricultural University (I), Lembucherra, Tripura 799210, India
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- Fishery and Ecotoxicology Research Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Burdwan, Purba Barddhaman, West Bengal, India.
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Mosbah A, Dhaouadi R, Abdeljelil NB, Guerbej H, Banni M. Multifactorial Screening Reveals New Insight into Early Cadmium Exposure and Garlic Interactions in Dicentrarchus labrax. Biol Trace Elem Res 2021; 199:4759-4771. [PMID: 33586117 DOI: 10.1007/s12011-021-02592-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Environmental pollutants and especially metal trace elements remain an unmitigated threat to the overall life support system. Their chemical stability and accumulation pattern in the ecosystem make them a persistent hazard. This study aims to characterize the early cadmium (Cd) histological and hematological alterations and their corresponding plasma indicators in the Mediterranean sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax). We also assessed garlic potential to prevent cadmium toxicity. For this purpose, 200 fish of 55 g mean weight were separated into 3 cylindroconical fiberglass tanks of 500-L capacity, each with a stocking density of 4 kg m-3. The fish were regularly hand-fed 0% (control group), 2%, and 6% garlic-supplemented diets to apparent satiation twice a day for 1 month. At the end of the experiment, we injected 22.2 mM cadmium (CdCl2) intraperitoneally to the experimental groups and a placebo solution (9% NaCl) to the control groups; liver, kidney, heart, and blood tissue alterations were monitored with a full screening of their plasmatic indicators, 24 h before and 48 h after Cd injection. Subsequently, whole blood count and blood smears were performed to follow up on Cd-induced vascular damages. Our data showed that Cd induced thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, leading to widespread bleeding and cellular alterations in the targeted tissues. These alterations were associated with an obvious normochromic normocytic anemia in favor of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia. Cd injection has also seriously inhibited the overall enzymatic activities triggering a metabolic shift. Although garlic supplementation had little effect on cadmium-induced alterations, it significantly reduced biomass dispersion. Our data is the first evidence of the cadmium versatile toxicity involving vascular alterations as a central and a leading cause of the overall parenchymal lesions. Cd toxicity was associated with a specific enzymatic signature, which must be considered during the interpretation.
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- Amine Mosbah
- Laboratory of Biochemical and Environmental Toxicology, Higher Institute of Agriculture, Sousse University, 4042, Chott Mariem, Tunisia.
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- Laboratory of Ichthyology, National School of Veterinary Medicine, Manouba University, 2010, Manouba, Tunisia
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- Department of Pathology, Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, 5000, Monastir, Tunisia
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- National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies, Monastir Center, Monastir, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Biochemical and Environmental Toxicology, Higher Institute of Agriculture, Sousse University, 4042, Chott Mariem, Tunisia
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Correia TG, Vieira VARO, de Moraes Narcizo A, Zampieri RA, Floeter-Winter LM, Moreira RG. Endocrine disruption caused by the aquatic exposure to aluminum and manganese in Astyanax altiparanae (Teleostei: Characidae) females during the final ovarian maturation. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 249:109132. [PMID: 34246795 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2021] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Aluminum (Al) and manganese (Mn) can be toxic to aquatic biota and cause endocrine disruption in fish, affecting reproduction. This study evaluates the physiological responses of the ray-finned teleost fish Astyanax altiparanae vitellogenic females after acute exposure (96 h) to Al and Mn (alone and combined) in acid pH followed by the same period of exposure to metal-free water in neutral pH. The aim of this second period of exposure was to assess the recovery capacity from the toxic effects these metals. Five experimental groups were established: a control in neutral pH (Ctrl), and acidic pH (Ac), aluminum (Al), manganese (Mn), and Al + Mn groups, maintaining the acidic pH in the groups to which metals were added. The following biological parameters were evaluated: metal tissue concentration, relative fecundity (RF: absolute fecundity/body mass). Plasma levels of cortisol (proxy for stress) and 17α hydroxyprogesterone (17α-OHP), and gene expression of pituitary lhβ mRNA (proxies for final maturation) were measured to evaluate endocrine disruption. In the synchronic exposure, the presence of Mn potentiated the accumulation of Al in gills. The females from acidic pH and Al groups showed a reduced RF. Exposure to Al and Mn triggered an endocrine disruption response, evidenced by a decrease in the plasma concentration of 17α-OHP and cortisol. Despite this anti-steroidogenic effect, no changes occurred in the pituitary gene expression of lhβ. The endocrine changes and the metal accumulation were temporary, while the impacts on RF under the experimental conditions suggest permanent impairment in the reproduction of this species.
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- Tiago Gabriel Correia
- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Jantawongsri K, Nørregaard RD, Bach L, Dietz R, Sonne C, Jørgensen K, Lierhagen S, Ciesielski TM, Jenssen BM, Haddy J, Eriksen R, Nowak B. Histopathological effects of short-term aqueous exposure to environmentally relevant concentration of lead (Pb) in shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) under laboratory conditions. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021; 28:61423-61440. [PMID: 34176046 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-14972-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) has been used as a sentinel species for environmental monitoring, including heavy metal contamination from mining activities. Former lead-zinc (Pb-Zn) mines in Greenland resulted in elevated concentrations of metals, especially Pb, in marine biota. However, the potential accumulation of Pb and effects of the presence of Pb residues in fish on health of sculpins observed in the field have not been validated in laboratory experiments. Therefore, our aim was to validate field observation of shorthorn sculpin via controlled laboratory exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of dissolved Pb. We evaluated the effects of a short-term (28 days) exposure to Pb on Pb residues in sculpin blood, gills, liver, and muscle and the morphology of gills and liver. The highest level of Pb was found in the gills, followed by muscle and then liver. Pb levels in liver, gills, and blood of Pb-exposed sculpins were significantly higher than those in control fish, showing that blood is suitable for assessing Pb accumulation and exposure in sculpins. Histopathological investigations showed that the severity score of liver necrosis and gill telangiectasia of Pb-exposed sculpins was significantly greater than in control fish. The number of mucous cells in gills was positively correlated with Pb concentrations in organs. Overall, the results validated field observation for the effects of Pb on wild sculpin and contributed to the improved use of the shorthorn sculpin as sentinel species for monitoring contamination from Pb mines in the Arctic.
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- Khattapan Jantawongsri
- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark
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- Den Blå Planet, National Aquarium Denmark, Jacob Fortlingsvej 1, DK-2770 Kastrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark
- Department of Biology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Høgskoleringen 5, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia
- CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere, Castray Esplanade, Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania, 7004, Australia
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- Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania, 7250, Australia.
- Department of Bioscience, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Arctic Research Centre (ARC), Aarhus University, Frederiksborgvej 399, Box 358, DK-4000, Roskilde, PO, Denmark.
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Schleger IC, Pereira DMC, Resende AC, Romão S, Herrerias T, Neundorf AKA, Sloty AM, Guimarães IM, de Souza MRDP, Carster GP, Donatti L. Cold and warm waters: energy metabolism and antioxidant defenses of the freshwater fish Astyanax lacustris (Characiformes: Characidae) under thermal stress. J Comp Physiol B 2021; 192:77-94. [PMID: 34591144 DOI: 10.1007/s00360-021-01409-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 08/19/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Subtropical fish are exposed to seasonal variations in temperature that impose a set of adaptations on their metabolism necessary for the maintenance of homeostasis. In this study, we addressed the effects of temperature variation on the metabolism of Astyanax lacustris, a species of freshwater fish common in the subtropical region of Brazil. Biomarkers of carbohydrate and protein metabolism, antioxidant defense, and oxidative damage were evaluated in the liver of A. lacustris exposed to low (15 °C) and high (31 °C) temperature thermal shock, with controls at 23 °C for 2, 6, 12, 24, 48, 72, and 96 h. A high energy demand was observed during the first 48 h of exposure to 15 °C, which is necessary for metabolic adjustment at low temperatures, with an increase in glycolysis, citric acid cycle, and amino acid catabolism. In addition, at 31 °C, glucose was exported in the first 12 h of exposure, and an increase in the citric acid cycle suggested acetyl-CoA as the pathway substrate, originating from the oxidation of lipids. The antioxidant defenses did not change at 15 °C, as opposed to 31 °C, in which there were changes in several antioxidant defense markers, indicating a response to the production of ROS. However, oxidative stress was observed at both temperatures, with oxidative damage detected by lipid peroxidation at 15 °C and protein carbonylation at 31 °C.
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- Ieda Cristina Schleger
- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Federal University of Fronteira Sul, Laranjeiras do Sul, Paraná, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil
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- Adaptive Biology Laboratory, Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n, Jardim das Américas, CEP 81531-970, Curitiba, Paraná, 19031, Brazil.
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Malinowski CR, Stacy NI, Coleman FC, Cusick JA, Dugan CM, Koenig CC, Ragbeer NK, Perrault JR. Mercury offloading in gametes and potential adverse effects of high mercury concentrations in blood and tissues of Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara in the southeastern United States. Sci Total Environ 2021; 779:146437. [PMID: 33744588 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Mercury (Hg) is a ubiquitous and non-essential heavy metal that is highly toxic to aquatic organisms. Few studies examine Hg and its effects on wild fish populations. Here, we investigated the potential effects of Hg exposure on a large and long-lived marine species of conservation concern, the vulnerable Atlantic Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara. Our objectives were (1) to measure Hg (methyl-Hg; and total Hg = combined methyl-Hg and inorganic-Hg) concentrations in whole blood (WB) and gametes (eggs and sperm); (2) to investigate the relationships between Hg concentrations in muscle and liver with WB and gametes; (3) to investigate the relationships between Hg concentrations in liver, muscle, and WB with hematological and plasma biochemical analytes; and (4) to investigate the relationship between liver Hg and pigmented macrophage aggregates in liver tissue sections. We found several lines of evidence for potential adverse effects on Goliath Grouper health and reproduction by high Hg concentrations in liver, muscle, WB, and gametes, including (1) Hg concentrations in all tissues and gametes were well above observable ranges of marine and freshwater fishes from experimental exposure studies; (2) gamete Hg concentrations were among the highest recorded in wild fishes, with seasonal patterns suggesting females offload significant amounts of Hg into their eggs during the spawning season; (3) Methyl-Hg was highest in muscle, followed by sperm, liver, eggs, and WB; (4) there were significant correlations between liver, muscle, and WB Hg concentrations with various blood analytes; (5) vitellogenin positively correlated with female liver methyl-Hg concentrations, and was abnormally high in males, suggesting direct endocrine effects; and (6) liver total Hg positively correlated with pigmented macrophage aggregate count and percent area. This work will help guide future research examining the potential adverse effects of Hg and its role as an additional stressor on wild fish populations.
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- Christopher R Malinowski
- Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 Coastal Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL 32358, USA; Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA; Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University, 195 Marsteller Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2061, USA.
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- Department of Comparative, Diagnostic, and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2015 Southwest 16th Avenue, PO Box 100136, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA
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- Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 Coastal Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL 32358, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA; Department of Biology, Indiana University, 1001 E 3rd St, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory, 3618 Coastal Highway 98, St. Teresa, FL 32358, USA
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, 319 Stadium Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Mote Marine Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, USA; Loggerhead Marinelife Center, 14200 U.S. Highway 1, Juno Beach, FL 33408, USA
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Hajirezaee S, Ajdari A, Azhang B. Metabolite profiling, histological and oxidative stress responses in the grey mullet, Mugil cephalus exposed to the environmentally relevant concentrations of the heavy metal, Pb (NO3) 2. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 244:109004. [PMID: 33609749 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this study, a metabolomics approach was applied to investigate the metabolic responses of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus to toxicity induced by heavy metal, Pb (NO3)2. In addition, the study was followed by assessing the peroxidation index and histology of liver as supplementary data. Pb (NO3)2 exposure affected the plasma metabolome, especially four group metabolites including amino acids, methylated metabolites, energetic metabolites and citric acid intermediates. Pb (NO3)2 in medium and high concentrations (15 and 25 μg/l) increased the levels of plasma amino acids compared to control (P < 0.01). In contrast, Pb (NO3)2 decreased the plasma levels of methylated metabolites (P < 0.01). The ketogenic metabolites and glycerol levels significantly elevated in fish exposed to 25 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 (P < 0.01). The plasma glucose levels increased in treatment, 5 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 and after a decline in treatment 15 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 elevated again in treatment 25 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 (P < 0.01).The plasma levels of lactate significantly increased in fish exposed to 5 and 15 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 and then declined to initial levels in treatment, 25 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 (P < 0.01). The plasma levels of TCA cycle intermediates significantly elevated in treatments 15 and 25 μg/l Pb (NO3)2 (P < 0.01). As a biomarker of oxidative stress, the plasma levels of malondialdehyde (MDA) showed significant increases in Pb (NO3)2 exposed fish (P < 0.01). During exposure period, wide ranges of liver tissue damages were also observed in Pb (NO3)2 exposed fish. In conclusion, exposure to Pb (NO3)2 affected the metabolome content of blood in grey mullet, mainly through inducing the biochemical pathways related to the metabolism of the amino acids, energetic metabolites and methylated metabolites. Our results may help to understand the effects of heavy metals on fish hematology from a molecular point of view.
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- Saeed Hajirezaee
- Department of Fisheries Sciences and Engineering, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Jiroft, Jiroft, Kerman, Iran.
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- Offshore Fisheries Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO), Chabahar, Iran
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- Offshore Fisheries Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Sciences Institute, Agricultural Research, Education & Extension Organization (AREEO), Chabahar, Iran
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Tunçsoy M. Impacts of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on Serum Parameters and Enzyme Activities of Clarias gariepinus. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2021; 106:629-636. [PMID: 33420801 DOI: 10.1007/s00128-020-03100-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Impacts of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) on serum glucose, albumin, total protein, cholesterol, triglyceride, sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and chloride ion (Cl-) levels and serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and cholinesterase (ChE) activities of Clarias gariepinus were determined after exposing the fish to 1, 5 and 10 mg/L titanium applied as TiO2 over 1, 4 and 7 days. No mortality was observed during the experiments. Serum glucose and albumin levels increased while serum total protein, cholesterol and triglyceride levels decreased compared to control at the end of the 7th day. Serum Na+, K+ and Cl- levels of C. gariepinus decreased after 7 days of exposure to 10 mg/L TiO2 NPs. ChE activity decreased and AST, ALT, ALP activities increased at all exposure concentrations and LDH activities increased compared to control after 4 and 7 days of exposure to TiO2 NPs in C. gariepinus.
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- Mustafa Tunçsoy
- Faculty of Science and Letters, Biology Department, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
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Guedes MEG, Correia TG. Plasma energetic substrates and hepatic enzymes in the four-eyed fish Anableps anableps (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes) during the dry and rainy seasons in the Amazonian Island of Maracá, extreme north of Brazil. Neotrop ichthyol 2021. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-2021-0078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT Anableps anableps is a viviparous teleost typical from Amazon Delta estuaries. It is representative of this biome in Maracá, which offers a potential for biomonitoring. The aim of this study is to apply different biomarkers to males and females of this species and verify possible seasonal influences on their physiology. To collect fish, three expeditions were carried out from the rainy season of April 2018 to the rainy season of February 2019. Biometric parameters and gonadosomatic (GSI), hepatosomatic (HSI), and viscerosomatic (VSI) indexes were calculated, and blood samples were taken to measure triglycerides, total proteins, glucose, and activity of the enzymes aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The GSI of males is higher in the rainy season and of females in the dry season. This is probably related to the embryogenesis process. Males show an increase in biomass during the dry season, a metabolic homogeneity, and females show an increase in plasma glucose, triglycerides, and ALT activity. The tested biomarkers are potential for biomonitoring, preliminarily suggesting that there is a seasonal asynchronism between males and females of A. anableps as for the allocation of energy resources at different times of their life cycle.
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Karjalainen J, Arola HE, Wallin J, Väisänen A, Karjalainen AK. Condition and Sperm Characteristics of Perch Perca fluviatilis inhabiting Boreal Lakes Receiving Metal Mining Effluents. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2020; 79:270-281. [PMID: 32696228 PMCID: PMC7382660 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-020-00752-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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One of the world's largest, but low-grade, sulfide nickel deposits in northeastern Finland has been exploited by a bioheapleaching technology since 2008. Bioheapleaching is a relatively new, cost-effective technology, but humid climate, e.g., in boreal temperate environments, causes challenges to the management of the water balance in the ore heaps with wide catchment area, and the mining effluents have caused substantial metal and salting contamination of the receiving waterbodies. In our study, the impacts of metal-extracting bioheapleaching mine effluents on muscle and liver element concentrations, body condition, liver and testes mass, and sperm count and motility of male perch Perca fluviatilis were analysed. Liver, testes, and carcass mass of perch in relation to their length were lower in the mining-impacted lakes than in the reference lake, which may be due to the metal contamination, food availability, and energy demand under multistressor conditions. The sperm counts of the males in the mining-impacted lakes were lower, but the endurance of their sperm motility was longer than the endurance of sperm of the reference males. These findings suggested that the condition and sperm characteristics of perch were altered in lakes receiving metal mining effluents. Measured variables seem to be useful indicators for metal mining impacts on freshwater fish but only if high natural variation in these characteristics can be controlled by multiyear monitoring scheme.
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- Juha Karjalainen
- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland.
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, P.O. Box 35, 40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Chagas BRC, Utsunomiya HSM, Fernandes MN, Carvalho CS. Metabolic responses in bullfrog, Lithobates catesbeianus after exposure to zinc, copper and cadmium. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2020; 233:108768. [PMID: 32304870 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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This study investigated the activity of lactated dehydrogenase (LDH), malate dehydrogenase (MDH) enzymes and the levels of glucose, protein and triglyceride in bullfrog tadpoles after exposure to 1 μg L-1 of zinc (Zn), copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd) isolated and combined for 2 and 16 days. Zn, Cu + Cd and Zn + Cu + Cd increased the activity of the LDH (2 and 16 days) and MDH (2 days) enzymes in the liver; and MDH increased in the kidney after 16 days in all co-exposed groups compared to the control. Glucose increased in the liver in the Zn and Cu groups at 2 and 16 days of exposure and decreased in the kidney (groups Cd, Zn + Cd and Cu + Cd) and muscle (Cd) at 2 days of exposure. After 2 days of exposure, the protein increased in the liver (Zn), in the kidney in all groups exposed to metals except in the groups exposed to Cd and Zn + Cu + Cd, which did not change and decreased in muscle in all the groups exposed to isolated metals. Regarding triglycerides, the kidney and muscle were the most affected, leading to a decrease in the Zn, Cu and Cd groups and in the Zn + Cu (16 days) and Zn + Cu + Cd groups (2 days). The anaerobiosis and aerobiosis were activated in the liver and kidney after short-term exposure (2 days) and in the kidney, the aerobic metabolism was activated after chronic exposure (16 days). The metals caused toxicity and were higher in co-exposure to metals with a potential to cause metabolism damage in L. catesbeianus.
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- B R C Chagas
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, km 110, SP-264, CEP 18052-780 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, km 110, SP-264, CEP 18052-780 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Caixa Postal 676, Rodovia Washington Luis km 235, CEP 13565-905 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia e Monitoramento Ambiental, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, km 110, SP-264, CEP 18052-780 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil; Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia João Leme dos Santos, km 110, SP-264, CEP 18052-780 Sorocaba, São Paulo, Brazil.
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Banday UZ, Swaleh SB, Usmani N. Heavy metal toxicity has an immunomodulatory effect on metallothionein and glutathione peroxidase gene expression in Cyprinus carpio inhabiting a wetland lake and a culture pond. Chemosphere 2020; 251:126311. [PMID: 32169710 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The study provides cumulative data on the status of the two water bodies. The study designed revealed physicochemical properties (temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, total dissolved solids and conductivity) to be in the desirable range, however, amongst the heavy metals excepting for Cd all were found to be higher than the permissible limits set by WHO and USEPA. It was observed that these elements cast their impact on bioindices (hepatosomatic index, condition factor, spleenosomatic index and kidney somatic index), renal marker enzyme (creatine kinase), hepatic marker enzymes (aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase and alkaline phosphatase), histology of immune organs (liver, spleen, head-kidney and thymus) and level of serum immunoglobulin (IgM). Further, expression levels of Metallothionein (MT) and Glutathione peroxidase (GPX) genes in immune-related tissues (liver, spleen, head-kidney, thymus and blood) observed indicates metal pollution and abiotic stresses. These alterations are reliable indicators of the cellular and humoral immune response in Cyprinus carpio.
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- Umarah Zahoor Banday
- Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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- Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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- Aquatic Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India.
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Wang K, Qiao Y, Li H, Huang C. Use of integrated biomarker response for studying the resistance strategy of the earthworm Metaphire californica in Cd-contaminated field soils in Hunan Province, South China. Environ Pollut 2020; 260:114056. [PMID: 32041026 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 12/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Research was conducted to study the response and detoxification mechanisms of earthworms collected from Cd-contaminated areas in Hunan Province, South China. Metaphire californica, the dominant earthworm species in fields, referred as earthworm-A and -B that collected from low- (0.81 mg kg-1) and high-Cd soil (13.3 mg kg-1), respectively, for exchanging incubation in laboratory. The results showed that earthworm-A gradually accumulated higher Cd when exposed in the high-Cd soil, whereas Cd concentration of earthworm-B decreased after being transferred to low-Cd soil (albeit BAFCd >20). The integrated biomarker response index was calculated with the biomarkers of antioxidant systems (e.g., superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione-S transferase (GST), and malondialdehyde (MDA)) and energy index (e.g., protein and glycogen) in M. californica. GSH, GPx, and GST contributed the most to the integrated biomarker response (IBR) in earthworm-A when exposed in high-Cd soil for 14 d. Earthworm-B responded with higher GST and GPx activities and decreased protein content in low-Cd soil. For 28 d, the response of earthworm-A was not evident in either low- or high-Cd soil, and the inductive effect of metal stress on earthworm-B tended to be stable, except for the higher MDA content (p < 0.05) when exposed in low-Cd soil. The IBR index of earthworm-B (2.93 and 3.40) in low- and high-Cd soil, respectively, was higher than that of earthworm-A (0.89 and 1.0). Overall, earthworm-A exhibited a detoxification process to resist high-Cd toxicity from low-to high-Cd soil. Earthworm-B exhibited a physiological resilience once its habitat had changed to a normal or low-Cd soil environment, possibly owing to the cost of its resistance adaptation to the historical highly contaminated soil in fields.
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- Kun Wang
- College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China; College of Resources and Environmental Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, 071001, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China.
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- College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, China
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Lacave JM, Bilbao E, Gilliland D, Mura F, Dini L, Cajaraville MP, Orbea A. Bioaccumulation, cellular and molecular effects in adult zebrafish after exposure to cadmium sulphide nanoparticles and to ionic cadmium. Chemosphere 2020; 238:124588. [PMID: 31545210 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 08/06/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Few works have addressed the effects provoked by the exposure to cadmium containing nanoparticles (NPs) on adult zebrafish (Danio rerio). We studied the effects of CdS NPs (5 nm) or ionic cadmium (10 μg Cd/L) after 3 and 21 d of exposure and at 6 months post-exposure (mpe). Acute toxicity was recorded after exposure to both forms of cadmium. Significant cadmium accumulation was measured in the whole fish after both treatments and autometallography showed a higher accumulation of metal in the intestine than that in the liver. Histopathological alterations, such as inflammation in gills and vacuolization in the liver, were detected after the exposure to both cadmium forms and, in a lower extent, at 6 mpe. X-ray analysis proved the presence of CdS NPs in these organs. The hepatic transcriptome analysis revealed that gene ontology terms such as "immune response" or "actin binding" were over-represented after 21 d of exposure to ionic cadmium respect to CdS NPs treatment. Exposure to CdS NPs caused a significant effect on pathways involved in the immune response and oxidative stress, while the exposure to ionic cadmium affected significantly pathways involved in DNA damage and repair and in the energetic metabolism. Oxidative damage to liver proteins was detected after the exposure to ionic cadmium, while a stronger destabilization of the hepatocyte lysosomal membrane was recorded under exposure to CdS NPs. In summary, although ionic cadmium provoked stronger effects than CdS NPs, both cadmium forms exerted an array of lethal and sublethal effects to zebrafish.
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- José María Lacave
- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE and Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena z/g, E-48940, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE and Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena z/g, E-48940, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
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- European Commission, JRC Directorate F, Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Via E. Fermi, 2749, I-21027, Ispra, VA, Italy
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- Dept. of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering and Center for Nanotechnologies Applied to Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome Via A. Scarpa 16, Rome, 00161, Italy
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- Dept. of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology (Di.S.Te.B.A), University of Salento & CNR, Nanotec, 73100, Lecce, Italy
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE and Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena z/g, E-48940, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain
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- CBET Research Group, Dept. of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology PiE and Science and Technology Faculty, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Sarriena z/g, E-48940, Leioa, Basque Country, Spain.
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Erdoğan K, Kandemir Ş, Doğru MI, Doğru A, Şimşek I, Yılmaz S, Örün G, Altaş L, Yazıcıoğlu O, Korkmaz N, Örün I. The effects of seasonal heavy-metal pollution of Ladik Lake on pike fish (Esox lucius). BIOL RHYTHM RES 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09291016.2019.1607215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Kenan Erdoğan
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Elementary Education, Faculty of Education, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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- Technical Sciences Vocational School, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Technical Sciences Vocational School, Ahi Evran University, Kırşehir, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
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Teng M, Zhao F, Zhou Y, Yan S, Tian S, Yan J, Meng Z, Bi S, Wang C. Effect of Propiconazole on the Lipid Metabolism of Zebrafish Embryos ( Danio rerio). J Agric Food Chem 2019; 67:4623-4631. [PMID: 30950260 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b00449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Propiconazole is a triazole fungicide that has been widely used in agriculture and has been detected in the aquatic environment. This study aimed to investigate the effects of propiconazole exposure on lipid metabolism in the early life stages of zebrafish for 120 h postfertilization (hpf). Using the early life stages of zebrafish to address scientific questions is lower in cost, more efficient, and suitable to meeting current legislation than those in other traditional fish species. Exposure to propiconazole significantly inhibited the development of zebrafish embryos and larvae. This exposure also caused reduced locomotor activities in zebrafish. Furthermore, total cholesterol levels, lipoprotein lipase, and fatty acid synthase activities were significantly decreased. The expression levels of genes involved in lipid metabolism were significantly up-regulated in response to propiconazole exposure. GC-MS/MS analysis revealed that fatty acids were significantly decreased. Together, the findings indicate the potential environmental risks of propiconazole exposure in the aquatic ecosystem.
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- Miaomiao Teng
- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences , Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore , Maryland 21205 , United States
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- Department of Applied Chemistry, College of Science , China Agricultural University , Beijing 100193 , China
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Forouhar Vajargah M, Imanpoor MR, Shabani A, Hedayati A, Faggio C. Effect of long‐term exposure of silver nanoparticles on growth indices, hematological and biochemical parameters and gonad histology of male goldfish (
Carassius auratus gibelio
). Microsc Res Tech 2019; 82:1224-1230. [DOI: 10.1002/jemt.23271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Mohammad Forouhar Vajargah
- Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Natural ResourcesUniversity of Guilan Sowmehsara Iran
- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Gorgan Iran
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Gorgan Iran
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- Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Gorgan Iran
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- Department of Aquatic Production and Exploitation, Faculty of Fisheries and EnvironmentGorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Gorgan Iran
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental SciencesUniversity of Messina Messina Italy
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Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Singh NP. Oxidative and Cellular Metabolic Stress of Fish: An Appealing Tool for Biomonitoring of Metal Contamination in the Kolkata Wetland, a Ramsar Site. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 2019; 76:469-482. [PMID: 30607445 DOI: 10.1007/s00244-018-00587-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The present study delineate the various biochemical and histopathological tool to evaluate as strong biomarker in the field condition for detection of the least and maximize level of pollution and contamination. We have collected Labeo rohita from 13 different sites from East Kolkata wetland to determine biochemical and histopathological status to analyse metal contamination in the significant biological hot spot EKW. The biochemical marker as antioxidative status, i.e., catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD), and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) in liver and gill, were remarkably higher (p < 0.01) at some of the sampling sites, but catalase in brain, SOD in kidney, GST in brain and kidney, and neurotransmitter as acetylcholine esterase (AChE) in brain were not significant (p > 0.05) among the sampling sites. The glycolytic enzymes, such as lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and malate dehydrogenase (MDH) in liver, gill, and muscle, and protein metabolic enzymes, such as alanine amino transferase (ALT) and aspartate amino transferase (AST) in liver, gill, muscle, and kidney, were noticeably higher (p < 0.01) at some of the sampling sites. The histopathology of the liver and gill were altered at different sampling sites, such as blood congestion, leucocyte infiltration with parenchymal vacuolisation, nucleus with blood vessels, hepatocytes granular degeneration, haemorrhage, karyorrhexis, shrink nucleus, and pyknotic nuclei in liver. In the gill, structural changes, such as complete destruction and shortening of secondary gill lamellae, blood vessel in gill arch, curling of secondary gill lamellae, aneurism in gill lamellae, and neoplasia, were observed. Most of the metals were found within the safe limit all along the 13 sampling sites, indicating that fishes are safe for the consumption. Based on our finding, we could recommend that a rational application of biochemical profiles, such as oxidative and metabolic stress parameters, including histopathology to be used as biomarkers for biomonitoring the metal contamination in the aquatic environment.
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- Neeraj Kumar
- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune, 413115, India.
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune, 413115, India
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Lyons K, Wynne-Edwards KE. Legacy polychlorinated biphenyl contamination impairs male embryonic development in an elasmobranch with matrotrophic histotrophy, the round stingray (Urobatis halleri). Environ Toxicol Chem 2018; 37:2904-2911. [PMID: 30125983 DOI: 10.1002/etc.4255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Revised: 05/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Anthropogenic chemical exposure can result in overall reductions in reproductive success. Using the round stingray (Urobatis halleri) as an elasmobranch model with internal gestation, we measured female fecundity and embryo growth from postovulation to near parturition to test the hypothesis that environmental polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) contamination would impair reproductive success. Two sites were sampled from southern California, USA: the mainland site was exposed to legacy PCB contamination (with low exposure to other anthropogenic contaminants), and the offshore reference site at Catalina Island was a separate population with low anthropogenic influence. Contaminant-exposed embryos weighed less at each stage of development than reference embryos, while accumulating proportionately more liver mass over development. Furthermore, environmental contamination negatively affected male embryos more than female embryos. The present study is the first study to demonstrate a negative effect of contaminant exposure on elasmobranch embryo growth, with probable fitness costs later in life. Environ Toxicol Chem 2018;37:2904-2911. © 2018 SETAC.
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- Kady Lyons
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Defo MA, Bernatchez L, Campbell PGC, Couture P. Temporal variations in kidney metal concentrations and their implications for retinoid metabolism and oxidative stress response in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Aquat Toxicol 2018; 202:26-35. [PMID: 30007152 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2018] [Accepted: 06/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The objective of this study was to determine if temporal variations in tissue metal concentrations are related to biomarkers of retinoid metabolism and oxidative stress responses in juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens). To this end, kidney metal (Cd, Cu and Zn) concentrations were measured in fish sampled in spring and fall 2012 in four lakes representing a wide range of water and sediment metal contamination in the Rouyn-Noranda (Quebec) region. Lakes Opasatica and Hélène were considered as reference lakes while lakes Dufault and Marlon were metal-contaminated. Kidney concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn varied widely between spring and fall in fish from both clean and metal-contaminated lakes. An inter-lake difference in renal metal concentrations was only observed for Cd, with fish from Lake Marlon consistently displaying higher concentrations. In the spring, the concentrations of liver dehydroretinol, dehydroretinyl palmitate and total vitamin A esters were higher in fish sampled in the most contaminated lake. Strong temporal variations in the concentrations of these metabolites, as well as in the percentage of liver free dehydroretinol and the epidermal retinol dehydrogenase 2 transcription levels, were observed in fish living in the most metal-impacted lake, with generally higher values in the spring. In contrast to liver, in muscle, no clear seasonal variations in the concentrations of dehydroretinol, dehydroretinyl stearate or in the percentage of free dehydroretinol were observed in fish captured in the most contaminated lake. Temporal variations of traditional biomarkers of oxidative stress response were also observed in the most metal-impacted lake. For example, the transcription level of the gene encoding Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase-1 in liver and muscle catalase activity of perch sampled in the most contaminated lake were higher in spring than in fall. Positive relationships were found between kidney Cd concentrations and the transcription level of the gene encoding glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase, and all forms of retinoid concentrations in liver in spring, except with the percentage of free dehydroretinol where the correlation was negative. Our results translate to a state of stress caused by Cd and illustrate that temporal variations in tissue metal concentrations affect retinoid metabolism and antioxidant capacities in juvenile wild yellow perch. Overall this study contributes to highlight the importance of considering temporal variations when investigating the consequences of metal contamination on the physiology of wild fish.
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- Michel A Defo
- Environnement et Changement Climatique Canada, 105 Rue McGill, Montréal, QC, H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Institut de Biologie intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut national de la Recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut national de la Recherche scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC, G1K 9A9, Canada.
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Hani YMI, Turies C, Palluel O, Delahaut L, Gaillet V, Bado-Nilles A, Porcher JM, Geffard A, Dedourge-Geffard O. Effects of chronic exposure to cadmium and temperature, alone or combined, on the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus): Interest of digestive enzymes as biomarkers. Aquat Toxicol 2018; 199:252-262. [PMID: 29677587 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.04.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 04/01/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The development of predictive, sensitive and reliable biomarkers is of crucial importance for aquatic biomonitoring to assess the effects of chemical substances on aquatic organisms, especially when it comes to combined effects with other stressors (e.g. temperature). The first purpose of the present study was to evaluate the single and combined effects of 90 days of exposure to an environmental cadmium concentration (0.5 μg L-1) and two water temperatures (16 and 21 °C) on different parameters. These parameters are involved in (i) the antioxidant system (superoxide dismutase activity -SOD- and total glutathione levels -GSH-), (ii) the energy metabolism, i.e. energy reserves (glycogen, lipids, proteins) and digestive enzymes (trypsin, amylase, intestinal alkaline phosphatase -IAP-), and (iii) biometric parameters (weight, length, Fulton's condition factor, and the gonadosomatic index -GSI-) of threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). The second purpose was to determine the interest of the three digestive enzymes as biomarkers in comparison with the other parameters. The higher temperature (21 °C) impacted the anti-oxidant and energy reserve parameters. In liver, GSH levels increased on day 60, while SOD decreased on days 15 and 90, with a significant decrease of protein and lipid energy reserves on day 90. In muscle, the higher temperature decreased SOD activity only on day 90. G. aculeatus biometric parameters were also impacted by the higher temperature, which limited stickleback growth after 90 days of exposure. In female sticklebacks, the GSI peaked on day 60 and decreased sharply on day 90, while the highest values were reached at day 90 in the control groups, suggesting impaired reproduction in sticklebacks raised at 21 °C. These results suggest that 21 °C is an upper-limit temperature for long-term physiological processes in sticklebacks. In contrast, very low-concentration cadmium exposure had no effect on classical biomarkers (energy reserves, antioxidant parameters, biometric parameters). However, digestive enzymes showed an interesting sensitivity to cadmium, which was emphasized by high temperature. The activity of the three digestive enzymes decreased significantly on day 90 when sticklebacks were exposed to cadmium alone, while the decrease was stronger and was recorded earlier (from day 15) when they were exposed to the cadmium-temperature combination. Compared to conventional measurements, digestive enzymes responded rapidly. This could be an important advantage for them to be used as early warning tools to reflect the health status of organisms, particularly for trypsin and IAP activities.
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- Younes Mohamed Ismail Hani
- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, France; Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Verneuil-en-Halatte, France, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France.
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Souza MRDPD, Herrerias T, Zaleski T, Forgati M, Kandalski PK, Machado C, Silva DT, Piechnik CA, Moura MO, Donatti L. Heat stress in the heart and muscle of the Antarctic fishes Notothenia rossii and Notothenia coriiceps: Carbohydrate metabolism and antioxidant defence. Biochimie 2018; 146:43-55. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2017.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Kim JH, Kang JC. Toxic effects on bioaccumulation and hematological parameters of juvenile rockfish Sebastes schlegelii exposed to dietary lead (Pb) and ascorbic acid. Chemosphere 2017; 176:131-140. [PMID: 28260654 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.02.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Revised: 02/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Juvenile rockfish, Sebastes schlegelii (mean length 11.3 ± 1.2 cm, and mean weight 32.5 ± 4.1 g) were exposed for four weeks to dietary lead (Pb2+) at 0, 120, and 240 mg/L and ascorbic acid (AsA) at 100, 200, and 400 mg/L. The exposure concentrations and duration of significant Pb-induced accumulations in specific tissues of S. schlegelii were assessed. High levels of ascorbic acid significantly attenuated accumulations following exposure to dietary Pb. Dietary Pb exposure caused a significant increase in blood Pb concentrations, whereas red blood cell (RBC) count, hematocrit, and hemoglobin were significantly decreased. Notable changes were also observed in plasma calcium, magnesium, glucose, cholesterol, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), and glutamic pyruvate transaminase (GPT). The growth performance of S. schlegelii was significantly decreased. High doses AsA supplemention were effective in attenuating the changes brought about by dietary Pb exposure.
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- Jun-Hwan Kim
- West Sea Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science, Incheon 22383, South Korea
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- Department of Aquatic Life Medicine, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, South Korea.
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Kaya H, Duysak M, Akbulut M, Yılmaz S, Gürkan M, Arslan Z, Demir V, Ateş M. Effects of subchronic exposure to zinc nanoparticles on tissue accumulation, serum biochemistry, and histopathological changes in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Environ Toxicol 2017; 32:1213-1225. [PMID: 27464841 PMCID: PMC5274611 DOI: 10.1002/tox.22318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Zinc nanoparticles (ZnNPs) are among the least investigated NPs and thus their toxicological effects are not known. In this study, tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were exposed to 1 and 10 mg/L suspensions of small size (SS, 40-60 nm) and large size (LS, 80-100 nm) ZnNPs for 14 days under semi-static conditions. Total Zn levels in the intestine, liver, kidney, gill, muscle tissue, and brain were measured. Blood serum glucose (GLU), glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) were examined to elucidate the physiological disturbances induced by ZnNPs. Organ pathologies were examined for the gills, liver, and kidney to identify injuries associated with exposure. Significant accumulation was observed in the order of intestine, liver, kidney, and gills. Zn levels exhibited time- and concentration-dependent increase in the organs. Accumulation in kidney was also dependent on particle size; NPs SS-ZnNPs were trapped more effectively than LS-ZnNPs. No significant accumulation occurred in the brain (p > 0.05) while Zn levels in muscle tissue increased only marginally (p ≥ 0.05). Significant disturbances were noted in serum GOT and LDH (p < 0.05). The GPT levels fluctuated and were not statistically different from those of controls (p > 0.05). Histopathological tubular deformations and mononuclear cell infiltrations were observed in kidney sections. In addition, an increase in melano-macrophage aggregation intensity was identified on the 7th day in treatments exposed to LS-ZnNPs. Mononuclear cell infiltrations were identified in liver sections for all treatments. Both ZnNPs caused basal hyperplasia in gill sections. Fusions appeared in the gills after the 7th day in fish treated with 10 mg/L suspensions of SS-ZnNPs. In addition, separations in the secondary lamella epithelia were observed. The results indicated that exposure to ZnNPs could lead to disturbances in blood biochemistry and cause histopathological injuries in the tissues of O. niloticus. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Environ Toxicol 32: 1213-1225, 2017.
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- Hasan Kaya
- Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, 17100, Turkey
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- Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, 17100, Turkey
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- Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, 17100, Turkey
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- Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, 17100, Turkey
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- Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Çanakkale, 17100, Turkey
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi, 39217, USA
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- Engineering Faculty, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tunceli University, Tunceli, 62000, Turkey
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- Engineering Faculty, Department of Bioengineering, Tunceli University, Tunceli, 62000, Turkey
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Kumar N, Krishnani KK, Gupta SK, Singh NP. Cellular stress and histopathological tools used as biomarkers in Oreochromis mossambicus for assessing metal contamination. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 49:137-147. [PMID: 27992807 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2016.11.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Revised: 11/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In the present study, we have analyzed various biochemical and histopathological biomarkers in the Oreochromis mossambicus collected from 18 sites at Bhima River. The biochemical biomarkers viz. antioxidative enzymes in muscle viz. catalase, SOD, and GST, glycolytic enzymes in kidney viz. LDH and MDH, protein metabolic enzymes in liver, gill, brain, gonad and muscle viz. ALT and AST, neurotransmitter enzymes in muscle AChE, lipid peroxidation and histopathology in the liver and gill have been evaluated. The oxidative biomarkers, glycolytic enzymes, protein metabolic enzymes and lipid peroxidation were significantly (p<0.01) higher and AChE in muscle were significantly inhibited (p<0.01) in fishes from different sampling sites. The histopathology of the liver and gill were altered at different sampling sites. The liver histopathology showed hepatocytes vacuolization, haemorrhage, karyokinesis, necrosis, pyknotic nuclei, dilation of sinusoids and hepatocyte granular degeneration and in the gill histopathology showed distal lamellar gill tissue, diffuse epithelial hyperplasia and multifocal mucus cell hyperplasia, extensive edema of epithelial cells, blood congestion and edema in secondary lamellae. All the indicators are giving strong signals for contamination of the aquatic water bodies. The Bhima River is surrounded by several cities and agriculture land indicates that vigorous industrial activity coupled with intensive use of chemicals in agricultural practices may held. Therefore, based on our results, we could recommend that the investigated tissue and cell alterations may be successfully applied as reliable biomarkers for monitoring contaminated freshwater ecosystems. This study suggests that, the importance of antioxidative enzymes, cellular biomarkers, AChE, and histopathology used as biomarkers in aquatic ecosystem biomonitoring.
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- Neeraj Kumar
- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune, India.
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune, India
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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, India
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- ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Pune, India
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Wu K, Huang C, Shi X, Chen F, Xu YH, Pan YX, Luo Z, Liu X. Role and mechanism of the AMPK pathway in waterborne Zn exposure influencing the hepatic energy metabolism of Synechogobius hasta. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38716. [PMID: 27934965 DOI: 10.1038/srep38716] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Previous studies have investigated the physiological responses in the liver of Synechogobius hasta exposed to waterborne zinc (Zn). However, at present, very little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms of these responses. In this study, RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) was performed to analyse the differences in the hepatic transcriptomes between control and Zn-exposed S. hasta. A total of 36,339 unigenes and 1,615 bp of unigene N50 were detected. These genes were further annotated to the Nonredundant protein (NR), Nonredundant nucleotide (Nt), Swiss-Prot, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG) and Gene Ontology (GO) databases. After 60 days of Zn exposure, 708 and 237 genes were significantly up- and down-regulated, respectively. Many differentially expressed genes (DEGs) involved in energy metabolic pathways were identified, and their expression profiles suggested increased catabolic processes and reduced biosynthetic processes. These changes indicated that waterborne Zn exposure increased the energy production and requirement, which was related to the activation of the AMPK signalling pathway. Furthermore, using the primary hepatocytes of S. hasta, we identified the role of the AMPK signalling pathway in Zn-influenced energy metabolism.
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Hu W, Mai KS, Luo Z, Zheng JL, Huang C, Pan YX. Effect of waterborne zinc exposure on lipid deposition and metabolism in hepatopancreas and muscle of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. Fish Physiol Biochem 2016; 42:1093-1105. [PMID: 26820140 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0200-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to explore the effect of waterborne zinc (control, 0.85, 2.20, 3.10 mg/l, respectively) exposure on lipid deposition and metabolism in the hepatopancreas and muscle of grass carp Ctenopharyngodon idella. The lipid content, Zn accumulation, and the activities and expression levels of several enzymes involved in lipid metabolism were determined in hepatopancreas and muscle. Waterborne Zn exposure reduced growth performance and increased Zn accumulation in both tested tissues. In hepatopancreas, Zn exposure increased lipid content, the activities of lipogenic enzymes, such as 6PGD, G6PD, ME, ICDH and FAS, as well as the mRNA expression level of G6PD, 6PGD, ICDH, FAS and SREBP-1. But the activity of CPT I and the mRNA expression of HSL, CPT Iα1a, CPT Iα2a and PPARα were down-regulated by Zn exposure. In contrast, in muscle, waterborne Zn exposure decreased lipid deposition, activities of 6GPD, ICDH and ME, as well as the mRNA expression level of G6PD, ICDH, ME, FAS and SREBP-1. However, the activity of CPT I as well as the mRNA expression level of PPARα, HSL, CPT Iα2a, CPT Iα1b and CPT Iβ were up-regulated by Zn exposure. Our results indicate that waterborne Zn increases lipid content by up-regulating lipogenesis and down-regulating lipolysis in hepatopancreas. But, in muscle, waterborne Zn reduces lipid accumulation by up-regulating lipolysis and down-regulating lipogenesis. Differential patterns of lipid deposition, enzymatic activities and genes' expression indicate the tissue-specific regulatory mechanism in fish.
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- Wei Hu
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R.C., Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- College of Fisheries, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R.C., Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R.C., Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R.C., Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of P.R.C., Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
- Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province, Wuhan, 430070, People's Republic of China
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Rahimikia E. Analysis of antioxidants and serum biochemical responses in goldfish under nickel exposure by sub-chronic test. Journal of Applied Animal Research 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2016.1190732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Edris Rahimikia
- Department of Agriculture, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Bougas B, Normandeau E, Grasset J, Defo MA, Campbell PGC, Couture P, Bernatchez L. Transcriptional response of yellow perch to changes in ambient metal concentrations-A reciprocal field transplantation experiment. Aquat Toxicol 2016; 173:132-142. [PMID: 26867186 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.12.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Recent local adaptation to pollution has been evidenced in several organisms inhabiting environments heavily contaminated by metals. Nevertheless, the molecular mechanisms underlying adaptation to high metal concentrations are poorly understood, especially in fishes. Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) populations from lakes in the mining area of Rouyn-Noranda (QC, Canada) have been faced with metal contamination for about 90 years. Here, we examine gene transcription patterns of fish reciprocally transplanted between a reference and a metal-contaminated lake and also fish caged in their native lake. After four weeks, 111 genes were differentially transcribed in metal-naïve fish transferred to the metal-contaminated lake, revealing a plastic response to metal exposure. Genes involved in the citric cycle and beta-oxidation pathways were under-transcribed, suggesting a potential strategy to mitigate the effects of metal stress by reducing energy turnover. However, metal-contaminated fish transplanted to the reference lake did not show any transcriptomic response, indicating a reduced plastic response capability to sudden reduction in metal concentrations. Moreover, the transcription of other genes, especially ones involved in energy metabolism, was affected by caging. Overall, our results highlight environmental stress response mechanisms in yellow perch at the transcriptomic level and support a rapid adaptive response to metal exposure through genetic assimilation.
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- Bérénice Bougas
- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada.
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Eau Terre Environnement 490, rue de la Couronne, Québec (Québec) G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec (Québec) G1V 0A6, Canada
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Pelosi C, Lebrun M, Beaumelle L, Cheviron N, Delarue G, Nélieu S. Sublethal effects of epoxiconazole on the earthworm Aporrectodea icterica. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2016; 23:3053-3061. [PMID: 26081777 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4845-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Earthworms play a key role in agroecosystem soil processes. This study aims to assess the effects of different doses of a commercial formulation of epoxiconazole (Opus®), a persistent and widely used fungicide, on the earthworm Aporrectodea icterica. A laboratory study was conducted in a natural soil in order to measure effects of Opus® on earthworm mortality, uptake, weight gain, enzymatic activities (catalase and glutathione-S-transferase), and energy resources (lipids and glycogens). The estimated LC50 was 45.5 mg kg(-1), or 268 times the recommended dose. Weight gains were 28, 19, and 13% of the initial weight after 28 days of exposure in the control and D1 and D10 (1 and 10 times the recommended dose) treatments, respectively. No difference was observed for catalase activity between the three treatments, at 7, 14, or 28 days. The glutathion-S-transferase (GST) activity was two times as high in D1 as in D0 at 14 days. At 28 days, glycogen concentration was lower in D10 than in the D1 treatment. This study highlighted moderate sublethal effects of the commercial formulation Opus® for earthworms. Considering that these effects were observed on a species found in cultivated fields, even at recommended rates, much more attention should be paid to this pesticide.
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- C Pelosi
- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France.
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France.
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- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
- Plateforme Biochem-Env, INRA, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
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- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- INRA, UMR1402 ECOSYS, Bâtiment 6, RD 10, 78026, Versailles cedex, France
- AgroParisTech, UMR 1402 ECOSYS, 78850, Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Pazianoto LHR, Cionek VDM, Fogaça FNO, Benedito E. Feeding and body condition of an invasive fish species under different environmental conditions. Neotrop ichthyol 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20150164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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ABSTRACT Diet, energy density (ED) and relative condition factor (Kn ) were used to investigate the energetic assimilation of the invasive fish Hemiodus orthonops under different environmental condition of the upper rio Paraná floodplain. Samples were taken in June and September 2013 and 2014. Nutrient content was determined for sediment. The diet was combined in the Food Index (IAi%), ED was expressed in Kcal/g of dry weight and Kn was calculated by: Kn = Wt/We, where Wt is the total weight and We the expected weight. Detritus/sediment prevailed in the stomachs of specimens from Ivinhema and Baia, while Algae was the main item in Paraná, reflecting the resource availability. ED and Kn from Ivinhema specimens were the greatest, consequence of the quality of food and lower spent on searching and handling food. The Paraná specimens showed lower ED values, but higher Kn values, due to algae consumption, a nutrient-rich resource. Baia presented high aluminum concentration on the sediment and the lower pH values, which contribute to reduce the nutritional value of the detritus and the ED and Kn values of their specimens. In conclusion, H.orthonops is capable to take advantage of the resources availability in the different environments, ensuring their establishment.
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Huang C, Luo Z, Hogstrand C, Chen F, Shi X, Chen QL, Song YF, Pan YX. Effect and mechanism of waterborne prolonged Zn exposure influencing hepatic lipid metabolism in javelin gobySynechogobius hasta. J Appl Toxicol 2015; 36:886-95. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.3261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 09/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Chao Huang
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
- Department of Animal Sciences; Cornell University; Ithaca 14853 NY USA
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- Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine; King's College London; Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture of People's Republic of China, Fishery College; Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070 and Freshwater Aquaculture Collaborative Innovative Centre of Hubei Province; Wuhan 430070 People's Republic of China
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Atli G, Ariyurek SY, Kanak EG, Canli M. Alterations in the serum biomarkers belonging to different metabolic systems of fish (Oreochromis niloticus) after Cd and Pb exposures. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2015; 40:508-515. [PMID: 26310509 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The serum of vertebrates including human gives sufficient data about the current health status of organism in concern. Biomarkers have gained importance in evaluation of data from biological monitoring studies. In this study, freshwater fish Oreochromis niloticus were individually exposed Cd or Pb using acute (10μM, 2 d) and chronic (20μM, 20 d) exposure protocols to investigate the alterations in serum parameters (ALP, ALT, AST, LDH, lipase, glucose, protein, cholesterol and triglyceride) and response of the endocrine system functioning in different axis, namely HPI (cortisol), HPT (TSH, T3, T4), gonadal (LH, FSH) and prolactin. Data showed that except LH, the levels of all hormones decreased significantly following exposure to Cd and Pb both in acute and chronic exposures. In acute exposures, the activity of ALP and levels of cholesterol and triglyceride decreased significantly following both Cd and Pb exposures, while glucose levels increased only after Cd exposure. In chronic exposures, both metal exposures caused significant decreases in ALP activity and levels of cholesterol and triglyceride, though there were increases in glucose level after Cd exposure and AST, ALT and LDH levels after Pb exposure. Data emphasized the importance of biomarker selection and multiparameter usage of relevant systems in ecotoxicological research to achieve proper evaluation of environmental data.
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- Gülüzar Atli
- Çukurova University, Vocational School of Imamoglu, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Adana, Turkey
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- Çukurova University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Department of Biology, Adana, Turkey.
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Defo MA, Bernatchez L, Campbell PGC, Couture P. Transcriptional and biochemical markers in transplanted Perca flavescens to characterize cadmium- and copper-induced oxidative stress in the field. Aquat Toxicol 2015; 162:39-53. [PMID: 25770975 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2015] [Revised: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 02/20/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Despite recent progress achieved in elucidating the mechanisms underlying local adaptation to pollution, little is known about the evolutionary change that may be occurring at the molecular level. The goal of this study was to examine patterns of gene transcription and biochemical responses induced by metal accumulation in clean yellow perch (Perca flavescens) and metal depuration in contaminated fish in a mining and smelting region of Canada. Fish were collected from a reference lake (lake Opasatica) and a Cd, Cu and Zn contaminated lake (lake Dufault) located in the Rouyn-Noranda region (Qc, Canada) and caged for one or four weeks in their own lake or transplanted in the other lake. Free-ranging fish from the same lakes were also collected. Kidney Cd and Cu concentrations in clean fish caged in the contaminated lake increased with the time of exposure, but metal depuration did not occur in contaminated fish caged in the clean lake. After 4 weeks, the major retinoid metabolites analysed, the percentage of free dehydroretinol (dROH) and the retinol dehydrogenase-2 (rdh-2) transcription level in liver decreased in clean fish transplanted into the metal-contaminated lake, suggesting that metal exposure negatively impacted retinoid metabolism. However, we observed an increase in almost all of the retinoid parameters analysed in fish from the metal-impacted lake caged in the same lake, which we interpret as an adaptation response to higher ambient metal concentration. In support of this hypothesis, liver transcription levels of microsomal glutathione-S-transferase-3 (mgst-3) and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (g6pdh) were enhanced in clean fish transplanted into the metal-contaminated lake and this up-regulation was accompanied by an increase in the activities of corresponding enzymes, involved in antioxidant response. However, although in the same fish the transcription level of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu/Zn sod) was also increased, this did not lead to a change in the activity of the SOD enzyme, suggesting that this upregulation was aimed at maintaining SOD-related antioxidant capacities. In contrast, the transcription level of the cat gene, which did not change in contaminated fish, did not compensate for the decrease of CAT activity. After 4 weeks of exposure, some plastic responses of the clean fish were observed when they were transplanted in the metal-contaminated lake. However, probably as a consequence of the prior 80 years of exposure to metals, the contaminated population showed a limited plastic response in the expression of the majority of the candidate genes tested, when they were transplanted in the reference lake. The overall findings of this field investigation highlight how yellow perch molecularly and biochemically responded to a sudden or relatively long-term exposure (4 weeks) to a cocktail of metals.
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- Michel A Defo
- Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 De La Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut De Biologie Intégrative Et Des Systèmes (IBIS), Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 De La Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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- Institut National De La Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Centre Eau Terre Environnement, 490 De La Couronne, Québec, QC G1K 9A9, Canada
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Canli EG, Canli M. Low water conductivity increases the effects of copper on the serum parameters in fish (Oreochromis niloticus). Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2015; 39:606-613. [PMID: 25682007 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2014.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The conductivity is largely determined by ion levels in water, predominant ion being Ca(2+) in the freshwaters. For this reason, the effects of copper were evaluated as a matter of conductivity of exposure media in the present study. Thus, freshwater fish Oreochromis niloticus were exposed to copper in differing conductivities (77, 163 and 330 μS/cm), using acute (0.3 μM, 3 d) and chronic (0.03 μM, 30 d) exposure protocols. Following the exposure serum parameters of fish were measured. Data showed that there was no significant alteration (P>0.05) in serum parameters of control fish. However, activities of ALP, ALT and AST decreased significantly at the lower conductivities in chronic copper exposure, but not in acute ones. Protein levels did not differ significantly in any of the exposure conditions. However, Cu exposure at the lowest conductivity sharply increased the levels of glucose in the acute exposure, while there was no significant difference in the chronic exposure. Cholesterol levels decreased only at the lower conductivities in chronic exposure, but increased in acute exposure. Similarly, triglyceride levels increased in acute exposures and decreased in chronic exposures at the lowest conductivity. There was no change in Na(+) levels, while there was an increase in K(+) levels and a decrease in Ca(2+) level at the lowest conductivity of acute exposures. However, Cl(-) levels generally decreased at the higher conductivities of chronic exposures. There was a strong negative relationship between significant altered serum parameters and water conductivity. In conclusion, this study showed that copper exposure of fish at lower conductivities caused more toxicities, indicating the protective effect of calcium ions against copper toxicity. Data suggest that conductivity of water may be used in the evaluation of metal data from different waters with different chemical characteristics.
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- Esin G Canli
- University of Cukurova, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Department of Biology, 01330 Adana, Turkey
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- University of Cukurova, Faculty of Sciences and Letters, Department of Biology, 01330 Adana, Turkey.
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Zheng JL, Luo Z, Zhu QL, Chen QL, Hu W. Differential effects of acute and chronic zinc exposure on lipid metabolism in three extrahepatic tissues of juvenile yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Fish Physiol Biochem 2014; 40:1349-1359. [PMID: 24668143 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-014-9929-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/13/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The aim of this study was to determine the potential mechanisms of exposure to waterborne zinc (Zn) on lipid metabolism in three extrahepatic tissues (ovary, muscle and mesenteric adipose tissue) of female yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco. Female yellow catfish were chronically exposed to Zn (0.05, 0.35 or 0.86 mg Zn/l; duration of treatment 8 weeks) or acutely exposed to a high level of Zn (4.71 mg Zn/l for 96 h). Following the respective treatment, lipid deposition and mRNA levels of 11 genes (CPT IA, CPT IB, PPARα, PPARγ, SREBP-1, G6PD, 6PGD, FAS, ACCa, ACCb and LPL) involved in lipid metabolism were determined. Waterborne Zn exposure significantly reduced growth performance and lipid content in muscle but had no significant effect on lipid content in ovary and mesenteric adipose tissue. The change in the levels of the mRNA genes under study was Zn concentration-dependent and tissue-dependent. Pearson correlations between the mRNA levels of three transcriptional factors and enzymes in these tissues revealed that variations in gene expression as a result of the different Zn treatments underlay the patterns of lipid metabolism, which in turn affected fat storage and mobilization. To our knowledge, this is the first study to demonstrate the effect of waterborne Zn exposure on lipid metabolism in extrahepatic tissues at the molecular level. These results therefore contribute to our understanding of Zn-induced toxicity in fish.
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- Jia-Lang Zheng
- Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
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