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De Oliveira J, Chadili E, Piccini B, Turies C, Maillot-Maréchal E, Palluel O, Pardon P, Budzinski H, Cousin X, Brion F, Hinfray N. Corrigendum to 'Refinement of an OECD test guideline for evaluating the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on aromatase gene expression and reproduction using novel transgenic cyp19a1a-eGFP zebrafish' [Aquat. Toxicol. 220 (2020) 105403]. Aquat Toxicol 2022; 247:106166. [PMID: 35422316 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2022.106166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Julie De Oliveira
- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- University of Bordeaux, LPTC, UMR EPOC, Bordeaux, France
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- IFREMER, L3AS, UMR MARBEC, Palavas-les-Flots, France; INRA, UMR GABI, AgroParisTech, University Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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De Oliveira J, Chadili E, Turies C, Brion F, Cousin X, Hinfray N. A comparison of behavioral and reproductive parameters between wild-type, transgenic and mutant zebrafish: Could they all be considered the same "zebrafish" for reglementary assays on endocrine disruption? Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 239:108879. [PMID: 32877737 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108879] [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: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
Transgenic zebrafish models are efficiently used to study the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC); thereby informing on their mechanisms of action. However, given the reported differences between zebrafish strains at the genetical, physiological and behavioral levels; care should be taken before using these transgenic models for EDC testing. In the present study, we undertook a set of experiments in different transgenic and/or mutant zebrafish strains of interest for EDC testing: casper, cyp19a1a-eGFP, cyp19a1a-eGFP-casper, cyp11c1-eGFP, cyp11c1-eGFP-casper. Some behavioral traits, and some biochemical and reproductive physiological endpoints commonly used in EDC testing were assessed and compared to those obtained in WT AB zebrafish to ensure that transgene insertion and/or mutations do not negatively modify basal reproductive physiology or behavior of the fish. Behavioral traits considered as anxiety and sociality have been monitored. Sociality was evaluated by monitoring the time spent near congeners in a shuttle box while anxiety was evaluated using the Novel tank diving test. No critical difference was observed between strains for either sociality or anxiety level. Concerning reproduction, no significant difference in the number of eggs laid per female, in the viability of eggs or in the female circulating VTG concentrations was noted between the 5 transgenic/mutants and the WT AB zebrafish studied. In summary, the transgene insertion and the mutations had no influence on the endpoints measured in basal conditions. These results were a prerequisite to the use of these transgenic/mutant models for EDC testing. Next step will be to determine the sensitivity of these biological models to chemical exposure to accurately validate their use in existing fish assays for EDC testing.
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- Julie De Oliveira
- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- MARBEC Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Ifremer, IRD, Palavas-les-Flots, France; Univ. Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, GABI, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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David V, Joachim S, Catteau A, Nott K, Ronkart S, Robert C, Gillard N, Bado-Nilles A, Chadili E, Palluel O, Turies C, Julian N, Castiglione J, Dedourge-Geffard O, Hani Y, Geffard A, Porcher JM, Beaudouin R. Effects of chronic exposure to a pharmaceutical mixture on the three-spined stickleback (gasterosteus aculeatus) population dynamics in lotic mesocosms. Aquat Toxicol 2020; 224:105499. [PMID: 32416570 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Pharmaceutical substances are ubiquitous in the aquatic environment and their concentration levels typically range from ng/L up to several μg/L. Furthermore, as those compounds are designed to be highly biologically active, assessing their impacts on non-target organisms is important. Here, we conducted a mesocosm experiment testing a mixture of five pharmaceuticals (diclofenac, carbamazepine, irbesartan, acetaminophen and naproxen) on fish, three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). The mixture concentration levels were chosen on the basis of the contamination of the Meuse river in Belgium which had been measured previously during a monitoring campaign undertaken in 2015 and 2016. Three nominal mixture concentration levels were tested: the lowest concentration level mixture was composed by environmentally-relevant concentrations that approximate average realistic values for each pharmaceuticals (Mx1); the two other levels were 10 and 100 times these concentrations. Although no impact on stickleback prey was observed, the mixture significantly impaired the survival of female fish introduced in the mesocosms at the highest treatment level without causing other major differences on fish population structure. Impacts on condition factors of adults and juveniles were also observed at both individual and population levels. Using a modelling approach with an individual-based model coupled to a bioenergetic model (DEB-IBM), we concluded that chronic exposure to environmentally-relevant concentrations of five pharmaceuticals often detected in the rivers did not appear to strongly affect the three-spined stickleback populations. Mechanisms of population regulation may have counteracted the mixture impacts in the mesocosms.
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- Viviane David
- Unité METO (Modèles pour l'Ecotoxicologie et la Toxicologie), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, 60550, Verneuil en Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Société wallonne des eaux (SWDE), 6220, Fleurus, Belgium
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité METO (Modèles pour l'Ecotoxicologie et la Toxicologie), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, 60550, Verneuil en Halatte, France; Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Moulin de la Housse, Reims, France
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- Unité ECOT (Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, Parc ALATA, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Unité METO (Modèles pour l'Ecotoxicologie et la Toxicologie), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, INERIS, 60550, Verneuil en Halatte, France.
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De Oliveira J, Chadili E, Piccini B, Turies C, Maillot-Maréchal E, Palluel O, Pardon P, Budzinski H, Cousin X, Brion F, Hinfray N. Refinement of an OECD test guideline for evaluating the effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals on aromatase gene expression and reproduction using novel transgenic cyp19a1a-eGFP zebrafish. Aquat Toxicol 2020; 220:105403. [PMID: 31927064 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105403] [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: 10/14/2019] [Revised: 12/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Transgenic fish are powerful models that can provide mechanistic information regarding the endocrine activity of test chemicals. In this study, our objective was to use a newly developed transgenic zebrafish line expressing eGFP under the control of the cyp19a1a promoter in the OECD Fish Short Term Reproduction Assay (TG 229) to provide additional mechanistic information on tested substances. For this purpose, we exposed adult transgenic zebrafish to a reference substance of the TG 229, i.e. prochloraz (PCZ; 1.7, 17.2 and 172.6 μg/L). In addition to "classical" endpoints used in the TG 229 (reproductive outputs, vitellogenin), the fluorescence intensity of the ovaries was monitored at 4 different times of exposure using in vivo imaging. Our data revealed that 172.6 μg/L PCZ significantly decreased the number of eggs laid per female per day and the concentrations of vitellogenin in females, reflecting the decreasing E2 synthesis due to the inhibition of the ovarian aromatase activities. At 7 and 14 days, GFP intensities in ovaries were similar over the treatment groups but significantly increased after 21 days at 17.2 and 172.6 μg/L. A similar profile was observed for the endogenous cyp19a1a expression measured by qPCR thereby confirming the reliability of the GFP measurement for assessing aromatase gene expression. The overexpression of the cyp19a1a gene likely reflects a compensatory response to the inhibitory action of PCZ on aromatase enzymatic activities. Overall, this study illustrates the feasibility of using the cyp19a1a-eGFP transgenic line for assessing the effect of PCZ in an OECD test guideline while providing complementary information on the time- and concentration-dependent effects of the compound, without disturbing reproduction of fish. The acquisition of this additional mechanistic information on a key target gene through in vivo fluorescence imaging of the ovaries was realized without increasing the number of individuals.
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- Julie De Oliveira
- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- University of Bordeaux, LPTC, UMR EPOC, Bordeaux, France
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- IFREMER, L3AS, UMR MARBEC, Palavas-les-Flots, France; INRA, UMR GABI, AgroParisTech, University Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, UMR I-02 SEBIO, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Hinfray N, Sohm F, Caulier M, Chadili E, Piccini B, Torchy C, Porcher JM, Guiguen Y, Brion F. Dynamic and differential expression of the gonadal aromatase during the process of sexual differentiation in a novel transgenic cyp19a1a-eGFP zebrafish line. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2018. [PMID: 28648994 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2017.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [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] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
Abstract
In zebrafish, there exists a clear need for new tools to study sex differentiation dynamic and its perturbation by endocrine disrupting chemicals. In this context, we developed and characterized a novel transgenic zebrafish line expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of the zebrafish cyp19a1a (gonadal aromatase) promoter. In most gonochoristic fish species including zebrafish, cyp19a1a, the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of estrogens, has been shown to play a critical role in the processes of reproduction and sexual differentiation. This novel cyp19a1a-eGFP transgenic line allowed a deeper characterization of expression and localization of cyp19a1a gene in zebrafish gonads both at the adult stage and during development. At the adult stage, GFP expression was higher in ovaries than in testis. We showed a perfect co-expression of GFP and endogenous Cyp19a1a protein in gonads that was mainly localized in the cytoplasm of peri-follicular cells in the ovary and of Leydig and germ cells in the testis. During development, GFP was expressed in all immature gonads of 20 dpf-old zebrafish. Then, GFP expression increased in early differentiated female at 30 and 35dpf to reach a high GFP intensity in well-differentiated ovaries at 40dpf. On the contrary, males consistently displayed low GFP expression as compared to female whatever their stage of development, resulting in a clear dimorphic expression between both sexes. Interestingly, fish that undergoes ovary-to-testis transition (35 and 40dpf) presented GFP levels similar to males or intermediate between females and males. In this transgenic line our results confirm that cyp19a1a is expressed early during development, before the histological differentiation of the gonads, and that the down-regulation of cyp19a1a expression is likely responsible for the testicular differentiation. Moreover, we show that although cyp19a1a expression exhibits a clear dimorphic expression pattern in gonads during sexual differentiation, its expression persists whatever the sex suggesting that estradiol synthesis is important for gonadal development of both sexes. Monitoring the expression of GFP in control and exposed-fish will help determine the sensitivity of this transgenic line to EDCs and to refine mechanistic based-assays for the study of EDCs. In fine, this transgenic zebrafish line will be a useful tool to study physiological processes such as reproduction and sexual differentiation, and their perturbations by EDCs.
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- Nathalie Hinfray
- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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- UMS AMAGEN, CNRS, INRA, Université Paris-Saclay, 91198 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INRA, UR1037, Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Génomique des Poissons (LPGP), IFR140, Ouest-Genopole, F-35000 Rennes, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Marchand A, Porcher JM, Turies C, Chadili E, Palluel O, Baudoin P, Betoulle S, Bado-Nilles A. Evaluation of chlorpyrifos effects, alone and combined with lipopolysaccharide stress, on DNA integrity and immune responses of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2017; 145:333-339. [PMID: 28756254 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2017] [Revised: 07/07/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
Organism immune defences might be weakened by pollutants, largely detected in aquatic ecosystems, leading to the facilitation for opportunistic pathogens to infect organisms. In this context, destabilization of fish non-specific immune parameters and erythrocyte DNA integrity was tested, on a model fish species, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), after exposure to chlorpyrifos (CPF). Alone, pesticide exposure induced a genotoxic potential (chlorpyrifos at 1.75 and 0.88µg/L) in addition to a decrease in phagocytosis capacity and a stimulation of respiratory burst. Then, to mimic pathogenic infection, fish exposure to chlorpyrifos was combined with lipopolysaccharides (LPS) stress. In this second experiment, an increase of DNA damage was observed in fish exposed to a lower concentration of chlorpyrifos and LPS. Moreover, at the higher concentration of chlorpyrifos, an early destabilization of innate immunity was observed as suggested by the absence of an increase of lysosomal presence in fish injected with LPS. This study highlighted the usefulness of stress on stress responses to better understand the impact of contaminants on the organism's health.
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- Adrien Marchand
- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687 Reims, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 SEBIO, BP 2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Le Guernic A, Sanchez W, Palluel O, Bado-Nilles A, Floriani M, Turies C, Chadili E, Vedova CD, Cavalié I, Adam-Guillermin C, Porcher JM, Geffard A, Betoulle S, Gagnaire B. Acclimation capacity of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus, L.) to a sudden biological stress following a polymetallic exposure. Ecotoxicology 2016; 25:1478-1499. [PMID: 27475951 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1699-6] [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] [Accepted: 07/14/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
To get closer to the environmental reality, ecotoxicological studies should no longer consider the evaluation of a single pollutant, but rather combination of stress and their interaction. The aim of this study was to determine if responses of a fish to a sudden biological stress could be modified by a prior exposure to a chemical stress (a polymetallic contamination). For this purpose, in situ experiment was conducted in three ponds in the Haute-Vienne department (France). One pond was chosen for its high uranium concentration due to uranium mine tailings, and the two other ponds, which were not submitted to these tailings. Three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) were caged in these ponds for 14 days. After this period, fish were submitted to a biological stress, exerted by lipopolysaccharides injection after anesthesia, and were sacrificed 4 days after these injections for multi-biomarkers analyses (leucocyte viability, phagocytic capacity and reactive oxygen species production, antioxidant peptide and enzymes, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage). The pond which received uranium mine tailings had higher metallic concentrations. Without biological stress, sticklebacks caged in this pond presented an oxidative stress, with increasing of reactive oxygen species levels, modification of some parts of the antioxidant system, and lipid peroxidation. Caging in the two most metal-contaminated ponds resulted in an increase of susceptibility of sticklebacks to the biological stress, preventing their phagocytic responses to lipopolysaccharides and modifying their glutathione contents and glutathione-S-transferase activity.
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- Antoine Le Guernic
- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France.
- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France.
- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France.
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-En-Halatte, France
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- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, UMR-I 02 SEBIO, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Centre de Cadarache, PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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Le Guernic A, Sanchez W, Bado-Nilles A, Palluel O, Turies C, Chadili E, Cavalié I, Delahaut L, Adam-Guillermin C, Porcher JM, Geffard A, Betoulle S, Gagnaire B. In situ effects of metal contamination from former uranium mining sites on the health of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus, L.). Ecotoxicology 2016; 25:1234-1259. [PMID: 27272751 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-016-1677-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Human activities have led to increased levels of various pollutants including metals in aquatic ecosystems. Increase of metallic concentrations in aquatic environments represents a potential risk to exposed organisms, including fish. The aim of this study was to characterize the environmental risk to fish health linked to a polymetallic contamination from former uranium mines in France. This contamination is characterized by metals naturally present in the areas (manganese and iron), uranium, and metals (aluminum and barium) added to precipitate uranium and its decay products. Effects from mine releases in two contaminated ponds (Pontabrier for Haute-Vienne Department and Saint-Pierre for Cantal Department) were compared to those assessed at four other ponds outside the influence of mine tailings (two reference ponds/department). In this way, 360 adult three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) were caged for 28 days in these six ponds before biomarker analyses (immune system, antioxidant system, biometry, histology, DNA integrity, etc.). Ponds receiving uranium mine tailings presented higher concentrations of uranium, manganese and aluminum, especially for the Haute-Vienne Department. This uranium contamination could explain the higher bioaccumulation of this metal in fish caged in Pontabrier and Saint-Pierre Ponds. In the same way, many fish biomarkers (antioxidant and immune systems, acetylcholinesterase activity and biometric parameters) were impacted by this environmental exposure to mine tailings. This study shows the interest of caging and the use of a multi-biomarker approach in the study of a complex metallic contamination.
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- Antoine Le Guernic
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France.
- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France.
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, UMR-I 02 (INERIS, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Université du Havre) SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Moulin de la Housse, BP 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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Le Guernic A, Sanchez W, Palluel O, Bado-Nilles A, Turies C, Chadili E, Cavalié I, Adam-Guillermin C, Porcher JM, Geffard A, Betoulle S, Gagnaire B. In situ experiments to assess effects of constraints linked to caging on ecotoxicity biomarkers of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.). Fish Physiol Biochem 2016; 42:643-657. [PMID: 26585997 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-015-0166-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [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: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of caging constraints on multiple fish biomarkers used during ecotoxicological studies (biometric data, immune and antioxidant systems, and energetic status). Two of these constraints were linked to caging: starvation and fish density in cages, and one in relation to the post-caging handling: a short transport. Three in situ experiments were conducted with three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus). The first experiment compared the effects of three densities (low, medium, and high). The second experiment compared effects of starvation in fish fed every two days with fish that were not fed. Finally comparisons between sticklebacks which have suffered a short car transport after caging and sticklebacks killed without preliminary transport were made. The lack of food had no effect on fish energetic reserves but negatively affected their condition index and their immune system. Transport and high density induced oxidative stress, defined as an overproduction of reactive oxygen species and a stimulation of the antioxidant system. These two constraints also harmed the leucocyte viability. In order not to have any impact on ecotoxicity biomarkers during in situ experiments, it is preferable to decrease fish density in cages, prevent transport before dissections, and feed fish when the caging lasts more than two weeks.
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- Antoine Le Guernic
- PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France.
- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
- UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France.
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO (Stress Environnementaux et Biosurveillance des milieux aquatiques), Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), BP 2, 60550, Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- UMR-I 02 SEBIO, UFR Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Campus Moulin de la Housse, B.P. 1039, 51687, Reims, France
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- PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Centre de Cadarache, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), 13115, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France
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Caulier M, Brion F, Chadili E, Turies C, Piccini B, Porcher JM, Guiguen Y, Hinfray N. Localization of steroidogenic enzymes and Foxl2a in the gonads of mature zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2015; 188:96-106. [PMID: 26099948 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 03/09/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In zebrafish, the identification of the cells expressing steroidogenic enzymes and their regulators is far from completely fulfilled though it could provide crucial information on the elucidation of the role of these enzymes. The aim of this study was to better characterize the expression pattern of steroidogenic enzymes involved in estrogen and androgen production (Cyp17-I, Cyp11c1, Cyp19a1a and Cyp19a1b) and one of their regulators (Foxl2a) in zebrafish gonads. By using immunohistochemistry, we localized the steroid-producing cells in mature zebrafish gonads and determined different expression patterns between males and females. All these steroidogenic enzymes and Foxl2a were detected both in the testis and ovary. In the testis, they were all localized both in Leydig and germ cells except Cyp19a1b which was only detected in germ cells. In the ovary, Cyp17-I, Cyp19a1a and Foxl2a were immunolocalized in both somatic and germ cells while Cyp19a1b was only detected in germ cells and Cyp11c1 in somatic cells. Moreover, Cyp19a1a and Foxl2a did not display exactly the same patterns of spatial localization but their expressions were correlated suggesting a possible regulation of cyp19a1a gene by Foxl2a in zebrafish. Comparative analysis revealed a dimorphic expression of Cyp11c1, Cyp19a1a, Cyp19a1b and Foxl2a between males and females. Overall, our study provides a detailed description of the expression of proteins involved in the biosynthesis of steroidal hormones at the cellular scale within gonads, which is critical to further elucidating the intimate roles of the enzymes and the use of the zebrafish as a model in the field of endocrinology.
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- Morgane Caulier
- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- INRA, UR1037, Laboratoire de Physiologie et de Génomique des Poissons (LPGP), IFR140, Ouest-Genopole, F-35000 Rennes France
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- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pole VIVA, Unite d'ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Gagnaire B, Bado-Nilles A, Betoulle S, Amara R, Camilleri V, Cavalié I, Chadili E, Delahaut L, Kerambrun E, Orjollet D, Palluel O, Sanchez W. Former uranium mine-induced effects in caged roach: a multiparametric approach for the evaluation of in situ metal toxicity. Ecotoxicology 2015; 24:215-231. [PMID: 25348601 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-014-1374-8] [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] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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To characterize environmental risks linked to former uranium mines in the Limousin region of France, a study was conducted on fish health effects from uranium releases. Two private ponds were compared in this study, one with uranium contamination and one background site, upstream of the mining zone. Roach, Rutilus rutilus, were caged for 28 days in both ponds. Physico-chemical parameters of water and sediments and bioaccumulation of metals in several organs were determined. After 14 and 28 days of caging, immune, oxidative stress, biotransformation, neurotoxicity and physiological parameters were measured. Iron and aluminium were quantified in the water of both sites; however, barium and manganese were only present in the water of the uranium contaminated site. Uranium was present in both sites but at very different concentrations. The sediments from the uranium contaminated site contained high levels of radioactive elements coming from the disintegration chain of uranium. Results of biological parameters indicated stimulation of immune parameters and of oxidative stress and a decrease of AChE in fish caged in the uranium contaminated pond compared to the uranium-free pond. Overall, the results determined roach health status in the context of pollution from poly-metallic mining. The data strengthen our knowledge of the environmental risk assessment associated with radioactive substances in the environment.
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- Béatrice Gagnaire
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, LECO, Centre de Cadarache, Bât 186, B.P. 3, 13115, Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France,
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Baudiffier D, Hinfray N, Ravaud C, Creusot N, Chadili E, Porcher JM, Schulz RW, Brion F. Effect of in vivo chronic exposure to clotrimazole on zebrafish testis function. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2013; 20:2747-2760. [PMID: 23340899 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1474-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Clotrimazole is an azole fungicide used as a human pharmaceutical that is known to inhibit cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymatic activities, including several steroidogenic CYP. In a previous report, we showed that a 7-day exposure to clotrimazole induced the expression of genes related to steroidogenesis in the testes as a compensatory response, involving the activation of the Fsh/Fshr pathway. In this context, the aim of the present study was to assess the effect of an in vivo 21-day chronic exposure to clotrimazole (30-197 μg/L) on zebrafish testis function, i.e., spermatogenesis and androgen release. The experimental design combined (1) gene transcript levels measurements along the brain-pituitary-gonad axis, (2) 11-ketotestosterone (11-KT) quantification in the blood, and (3) histology of the testes, including morphometric analysis. The chronic exposure led to an induction of steroidogenesis-related genes and fshr in the testes as well as fshβ in the pituitary. Moreover, increases of the gonadosomatic index and of the volume proportion of interstitial Leydig cells were observed in clotrimazole-exposed fish. In accordance with these histological observations, the circulating concentration of 11-KT had increased. Morphometric analysis of the testes did not show an effect of clotrimazole on meiotic (spermatocytes) or postmeiotic (spermatids and spermatozoa) stages, but we observed an increase in the number of type A spermatogonia, in agreement with an increase in mRNA levels of piwil1, a specific molecular marker of type A spermatogonia. Our study demonstrated that clotrimazole is able to affect testicular physiology and raised further concern about the impact of clotrimazole on reproduction.
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- Damien Baudiffier
- Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pôle VIVA, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, INERIS, Parc Technologique Alata, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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Hinfray N, Nóbrega RH, Caulier M, Baudiffier D, Maillot-Maréchal E, Chadili E, Palluel O, Porcher JM, Schulz R, Brion F. Cyp17a1 and Cyp19a1 in the zebrafish testis are differentially affected by oestradiol. J Endocrinol 2013; 216:375-88. [PMID: 23283575 DOI: 10.1530/joe-12-0509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Oestrogens can affect expression of genes encoding steroidogenic enzymes in fish gonads. However, little information is available on their effects at the protein level. In this context, we first analysed the expression of key steroidogenic enzyme genes and proteins in zebrafish testis, paying attention also to other cell types than Leydig cells. Gene expression was analysed by quantitative PCR on fluorescence-activated cell-sorting fractions coupled or not to differential plating, while protein synthesis was studied by immunohistochemistry using specific antibodies against zebrafish Cyp17a1, Cyp19a1a and Cyp19a1b. Furthermore, we have evaluated the effect of oestrogen treatment (17β-oestradiol (E(2)), 10 nM) on the localization of these enzymes after 7 and 14 days of in vivo exposure in order to study how oestrogen-mediated modulation of their expression is linked to oestrogen effects on spermatogenesis. The major outcomes of this study are that Leydig cells express Cyp17a1 and Cyp19a1a, while testicular germ cells express Cyp17a1 and both, Cyp19a1a and Cyp19a1b. As regards Cyp17a1, both protein and mRNA seem to be quantitatively dominating in Leydig cells. Moreover, E(2) exposure specifically affects only Leydig cell Cyp17a1 synthesis, preceding the disruption of spermatogenesis. The oestrogen-induced suppression of the androgen production capacity in Leydig cells is a major event in altering spermatogenesis, while germ cell steroidogenesis may have to be fuelled by precursors from Leydig cells. Further studies are needed to elucidate the functionality of steroidogenic enzymes in germ cells and their potential role in testicular physiology.
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- Nathalie Hinfray
- INERIS, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Pôle VIVA, Unité d'écotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France.
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Jolly S, Bado-Nilles A, Lamand F, Turies C, Chadili E, Porcher JM, Betoulle S, Sanchez W. Multi-biomarker approach in wild European bullhead, Cottus sp., exposed to agricultural and urban environmental pressures: practical recommendations for experimental design. Chemosphere 2012; 87:675-683. [PMID: 22265682 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.055] [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: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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In freshwater ecosystems, a large number of chemical substances are able to disturb homeostasis of fish by modulating one or more physiological functions including the immune system. The aim of this study was to assess multi-biomarker responses including immunotoxicity induced by urban and agricultural pressure in European bullheads living in a small French river basin. For this purpose, a set of biochemical, immunological, physiological and histological parameters was measured in wild bullheads from five locations characterized by various environmental pressures. Moreover, to address effects of physiological status and contamination level variation on biomarker responses, fish were sampled during three periods (April, July and October). Results revealed a clear impact of environmental pressure on fish health and particularly on immunological status. An increase of EROD activity was recorded between upstream and downstream sites. Upstream sites were also characterized by neurotoxicological effects. Fish exhibited upstream/downstream variations of immunological status but strong differences were observed according to sampling season. Conversely, regarding biochemical and immunological effects, no significant response of physiological indexes was recorded related to environmental pressures. According to these results, the European bullhead appears as a valuable model fish species to assess adverse effects in wildlife due to urban and agricultural pressures.
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- Sabrina Jolly
- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS), Unité d'Ecotoxicologie in vitro et in vivo, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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Vosges M, Kah O, Hinfray N, Chadili E, Le Page Y, Combarnous Y, Porcher JM, Brion F. 17α-Ethinylestradiol and nonylphenol affect the development of forebrain GnRH neurons through an estrogen receptors-dependent pathway. Reprod Toxicol 2011; 33:198-204. [PMID: 21549831 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2011.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 04/18/2011] [Accepted: 04/19/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is growing evidence that neuroendocrine circuits controlling development and reproduction are targeted by EDCs. We have previously demonstrated that low concentrations of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) disrupt the development of forebrain GnRH neurons during zebrafish development. The objectives of the present study were to determine whether the weak estrogenic compound, nonylphenol (NP), could elicit similar effects to EE2 and to what extent the estrogen receptors are involved in mediating these effects. Using immunohistochemistry, we confirmed that EE2 exposure induces an increase in the number of GnRH-ir neurons and we demonstrated that NP is able to produce similar effects in a concentration-dependent manner. The effects of both NP and EE2 were shown to be blocked by the estrogen receptors (ERs) antagonist ICI 182-780, demonstrating the involvement of functional ERs in mediating their effects. Altogether, these results highlight the need to consider neuroendocrine networks as critical endpoints in the field of endocrine disruption.
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- Mélanie Vosges
- Unité d'évaluation des risques écotoxicologiques, Direction des Risques Chroniques, Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques, BP 2. F-60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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