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Kitamura RSA, Vicentini M, Bitencourt V, Vicari T, Motta W, Brito JCM, Cestari MM, Prodocimo MM, de Assis HCS, Gomes MP. Salvinia molesta phytoremediation capacity as a nature-based solution to prevent harmful effects and accumulation of ciprofloxacin in Neotropical catfish. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2023; 30:41848-41863. [PMID: 36639588 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-023-25226-y] [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: 09/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Phytoremediation has been a potential solution for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water. Here, we evaluated the toxicological safety of ciprofloxacin-contaminated water treated by 96 h with Salvinia molesta. The Neotropical catfish Rhamdia quelen was used as a model, and the potential of the phytoremediation technique for mitigating the drug accumulation in the fishes was also studied. Fish exposed to Cipro (1 and 10 µg·L-1) in untreated water showed toxic responses (alteration of hematological, genotoxicity, biochemical, and histopathological biomarkers) and accumulated Cipro in their muscles at concentrations high for human consumption (target hazardous quotient > 1). Fish exposed to water treated with S. molesta showed no toxic effect and no accumulation of Cipro in their tissues. This must be related to the fact that S. molesta removed up to 97% of Cipro from the water. The decrease in Cipro concentrations after water treatment with S. molesta not only prevented the toxic effects of Cipro on R. quelen fish but also prevented the antimicrobial accumulation in fish flesh, favouring safe consumption by humans. For the very first time, we showed the potential of phytoremediation as an efficiently nature-based solution to prevent environmental toxicological effects of antimicrobials to nontarget organisms such as fish and humans. The use of S. molesta for Cipro-removal from water is a green technology to be considered in the combat against antimicrobial resistance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rafael Shinji Akiyama Kitamura
- Ecology and Conservation Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil.
- Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil.
- Department of Botany, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil.
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- Ecology and Conservation Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
- Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
| | - Vitória Bitencourt
- Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
| | - Taynah Vicari
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19071, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
| | - Welton Motta
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19071, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19071, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
| | - Maritana Mela Prodocimo
- Department of Cell Biology, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81537-980, Brazil
| | - Helena Cristina Silva de Assis
- Ecology and Conservation Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
- Department of Pharmacology, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
| | - Marcelo Pedrosa Gomes
- Ecology and Conservation Post-Graduation Program, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
- Department of Botany, Federal University of Paraná, PO Box 19031, Curitiba, PR, 81530-980, Brazil
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