Teratogenic effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of phenanthrene on the early development of marine medaka (Oryzia melastigma)

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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are ubiquitous pollutants in marine environments and have arouse great concern since they pose adverse effects to marine ecosystem. To determine the potential impacts of environmentally relevant PAHs on early life stages of marine fish, this study exposed embryos of marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) to 0, 2, 10, 50, and 250 μg/L of phenanthrene (Phe), one of the most abundant PAHs. The results demonstrated that Phe exposure decreased hatching rates, delayed hatching time of embryos, and increased deformity rate of newly-hatched larvae. Exposure to 10 and 50 μg/L Phe decreased the survival rate of marine medaka larvae at 28 days post-fertilization (dpf), and no embryo successfully hatched in 250 μg/L Phe exposure group. Morphology results showed that 10, 50, and 250 μg/L Phe exposure significantly retarded the development of embryos, and 2, 10, and 50 μg/L caused yolk sac edema and pericardial edema in newly-hatched larvae, indicating that low concentrations of Phe could induce developmental cardiac toxicity. Furthermore, the changes in the expression of heart development-related genes were determined, and the results showed that Phe-induced cardiac malformation might be related with fgf8, bmp4, smyd1, ATPase and gata4 genes. Overall, environmentally relevant PAHs could disrupt heart morphogenesis and hatching process of marine medaka, which might have profound consequences for sustainability of fish population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:254

Enthalten in:

Chemosphere - 254(2020) vom: 20. Sept., Seite 126900

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zheng, Yuqi [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuejiao [VerfasserIn]
Yue, Zonghao [VerfasserIn]
Samreen [VerfasserIn]
Li, Zuwei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xuan [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

448J8E5BST
Cardiac toxicity
Early development
Journal Article
Marine medaka
Phenanthrene
Phenanthrenes
Teratogenic effect
Teratogens
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 02.10.2020

Date Revised 02.10.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126900

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315285583