History of exposure to copper influences transgenerational gene expression responses in Daphnia magna

The establishment of transgenerational effects following chemical exposure is a powerful phenomenon, capable of modulating ecosystem health beyond exposure periods. This study assessed the transgenerational effects occurring due to copper exposure in the invertebrate D. magna at the transcriptional level, while evaluating the role of exposure history on such responses. Thus, daphnids acclimated for several generations in a copper vs. clean medium were then exposed for one generation (F0) to this metal, and monitored for the following non-exposed generations (F1, F2 and F3). Organisms differing in exposure histories showed remarkably different transcriptional profiles at the F0, with naïve organisms being more profoundly affected. These trends were confirmed for F3 treatments, which presented different transcriptional patterns for genes involved in detoxification, oxidative stress, DNA damage repair, circadian clock functioning and epigenetic regulation. Furthermore, regardless of exposure history, a great number of histone modifier genes were always found transcriptionally altered, thus suggesting the involvement of histone modifications in the response of Daphnia to metal exposure. Lastly, remarkably distinct transgenerational transcriptional responses were found between naïve and non-naïve organisms, thereby highlighting the influence of exposure history on gene expression and confirming the capacity of metals to determine transgenerational transcriptional effects across non-exposed generations.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

Epigenetics - 19(2024), 1 vom: 27. Jan., Seite 2296275

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jeremias, Guilherme [VerfasserIn]
Muñiz-González, Ana-Belén [VerfasserIn]
Mendes Gonçalves, Fernando José [VerfasserIn]
Martínez-Guitarte, José-Luis [VerfasserIn]
Asselman, Jana [VerfasserIn]
Luísa Pereira, Joana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

789U1901C5
Copper
Epigenetics
Invertebrates
Journal Article
Metals
Molecular responses
RT-PCR
Transgenerational effects
Water Pollutants, Chemical

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Date Completed 01.01.2024

Date Revised 04.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/15592294.2023.2296275

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366447076