Assessment of the impact of organic pollutants on goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) and mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the Venice Lagoon, Italy: Biochemical studies

Livingstone, David; Lemaire, Philippe; Matthews, Anne; Peters, L.D.; Porte, Cinta; Fitzpatrick, Patrick J.; Förlin, Lars; Nasci, Cristina; Fossato, V.U.; Wootton, Nicola; Goldfarb, Peter S.

doi:10.1016/0141-1136(94)00055-t

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“…SOD presented a steady activity and was not affected by exposure of freshwater bivalves to aquatic contaminants, except at site D. This parameter seemed particularly stable as noted in M. galloprovincialis by Livingstone et al (1995). SOD in mussels is not really appropriate to the survey of endangered areas.…”

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confidence: 76%

Glutathione Reductase, Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase, Glutathione Levels, and Lipid Peroxidation in Freshwater Bivalves,Unio tumidus,as Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination in Field Studies

Cossu¹,

Doyotte²,

Jacquin³

et al. 1997

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 76%

Glutathione Reductase, Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase, Glutathione Levels, and Lipid Peroxidation in Freshwater Bivalves,Unio tumidus,as Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination in Field Studies

Cossu¹,

Doyotte²,

Jacquin³

et al. 1997

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

227

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“…Lopes and Bebianno 2007;Cravo et al 2009;Lopes 2009) (Table 3). On the other hand, MFO system components at site 2 are at the same degree of those found in sites with chronic hydrocarbon contamination like Venice (Livingstone et al 1995;Solé et al 2000a;Solé 2000), and the Adriatic Sea (Livingstone et al 1995), the Ebro delta and Barcelona area (Porte et al 1991(Porte et al , 2001a 1994, 1995a, b), or in sites near to an oil spill (Porte et al 2001a, b;Solé 2000) (Table 3).…”

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confidence: 94%

“…CYP450 and MFO system have been used as a biomarker of exposure to organic contaminants in Mytilus galloprovincialis, since induction on their concentrations and activities reflects the PAHs concentrations in the aquatic environment (Petushok et al 2002;Cravo et al 2009). Linear relationships between CYP450 and total PAHs were reported in mussels collected after an oil spill, with higher concentrations at sites near the spillage (Porte et al 1991(Porte et al , 2001aSolé et al 1995b), in environmental quality assessment studies, with highest CYP450 and MFO system levels at sites with higher PAHs concentrations (Livingstone et al 1995;Solé et al 2000b;Bebianno et al 2007;Lopes and Bebianno 2007), and in mussels field and laboratory exposed to PAHs (Livingstone 1998;Bebianno et al 2007;Serafim et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 87%

Responses of CYP450 dependent system to aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons body burden in transplanted mussels from South coast of Portugal

2011

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Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis were cross-transplanted at South Portugal from a reference site (site 1) to a site more contaminated with hydrocarbon compounds (site 2), and vice versa, in an active biomonitoring (ABM) concept, to assess the biotransformation capacity catalyzed by the mixed function oxygenase (MFO) system. Total alkanes (TAlk), the unresolved complex mixture (UCM), and total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (TPAHs) concentration increased respectively 6, 4.4 and 4.2 fold relatively to control, in mussels transplanted from site 1 to 2. In the cross-transplant, a 48, 57 and 62% depuration of TAlk, UCM and TPAHs concentrations occurred by the end of the 3-4th week. Petrogenic and biogenic (marine and terrigenous) sources of AHs, and petrogenic and pyrolitic (biomass and oil/fuel incomplete combustion) sources of PAHs were detected at both sites. CYP450, CYT b (5) and NADPH-RED in mussels transplanted from site 1 to 2 were induced from day 0 to 28, with a total increase of 35, 32 and 35%, respectively, while biochemical equilibrium to lesser environmental contamination occurs in mussels transplanted from site 2 to 1. A significant relationship between CYP450 and NADPH-RED was found with TPAH, with distinctive behavior at the two sites. MFO system components increase with exposure time at one site and decreases in the other, reflecting an adaptation to distinct environmental hydrocarbon loads. The ABM strategy proved to be useful to understand the environment real impact on the biochemical responses in mussels' local populations. In this study, CYP450 and NADPH-RED are a useful biomarker for hydrocarbon exposure.

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“…Note that this cannot easily be solved by exposing animals in cages without predators in the field because even then, prey will still respond to chemical predator cues (Ferrari et al 2010). Second, species often show different, even opposing biomarker responses to pesticide stress (Livingstone et al 1995;Jemec et al 2010). Our study adds to this by documenting that even within a group of ecologically similar and closely related species such different responses may exist, as observed for PO.…”

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Species-specific responsiveness of four enzymes to endosulfan and predation risk questions their usefulness as general biomarkers

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General biochemical biomarkers are widely used in current ecotoxicology and may function as early warning signals. We have, however, poor knowledge on how ecologically similar species differ in their biomarker responsiveness and how predation risk may affect these biomarkers, potentially in an interactive way with pesticides. We evaluated this by exposing four corixid water bug species to combinations of endosulfan and predation risk and quantifying the activity of four general enzymatic biomarkers: acetylcholinesterase (AChE), phenoloxidase (PO), catalase (CAT) and superoxidedismutase (SOD). AChE activity was inhibited at an endosulfan concentration of 2 μg l(-1) and this did not differ significantly among species. Predation risk inhibited AChE activity with the same magnitude as endosulfan in one species, S. striata. Reduction in the investment of immune function following pesticide exposure, as measured by the activity of PO, was only observed in C. coleoptrata at 8 μg l(-1) while we observed an increase of PO levels in S. striata. Overall, PO was suppressed under predation risk at 8 μg l(-1) endosulfan. For SOD we observed a pesticide-induced increase across all species under predation risk, while for CAT the pesticide-induced increase was only present without predation risk. These results indicate that even within this group of ecologically similar and closely related species opposing biomarker responses may exist, as observed for PO. Effects of predation risk on all four enzymes, at a similar magnitude as the pesticide effects, further question their usefulness as general biomarkers.

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Assessment of the impact of organic pollutants on goby (Zosterisessor ophiocephalus) and mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) from the Venice Lagoon, Italy: Biochemical studies

Cited by 136 publications

References 5 publications

Glutathione Reductase, Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase, Glutathione Levels, and Lipid Peroxidation in Freshwater Bivalves,Unio tumidus,as Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination in Field Studies

Glutathione Reductase, Selenium-Dependent Glutathione Peroxidase, Glutathione Levels, and Lipid Peroxidation in Freshwater Bivalves,Unio tumidus,as Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination in Field Studies

Responses of CYP450 dependent system to aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons body burden in transplanted mussels from South coast of Portugal

Species-specific responsiveness of four enzymes to endosulfan and predation risk questions their usefulness as general biomarkers

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