Histological, enzymatic and chemical analyses of the potential effects of differently sized microplastic particles upon long-term ingestion in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Batel, Annika; Baumann, Lisa; Carteny, Camilla Catarci; Cormier, Bettie; Keiter, Steffen; Braunbeck, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111022

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“…duration, routes, and concentrations) often raise the question of ecological relevance. At the same time, a growing number of publications, mainly short-term exposure, report that MPs ingestion induced no or limited toxicity [35,45,[56][57][58][59][60][61]. Taken all together, these results also suggest that short-term exposures are not relevant to evaluate MPs toxicity and a fortiori to evaluate toxicity at environmental concentrations.…”

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Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Cormier

Bihanic

Cabar

et al. 2021

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…In fish, the ingestion of MPs was demonstrated at all life stages in field sampling [25][26][27][28][29][30]. The transfer of MPs through food webs was reported in laboratory studies [31][32][33][34][35][36][37].…”

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Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

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Bihanic

Cabar

et al. 2021

Journal of Hazardous Materials

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“…In general, much of the experimental MP literature for freshwater fish has focussed on using various life stages of cyprinids (Table 2), especially zebrafish, as the model species to test the effects of MP exposure, most likely due to their extensive use in toxicology research (Dai et al, 2014). The broad diet and different feeding behaviours of zebrafish (Froese & Pauly, 2019) allow several MP exposure methods, including presented paired with food items (Batel et al, 2018;Lei et al, 2018;Lu et al, 2016), within feed (Mak et al, 2019) and/or via contaminated prey resources (Batel et al, 2016(Batel et al, , 2020.…”

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“…Iheanacho & Odo, 2020;Karami et al, 2016;Oliveira et al, 2013;de Sá et al, 2015), as well as a lack of studies exposing fish via contaminated resources (e.g. Batel et al, 2016Batel et al, , 2020Rochman et al, 2017), despite this often being a more effective MP transmission route than coupled with commercial fish food (Athey et al, 2020). Consequently, there remains a lack of knowledge over whether benthic fishes, which often tend to ingest more MPs than pelagic feeders within the same environment (McGoran et al, 2017(McGoran et al, , 2018McNeish et al, 2018), are similarly disproportionally impacted by MP exposure.…”

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Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives

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Microplastics (MPs) are small, plastic particles of various shapes, sizes and polymers.Although well studied in marine systems, their roles and importance in freshwater environments remain uncertain. Nevertheless, the restricted ranges and variable traits of freshwater fishes result in their communities being important receptors and strong bioindicators of MP pollution. Here, the current knowledge on MPs in freshwater fishes is synthesized, along with the development of recommendations for future research and sample processing. MPs are commonly ingested and passively taken up by numerous freshwater fishes, with ingestion patterns often related to individual traits (e.g. body size, trophic level) and environmental factors (e.g. local urbanization, habitat features). Controlled MP exposure studies highlight various effects on fish physiology, biochemistry and behaviour that are often complex, unpredictable, species-specific and nonlinear in respect of dose-response relationships.Egestion is typically rapid and effective, although particles of a particular shape and/ or size may remain, or translocate across the intestinal wall to other organs via the blood. Regarding future studies, there is a need to understand the interactions of MP pollution with other anthropogenic stressors (e.g. warming, eutrophication), with a concomitant requirement to increase the complexity of studies to enable impact assessment at population, community and ecosystem levels, and to determine whether there are consequences for processes, such as parasite transmission, where MPs could vector parasites or increase infection susceptibility. This knowledge will determine the extent to which MP pollution can be considered a major anthropogenic stressor of freshwaters in this era of global environmental change.

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“…This corroborates observations in seabass exposed to pellets spiked with MPs (Mazurais et al, 2015), where translocation to tissues could also not be observed. Likewise, previous studies using similar trophic exposure of adult zebrafish, Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) and fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) revealed no translocation to tissues (Batel et al, 2020;Batel et al, 2016;Elizalde-Velazquez et al, 2020;Zhu et al, 2020). However, there are also reports on translocation in fish, particularly to the liver, after experimental exposure (Bakir et al, 2016;Ding et al, 2018) and in fish collected in the field (Avio et al, 2015;Collard et al, 2017).…”

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Microplastics and sorbed contaminants – Trophic exposure in fish sensitive early life stages

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Bringer

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Marine Environmental Research

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The present study evaluated very small microplastic particle (MPs) transfer to zebrafish and marine medaka larvae via prey experimentally exposed to MPs from the onset of feeding. Larvae were fed Paramecium or Artemia nauplii loaded with fluorescent 1-5 or 10-20 μm MP. Pollutant accumulation was analyzed by optically tracking of benzo [a]pyrene (BaP) and recording cyp1a transcription. Paramecium transferred 1-5 μm particles only, whereas Artemia efficiently transferred both MPs. Although zebrafish and medaka larvae fed from the onset of active food intake (2-3 dph, respectively) on Paramecium and from days 6-7 post-hatch on Artemia nauplii, neither MP accumulation nor translocation to tissues was detected. MP egestion started within few hours after ingestion. Cyp1a induction and fluorescent analyses proved BaP bioavailability after transfer via Paramecium and Artemia. Unicellular or plankton organisms ingest contaminants via MPS and transfer effectively these to sensitive early life-stages of vertebrates, giving rise to whole-life exposure.

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Histological, enzymatic and chemical analyses of the potential effects of differently sized microplastic particles upon long-term ingestion in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Cited by 64 publications

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Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Chronic feeding exposure to virgin and spiked microplastics disrupts essential biological functions in teleost fish

Microplastics in freshwater fishes: Occurrence, impacts and future perspectives

Microplastics and sorbed contaminants – Trophic exposure in fish sensitive early life stages

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