Aquatic assessment of the chelating ability of Silica-stabilized magnetite nanocomposite to lead nitrate toxicity with emphasis to their impact on hepatorenal, oxidative stress, genotoxicity, histopathological, and bioaccumulation parameters in Oreochromis niloticus and Clarias gariepinus.

Autor: Khalefa HS; Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt. hanansaad04@gmail.com., AbuBakr HO; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt.; Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Egyptian Chinese University, Cairo, Egypt., Aljuaydi SH; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt., Kotp YH; Hydrogeochemistry Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, 11753, Egypt., Al-Mokaddem AK; Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt., Abdel-Moneam DA; Department of Aquatic Animal Medicine and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, 12211, Egypt. dr.daliaashraf@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BMC veterinary research [BMC Vet Res] 2024 Jun 18; Vol. 20 (1), pp. 262. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 18.
DOI: 10.1186/s12917-024-04094-9
Abstrakt: Background: In recent years, anthropogenic activities have released heavy metals and polluted the aquatic environment. This study investigated the ability of the silica-stabilized magnetite (Si-M) nanocomposite materials to dispose of lead nitrate (Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ) toxicity in Nile tilapia and African catfish.
Results: Preliminary toxicity tests were conducted and determined the median lethal concentration (LC 50 ) of lead nitrate (Pb(NO 3 ) 2 ) to Nile tilapia and African catfish to be 5 mg/l. The sublethal concentration, equivalent to 1/20 of the 96-hour LC 50 Pb(NO 3 ) 2 , was selected for our experiment. Fish of each species were divided into four duplicated groups. The first group served as the control negative group, while the second group (Pb group) was exposed to 0.25 mg/l Pb(NO 3 ) 2 (1/20 of the 96-hour LC 50 ). The third group (Si-MNPs) was exposed to silica-stabilized magnetite nanoparticles at a concentration of 1 mg/l, and the fourth group (Pb + Si-MNPs) was exposed simultaneously to Pb(NO 3 ) 2 and Si-MNPs at the same concentrations as the second and third groups. Throughout the experimental period, no mortalities or abnormal clinical observations were recorded in any of the treated groups, except for melanosis and abnormal nervous behavior observed in some fish in the Pb group. After three weeks of sublethal exposure, we analyzed hepatorenal indices, oxidative stress parameters, and genotoxicity. Values of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), urea, and creatinine were significantly higher in the Pb-intoxicated groups compared to the control and Pb + Si-MNPs groups in both fish species. Oxidative stress parameters showed a significant decrease in reduced glutathione (GSH) concentration, along with a significant increase in malondialdehyde (MDA) and protein carbonyl content (PCC) concentrations, as well as DNA fragmentation percentage in the Pb group. However, these values were nearly restored to control levels in the Pb + Si-MNPs groups. High lead accumulation was observed in the liver and gills of the Pb group, with the least accumulation in the muscles of tilapia and catfish in the Pb + Si-MNPs group. Histopathological analysis of tissue samples from Pb-exposed groups of tilapia and catfish revealed brain vacuolation, gill fusion, hyperplasia, and marked hepatocellular and renal necrosis, contrasting with Pb + Si-MNP group, which appeared to have an apparently normal tissue structure.
Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that Si-MNPs are safe and effective aqueous additives in reducing the toxic effects of Pb (NO 3 ) 2 on fish tissue through the lead-chelating ability of Si-MNPs in water before being absorbed by fish.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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