Transfer of benzo[a]pyrene from microplastics toArtemianauplii and further to zebrafish via a trophic food web experiment: CYP1A induction and visual tracking of persistent organic pollutants
| Autor: | Frederic Linti, Annika Batel, Thomas Braunbeck, Martina Scherer, Lothar Erdinger |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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chemistry.chemical_classification
Pollutant Microplastics 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Ecology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 010501 environmental sciences Biology biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences chemistry.chemical_compound Food chain chemistry Benzo(a)pyrene Environmental chemistry Environmental Chemistry Pyrene Zebrafish 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Trophic level |
| Zdroj: | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35:1656-1666 |
| ISSN: | 0730-7268 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/etc.3361 |
| Popis: | The uptake of microplastic particles and the transfer of potential harmful substances along with microplastics has been studied in a variety of organisms, especially invertebrates. However, the potential accumulation of very small microplastic particles along food webs ending with vertebrate models has not been investigated so far. Therefore, a simple artificial food chain with Artemia spec. nauplii and zebrafish (Danio rerio) was established to analyze the transfer of microplastic particles and associated persistent organic pollutants (POPs) between different trophic levels. Very small (1 - 20 µm) microplastic particles accumulated in Artemia nauplii and were subsequently transferred to fish. Virgin particles not loaded with POPs did not cause any observable physical harm in the intestinal tracts of zebrafish, although part of the particles were retained within the mucus of intestinal villi and might even be taken up by epithelial cells. The transfer of associated POPs was tested with the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon benzo[a]pyrene and an ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) assay for CYP1A induction in zebrafish liver as well as via fluorescence analyses. Whereas a significant induction in the EROD assay could not be shown due to high individual variation and low sensitivity regarding substance concentration, the fluorescence tracking of benzo[a]pyrene indicates that food-borne microplastic-associated POPs may actually desorb in the intestine of fish and are thus transferred to the intestinal epithelium and liver. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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