| Autor: |
Ijaz Khan, Zubin Huang, Liangyue Liang, Na Li, Zeeshan Ali, Li Ding, Meiling Hong, Haitao Shi |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Vol 222, Iss , Pp 112471- (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0147-6513 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112471 |
| Popis: |
Ammonia is one of major pollutants in aquatic environment that induces severe stress and toxicity to organisms in aquatic system. The intestine acts a major defense line that protects living organisms from biotic and abiotic stresses. In the current study, we examined the effects of ammonia on intestinal histomorphology, transcriptional levels of intestinal barrier functioning genes and intestinal microbiota of Chinese striped-neck turtle (Mauremys sinensis). Thus, the turtles were placed in water with addition of ammonia at 0 (control), 100, 200 mg L-1 for 30 days. Our findings showed that ammonia reduced the villus length and induced the inflammatory cells appearance. In addition, the epithelial tight junction genes, claudin and zonola occludin significantly downregulated in ammonia exposed groups as compared to control group (P |
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