Assessment of Lemna minor (duckweed) and Corbicula fluminea (freshwater clam) as potential indicators of contaminated aquatic ecosystems: responses to presence of psychoactive drug mixtures
BOURIOUG, Mohamed
Biochimie et Toxicologie des Substances Bioactives [BTSB]
Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès [ENA]
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Biochimie et Toxicologie des Substances Bioactives [BTSB]
Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès [ENA]
BOURIOUG, Mohamed
Biochimie et Toxicologie des Substances Bioactives [BTSB]
Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès [ENA]
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Biochimie et Toxicologie des Substances Bioactives [BTSB]
Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknès [ENA]
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EN
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2018-04, vol. 25, n° 12, p. 11192-11204
Résumé en anglais
The pharmaceutical products are emerging pollutants continuously released into the environment, because they cannot be effectively removed by the wastewater treatment plants. In recent years, questions have been raised ...Lire la suite >
The pharmaceutical products are emerging pollutants continuously released into the environment, because they cannot be effectively removed by the wastewater treatment plants. In recent years, questions have been raised concerning the environmental risks related to these pollutants. The goal of this research was to evaluate the responses in Lemna minor after 7 days and in Corbicula fluminea after differing durations (1, 3, 7, and 19 days) of exposure to the psychoactive drug mixture (valproic acid, citalopram, carbamazepine, cyamemazine, hydroxyzine, oxazepam, norfluoxetine, lorazepam, fluoxetine, and sertraline) in different concentrations (0, 0 + ethanol, drug concentration (DC) 1 = river water concentration, DC2 = effluent concentration, and DC3 = 10× effluent concentration). In this aim, growth parameters of L. minor, gluthathione S-transferase (GSTs), catalase (CAT), ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) and/or gene expressions (pi-gst, cat, cytochrome P450 4 (cyp4), multidrug resistant 1 (mdr1), and superoxide dismutase (sod)) were measured. GST activities increased significantly in L. minor exposed to DC3, but no changes were found in CAT activity. In C. fluminea, EROD activity was induced significantly in both gill and digestive gland tissues after 3 days’ exposure to DC3, while a GST increase was observed only in digestive gland tissues, suggesting that these pharmaceuticals induced an oxidative effect. Gene expression analysis revealed transient transcriptomic responses of cyp4, sod, and mdr1 under drug concentrations 2 or 3 and no change of expression for the other genes (cat and pi-gst) or condition (environmental drug concentration) tested. Finally, the data reported in this study represent important ecotoxicological information, confirming that this enzyme family (cyp4, sod, and mdr1) may be considered as a sensible and early indicator of exposure to drugs and emphasizing the involvement of selected genes in detoxification pathways.< Réduire
Mots clés en anglais
Psychotropic pharmaceuticals
Emerging contaminants
Defense mechanisms
Biomarkers
Gene expression