三丁基锡对孔雀鱼的毒性效应研究

采用静态暴露方式研究三丁基锡氯化物(TBTCl)对孔雀鱼的毒性效应.当幼鱼暴露于1.25-7.90μg·l-1的TBTCl 后,出现明显的急性中毒症状,96h的半致死浓度(LC50)为5.82μg·l-1; 成鱼在0.14-3.56μg·l-1浓度下暴露10-30d,TBTCl能诱导雌鱼的肝体指数升高,并使肝脏和脾脏组织的显微结构发生明显的病理变化,毒害作用具有明显的剂量-效应和时间-效应关系.表明肝体指数以及肝脏、脾脏等组织的病理学变化可以作为评估三丁基锡等环境污染物的生物指标.     

孕激素醋酸甲地孕酮和雌激素乙炔雌二醇复合暴露对斑马鱼的生殖毒性

水生生物往往暴露于多种环境激素(如孕激素、雌激素)的混合物中,然而关于多种环境激素对鱼类的联合作用效应的研究较少.孕激素醋酸甲地孕酮(MTA)和雌激素乙炔雌二醇(EE2)是应用广泛的高活性药物,普遍存在于水环境中,二者均能引起鱼类的生殖毒性效应.本文研究了环境相关浓度的MTA和EE2复合暴露对斑马鱼的生殖毒性效应.将斑马鱼成鱼暴露于MTA(33,100 ng·L~(-1))、EE2(5,15 ng·L~(-1))以及二者的混合物(MTA+EE2:33+5 ng·L~(-1),100+15 ng·L~(-1))21 d,结果显示,EE2(15 ng·L~(-1))单独及与MTA(100 ng·L~(-1))复合暴露显著降低斑马鱼的产卵量;MTA、EE2单独及复合暴露均显著降低雌鱼血浆中雌二醇(E2)、睾酮(T)及雄鱼血浆中11-酮基睾酮(11-KT)的含量;EE2单独及与MTA复合暴露导致斑马鱼卵巢的组织学变化(抑制卵子发生,诱导卵泡闭锁),但对精巢影响较小.此外,复合暴露组中斑马鱼的产卵量、血浆性激素含量、性腺组织学变化与EE2单独暴露组相比均无显著差异.本研究表明,MTA和EE2复合暴露可引起斑马鱼的生殖毒性,其中EE2发挥主要毒性作用.本研究结果对于水环境中多种激素复合暴露的风险评估具有重要意义.     

饲料中铜暴露对吉富罗非鱼幼鱼血红细胞微核和组织中铜蓄积的影响

为了研究饲料中铜暴露对吉富罗非鱼幼鱼的毒性作用,将1 080条罗非鱼幼鱼暴露于6个浓度梯度的高铜日粮中,通过60 d的暴露试验,测定罗非鱼血红细胞微核变化和组织中铜的蓄积.结果表明,铜在各组织中积累量的顺序依次为:肝脏＞脾脏＞肠道＞鳃＞肌肉,与对照组相比,其中肝脏、脾脏、肠道中铜的含量随着时间和日粮中铜浓度的升高而逐渐升高,而鳃和肌肉中铜含量无显著差异;罗非鱼幼鱼血红细胞微核率、核异常率、总核异常率与日粮中铜的浓度存在一定的剂量—效应关系,并且核异常率高于微核率.     

不同纳米材料作用下菲对鲫鱼的毒性效应

研究了纳米材料(多壁碳纳米管和纳米氧化锌)泄漏进入水环境后吸附多环芳烃(菲)对水生生态系统可能造成的影响及其影响机制,以便能及早采取相应的风险管理措施.实验结果表明,多壁碳纳米管(MWCNTs)显著降低了菲(Phe)在鲫鱼肌肉和肝脏中的富集,但增加了其在鱼脑中的富集量;C-Phe组菲在眼部、胚胎和生殖腺中含量均高于ZnO-Phe组.MWCNTs、nZnO与菲均诱导鲫鱼脑部和肝脏组织中自由基的生成.     

三氯酚暴露致稀有鮈鲫肝脏损伤的比较蛋白质组研究

为探讨2,4,6-三氯酚(2,4,6-TCP)暴露致鱼类肝脏损伤的毒性效应,以稀有鮈鲫(Gobiocypris rarus)为模式生物,TCP暴露浓度为1、10、100μg·L-1,进行流水暴露实验(28d),利用二维凝胶电泳方法(2-DE),结合质谱分析技术(MALDI-TOF-MS),对TCP致稀有鮈鲫肝脏损伤的蛋白表达谱进行了研究.结果显示,共发现35个差异蛋白点,其中11个蛋白被成功鉴定(C.I.>95%).对鉴定的蛋白根据GOTerms进行功能分类,发现它们主要参与脂类代谢与转运、氧化应激以及蛋白修复和氧化磷酸化等生物学过程。以上结果表明,TCP对稀有鮈鲫具有明显的肝脏毒性效应.     

四溴双酚A亚慢性呼吸暴露对Wistar雄性大鼠的毒性效应

为研究四溴双酚A(TBBPA)亚慢性呼吸暴露对大鼠的毒性效应,将36只健康的无特定病原菌级别(SPF级)Wistar雄性大鼠分为6组,分别为空白对照组、控制对照组和129、546、1 216、4 550μg·m-3TBBPA气溶胶染毒组,采用经口鼻呼吸暴露方式连续染毒90 d。暴露实验期间每天观察大鼠状态,每10天记录1次大鼠体重,于第91天解剖受试大鼠,分离主要脏器,并对肺组织进行病理检查。结果显示,与对照组比较,各暴露组大鼠肾脏及脾脏的脏器系数均有显著降低(P0.05);TBBPA工业品气溶胶暴露组大鼠肺部病变程度和病变发生率高于空白对照组及控制对照组。研究结果表明Wistar大鼠经亚慢性呼吸暴露TBBPA颗粒后,可能造成一定程度的肾、脾脏毒性效应和肺部炎症。     

不同环境条件下三丁基氧化锡对火腿许水蚤（Schmakeria poplesia）的毒性效应

为探讨不同环境条件下三丁基氧化锡(TBTO)对桡足类的毒性效应,本文通过世代培养30日龄火腿许水蚤(Schmakeria poplesia)的多因素协同作用急性毒性实验,测定了温度、盐度、单胞藻浓度和桡足类密度等环境因素对TBTO毒性效应的影响。结果显示：TBTO对火腿许水蚤雌、雄个体的毒性效应无显著差异,96 h-LC50值分别为 0.41 µgTBTO l-1和0.42 µgTBTO l-1;随着温度的升高,TBTO毒性效应增强;与盐度25条件相比,盐度15和35条件下火腿许水蚤对TBTO的敏感性相对较高;单胞藻浓度升高导致TBTO对桡足类毒性效应降低;另外,桡足类暴露敏感性还受到其密度的影响。以上结果表明,环境因素对污染物的生物毒性效应产生较大影响,在毒理学研究中应根据实际环境情况设定合理的环境条件,以保证最终生态风险评价结果的科学性。     

不同环境条件下三丁基氧化锡对火腿许水蚤(Schmakeria poplesia)的毒性效应

为探讨不同环境条件下三丁基氧化锡(TBTO)对桡足类的毒性效应,通过世代培养30日龄火腿许水蚤(Schmakeria poplesia)的多因素协同作用急性毒性实验,测定了温度、盐度、单胞藻浓度和桡足类密度等环境因素对TBTO毒性效应的影响。结果显示:TBTO对火腿许水蚤雌、雄个体的毒性效应无显著差异,96h-LC50值分别为0.41和0.42μg·L-1;随着温度的升高,TBTO毒性效应增强;与盐度25条件相比,盐度15和35条件下火腿许水蚤对TBTO的敏感性相对较高;单胞藻浓度升高导致TBTO对桡足类毒性效应降低;另外,桡足类暴露敏感性还受到其密度的影响。以上结果表明,环境因素对污染物的生物毒性效应产生较大影响,在毒理学研究中应根据实际环境情况设定合理的环境条件,以保证最终生态风险评价结果的科学性。     

助溶剂甲苯和二甲基亚砜对斑马鱼胚胎发育的复合毒性效应

研究了甲苯和二甲基亚砜(DMSO)对斑马鱼胚胎生长、发育的毒性效应.实验结果表明:低剂量的甲苯(0.05%)单一暴露对斑马鱼胚胎发育有一定毒性,DMSO(0.45%)对斑马鱼胚胎无明显毒性;但甲苯与DMSO具有较强的复合毒性效应,随着DMSO含量的增加,与甲苯单一暴露组相比,斑马鱼胚胎死亡率显著增加、胚胎孵化率下降、胚胎发育迟缓并生成大量畸形;但甲苯以及甲苯和DMSO复合物对人胚肾HEK-293细胞株和人胃癌SGC-7901细胞株的活力均没有明显效应.DMSO可通过提高甲苯在水中的分散性,增加甲苯的神经毒性,但对离体实验模型无显著效应,故在选择不同生物模型评估有机污染物毒性效应时,需考虑不同类型助溶剂所产生的复合效应,以减少实验误差.     

苯并[a]芘和菲对缢蛏血细胞DNA损伤的研究

为研究苯并[a]芘和菲对缢蛏的毒性效应,将缢蛏(Sinonovacula constricta)分别暴露于浓度为0.45 mg·L-1、0.15 mg·L-1、0.05 mg·L-1苯并[a]芘溶液和0.45 mg·L-1、0.15 mg·L-1、0.05 mg·L-1菲的溶液中,采用单细胞凝胶电泳实验(彗星实验)技术检测不同暴露时间缢蛏血淋巴细胞的DNA损伤程度,对照组为清洁海水。结果显示,高浓度(0.45 mg·L-1)苯并[a]芘溶液和(0.45 mg·L-1)菲溶液在短期(7 d)内即可导致缢蛏血细胞显著的DNA损伤,并且随苯并芘[a]和菲浓度的增大和暴露时间的延长,DNA损伤程度增加。21 d恢复实验后,各浓度组DNA损伤又均有不同程度的恢复,但中高浓度组(0.45 mg·L-1和0.15 mg·L-1)与对照组仍显著性差异。两种多环芳烃物质对缢蛏血细胞的DNA损伤作用均存在较显著时间-剂量-效应关系。其中,苯并芘[a]对缢蛏血细胞的DNA损伤作用要高于菲。     

三丁基氯化锡对红鳍笛鲷的急性毒性及不同组织生化指标的影响

为研究有机锡化合物对海洋生物抗氧化防御系统和神经系统的影响,以我国东南沿海常见的中下层增养殖鱼类红鳍笛鲷(Lutjanus erythopterus)幼鱼为实验生物,采用半静态毒性实验方法,分别研究了三丁基氯化锡(tributyltin chloride,TBTCl)的急性毒性和96 h暴露时间内对红鳍笛鲷幼鱼鳃、脑和...     

Metabolic response under different salinity and temperature conditions for glass eel Anguilla japonica

Diadromous fish often enter freshwater directly from seawater via fish ladders or channels built in estuarine dams. The oxygen consumption rates (OCR) of glass eel, Anguilla japonica, were determined using an automatic intermittent flow respirometer under various salinity and temperature regimes to physiologically explain this direct movement. The endogenous rhythm of the OCR in wild glass eels, freshly collected from estuaries, was nearly synchronous with the tidal pattern at the estuarine collection site. When the salinity was changed from 20 psu (12°C) at a constant temperature to that of freshwater, the OCR of the glass eels decreased by 21.6±7.0% (mean ± SD) (P<0.05), showing a dampened rhythm for about 48 h. After this period of impediment, the glass eels resumed normal metabolic activity. Direct migration from seawater to freshwater under constant temperature would result in a severe physiological stress for these glass eels for about two days. When the glass eels were exposed to a cyclic change in water temperature of 2°C 26 h⁻¹, as they encounter in estuaries, and then were introduced to freshwater abruptly, the OCR rhythm corresponded to the cyclic changes in water temperature after exposure to freshwater. Under these conditions, the mean OCR of the glass eels had a small difference before and after exposure to freshwater. These data explained how glass eels can directly move from sea water into the freshwater without any apparent metabolic stress in the estuaries showing cyclic change in water temperature (Δt=2°C).     

Changes in water and ion transport in isolated intestines of the eel during salt adaptation and migration

When Japanese cultured eels, Anguilla japonica, were transferred from freshwater to sea-water, their body weight decreased by 15% on the second day and then recovered gradually to the original weight within a week. Serum sodium content increased by 58% on the second day, and thereafter decreased to a constant level. Isolated intestines from these eels were bathed on both sides, mucosal and serosal, by identical Ringer solution. The water and sodium transort was very active from mucosa to serosa in such isolated intestines of sea-water-adapted eels. This active movement was particularly dominant during the week after transferring the eel to seawater, and a peak was reached on the fifth day. The molar ratio of water to sodium in the fluid moving across the intestinal wall was higher in sea-water-adapted eels than in freshwater eels. The isolated intestines taken from silver eels during their catadromous migration, but still in the river, showed a larger amount of water transport and a higher molar ratio of water to sodium than intestines from yellow sedentary eels. These adaptive properties are a prerequisite for the marine life of the eel.     

Effects of arsenic on osmoregulation in the tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus reared in seawater

The effects of arsenic (As₂O₃) on plasma osmolarity, Na and K concentrations, the activity of gill Na–K-ATPase, and on the ultrastructure of gill chloride cells were compared between seawater tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus) and freshwater tilapia in the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, between 1989 and 1991. Arsenic was found to be more lethal in seawater tilapia [96 h LC₅₀ (median lethal concentration): 26.5 ppm] than in freshwater ones (71.7 ppm). No significant effect was found on plasma ion concentrations and osmolarity, enzyme activity or the ultrastructure of chloride cells in freshwater tilapia after 96 h exposure to 70 ppm arsenic. In contrast, 96 h exposure to 15 ppm arsenic caused evident effects in seawater tilapia: an increase in plasma osmolarity and activity of gill Na–K-ATPase, as well as better development of the chloride cell tubular system. These data suggest that the lethal effect of arsenic may be partially attributed to a hydromineral disturbance in seawater tilapia, but in freshwater tilapia arsenic perhaps causes destruction in some physiological mechanisms other than osmoregulation. The activation of gill Na–K-ATPase and chloride cells in seawater tilapia appears to indicate an adaptation in the osmoregulatory mechanism to arsenic exposure, i.e., to enhance secreting ions or arsenic in the gills.     

Environmental levels of sediment-associated tri-n-butyltin chloride (TBTCl) and ionic regulation in flounders during seawater adaptation

The effects of exposure to sediment-associated tri-n-butyltin chloride (TBTCl) were examined in the euryhaline European flounder, Platichthys flesus (L.). The effects were quantified by measuring the changes in sodium efflux; Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity; and the numbers, areas, and distribution of chloride cells in the gills of freshwater-adapted fish, following a rapid transfer to seawater. Following the transfer to seawater, the Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase activity and the sodium efflux were significantly increased in the control group but remained unchanged in the TBTCl-exposed group. The normal morphological changes to the gill epithelium associated with seawater adaptation, which involve chloride cell distribution, took place in the control group but were significantly inhibited or delayed in the TBTCl group. The results presented in this study lead to the conclusion that environmental concentrations of tri-n-butyltin chloride in sediments are capable of significantly disrupting both the physiological and the morphological components of iono-regulatory functions of an estuarine flatfish.     

Effects of tributyl-tin on a marine microalga, Tetraselimis suecica

Marine pollutants induce changes in microalgal metabolism. In this study effects of tributyl-tin chloride (TBTCl) on a marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica was studied. The changes induced by TBTCI on growth rate, viability and biochemicals were assessed. In acute exposure to TBTCl, EC50 estimated for 24 hr was 2.02 microg ml(-1), whereas total lethality was observed at 4 microg ml(-1). In chronic exposure to TBTCl, at higher concentrations (0.5-1 microg ml(-1)) growth rate, chlorophyll pigments, carbohydrate and protein contents were reduced. The results of this study indicate that TBTCl toxicity made drastic changes in growth and biochemical composition of T. suecica.     

Primary and secondary stress responses of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) exposed to benzene

Striped bass (Morone saxatilis) were collected from the San Francisco Bay-Delta estuary in 1982, from areas distant from pollution sources. After acclimatization, plasma cortisol concentration (primary response) and blood biochemicals indicative of energy mobilization (secondary responses) were followed in individuals exposed to sublethal levels of benzene for up to 21 d. Despite the persistence of benzene in blood and liver tissues for the exposure duration, stress responses were moderate and returned to control values within the initial 7 d. Blood and liver rapidly accumulated benzene to approximately 20 times the exposure concentrations (0.1 and 1.0 ppm). Concentrations of cortisol and secondary response variables were not proportional to benzene exposure or to accumulation levels, however. Plasma cortisol concentrations increased two- to three-fold at 8 h and returned to control levels prior to 48 h exposure. Glucose, lactate, H⁺, protein and triglyceride concentrations were elevated during the initial 4 h to 7 d, with protein and triglyceride returning to normal levels prior to the other secondary response variables. From the perspective of the general adaptation syndrome (GAS), benzene activated the hypothalamo-pituitary-interrenal axis, resulting in clinical stress responses characteristics of an alarm reaction. The time-courses and amplitudes of primary and secondary responses to benzene suggest the sensory perception of a noxious agent eliciting mild, acute stress followed by adaptation.     

Changes in intestinal absorption and renal excretion of water during adaptation to sea-water in the Japanese eel

The rate of sea-water ingestion in Japanese cultured eels, Anguilla japonica, adapted to sea-water for one week, was 89±9.5 ml/kg/day; approximately 75% of the ingested water was absorbed by the intestine. Similar rates of ingestion and absorption of water were also found with sea-water-adapted rainbow trout, Salmo gairdnerii, and two species of marine teleosts, Stephanolepis cirrhifer and Goniistius zonatus. When cultured eels were transferred from freshwater to sea-water the amount of ingested and absorbed water inoreased gradually to a maximum on the 5^th day and then decreased to a constant level. The urine flow and glomerular filtration rate were found to be high in freshwater cultured eels, and both reduced markedly within 6 h after transferring the eel to sea-water. The reabsorption of water by the renal tubules was very small in both the freshwater and sea-water-adapted (6 h) eels. On the other hand, in the eels adapted to sea-water for 10 days the rate of urine flow was also very slight but the glomerular filtration rate recovered to that of the freshwater eels. Thus, water reabsorption by the tubules increased to a large degree. The results seem to indicate the existence of two distinct phases in the renal function during sea-water adaptation of cultured eels.     

非暴露式气管滴注3种典型纳米材料对大鼠肝、肾的毒性效应

为探讨纳米二氧化硅(Nano-SiO2)、纳米四氧化三铁(Nano-Fe3O4)和单壁碳纳米管(SWCNTs)对大鼠肝、肾的毒性效应,将49只雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为7组,包括生理盐水对照组,以及3种纳米材料的低剂量组(2mg·mL-1)和高剂量组(10mg·mL-1),采用非暴露式气管滴注法染毒,每2d染毒1次,每次每只0.2mL,共染毒5周,眼眶取血后处死大鼠,称肝、肾重量计算脏器系数,测定大鼠血清中反映肝、肾功能的生化指标,并对肝、肾进行病理学观察.结果表明,1)3种纳米材料均可导致大鼠体重明显降低,但对肝、肾脏器系数无明显影响;2)病理学观察发现,3种纳米材料均可导致大鼠肝细胞轻度脂肪变性,肾脏则无明显改变;3)3种纳米材料均可导致大鼠肝功能异常,部分肝功能指标如谷草转氨酶(AST)、碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、谷丙转氨酶(ALT)等出现显著降低;4)3种纳米材料均可导致大鼠肾功能异常,部分肾功能指标如尿酸(UA)、肌酐(CREA)、尿素氮(BUN)等出现显著升高或降低.以上结果提示,经呼吸道染毒的Nano-SiO2、Nano-Fe3O4和SWCNTs均可对大鼠肝、肾产生一定的毒性效应.     

Biochemical and histopathological ultrastructural changes caused by ZnO nanoparticles in mice

Five week-old mice were divided into a vehicle control group, and groups exposed to ZnO nanoparticles at low (0.5 g/kg), middle (1 g/kg), high (3 g/kg), and exceptionally high-dose (5 g/kg). After the first, second, third, and fourth weeks’ of exposure, blood biochemistry, histopathology, and electron microscopic ultrastructural changes in liver, kidney and spleen were investigated. Increased alkaline phosphatase activities were observed in all treated mice being statistically significant at higher dose. No changes were observed in the serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, creatinine, blood urea nitrogen, and lipid levels. During the first and second weeks of the treatment, effects on the cytoarchitecture of liver, kidney, and spleen were not perceived while during the third and fouth weeks of treatment sporadic mild effects were seen. Ultrastructural electron microscopic changes in liver, kidney, and spleen were not observed for the low-dose group on the first, second, third, and fourth weeks, suggesting that exposure to ZnO nanoparticles at low dose is safe. Long-term (i.e., more than 28 days) exposure to the exceptionally high-dose resulted in sporadic changes in nuclear chromatin condensation, irregular nuclear membrane, polymorphic mitochondria, mitochondrial swelling, and vacuolation. ZnO nanoparticles could be well tolerated and no death occurred in any group of treated mice.