Cu2+胁迫对单齿螺的毒性影响

以海生单齿螺(Monodonta labio)为受试生物,研究不同浓度Cu2+胁迫下,Cu2+对单齿螺的急性毒性、单齿螺对Cu2+的富集性以及Cu2+对单齿螺体内过氧化氢酶(CAT)和超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性的影响。结果表明,Cu2+对单齿螺的96和72 h的半致死浓度〔ρ(LC50)〕分别为19.36和38.49 mg.L-1,安全浓度(ρs)为1.936 mg.L-1。单齿螺对Cu2+的富集性随ρ(Cu2+)的增加而增强,具有明显的剂量效应。当ρ(Cu2+)为4.00 mg.L-1时,单齿螺对Cu2+的累积量随处理时间的增加而增加,具有较明显的时间效应。各Cu2+处理组单齿螺肝胰腺CAT活性均比对照(海水)组高,而且大多数处理组与对照组间差异均达显著水平(P<0.05)或极显著水平(P<0.01或P<0.001)。但部分Cu2+处理组单齿螺肝胰腺SOD活性低于对照组。     

Cu~（2＋）胁迫对单齿螺的毒性影响

以海生单齿螺（Monodonta labio）为受试生物,研究不同浓度Cu2＋胁迫下,Cu2＋对单齿螺的急性毒性、单齿螺对Cu2＋的富集性以及Cu2＋对单齿螺体内过氧化氢酶（CAT）和超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性的影响。结果表明,Cu2＋对单齿螺的96和72 h的半致死浓度〔ρ（LC50）〕分别为19.36和38.49 mg.L-1,安全浓度（ρs）为1.936 mg.L-1。单齿螺对Cu2＋的富集性随ρ（Cu2＋）的增加而增强,具有明显的剂量效应。当ρ（Cu2＋）为4.00 mg.L-1时,单齿螺对Cu2＋的累积量随处理时间的增加而增加,具有较明显的时间效应。各Cu2＋处理组单齿螺肝胰腺CAT活性均比对照（海水）组高,而且大多数处理组与对照组间差异均达显著水平（P〈0.05）或极显著水平（P〈0.01或P〈0.001）。但部分Cu2＋处理组单齿螺肝胰腺SOD活性低于对照组。     

络合硫酸铜除藻剂应急治理水华对水质及鱼类的影响

在水华爆发严重时期,投加络合硫酸铜除藻剂对富营养化池塘进行应急治理,考察了投药后水体的水质动态变化及非洲鲫鱼对铜的富集作用。结果表明,水华在投药后得到了有效控制,ρ(叶绿素a)从298.98降至40.71μg.L-1,浊度从14.45降至5.70 NTU,投药期间水体ρ(Cu2+)低于0.3 mg.L-1;停止投药后10 d藻类生物量开始上升,叶绿素a浓度从40.71上升至125.29μg.L-1,浊度从5.70上升至12.15 NTU,22 d后水体ρ(Cu2+)低于检出限。非洲鲫鱼各组织对铜的富集能力从大到小依次为肝脏(512.50 mg.kg-1)、鳃(17.00 mg.kg-1)、肌肉,鱼肉中未发现明显的铜富集,停止投药后鱼鳃中铜富集量明显降低。     

腐殖酸作用下沉积物中纳米氧化铜对铜锈环棱螺生态毒性的影响

为了探讨不同水平腐殖酸作用下沉积物中纳米氧化铜(CuO-NPs)对底栖生物生态毒理学效应的影响,以铜锈环棱螺(Bellamya aeruginosa)为受试生物,通过腐殖酸和CuO-NPs加标沉积物的慢性(28 d)生物测试,研究了肝胰脏中Cu的生物积累、Na+K+-ATP酶(ATPase)、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)以及过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性的变化规律.结果表明,在低浓度CuO-NPs处理组(60 μg·g1),沉积物中腐殖酸水平对Cu的生物积累以及ATPase、SOD和CAT活性均没有显著影响.在中、高浓度CuO-NPs处理组(≥180 μg·g-1),Cu的生物积累均随腐殖酸水平的增加而显著升高;肝胰脏ATPase活性随腐殖酸水平的增加而显著下降;当腐殖酸水平为0.05 g·g-1时,SOD活性显著高于未添加腐殖酸组,表现为显著诱导,当腐殖酸水平≥0.1g·g-1时,SOD活性开始下降,并具有浓度依赖性;随腐殖酸水平的增加,肝胰脏CAT活性总体上表现为浓度依赖性显著下降.由于沉积物中腐殖酸的存在,显著增加CuO-NPs在沉积物中的分散稳定性,更容易被铜锈环棱螺摄取,从而通过增加CuO-NPs的生物积累而增强对铜锈环棱螺的生态毒性.     

十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)对克氏原螯虾抗氧化功能和酸性磷酸酶活性的影响

研究了不同浓度(0、35、70、140和280 mg·L-1)十二烷基硫酸钠(SDS)对克氏原螯虾(Procambarus clarkii)肝胰腺和鳃的毒性效应。结果表明,肝胰腺和鳃超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性与SDS浓度及暴露时间密切相关,总体表现为低浓度(≤70 mg·L-1)下受诱导而高浓度(≥140 mg·L-1)下受抑制、暴露时间延长则活性下降的趋势,肝胰腺SOD对高浓度SDS(≥140 mg·L-1)胁迫比鳃SOD更为敏感。2种组织过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性变化趋势总体相似,表现为先升高后下降,鳃CAT活性受诱导或受抑制程度均低于肝胰腺。肝胰腺和鳃酸性磷酸酶(ACP)活性变化大体分别表现为上升—下降和下降—上升—下降,肝胰腺ACP对SDS胁迫高度敏感,暴露24 h时即出现显著受诱导现象(P0.05或P0.01),对SDS胁迫具有指示作用。肝胰腺和鳃还原型谷胱甘肽(GSH)含量均表现出先升高后下降趋势,两者分别在48和24 h时达最大值,肝胰腺GSH主要在抵御较低浓度SDS(≤140 mg·L-1)胁迫中发挥重要作用,而鳃GSH含量在24 h内极显著升高(P0.01),鳃GSH比肝胰腺更容易受诱导。由此可见,克氏原螯虾可通过调节抗氧化系统及物质代谢来抵御SDS胁迫,且多数酶表现出明显的时间-剂量效应,而肝胰腺ACP和鳃GSH对SDS胁迫敏感,可作为SDS污染的潜在生物指示物。     

硫酸锌胁迫下克氏原螯虾对重金属锌的富集

将克氏原螯虾(Procambarus clarkii)成虾在ρ(Zn2+)为0.40、4.04和40.37 mg.L-1ZnSO4溶液中浸浴21 d,分别于2、8 h,1、3、7、14和21 d时每个暴露浓度组随机抽取6尾螯虾,测定其血淋巴、鳃、肝胰腺、消化道、生殖腺、触角腺及肌肉中w(Zn2+),分析各组织对Zn2+的富集情况。结果显示,随暴露时间的增加,各浓度组鳃、肝胰腺及肌肉中w(Zn2+)呈上升趋势。克氏原螯虾鳃和肝胰腺对Zn2+有较强的富集能力,这2种组织在3种浓度Zn2+溶液中的富集系数(BCF)分别为407.78、79.46、40.80和656.90、143.58、41.39。克氏原螯虾触角腺、性腺、消化道和血淋巴对Zn2+的富集效应不明显,在暴露前期各浓度组触角腺和性腺中w(Zn2+)不断增大,随后迅速下降,并保持略低于对照组的水平。各浓度组克氏原螯虾消化道中w(Zn2+)均出现2次峰值;4.04 mg.L-1及其以下浓度组血淋巴中w(Zn2+)出现1次峰值,而40.37 mg.L-1浓度组出现3次峰值,暴露浓度越高,血淋巴中w(Zn2+)出现第1次峰值所需时间越短,且峰值越大。上述结果表明克氏原螯虾是容易富集锌的物种,鳃和肝胰腺是锌富集的主要部位,因此为保证食用安全,应避免食用锌胁迫群体的肝胰腺和鳃。     

湖南湘江铜锈环棱螺中5种重金属元素富集和分布特征

为了探讨湘江水体生态系统重金属污染的生态风险,研究了Pb、Cd、Zn、Mn、Cu在7个江段的铜锈环棱螺器官的积累和分布特征,用金属污染指数评价了重金属生态风险.结果表明:湘江中游铜锈环棱螺各器官中重金属元素的含量差异明显,Pb富集于壳,Cd主要富集于内脏团和外套膜,Zn、Cu含量各部位相对稳定,Mn含量无规律;7个采样点铜锈环棱螺的Pb、Cd、Zn、Mn、Cu的平均富集系数为0.19、7.51、5.64、0.74、11.22,铜锈环棱螺对Zn、Cd、Cu的富集作用明显;铜锈环棱螺可作为水域Zn、Cd、Cu污染的生物修复物种或指示生物物种.金属污染指数显示,松柏镇、霞流镇和霞湾江段存在着较为严重的污染.因此,湘江中游污染治理中应重点关注松柏镇、霞流镇、霞湾等位置污染情况,以期减少对该流域人民的生活、生产与健康的危害.     

铜锈环棱螺室内实验条件优化

铜锈环棱螺作为一种新兴的潜在生态毒理学模式生物,适宜实验条件是开展其室内毒理学研究的基础。在人为控制条件下,初步探讨了饵料、水深、底质、密度和钙离子浓度养殖条件对铜锈环棱螺成体生长的影响,并进一步对麻醉条件进行了筛选(Mg Cl2·2H2O、乙醇、丁香酚、盐酸普鲁卡因和MS-222)。结果表明:当投喂冰鲜小球藻、密度6个·L-1水体积、水深10~15cm、泥土底质并且水中钙离子浓度30 mg·L-1时,铜锈环棱螺的体重增长最为明显。麻醉效果表明,Mg Cl2·2H2O对成螺的麻醉时间短并且伤害小,可作为实验用麻醉剂首选。以上研究结果为发展以铜锈环棱螺为模式生物开展环境(生态)毒理学研究奠定了基础。     

阿维菌素对中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺氧化胁迫效应和组织结构的影响

采用半静态染毒法,研究不同浓度(1.6、8.0、16.0μg·L-1)阿维菌素在胁迫中华绒螯蟹12、24、48、96 h时肝胰腺超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性和丙二醛(MDA)积累量等氧化胁迫相关指标的变化;并在胁迫60 d时,记录各实验组和对照组中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺颜色的变化并进行组织病理观察。3个阿维菌素浓度组为实验组,空白组和溶剂组为对照组。结果表明在整个实验过程中空白组和溶剂组各个时间点各项指标之间无显著差异(P>0.05);低浓度(1.6μg·L-1)组SOD和CAT活力变化不显著(P>0.05);中浓度(8.0μg·L-1)组SOD和CAT活力变化趋势一致,持续被诱导,SOD活力在24 h以后显著高于空白组(P<0.01),CAT活力在48 h以后显著高于空白组(P<0.01);高浓度(16.0μg·L-1)组SOD和CAT活力在12 h~24 h之间变化趋势一致,表现为显著升高(P<0.05),但是在48 h之后,SOD活力显著下降(P<0.05);96 h时,高浓度组SOD活力显著低于空白组(P<0.01),而CAT活力显著高于空白组(P<0.01);在整个实验过程中各实验组MDA积累量逐渐增加,高浓度组氧化胁迫指标的变化幅度大于低浓度组。胁迫60 d时,取样观察可见对照组中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺正常,各实验组中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺发生了不同程度的病变,肝胰腺颜色由最开始的橘黄色变成了淡黄色、黄白色甚至白色,高、中、低各浓度组肝胰腺白化所占的比例分别是66.6%、57.1%和25.0%。组织病理分析显示,淡黄色肝胰腺的病理变化主要是B细胞数量减少,肝胰腺上皮细胞部分肿大并出现空泡;黄白肝病理观察可见肝胰腺上皮细胞中空泡数量增多,体积增大,且空泡内出现内容物,细胞核固缩;白肝的病理表现主要是基膜增厚,上皮细胞大量脱落,散落在管腔中,空泡数量进一步增多,肝胰腺的生理功能受损。由此得出,阿维菌素会对中华绒螯蟹肝胰腺造成氧化胁迫和组织损伤,且阿维菌素和对肝胰腺的氧化胁迫效应和组织结构损伤程度有一定的剂量-效应关系。     

典型重金属胁迫对日本沼虾的氧化损伤及交互作用

为深入探讨水体不同浓度重金属联合对水生生物的慢性毒性机制,本研究以日本沼虾(Macrobranchium nipponense)为受试生物,镉(Cd)和铅(Pb)为目标金属,超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)、金属硫蛋白(MT)和丙二醛(MDA)为测试终点,研究不同浓度的Cd和Pb单一及联合暴露对日本沼虾的氧化损伤及交互作用。实验结果表明:Cd对虾的致死浓度为1 mg·L-1,当其与同浓度Pb联合时,致死毒性增强;在0.01 mg·L-1和0.1 mg·L-1下联合时均表现为拮抗作用。不同处理组对标志物产生不同程度的诱导或抑制效应,其中,SOD活性均受到胁迫抑制,0.1 mg·L-1Cd暴露10 d后对肝胰腺SOD抑制率达53.38%,0.1 mg·L-1Pb暴露10 d后对肌肉SOD抑制率达70.02%;CAT活性整体受胁迫激活,肝胰腺与肌肉CAT活性在时间尺度上呈现相反的变化规律;肝胰腺中MT和MDA对重金属的敏感性要高于肌肉;综合生物标志物响应(IBR)评价表明,机体在时间尺度上可通过酶活性调节而具有一定的解毒功能,但并不能消除重金属引起的氧化损伤,且重金属单一毒性要高于联合毒性,其中Cd对肝胰腺毒性最大,Pb对肌肉毒性最大。研究结果能够为水体重金属生态风险预警、水质基准制定及流域水环境管理提供依据。     

Applications of chitosan in food,pharmaceuticals, medicine,cosmetics, agriculture,textiles, pulp and paper,biotechnology, and environmental chemistry

Environmental Chemistry Letters - Chitosan is a biopolymer obtained from chitin, one of the most abundant and renewable materials on Earth. Chitin is a primary component of cell walls in fungi, the...     

Metal passivity as mechanism of metal carcinogenesis: Chromium,nickel, iron,copper, cobalt,platinum, molybdenum

For the transition metals chromium, nickel, iron, copper, cobalt, platinum, and molybdenum, mechanisms of stable bonding in biochemistry (emphasis on carcinogenic mechanisms), chemistry, industrial chemistry, as well as epidemiological, occupational, orthopedic (implant devices) effects related to carcinogenesis, were reviewed. Hypothetically, the propensity to stable bonding (inertness), which ensures the metals’ performance capacity for consumers and industrial application, relates to their carcinogenicity. For chromium, a relationship between industrial/chemical and biological reactivity was noted for the tendency of Cr(III) ions to cause hydrolysis previous to stable bonding, as occurs during anodic passivation, leather tanning, and as indicated in biochemical studies pertaining to a mechanism of DNA condensation, which was suggested as a carcinogenic mechanism. The involvement of metal hydrolysis in both anodic passivation and biochemistry was noted also for nickel, iron, and platinum; the DNA interaction of platinum (cis-platin) is known to depend on hydrolysis. For nickel, issues of potential (V) were found important in both passivation and carcinogenicity. Comparably, the passivity behavior of cobalt and copper was found atypical, and their carcinogenicity yet unclear. Molybdenum, contained in passivated metallic implants, may relate to implant-associated carcinogenesis. Occupational carcinogenic effects were indicated for chromium, nickel, iron, and cobalt as caused by both reactive and passivated metal species. Exposure to acids and chronic respiratory irritation/infection/inflammation in workers were important cofactors in metal carcinogenesis. For wood and leather workers exposed to dust, the assumed presence in dust of metal particles abraded from alloys (sawing or cutting blades) may be a carcinogenic exposure hazard.     

Lead,cadmium, copper,zinc, iron,and calcium in human hair as a function of gender,age, smoking,and hair dyeing

Hair samples were collected randomly from 110 subjects (55 male and 55 female) ranging in age from (<15–60) years. Each subject was asked to complete a personal questionnaire describing his/her sex, age, general health, smoking, use of hair dyes, occupational area, and living habits. Concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu, Zn, Fe, and Ca in human hair samples were evaluated using atomic absorption spectrometry. Results indicated that concentrations of Pb, Cd, Cu, and Zn in the hair of smokers were higher than those in the hair of non-smokers, whereas, Fe and Ca concentrations in hair of smokers were lower than those in hair of non-smokers. Moreover, the concentrations of these elements are higher in dyed hair compared with undyed hair.     

Fragmentation of Phragmites Habitats, Minimum Viable Population Size, Habitat Suitability, and Local Extinction of Moths, Midges, Flies, Aphids, and Birds

Results from populations of insects and birds inhabiting Phragmites habitats were used to analyze effects of fragmentation. Flush-crash cycles of the stem-boring moth Archanara geminipuncta (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) showed regionally concurrent, local extinctions despite an originally enormous population size (more than 180,000 adults), emphasizing the importance of metapopulation dynamics. Further, A. geminipuncta could be considered a keystone species, since shoot damage facilitated more than twenty species of herbivores, saprovores (of the caterpillars' feces), and their parasitoids. The gall midge Lasioptera arundinis could survive only in side shoots induced by shoot damage of A. geminipuncta .
Small Phragmites stands had thinner shoots (due to a water or nutrient deficiency) and shoots with more leaves (due to a better light supply) than large stands, thereby influencing species-specific demands for habitat suitability and nutritiousness of reed tissue. In other words significance of habitat fragmentation could not be assessed by area alone. For example, two chloropid flies depending on thin, yellowish shoots survived only in small habitats or in the unmown edges of large habitats.
Local persistence of Phragmites herbivores depended on much larger population sizes than could be expected from a population size sufficient to maintain genetic variation. At least 11,000 adults of the gall midge Giraudiella inclusa (or more than 84,000 galls) were necessary to avoid local extinction.
With regard to conservation management of reed habitats, nature reserves should consist of old and unmown reeds, have fewer disturbed (particularly, fewer mown) habitat edges, measure more than two hectares (priority should go to the largest remaining fragments), and be surrounded by nearby reed habitats providing reservoir populations and diverse shoot types.     

Research progress on distribution,sources, identification,toxicity, and biodegradation of microplastics in the ocean,freshwater, and soil environment

• Microplastics are widely found in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. • Cleaning products and discarded plastic waste are primary sources of microplastics. • Microplastics have apparent toxic effects on the growth of fish and soil plants. • Multiple strains of biodegradable microplastics have been isolated. Microplastics (MPs) are distributed in the oceans, freshwater, and soil environment and have become major pollutants. MPs are generally referred to as plastic particles less than 5 mm in diameter. They consist of primary microplastics synthesized in microscopic size manufactured production and secondary microplastics generated by physical and environmental degradation. Plastic particles are long-lived pollutants that are highly resistant to environmental degradation. In this review, the distribution and possible sources of MPs in aquatic and terrestrial environments are described. Moreover, the adverse effects of MPs on natural creatures due to ingestion have been discussed. We also have summarized identification methods based on MPs particle size and chemical bond. To control the pollution of MPs, the biodegradation of MPs under the action of different microbes has also been reviewed in this work. This review will contribute to a better understanding of MPs pollution in the environment, as well as their identification, toxicity, and biodegradation in the ocean, freshwater, and soil, and the assessment and control of microplastics exposure.     

Fractionation of trace metals (Mn,Zn, Cu,Pb) in Red Sea sediments,Gulf of Aden,Yemen

A sequential extraction technique was applied to estimate the chemical association of Mn, Zn, Cu and Pb in five chemical phases (exchangeable, carbonate, Fe–Mn oxides, organic matter and residual) in sediments of the Gulf of Aden, Yemen. The results indicated that a higher level of Mn was associated with the residual fraction (natural sources) than the non-residual fraction (anthropogenic sources). Zn fractionations revealed that it was associated more with Fe–Mn oxides and organic fractions than exchangeable and carbonate fractions. Most of the Cu was present in the residual form (60–72%) except for in the main port area (zone III), where it was associated with the organic phase (77% of the total Cu content, the organic matter content was 5%). Similarly, most Pb was bound in the residual fraction (56–71%) except the main port area where ～ 62% of the total Pb was bound in non-residual fractions. It was also found that the Pb concentration in the exchangeable fraction was very high compared with other metals. The risk assessment code for the metals showed a low risk for Zn and Cu, but low to medium risk for Mn. Fractionation of Pb showed medium risk at most of the regions except at the eastern area, which revealed a high risk for the aquatic environment.     

The distribution of,and relation among,mercury and methylmercury,organic carbon,carbonate, nitrogen and phosphorus,in periphyton of the South Florida ecosystem

Periphyton samples from Water Conservation Areas, Big Cypress National Preserve, and Everglades National Park in south Florida were analyzed for concentrations of total mercury, methylmercury, nitrogen, phosphorus, organic carbon, and inorganic carbon. Concentrations of total mercury in periphyton decrease slightly along a gradient from north‐to‐south. Both total mercury and methylmercury are positively correlated with organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in periphyton. In horizontal sections of periphyton mats, total mercury concentrations tend to be largest at the tops and bottoms of the mats. Methylmercury concentrations tend to be the largest near the bottom of mats. These localized elevated concentrations of methylmercury suggest that there are “hot spots”; of methylmercury in periphyton.     

Comparison of Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr, Sn, Mo Concentrations in Tissues of Fish (Roach and Perch) from Lake Baikal and Bratsk reservoir, Russia

Data on Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni, Cr, Sn, Mo concentrations in some food fish in Baikal Lake and Bratsk reservoir have been compared. The muscles, skin and gills of roach and perch (Rutilus rutilus and Perca fluviatis L.) were analysed. The conditions of atomic-emission analysis, detection limits, reproducibility, coefficients of transformation from the wet to dry mass and to an ash residue are reported. To verify accuracy, the results of reference samples OK-1 (Baikal perch) and OM-1 (Baikal roach) were used along with atomic-absorption and neutron-activation results of ashed and dried samples. The observed range of concentrations in tissues exceeds the probable analytical errors and reflects natural variability. The content of Zn, Cu, Pb, Ni and Cr in tissues of fish collected in the Bratsk reservoir from the conventionally uncontaminated and polluted sites correspond to the concentrations in tissues of similar fish from Lake Baikal. The latter are normal for fish of weakly mineralised oligotrophic reservoirs. The ranges of concentration in studied fish (roach and perch) consist of mg kg^–1 dry wt: in muscles-Zn(14–28), Cu(2.2–4.7), Pb(0.30–0.61); in skin-Zn(94–119), Cu(1.2–1.4), Pb(0.16–0.08); in gills-Zn(70–280), Cu(2.0–7.4), Pb(0.19–1.2).