Thallium's Threat to Aquatic Life: Stage-Specific Toxicity in Zebrafish Embryos and Larvae.

ABSTRACT: The escalating frequency of thallium (Tl) contamination incidents amplifies its environmental risk. However, the potential risk of Tl to aquatic organisms, especially across varying developmental stages, remains poorly understood. In this study, we employed zebrafish as a representative model organism and exposed zebrafish embryos and larvae at distinct developmental periods (specifically, 6 h postfertilization (hpf) and 72 hpf) to low concentrations of Tl(I) (0.25 and 0.50 mg/L). The exposure was performed for a short duration of 24 h, followed by a 96 h depuration period. Our results revealed that Tl(I) exerted disparate biological effects on zebrafish at different developmental stages. Embryos exhibited negligible uptake of Tl(I), whereas larvae showed a significant accumulation of Tl(I

SUBMITTER: Liu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11504704 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature