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Dibromoacetonitrile exposure induces neurobehavioral toxicity in adult zebrafish via disruption of multiple neural pathways

ABSTRACT: Disinfecting drinking water is a good public health strategy to stop the spread of contagious waterborne illnesses. However, during the disinfection process, some organic compounds in water react with disinfectants to produce disinfection by-products, such as haloacetonitriles (HANs) and halonitromethanes. Among HANs, the detection frequency of dibromoacetonitrile (DBAN) is high, which has attracted wide attention from scholars. It is not known whether DBAN exposure will harm the ecological environment by damaging aquatic biological nerves. In this paper, adult zebrafish were used as model animals, and blank control groups and different dose groups (1.6, 8, 40, 200, and 1000 μg/L DBAN) were set up to be exposed for 8 consecutive weeks. During the period, the health status of zebrafish in each group was observed and recorded. After the exposure, behavioral tests and transcriptome sequencing were performed to comprehensively investigate the effects of different doses of DBAN exposure on the neurotoxicity of zebrafish and explore the related mechanisms. The results showed that 200-1000 μg/L DBAN exposure could reduce the survival rate of zebrafish, and the survival rate of male zebrafish was lower than that of female zebrafish. Exposure to 1.6-200 μg/L DBAN for 8 weeks also affected the behavior of zebrafish, resulting in delayed movement of zebrafish, significantly reduced swimming distance and range, and decreased maximum acceleration and swimming vitality. Transcriptome sequencing showed that the number of differentially expressed genes up-regulated or down-regulated in male zebrafish was much higher than that in female zebrafish after 8 weeks of exposure to 40 μg/L DBAN. Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) results showed that DBAN affected neurobehavioral-related genes such as ion imbalance, inhibition of synaptic neurodevelopment and neurotransmitter release in zebrafish, as well as light transduction, mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathway, ferroptosis, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway, Wnt signaling pathway, calcium signaling pathway and other pathways, and the effects on female and male zebrafish were different. For male zebrafish, the MAPK signaling pathway and calcium signaling pathway are particularly affected. For female zebrafish, the MAPK signaling pathway and the phototransduction signaling pathway are most affected. The above results indicate that during the 8-week exposure period, 200 μg/L DBAN exposure can cause zebrafish death, 1.6 μg/L DBAN exposure can affect the behavioral ability of zebrafish, and involves multiple nerve-related pathways, such as the MAPK pathway genes and light conduction pathways.

ORGANISM(S): Danio rerio

PROVIDER: GSE306907 | GEO | 2025/10/09

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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