Project description:Understanding the interactions of nanostructures with biological systems is essential to nanotoxicological research. Using a microarray-based toxicogenomics approach at early stage, this study investigated the relationship between particle size and toxicity of silica particles (SP) with diameters of 30, 70, and 300 nm (SP30, SP70, and SP300) as well as the mechanism of injury in mice. Two experiments with SiO2 particles of different sizes were considered in mice. One was aimed to investigate the dose-response relationship of SP70 toxicity at a dose of 10, 20, or 40 mg/kg (experiment 1), and the other set to study the size-response relationship of SP-induced toxicity using SP30, SP70, or SP300 (experiment 2). In experiment 2, two dosages each of SP30, SP70, and SP300 were performed. One was 10 mg/kg at three particle sizes, and the other was toxic doses of the three particle sizes, i.e., 10 mg/kg for SP30, 40 mg/kg for SP70, and 200 mg/kg for SP300. The toxic doses of the three particle sizes of SP were decided on the basis of the results of histopathological examinations and serum biochemical analysis in our previous study.n = 5
Project description:The pollution of the environment with microplastics has been recognized as an emerging threat worldwide. Due to an exponential increase in production of plastic over the last eight decades and its longevity in the environment, accumulating amounts of microplastic are polluting rivers, lakes and the ocean. Their entry pathways are diverse and still only incompletely understood. Since microplastics are usually defined smaller than 5 mm, it can be ingested by a wide range of aquatic organisms including teleost fish. There are different approaches to study the detrimental effects of pollutants on aquatic organisms. On the one hand, generic baseline parameters such as growth and mortality are regularly considered, often accompanied by established stress parameters such as cortisol, heat shock proteins or lipid oxidation. The conflicting findings to date suggest that these parameters might not be sensitive enough to indicate the physiological effects of environmentally relevant microplastic concentrations. For this reason, more sophisticated biological approaches could provide new insights into whether and how microplastics harm fish. To date, proteomic approaches have been used only sporadically when investigating the effects of microplastic exposure on aquatic organisms. So far, this approach has not been used to address potential microplastic impacts in fish. In the present study, a proteomic approach was trialed alongside established methods in an investigation of fish experiencing long-term exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastics. Two groups of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss were exposed to microplastic concentrations and sizes currently encountered in wild fish and an increased concentration, expected to occur in the near future. These groups where compared to a control group maintained in MP free conditions. Five fish of each treatment were sampled at three time points (week 1, week 4, week 17). The experiments were performed in triplicates, resulting in 45 samples used in the proteomic analysis.
Project description:The freshwater mussel Dreissena bugensis was exposed for nine days to different microplastic particles, in detail, to three petroleum-based polymers (polyamide (PA), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS)), to one bio-based polymer (polylactic acid (PLA)) and to ground mussel shells (MS), serving as a natural particle control (size range: 20-75 µm;1000 p ml-1). Behavior endpoints were analyzed with hall sensor based real-time valvometry. Additionally, biochemical alterations of ROS detoxifying enzymes were analyzed, and a proteomic profiling on digestive gland tissue was performed.
2022-11-11 | PXD030056 | Pride
Project description:Fate of antibiotic resistance genes in aerobic granular sludge with different particle sizes