Project description:Microplastics represent a growing environmental concern for the oceans due to their potential capability to adsorb different classes of pollutants, thus representing a still unexplored source of exposure for aquatic organisms. In this study polystyrene (PS) microplastics were characterized for their capability to adsorb pyrene (PYR) as model compound for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and transfer this chemical to filter feeding mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis. Gene expression analyses of Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to polystyrene (PS) microplastics and to polystyrene contaminated with pyrene (PS-PYR) have been performed trough a DNA microarray platform.
Project description:Microplastics (MPs) as widespread contamination pose high risk for aquatic organisms.Intestinal microbiotahas have high interaction with immune system of host body. In this study, intestinal microbiota of zebrafish after Polystyrene (PS-MPs) exposure were characterized by 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing. We found that 100nm and 200μm PS-MPs exposure significantly increased diversity of intestinal microbiota and all the three sizes of PS-MPs increased abundance of pathogenic bacteria.
Project description:Microplastics are defined as plastics ranging in size from 0.1μm to 5mm. Currently, research is being conducted across various fields to examine the effects of microplastics. Some studies demonstrated negative impacts on cells and mice. However, there is a lack of research on the effects by long-term exposure to microplastics. Most of the papers evaluated cytotoxicity with period of less than 2 months. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the potential issues that may arise from prolonged exposure through food mixed with Polystyrene microplastic (PS-MP) for over a year. We divided our study into short, mid, and long-term periods to assess cytotoxicity through Glucose tolerance test, Insulin tolerance test, analysis of insulin and c-peptide levels, hanging, grip, treadmill, Y-maze and open field tests, Respiratory Exchange Ratio, Energy Expenditure, Activity, and body composition. Through this, we comprehensively examined potential issues related to mouse behavior, muscle, metabolism and other factors. After dissection, RNA sequencing was carried out to investigate the effects on genes. For further verification, RT-qPCR was conducted. To summarize, our study provides evidence suggesting that treatment of microplastics for a short term has adverse effects, but with prolonged exposure, their effects tend to diminish.
2025-04-17 | GSE261725 | GEO
Project description:skeletal toxicity studies of polystyrene nanoplastic in zebrafish
Project description:The toxic effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on aquatic ecosystems have been predominantly studied, with a focus on oxidative stress and inflammatory responses. However, this study comprehensively examined the effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on the development of zebrafish embryos using single-cell RNA sequencing analysis, explicitly investigating their effects on erythropoiesis. In vivo experiments were conducted using zebrafish embryos to validate the single-cell RNA sequencing analysis. Exposure to polystyrene nanoparticles resulted in a decrease in the proportion of mature erythrocytes due to an increase in immature erythrocytes during the erythrocyte differentiation process. Additionally, heme synthesis was impaired, leading to a decrease in the proportion of erythrocytes. These findings indicated the toxic effects of polystyrene nanoparticles on hematopoiesis.
Project description:Purpose: We report the application of NGS for profiling the impacts of BDE47 exposure on the transcriptome of zebrafish larvae. Methods: mRNA profiles of 6-day-old BDE47-treated and control zebrafish larvae were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina Hisq 2000 platform. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level with TopHat followed by Cufflinks. Results: Compared BDE47 treatments with solvent control, 2235 transcripts were affected after 500 μg/l exposure, in which 1338 were up-regulated and 897 were down-regulated, and 552 transcripts were affected after 5 μg/l exposure, in which 155 were up-regulated and 397 were down-regulated. High concentration of BDE47 exposure resulted in more up-regulated genes. Conclusions: This study provides a framework for the application of high-throughput RNA sequencing towards characterization of the impacts of BDE47 on whole zebrafish larval transcriptome. Examination of zebrafish larvae transcriptomes with vehicle and 2 different concentrations of BDE47 treatments.
Project description:Acute exposure to acrylamide (ACR), a type-2 alkene, may lead to a ataxia, skeletal muscles weakness and numbness of the extremities in exposed human and laboratory animals. Recently, a zebrafish model for ACR neurotoxicity mimicking most of the pathophysiological processes described in mammalian models, was generated in 8 days post-fertilization larvae. In order to better understand the predictive value of the zebrafish larvae model of acute ACR neurotoxicity, in the present manuscript the ACR acute neurotoxicity has been characterized in the brain of adult zebrafish, and the results compared with those obtained with the whole-larvae. Although qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data shows important differences in the ACR effects between the adult brain and the whole-larvae, the overall effects of ACR in adult zebrafish, including a significant decrease in locomotor activity, altered expression of transcriptional markers of proteins involved in synaptic vesicle cycle, presence of ACR-adducts on cysteine residues of some synaptic proteins, and changes in the profile of some neurotransmitter systems, are similar to those described in the larvae. Thus, these results support the suitability of the zebrafish ACR acute neurotoxicity recently developed in larvae for screening of molecules with therapeutic value to treat this toxic neuropathy.
Project description:Purpose: We report the application of NGS for the impacts of BDE47 exposure on the miRNA expression profiling of zebrafish larvae. Methods: miRNA profiles of 6-day-old BDE47-treated and control zebrafish larvae were generated by deep sequencing using Illumina Hisq 2000 platform. The sequence reads that passed quality filters were analyzed at the transcript isoform level with TopHat followed by Cufflinks. Results: Compared BDE47 treatments with solvent control, a dozen of validated zebrafish miRNAs, including dre-miR-142a-3p, dre-miR-142b-5p, dre-miR-144-3p, dre-miR-146a, dre-miR-190a, dre-miR-219-5p, dre-miR-301b-3p, dre-miR-459-5p, rno-miR-33-5p, dre-miR-735-3p, and dre-miR-735-5p, significantly changed their expressions. Conclusions: This study provides a framework for the application of high-throughput sequencing towards characterization of the impacts of BDE47 on whole zebrafish larval miRNA expression profiling.
Project description:Ingested microplastics (MPs) can accumulate throughout whole body, which may induce the dysfunction of immune system. However, it remains unclear how MP exposure affects innate immune responses at the cellular level. We found that mouse neutrophils strongly bind and then engulf polystyrene MPs. This interaction leads to proinflammatory state of neutrophils and eventually results in apoptotic cell death through toll-like receptor signaling pathway in a bacteria-recognition mimetic manner. Moreover, our data verified that orally administered polystyrene MPs reach various organs in mice, where they are interacted with and endocytosed by neutrophils. We confirmed that human neutrophils also strongly bind and internalize polystyrene MPs. Additionally, RNA sequencing analysis of polystyrene MPs-exposed human neutrophils showed the upregulation of cell death-related function. Therefore, the accumulated MPs may exacerbate inflammatory immune response by disrupting neutrophil function. These results provide novel insight into the adverse responses of neutrophils induced by MP exposure.
2025-03-18 | GSE291904 | GEO
Project description:Female zebrafish are more affected than males under polystyrene microplastics exposure