Journal
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 205, Issue -, Pages 58-65Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2018.10.003
Keywords
Metformin; Metabolomics; Growth; Development
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- Canada Research Chairs, Tier 1 [950-221924]
- NSERC [360557-2011]
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Metformin is one of the most prevalent pharmaceuticals in both surface and waste waters, yet little is known about the bioavailability and/or effects of developmental exposure on early life stage (ELS) fish. Here, we demonstrate that embryo-larval stages of medaka are capable of taking up metformin from the aquatic environment, provided exposure occurs prior to chorion hardening (similar to 6-hpf). Once transferred to clean water, ELS medaka are able to completely depurate metformin in < 24-hours. Furthermore, ELS medaka exposed to a range of relevant concentrations of waterborne metformin (from 6 hpf through 28-days post hatch) had significantly reduced growth metrics, altered metabolomes, and changes in the expression of genes associated with cell growth. The range of concentrations investigated were 1.0, 3.2, 10, 32, and 100 mu g.L-1. To examine effects of chronic, low level metformin exposure across the full medaka life-cycle, we exposed newly fertilized embryos to 3.2 mu g L-1 waterborne metformin for 165-days. The weight and length of adult fish were examined, as were effects on the production of some steroid hormones, specifically a significant increase (control females: 0.161 +/- 0.023 pg/mg; metformin treated females: 3.42 +/- 0.543) in the production of 11-ketotestosterone was observed in adult female medaka. Collectively, these results suggest that current environmental exposure scenarios may be sufficient to cause effects on developing fish.
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