Journal
COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue -, Pages 50-61Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2016.04.004
Keywords
Danio redo; Embryotoxicity; Biomarkers; Genotoxicity; Species sensitivity distribution
Funding
- European Funds through COMPETE
- Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT)
- FCT [SFRH/BPD/90521/2012, SFRH/BPD/100448/2014]
- Ministry of Education of Brazil
- Ministry of Science and Technology of Brazil
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Several studies have shown high toxicity of the veterinary pharmaceutical ivermectin (a semisynthetic avermectin) for aquatic invertebrates however, few data is found for fish species. The present study evaluated the toxicity of ivermectin, to embryos, juveniles, and adults of zebrafish at different levels of biological organization including developmental, behavioural and biochemical. Toxicity tests were performed based on OECD protocols and mortality and behavioural changes were assed for all stages. Biochemical responses were assessed in adults and embryos and included cholinesterases (ChEs), catalase (CAT) (only in embryos), glutathione-S-Transferase (GST), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) and vitellogenin (VTG) like proteins (only in embryos). Genotoxicity was evaluated in adults. Results showed a higher sensitivity of juvenile and adults of zebrafish (96 h-LC10 valties of 14.0 and 55.4 mu g/L, respectively). For embryos a 96 h-LC10 of 147.1 mu g/L was calculated, moreover developmental anomalies and hatching inhibition were observed only at high concentrations (>400 mu g/L), whereas biochemical and behavioural responses occurred at lower concentrations (<60 mu g/L). Behavioural responses (lethargy) occurred in all life stages. Biochemical responses were observed including the inhibition of GST in adults and changes in ChE, CAT, LDH activities and VTG levels in embryos. Ivermectin did not show to be genotoxic for adult fish. The species sensitivity distribution analysis, based on fish and invertebrate species, indicated a Hazardous Concentration for 5% of the population (HC5) value of 0.057 mu g/L; suggesting high sensitivity of both groups to ivermectin and a high risk of this compound to aquatic ecosystems. (C) 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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