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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 139, Issue -, Pages 117-125Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.05.103
Keywords
Xenopus laevis larvae; Metals; Bioaccumulation; Micronucleus; Metallothioneins; Gene expression
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- French National Research Agency (ANR) [ANR 08-CES-014]
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The present investigation evaluates the recovery capabilities of Xenopus laevis following 12 days of exposure to 30 mu g Cd L-1 and 1000 mu g Zn L-1 alone or mixed, followed by a depuration phase in laboratory conditions. Focused endpoints, which were investigated at different times of depuration, are bioaccumulation of Cd and Zn, micronucleus induction, quantification of metallothioneins (MTs), and expression of genes involved in metal toxicity mechanisms. The results show that at the end of the contamination phase, there was higher metal bioaccumulation capability and MT synthesis in remaining tissues than in the liver. An increased expression of genes involved in detoxification and oxidative stress mechanisms was observed, suggesting an additive effect of both metals and a higher Zn regulation in the liver. During the depuration phase, the results show the recovery capability of Xenopus from 7 days of depuration related to metamorphosis processes, which were observed at the end of the experiment. The results confirm the relevance of the amphibian model and the complementarities between a marker of genotoxicity, MT production, bioaccumulation and transcriptional analysis in the evaluation of the ecotoxicological impact. The results also highlight the reversible effects of Cd and Zn toxicity. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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