Journal
TOXICON
Volume 118, Issue -, Pages 13-20Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2016.04.030
Keywords
Microcystin-LR; Pathological damage; Immunity; Recovery; Fish
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- Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest [252503108]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2014PY040]
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Cyanobacterial blooms caused by water eutrophication have become a worldwide problem. Microcystins (MCs), especially microcystin-LR (MC-LR), released during cyanobacterial blooms exert great toxicity on fish and even lead to massive death. The present study mainly investigated the pathological damage and immune response of spleen, gut and gill in zebrafish exposed to MC-LR. Fish were exposed to 0, 1, 5 and 20 mu g/L. of MC-LR for 30 d. In zebrafish exposed to 5 and 20 mu g/L MC-LR, edematous mitochondria, deformation of the nucleus and compaction of chromatin were observed in lymphocyte of spleen; frayed gut villi, exfoliation of epithelial cells and widespread cell lyses were observed in intestines; hyperemia in gill lamellae, epithelial tissue edema and uplift and lamellar fusion were observed in gill. Varied changed gene expression was observed in spleen, intestine and gill of zebrafish. The transcriptional levels of IFN-1 and IL-8 in spleen significantly up-regulated in 20 mu g/L group, and the transcription of IL-1 beta and TNF alpha in spleen increased in 1 mu g/L MC-LR treated fish. In addition, the mRNA levels of IFN-1, IL-1 beta, IL-8, TGF-beta and TNF-alpha dramatically increased in intestine and gill in all MC-LR treated groups. The present studies indicated that MC-LR exposure caused marked pathological damage, however, fish could adjust actively the expression of innate immune-related genes to resist the tissue damage. Our findings provided strong evidence of the recovery potential of fish exposed to microcystins. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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