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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 263-269Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.05.049
Keywords
OMTOS; Ruditapes decussatus; Biomarkers; Vitellogenin; Ecotoxicology; Sublethal effects
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- Ministry of Higher Education, Carthage
- Laboratory of Environment Biomonitoring [99/UR12-30]
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences of Bizerte
- Envi-ronmental Research Institute, University College Cork
- Department of Biochemistry, University College Cork
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The effects of exposure to a novel synthetic organophosphorus compound, 2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-5, 6-trimethylene-4H-1, 3, 2-oxathiaphosphorine-2-sulfide (OMTOS) concentrations (Control=0, C1=0.01, C2=0.1, (3=1 and C4=10 mu g/L) were investigated in the clam Ruditapes decussatus. Vitellogenin (Vg)-like protein levels in haemolymph from males and females were investigated. Concentrations of 1 mu g/L and 10 mu g/L significantly decreased Vg levels in male haemolymph after 7 days, whereas significant variations were only found in females treated with 10 mu g/L. On the other hand, superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and acetylcholinesterase activities (AChE) in whole soft tissue were measured after 2, 4 and 7 days of exposure to the same series of concentrations. After 2 days of exposure, 0.1, I, and 10 mu g/L of OMTOS increased SOD activity significantly, but this decreased with 10 mu g/L after 4 and 7 days. No changes in CAT activity were observed after 2 days compared to controls. OMTOS significantly reduced AChE activity after 4 and 7 days in treated clams with the highest concentration 10 mu g/L, but it did not induce significant variations at the other concentrations tested. Our study demonstrates that OMTOS alters biochemical parameters in R. decussatus, even at low concentrations, and suggests differing modes of action of the contaminant Using clams is a powerful tool to provide valuable insights into possible mechanisms of environmental toxicity of novel synthetic organic products both in non-target organisms and the marine ecosystem. Additionally, our results highlight that biomarker responses facilitate elucidation of putative mechanisms of action of OMTOS in non-target species. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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