Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 234, Issue -, Pages 307-317Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.11.074
Keywords
Gut microbiota; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles; Bisphenol A; Combined toxicity; Zebrafish health
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21577168, 21237005]
- Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB14040103]
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Gut microbiota is of critical relevance to host health. However, toxicological understanding of environmental pollutants on gut microbiota is limited, not to mention their combined effects. In the present study, adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) were exposed to titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2; 100 mu g/L), bisphenol A (BPA; 0, 2, and 20 mu g/L) or their binary mixtures for three months. Sequencing of 16S rRNA amplicons found that nano-TiO2 and BPA coexposure shifted the intestinal microbial community, interacting in an antagonistic manner when the BPA concentration was low but in a synergistic manner at a higher BPA concentration. Sex-and concentration-dependent responses to the coexposure regime were also observed for zebrafish growth and intestinal health (e.g. neurotransmission, epithelial barrier permeability, inflammation, and oxidative stress). Correlation analysis showed that oxidative stress after nano-TiO2 and BPA coexposure was tightly associated with the imbalanced ratio of pathogenic Lawsonia and normal metabolic Hyphomicrobium, where higher abundance of Lawsonia but lower abundance of Hyphomicrobium were induced concurrently. A positive relationship was observed between zebrafish body weight and the abundance of Bacteroides in the gut, which was also closely associated with the genera of Anaerococcus, Finegoldia, and Peptoniphilus. This study revealed, for the first time, the combined effects of nano-TiO2 and BPA coexposure on the dynamics of the gut microbiome, which proved to have toxicological implications for zebrafish host health. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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