Journal
ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 396, Issue 2, Pages 641-647Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-009-3293-8
Keywords
Embryo assay; Emerging contaminants; In vitro fertilisation; Test cells
Funding
- Natural Environment Research Council [pml010003] Funding Source: researchfish
- NERC [pml010003] Funding Source: UKRI
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Benzotriazoles (BT) are applied as anticorrosive and de-icing agents and have been detected in a variety of aquatic ecosystems and municipal wastewater effluents. We have assessed the developmental effects of benzotriazole (CAS number 95-14-7) to the marine invertebrate Ciona intestinalis (Chordata, Ascidiae). At 15 +/- 1 A degrees C, the 24 h No-Observed Effect Concentration (NOEC) and Lowest Observed Effect Concentration (LOEC) values based on embryo morphological development were 100 and > 100 mg L-1, respectively (nominal concentration under static conditions). After 48 h, the NOEC and LOEC values were 10 and 32 mg L-1, respectively. Light and electron microscopy studies on benzotriazole-exposed larva indicated that the primary target cells were the extra-embryonic test cells, which are known to play a significant apoptotic role during ascidian metamorphosis. The visible decline of test cells in benzotriazole-exposed larvae raises the possibility that the compound interferes with the regulation of embryo development in protochordates such as C. intestinalis. Further research is warranted to assess the potential longer term sublethal impacts of benzotriazole in aquatic organisms.
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