Journal
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 1, Pages 56-61Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2009.05.014
Keywords
Copper; Cadmium; Interaction; ROS; Gene transcription
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- Natural Science Foundation of China [20607020, 20837002]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [Y5080019]
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Chlorella vulgaris was tested to assess their toxicities in freshwater contaminated by the metal compounds of copper (Cu) and cadmium (Cd). both singly and combined. Exposure to 0.5 and 1.5 mu M Cu or 1.0 and 2.0 mu M Cd alone significantly decreased algal growth and chlorophyll content and increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) content. Two-way ANOVA analysis shows that the combination of these two metal compounds decreased cell growth, chlorophyll content and increased ROS content synergistically. The highest algal cell inhibition was 78.55%, the lowest levels of chl a, chl b and total-chl were 10.59%, 33.33% and 17.94% of the control, respectively. The highest increase in ROS was 9.15-fold greater than that of the control when exposed to Cu(1.5)+Cd(2.0). Real-time PCR shows that Cu and Cd reduced the transcript abundance of psbA and rbcL, but without a synergistic interaction, whereas Cu and Cd increased the transcript abundance of psaB synergistically. These results demonstrate that Cu and Cd independently inhibit PSII activity and CO2 assimilation, but synergistically increase ROS content to disrupt chlorophyll synthesis and inhibit cell growth. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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