Journal
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
Volume 154, Issue -, Pages 240-252Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.05.013
Keywords
Atlantic cod; Biomarkers; Weathered crude oil; Ship-diesel; Water accommodated fraction; Time-course
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Funding
- RCN - Research Council of Norway, Norway
- Defra - Department for Environment and Rural Affairs, UK
- French National Agency of Research ANR
- Region Aquitaine
- CPER ORQUE, France
- MICINN Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain
- Portuguese Foundation for the Science and Technology of Portugal (FCT) [ERA-AMPERA/0001/2007]
- Pollution - AMPERA [ERACCT2005-016165]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [ERA-AMPERA/0001/2007] Funding Source: FCT
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The aim of this study was to characterize concentration- and time-dependent responses in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) following exposure for one and three weeks to the water-soluble fraction (WAF) of three weathered oils: Arabian Light crude oil (ALC), North Sea crude oil (NSC) and ship-diesel. The sum of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in water was highest after one week of exposure and within environmentally relevant concentrations. PAH metabolites in bile confirmed exposure to and uptake of PAHs. Hepatic cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) gene expression (mRNA quantification) increased dramatically following exposure to all three oil types (fold-change up to 165) and there was a time lag between gene and protein expression. Hepatic CYP1A protein concentration and ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity were more variable among individuals and treatments than gene expression. EROD activity in liver and gills increased in fish exposed to WAF from the two crude oils, but not in fish exposed to WAF from diesel. Exposure to diesel appeared to induce oxidative stress to a greater extent than exposure to crude oils. Other biomarkers (glutathione S-transferases, acetylcholine esterase, vitellogenin) did not appear to respond to the exposure and hence did not discriminate among oils. Biomarker responses in cod after exposure to weathered crude oils and diesel suggested that the CYP1A system and oxidative stress markers have the highest potential for discriminating among different oil types and to monitor the environmental consequences of spills. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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