Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 34-45Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.02.007
Keywords
Zebrafish; Liver; Pharmaceuticals; Mixtures; Stereology; Immunohistochemistry
Funding
- FEDER
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [PTDC/MAR/70436/2006, SFRH/BD/31382/2006]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/31382/2006] Funding Source: FCT
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Qualitative and quantitative approaches were tested to assess zebrafish liver effects after sub-acute exposures of certain pharmaceuticals. Carbamazepine, fenofibric acid, propranolol, sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim were tested individually and in mixtures, including low environmental levels. Overall, data showed sex specific reactions in liver, with the major alterations being observed in males. Males treated with propranolol, fenofibric acid and with mixtures, showed an increase of vitellogenin immunostaining, compared with the control. Males also evidenced a tendency for an increased hepatic mass, after individual and mixture exposures. The volume-weighted nuclear volume of hepatocytes was high in males after exposures to either mixture, which together with the greater cytoplasmic eosinophilia and changes in cytochrome P450 1A immunoreactivity, point to an increase in metabolic/detoxification activity. These investigations revealed distinct impacts depending on the exposure type, and strengthened the importance of studying non-steroidal compounds in mixtures, including environmental levels and both sexes. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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