期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
卷 55, 期 8, 页码 5024-5036出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05942
关键词
fathead minnow; transcriptomics; proteomics; histology; estrogen; toxicity pathway
资金
- Genome Canada
- Genome Quebec
- Genome Prairies
- Government of Canada
- University of Saskatchewan
- McGill University
- US Environmental Protection Agency
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Qiagen
- SGS AXYS
- Shell USA
- CEITEC 2020 [LQ1601]
- CIISB research infrastructure project - MEYS CR [LM2018127]
- project eInfrastruktura CZ [e-INFRA LM2018140]
- CRC Program of NSERC
- University of Saskatchewan Dean's Scholarship
- Toxicology Devolved Scholarship
- Mitacs Globalink Research Award
- NSERC-PGSD3 [504753-2017]
- NSERC
- ECCC
- Ministere de l'Economie, de la Science et de l'Innovation du Quebec
This study aimed to develop a comprehensive early life stage toxicity pathway model for fish exposed to estrogenic chemicals, rooted in mechanistic toxicology. The integration of omics data improved the interpretation of perturbations in early life stage fish, showing promise as a replacement for standard adult live animal tests. The study provided evidence of conservation of toxicity pathways across levels of biological organization.
There is increasing pressure to develop alternative ecotoxicological risk assessment approaches that do not rely on expensive, time-consuming, and ethically questionable live animal testing. This study aimed to develop a comprehensive early life stage toxicity pathway model for the exposure of fish to estrogenic chemicals that is rooted in mechanistic toxicology. Embryo-larval fathead minnows (FHM; Pimephales promelas) were exposed to graded concentrations of 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol (water control, 0.01% DMSO, 4, 20, and 100 ng/L) for 32 days. Fish were assessed for transcriptomic and proteomic responses at 4 days post-hatch (dph), and for histological and apical end points at 28 dph. Molecular analyses revealed core responses that were indicative of observed apical outcomes, including biological processes resulting in overproduction of vitellogenin and impairment of visual development. Histological observations indicated accumulation of proteinaceous fluid in liver and kidney tissues, energy depletion, and delayed or suppressed gonad development. Additionally, fish in the 100 ng/L treatment group were smaller than controls. Integration of omics data improved the interpretation of perturbations in early life stage FHM, providing evidence of conservation of toxicity pathways across levels of biological organization. Overall, the mechanism-based embryo-larval FHM model showed promise as a replacement for standard adult live animal tests.
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