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Biological responses of Eisenia fetida towards the exposure and metabolism of tris (2-butoxyethyl) phosphate

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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 811, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152285

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Organophosphorus flame retardants; Earthworm; Toxicity; Detoxification; Soil remediation

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  1. National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0207003]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21621005, 21777139]
  3. Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LD21B070001]

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The present study investigates the toxicity and metabolism of organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) on earthworms. The findings indicate that exposure to tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP) inhibits acetyl-cholinesterase activity, alters calcium-dependent pathways, and affects weight gain, reproduction, and neurotoxicity in E. fetida. E. fetida shows the ability to accumulate TBOEP and promotes its metabolism through cytochrome P450 and glutathione detoxification pathways. These results provide important data for the assessment of environmental risk and removal of OPFRs in soil.
The toxicity of various organophosphorus flame retardants (OPFRs) is of increasing concern. However, there is still a lack of research on the toxicity of OPFRs to terrestrial invertebrates and its metabolism in vivo. Herein, earthworms (Eisenia fetida) were exposed to soil spiked with 0, 0.05, 0.5, and 5 mg/kg tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP, a typical alkyl OPFRs) for 28 d to study the biological responses to the exposure and metabolism of TBOEP. TBOEP exposure inhibited the activity of acetyl-cholinesterase (64.4-68.6% of that in the control group), increased the energy consumption level, and affected calcium-dependent pathways of E. fetida, which caused a 3.6-12.4% reduction in the weight gain rate (developmental toxicity), a 10.6-69.4% reduction in the number of juveniles (reproduction toxicity), and neurotoxicity to E. fetida. The 5 mg/kg TBOEP exposure caused a significant accumulation of malondialdehyde (1.68 times higher than that in the control group) in E. fetida, which indicated that the balance of oxidation and anti-oxidation of E. fetida was broken. Meanwhile, E. fetida maintained the absorption and metabolic abilities to TBOEP under the environmental condition. The removal rate of soil TBOEP was increased by 25.1-35.5% by the presence of E. fetida. Importantly, TBOEP could accumulate in E. fetida (0.09-76.0 mu g/kg) and the activation of cytochrome P450 and glutathione detoxification pathway promoted the metabolism of TBOEP in E. fetida. These findings link the biological responses and metabolic behavior of earthworms under pollution stress and provide fundamental data for the environmental risk assessment and pollution removal of OPFRs in soil.

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