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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
卷 571, 期 -, 页码 92-102出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.131
关键词
Transcriptomics; Multi-stress; Atlantic eels; Ecotoxicology; In situ; Experimental
资金
- Regional Council of Aquitaine
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche of France (ANR Immorteel) [ANR-10-INTB-1704]
- Strategic Project Grant of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- Investments for the future Program, within the Cluster of Excellence COTE [ANR-10-LABX-45]
- University of Bordeaux (France)
- Universite Laval (Quebec, Canada)
Aquatic ecosystems are subjected to a variety of man-induced stressors but also vary spatially and temporally due to variation in natural factors. In such complex environments, it remains difficult to detect, dissociate and evaluate the effects of contaminants in wild organisms. In this context the aim of this study was to test whether the hepatic transcriptome profile of fish may be used to detect in situ exposure to a particular contaminant. Transcriptomic profiles from laboratory-exposed and wild eels sampled along a contamination gradient were compared. During laboratory experiments, fish were exposed during 45 days to different pollutants (Hg, PCBs, OCPs or Cd) or natural factors (temperature, salinity or low food supply) at levels dose to those found in the sampling sites. A strong difference was observed between the transcriptomic profiles obtained from wild and laboratory-exposed animals (whatever the sites or experimental conditions), suggesting a general stress induced by captivity in the laboratory. Among the biological functions that were up-regulated in laboratory eels in comparison to wild eels, histone modification was the most represented. This finding suggests that laboratory conditions could affect the epigenome of fish and thus modulate the transcriptional responses developed by fish in response to pollutant exposure. Among experimental conditions, only the transcription profiles of laboratory animals exposed to cold temperature were correlated with those obtained from wild fish, and more significantly with fish from contaminated sites. Common regulated genes were mainly involved in cell differentiation and liver development, suggesting that stem/progenitor liver cells could be involved in the adaptive response developed by fish chronically exposed to pollutant mixtures. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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