期刊
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
卷 88, 期 -, 页码 16-25出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.10.011
关键词
Earthworms; Metals; Radionuclides; Gene expression; Biomarker
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education) [SFRH/BD/37007/2007, PTDC/AAC-AMB/114057/2009, POCI/AMB/60899/2004]
- FSE
- POPH funds
- Portuguese Government
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [POCI/AMB/60899/2004, SFRH/BD/37007/2007, PTDC/AAC-AMB/114057/2009] Funding Source: FCT
The effects of the exposure of earthworms (Eisenia andrei) to contaminated soil from an abandoned uranium mine, were assessed through gene expression profile evaluation by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization (SSH). Organisms were exposed in situ for 56 days, in containers placed both in a contaminated and in a non-contaminated site (reference). Organisms were sampled after 14 and 56 days of exposure. Results showed that the main physiological functions affected by the exposure to metals and radionuclides were: metabolism, oxireductase activity, redox homeostasis and response to chemical stimulus and stress. The relative expression of NADH dehydrogenase subunit 1 and elongation factor 1 alpha was also affected, since the genes encoding these enzymes were significantly up and down-regulated, after 14 and 56 days of exposure, respectively. Also, an EST with homology for SET oncogene was found to be up-regulated. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that this gene was identified in earthworms and thus, further studies are required, to clarify its involvement in the toxicity of metals and radionuclides. Considering the results herein presented, gene expression profiling proved to be a very useful tool to detect earthworms underlying responses to metals and radionuclides exposure, pointing out for the detection and development of potential new biomarkers. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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