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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1021/acs.est.5c16330
Lizenz creative commons licence
Titel (primär) N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (N-EtFOSA) exposure alters microbiome composition and causes microbiome-dependent behavior effects in Larval Zebrafish
Autor Gutsfeld, S.; Wray, C.; Schweiger, N.; Röhrig, A.; Paschke, H.; Fu, Q.; Kasmanas, J.C.; Abdulkadir, N.; Kader, S.; Rocha, U.; Ebert, A. ORCID logo ; Tal, T. ORCID logo
Quelle Environmental Science & Technology
Erscheinungsjahr 2026
Department ETOX; COMPBC; EAC
Sprache englisch
Topic T9 Healthy Planet
T7 Bioeconomy
Supplements Supplement 1
Keywords biotransformation; chemical–microbiome interactions; behavior; gut-brain-axis; PFAS; bacteria; toxicokinetics; toxicodynamics
Abstract

We hypothesized that host-associated microorganisms can alter host behavior by modifying perfluorooctane sulfonamides to produce perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) or other potentially neuroactive metabolites. Zebrafish larvae (Danio rerio) were exposed to PFOS (0.28–5 μM), N-ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (N-EtFOSA, 0.07–1.25 μM), or perfluorooctane sulfonamido ammonium iodide (PFOSAmS, 0.83–15 μM) from 5 to 6 days post fertilization (dpf). This resulted in altered dark-phase swimming behavior at 8 dpf. Exposure to PFOS, or N-EtFOSA, but not PFOSAmS caused a similar shift in community structure. We exposed microbiome-depleted (axenic, AX), conventionally colonized (CC), or axenic conventionalized on day 1 (AC1) zebrafish larvae to N-EtFOSA (0.22–0.7 μM) from 5 to 6 dpf. In comparison to CC and AC1 larvae, AX-larvae did not exhibit concentration-dependent hypoactivity at 8 dpf. Chemical analysis at 7 dpf revealed a significant increase in N-EtFOSA levels in AX-larvae and AX-water samples, relative to colonized cohorts. The main metabolite detected was perfluorooctane sulfonamide (FOSA), which was not microbiome-dependent. Perfluorooctane sulfonamidoacetic acid (FOSAA) was detected at lower levels in AX-larvae, relative to colonized groups. This study revealed that the presence of the microbiome enhanced N-EtFOSA-dependent behavior effects at the level of the host. This supports the concept that chemical–microbiome interactions can influence host phenotypic outcomes.

Gutsfeld, S., Wray, C., Schweiger, N., Röhrig, A., Paschke, H., Fu, Q., Kasmanas, J.C., Abdulkadir, N., Kader, S., Rocha, U., Ebert, A., Tal, T. (2026):
N-Ethyl perfluorooctane sulfonamide (N-EtFOSA) exposure alters microbiome composition and causes microbiome-dependent behavior effects in Larval Zebrafish
Environ. Sci. Technol.
10.1021/acs.est.5c16330