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DOI 10.1016/j.cbd.2019.100630
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Title (Primary) Transcriptome-level effects of the model organic pollutant phenanthrene and its solvent acetone in three amphipod species
Author Shatilina, Z.; Drozdova, P.; Bedulina, D.; Rivarola-Duarte, L.; Schreiber, S. ORCID logo ; Otto, C.; Jühling, F.; Aulhorn, S.; Busch, W. ORCID logo ; Lubyaga, Y.; Kondrateva, E.; Pobezhimova, T.; Jakob, L.; Lucassen, M.; Sartoris, F.J.; Hackermüller, J. ORCID logo ; Pörtner, H.-O.; Stadler, P.F.; Luckenbach, T. ORCID logo ; Timofeyev, M.
Source Titel Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology D-Genomics & Proteomics
Year 2020
Department BIOTOX; MOLSYB
Volume 33
Page From art. 100630
Language englisch
Keywords Baikal; Amphipoda; Phenanthrene; Acetone; Transcriptome
Abstract Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are common pollutants of water ecosystems originating from incineration processes and contamination with mineral oil. Water solubility of PAHs is generally low; for toxicity tests with aquatic organisms, they are therefore usually dissolved in organic solvents. Here we examined the effects of a typical model PAH, phenanthrene, and a solvent, acetone, on amphipods as relevant aquatic invertebrate models. Two of these species, Eulimnogammarus verrucosus and Eulimnogammarus cyaneus, are common endemics of the oligotrophic and pristine Lake Baikal, while one, Gammarus lacustris, is widespread throughout the Holarctic and inhabits smaller and more eutrophic water bodies in the Baikal area. Neither solvent nor phenanthrene caused mortality at the applied concentrations, but both substances affected gene expression in all species. Differential gene expression was more profound in the species from Lake Baikal than in the Holarctic species. Moreover, in one of the Baikal species, E. cyaneus, we found that many known components of the cellular xenobiotic detoxification system reacted to the treatments. Finally, we detected a negative relationship between changes in transcript abundances in response to the solvent and phenanthrene. This mixture effect, weaker than the impact by a single mixture component, needs further exploration.
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Shatilina, Z., Drozdova, P., Bedulina, D., Rivarola-Duarte, L., Schreiber, S., Otto, C., Jühling, F., Aulhorn, S., Busch, W., Lubyaga, Y., Kondrateva, E., Pobezhimova, T., Jakob, L., Lucassen, M., Sartoris, F.J., Hackermüller, J., Pörtner, H.-O., Stadler, P.F., Luckenbach, T., Timofeyev, M. (2020):
Transcriptome-level effects of the model organic pollutant phenanthrene and its solvent acetone in three amphipod species
Comp. Biochem. Physiol. D-Genomics Proteomics 33 , art. 100630 10.1016/j.cbd.2019.100630