EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-07-10DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02776-6
Thais de Castro Paiva, Inácio Abreu Pestana, Bráulio Cherene Vaz de Oliveira, Marcelo Gomes de Almeida, Olaf Malm, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, Daniele Kasper
{"title":"Mercury concentrations and differences in isotopic niches of fish from upstream and downstream of an Amazon reservoir dam.","authors":"Thais de Castro Paiva, Inácio Abreu Pestana, Bráulio Cherene Vaz de Oliveira, Marcelo Gomes de Almeida, Olaf Malm, Carlos Eduardo de Rezende, Daniele Kasper","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02776-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02776-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reservoir construction promotes many environmental impacts, including the enhancement of mercury concentrations in fish. The processes that can influence mercury concentrations in fish in Amazonian reservoirs are still little explored in depth, especially when we consider the possible particularities of the ecosystems in question. This study aims to investigate how mercury concentrations in fish could be influenced by the Tucuruí dam, considering possible changes in their feeding and trophic position according to the dam position (up or downstream). Fish were sampled upstream and downstream of the Tucuruí reservoir, and total mercury (THg) and stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen (δ<sup>15</sup>N and δ<sup>13</sup>C) were measured in muscles. We observed three different Hg bioaccumulation patterns influenced by the dam. These differences occurred due to species trophic niche changes corroborated by the isotope analysis. Higher THg concentrations downstream compared to those upstream ones were only observed for Geophagus proximus. On the contrary, Plagioscion squamosissimus, from downstream, presented lower concentrations than upstream ones. The isotopic niche of these two species presented different changes according to the sampled site. THg biomagnification was higher upstream compared to downstream, considering that the regression slope was approximately two times higher upstream versus downstream. THg concentrations in fish were explained by the differences in their feeding habits according to their location in relation to the dam. The difference in THg biomagnification was able to reflect differences in structure of the food web chain in ecosystems under the dam's influence.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"762-771"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toxicity of environmental and polystyrene plastic particles on the bivalve Corbicula fluminea: focus on the molecular responses.","authors":"Oïhana Latchere, Coraline Roman, Isabelle Métais, Hanane Perrein-Ettajani, Mohammed Mouloud, Didier Georges, Agnès Feurtet-Mazel, Patrice Gonzalez, Guillemine Daffe, Julien Gigault, Charlotte Catrouillet, Magalie Baudrimont, Amélie Châtel","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02769-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02769-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Among aquatic organisms, filter feeders are particularly exposed to the ingestion of microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs). The present study investigates the effect of environmental microplastics (ENV MPs) and nanoplastics (ENV NPs) generated from macro-sized plastic debris collected in the Garonne River (France), and polystyrene NPs (PS NPs) on the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea. Organisms were exposed to plastic particles at three concentrations: 0.008, 10, and 100 μg L<sup>-1</sup> for 21 days. Gene expression measurements were conducted in gills and visceral mass at 7 and 21 days to assess the effects of plastic particles on different functions. Our results revealed: (i) an up-regulation of genes, mainly involved in endocytosis, oxidative stress, immunity, apoptosis, and neurotoxicity, at 7 days of exposure for almost all environmental plastic particles and at 21 days of exposure for PS NPs in the gills, (ii) PS NPs at the three concentrations tested and ENV MPs at 0.008 μg L<sup>-1</sup> induced strong down-regulation of genes involved in detoxication, oxidative stress, immunity, apoptosis, and neurotoxicity at 7 days of exposure in the visceral mass whereas ENV MPs at 10 and 100 μg L<sup>-1</sup> and all ENV NPs induced less pronounced effects, (iii) overall, PS NPs and ENV MPs 0.008 μg L<sup>-1</sup> did not trigger the same effects as ENV MPs 10 and 100 μg L<sup>-1</sup> and all ENV NPs, either in the gills or the visceral mass at 7 and 21 days of exposure. This study highlighted the need to use MPs and NPs sampled in the environment for future studies as their properties induce different effects at the molecular level to living organisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"709-721"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2024-09-01Epub Date: 2024-05-29DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02765-9
Karla Giavarini Gnocchi, Larissa Souza Passos, Tatiana Miura Pereira, Gabriel Carvalho Coppo, Letícia Alves de Souza, Barbara Chisté Teixeira, Adriana Regina Chippari-Gomes
{"title":"Biochemical changes and bioaccumulation of manganese in Astyanax lacustris (Teleostei: Characidae).","authors":"Karla Giavarini Gnocchi, Larissa Souza Passos, Tatiana Miura Pereira, Gabriel Carvalho Coppo, Letícia Alves de Souza, Barbara Chisté Teixeira, Adriana Regina Chippari-Gomes","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02765-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02765-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Major tailings dam failures have occurred recently around the world and resulted in severe environmental impacts, such as metal contamination. Manganese is a metal highly associated with mining activities, largely detected in mining dam collapses. This metal is considered necessary for different organisms, but it can be toxic and cause oxidative stress and genetic damage in fishes. In this study, we investigated the toxic effects of manganese on Astyanax lacustris, by exposing the fish individually to different concentrations of this metal (2.11, 5.00, and 10.43 mg/L) for 96 h. To assess the effects of manganese, we used biochemical biomarkers (glutathione S-transferase, catalase, and acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity) and the manganese bioaccumulation in different tissues (liver and gills). The obtained data showed that only at concentrations of 5.00 mg/L and 10.43 mg/L the activity of glutathione S-transferase differed significantly. Additionally, the acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain tissue was inhibited. The highest level of manganese bioaccumulation was observed in the liver and branchial tissue. Overall, we concluded that high concentrations of manganese may cause physiological changes in Astyanax lacustris.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"677-682"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141161419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bacterial toxicity of Acetaminophen and Edaravone, and their binary mixtures: experimental and predicted values using traditional and novel Van Laar-based models.","authors":"Iván Álvarez-Escalante, Sonia Martínez-Páramo, Rubén Irusta-Mata","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02772-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02772-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In recent years, the presence of Pharmaceutical Active Compounds (PhACs) in ecosystems has become a serious environmental problem due to their capacity to induce harmful effects at extremely low concentrations in both humans and wildlife. Water treatment plants have not been designed to remove these types of compounds efficiently. Thus, the detection of these pollutants is essential to evaluate their negative impacts and is one of the emerging issues in environmental chemistry. The main objective of this study is to determine the bacterial toxicity of two PhACs (both individually and as a mixture) through the quantification of bioluminescence inhibition in the marine bacteria Aliivibrio fischeri, a commonly used method in short-term toxicity tests. In this work, Acetaminophen and Edaravone, two drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration, have been studied. The acute toxicity of these PhACs has been tested at two exposure times (5 and 15 min) and different concentrations, by estimation of the median effective concentration (EC<sub>50</sub>) for each individual compound or in combination at different concentrations. Moreover, the EC<sub>50</sub> of the binary mixtures Acetaminophen/Edaravone have been forecast using two traditional predictive models, Concentration Addition and Independent Action. The results show that toxicity decreases with exposure time and depends on the concentration tested. Furthermore, a novel semi-empirical Van Laar-based model has been proposed and validated with the experimental data from this study and literature data, obtaining satisfactory estimations of the EC<sub>50</sub> for binary mixtures.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"722-736"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11358354/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141466946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lambda-Cyhalothrin induced behavioural, neurotoxic and oxidative stress on vertebrate model Danio rerio (Hamilton-Buchanan 1822).","authors":"Darshana Sharma, Raktim Sarmah, Rimon Sarmah, Hemanta Pokhrel, Sarada Kanta Bhagabati, Dipak Kumar Sarma, Arnab Narayan Patowary, Karishma Mili","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02763-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02763-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>λ-cyhalothrin, a synthetic type II pyrethroid, has become increasingly popular for control of aphids, butterfly larvae, and beetles, replacing other agricultural chemicals. As a result of which, residues of this synthetic pesticide are being reported across the globe in natural water, which poses a serious threat to aquatic life. Therefore, the present study was designed to understand the toxicity effects of λ-cyhalothrin on behaviour, oxidative stress and neurotoxicity in a vertebrate aquatic model, zebrafish (Danio rerio). The fish were exposed to 0.129, 0.194 and 0.388 µg/L corresponding to 5%, 10% and 20% of 96hLC<sub>50</sub> (1.94 µg/L) for 28 days. Upon exposure to the highest concentration (0.388 µg/L), the test animal exhibited significant alterations in behavioural patterns like number of entries to the top zone (n), decrease in average speed (m/s) and decrease in time spent in top zone (s). Moreover, the shoaling test demonstrated a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in the relative time spent by the tested fish (%) near the stimulus fish. The change in behavioural alterations might be linked to a significant decrease (p < 0.05) in the brain acetylcholine esterase activity. Furthermore, the present study also illustrates oxidative stress exerted by λ-cyhalothrin through an increase in the production of reactive oxygen species, which is again clearly depicted by a significant increase (p < 0.05) in Superoxide dismutase, Catalase and Glutathione peroxidase activities. Overall, the present study systematically demonstrates the chronic effects of λ-cyhalothrin on adult fish behaviour and physiology, which will contribute to assessing the risks of λ-cyhalothrin to organismal health.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"663-676"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141237088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A comparative account of phototoxicity of anthracene and pyrene in the tadpoles of the anuran amphibian Fejervarya limnocharis using multiple toxicological end points.","authors":"Sagorika Paul, Bishal Kumar Singh, Erom Romi Singha, Deepshikha Buragohain, Indranil Das, Arabinda Patar, Sarbani Giri, Anirudha Giri","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02774-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02774-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Anthracene (Anth) and pyrene (Pyr), two of the priority polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), being lipophilic in nature, not only accumulate in animals, but also settle in the sediment of water bodies leading to continuous exposure for animals. Anth and Pyr when exposed to sunlight can be photoactivated and have harmful effects on aquatic organisms. A comparative analysis was carried out to assess the acute, sub-chronic, genetic and biochemical toxicity of Anth and Pyr in F. limnocharis tadpoles following short exposures to sunlight on a daily basis. In the bioaccumulation studies, it was found that both Anth and Pyr accumulated in the tadpole tissues in a concentration and time dependent manner. The LC<sub>50</sub> values for Anth (under 15 min of daily sunlight exposure) were found to be 2.87, 2.59, 2.28, 1.80 mg/L at 24, 48, 72 and 96 h of the exposures. The corresponding LC50 values for Pyr were 1.03, 0.80, 0.62, 0.42 mg/L. Sublethal exposure of Anth and Pyr affected the survivality, time to metamorphosis as well as morphometric parameters under sunlight exposure. In the genotoxicity assessment studies, particularly the micronucleus test and comet assay, it was found that Pyr led to a higher incidence of micronucleus formation and DNA damage in comparison to Anth. The exposure to PAHs resulted in significant changes in the activity of antioxidant-mediated protective response, specifically the SOD activity, which varied between the groups treated with Anth and Pyr. On the other hand, Pyr treated group showed a higher level of GSH as compared to Anth treated groups. Moreover, the elevation in MDA level in the Anth and Pyr treated groups suggests an increase in lipid peroxidation. Future research should focus on understanding the ecotoxicological risk faced by anuran amphibia due to PAHs that frequently occur in aquatic environments and developing strategies to mitigate these risks.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"737-749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141563010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2024-08-03DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02771-x
James J. Wamboldt, J. Nolan Steiner, Blake W. Sauey, Bryan M. Lada, Joel G. Putnam, Brianne M. Korducki, Gavin N. Saari
{"title":"Toxicity of a management bait for grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) incorporated with Antimycin A","authors":"James J. Wamboldt, J. Nolan Steiner, Blake W. Sauey, Bryan M. Lada, Joel G. Putnam, Brianne M. Korducki, Gavin N. Saari","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02771-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10646-024-02771-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p>No current technology can specifically target grass carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idella</i>) for control within aquatic ecosystems. Rotenone and Carbon Dioxide-Carp are currently the only available registered pesticides for grass carp; they are nonselective and typically applied throughout the water, equally exposing target and native species. A more selective control tool or pesticide application could be used by resource managers to support mitigation efforts. Development of delivery systems that exploit carp feeding strategies could increase selectivity of pesticides and minimize effects on native fishes. A pesticide with selective delivery could be less labor intensive and used within an integrative pest management strategy. The present study examined Antimycin A toxicity in juvenile and sub-adult grass carp and rainbow trout (<i>Oncorhynchus mykiss</i>) across two routes of exposure. Water-based toxicity studies were used to calculate the concentration to cause lethality in 50% of treated fish (LC<sub>50</sub>) at 24-h, while oral gavage toxicity studies were used to calculate the dose to cause lethality in 50% of treated grass carp and rainbow trout (LD<sub>50</sub>) 24- to 96-h. Although rainbow trout were more sensitive than grass carp to Antimycin A through water-based exposure, oral toxicity was similar between species, even with inherent gastrointestinal morphological differences. Successful delivery of a lethal dose of Antimycin A to grass carp was achieved through an oral route of exposure using the rapeseed bait and shows promise for registration as a control tool and eventual use in pest management plans. Although a lethal dose of Antimycin A could be incorporated into a single bait pellet, more bait was required to achieve desired mortality when fed to fish under laboratory conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141887335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02755-x
Kerri Lynn Ackerly, Kathleen J Roark, Kaijun Lu, Andrew J Esbaugh, Zhanfei Liu, Kristin M Nielsen
{"title":"Acute toxicity testing of 6PPD-quinone on the estuarine-dependent sport fish, Sciaenops ocellatus.","authors":"Kerri Lynn Ackerly, Kathleen J Roark, Kaijun Lu, Andrew J Esbaugh, Zhanfei Liu, Kristin M Nielsen","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02755-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02755-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, large-scale fish kills in the Pacific Northwest were linked to tire wear particles (TWPs) left on roadways, with the lethality attributed to 6PPD-quinone. which has a median lethal concentration of <1 µg/L for selected salmonids. However, there remains a paucity of 6PPD-quinone toxicity values developed for estuarine fish species, which is particularly significant because estuaries receiving inflows from highly urbanized watersheds are especially vulnerable to TWP contamination. Therefore, the present study aimed to determine the toxicity of 6PPD-quinone to an economically and ecologically important estuarine-dependent fish-red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus). Here, we examined the relative sensitivities of three early life stages within red drum: embryonic, larval, and post-settlement for 24-72 hours, depending on the life stage. Exposure concentrations ranged from 10 μg/L to 500 μg/L. We also assessed the sub-lethal impacts of 6PPD-quinone exposure on development during embryonic and larval stages, including body and organ sizes. Our results indicate that red drum are not acutely sensitive to 6PPD-quinone at each early life stage tested. We also found that yolk-sac larvae did not exhibit sub-lethal morphological impacts in a dose-dependent manner, regardless of exposure during embryonic and larval stages. These data are the first to assess the impacts of 6PPD-quinone on estuarine-dependent non-model fishes.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"582-589"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140861454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Combined effect of light and glyphosate herbicide on growth rate of marine diatom algae.","authors":"Natalia Shoman, Ekaterina Solomonova, Arkady Akimov","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02759-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02759-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of glyphosate herbicide at concentrations of 25, 100, 150 and 200 μg.L<sup>-1</sup> on growth characteristics of diatoms C. caspia and T. weissflogii under accumulative growth conditions was investigated. Increasing herbicide concentration in the medium resulted in growth suppression of both species and decreased the final abundance of the cultures in the stationary growth phase. The calculated concentrations of herbicide EC<sub>10</sub> and EC<sub>50</sub> (10 and 90 μg.L<sup>-1</sup> for C. caspia and 7 and 25 μg·L<sup>-1</sup> for T. weissflogii, respectively) led to a 10 and 50% reduction in the abundance of the studied cultures relative to the control, are ecologically significant and correspond to the values recorded in aquatic areas. The combined effect of light (in the range of 20-250 µE.m<sup>-2</sup>.s<sup>-1</sup>) and glyphosate (calculated concentrations of EC<sub>10</sub> and EC<sub>50</sub>) on the growth characteristics of microalgae was evaluated. An increase in algal sensitivity to light was observed with glyphosate exposure. In both species, the increase in the concentration of glyphosate in the medium led to a decrease in the initial angle of slope of the light curve of growth under conditions of light limitation, a reduction in the value of light saturation of growth, narrowing of the boundaries of the light optimum and an increase in the degree of light inhibition. It is shown that the effect of the combined action of light and glyphosate exceeds the sum of the effects of each factor. This fact should be taken into account in ecotoxicological monitoring when assessing the risks of glyphosate ingress into aquatic ecosystems. An increase in glyphosate concentration in water during periods with high values of solar insolation is potentially dangerous due to a decrease in the photosynthetic activity of algae and a reduction in diatom algae abundance.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"622-629"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140956704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
EcotoxicologyPub Date : 2024-08-01Epub Date: 2024-05-23DOI: 10.1007/s10646-024-02758-8
Manon Bovier, Domenic W Camenzind, Andrew F Brown, Lukas Jeker, Gina Retschnig, Peter Neumann, Lars Straub
{"title":"Colony environment and absence of brood enhance tolerance to a neonicotinoid in winter honey bee workers, Apis mellifera.","authors":"Manon Bovier, Domenic W Camenzind, Andrew F Brown, Lukas Jeker, Gina Retschnig, Peter Neumann, Lars Straub","doi":"10.1007/s10646-024-02758-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10646-024-02758-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In eusocial insects, worker longevity is essential to ensure colony survival in brood-free periods. Trade-offs between longevity and other traits may render long-living workers in brood-free periods more susceptible to pesticides compared to short-lived ones. Further, colony environment (e.g., adequate nutrition) may enable workers to better cope with pesticides, yet data comparing long vs. short-living workers and the role of the colony environment for pesticide tolerance are scarce. Here, we show that long-living honey bee workers, Apis mellifera, are less susceptible to the neonicotinoid thiamethoxam than short-lived workers, and that susceptibility was further reduced when workers were acclimatized under colony compared to laboratory conditions. Following an OECD protocol, freshly-emerged workers were exposed to thiamethoxam in summer and winter and either acclimatized within their colony or in the laboratory. Mortality and sucrose consumption were measured daily and revealed that winter workers were significantly less susceptible than summer workers, despite being exposed to higher thiamethoxam dosages due to increased food consumption. Disparencies in fat body activity, which is key for detoxification, may explain why winter bees were less susceptible. Furthermore, colony acclimatization significantly reduced susceptibility towards thiamethoxam in winter workers likely due to enhanced protein nutrition. Brood absence and colony environment seem to govern workers' ability to cope with pesticides, which should be considered in risk assessments. Since honey bee colony losses occur mostly over winter, long-term studies assessing the effects of pesticide exposure on winter bees are required to better understand the underlying mechanisms.</p>","PeriodicalId":11497,"journal":{"name":"Ecotoxicology","volume":" ","pages":"608-621"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11252217/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141079577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}