Assessing the toxicity of three “inert” herbicide safeners toward Danio rerio: Effects on embryos development
Assessing the toxicity of three “inert” herbicide safeners toward Danio rerio: Effects on embryos development
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评估三种“惰性”除草剂安全剂对斑马鱼的毒性:对胚胎发育的影响
DOI:
10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111576
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
6.8
通讯作者:
Bai Lianyang
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作者:
Liu Sihong;Deng Xile;Zhou Xiaomao;Bai Lianyang
Recent studies indicated that ‘inert ingredients’ exert negative effects on the environment. Herbicide safeners are classed as ‘inert ingredients’, which increase the selectivity and detoxification of herbicides. However, little attention has been focused on the environmental behavior of herbicide safeners. AD-67 (AD), fenclorim (FM), and flurazole (FZ) are three commercially available herbicide safeners. In this study, zebrafish embryos were used as a model to investigate the potential developmental toxicity of these three safeners. The results showed that AD, FM, and FZ 96 h-LC50values were 2.52, 1.26, and 2.01 mg/L, respectively. Significant decreased body lengths were observed in embryos after 96 h of exposure to 0.2 mg/L FM and FZ. Hatching rates significantly increased at 24 h and decreased at 96 h in all treatment groups (0.02 mg/L AD, 0.2 mg/L AD, 0.02 mg/L AD, 0.2 mg/L FZ, as well as 0.01 and 0.1 mg/L FM). No significant (p> 0.05) changes in heartbeat numbers (60 s), but clearly increased malformation rates were observed in response to safeners exposure. Furthermore, embryos showed signs of oxidative stress, such as decreased activities of superoxide dismutase, altered activities of glutathione reductase and catalase and cell apoptosis. The gene transcription related to body malformation (egf,krt 17, andtbx 16) and cell apoptosis (bcl 2andbax) changed in treated groups. These genes have been connected to potential toxicological mechanisms. These results indicate that the herbicide safeners AD, FM, and FZ induced developmental toxicities in zebrafish embryos. This study is the first report of the toxicity of safeners in the development of zebrafish embryos. The results may be useful for assessing the risk of herbicides safeners in the aquatic ecosystem.