Lead toxicity in Hermissenda crassicornis embryos and cultured neurons.
Lead toxicity in Hermissenda crassicornis embryos and cultured neurons.
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Hermissenda crassicornis 胚胎和培养神经元中的铅毒性。
DOI:
10.1086/bblv187n2p251
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1994
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Kuzirian,AM
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Tamse,CT;Smith,PJ;Aloulou,A;Epstein,HT;Kuzirian,AM
Morphological abnormalities, behavioral deficits, and learning disabilities can be induced in mammals and other vertebrates by lead poisoning (1, 2). This study seeks to exploit Hermissenda as a non-mammalian biomedical and toxicological research model of heavy metal toxicity, particularly lead, and its effects on the extensively studied learning and behavioral patterns of this marine mollusc (3). We report the first results of a baseline study on how lead affects the development of Hermissenda embryos and the growth of cultured neurons. Newly laid egg masses were collected from the Hermissenda Resource Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and processed for static, chronic toxicity tests for lead. The egg mass was cut into 5-mm strands and distributed individually into 50-ml conical tubes containing natural seawater. The average number of embryos in each strand was 1000. Three seawater regimes were used: ambient Lillie building seawater without EDTA (LSW); Lillie seawater with 0.25 mg/l (O. 74 pA4) EDTA (LESW), which we routinely use for Hermissenda culture; and ambient Marine Resources Center, MBL seawater (MSW). The following total lead acetate (PbAc) concentrations were used: 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0, 7.0, 10.0 mg/1 (0.09, 0.18, 0.9, 1.8, 9, 12.7, 18 &f, respectively), plus negative (no lead or EDTA added) and positive (no lead but with EDTA added) controls. Each test concentration was replicated, and the distribution was randomized. The tubes were incubated at 12 C and the embryonic development of 50 animals per treatment was recorded after 6 days lead exposure. For the chronic in vitro neuronal exposure to PbAc, cell culture techniques developed for Hermissenda were followed (4). The central nervous system (CNS) of Hermissenda was dissected, digested in protease at 12” C, incubated overnight, and washed twice with 1.8% bovine serum albumin in artificial seawater (ASW), followed by a final ASW wash. The CNS was cut into four regions: left and right cerebropleural ganglia and left and right pedal ganglia. Neuronal cells were then dissociated, transferred to a poly+ lysine-coated culture dish (35 X 10 mm) containing 3 ml of Leibovitz L-15 medium (5) supplemented with inorganic salts. Dishes were then left in a 12 C incubator until examined 24 h later, and daily thereafter, for growth morphology. Neurons 7-14 days into culture, with well-established neuritic morphology and stable growth, were exposed to PbAc. A 1 M stock solution of PbAc was added directly to the L-15 medium to obtain total concentrations of 0.5, 2.0, and 4.0 CLg/ml (0.9, 3.6, 7.2 fl, respectively). Lead-exposed neurons were observed closely for the first 2-4 h for morphologic changes, and every 24 h thereafter. Cells were incubated in the L-15 medium-PbAc solution for 3-10 days.The chronic toxicity tests clearly indicate that Hermissenda embryos are sensitive to lead, and that EDTA must be added routinely to LSW for their normal and synchronous development. This implies that the small amount of EDTA (0.74@) added to seawater from the Lilhe building was sufficient to chelate an unknown heavy metal present in the seawater. Future tests involving lead studies will be conducted using MSW until more information is available about the apparent contaminant in LSW. Toxicity effects observed were directly proportional to increasing concentrations of lead. The time course for embryonic development was lengthened and dominated by earlier developmental stages as the lead concentrations increased (0.5-1.0 mg/l). At higher concentrations (5.0-10.0 mg/l) added to ambient LSW, development was arrested at the morula …