Developmental toxicity evaluation of three hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers on zebrafish embryos
Developmental toxicity evaluation of three hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers on zebrafish embryos
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三种六溴环十二烷非对映异构体对斑马鱼胚胎的发育毒性评价
DOI:
10.1016/j.aquatox.2012.01.013
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发表时间:
2012-05-15
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4.5
通讯作者:
Zhang, Xian
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作者:
Du, Miaomiao;Zhang, Dandan;Zhang, Xian
Structural dissimilarities of hexabromocyclododecane diastereoisomers could raise substantial differences in physicochemical, biological and toxicological properties. In order to fully assess the environmental safety and health risk of hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs), zebrafish embryos were used to evaluate the developmental toxicity of individual HBCD diastereoisomers (alpha-HBCD, beta-HBCD and gamma-HBCD). Four-hour post-fertilization (hpf) zebrafish embryos were exposed to different concentrations of HBCD diastereoisomers (0, 0.01, 0.1 and 1.0 mg/l) until 120 hpf. The results showed that exposure to HBCDs can affect the development of zebrafish embryos/larvae in a dose-dependent and diastereoselective manner. The diastereoisomers alpha-, (beta- and gamma-HBCD at 0.01 gamma-HBCD had little effect on the development of zebrafish embryos except that exposure to 0.01 mg/l gamma-HBCD significantly delayed hatching (P < 0.05). At 0.1 mg/l, alpha-HBCD resulted in depressed heart rate of larvae (96 hpf) and delayed hatching, whereas beta- and gamma-HBCD both caused significant hatching delay and growth inhibition (P < 0.05). In addition, a remarkable and significant increase in mortality and malformation rate was noted at 0.1 mg/l gamma-HBCD exposure groups (P < 0.05). At 1.0 mg/l, alpha-, beta- and gamma-HBCD significantly affected all of the endpoints monitored (P < 0.05). Additionally, HBCD diastereoisomers could induce the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the activities of caspase-3 and caspase-9 in a dose-dependent manner. The results indicated that HBCD diastereoisomers could cause developmental toxicity to zebrafish embryos through inducing apoptosis by ROS formation. The overall results showed a good agreement confirming that the order of developmental toxicity of HBCD diastereoisomers in zebrafish is gamma-HBCD > beta-HBCD > alpha-HBCD. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.