Aerobic metabolism and cardiac activity in the descendants of zebrafish exposed to pyrolytic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
2014
Lucas, Julie | Perrichon, Prescilla | Nouhaud, Marine | Audras, Alexandre | Leguen, Isabelle | Lefrancois, Christel | Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) | LIttoral ENvironnement et Sociétés (LIENSs) ; La Rochelle Université (ULR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Laboratoire de Physiologie et Génomique des Poissons (LPGP) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ) | ANR ConPhyPop (CES098002) ; Regional Council of Poitou-Charentes
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. The increase of anthropogenic activities on coastal areas induces discharges of Polycyclic Aromatic 16 Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aquatic ecosystem. PAHs effects depend on their concentration and the way of 17 contamination, but also on the different developmental stages of the organism. Zebrafish were exposed to 18 relevant concentration of pyrolytic PAHs from the first meal (i.e. 5 day post fertilization, dpf) to mature adults. 19 Parental effect of this type of exposure was evaluated through the assessment of aerobic metabolic scope, cardiac 20 frequency and cardiac mRNA expression on larval and/or embryo progeny of contaminated fish. Our results 21 suggest that cardiac frequency increased in larval descendants of fish exposed to the environmental 22 concentration of pyrolytic PAHs (i.e. 5ng.g-1 of food), while a lack of effect on aerobic metabolism in 5 dpf 23 larvae was highlighted. A surexpression of mRNA related to the cardiac calcium transporting ATPase atp2a2a, a 24 protein essential for contraction, is in accordance with this increasing cardiac frequency. Even if cardiac 25 development genes cmlc1 and tnnt2a were not affected at early lifestages tested, complementary work on cardiac 26 structure could be interesting to better understand PAHs action. 27 28
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