Acute toxicity of commercial atrazine in Piaractus mesopotamicus: histopathological, ultrastructural, molecular, and genotoxic evaluation.

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dc.contributorPAULA PEREIRA DE PAIVA, CPQBA-UNICAMP; MARIANA CRUZ DELCORSO, CPQBA-UNICAMP; VALQUIRIA APARECIDA MATHEUS, CPQBA-UNICAMP; SONIA CLAUDIA DO N DE QUEIROZ, CNPMA; SARAH ARANA, CPQBA-UNICAMP.
dc.creatorPAIVA, P. P. de
dc.creatorDELCORSO, M. C.
dc.creatorMATHEUS, V. A.
dc.creatorQUEIROZ, S. C. do N. de
dc.creatorCOLLARES-BUZATO, C. B.
dc.creatorARANA, S.
dc.date2017-11-23T23:19:07Z
dc.date2017-11-23T23:19:07Z
dc.date2017-11-23
dc.date2017
dc.date2017-11-23T23:19:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:05:27Z
dc.descriptionThe aim of this work was to evaluate the sensitivity of Pacu fingerlings (Piaractus mesopotamicus) by measuring the effects of median lethal concentration (LC50) of atrazine (ATZ - 28.58 mg/L) after acute exposure (up to 96 h). The fish were exposed to the LC50 of ATZ for 96 h (28.58 mg/L) in a static system. During the experiment, the fingerlings were randomly distributed in four glass tanks (50 L) containing dechlorinated water. Four glass tanks were for the control group, and four were for the ATZ-exposed group (n=4 per glass tank), given a total number of 16 animals tested per group. The genotoxicity was evaluated by micronucleus (MN) test in erythrocytes from peripheral blood. Qualitative and semi-quantitative histopathological analyses, and also ultrastructural study, were applied in liver and kidney samples. Finally, the content of heat shock protein (Hsp70) in the liver was evaluated by the western blotting method. The morphological alterations in the liver, which was associated with increased expression of Hsp70, included nuclear and cytoplasmic vacuolization, cytoplasmic hyaline inclusions, and necrosis. The kidney presented edema and tubular cell degeneration with cytoplasmic hyaline inclusion. The semi-quantitative histopathological analyses indicated that the liver was more sensitive than kidney to ATZ-induced damage. Ultrastructural analysis showed that ATZ caused membrane alterations in several organelles and increased the number of lysosomes in hepatocytes and kidney proximal tubular cells. Nevertheless, no significant difference was observed in MN frequency in erythrocytes comparing treated and control groups. These results indicated that ATZ-induced damage to the kidney and liver function, ATZ at the concentration tested did not induce a significant difference in MN frequency in Pacu erythrocytes comparing treated and control groups, and also that Pacu fingerlings may be a good bioindicator for testing freshwater contamination.
dc.identifierVeterinary World, Wankaner, v. 10, n. 9, p. 1008-1019, 2017.
dc.identifierhttp://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1080546
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.14202/vetworld.2017.1008-1019
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/479984
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectBrazilian ichthyofauna
dc.subjectKidney lesions
dc.subjectLiver lesions
dc.subjectMicronucleus test
dc.subjectPacu
dc.subjectHerbicida
dc.subjectToxidez
dc.subjectPoluição da água
dc.subjectPiaractus mesopotamicus
dc.subjectWater pollution
dc.subjectAtrazine
dc.subjectOxidative stress
dc.subjectNephrotoxicity
dc.subjectHepatotoxicity
dc.titleAcute toxicity of commercial atrazine in Piaractus mesopotamicus: histopathological, ultrastructural, molecular, and genotoxic evaluation.
dc.typeArtigo de periódico

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