Screening of potential uranium protein targets in fish ovaries after chronic waterborne exposure: Differences and similarities between roach and zebrafish.
J Environ Radioact
; 222: 106365, 2020 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-32750598
ABSTRACT
Concentration of uranium (U), a naturally encountered radioactive element in earth's crust, can be enhanced in freshwater ecosystems (µg.L-1 - mg.L-1) due to various anthropogenic activities. The consequent aquatic organism exposure to U leads to its accumulation in all organs, particularly in the gonad, and in subcellular fractions (mainly the cytosol); then it is known to affect fish at several biological levels, and more particularly, at a reproduction endpoint, with a decrease in the total number of eggs, spawn events and larvae survival. The understanding of U reprotoxicity requires the fine knowledge of its speciation at molecular level, i.e., its interaction with cytosolic biomolecules. In this study, we focus on the U-protein interactions in gonads. A non-denaturating extraction protocol combined with size exclusion chromatography (SEC) allowed the separation of metal-protein complexes in ovaries of U-contaminated wild roaches before their elemental detection (ICP MS). This enables unprecedented information to be obtained about U distribution in ovaries of autochthonous fish, Rutilus rutilus, which is different in some points from that obtained in the model species, Danio rerio under controlled laboratory conditions at a similar concentration level. Finally, the ability to transpose results from model to autochthonous fish was briefly discussed.
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Reproducción
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Contaminantes Radiactivos del Agua
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Monitoreo de Radiación
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Uranio
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Diagnostic_studies
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Screening_studies
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Animals
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2020
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