Maternal-embryonic metabolic and antioxidant response of Chapalichthys pardalis (Teleostei: Goodeidae) induced by exposure to 3,4-dichloroaniline

• Published in: Environmental science and pollution research international Vol. 24; no. 21; pp. 17534 - 17546
• Main Authors: Carbajal-Hernández, Ana Laura, Valerio-García, Roberto Carlos, Martínez-Ruíz, Erika Berenice, Jarquín-Díaz, Víctor Hugo, Martínez-Jerónimo, Fernando
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.07.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: 3,4-Dichloroaniline; Aniline Compounds - therapeutic use; Animals; Antioxidants; Aquatic Pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Bioassays; Biomarkers; Carbohydrates; Catalase; Chapalichthys pardalis; Damage; Earth and Environmental Science; Ecotoxicology; Embryogenesis; Embryos; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Health; Environmental science; Exposure; Female; Females; Fish; Fish reproduction; Fishes - physiology; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Lactic acid; Lipid peroxidation; Lipids; Liver; Macromolecules; Metabolism; Mexico; Oxidation; Oxidative Stress; Peroxidase; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Animal; Proteins; Research Article; Superoxide Dismutase; Thiobarbituric acid; Toxicants; Toxicity; Waste Water Technology; Water Management; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Water Pollution Control; Xenobiotics; Transgenerational effects; Goodeidae; Herbicides; Endemic fish; Aquatic ecotoxicology
• ISSN: 0944-1344; 1614-7499
• DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-9340-7

Chapalichthys pardalis is a viviparous fish, microendemic to the Tocumbo Region in the state of Michoacán, Mexico. Despite the peculiar type of reproduction of goodeid fish and their mother-embryo interaction, the effects on embryos induced by maternal exposure to aquatic xenobiotics are still unknown. The objective of the present work was to determine the maternal-embryonic metabolic and antioxidant response of C. pardalis exposed to 3,4-dichloroaniline (3,4-DCA), a compound considered highly noxious to the environment because of its high toxicity and persistence, which has been used as reference toxicant in toxicological bioassays. We determined the median lethal concentration (LC 50 , 96 h) and then exposed pregnant females to 3.3, 2.5, and 0.5 mg L −1 of 3,4-DCA (equivalent to LC 1 , LC 0.01 , and LC 50/10 , respectively) during 21 days. We assessed the activity of antioxidant enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), macromolecules content (proteins, lipids, carbohydrates), glucose, and lactate concentration, as well as the oxidative damage, by measuring thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, and protein oxidation. To interpret results, we used the integrated biomarker response (IBRv2). The average LC 50 was of 5.18 mg L −1 (4.8–5.5 mg L −1 ; p  = 0.05). All females exposed to concentrations of 3.3 and 2.5 mg L −1 lost 100% of the embryos during the bioassay, whereas those exposed to 0.5 mg L −1 showed alterations in the antioxidant activity and oxidative damage, being the embryos and the maternal liver the most affected, with IBRv2 values of 10.09 and 9.21, respectively. Damage to macromolecules was greater in embryos and the maternal liver, with IBRv2 of 16.14 and 8.40, respectively. We conclude that exposure to xenobiotics, like 3,4-DCA, in species with a marked maternal-embryonic interaction represents a potential risk for the development and survival of the descendants, thereby, potentially affecting the future of the population.