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Duval, C.

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bioRxiv2019

Toxicity, transfer and depuration of anatoxin-a (cyanobacterial neurotoxin) in medaka fish exposed by single-dose gavage

The proliferations of cyanobacteria are increasingly prevalent in warm and nutrient-enriched waters and occur in many rivers and water bodies due especially to eutrophication. The aim of this work is to study in female medaka fish the toxicity, the transfer and the depuration of the anatoxin-a, a neurotoxin produced by benthic cyanobacterial biofilms. This work will provide answers regarding acute toxicity induced by single gavage by anatoxin-a and to the risks of exposure by ingestion of contaminated fish flesh, considering that data on these aspects remain particularly limited. The oral LD50 of a single dose of ({+/-})-anatoxin-a was determined at 11.50 {micro}g.g-1. First of all, lethal dose (100% from 20 {micro}g.g-1) provokes rapid respiratory paralysis (in 1-2 min) of the fish inducing the death by asphyxia. Noticeably, no death nor apparent neurotoxicologic effect occurred during the experimentation period for the 45 fish exposed to a single sub-acute dose of ({+/-})-anatoxin-a corresponding to the no observable adverse effect level (NOAEL = 6.67 {micro}g.g-1). Subsequently, the toxico-kinetics of the ({+/-})-anatoxin-a was observed in the guts, the livers and the muscles of female medaka fish for 10 days. In parallel, a protocol for extraction of anatoxin-a has been optimized beforehand by testing 3 different solvents on several matrices, the extraction with 75% methanol + 0.1% formic acid appearing to be the most efficient. Anatoxin-a was quantified by high-resolution qTOF mass spectrometry coupled upstream to a UHPLC chromatographic chain. The toxin could not be detected in the liver after 12 h, and in the gut and muscle after 3 days. The mean clearance rates of ({+/-})-anatoxin-a calculated after 12 h are above 58%, 100% and 90% for the guts, the livers and the muscles, respectively. Non-targeted metabolomics investigations performed on the fish liver indicates that the single sub-acute exposure by gavage induces noticeable metabolome dysregulations, including important phospholipid decreases, with an organism recovery period of above 12-24h. Overall, the medaka fish do not appear to accumulate ({+/-})-anatoxin-a and to largely recover after 24h following a single sub-acute oral liquid exposure at the NOAEL.

pharmacology and toxicology↗

bioRxiv2018

Subcellular localization of microcystin in the liver and the gonad of medaka fish acutely exposed to microcystin-LR

Among the diverse toxic components produced by cyanobacteria, microcystins (MCs) are one of the most toxic and notorious cyanotoxin groups. Besides their potent hepatotoxicity, MCs have been revealed to induce potential reproductive toxicity in various animal studies. However, little is still known regarding the distribution of MCs in the reproductive organ, which could directly affect reproductive cells. In order to respond to this question, an acute study was conducted in adult medaka fish (model animal) gavaged with 10 {micro}g.g-1 body weight of pure MC-LR. The histological and immunohistochemical examinations reveal an intense distribution of MC-LR within hepatocytes along with a severe liver lesion in the toxin-treated female and male fish. Besides being accumulated in the hepatocytes, MC-LR was also found in the connective tissue of the ovary and the testis, as well as in oocytes and degenerative spermatocyte-like structures. Both liver and gonad play important roles in the reproductive process of oviparous vertebrates. This observation constitutes the first observation of the presence of MC-LR in the reproductive cell of a vertebrate model with in vivo study. Our results, which provide intracellular localization of MC-LR in the gonad, advance our understanding of the potential reproductive toxicity of MC-LR in fish.

cell biology↗

bioRxiv2018

Specific metabolic signatures of fish exposed to cyanobacterial blooms

With the increasing impact of the global warming, occurrences of cyanobacterial blooms in aquatic ecosystems are becoming a main ecological concern around the world. Due to their capacity to produce potential toxic metabolites, interactions between the cyanobacteria/cyanotoxin complex and the other freshwater organisms have been widely studied in the past years. Non-targeted metabolomic analyses have the powerful capacity to study a high number of metabolites at the same time and thus to understand in depth the molecular interactions between various organisms in different environmental scenario and notably during cyanobacterial blooms. In this way during summer 2015, liver metabolomes of two fish species, sampled in peri-urban lakes of the ile-de-France region containing or not high concentrations of cyanobacteria, were studied. The results suggest that similar metabolome changes occur in both fish species exposed to cyanobacterial blooms compared to them not exposed. Metabolites implicated in protein synthesis, protection against ROS, steroid metabolism, cell signaling, energy storage and membrane integrity/stability have shown the most contrasted changes. Furthermore, it seems that metabolomic studies will provide new information and research perspectives in various ecological fields and notably concerning cyanobacteria/fish interactions but also a promising tool for environmental monitoring of water pollutions.

ecology↗

bioRxiv2018

Global metabolomic characterizations of Microcystis spp. highlights clonal diversity in natural bloom-forming populations and expands metabolite structural diversity

Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes that are able to synthetize a wild rang of secondary metabolites exhibiting noticeable bioactivity, comprising toxicity. Microcystis represents one of the most common cyanobacteria taxa constituting the intensive blooms that arise nowadays in freshwater ecosystems worldwide. They produce numerous cyanotoxins (toxic metabolites), which are potentially harmful to Human health and aquatic organisms. In order to better understand the variations in cyanotoxins production between clones of the Microcystis, we investigate the diversity of several strains isolated from the same blooms, from different populations in various geographical area.\n\nTwenty-four clonal strains were compared by genotyping with 16S-ITS fragment sequencing and metabolites chemotyping using LC ESI-qTOF mass spectrometry. While, genotyping can only discriminate between the different species, the global metabolomes reveal clear discriminant molecular profiles between strains. These profiles can be clustered primarily according to their global metabolite content, then to their genotype, and finally to their sampling localities. A global molecular network of all metabolites highlights the production of a wide set of chemically diverse metabolites, comprising only few microcystins, but many aeruginosins, cyanopeptolins and microginins, along with a large set of unknown molecules. They represent the molecular biodiversity that still remain to be investigated and characterized at their structure as well as at their potential bioactivity or toxicity levels.

microbiology↗