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Use of Early Life-Stages of Zebrafish to Assess Toxicity of Sediments Contaminated by Organotin Compounds
2016
ABSTRACTThis study examined the response of early life-stages (ELS) of zebrafish to organotin-contaminated sediment from Lake Huruslahti (HL) in Central Finland. A dilution series (0, 10, 33, and 100%) of the native (HL) and the sediment spiked with tributyltin (TBT) determined a dose-response of zebrafish ELS to organotin-contaminated sediment. Sediment elutriates were assessed by bacterial bioluminescence assay and microscopical pathologies of 1–3 days post-fertilization zebrafish (1–3dpfZF). Brain aromatase (cyp19a1b) and tissue vitellogenin (vtg1) were assayed from early-juvenile zebrafish (20dpfZF) exposed to intact sediment. In vivo modulation of cyp19a1b and vtg1 transcripts in 20dpf…
Use of Early Juvenile Zebrafish Danio Rerio for In-Vivo Assessment of Endocrine Modulation by Xenoestrogens
2013
Reliable and cost-effective early-life stage (ELS) bioassays incorporating practical experimentation without compromising scientific relevance are crucial in chemical risk assessment. This study investigated the use of 20 days- post-fertilization life stage ( 20dpfZF ) of zebrafish Danio rerio to screen environmental chemicals known to be estrogenic in adult fish. Firstly, studies with key genes in steroidogenesis were conducted; the brain isoform of aromatase gene ( cyp19a1b ) being the most prominently expressed biomarker. Regulation of mRNA levels of molecular biomarkers, vitellogenin 1 gene ( vtg1) and cyp19a1b were selected to assess the endocrine modulation by xenoestrogens, 17α-ethin…