Exposure of the gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) to sediments contaminated with heavy metals down-regulates the gene expression of stress biomarkers

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• 作者：Said Benhamed^a ; Francisco A. Guardiola^b ; Salvadora Martí ; nez^c ; M.J. Martí ; nez-Sá ; nchez^c ; Carmen Pé ; rez-Sirvent^c ; Mohammed Mars^a ; Marí ; a A. Esteban^b ; ^{aesteban@um.es}
• 关键词：Heavy metals ; Gene expression ; Stress biomarkers ; Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)
• 刊名：Toxicology Reports
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：3
• 期：Complete
• 页码：364-372
• 全文大小：1322 K
• 卷排序：3

文摘

Heavy metals incidence in the aquatic environment and its accumulation in fish are under constant review. Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) specimens were exposed for two weeks to sediments highly concentrated in metals, collected at the Portman Bay (Murcia, Spain). The metals bioaccumulation was tested in liver, muscle and skin. The potential of the sediment exposure to induce variation of the stress biomarkers genes was conducted in liver and skin. Results revealed that sediments were highly contaminated with metals. However, following 2 weeks exposure to the sediments, Cd accumulates only in liver. Interestingly, the expression of the genes mta, hsp 70 and hsp 90 were significantly down-regulated in skin. Nevertheless, cyp1a1 gene was up-regulated only in liver. Results uphold that the stress response magnitude was organ-dependent and the skin was the most responsive tissue to metal stress conditions. These results suggest that skin should be considered as target organ for biomarkers analysis in fishes.