Acute toxicity of tributyltin on the marine copepod Tisbe biminiensis

Costa, Bruno Varella Motta da; Yogui, Gilvan Takeshi; Souza-Santos, Lília P.

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“…For practical reasons, however, it is common however to use pelagic organisms to infer sediment toxicity and benthic organisms to assess water toxicity (ABNT, 2006;ISO, 1999). Benthic organisms are expected to be more resistant to some contaminants than pelagic organisms (for example see Costa et al, 2014) and may therefore produce false-negative responses, whereas pelagic organisms can lead to falsepositive responses in terms of sediment quality.…”

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“…However, no data was provided on the response of this organism to environmental samples. Moreover, Costa et al (2014) suggested that benthic copepods are generally less sensitive to TBT than planktonic copepods, which may represent a restriction to the use of benthic copepod nauplii in seawater tests. However, planktonic copepods are more difficult to rear at high densities in the laboratory than Tisbe spp.…”

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The use of epibenthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis nauplii to assess the toxicity of seawater samples in Suape Bay (state of Pernambuco; Brazil)

Souza-Santos

Oliveira

Lima

2024

Ecotoxicol. Environ. Contam.

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Bioassays to determine the toxicity of water have been used worldwide as a tool of environmental monitoring. In the present study, the epibenthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis nauplius is proposed as a test organism for samples of seawater. Survival and the percentage of development from nauplius to copepodite were compared to the embryo-larval development of the sea urchin L. variegatus exposed to the same samples from the Suape estuarine system (state of Pernambuco, Brazil) collected in 2009. T. biminiensis naupliar development displayed a similar sensitivity to that found with the sea urchin embryos, mainly when simple t-test (not bioequivalent corrected) was used for sea urchin data. However, a lower sensitivity of copepod survival was found. The aluminium, iron and lead concentrations in surface waters were sometimes higher than Brazilian guidelines for estuarine water, probably due to dredging activities and anthropogenic contamination. These metals could be at least partially responsible for the toxic effects found at different stations and months. The results indicated that naupliar development of this epibenthic copepod is appropriate for the assessment of toxicity levels in seawater samples.

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The use of epibenthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis nauplii to assess the toxicity of seawater samples in Suape Bay (state of Pernambuco; Brazil)

Souza-Santos

Oliveira

Lima

2024

Ecotoxicol. Environ. Contam.

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“…Além disso, copépodos com hábito epibentônico possibilitam avaliar diferentes vias de exposição a poluentes, tais como sedimento e água (ARAÚJO-CASTRO et al, 2009;ARAÚJO-CASTRO et al, 2013). O copépodo epibentônico Tisbe biminiensis é uma espécie promissora para ser utilizada em bioensaios, visto que se mostra sensível a poluentes inorgânicos (ARAUJO-CASTRO et al, 2009;LAVORANTE et al, 2013) e orgânicos (COSTA et al, 2014), sendo cultivado em laboratório de forma padronizada (RIBEIRO e SOUZA-SANTOS, 2011). O Sistema Estuarino do Rio Capibaribe (SERC) está localizado na zona urbana da cidade do Recife, e recebe um elevado aporte de poluentes através de fontes difusas (e.g., inúmeras galerias de esgotos ou águas pluviais) e pontuais (e.g., Porto do Recife e marinas) (NÓBREGA, 2011).…”

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Avaliação da toxicidade dos sedimentos do sistema estuarino do rio Capibaribe (Pernambuco, Brasil) utilizando o copépodo bentônico Tisbe biminiensis Volkmann Rocco ( 1973)

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Part of the contaminants that reach the estuaries are deposited in sediments. These compounds may affect survival, fecundity and development of benthic organisms. This study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of the surface sediments from the Capibaribe Estuarine System (CES) on benthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis. Sediment samples were collected in five stations of the CES. Dissolved/dispersed petroleum hydrocarbons (DDPHs) was measured in bottom water samples from the same sites, to estimate the recent input of such compounds. Sub-lethal effects on T. biminiensis were observed for samples collected in front of the Harbor of Recife, in the northern mouth of the Capibaribe River and in the upper portion of the estuary. The DDPHs concentrations recorded in the CES suggest chronic contamination and pointed out the domestic and industrial effluents, and harbor activities, as the main source to this system.

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Tributyltin: Advancing the Science on Assessing Endocrine Disruption with an Unconventional Endocrine-Disrupting Compound

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Katsiadaki

Biever³

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Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

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Tributyltin (TBT) has been recognized as an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC) for several decades. However, only in the last decade, was its primary endocrine mechanism of action (MeOA) elucidated-interactions with the nuclear retinoid-X receptor (RXR), peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ), and their heterodimers. This molecular initiating event (MIE) alters a range of reproductive, developmental, and metabolic pathways at the organism level. It is noteworthy that a variety of MeOAs have been proposed over the years for the observed endocrine-type effects of TBT; however, convincing data for the MIE was provided only recently and now several researchers have confirmed and refined the information on this MeOA. One of the most important lessons learned from years of research on TBT concerns apparent species sensitivity. Several aspects such as the rates of uptake and elimination, chemical potency, and metabolic capacity are all important for identifying the most sensitive species for a given chemical, including EDCs. For TBT, much of this was discovered by trial and error, hence important relationships and important sensitive taxa were not identified until several decades after its introduction to the environment. As recognized for many years, TBT-induced responses are known to occur at very low concentrations for molluscs, a fact that has more recently also been observed in fish species. This review explores the MeOA and effects of TBT in different species (aquatic molluscs and other invertebrates, fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals) according to the OECD Conceptual Framework for Endocrine Disruptor Testing and Assessment (CFEDTA). The information gathered on biological effects that are relevant for populations of aquatic animals was used to construct Species Sensitivity Distributions (SSDs) based on No Observed Effect Concentrations (NOECs) and Lowest Observed Effect Concentrations (LOECs). Fish appear at the lower end of these distributions, showing that they are as sensitive as molluscs, and for some species, even more sensitive. Concentrations in the range of 1 ng/L for water exposure (10 ng/g for whole-body burden) have been shown to elicit endocrine-type responses, whereas mortality occurs at water concentrations ten times higher. Current screening and assessment methodologies as compiled in the OECD CFEDTA are able to identify TBT as a potent endocrine disruptor with a high environmental risk for the original use pattern. If those approaches had been available when TBT was introduced to the market, it is likely that its use would have been regulated sooner, thus avoiding the detrimental effects on marine gastropod populations and communities as documented over several decades.

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Acute toxicity of tributyltin on the marine copepod Tisbe biminiensis

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

The use of epibenthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis nauplii to assess the toxicity of seawater samples in Suape Bay (state of Pernambuco; Brazil)

The use of epibenthic copepod Tisbe biminiensis nauplii to assess the toxicity of seawater samples in Suape Bay (state of Pernambuco; Brazil)

Avaliação da toxicidade dos sedimentos do sistema estuarino do rio Capibaribe (Pernambuco, Brasil) utilizando o copépodo bentônico Tisbe biminiensis Volkmann Rocco ( 1973)

Tributyltin: Advancing the Science on Assessing Endocrine Disruption with an Unconventional Endocrine-Disrupting Compound

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