Relationship between metal concentrations in the sediment, bioaccumulation and toxic responses in p. vivipara:subsidies for the environmental risk assessment

• Grant number: 17/04970-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: August 01, 2017
• End date: September 30, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Oceanography - Biological Oceanography
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa
• Grantee: Paloma Kachel Gusso Choueri
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB-CLP). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus Experimental do Litoral Paulista. São Vicente , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Understanding the relationship between exposure to stressors and biological effects is fundamental for sediment risk assessment. Establishing the relationship between environmental contamination, bioaccumulation and biological responses with different levels of severity is, therefore, important to understand the risks posed by metals to fish. However, the bioaccumulation of metals is not dependent only on the level of exposure and environmental conditions that interfere with bioavailability, but also on the biochemical and physiological activity dealing with the internal levels of metals. The aim of the current proposal is to assess the dose-response relationship between environmental exposure to metals in the sediment, bioaccumulation and toxic responses in fish. To do so, individuals of Poecilia vivipara will be exposed to a metal contamination gradient in sediments under controlled laboratory conditions, and the levels of metal in the tissues and biomarkers responses at different levels of biological organization (different degrees of severity), i.e. sub-cellular, cellular and tissue levels, will be evaluated. This study will contribute to a better interpretation of the causality between exposure, internal levels and toxic responses to metals, which will allow improving aquatic environments management tools. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE CAMPOS, BRUNO GALVAO; FONTES, MAYANA KAROLINE; GUSSO-CHOUERI, PALOMA KACHEL; MARINSEK, GABRIELA PUSTIGLIONE; NOBRE, CAIO RODRIGUES; MORENO, BEATRIZ BARBOSA; LEMOS ABREU, FIAMMA EUGENIA; FILLMANN, GILBERTO; MARI, RENATA DE BRITTO; DE SOUZA ABESSA, DENIS MOLEDO. preliminary study on multi-level biomarkers response of the tropical oyster Crassostrea brasiliana to exposure to the antifouling biocide DCOI. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 174, JAN 2022. (17/10211-0, 17/04970-5, 20/03004-0)

NOBRE, CAIO RODRIGUES; MORENO, BEATRIZ BARBOSA; ALVES, ALINE VECCHIO; ROSA, JONAS DE LIMA; FRANCO, HELOISA DA ROSA; DE SOUZA ABESSA, DENIS MOLEDO; MARANHO, LUCIANE ALVES; CHOUERI, RODRIGO BRASIL; GUSSO-CHOUERI, PALOMA KACHEL; SEABRA PEREIRA, CAMILO DIAS. Effects of Microplastics Associated with Triclosan on the Oyster Crassostrea brasiliana: An Integrated Biomarker Approach. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 79, n. 1, APR 2020. (17/12193-9, 17/04970-5)

GARCIA ARANHA, MARIA LUIZA; GARCIA, MARIANA SIMOES; DE CARVALHO CAVALCANTE, DEBORAH NAVIT; GOMES SILVA, ANA PRISCILA; FONTES, MAYANA KAROLINE; GUSSO-CHOUERI, PALOMA KACHEL; CHOUERI, RODRIGO BRASIL; PEROBELLI, JULIANA ELAINE. Biochemical and histopathological responses in peripubertal male rats exposed to agrochemicals isolated or in combination: A multivariate data analysis study. Toxicology, v. 447, JAN 15 2021. (16/24033-3, 17/23063-9, 19/04588-9, 17/04970-5)

CAPPARELLI, MARIANA V.; THURMAN, CARL L.; CHOUERI, PALOMA GUSSO; DE SOUZA ABESSA, DENIS MOLEDO; FONTES, MAYANA KAROLINE; NOBRE, CAIO RODRIGUES; MCNAMARA, JOHN CAMPBELL. Survival strategies on a semi-arid island: submersion and desiccation tolerances of fiddler crabs from the Galapagos Archipelago. Marine Biology, v. 168, n. 1, JAN 2021. (17/04970-5)

DA SILVA, LETICIA FERNANDA; NOBRE, CAIO RODRIGUES; MORENO, BEATRIZ BARBOSA; SEABRA PEREIRA, CAMILO DIAS; DE SOUZA ABESSA, DENIS MOLEDO; CHOUERI, RODRIGO BRASIL; GUSSO-CHOUERI, PALOMA KACHEL; CESAR, AUGUSTO. Non-destructive biomarkers can reveal effects of the association of microplastics and pharmaceuticals or personal care products. Marine Pollution Bulletin, v. 177, p. 10-pg., 2022-03-04. (17/07353-7, 17/04970-5, 17/12193-9)