Ecotoxicological evaluation of potentially toxic metals of the waters and the soil of the Pirjibú River by analysis of biochemical biomarkers in bullfrog tadpoles

• Grant number: 20/06879-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2020
• End date: August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry - Enzymology
• Principal Investigator: cleoni dos santos carvalho
• Grantee: João Victor Cassiel Ferraz
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Humanas e Biológicas (CCHB). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). Sorocaba , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Environmental contamination of the aquatic environment by metals is a major concern and has received considerable attention in recent decades. Metals, derived from agricultural operations and industrial effluents, can reach different bodies of water and produce toxic effects on aquatic organisms and, accumulated in aquatic biota, can represent a public health problem. The present study aims to investigate the presence of metals [aluminum (Al), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), calcium (Ca), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), strontium (Sr), iron (Fe), magnesium (Mn), manganese (Mn), molybdenium (Mo), nickel (Ni), potassium (K), selenium (Se) and zinc (Zn)] in the water and sediment of the Pirajibu River, Sorocaba , SP and the liver of bullfrog tadpoles, Lithobates catesbeianus and verify the effect of these metals on these organisms. For this purpose, water and sediment will be collected in two locations on the river (P1 and P2) and the tadpoles will be exposed to these waters for 96 hours. To assess the effects, the following parameters in the liver will be analyzed: activity of antioxidant enzymes: SOD (superoxide dismutase) and CAT (catalase), levels of LPO (lipid peroxidation), PCO (carbonylated proteins)and MT (metallothionein). The data will be compared with a land use map and with parameters established by CONAMA Resolution No. 357 of 2005.

Scientific publications

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UTSUNOMIYA, HEIDI SAMANTHA MORAES; FERRAZ, JOAO VICTOR CASSIEL; FUJIWARA, GABRIEL HIROSHI; GUTIERRES, DAVI MARQUES; FERNANDES, ISABELA FERREIRA; VALVERDE, BRUNO SERRA DE LACERDA; DE OLIVEIRA, CLASSIUS; FRANCO-BELUSSI, LILIAN; FERNANDES, MARISA NARCISO; CARVALHO, CLEONI DOS SANTOS. Changes in blood parameters and metabolism in bullfrog tadpoles, Lithobates catesbeianus, (Shaw, 1802) after exposure to the Sorocaba River (Sao Paulo, Brazil) water. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, v. N/A, p. 13-pg., 2022-12-08. (20/06879-8, 17/23781-9)