In vivo activity of cholinesterase （ChE） in Daphnia magna was measured at different time points during 21-day exposure to triazophos and chlorpyrifos ranging from 0.05 to 2.50 μg/L and 0.01 to 2.00 μg/L, respectiv...In vivo activity of cholinesterase （ChE） in Daphnia magna was measured at different time points during 21-day exposure to triazophos and chlorpyrifos ranging from 0.05 to 2.50 μg/L and 0.01 to 2.00 μg/L, respectively. For exposure to triazophos, ChE was induced up to 176.5% at 1.5 μg/L and day 10 when measured by acetylthiocholine （ATCh）, whereas it was induced up to 174.2% at 0.5 μg/L and day 10 when measured by butyrylthiocholine （BTCb）. For exposure to chlorpyrifos, ChE was induced up to 134.0% and 160.5% when measured by ATCh and BTCh, respectively, with both maximal inductions detected at 0.1 Ixg/L and day 8. Obvious induction in terms of ChE activity was also detected in daphnia removed from exposures 24 hr after their birth and kept in a recovery culture for 21 days. Results indicated that the enzyme displayed symptoms of hormesis, a characteristic featured by conversion from low-dose stimulation to high-dose inhibition. In spite of that, no promotion in terms of reproduction rate and body size was detected at any tested concentrations regardless of whether the daphnia were collected at end of the 21-day exposure or at end of a 21-day recovery culture. This suggested that induction of ChE caused by anticholinesterases had nothing to do with the prosperity of the daphnia population.展开更多
It is important to select suitable organisms to adapt the requirement of different environment monitoring purposes.Following our previous study,the behavioral responses of Daphnia magna and Japanese madaka （Oryzias l...It is important to select suitable organisms to adapt the requirement of different environment monitoring purposes.Following our previous study,the behavioral responses of Daphnia magna and Japanese madaka （Oryzias latipes） were investigated and compared under flow-through conditions in an on-line biomonitoring system.The results showed that both D.magna and Japanese madaka had similar biological clock,but the circadian rhythms of Japanese madaka was more clearly recorded than that of D.magna.And the sensitivity of D.magna was about two orders of magnitudes higher than that of Japanese madaka in different types of toxic chemicals （dichlorovos,deltamethrin and cadmium chloride）.However,when both animals were used in an on-line biomonitoring system,the life span of D.magna was less than 7 days and Japanese madaka could last for more than one month without feeding.Therefore,D.magna was proposed to be a more sensitive bioindicator and was suitable for short term monitoring the pollution events at concentration level closing to the water quality standard,while Japanese madaka was more suitable for the long-term monitoring for accidental discharges.展开更多
The biokinetics of Cu in Daphnia magna, including dissolved uptake, assimilation and efflux, has been determined using a gamma 67^Cu radiotracer methodology. However, this gamma emitting radioisotope is not readily av...The biokinetics of Cu in Daphnia magna, including dissolved uptake, assimilation and efflux, has been determined using a gamma 67^Cu radiotracer methodology. However, this gamma emitting radioisotope is not readily available due to its very short half-life. In the present study, we employed a stable isotope tracer （65^Cu） to determine the Cu biokinetics and compared our results to those determined using 67^Cu. The dissolved uptake rate constant of 65^Cu was 3.36 L/（g.day）, which is higher than that of 67^Cu （1.32 L/（g.day））. With increasing food concentrations from 2×10^4 to 1×10^5 cells/mL, the Cu assimilation efficiency （AE） decreased from 46% to 11%, compared to a decrease from 27% to 16% when determined using 67^Cu. The effiux of Cu from Daphnia magna was quantified following both dissolved and dietary uptake. The efflux of waterborne Cu was comparable to that of dietborne Cu and the effiux rate constant （0.32-0.52 day^-l） was higher than that determined by 67^Cu （0.19-0.20 day^-1）. By considering different water properties and handling procedure between the two experiments, we believe that these differences are reasonable. Overall, this study demonstrated that the enriched stable isotope tracer technique is a powerful tool to investigate metal bioavailability and maybe a good alternative to radioactive measurements.展开更多
The potential effects of nanoscale CuO（nCuO）,nanoscale ZnO（nZnO） and their mixtures on Daphnia magna were investigated,including 48-h acute toxicity and 21-d chronic toxicity tests as well as a feeding experiment....The potential effects of nanoscale CuO（nCuO）,nanoscale ZnO（nZnO） and their mixtures on Daphnia magna were investigated,including 48-h acute toxicity and 21-d chronic toxicity tests as well as a feeding experiment.The results of acute toxicity show that nCuO/nZnO mixture was the most toxic followed by nCuO and nZnO.The nanoparticles（NPs） inhibited both the growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna during the testing period.Concentration dependence was apparent in all the cases and the intrinsic rate of natural increase was confirmed to be a very sensitive parameter to NPs exposure.Binary mixture appeared to be more toxic than the corresponding individual exposures at most cases except for the feeding behavior.展开更多
基金supported by the Department of Education of Zhejiang Province,China (Natural Science Project,No. 20070138)the Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. Y307448)
文摘In vivo activity of cholinesterase （ChE） in Daphnia magna was measured at different time points during 21-day exposure to triazophos and chlorpyrifos ranging from 0.05 to 2.50 μg/L and 0.01 to 2.00 μg/L, respectively. For exposure to triazophos, ChE was induced up to 176.5% at 1.5 μg/L and day 10 when measured by acetylthiocholine （ATCh）, whereas it was induced up to 174.2% at 0.5 μg/L and day 10 when measured by butyrylthiocholine （BTCb）. For exposure to chlorpyrifos, ChE was induced up to 134.0% and 160.5% when measured by ATCh and BTCh, respectively, with both maximal inductions detected at 0.1 Ixg/L and day 8. Obvious induction in terms of ChE activity was also detected in daphnia removed from exposures 24 hr after their birth and kept in a recovery culture for 21 days. Results indicated that the enzyme displayed symptoms of hormesis, a characteristic featured by conversion from low-dose stimulation to high-dose inhibition. In spite of that, no promotion in terms of reproduction rate and body size was detected at any tested concentrations regardless of whether the daphnia were collected at end of the 21-day exposure or at end of a 21-day recovery culture. This suggested that induction of ChE caused by anticholinesterases had nothing to do with the prosperity of the daphnia population.
基金supported by the National Key Program for Water Pollution Control (No. 2009ZX07210-009,2009ZX07209-005,2009ZX07527-002)the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry (No.08K07ESPCR)
文摘It is important to select suitable organisms to adapt the requirement of different environment monitoring purposes.Following our previous study,the behavioral responses of Daphnia magna and Japanese madaka （Oryzias latipes） were investigated and compared under flow-through conditions in an on-line biomonitoring system.The results showed that both D.magna and Japanese madaka had similar biological clock,but the circadian rhythms of Japanese madaka was more clearly recorded than that of D.magna.And the sensitivity of D.magna was about two orders of magnitudes higher than that of Japanese madaka in different types of toxic chemicals （dichlorovos,deltamethrin and cadmium chloride）.However,when both animals were used in an on-line biomonitoring system,the life span of D.magna was less than 7 days and Japanese madaka could last for more than one month without feeding.Therefore,D.magna was proposed to be a more sensitive bioindicator and was suitable for short term monitoring the pollution events at concentration level closing to the water quality standard,while Japanese madaka was more suitable for the long-term monitoring for accidental discharges.
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program of China "Water Environmental Quality Evolution and Water Quality Criteria in Lakes" (No.2008CB418201)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40871215)the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing (No. 8092019)
文摘The biokinetics of Cu in Daphnia magna, including dissolved uptake, assimilation and efflux, has been determined using a gamma 67^Cu radiotracer methodology. However, this gamma emitting radioisotope is not readily available due to its very short half-life. In the present study, we employed a stable isotope tracer （65^Cu） to determine the Cu biokinetics and compared our results to those determined using 67^Cu. The dissolved uptake rate constant of 65^Cu was 3.36 L/（g.day）, which is higher than that of 67^Cu （1.32 L/（g.day））. With increasing food concentrations from 2×10^4 to 1×10^5 cells/mL, the Cu assimilation efficiency （AE） decreased from 46% to 11%, compared to a decrease from 27% to 16% when determined using 67^Cu. The effiux of Cu from Daphnia magna was quantified following both dissolved and dietary uptake. The efflux of waterborne Cu was comparable to that of dietborne Cu and the effiux rate constant （0.32-0.52 day^-l） was higher than that determined by 67^Cu （0.19-0.20 day^-1）. By considering different water properties and handling procedure between the two experiments, we believe that these differences are reasonable. Overall, this study demonstrated that the enriched stable isotope tracer technique is a powerful tool to investigate metal bioavailability and maybe a good alternative to radioactive measurements.
基金Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2010CB429006)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China(No.2010B05714)
文摘The potential effects of nanoscale CuO（nCuO）,nanoscale ZnO（nZnO） and their mixtures on Daphnia magna were investigated,including 48-h acute toxicity and 21-d chronic toxicity tests as well as a feeding experiment.The results of acute toxicity show that nCuO/nZnO mixture was the most toxic followed by nCuO and nZnO.The nanoparticles（NPs） inhibited both the growth and reproduction of Daphnia magna during the testing period.Concentration dependence was apparent in all the cases and the intrinsic rate of natural increase was confirmed to be a very sensitive parameter to NPs exposure.Binary mixture appeared to be more toxic than the corresponding individual exposures at most cases except for the feeding behavior.
