title: Arsenic-induced histopathology and synthesis of stress proteins in liver and kidney of Channa punctatus.
abstract: As3+, considered effective for aquatic weed control, has been found to be harmful to several species of freshwater teleosts. Channa punctatus (Bloch) exposed for 14 days to nonlethal concentrations (1/20 LC50 and 1/10 LC50) of As2O3 were sampled on days 0, 1, 2, 7, and 14. Tissue disorientation, peliosis, and vacuolization accompanied by karyolysis, apoptosis, and necrosis of hepatocytes were significant on days 1, 2, and 7. In the kidney shrinkage of the glomerulus and increase in the Bowman's space were observed on days 1, 2, and 7. Irregularities in the renal tubule including apoptotic and necrotic cells were also common. Decreased intertubular space and enlargement of the height of the brush border cells were noteworthy. Corresponding with the histopathological lesions, dose-dependent disturbances in liver and renal functions and induction of heat shock protein 70 were significant at the early phase of arsenic treatment while metallothionein was induced at a later phase of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, School of Life Science, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, West Bengal 731 235, India.
authors.forename: Sonali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Shelley
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide; D001152:Arsenicals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D007677:Kidney Function Tests; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008668:Metallothionein / Q000378:metabolism; D010087:Oxides / Q000633:toxicity*; D010473:Perciformes / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D001152:Arsenicals; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D010087:Oxides; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D008668:Metallothionein; D003404:Creatinine; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D005978:Glutathione; D000077237:Arsenic Trioxide