Integrated assessment of multilevel biomarker responses and chemical analysis in mussels from São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil.
The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of contaminants in the mussel Perna perna from São Sebastião Channel, São Paulo, Brazil, and to evaluate the effects of these contaminants on these organisms at biochemical (catalase [CAT], glutathione-S-transferase [GST], and cholinesterase [ChE]), cellular (neutral red retention time [NRRT] assay), and physiological (cardiac monitoring) levels. Two sampling surveys were performed (winter of 2001 and summer of 2002) at six stations along the channel: Cigarras, station 1; Iate Clube de Ilhabela, station 2; Oil Terminal, station 3; Toque Toque, station 4; Ponta da Sela, station 5 (reference station); and Taubaté, station 6. Differences in CAT activity were observed between mussels from stations 3 and 5 during the winter, but no differences were detected in the summer. No differences in GST activity were found among stations during the winter, although animals from station 3 showed higher activity during the summer. The ChE activity was significantly higher in the mussels from stations 1 and 2 during the winter and from stations 1 and 3 during the summer. Organisms from stations 1 through 4 showed statistically lower NRRT in both seasons. Similar heart rates were observed in the mussels from all stations. Hydrocarbons were detected in organisms from all the stations in both seasons. During the winter, higher polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) levels were observed in organisms from station 3, whereas during the summer, higher levels of metals were found in organisms from stations 1, 3, and 4. The multivariate analyses showed a strong influence of PAHs on the winter biological results, but metals showed higher influence on these responses in the summer, indicating multiple contaminant sources.
Pereira
Camilo Dias Seabra
CD
Universidade Santa Cecilia, Laboratório de Ecotoxicologia, Oswaldo Cruz, n.266, 11045-907, Santos, São Paulo, Brazil. camilo@unisanta.br
Abessa
Denis Moledo De Souza
DM
Bainy
Afonso Celso Dias
AC
Zaroni
Letícia Pires
LP
Gasparro
Márcia Regina
MR
Bícego
Márcia Caruso
MC
Taniguchi
Satie
S
Furley
Tatiana Heid
TH
De Sousa
Eduinetty Ceci Pereira Moreira
EC
D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D001822:Body Burden; D001938:Brazil; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons / Q000032:analysis; D012621:Seasons; D012623:Seawater; D014873:Water Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*
D004798:Enzymes; D011084:Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons; D014873:Water Pollutants