title: Effects of glyphosate and polyoxyethylenamine on growth and energetic reserves in the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus (Decapoda, Parastacidae).
abstract: Freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus have a high commercial value and are cultured in farms where they are potentially exposed to pesticides. Therefore, we examined the sublethal effects of a 50-day exposure to glyphosate acid and polyoxyethylenamine (POEA), both alone and in a 3:1 mixture, on the growth and energetic reserves in muscle, hepatopancreas and hemolymph of growing juvenile crayfish. Exposure to two different glyphosate and POEA mixtures caused lower somatic growth and decreased muscle protein levels. These effects, caused by both compounds interacting in the mixture, could also be synergistic because they were expressed even at the lowest concentration. The decrease in protein levels could be related to the greater use of other energy reserves. This hypothesis is supported by the decrease in muscle glycogen stores due to glyphosate exposure and the decrease in lipid reserves associated with exposure to POEA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biodiversity and Experimental Biology, FCEyN-University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Jimena L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Frontera
authors.forename: Itzick
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vatnick
authors.forename: Anouk
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chaulet
authors.forename: Enrique M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D033364:Decapoda / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D004338:Drug Combinations; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects*; D005998:Glycine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000633:toxicity; D006458:Hemolymph / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D043143:Hepatopancreas / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006540:Herbicides / Q000633:toxicity*; D008018:Life Cycle Stages / Q000187:drug effects; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols / Q000633:toxicity*; D018675:Toxicity Tests; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*; D000097797:Glyphosate
chemical_list: D004338:Drug Combinations; D005998:Glycine; D006540:Herbicides; D011092:Polyethylene Glycols; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D000097797:Glyphosate; C054694:polyoxyethyleneamine