title: Recognizing the importance of exposure-dose-response dynamics for ecotoxicity assessment: nitrofurazone-induced antioxidase activity and mRNA expression in model protozoan Euplotes vannus.
abstract: The equivocality of dose-response relationships has, in practice, hampered the application of biomarkers as a means to evaluate environmental risk, yet this important issue has not yet been fully recognized or explored. This paper evaluates the potential of antioxidant enzymes in the ciliated protozoan Euplotes vannus for use as biomarkers. Dose-response dynamics, together with both the enzyme activity and the gene expression of the antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione peroxidase, were investigated when E. vannus were exposed to graded doses of nitrofurazone for several discrete durations. Mathematical models were explored to characterize the dose-response profiles and, specifically, to identify any equivocality in terms of endpoint. Significant differences were found in both enzyme activity and messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in the E. vannus treated with nitrofurazone, and the interactions between exposure dosage and duration were significant. Correlations between enzyme activity, mRNA expression, and nitrofurazone dose varied with exposure duration. Particularly, the dose-responses showed different dynamics depending on either endpoint or exposure duration. Our findings suggest that both the enzyme activity and the gene expression of the tested antioxidant enzymes can be used as biomarkers for ecotoxicological assessment on the premise of ascertaining appropriate dosage scope, exposure duration, endpoint, etc., which can be achieved by using dose-response dynamics.
authors: Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environmental Science in Guangdong Higher Education, College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, Guangdong, China.
authors: Yazhen
authors: Y
authors: Hong
authors: Shuxing
authors: S
authors: Liu
authors: Xiaofeng
authors: X
authors: Lin
authors: Jiqiu
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Zhenzhen
authors: Z
authors: Yi
authors: Khaled A S
authors: KA
authors: Al-Rasheid
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D016812:Euplotes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009583:Nitrofurazone / Q000633:toxicity*; D015800:Protozoan Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015415:Biomarkers; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D015800:Protozoan Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D009583:Nitrofurazone
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