title: Oxidative stress related to chlorpyrifos exposure in rainbow trout: Acute and medium term effects on genetic biomarkers.
abstract: Organophosphates (OPs) are derivatives of phosphoric acid widely used in agriculture as pesticides. Chlorpyrifos (CPF) is an OP that is extremely toxic to aquatic organisms. Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is considered as a sentinel model species for ecotoxicology assessment in freshwater ecosystems. An exposure study was carried out on rainbow trout to investigate genetic responses to CPF-induced oxidative stress by Real-Time PCR, and to determine the accumulation dynamics of CPF and toxic metabolite chlorpyrifos-oxon (CPF-ox) in edible parts, by HPLC-MS/MS. Among the genes considered to be related to oxidative stress, a significant increase in HSP70 mRNA levels was observed in liver samples up to 14 days after CPF exposure (0.05 mg/L). CPF concentrations in muscle samples reach mean values of 285.25 ng/g within 96 hours of exposure, while CPF-ox concentrations were always under the limit of quantification (LOQ) of the applied method. Our findings lead us to consider HSP70 as a suitable genetic marker in rainbow trout for acute and medium-term monitoring of CPF exposure, complementary to analytical determinations.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy. Electronic address: alessandro.benedetto@izsto.it.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Benedetto
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brizio
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Squadrone
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Scanzio
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Righetti
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Zootecniche Agrarie, Forestali e Alimentari, Università degli Studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gasco
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prearo
authors.affiliation: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale del Piemonte, Liguria e Valle d'Aosta, via Bologna 148, 10154 Torino, Italy.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Abete
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism*; D004390:Chlorpyrifos / Q000633:toxicity*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D017686:Oncorhynchus mykiss; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D007306:Insecticides; D004390:Chlorpyrifos
keywords: Chlorpyrifos; Chlorpyrifos oxon; Gene expression; Mass spectrometry; Oxidative stress; Rainbow trout