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The research investigated the effect of dietary supplementation with Artemia sp. enriched with the autochthonous probiotic Enterococcus faecium on growth performance, microbiota modulation, intestinal morphology, and resistance to pathogenic bacteria of Megaleporinus macrocephalus larvae. The study evaluated four treatments (C: without probiotics; T1: 1 × 104; T2: 1 × 106; and T3: 1 × 108 CFU·mL-1) in quadruplicates. The larvae (n = 160; weight = 5.3 ± 2.3 mg and length = 3.73 ± 0.4 mm) were distributed in 16 L containers at a density of 10 larvae·L-1 for 20 days. The productive performance, survival, gut microbiology, and histology were measured. The larvae were also submitted to acute challenge against the pathogenic bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. The results showed that supplementation with 1 × 108 CFU·mL-1 promotes greater gain in length (13.78 ± 0.40 cm) and total weight (0.08 ± 0.002 g), higher counts of lactic acid bacteria and lower total heterotrophic in the intestines (7.11 ± 0.30; 0.12 ± 0.09 log CFU·g-1, respectively) and larger villi (0.26 ± 0.03 µm). Diets containing probiotics influenced the animals' resistance to acute infection, with a lower accumulated mortality in T3 (33% ± 11.54%) and a higher one in C+ (93% ± 11.54%). Thus, probiotic supplementation with the autochthonous bacterium E. faecium (1 × 108 CFU·mL-1) provides zootechnical improvement, villus increase and greater resistance to infections.(AU)
A pesquisa investigou o efeito da suplementação dietética com Artemia sp. enriquecida com o probiótico autóctone Enterococcus faecium no desempenho do crescimento, modulação da microbiota, morfologia intestinal e resistência a bactérias patogênicas em larvas de Megaleporinus macrocephalus. O estudo avaliou quatro tratamentos (C: sem probióticos; T1: 1 × 104; T2: 1 × 106; e T3: 1 × 108 UFC·mL-1) em quadruplicata. As larvas (n = 160; peso = 5,3 ± 2,3 mg e comprimento = 3,73 ± 0,4 mm) foram distribuídas em recipientes de 16 L na densidade de 10 larvas·L-1 por 20 dias. Desempenho produtivo, sobrevivência, microbiologia e histologia intestinal foram medidos. As larvas também foram submetidas a desafio agudo contra a bactéria patogênica Aeromonas hydrophila. Os resultados mostraram que a suplementação com 1 × 108 UFC·mL-1 promoveu maior ganho de comprimento (13,78 ± 0,40 cm) e peso total (0,08 ± 0,002 g), maior contagem de bactérias lácticas e menor de heterotróficos totais nos intestinos (7,11 ± 0,30; 0,12 ± 0,09 log UFC·g-1, respectivamente) e maiores vilosidades (0,26 ± 0,03 µm). As dietas contendo probióticos influenciaram a resistência dos animais à infecção aguda, com menor mortalidade acumulada em T3 (33,33% ± 11,54%) e maior em C+ (93,33% ± 11,54%). Assim, a suplementação probiótica com a bactéria autóctone E. faecium(1 × 108 UFC·mL-1) proporciona melhora zootécnica, aumento de vilosidades e maior resistência a infecções.(AU)
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Animais , Artemia/fisiologia , Comportamento Alimentar/fisiologia , Caraciformes/microbiologia , ProbióticosRESUMO
The hatchability, mortality rate, lipid peroxide levels, and swimming speed of Artemia salina have been compared based on short exposures of ZnCl2, CdCl2, and HgCl2 in artificial seawater. The hatching tests were carried out for 12, 24, 36, and 48 h at 28 °C. Mortality rate and lipid peroxide (LPO) levels were determined after 24 h of exposure at 28 °C, in the dark, and on living larvae using the FOX method. The swimming speed was determined after 24 h using a microcomputer coupled to a digital camera, with simultaneous treatment of the recorded images every 25 s, at 25 °C, under red-light irradiation. Results showed that Zn caused a gradual inhibition of the hatching for concentrations <900 µmol L-1; however, Cd and Hg displayed almost complete inhibition for concentrations ≤100 µmol L-1. Also, the heavy metals caused a dose-dependent increase of mortality (LD50) in the following order: Zn = 3290 µmol L-1 < Cd = 2206 µmol L-1 < Hg = 15.6 µmol L-1. Furthermore, significant LPO levels were found for Cd (1500-2000 µmol L-1, p < 0.001) and Hg (5-20 µmol L-1, p < 0.001). Finally, the swimming speed values increased significantly, for Zn ≈ 2.5 mm s-1 (1500 µmol L-1, p < 0.001), Cd ≈ 3.5 mm s-1 (2000 µmol L-1, p < 0.05), and Hg ≈ 4.0 mm s-1 (15 µmol L-1, p < 0.05), after 24 h exposure. There is a clear dose-dependent toxicity, indicating that Zn, Cd and Hg can induce significant changes in hatchability, mortality, and ethological and biochemical parameters.
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Artemia/fisiologia , Metais Pesados/toxicidade , Poluentes Químicos da Água/toxicidade , Animais , Cádmio , Larva , Peroxidação de Lipídeos/efeitos dos fármacos , Mercúrio , Água do Mar , NataçãoRESUMO
The use of vegetable waste and its screening for potential cytotoxicity is of utmost importance to ensure its safe use in the feed industry for fish and other animals. We evaluated aqueous and ethanolic extracts of cooked Araucaria angustifolia seed coats. The Stiasny index for the aqueous and ethanolic extracts was 2.87% ± 0.03% and 60.53% ± 4.79%, respectively. Condensed tannins were 11-fold higher in the ethanolic extract than the aqueous extract. The flavonoid and polyphenol contents were 1.7- and 1.8-fold higher in the ethanolic extract than in the aqueous extract, respectively. The 36 h EC50 for brine shrimp hatchability was 300.32 µg/mL for the aqueous extract, and 76.60 µg/mL for the ethanolic extract. The 24 h LC50 was 1405.96 µg/mL for the aqueous extract, and it was 356.32 µg/mL for the ethanolic extract. The aqueous extract was nontoxic to A. salina nauplii, and therefore, it can be used as a possible food additive in fish feed. The results also demonstrated that the different solvents used in the extraction affected the yield and the total phenolic, total flavonoid, and condensed tannin content. Further in vivo and cell line cytotoxicity testing is recommended to substantiate these findings.
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Araucaria/química , Artemia , Extratos Vegetais/toxicidade , Sementes/química , Ração Animal , Animais , Antioxidantes/análise , Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Artemia/fisiologia , Culinária , Flavonoides/análise , Dose Letal Mediana , Fenóis/análise , Extratos Vegetais/análise , Extratos Vegetais/química , Polifenóis/análise , Solventes/química , Taninos/análise , Testes de ToxicidadeRESUMO
Magnetic silver nanoparticles (MNPAg) are interesting nanotechnology materials with borderless environmental science, that can be used to disinfect water contaminated with pathogenic bacteria. The use of MNPAg leads to increased risk of nanomaterial contamination in the environment, especially natural water sources, with harmful effects on the ecosystem. This study investigating survival and enzyme activity of magnetic O-carboxymethylchitosan loaded silver nanoparticle on Artemia salina. The results showed that mortality increased with increasing concentrations of MNPAg. O-Carboxymethylchitosan loaded silver nanoparticles were found to be more toxic, with a LC50 of 902.1 mg/L for γ-Fe2O3/Ag without reducing agent. Accumulation of silver on Artemia salina depends on the type of nanoparticle. Accumulation of nanoparticle containing polymers (carboxymethylchitosan/γ-Fe2O3/Ag without reducing agent, carboxymethylchitosan/γ-Fe2O3/Ag reduced with sucrose and carboxymethylchitosan/γ-Fe2O3/Ag reduced with NaBH4) were found to be higher than γ-Fe2O3/Ag reduced with NaBH4, γ-Fe2O3/Ag reduced with sucrose and γ-Fe2O3/Ag without reducing agent under the same experimental conditions. The antioxidant enzyme (CAT, SOD and GST) activities increased slightly following exposure, indicating that the toxic effects are related to oxidative stress. The combined results so far indicate that MNPA does not have the potential to affect aquatic organisms when released into the ecosystem.
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Quitosana/análogos & derivados , Nanopartículas Metálicas/toxicidade , Prata/toxicidade , Poluentes Químicos da Água/toxicidade , Animais , Artemia/fisiologia , Quitosana/toxicidadeRESUMO
Abstract The populations of Artemia (or brine shrimp) from the Americas exhibit a wide variation in the amount of interphase heterochromatin. There is interest in understanding how this variation affects different parameters, from the cellular to the organismal levels. This should help to clarify the ability of this organism to tolerate brine habitats regularly subject to strong abiotic changes. In this study, we assessed the amount of interphase heterochromatin per nucleus based on chromocenter number (N-CHR) and relative area of chromocenter (R-CHR) in two species of Artemia, A. franciscana (Kellog, 1906) (n=9 populations) and A. persimilis (Piccinelli and Prosdocimi, 1968) (n=3 populations), to investigate the effect on nuclear size (S-NUC). The relationship of the R-CHR parameter with the ionic composition (IC) of brine habitats was also analysed. Our results indicate a significant variation in the amount of heterochromatin both within and between species (ANOVA, p<0.001). The heterochromatin varied from 0.81 ± 1.17 to 12.58 ± 3.78 and from 0.19 ± 0.34% to 11.78 ± 3.71% across all populations, for N-CHR and R-CHR parameters, respectively. N-CHR showed less variation than R-CHR (variation index 15.5-fold vs. 62-fold). At least five populations showed a significant association (p<0.05) between R-CHR and S-NUC, either with negative (four populations, r= from -0.643 to -0.443), or positive (one population, r= 0.367) values.Within each species, there were no significant associations between both parameters (p>0.05). The R-CHR and IC parameters were associated significantly for the magnesium ion (r= 0.496, p<0.05) and also for the chloride, sodium and calcium ions (r = from -0.705 to -0.478, p<0.05). At species level, a significant association between both parameters was also found in A. franciscana populations, for the sulphate and calcium ions, in contrast to A. persimilis. These findings suggest that the amount of interphase heterochromatin modifies the nuclear size in Artemia. Our data also indicate that change in the amount of interphase heterochromatin is in line with the ionic composition of brines. This would be a species-specific phenomenon, whose occurrence may be involved in the ability of this organism to survive in these environments.
Resumo As populações de Artemia (ou camarão de salinas) das Américas apresentam uma grande variação na quantidade de heterocromatina interfásica. Há interesse em compreender como esta variação afeta diferentes parâmetros, desde o nível celular até os organismos. Isso deve ajudar a esclarecer a capacidade destes organismos tolerarem habitats extremos de água hipersalinas, que normalmente são submetidos a fortes mudanças abióticas. Neste estudo, avaliou-se a quantidade heterocromatina interfásica por núcleo através do número de cromocentros (N-CHR) e a área relativa de cromocentros (R-CHR) em duas espécies de Artemia, A. franciscana (Kellog, 1906) (n=9 populações) e A. persimilis (Piccinelli e Prosdocimi, 1968) (n=3 populações), para investigar o seu efeito no tamanho nuclear (S-NUC). Também foi analisada a relação de R-CHR com a composição iónica (CI) dos habitats hipersalinos. Nossos resultados indicam uma variação significativa na quantidade de heterocromatina dentro e entre espécies (ANOVA, p<0,001). Em todas as populações, a heterocromatina variou de 0,81 ± 1,17 para 12,58 ± 3,78 e de 0,19 ± 0,34% para 11,78 ± 3,71% para os parâmetros R-CHR e N-CHR, respectivamente. N-CHR apresentou menor variação do que R-CHR (amplitude de variação de 15,5 vezes vs. 62 vezes). Pelo menos cinco populações apresentaram uma associação significativa (p<0,05) entre R-CHR e S-NUC, seja com valores negativos (quatro populações, r = -0,643 a -0,443) ou positivo (uma população, r = 0,367). Os parâmetros R-CHR e CI foram associados significativamente para o íon de magnésio (r = 0,496, p<0,05) e também para os íons cloreto, sódio e cálcio (r = -0,705 a -0,478, p<0,05). Ao nível de espécie, foi também encontrada uma associação significativa entre esses dois parâmetros em populações de A. franciscana para os íons de sulfato e de cálcio, em contraste com A. persimilis. Estes achados sugerem que a quantidade heterocromatina interfásica modifica o tamanho nuclear em Artemia. Os nossos dados também indicam que a mudança na quantidade de heterocromatina interfásica está associada com a composição iónica das salinas. Este seria um fenómeno específico da espécie, cuja ocorrência pode estar envolvida na capacidade deste organismo sobreviver em tais ambientes.
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Animais , Artemia/fisiologia , Heterocromatina/química , Salinidade , Artemia/crescimento & desenvolvimento , América do Sul , Estados Unidos , Núcleo Celular/química , Ecossistema , Interfase , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/fisiologiaRESUMO
Harmful algae may differently affect their primary grazers, causing sub-lethal effects and/or leading to their death. The present study aim to compare the effects of three toxic benthic dinoflagellates on clearance and grazing rates, behavioral changes, and survival of Artemia salina. Feeding assays consisted in 1-h incubations of brine shrimps with the toxic Prorocentrum lima, Gambierdiscus excentricus and Ostreopsis cf. ovata and the non-toxic Tetraselmis sp. Brine shrimps fed unselectively on all toxic and non-toxic algal preys, without significant differences in clearance and ingestion rates. Acute toxicity assays were performed with dinoflagellate cells in two growth phases during 7-h to assess differences in cell toxicity to A. salina. Additionally, exposure to cell-free medium was performed to evaluate its effects on A. salina survival. The behavior of brine shrimps significantly changed during exposure to the toxic dinoflagellates, becoming immobile at the bottom by the end of the trials. Dinoflagellates significantly affected A. salina survival with 100% mortality after 7-h exposure to cells in exponential phase (all treatments) and to P. lima in stationary phase. Mortality rates of brine shrimps exposed to O. cf. ovata and G. excentricus in stationary phase were 91% and 75%, respectively. However, incubations of the brine shrimps with cell-free medium did not affect A. salina survivorship. Significant differences in toxic effects between cell growth phases were only found in the survival rates of A. salina exposed to G. excentricus. Acute exposure to benthic toxic dinoflagellates induced harmful effects on behavior and survival of A. salina. Negative effects related to the toxicity of benthic dinoflagellates are thus expected on their primary grazers making them more vulnerable to predation and vectors of toxins through the marine food webs.
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Artemia/fisiologia , Comportamento Animal , Dinoflagellida , Comportamento Alimentar , AnimaisRESUMO
The populations of Artemia (or brine shrimp) from the Americas exhibit a wide variation in the amount of interphase heterochromatin. There is interest in understanding how this variation affects different parameters, from the cellular to the organismal levels. This should help to clarify the ability of this organism to tolerate brine habitats regularly subject to strong abiotic changes. In this study, we assessed the amount of interphase heterochromatin per nucleus based on chromocenter number (N-CHR) and relative area of chromocenter (R-CHR) in two species of Artemia, A. franciscana (Kellog, 1906) (n=9 populations) and A. persimilis (Piccinelli and Prosdocimi, 1968) (n=3 populations), to investigate the effect on nuclear size (S-NUC). The relationship of the R-CHR parameter with the ionic composition (IC) of brine habitats was also analysed. Our results indicate a significant variation in the amount of heterochromatin both within and between species (ANOVA, p<0.001). The heterochromatin varied from 0.81 ± 1.17 to 12.58 ± 3.78 and from 0.19 ± 0.34% to 11.78 ± 3.71% across all populations, for N-CHR and R-CHR parameters, respectively. N-CHR showed less variation than R-CHR (variation index 15.5-fold vs. 62-fold). At least five populations showed a significant association (p<0.05) between R-CHR and S-NUC, either with negative (four populations, r= from -0.643 to -0.443), or positive (one population, r= 0.367) values.Within each species, there were no significant associations between both parameters (p>0.05). The R-CHR and IC parameters were associated significantly for the magnesium ion (r= 0.496, p<0.05) and also for the chloride, sodium and calcium ions (r = from -0.705 to -0.478, p<0.05). At species level, a significant association between both parameters was also found in A. franciscana populations, for the sulphate and calcium ions, in contrast to A. persimilis. These findings suggest that the amount of interphase heterochromatin modifies the nuclear size in Artemia. Our data also indicate that change in the amount of interphase heterochromatin is in line with the ionic composition of brines. This would be a species-specific phenomenon, whose occurrence may be involved in the ability of this organism to survive in these environments.
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Artemia/fisiologia , Heterocromatina/química , Salinidade , Animais , Artemia/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Núcleo Celular/química , Ecossistema , Interfase , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Larva/fisiologia , América do Sul , Estados UnidosRESUMO
The aim of this work was to investigate the effects of daily prey concentration during the first 15 days of active feeding of Hoplias lacerdae larvae, and the juvenile size on the feed training. In the first phase, the larvae received five Artemia nauplii concentrations (P). In the second phase, the juveniles from each treatment were trained to accept formulated diet. Superior growth was related to higher initial daily prey concentrations (900 and 1100 nauplii larvae-1). During feed training, the growth tendency was similar to that verified in the first phase. The lowest values of specific growth rate (SGR) were registered after the introduction of the semi-moist diet used in the feed training. However, the values of SGR recovered along the experiment and similar rates were found among the treatments. Survival, mortality and cannibalism were similar in the different treatments at the end of both phases. It can be concluded that: the prey concentration affects growth of H. lacerdae during the first 15 days of active feeding, and feed training can be initialized with juveniles of about 16 mm of total length.
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Ração Animal , Artemia/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Canibalismo , Comportamento Predatório/fisiologia , Animais , Aquicultura/métodos , Artemia/fisiologia , Larva/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Análise de Sobrevida , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
The brine shrimp Artemia (Crustacea) and a diversity of halophilic microorganisms coexist in natural brines, salterns and laboratory cultures; part of such environmental microbial diversity is represented in the gut of Artemia individuals. Bacterial diversity in these environments was assessed by 16S rRNA gene denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) fingerprinting. Eight natural locations in Chile, where A. franciscana or A. persimilis occur, were sampled for analysis of free-living and gut-associated bacteria in water from nature and laboratory cultures. The highest ecological diversity (Shannon's index, H') was found in brines, it decreased in the gut of wild and laboratory animals, and in laboratory water. Significant differences in H' existed between brines and laboratory water, and between brines and gut of wild animals. The greatest similarity of bacterial community composition was between brines and the gut of field animals, suggesting a transient state of the gut microbiota. Sequences retrieved from DGGE patterns (n = 83) exhibited an average of 97.8% identity with 41 bacterial genera from the phyla Proteobacteria (55.4% of sequences match), Bacteroidetes (22.9%), Actinobacteria (16.9%) and Firmicutes (4.8%). Environment-exclusive genera distribution was seen in Sphingomonas and Paenibacillus (gut of field animals), Amaricoccus and Ornithinimicrobium (gut of laboratory animals), and Hydrogenophaga (water of laboratory cultures). The reported ecological and physiological capabilities of such bacteria can help to understand Artemia adaptation to natural and laboratory conditions.
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Artemia/microbiologia , Bactérias/classificação , Intestinos/microbiologia , Microbiota , Microbiologia da Água , Animais , Artemia/fisiologia , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Biodiversidade , Chile , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Ecossistema , Eletroforese , Metagenoma , Filogenia , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase , Proteobactérias/genética , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Salinidade , Análise de Sequência de DNARESUMO
Recent studies have shown that lectins are promising tools for use in various biotechnological processes, as well as studies of various pathological mechanisms, isolation, and characterization of glycoconjugates and understanding the mechanisms underlying pathological mechanisms conditions, including the inflammatory response. This study aimed to purify, characterize physicochemically, and predict the biological activity of Canavalia oxyphylla lectin (CoxyL) in vitro and in vivo. CoxyL was purified by a single-step affinity chromatography in Sephadex® G-50 column. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that the pure lectin consists of a major band of 30 kDa (α-chain) and two minor components (ß-chain and γ-chain) of 16 and 13 kDa, respectively. These data were further confirmed by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry, suggesting that CoxyL is a typical ConA-like lectin. In comparison with the average molecular mass of α-chain, the partial amino acid sequence obtained corresponds to approximately 45% of the total CoxyL sequence. CoxyL presented hemagglutinating activity that was specifically inhibited by monosaccharides (D-glucose, D-mannose, and α-methyl-D-mannoside) and glycoproteins (ovalbumin and fetuin). Moreover, CoxyL was shown to be thermostable, exhibiting full hemagglutinating activity up to 60°C, and it was pH-sensitive for 1 h, exhibiting maximal activity at pH 7.0. CoxyL caused toxicity to Artemia nauplii and induced paw edema in rats. This biological activity highlights the importance of lectins as important tools to better understand the mechanisms underlying inflammatory responses.
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Canavalia/química , Lectinas de Plantas/isolamento & purificação , Subunidades Proteicas/isolamento & purificação , Sementes/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Animais , Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Artemia/fisiologia , Cromatografia de Afinidade , Dextranos , Edema/induzido quimicamente , Edema/imunologia , Edema/patologia , Eletroforese em Gel de Poliacrilamida , Fetuínas/química , Hemaglutinação/efeitos dos fármacos , Membro Posterior , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Inflamação/induzido quimicamente , Inflamação/imunologia , Inflamação/patologia , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peso Molecular , Monossacarídeos/química , Ovalbumina/química , Lectinas de Plantas/farmacologia , Estabilidade Proteica , Subunidades Proteicas/farmacologia , Ratos , Ratos WistarRESUMO
We report on the first characterization of the culturable heterotrophic bacteria of the scleractinian Madracis decactis. In addition, we characterized the culturable bacteria associated with the fireworm Hermodice carunculata, observed predating partially bleached coral colonies. Our study was carried out in the remote St. Peter and St. Paul Archipelago (SPSPA), Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Brazil. We constituted a 403 isolates collection and subsequently characterized it by means of pyrH and 16S rRNA partial sequences. We identified Photobacterium, Bacillus, and Vibrio species as members of the culturable microbiota of healthy M. decactis. V. campbellii, V. harveyi, V. communis, and V. maritimus were the most commonly found Vibrio species in healthy corals, representing more than 60 % of all vibrio isolates. Most of the vibrios isolated from the fireworm's tissues (n = 143; >90 %) were identified as V. shiloi. However, we did not recover V. shiloi from bleached M. decactis. Instead, we isolated V. communis, a novel Photobacterium species, Bacillus, Kocuria, and Pseudovibrio, suggesting a possible role of other facultative anaerobic bacteria and/or environmental features (such as water quality) in the onset of bleaching in SPSPA's M. decactis.
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Antozoários/microbiologia , Bactérias/classificação , Bactérias/isolamento & purificação , Poliquetos/microbiologia , Animais , Artemia/microbiologia , Artemia/fisiologia , Brasil , Filogenia , Vibrio/classificação , Vibrio/isolamento & purificação , Vibrio/patogenicidadeRESUMO
Using differential scanning calorimetry we demonstrated the presence of biological glasses and measured the glass transition temperatures (Tg) in dry encysted gastrula embryos (cysts) of the brine shrimp, Artemia, from eleven different locations, two of which provided cysts from parthenogenetic animals. Values for Tg were highest, by far, in Artemia franciscana cysts from the Mekong Delta, Vietnam (VN), these cysts having been produced from previous sequential inoculations into growth ponds of cysts from the San Francisco Bay, California, USA. Tg values for three groups of A. franciscana cysts were significantly higher than those of other cysts (except those of Artemia persimilis) studied here, as well as all other desiccation-tolerant animal systems studied to date. We also measured three stress proteins (hsc70, artemin and p26) in all these cysts as well as the total alcohol soluble carbohydrates (ASC), about 90% of which is the disaccharide trehalose, a known component of biological glasses. We interpret the results in terms of mechanisms involved with desiccation tolerance and, to some extent, with thermal conditions at the sites of cyst collection.
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Artemia/embriologia , Proteínas de Artrópodes/metabolismo , Carboidratos/química , Dessecação , Gástrula/fisiologia , Proteínas de Choque Térmico/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação ao Ferro/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a RNA/metabolismo , África do Norte , Animais , Argentina , Artemia/metabolismo , Artemia/fisiologia , Ásia , Gástrula/química , Gástrula/metabolismo , Transição de Fase , Federação Russa , Temperatura de Transição , Estados Unidos , VitrificaçãoRESUMO
The toxic effects of 7 coastal cyanobacterial strains isolated from Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico were evaluated. Growth was determined by dry weight. Toxicity bioassays were done in Artemia sp., juvenile white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and mice Mus musculus (ICR strain). In shrimp, three feeding methods were implemented: cyanobacterial biomass plus commercial food, cyanobacteria only, and biomass at different concentrations (18, 9, 4.5 and 2.2% w/v). In Artemia sp., Limnothrix amphigranulata (LIMA-3 strain) caused 100% mortality, and in the other organisms mortality was less than 30%. In the treatment L. vannamei with the food mix, mortality was less than 40%, but there was weight gain (6.2% +/- 1.03). With the biomass concentration treatment, the highest and the least mortality were 66.7% with Limnothrix amphigranulata (LIMA-3) and 26.7% with L. majuscula-all groups lost weight (3-5%). The last experiment showed no mortality. Shrimps showed gill damage evidenced by color changes and filament accumulation. Mouse bioassays exhibited 100% mortality with LIMA-3 extracts at every concentration (LD(50) 150 mg kg(- 1), i.p. mouse). Necropsies showed hemorrhage and increases in liver weight, indicating hepatotoxin. LIMA-3 strain was considered a medium-toxicity cyanobacteria. Weight-loss in L. vannamei could indicate the presence of a toxin. Therefore, a critical examination of the toxicity role in overall cyanobacteria ecotoxicology is needed.
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Toxinas Bacterianas/toxicidade , Cianobactérias/isolamento & purificação , Toxinas Marinhas/toxicidade , Microcistinas/toxicidade , Microbiologia da Água , Animais , Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Artemia/fisiologia , Toxinas Bacterianas/isolamento & purificação , Biomassa , Cianobactérias/fisiologia , Toxinas de Cianobactérias , Monitoramento Ambiental , Dose Letal Mediana , Longevidade/efeitos dos fármacos , Toxinas Marinhas/isolamento & purificação , México , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos ICR , Microcistinas/isolamento & purificação , Água do Mar/microbiologia , Testes de ToxicidadeRESUMO
Landfills are used to dispose municipal solid wastes, and although on-site recycling in these places is an extensive practice in Latin America, diverse pollutants are incorporated into the leachates. The objective of this work was to establish relationships between composition and toxicity of leachates from the landfill of the city of Cartagena, Colombia. Leachates were characterized measuring Cd, Ni, Hg, Mn, Cu, and Pb concentrations, and physicochemical parameters including pH, conductivity, chemical oxygen demand (COD), and hardness. Bioassays were conducted diluting with synthetic sea water, recording toxicity against Artemia franciscana as median lethal concentrations (LC50 values) after 24 and 48 h exposure. Average LC(50) values oscillated between 3.20% and 39.33% (v/v). Multivariate analysis showed that toxicity was dependent on Cd and COD. The slope of the concentration-response curve correlated with Ni concentration independently from toxicity. Results suggest toxicity of these leachates depends on Cd concentrations associated with organic matter, this effect being modulated by Ni.
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Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Monitoramento Ambiental/métodos , Metais Pesados/toxicidade , Eliminação de Resíduos , Poluentes Químicos da Água/toxicidade , Animais , Artemia/fisiologia , Carbonato de Cálcio/análise , Colômbia , Condutividade Elétrica , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Dose Letal Mediana , Metais Pesados/análise , Poluentes Químicos da Água/análiseRESUMO
Toxic and cytotoxic activities of the toxic plant Elaeoselinum foetidum (Apiaceae) were evaluated using the brine shrimp toxicity (BST) and KB cell cytotoxicity assays. The active chloroform extract was subjected to a bioactivity-directed fractionation, monitored by the BST assay, that led to the isolation of the diterpenoid ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid. This compound was potent against the brine shrimp (LC(50) = 4.8 microg/mL) and KB cells (IC(50) = 1.6 microg/mL).
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Apiaceae/química , Citotoxinas/farmacologia , Diterpenos/farmacologia , Animais , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/química , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Artemia/efeitos dos fármacos , Artemia/fisiologia , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Citotoxinas/química , Diterpenos/química , Humanos , Concentração Inibidora 50 , Células KB , Dose Letal Mediana , Estrutura MolecularRESUMO
A new cytotoxic (P-388 ED50 4 microgm/ml) arylnaphthalene lignan has been isolated from the Mexican medicinal plant Hyptis verticillata (Lamiaceae) and characterized as 5-methoxydehydropodophyllotoxin [1]. Eight additional lignans were also obtained by bioactivity-directed fractionation using the brine shrimp lethality test. Of these, the dehydro-beta-peltatin methyl ether 2 (P-388 ED50 1.8 microgm/ml) is reported for the first time as a natural product isolate. The other bioactive compounds were identified as dehydropodophyllotoxin [3], deoxydehydropodophyllotoxin [4]. (--)-yatein [5], 4'-demethyldeoxypodophyllotixin [6], isodeoxypodophyllotoxin [7], deoxypicropodophyllin [8], and beta-apopicropodophyllin [9]. Each of these compounds was evaluated against a panel of cell lines comprising a number of human cancer cell types [breast, colon, fibrosarcoma, lung, prostate, KB, and KB-VI (a multi-drug resistant cell line derived from KB)] and murine lymphocytic leukemia (P-388). Lignans 1-4 showed marginal cytotoxic activity against the human cell lines tested. In contrast, compounds 5-9 demonstrated a general nonspecific activity comparable to that of podophyllotoxin [12] (ED50 < 10-2 microgm/ml). In addition, the antimitotic potential of these compounds was determined in the astrocytoma (ASK) assay. Finally, the plant was also shown to contain the flavonoid sideritoflavone (KB ED50 1.6 microgm/ml) and the known pentacyclic triterpenoids ursolic, maslinic, 2 alpha-hydroxyursolic and oleanolic acids.
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Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/isolamento & purificação , Plantas Medicinais/química , Podofilotoxina/análogos & derivados , Animais , Antineoplásicos Fitogênicos/farmacologia , Artemia/fisiologia , Candida albicans/efeitos dos fármacos , Ensaios de Seleção de Medicamentos Antitumorais , Humanos , Leucemia P388/tratamento farmacológico , México , Camundongos , Testes de Sensibilidade Microbiana , Podofilotoxina/isolamento & purificação , Podofilotoxina/farmacologia , Podofilotoxina/toxicidade , RatosRESUMO
In addition to the known 3-hydroxydocosa-(4E, 15E)-dien-1-yne [1], 3-hydroxy-16-methyleicos-(4E)-en-1-yne [2], and 3-hydroxy-19-methyleicos-(4E)-en-1-yne [3], the lipophilic extract of the Caribbean sponge Cribrochalina vasculum was shown to contain four new bioactive acetylene metabolites, (3R)-hydroxy-14-methyldocos-(4E)-en-1-yne [4], (3R)-hydroxy-16-methyleicos-1-yne [7], (3R)-hydroxy-19-methyleicos-1-yne [8], and docosa-(3E, 15Z)-dien-1-yne [9], whose structures were elucidated on the basis of chemical and spectral studies. The previously unassigned chirality at C-3 of the known compounds 1-3 has been also established as R.
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Acetileno/isolamento & purificação , Artemia/fisiologia , Poríferos/química , Acetileno/química , Acetileno/toxicidade , Animais , Bahamas , Belize , Espectroscopia de Ressonância Magnética , OxirreduçãoRESUMO
Four new oxygenated diterpenes 1-4 were isolated from the Caribbean sponge Myrmekioderma styx. The structures of these compounds were deduced by ms, uv, ir, 1H- and 13C-nmr, 1H-1H COSY, XHCORR, and COLOC experiments. Compounds 1-4 are lethal to brine shrimp (Artemia salina).