PMID- 27388235 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170118 LR - 20181202 IS - 1879-1514 (Electronic) IS - 0166-445X (Linking) VI - 177 DP - 2016 Aug TI - Single and mixture effects of aquatic micropollutants studied in precision-cut liver slices of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). PG - 395-404 LID - S0166-445X(16)30176-X [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.06.013 [doi] AB - The low concentrations of most contaminants in the aquatic environment individually may not affect the normal function of the organisms on their own. However, when combined, complex mixtures may provoke unexpected effects even at low amounts. Selected aquatic micropollutants such as chlorpyrifos, bis-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and 17alpha-ethinylestradiol (EE2) were tested singly and in mixtures at nM to muM concentrations using precision-cut liver slices (PCLS) of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Fish liver is a target organ for contaminants due to its crucial role in detoxification processes. In order to understand the effects on distinct key liver metabolic pathways, transcription levels of various genes were measured, including cyp1a1 and cyp3a, involved in the metabolism of organic compounds, including toxic ones, and the catabolism of bile acids and steroid hormones; cyp7a1, fabp and hmg-CoA, involved in lipid and cholesterol homeostasis; cyp24a1, involved in vitamin D metabolism; and vtg, a key gene in xenoestrogenic response. Only EE2 had significant effects on gene expression in cod liver slices when exposed singly at the concentrations tested. However, when exposed in combinations, effects not detected in single exposure conditions arose, suggesting complex interactions between studied pollutants that could not be predicted from the results of individual exposure scenarios. Thus, the present work highlights the importance of assessing mixtures when describing the toxic effects of micropollutants to fish liver metabolism. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Bizarro, Cristina AU - Bizarro C AD - Dept. Zoology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Basque Country Spain. FAU - Eide, Marta AU - Eide M AD - Dept. of Biology, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. FAU - Hitchcock, Daniel J AU - Hitchcock DJ AD - Dept. of Biology, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway; Dept.of Biosciences, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo, Norway. FAU - Goksoyr, Anders AU - Goksoyr A AD - Dept. of Biology, University of Bergen, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. FAU - Ortiz-Zarragoitia, Maren AU - Ortiz-Zarragoitia M AD - Dept. Zoology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology and Research Centre for Experimental Marine Biology and Biotechnology (PIE), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Basque Country Spain. Electronic address: maren.ortiz@ehu.eus. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160618 PL - Netherlands TA - Aquat Toxicol JT - Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) JID - 8500246 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Caprylates) RN - 0 (Fluorocarbons) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 423D2T571U (Ethinyl Estradiol) RN - 947VD76D3L (perfluorooctanoic acid) RN - C42K0PH13C (Diethylhexyl Phthalate) RN - JCS58I644W (Chlorpyrifos) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Caprylates/metabolism/*toxicity MH - Chlorpyrifos/metabolism/*toxicity MH - Diethylhexyl Phthalate/metabolism/*toxicity MH - Ethinyl Estradiol/metabolism/*toxicity MH - Fluorocarbons/metabolism/*toxicity MH - Gadus morhua/*metabolism MH - Inactivation, Metabolic MH - Liver/*drug effects/metabolism MH - Male MH - Toxicity Tests MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/metabolism/*toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cod OT - Contaminant mixtures OT - Emerging pollutants OT - Liver metabolism OT - Precision-cut liver slices EDAT- 2016/07/09 06:00 MHDA- 2017/01/19 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/09 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/06/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/06/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/01/19 06:00 [medline] AID - S0166-445X(16)30176-X [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.06.013 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aquat Toxicol. 2016 Aug;177:395-404. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2016.06.013. Epub 2016 Jun 18.