PMID- 31203167 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190925 LR - 20190925 IS - 1879-1514 (Electronic) IS - 0166-445X (Linking) VI - 213 DP - 2019 Aug TI - Mixture toxicity effects and uptake of titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanoparticles and 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB77) in juvenile brown trout following co-exposure via the diet. PG - 105195 LID - S0166-445X(18)31129-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.04.021 [doi] AB - Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (n-TiO(2)) are among the man-made nanomaterials that are predicted to be found at high concentrations in the aquatic environment. There, they likely co-exist with other chemical pollutants. Thus, n-TiO(2) and other chemical pollutants can be taken up together or accumulate independently from each other in prey organisms of fish. This can lead to dietary exposure of fish to n-TiO(2)-chemical pollutant mixtures. In this study, we examine if simultaneous dietary exposure to n-TiO(2) and 3,3',4,4'-Tetrachlorobiphenyl (PCB77) -used as a model compound for persistent organic pollutants with dioxin-like properties- can influence the uptake and toxicological response elicited by the respective other substance. Juvenile brown trout (Salmo trutta) were fed custom-made food pellets containing n-TiO(2,) PCB77 or n-TiO(2)+PCB77 mixtures for 15 days. Ti and PCB77 concentrations in the liver were measured by ICP-MS and GC-MS, respectively. Besides, n-TiO(2) uptake was assessed using TEM. Combination effects on endpoints specific for PCB77 (i.e., cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) induction) and endpoints shared by both PCB77 and n-TiO(2) (i.e., oxidative stress-related parameters) were measured in intestine and liver using RT-qPCR and enzyme activity assays. The results show that genes encoding for proteins/enzymes essential for tight junction function (zo-1) and ROS elimination (sod-1) were significantly upregulated in the intestine of fish exposed to n-TiO(2) and PCB77 mixtures, but not in the single-substance treatments. Besides, n-TiO(2) had a potentiating effect on PCB77-induced CYP1A and glutathione reductase (GR) expression/enzyme activity in the liver. This study shows that simultaneous dietary exposure to nanomaterials and traditional environmental pollutants might result in effects that are larger than observed for the substances alone, but that understanding the mechanistic basis of such effects remains challenging. CI - Copyright (c) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Lammel, Tobias AU - Lammel T AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sweden. Electronic address: tobias.lammel@gu.se. FAU - Wassmur, Britt AU - Wassmur B AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sweden. FAU - Mackevica, Aiga AU - Mackevica A AD - TU Environment, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark. FAU - Chen, Chang-Er L AU - Chen CL AD - Department of Environmental Sciences and Analytical Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden; Environmental Research Institute, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Sturve, Joachim AU - Sturve J AD - Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sweden. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20190530 PL - Netherlands TA - Aquat Toxicol JT - Aquatic toxicology (Amsterdam, Netherlands) JID - 8500246 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 15FIX9V2JP (titanium dioxide) RN - 9038-94-2 (Metallothionein) RN - D1JT611TNE (Titanium) RN - DFC2HB4I0K (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) RN - EC 1.14.14.1 (Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1) RN - Y2I6546TMI (3,4,3',4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/genetics/metabolism MH - *Diet MH - *Environmental Exposure MH - Feeding Behavior MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Intestines/drug effects MH - Liver/drug effects/metabolism/ultrastructure MH - Metallothionein/metabolism MH - Nanoparticles/*toxicity/ultrastructure MH - Oxidative Stress/drug effects MH - Polychlorinated Biphenyls/*toxicity MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Titanium/*toxicity MH - Trout/*physiology MH - Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - Accumulation OT - Co-contaminant OT - Fish OT - Metal oxide OT - Nanomaterial OT - Persistent organic pollutant EDAT- 2019/06/17 06:00 MHDA- 2019/09/26 06:00 CRDT- 2019/06/17 06:00 PHST- 2018/12/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/04/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/04/29 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/06/17 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/09/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/06/17 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0166-445X(18)31129-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.04.021 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aquat Toxicol. 2019 Aug;213:105195. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.04.021. Epub 2019 May 30.