PMID- 32179226 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200710 LR - 20200710 IS - 1873-6424 (Electronic) IS - 0269-7491 (Linking) VI - 262 DP - 2020 Jul TI - ROS-mediated programmed cell death (PCD) of Thalassiosira pseudonana under the stress of BDE-47. PG - 114342 LID - S0269-7491(19)37538-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114342 [doi] AB - Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a series of highly persistent organic pollutants (POPs) ubiquitously distributed in marine environments. As key primary producers, microalgae are the start of PBDEs bioaccumulations and vulnerable to their toxicities. In order to deeply investigate the toxic mechanism of PBDEs on microalgal cells, the occurrence of programmed cell death (PCD) in a model diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana and its possible mediating mechanism were studied. The results indicated: cell death of T. pseudonana happened under the stress of BDE-47, which was proved to be PCD based on the correlations with three biochemical markers (DNA fragmentation, phosphatidylserine externalization and caspase activity) and three molecular markers [Metacaspase 2 gene (TpMC2), Death-associated protein gene (DAP3) and Death-specific protein 1 gene (TpDSP1)]; Furthermore, the changes of cellular ROS levels were correlated with the PCD markers and the dead cell rates, and the cell membrane and the chloroplast were identified as the major ROS production sites. Therefore, we concluded that PCD might be an important toxic mechanism of PBDEs on microalgal cells, and that chloroplast- and cell membrane-produced ROS was an important signaling molecule to mediate the PCD activation process. Our research firstly indicated microalgal PCD could be induced by PBDEs, and increased our knowledge of the toxic mechanisms by which POPs affect microalgal cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Zhao, Yirong AU - Zhao Y AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Tang, Xuexi AU - Tang X AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China. FAU - Qu, Fangyuan AU - Qu F AD - First Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao, 266061, China. FAU - Lv, Mengchen AU - Lv M AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Liu, Qian AU - Liu Q AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Li, Jun AU - Li J AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Li, Luying AU - Li L AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Zhang, Bihan AU - Zhang B AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China. FAU - Zhao, Yan AU - Zhao Y AD - College of Marine Life Sciences, Department of Marine Ecology, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266003, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266071, China. Electronic address: zhaoyan@ouc.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200306 PL - England TA - Environ Pollut JT - Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) JID - 8804476 RN - 0 (Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 0N97R5X10X (2,2',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) SB - IM MH - Apoptosis MH - *Diatoms MH - *Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers MH - Reactive Oxygen Species OTO - NOTNLM OT - BDE-47 OT - Programmed cell death OT - ROS OT - Thalassiosira pseudonana OT - Toxic mechanisms COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2020/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2020/07/11 06:00 CRDT- 2020/03/18 06:00 PHST- 2019/12/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/02/21 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/07/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/03/18 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0269-7491(19)37538-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114342 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Environ Pollut. 2020 Jul;262:114342. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114342. Epub 2020 Mar 6.