PMID- 33624853 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220207 LR - 20220207 IS - 1099-1263 (Electronic) IS - 0260-437X (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Oct TI - Cytotoxic and immunological responses of fish leukocytes to nodularin exposure in vitro. PG - 1660-1672 LID - 10.1002/jat.4154 [doi] AB - Nodularin (NOD) is a cyclic peptide released by bloom-forming toxic cyanobacteria Nodularia spumigena commonly occurring in brackish waters throughout the world. Although its hepatotoxic effects are well known, other negative effects of NOD have not yet been completely elucidated. The present study aims were to evaluate and compare the cytotoxic and immunotoxic effects of the toxin on primary leukocytes (from head kidney [HK]) and stable fish leukocytes (carp leucocyte cell line [CLC] cells). The cells were incubated with the cyanotoxin at concentrations of 0.001, 0.01, 0.05, or 0.1 mug/ml. After 24 h of exposure, the concentrations >/=0.05 mug/ml of toxin resulted in cytotoxicity in the primary cells, while in CLC cells, the toxic effect was obtained only with the highest concentration. Similarly, depending on the concentration, exposure to NOD causes a significant inhibition of chemotaxis of the phagocytic abilities of primary leukocytes and a significant reduction in the proliferation of lymphocytes isolated from the HKs. Moreover, CLC cells and HK leukocytes incubated with this toxin at all the mentioned concentrations showed an increased production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species. NOD also evidently influenced the expression of genes of cytokine TNF-alpha and IL-10 and, to a minor extent, IL-1beta and TGF-beta. Notably, the observed changes in the mRNA levels of cytokines in NOD-exposed cells were evident, but not clearly dose-dependent. Interestingly, NOD did not affect the production and release of IL-1beta of the CLC cells. This study provides evidence that NOD may exert cytotoxicity and immune-toxicity effects depending on cell type and toxin concentration. CI - (c) 2021 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - Rymuszka, Anna AU - Rymuszka A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-4322-5045 AD - Department of Animal Physiology and Toxicology, Faculty of Science and Health, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland. FAU - Sieroslawska, Anna AU - Sieroslawska A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3125-7402 AD - Department of Animal Physiology and Toxicology, Faculty of Science and Health, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Lublin, Poland. FAU - Adaszek, Lukasz AU - Adaszek L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0261-2695 AD - Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences Lublin, Lublin, Poland. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210224 PL - England TA - J Appl Toxicol JT - Journal of applied toxicology : JAT JID - 8109495 RN - 0 (Bacterial Toxins) RN - 0 (Cytotoxins) RN - 0 (Peptides, Cyclic) RN - 0979BIK2QU (nodularin) RN - Nodularia spumigena SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bacterial Toxins/*toxicity MH - Carps/*growth & development MH - Cells, Cultured/*drug effects MH - Cytotoxins/adverse effects MH - Leukocytes/*drug effects/immunology/*metabolism MH - Nodularia/chemistry MH - Peptides, Cyclic/*toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - CLC cell line OT - cyanotoxins OT - cytokines OT - fish OT - immunotoxicity OT - nodularin EDAT- 2021/02/25 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/08 06:00 CRDT- 2021/02/24 08:41 PHST- 2021/02/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/02/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/02/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/08 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/02/24 08:41 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/jat.4154 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Appl Toxicol. 2021 Oct;41(10):1660-1672. doi: 10.1002/jat.4154. Epub 2021 Feb 24.