PMID- 34995615
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220216
LR  - 20220216
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 815
DP  - 2022 Apr 1
TI  - Hazardous effects of road-side soils on the redox and cholinesterasic homeostasis 
      of mound-building termite (Cornitermes cumulans).
PG  - 152841
LID - S0048-9697(21)07920-1 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152841 [doi]
AB  - For our knowledge, the roadside soils end up being the deposit of various 
      residues discarded by drivers or passengers, plus, that coming from the runoff of 
      rainwater. Basically, we do not know the impacts that this pollution causes on 
      animals which inhabit these environments. Thus, in this study, our objective was 
      to evaluate how the presence of plastic microfibers (MPFs), organic compounds and 
      heavy metals affect the redox and cholinesterase homeostasis of mound-building 
      termite [Cornitermes cumulans (workers) adults]. As a result, we noticed that 
      MPFs were present in all sampled areas, being higher in road area (RA). 
      Regardless of the presence of these pollutants, animals sampled in the RA were 
      those in which we observed greater production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), 
      hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and nitric oxide (NO) (via nitrite), whose higher 
      activities of antioxidant enzymes, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT), 
      was not able to counterbalance the oxidative stress suggested by the evaluated 
      biomarkers. Moreover, we observed increase in acetylcholinesterase (AChE) 
      activity in these same animals, which suggests a cholinesterasic effect. Such 
      alterations were positively correlated with the contamination of soil samples by 
      Cd, Pb, Zn, Fe and Cu, as well as with the presence of the 11,10-guaiane-type 
      sesquiterpenoid compound, identified only in the RA. Thus, our unique study 
      reveals that the contamination of roadside soils constitutes an additional 
      environmental stressor to populations of C. cumulans, which reinforces the need 
      for greater attention and further investigation to be given to the pollution of 
      these environments.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Abadia, Lucas Eduardo Moreira
AU  - Abadia LEM
AD  - Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of 
      Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Uratai Campus, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Gomes, Alex Rodrigues
AU  - Gomes AR
AD  - Post-graduation Program in Agrarian Science, Goiano Federal Institute, Rio Verde 
      Campus, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Freitas, Italo Nascimento
AU  - Freitas IN
AD  - Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of 
      Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Uratai Campus, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Guimaraes, Abraao Tiago Batista
AU  - Guimaraes ATB
AD  - Post-graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Goiano Federal 
      Institution, Federal University of Goias, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Vaz, Boniek Gontijo
AU  - Vaz BG
AD  - Institute of Chemistry, Federal University of Goias, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Ahmed, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim
AU  - Ahmed MAI
AD  - Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Assiut University, Assiut 
      71526, Egypt.
FAU - Luz, Thiarlen Marinho da
AU  - Luz TMD
AD  - Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of 
      Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Uratai Campus, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Rodrigues, Aline Sueli de Lima
AU  - Rodrigues ASL
AD  - Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of 
      Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Uratai Campus, GO, Brazil.
FAU - Malafaia, Guilherme
AU  - Malafaia G
AD  - Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of 
      Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute, Uratai Campus, GO, Brazil; 
      Post-graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Goiano Federal 
      Institution, Federal University of Goias, GO, Brazil; Post-graduation Program in 
      Ecology and Conservation of Natural Resources, Federal University of Uberlandia, 
      MG, Brazil. Electronic address: guilhermeifgoiano@gmail.com.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220104
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Metals, Heavy)
RN  - 0 (Soil)
RN  - 0 (Soil Pollutants)
RN  - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide)
RN  - EC 3.1.1.7 (Acetylcholinesterase)
SB  - IM
MH  - Acetylcholinesterase
MH  - Animals
MH  - Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Homeostasis
MH  - Hydrogen Peroxide
MH  - *Isoptera
MH  - *Metals, Heavy/analysis
MH  - Oxidation-Reduction
MH  - Soil
MH  - *Soil Pollutants/analysis/toxicity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Antioxidants
OT  - Highways
OT  - Oxidative stress
OT  - Soil contamination
OT  - Termites
COIS- Declaration of competing interest We confirm that there are no known conflicts of 
      interest associated with this work and there has been no significant financial 
      support for this work that could have influenced its outcome. We confirmed that 
      the manuscript has been read and approved by all named authors and that there are 
      no other persons who satisfied the criteria for authorship but are not listed. We 
      further confirm that the order of authors listed in the manuscript has been 
      approved by all of us. Due care has been taken to ensure the integrity of the 
      work.
EDAT- 2022/01/08 06:00
MHDA- 2022/02/17 06:00
CRDT- 2022/01/07 20:12
PHST- 2021/11/29 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/28 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/28 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/01/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/02/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/01/07 20:12 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(21)07920-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152841 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2022 Apr 1;815:152841. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152841. 
      Epub 2022 Jan 4.