PMID- 35245553
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220516
LR  - 20220516
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 828
DP  - 2022 Jul 1
TI  - Impact of polyethylene microplastics on coral Goniopora columna causing oxidative 
      stress and histopathology damages.
PG  - 154234
LID - S0048-9697(22)01326-2 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154234 [doi]
AB  - In recent years, the increase of microplastics in the sea exerted a negative 
      impact on coral health. This study has been undertaken to analyze the impact of 
      microplastics on corals. Here, Goniopora columna was exposed to different 
      concentrations of polyethylene microplastics (PE-MP). The daily polyps length and 
      adaptability were recorded. Analysis of the zooxanthellae density and antioxidant 
      activity of coral was done after 1, 3, 5 and 7 days. Further tissue morphology 
      and accumulation of PE-MP were analyzed. The results showed that PE-MP at 
      different concentrations can be adsorbed on the surface of corals and enter 
      inside corals after 7 days. PE-MP at different concentrations reduced polyps 
      length, adaptability and cause the changes in the density of zooxanthellae to be 
      the reason for unbalancing of corals. PE-MP at different concentrations reduced 
      the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity after exposure to 1 day. PE-MP increased 
      the catalase (CAT) activity at 100 mg/L after exposure; even after reducing the 
      concentration has the same effect. PE-MP at various concentrations increased the 
      glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity after exposure to 5 and 7 days. It also 
      increased the glutathione transferase (GST) and glutathione (GSH) activity after 
      exposure to 5 and 7 days. PE-MP at different concentrations increased the 
      malondialdehyde (MDA) content after exposure from 1 to 7 days. Analysis of tissue 
      morphology and tissue accumulation shows that different concentrations of PE-MP 
      cause mesenteric atrophy, vacuole, and accumulation in the coral mesenteric. 
      These results indicate that the PE-MP can impact the antioxidant system and 
      hampers the function of enzymes responsible for detoxification of G. columna, 
      increase lipid peroxide content and also cause tissue damage through accumulating 
      in the coral mesenteric.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.
FAU - Chen, Ya-Ting
AU  - Chen YT
AD  - Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and 
      Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan.
FAU - Ding, De-Sing
AU  - Ding DS
AD  - Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University 
      of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan.
FAU - Lim, Yee Cheng
AU  - Lim YC
AD  - Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of 
      Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan.
FAU - Singhania, Reeta Rani
AU  - Singhania RR
AD  - Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of 
      Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan.
FAU - Hsieh, Shuchen
AU  - Hsieh S
AD  - Department of Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 80424, 
      Taiwan.
FAU - Chen, Chiu-Wen
AU  - Chen CW
AD  - Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of 
      Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan.
FAU - Hsieh, Shu-Ling
AU  - Hsieh SL
AD  - Department of Seafood Science, National Kaohsiung University of Science and 
      Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan. Electronic address: slhsieh@nkust.edu.tw.
FAU - Dong, Cheng-Di
AU  - Dong CD
AD  - Department of Marine Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of 
      Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 81157, Taiwan. Electronic address: 
      cddong@nkust.edu.tw.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20220301
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (Antioxidants)
RN  - 0 (Microplastics)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Anthozoa
MH  - Antioxidants
MH  - Microplastics
MH  - Oxidative Stress
MH  - Plastics
MH  - Polyethylene/toxicity
MH  - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis/toxicity
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Goniopora columna
OT  - Histopathology
OT  - Microplastics accumulation
OT  - Oxidative stress
OT  - Polyethylene microplastics
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- 2022/03/05 06:00
MHDA- 2022/05/17 06:00
CRDT- 2022/03/04 20:09
PHST- 2021/11/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2022/02/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2022/02/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2022/03/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/05/17 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2022/03/04 20:09 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(22)01326-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154234 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2022 Jul 1;828:154234. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154234. 
      Epub 2022 Mar 1.