PMID- 35472537 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220530 LR - 20220531 IS - 1873-3336 (Electronic) IS - 0304-3894 (Linking) VI - 435 DP - 2022 Aug 5 TI - Impact of environmental microplastics alone and mixed with benzo[a]pyrene on cellular and molecular responses of Mytilus galloprovincialis. PG - 128952 LID - S0304-3894(22)00741-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128952 [doi] AB - The hazard of microplastic (MP) pollution in marine environments is a current concern. However, the effects of environmental microplastics combined with other pollutants are still poorly investigated. Herein, impact of ecologically relevant concentrations of environmental MP alone (50 microg/L) or combined with B[a]P (1 microg/L) was assessed in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis after a short-term exposure (1 and 3 days) to environmental MP collected from a north-Mediterranean beach. Raman Microspectroscopy (RMS) revealed bioaccumulation in mussel hemolymph of MP, characterized by polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene vinyl acetate (PEVA) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE), with abundance of MP sized 1.22-0.45 microm. An increase of B[a]P was detected in mussels after 3-day exposure, particularly when mixed with MP. Both contaminants induced cytotoxic and genotoxic effects on hemocytes as determined by lysosomal membrane stability (LMS), micronuclei frequency (FMN), and DNA fragmentation rate by terminal dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL). About apoptosis/DNA repair processes, P53 and DNA-ligase increased at 1-day exposure in all conditions, whereas after 3 days increase of bax, Cas-3 and P53 and decrease of Bcl-2 and DNA-ligase were revealed, suggesting a shift towards a cell apoptotic event in exposed mussels. Overall, this study provides new insights on the risk of MP for the marine ecosystem, their ability to accumulate xenobiotics and transfer them to marine biota, with potential adverse repercussion on their health status. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Romdhani, Ilef AU - Romdhani I AD - Laboratory of Agrobiodiversity and Ecotoxicology LR20AGR02, ISA, University of Sousse, Tunisia and Higher Institute of Biotechnology, ISBM, University of Monastir, Tunisia. FAU - De Marco, Giuseppe AU - De Marco G AD - Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina 98166, Italy. FAU - Cappello, Tiziana AU - Cappello T AD - Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina 98166, Italy. Electronic address: tcappello@unime.it. FAU - Ibala, Samira AU - Ibala S AD - Faculty of Medicine of Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia. FAU - Zitouni, Nesrine AU - Zitouni N AD - Laboratory of Agrobiodiversity and Ecotoxicology LR20AGR02, ISA, University of Sousse, Tunisia and Higher Institute of Biotechnology, ISBM, University of Monastir, Tunisia. FAU - Boughattas, Iteb AU - Boughattas I AD - Laboratory of Agrobiodiversity and Ecotoxicology LR20AGR02, ISA, University of Sousse, Tunisia and Higher Institute of Biotechnology, ISBM, University of Monastir, Tunisia. FAU - Banni, Mohamed AU - Banni M AD - Laboratory of Agrobiodiversity and Ecotoxicology LR20AGR02, ISA, University of Sousse, Tunisia and Higher Institute of Biotechnology, ISBM, University of Monastir, Tunisia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220419 PL - Netherlands TA - J Hazard Mater JT - Journal of hazardous materials JID - 9422688 RN - 0 (Microplastics) RN - 0 (Plastics) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical) RN - 3417WMA06D (Benzo(a)pyrene) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 6.- (Ligases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Benzo(a)pyrene/toxicity MH - DNA MH - Ecosystem MH - Ligases/pharmacology MH - Microplastics/toxicity MH - *Mytilus MH - Plastics/toxicity MH - Polyethylene/toxicity MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 MH - *Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis OTO - NOTNLM OT - B[a]P OT - DNA fragmentation rate OT - Environmental MP OT - Lysosomal membrane stability OT - Mussels hemolymph EDAT- 2022/04/27 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/31 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/26 20:08 PHST- 2022/02/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/26 20:08 [entrez] AID - S0304-3894(22)00741-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128952 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Hazard Mater. 2022 Aug 5;435:128952. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128952. Epub 2022 Apr 19.