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ArticleEcotoxicology (London, England)2018

Investigation of the molecular mechanisms of hepatic injury upon naphthalene exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

Hongshan Chen, Lianxi Sheng, Zhiyuan Gong, Shaoguo Ru, Hongfeng Bian

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Article in Ecotoxicology (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Hongshan ChenState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130117, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4227-8698
Lianxi ShengState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130117, China. shenglx@nenu.edu.cn.
Zhiyuan GongDepartment of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117543, Singapore.
Shaoguo RuMarine Life Science College, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao, 266003, Shandong province, China.
Hongfeng BianState Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Vegetation Restoration, School of Environment, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, 130117, China.
Northeast Normal University · CNNational University of Singapore · SGOcean University of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Naphthalene has been used worldwide as a commercial insecticide for decades, which when detected in the environment can have various negative effects on non-target organism, such as hepatotoxicity. However, the molecular mechanisms of how naphthalene acts to affect the liver in zebrafish (Danio rerio) remains unknown. In this study, we evaluated the potential toxic effects of naphthalene on livers in female adult zebrafish over a 21-day subacute exposure. Global hepatic gene expression was examined by microarrays and the results indicated the regulated genes were associated significantly with vital hepatic injury pathways and GO categories upon naphthalene exposure, such as disruptions in lipid metabolism, inflammatory response, and the carcinogenic processes. According to our observations of liver histology, nuclear enlargement as a potential indicator of cancers and hepatic lipometabolic disorder precisely were supported. The 96 h acute naphthalene tests on Tg(lysC:DsRed) and LiPan lines larvae revealed recruitment of neutrophils by the liver, as well as decreased liver size, which further confirmed hepatic inflammation response to naphthalene exposure. Thus, these findings advance the field of ecotoxicology by unveiling a new role of naphthalene as a leading cause of liver damage and provide potential biomarker-genes for environmental naphthalene monitoring.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedFemaleFish ProteinsGene ExpressionInsecticidesLiverNaphthalenesNeutrophilsOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisOrgan SizeToxicity Tests, SubacuteWater Pollutants, ChemicalZebrafishFish ProteinsInsecticidesnaphthaleneNaphthalenesWater Pollutants, ChemicalHistologyMicroarrayNaphthaleneTransgenic-ZebrafishZebrafish

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