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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2021

High-Throughput Measurement for Toxic Effects of Metal Mixtures in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Kathy S Xue, Lili Tang

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Kathy S XueDepartment of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Lili TangDepartment of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. ltang@uga.edu.
University of Georgia · US

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Abstract

The contamination of heavy metals, a class of naturally occurring and persistent toxicants, has become a major public health concern due to increasing industrial and anthropogenic activities. The use of COPAS Biosort, a flow cytometer capable of measuring thousands of nematodes in minutes via high-throughput assays, has been widely applied in C. elegans studies for assessing toxicity of individual metals; however, such application yet to be seen for metals or other chemical mixtures. In the present protocol, we investigated toxic effects of individual metals, Cd, Pb, and Mn, as well as their binary and ternary mixtures, using nematode C. elegans. The toxic outcomes, including effects on growth, reproduction, and feeding behavior, were measured using high-throughput platform analysis (COAPS Biosort).

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AnimalsCadmiumCaenorhabditis elegansFeeding BehaviorHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysLeadManganeseReproductionToxicity TestsCadmiumLeadManganeseBrood sizeCadmiumCaenorhabditis elegansCOPAS BiosortFeedingGrowthLeadManganeseMetal mixtures

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