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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Evidence from three taxonomically distinct species for a non-AhR mechanism of developmental neurotoxicity of an environmentally derived mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Samantha E Phelps, Melissa Chernick, Javier Huayta, Aliyah Webster, Abigail S Joyce, Kerry M Ettinger, Caroline Beggs, Safiatou Zibo, Lee Ferguson, Richard T Di Giulio and 2 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Samantha E PhelpsNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1346-2362
Melissa ChernickNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7232-036X
Javier HuaytaNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9857-6080
Aliyah WebsterNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0005-3212-9647
Abigail S JoyceDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5322-3035
Kerry M EttingerNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-3614-659X
Caroline BeggsNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0009-0006-8774-7765
Safiatou ZiboNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
Lee FergusonDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8367-7521
Richard T Di GiulioNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6244-6871
Joel N MeyerNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1219-0983
Nishad JayasundaraNicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2485-6893

Funding

Zebrafish as a Detector of Organophosphate ExposureP42ES010356 · NIEHS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI AMY H HERRING · 2000 to 2026
$56.2M
Duke University Program in Environmental HealthT32ES021432 · NIEHS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Akhenaton-Andrew Dhafir Jones, Joel Newman Meyer · 2013 to 2026
$4.0M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES010356NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES021432
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Typical environmental exposures to the toxic class of chemicals known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) involve complex mixtures; however, relatively few mechanistic toxicity studies have evaluated them as environmental mixtures, instead focusing on individual compounds or simple mixtures. In this study, we first derived Republic Sediment Extract (REPSE), a complex PAH mixture extracted from sediment at the Republic Creosoting site of the Elizabeth River in Norfolk, Virginia. After characterizing the PAH contents of REPSE, we evaluated its mechanisms of developmental neurotoxicity in three evolutionarily distinct taxa, leveraging the unique strengths of Atlantic killifish, zebrafish, and

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PMID42763443
PMCPMC13587152

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