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Cadmium, Copper and Tributyltin effects on fertilization of Paracentrotus lividus (Echinodermata)
- Source :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 8, Iss 2s, Pp 839-841 (2010), ResearcherID
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Abstract
- Marine environments are continuously being threatened by a large number of xenobi- otics from anthropogenic sources. The effect of chemical pollution on living organisms are numerous and may impair reproductive success of adults species of marine invertebrate and vertebrate through effects on gamete quality. Echinoderms are characterized by external fertilizzation and gametes, free of any type of protection, may be in contact with toxic substances so the reproductive success depends largely on the environment conditions. The purpose of this work is to assess the effects on the in vitro fertiliza- tion of exposure of sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus gametes to xenobiotic substances as CuSO4, CdCl2 and TBTCl. The effect of contaminant were assessed by two experimental set in which gametes were treated with different concentration (0, 10-3, 10-5 10-7 10-9 M) of different substances as CdCl2, CuSO4 and TBTCl. The effects were evaluated as percentage of fertilization. The results showed that the gametes exposure to xenobiotic decreased the percentage of fertilization and that more sensitive to treatment were the sperm cells, propably because the toxic effect affected the motility of the sperm. In conclusion, the absence of fertilization (spermiotoxicity) may submit the toxic effects of these substances to the level of body and may candidate the sea urchis as biosensors for the evaluation of environmental quality.
- Subjects :
- 040301 veterinary sciences
Settore BIO/05 - Zoologia
Zoology
Paracentrotus lividus
0403 veterinary science
Toxicology
chemistry.chemical_compound
Human fertilization
biology.animal
medicine
Sea urchin
lcsh:SF1-1100
biology
0402 animal and dairy science
04 agricultural and veterinary sciences
Marine invertebrates
biology.organism_classification
040201 dairy & animal science
Sperm
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
Paracentrotus lividus, Cadmium, Copper, TBT, Embryotoxicity, Biomarker
Tributyltin
Gamete
Animal Science and Zoology
lcsh:Animal culture
Xenobiotic
Cadmium
Subjects
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- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Scopus-Elsevier, Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 8, Iss 2s, Pp 839-841 (2010), ResearcherID
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....55e4434ae6c0c7b001d51f036c2d29c4