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Arch Environ Contam Toxicol ; 56(2): 209-20, 2009 Feb.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18458993

ABSTRACT

Impacts of the Erika oil spill on the common starfish Asterias rubens were investigated in the field and using laboratory experiments based on contamination via food at different stages of the starfish reproductive cycle. Two months after the shipwreck, levels of hydrocarbons characteristic of Erika fuel were significantly higher in pyloric ceca and body wall of A. rubens from a contaminated site, compared with control animals from an unpolluted reference area. Concomitant immunological responses and detoxification enzyme activity (CYP1A) were enhanced in the impacted starfish, suggesting rapid biotransformation processes. This was confirmed by laboratory experiments which showed a fast PAH uptake during the 10 first days of contamination and the start of biotransformation processes from the third day. Our study confirms benzo(a)pyrene hydroxylase activity (BPH) in A. rubens and demonstrates the influence of CYP1A in the conversion of insoluble PAHs into soluble derivatives in this species for the first time. The rapidity of decontamination could explain why starfish growth, level of motile activity, reproductive investment, energy storage, and larval development were not significantly affected by these contaminants.


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Asterias/drug effects , Petroleum/toxicity , Reproduction/drug effects , Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity , Animals , Asterias/enzymology , Asterias/growth & development , Biotransformation , Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1/metabolism , Environmental Monitoring , France , Water Pollutants, Chemical/pharmacokinetics
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Environ Toxicol Chem ; 26(3): 454-61, 2007 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17373508

ABSTRACT

Maja brachydactyla is a decapod crustacean widely distributed along the Northeast Atlantic coasts. The main objective of this work was to establish the influence of ontogenic factors, such as growth, aging, seasonal migrations, and reproduction, on the contamination of this species by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Two populations were studied: One in the Seine Bay (Eastern English Channel), which is exposed to greatly contaminated discharges from the Seine River, and one in the Iroise Sea (Western Brittany), which is little contaminated by such man-made compounds. At both sampling areas, PCB analysis revealed concentrations in hepatopancreas that were 10- and 50-fold higher than concentrations in gonads and muscle, respectively. Levels of 2,2',4,4',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl (CB153) increased with the age of the spider crabs, whereas their seasonal migrations had no direct effect. No significant sex effect was observed with regards to CB153 levels, but adult females exhibited PCB fingerprints different from those of males, probably because of the influence of the reproductive cycle on enzymatic system activity. Finally, spawning gave rise to a higher CB153 decontamination of female body burdens for specimens from the Iroise Sea than for those from the Seine Bay.


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Decapoda/chemistry , Environmental Pollutants/analysis , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/analysis , Age Factors , Animal Migration , Animals , Body Burden , Decapoda/physiology , Ecology , Environmental Pollutants/pharmacology , Female , Gonads/chemistry , Male , Muscles/chemistry , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/pharmacology , Reproduction , Sex Factors , Tissue Distribution
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