PUBLICATION
Integrate transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals the underlying mechanisms of behavioral disorders in zebrafish (Danio rerio) induced by imidacloprid
- Authors
- Liu, H., Fu, R., Zhang, Y., Mao, L., Zhu, L., Zhang, L., Liu, X., Jiang, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-230203-21
- Date
- 2023
- Source
- The Science of the total environment 870: 161541 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Anxiety-like behavior, Arginine and proline metabolism, Circadian rhythm, Learning and memory, Social preference, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Ecosystem
- Humans
- Neonicotinoids/metabolism
- Neonicotinoids/toxicity
- Transcriptome
- Water Pollutants, Chemical*/metabolism
- Water Pollutants, Chemical*/toxicity
- Zebrafish*/metabolism
- PubMed
- 36731560 Full text @ Sci. Total Environ.
Citation
Liu, H., Fu, R., Zhang, Y., Mao, L., Zhu, L., Zhang, L., Liu, X., Jiang, H. (2023) Integrate transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis reveals the underlying mechanisms of behavioral disorders in zebrafish (Danio rerio) induced by imidacloprid. The Science of the total environment. 870:161541.
Abstract
Imidacloprid, a widely used neonicotinoid insecticide, poses a significant threat to aquatic ecosystems. Behavior is a functional indicator of the net sensory, motor, and integrative processes of the nervous system and is presumed to be more sensitive in detecting toxicity. In the present study, we investigated the behavioral effects of imidacloprid at the level of environmental concentrations (1, 10 and 100 μg/L) for a constant exposure to zebrafish adults, and performed the integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis to analyze the molecular mechanism underlying behavioral effects of imidacloprid. Our results show that imidacloprid exposure significantly induce behavioral disruptions characterized by anxiety, depression, and reduced physiological function including exploratory, decision, social interaction and locomotor activity. Integrated transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis indicate that the disruption of circadian rhythm, metabolic imbalance of arginine and proline, and neurotransmitter disorder are the underlying molecular mechanisms of behavioral impairment induced by imidacloprid. The "gene-metabolite-disease" network consisted by 11 metabolites and 15 genes is associated human disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) and schizophrenia. Our results confirm the behavioral impairment induced by imidacloprid at environmental concentrations for constant exposure. The identified genes and metabolites can be used not only to illustrate the underlying mechanisms, but also can be developed as biomarkers in determining the ecological risk of imidacloprid to aquatic organisms even Homo sapiens.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping