PUBLICATION

Metabolic disturbance of short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins to zebrafish larva

Authors
Chen, S., Ren, X., Yu, Y., Cheng, L., Ding, G., Yang, H., Zhang, H., Chen, J., Geng, N.
ID
ZDB-PUB-240304-4
Date
2024
Source
The Science of the total environment   923: 171372 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Comparison, MCCPs, Metabolic disturbance, Metabolomic, SCCPs
MeSH Terms
  • Environmental Monitoring/methods
  • Animals
  • China
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated*/analysis
  • Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated*/toxicity
  • Larva
  • Paraffin/analysis
  • Paraffin/toxicity
  • Zebrafish*
PubMed
38431168 Full text @ Sci. Total Environ.
Abstract
Chlorinated paraffins (CPs) are widely produced chemicals. Short-chain CPs (SCCPs) and medium-chain CPs (MCCPs) were listed as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and candidate POPs under the Stockholm Convention, respectively. The present study explored the developmental toxicity and metabolic disruption caused by SCCPs and MCCPs in zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae. CPs exposure at environmentally relevant levels caused no obvious phenotypic changes with zebrafish larvae except that the body length shortening was observed after exposure to CPs at 1-200 μg/L for 7 day post fertilization. A further metabolomic approach was conducted to explore the early biological responses of developmental toxicity induced by CPs at low dose (1, 5, and 10 μg/L). The results of metabolic disorder, pathway analysis and chronic values indicated that, compared with SCCPs, MCCPs exhibited more risks to zebrafish larvae at low doses. Lipid metabolism was markedly affected in SCCPs exposure group, whereas MCCPs primarily disturbed lipid metabolism, amino acid, and nucleotide metabolisms. Compare with SCCPs, the relatively higher lipid solubility, protein affinity and metabolic rate of MCCPs can probably explain why MCCP-mediated metabolic disruption was significantly higher than that of SCCP. Notably, SCCPs and MCCPs have the same potential to cause cancer, but no evidence indicates the mutagenicity. In summary, our study provides insight into the potential adverse outcome for SCCP and MCCP at low doses.
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