Journal
ECOTOXICOLOGY
Volume 27, Issue 3, Pages 313-324Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10646-018-1896-6
Keywords
HBCD; Bioconcentration; Thyroid hormones; AChE; Behaviours
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51769034, 51509071]
- National Science Funds for Creative Research Groups of China [51421006]
- Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
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As a cycloaliphatic brominated flame retardant, hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) has been widely used in building thermal insulation and fireproof materials. However, there is little information on the bioconcentration as well as effects with respect to HBCD exposure in the aquatic environment. To investigate the bioconcentration of HBCD in tissues (muscle and liver) and its biochemical and behavioural effects, juvenile crucian carp (Carassius auratus) were exposed to different concentrations of technical HBCD (nominal concentrations, 2, 20, 200 mu g/L) for 7 days, using a flow-through exposure system. HBCD was found to concentrate in the liver and muscle with a terminal concentration of 0.60 +/- 0.22 mu g/g lw (lipid weight) and 0.18 +/- 0.02 mu g/g lw, respectively, at an environmentally-relevant concentration (2 mu g/L). The total thyroxine and total triiodothyronine in the fish plasma were lowered as a result of exposure to the HBCD. Acetylcholinesterase activity in the brain was increased, while swimming activity was inhibited and shoaling inclination was enhanced after exposure to 200 mu g/L HBCD. Feeding rate was suppressed in the 20 and 200 mu g/L treatment groups. In summary, HBCD concentrations 10-100x higher than the current environmentally-relevant exposures induced adverse effects in the fish species tested in this study. These results suggest that increasing environmental concentrations and/or species with higher sensitivity than carp might be adversely affected by HBCD.
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