期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY
卷 51, 期 3, 页码 338-345出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09670262.2016.1163737
关键词
atrazine; Chlamydomonas reinhardtii; nitrate reductase; toxicity
资金
- Spanish Government's Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [CGL2010-15993/BOS]
Herbicides play an important role in agricultural practices but the introduction of these compounds into the aquatic environment can have severe consequences for non-target organisms such as microalgae. The ubiquitous green freshwater microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a model species in all aspects of microalgal physiology, was used to assess the toxicity of atrazine, one of the most widely used herbicides throughout the world. Atrazine acts on photosynthesis and therefore can affect non-target primary producers, such as microalgae. Growth, dry weight, elemental composition, photosynthetic pigments and protein contents and nitrate reductase activity were studied. After 96 h of exposure to different atrazine concentrations all the parameters studied were affected, but different sensitivities to the herbicide were shown. Nitrate reductase (NR) activity was strongly affected even at an atrazine concentration that did not affect growth (0.1 mu M); the lowest concentrations of atrazine assayed (0.1 and 0.25 mu M) provoked a >40% decrease in NR activity and NR decreased > 80% with atrazine concentrations of 0.5 mu M. C/N ratio was also affected by all the atrazine concentrations assayed. Nitrate reductase activity and C/N ratio were better indicators of the cellular stress state than data on other biochemical components or growth rate. Among cell parameters assayed, the NR activity stood out as a sensitive cytotoxicity endpoint and the activity of this enzyme can be suggested as a sensitive biomarker of stress induced by atrazine in C. reinhardtii.
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