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Transcriptomic Responses and Larval-Stage Growth of Protandrous Yellowfin Seabream (Acanthopagrus Latus) to Different Polyethylene Microplastics Exposure
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Researchers examined the effects of two different types of polyethylene microplastics on yellowfin seabream larvae, a hermaphroditic marine fish species. They found that exposure caused growth retardation, brain lesions, and disruption of neuroendocrine regulation, with manufactured microbeads causing more severe tissue damage than environmental fibers. The study identified specific genes involved in growth and hormone regulation that were altered by microplastic exposure, suggesting potential developmental risks for marine fish populations.
Polyethylene microplastics (PE-MPs) were widespread in the marine environment; thus, their influences on marine hermaphroditic fish cannot be ignored. This study intends to evaluate the adverse biological effects of two different sources of PE, identified by Raman spectroscopy, on protandrous yellowfin seabream (Acanthopagrus latus) larvae. Growth retardation, brain lesions, head/body length ratio increase, and neuroendocrine system disorders were found, and growth and neuroendocrine regulation-related genes such as sstr2, ghrb, irs1, UGT2B15, UGT2C1, drd4a, esr2b, hsd3b7, and hsd17b2 were identified. PE microbeads (100 μm) showed more severe tissue damage on fish, while environmental PE fibers (500-2500 μm) showed more imperceptible adverse effects. There were 218 DEGs up-regulated and 147 DEGs down-regulated in the environmental PE group, while 1284 (up) and 1267 (down) DEGs were identified in the virgin PE group. PE-MP stress influenced physiological processes like growth and neuroendocrine regulation and cholesterol-steroid metabolism, and caused tissue damage in the fish larvae. The study highlights the effects of environmental PE exposure on hermaphroditic protandrous fish.
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