Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health. Department of Applied Chemistry, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 100193, PR China.
College of Sciences, China Agricultural University, PR China.
Environ Pollut. 2020 Dec;267:115450. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115450. Epub 2020 Aug 29.
Penconazole is a widely used chiral triazole bactericide that may adversely affect the environment. It contains two corresponding enantiomers and there may be differences in toxicity between the isomers. Therefore, in this study, we exposed zebrafish embryos to different concentrations of the penconazole enantiomer to study the developmental toxicity and neurotoxicity of penconazole on zebrafish and the difference in toxicity between enantiomers. The results showed that penconazole exposure caused adverse effects on zebrafish embryos, such as autonomous motor abnormalities, heart rate slowing, and increased deformity, resulting in significant developmental toxicity. Meanwhile, also caused the zebrafish larvae to slow movement, the neurotransmitter content and nervous system related gene expression significantly changed, which proved that penconazole also caused neurotoxicity to zebrafish. Interestingly, our results also clearly show that (+)-penconazole is significantly more toxic to zebrafish than (-)-penconazole at the same concentration, whether it is developmental toxicity or neurotoxicity, which suggests that we should focus on (+)-penconazole more when conducting toxicological studies on penconazole.
戊唑醇是一种广泛使用的手性三唑类杀菌剂,可能会对环境造成不良影响。它包含两个对应的对映异构体,异构体之间可能存在毒性差异。因此,在这项研究中,我们将斑马鱼胚胎暴露于不同浓度的戊唑醇对映异构体中,以研究戊唑醇对斑马鱼的发育毒性和神经毒性以及对映异构体之间的毒性差异。结果表明,戊唑醇暴露对斑马鱼胚胎造成了不良影响,如自主运动异常、心率减慢和畸形增加,导致明显的发育毒性。同时,还导致斑马鱼幼虫运动减缓,神经递质含量和神经系统相关基因表达显著改变,证明戊唑醇也对斑马鱼造成了神经毒性。有趣的是,我们的结果还清楚地表明,在相同浓度下,(+)-戊唑醇对斑马鱼的毒性明显高于(-)-戊唑醇,无论是发育毒性还是神经毒性,这表明我们在进行戊唑醇的毒理学研究时,应该更加关注(+)-戊唑醇。