Destro Ana Luiza Fonseca, Alves Thaís Silva, Dias Fernanda Ribeiro, Gonçalves Reggiani Vilela, de Oliveira Jerusa Maria, de Oliveira Leandro Licursi, Freitas Mariella Bontempo
Department of Animal Biology, Federal University of Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil.
Department of Structural Biology, Federal University of Triângulo Mineiro, Uberaba, MG 38025-350, Brazil.
ACS Omega. 2025 May 8;10(19):19797-19807. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.5c00991. eCollection 2025 May 20.
We investigated the effects of heavy metals on fruit-eating bats. Artibeus lituratus, a species that is not endangered, received a 1.5 mg/kg intraperitoneal (ipi) injection of cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Ld), or nickel (Ni). After 96 h, Ni-exposed bats showed oxidative stress in the liver and testes; the kidneys showed increased vascular congestion. Pb-exposed bats showed lower glutathione -transferase (GST) activity in all tested tissues and a decreased percentage of normal cells in the seminiferous tubules in the testes. Bats exposed to Cr showed lower GST activity in the kidneys and testes, higher leukocyte infiltrate in the liver, and higher vacuolization in the testes. Cd-exposed bats showed lower GST activity in all tissues, higher leucocyte infiltrate in the kidneys, and a lower percentage of normal cells in the testes. Necrotic and lipidic areas in the liver were observed in Pb-exposed and Ni-exposed bats. We propose the following toxicity order for fruit-eating bats: Ni > Pb > Cr = Cd.
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