Luana Fiorella Mincarelli
Consequences of combined exposure to thermal stress and the plasticiser DEHP in Mytilus spp. differ by sex
Mincarelli, Luana Fiorella; Rotchell, Jeanette M.; Chapman, Emma C.; Turner, Alexander P; Wollenberg Valero, Katharina C.
Authors
Professor Jeanette Rotchell J.Rotchell@hull.ac.uk
Professor
Emma C. Chapman
Alexander P Turner
Dr Katharina Wollenberg Valero K.Wollenberg-Valero@hull.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer
Abstract
Little is known about the combined effect of environmental factors and contaminants on commercially important marine species, and whether this effect differs by sex. In this study, blue mussels were exposed for seven days to both single and combined stressors (i.e., +3 °C elevated temperature and two environmentally relevant concentrations of the plastic softener DEHP, 0.5 and 50 μg/l) in a factorial design. Males were observed to be more sensitive to high temperature, demonstrated by the significant increase in out-of-season spawning gonads and higher gene expression of the antioxidant catalase and the estrogen receptor genes. On the other hand, while the gametogenesis cycle in females was more resilient than in males, DEHP exposure altered the estrogen-related receptor gene expression. We show that the combined stressors DEHP and increased temperature, in environmentally relevant magnitudes, have different consequences in male and female mussels, with the potential to impact the timing and breeding season success in Mytilus spp.
Citation
Turner, A. P., Mincarelli, L. F., Rotchell, J. M., Chapman, E. C., Turner, A. P., & Wollenberg Valero, K. C. (2021). Consequences of combined exposure to thermal stress and the plasticiser DEHP in Mytilus spp. differ by sex. Marine pollution bulletin, 170, Article 112624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112624
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | Jun 5, 2021 |
| Online Publication Date | Jun 16, 2021 |
| Publication Date | 2021-09 |
| Deposit Date | Jun 7, 2021 |
| Publicly Available Date | Jun 17, 2022 |
| Journal | Marine Pollution Bulletin |
| Print ISSN | 0025-326X |
| Electronic ISSN | 1879-3363 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 170 |
| Article Number | 112624 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112624 |
| Keywords | DEHP; Global warming; Gametogenesis cycle; Stress response; Estrogen receptor-like; Multiple stressors |
| Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3786625 |
| Publisher URL | Articles in press: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/marine-pollution-bulletin/articles-in-press |
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