Differential patterns of acute toxicity and genome instability induced by cadmium and lead in Amietophrynus regularis suggest implication for amphibian decline
Alimba, C. (2018). Differential patterns of acute toxicity and genome instability induced by cadmium and lead in Amietophrynus regularis suggest implication for amphibian decline. 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. doi: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107053
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Amphibians are increasingly being used as bio-indicator of contamination in ecosystems due to their sensitivity to xenobiotics in the environment. Cadmium and lead compounds, ubiquitous mutagens and carcinogens, are capable of eliciting genome instability in adult toads which may enhance amphibian decline. Micronucleus cytome (MN-cyt) assay, a comprehensive cytogenetic test for the assessment of genome instability induced by xenobiotics in organisms, was utilized in the differential cytogenotoxic evaluation of Cd and Pb in adult Amietophrynus regularis. A. regularis was exposed to six concentrations (8–512 mg/L) of the metal solutions to determine the 96 h acute toxicity. Four toads per group were exposed to five sub-lethal concentrations (5–75%) of the 96h LC50 of the metals for 14 days. At post exposure, bone marrow and peripheral erythrocytes were collected for MN-cyt analysis. The metals induced differential concentration and time dependent increase in mortality with 96h LC50 of 36.36 mg/L (Cd) and 112.06 mg/L (Pb). No observable effective concentrations (NOEC); Cd=8.0 and Pb=32 (mg/L) and Lowest observable effective concentrations (LOEC); Cd=16.0 and Pb=64.0 (mg/L) were recorded for the metals. Derived toxicity factor (TF) showed that Cd was 3.08 times more toxic to the toads than Pb. The metals induced significant (
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ECCB2018: 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology. 12th - 15th of June 2018, Jyväskylä, Finland
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