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- PublikationMixtures of Aluminum and Indium Induce More than Additive Phenotypic and Toxicogenomic Responses in Daphnia magna(American Chemical Society, 01/2019) Brun, Nadja; Fent, Karl [in: Environmental Science & Technology]Aquatic systems are contaminated by many metals but their effects as mixtures on organisms are not well understood. Here, we assessed effects of aluminum with fairly well-known modes of actions and indium, an understudied emerging contaminant from electronics, followed by studying equi-effective mixtures thereof. We report acute and adverse phenotypic effects in Daphnia magna adults and global transcriptomic effects employing RNA sequencing in neonates. The mixture induced more than additive activity in mortality and in physiological effects, including growth and reproduction. Similarly, transcriptomic effects were more than additive, as indicated by a markedly higher number of 463 differentially expressed transcripts in the mixture and by distinct classes of genes assigned to several biological functions, including metabolic processes, suggesting depleted energy reserves, which may be responsible for the observed impaired reproduction and growth. A gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) of a priori known response pathways for aluminum confirmed activation of distinct molecular pathways by indium. Our study is highlighting more than additive effects at the transcriptional and physiological level and is providing a state-of-the art approach to mixture analysis, which is important for risk assessment of these metals and metal mixtures.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationCytotoxicity and molecular effects of biocidal disinfectants (quaternary ammonia, glutaraldehyde, poly(hexamethylene biguanide) hydrochloride PHMB) and their mixtures in vitro and in zebrafish eleuthero-embryos(Elsevier, 2017) Christen, Verena; Faltermann, Susanne; Fent, Karl; Brun, Nadja [in: Science of the Total Environment]Frequently used biocidal disinfectants, including quaternary ammonium compounds (QAC), glutaraldehyde and poly(hexamethylene biguanide) hydrochloride (PHMB), occur in the aquatic environment but their potential effects in fish are poorly known, in particular when occurring as mixtures. To investigate their joint activity, we assessed the cytotoxicity of three QACs (BAC, barquat and benzalkonium chloride), glutaraldehyde andPHMB by the MTT assay individually, followed by assessing binary and ternary mixtures in zebrafish liver cells (ZFL) and human liver cells (Huh7). We also analysed molecular effects by quantitative PCR in vitro and in zebrafish eleuthero-embryos employing a targeted gene expression approach. QACs displayed strong cytotoxicity in both cell lines with EC50 values in the low μg/ml range, while glutaraldehyde and PHMB were less cytotoxic. Most of the binary and both ternary mixtures showed synergistic activity at all equi-effective concentrations. A mixture containing all five compounds mixed at their no observed effect concentrations showed strong cytotoxicity, suggesting a synergistic interaction. Additionally, we determined transcriptional alterations of target genes related to endoplasmatic reticulum (ER) stress, general stress, inflammatory action and apoptosis. Induction of ER stress genes occurred at non-cytotoxic concentrations of barquat, glutaraldehyde and BAC in ZFL cells. Barquat and BAC induced tumor necrosis factor alpha (tnf-α). Similar transcriptional alterations were found in vivo upon exposure of zebrafish eleuthero-embryos for 120 h. Glutaraldehyde led to induction of ER stress genes and tnf-α, while BAC additionally induced genes indicative of apoptosis, which was also the case with benzalkonium chloride at the highest concentration. We demonstrated strong cytotoxicity of QACs, and synergistic activity of binary, ternary and quintuple mixtures. Barquat and BAC let to induction of ER stress and inflammation in vitro, and BAC and glutaraldehyde at non-toxic concentrations in vivo, while benzalkonium chloride induced expression of tnf-α only.01A - Beitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift
- PublikationEnvironmental aspects of printable and organic electronics (POE)(04/2016) Hengevoss, Dirk; Zimmermann, Yannick; Brun, Nadja; Hugi, Christoph; Corvini, Philippe; Lenz, Markus; Fent, Karl; Nisato, Giovanni; Lupo, Donald; Ganz, Simone [in: Organic and Printed Electronics: Fundamentals and Applications]04 - Beitrag Sammelband oder Konferenzschrift
- PublikationEcotoxicological Assessment of Solar Cell Leachates(2015) Fent, Karl; Brun, Nadja; Wehrli, Bernhard06 - Präsentation
- PublikationTranscriptional and phenotypic responses of Daphnia magna to aluminium, indium, and their binary mixtures(2015) Brun, Nadja; Mirbahai, Leda; Colbourne, John K .; Fent, Karl06 - Präsentation
- PublikationAre degrading OPV materials still sustainable?(2015) Zimmermann, Yannick; Brun, Nadja; Hengevoss, Dirk; Corvini, Philippe; Fent, Karl; Hugi, Christoph; Lenz, Markus06 - Präsentation