Estrogenic and retinoid-like activity in stagnant waters with mass occurrence of water blooms

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TOUŠOVÁ Zuzana PRIEBOJOVÁ Jana JAVŮREK Jakub VEČERKOVÁ Jaroslava LEPSOVA-SKACELOVA Olga SYCHROVÁ Eliška SMUTNÁ Marie HILSCHEROVÁ Klára

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Science of the Total Environment
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Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969722053566?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158257
Keywords Phytoplankton water bloom; Endocrine disruption; Estrogenic activity; Retinoid-like activity; Neural differentiation
Description Stagnant freshwaters can be affected by anthropogenic pollution and eutrophication that leads to massive growth of cyanobacteria and microalgae forming complex water blooms. These can produce various types of bioactive com-pounds, some of which may cause embryotoxicity, teratogenicity, endocrine disruption and impair animal or human health. This study focused on potential co-occurrence of estrogenic and retinoid-like activities in diverse stagnant freshwaters affected by phytoplankton blooms with varying taxonomic composition. Samples of phytoplank-ton bloom biomass and its surrounding water were collected from 17 independent stagnant water bodies in the Czech Republic and Hungary. Total estrogenic equivalents (EEQ) of the most potent samples reached up to 4.9 ng center dot g-1 dry mass (dm) of biomass extract and 2.99 ng center dot L-1 in surrounding water. Retinoic acid equivalent (REQ) measured by in vitro assay reached up to 3043 ng center dot g-1 dm in phytoplankton biomass and 1202 ng center dot L-1in surrounding water. Retinoid-like and estrogenic activities at some sites exceeded their PNEC and effect-based trigger values, respectively. The observed effects were not associated with any particular species of cyanobacteria or algae dominating the water blooms nor related to phytoplankton density. We found that taxonomically diverse phytoplankton communities can produce and release retinoid-like compounds to surrounding water, while estrogenic potency is likely related to estro-gens of anthropogenic origin adsorbed to phytoplankton biomass. Retinoids occurring in water blooms are ubiquitous signalling molecules, which can affect development and neurogenesis. Selected water bloom samples (both water and biomass extracts) with retinoid-like activity caused effects on neurodifferentiation in vitro corresponding to those of equivalent all-trans-retinoic acid concentrations. Co-occurrence of estrogenic and retinoid-like activities in stagnant water bodies as well as the potential of compounds produced by water blooms to interfere with neural differentiation.
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