Effects of life cycle exposure to polystyrene microplastics on medaka fish (Oryzias latipes). 2022

Miguel González-Doncel, and José Enrique García-Mauriño, and Eulalia María Beltrán, and Carlos Fernández Torija, and Oscar Andreu-Sánchez, and María Victoria Pablos
Laboratory of Ecotoxicology, Department of the Environment, National Institute for Agricultural and Food Research and Technology (INIA-CSIC), A-6, Km. 7.5, E-28040 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: miguelgd@inia.csic.es.

The number of published studies evaluating the effects of microplastics (MPs) in fish has increased in the last decade. However, of the available studies, few have explored the long-term effects of MPs on fish growth and reproduction and have resorted to MPs in the form of μm-sized beads/microspheres. In this study, 6-10 day-old post-hatch medaka (Oryzias latipes) fish were exposed to 50 (i.e. 1X) and 500 (i.e. 10X) μg of heterogeneously sized and irregularly shaped virgin polystyrene (PS) MP particles (200-μm range)/L for 150 days. These concentrations corresponded to respective daily mean values of 247 and 3087 particles/L administered through the diet. The PS MPs dietary exposure resulted in body burdens of 114 and 440 particles/g fish on day 50, and of 78 and 173 particles/g fish on day 100 since the respective exposures to the 1X and the 10X treatments started. The biometric analyses found no incidence of PS MPs ingestion on overall fish growth and development. The histological survey in the 10X group did not reveal alterations in gills or in the digestive tract. Mild alterations in other organs were seen and included increased fluid material in the peritoneal cavity, glomerular and tubular alterations in kidneys, and differences in the diameter of the thyroid follicles and thickness of the follicular epithelial cells. The initial days of the reproductive phase revealed MP-related differences in the number of gravid females, fecundity, and fertilization rates. Overall, these values reverted to normal rates throughout the succeeding days. No significant effects of PS MPs exposure were evidenced on offspring success. The 150-day PS MPs dietary exposure used in this study provided clues of histological effects and a reproduction delay. However, it did not seem to compromise overall growth/thriving and the ongoing reproduction.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008018 Life Cycle Stages The continuous sequence of changes undergone by living organisms during the post-embryonic developmental process, such as metamorphosis in insects and amphibians. This includes the developmental stages of apicomplexans such as the malarial parasite, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM. Life Cycle,Life History Stages,Cycle, Life,Cycles, Life,History Stage, Life,History Stages, Life,Life Cycle Stage,Life Cycles,Life History Stage,Stage, Life Cycle,Stage, Life History,Stages, Life Cycle,Stages, Life History
D009990 Oryzias The only genus in the family Oryziinae, order BELONIFORMES. Oryzias are egg-layers; other fish of the same order are livebearers. Oryzias are used extensively in testing carcinogens. Japanese Medaka,Killifish, Japanese,Medaka,Japanese Killifish,Japanese Rice Fish,Medaka Killifish,Oryzias latipes,Oryziinae,Killifish, Medaka,Medakas
D010969 Plastics Polymeric materials (usually organic) of large molecular weight which can be shaped by flow. Plastic usually refers to the final product with fillers, plasticizers, pigments, and stabilizers included (versus the resin, the homogeneous polymeric starting material). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Plastic
D011137 Polystyrenes Polymerized forms of styrene used as a biocompatible material, especially in dentistry. They are thermoplastic and are used as insulators, for injection molding and casting, as sheets, plates, rods, rigid forms and beads. Polystyrol,Polystyrene,Polystyrols
D012098 Reproduction The total process by which organisms produce offspring. (Stedman, 25th ed) Human Reproductive Index,Human Reproductive Indexes,Reproductive Period,Human Reproductive Indices,Index, Human Reproductive,Indexes, Human Reproductive,Indices, Human Reproductive,Period, Reproductive,Periods, Reproductive,Reproductive Index, Human,Reproductive Indices, Human,Reproductive Periods
D005260 Female Females
D000080545 Microplastics Plastic particles, less than 5 millimeters in diameter, that are generated from the degradation of larger pieces or are manufactured to be microstructures or smaller. Mesoplastics,Plastic Microparticles,Plastic Nanoparticles,Mesoplastic,Microparticle, Plastic,Microparticles, Plastic,Microplastic,Nanoparticle, Plastic,Nanoparticles, Plastic,Plastic Microparticle,Plastic Nanoparticle
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D014874 Water Pollutants, Chemical Chemical compounds which pollute the water of rivers, streams, lakes, the sea, reservoirs, or other bodies of water. Chemical Water Pollutants,Landfill Leachate,Leachate, Landfill,Pollutants, Chemical Water

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