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Water Hardness Alters the Gene Expression Response and Copper Toxicity in Daphnia magna
The Life Science Centre—Biology, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Research Institute of Fish Culture and Hydrobiology, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Vodnany, Czech Republic.
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology. (Man-Technology-Environment (MTM) Research Centre)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7845-6495
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology. (The Life Science Centre—Biology)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7957-0310
Örebro University, School of Science and Technology. (The Life Science Centre—Biology)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7336-6335
2022 (English)In: Fishes, E-ISSN 2410-3888, Vol. 7, no 5, article id 248Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

The influence of water hardness on copper (Cu) toxicity in Daphnia magna was studied using gene expression analysis. Exposing D. magna to Cu in water with increasing levels of hardness decreased the acute toxicity. Hardness did not affect the predicted Cu complexation. After 24 h, D. magna showed an increased level of genes related to metal homeostasis (mt) following exposure to 25 mu g Cu/L in hard water. Daphnids in soft and medium water responded to 25 mu g Cu/L by upregulation of antioxidant defense and mt genes, revealing oxidative stress as a mechanism of Cu toxicity in D. magna. D. magna exposed to 25 mu g Cu/L in soft water did not survive for 96 h. In contrast, those exposed to 25 mu g Cu/L in medium and hard water survived for 96 h with significantly higher levels of mt genes. The genes related to oxidative damage (heat shock protein and glutathione S-transferase) in these groups did not deviate from control levels, indicating the protective effect of hardness. Metallothionein genes were upregulated at 17 mu g Cu/L at both 24 h and 96 h. The expression of catalase and ferritin increased in this group in soft and hard water at 96 h. The protective effect of hardness (in the tested range) on survival was also observed at a concentration of 25 mu g/L. The results suggest metallothionein (A and B), catalase, and ferritin genes, as potential biomarkers for copper exposure in D. magna regardless of hardness.

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MDPI, 2022. Vol. 7, no 5, article id 248
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gene expression, metal speciation, oxidative stress
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Environmental Sciences Microbiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-102204DOI: 10.3390/fishes7050248ISI: 000872724100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85140629123OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-102204DiVA, id: diva2:1710887
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Knowledge Foundation, 20170118 20180027Örebro UniversityAvailable from: 2022-11-15 Created: 2022-11-15 Last updated: 2022-11-15Bibliographically approved

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