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Tritiated thymidine induces developmental delay, oxidative stress and gene overexpression in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Tritium is a betta emitter radionuclide. Being an isotope of hydrogen, it is easily transferred to different environmental compartments, and to human and non-human biota. Considering that tritium levels are expected to rise in the upcoming decades with the development of nuclear facilities producing tritium using fission processes, investigating the potential toxicity of tritium to human and non-human biota is necessary. Tritiated thymidine, an organic form of tritium, has been used in this study to assess its toxicity on fish embryo development. Zebrafish embryos (3.5 hpf; hours post fertilization) have been exposed to tritiated thymidine at three different activity concentrations (7.5; 40; 110 kBq/mL) for four days. These experiments highlighted that zebrafish development was affected by the exposure to organic tritium, with smaller larvae at 3 dpf after exposure to the two lowest dose rates (22 and 170 µGy/h), a delayed hatching after exposure to the two highest dose rates (170 and 470 µGy/h), an increase in the spontaneous tail movement (1 dpf) and a decrease in the heartbeat (3 dpf) after exposure to the highest dose rate. The results also highlighted an increase in ROS production in larvae exposed to the intermediate dose rate. A dysregulation of many genes, involved in apoptosis, DNA repair or oxidative stress, was also found after 1 day of exposure to the lowest tritium dose rate. Our results thus suggest that exposure to tritiated thymidine from a dose rate as low as 22 µGy/h can lead to sublethal effects, with an effect on the development, dysregulation of many genes and increase of the ROS production. This paper provides valuable information on toxic effects arising from the exposure of fish to an organic form of tritium, which was the main objective of this study.
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hal-04379363 , version 1 (09-01-2024)

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Magali Schiano Di Lombo, Isabelle Cavalie, Virginie Camilleri, Olivier Armant, Yann Perrot, et al.. Tritiated thymidine induces developmental delay, oxidative stress and gene overexpression in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Aquatic Toxicology, 2023, 265, pp.106766. ⟨10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106766⟩. ⟨hal-04379363⟩
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