Journal or Publishing Institution: Fish & Shellfish Immunology
Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20685618
Author(s): Kreutz, L.C., Barcellos, L.J.G., Marteninghe, A., dos Santos, E.D. and Zanatta, R.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Record ID: 1289
Abstract: The resistance of fish to microorganisms challenge depends mainly on the efficacy of the immune response. Most studies on the natural immune response of fish have focused on the effect of diets and immunostimulants. Few studies correlated the presence of commonly used agrichemical and susceptibility to infection by aquatic microorganism. Thus, this study aimed to investigate the effect of glyphosate and atrazine-based herbicides on immune cell phagocytosis and susceptibility of silver catfish to Aeromonas hydrophila infection. Following exposure to sublethal concentrations of glyphosate or atrazine (10% of the LC(50-96 h)), a significant decrease in the number of intracelomatic cells and phagocytic index could be observed. In addition, silver catfish fingerlings exposed to glyphosate or atrazine were more susceptible to intracelomatic challenge with pathogenic A. hydrophila. Thus, the presence of these herbicides on the water alters the natural immune response to bacterial and possibly to other aquatic microorganism.
Keywords: Agrichemicals, Silver catfish, Immunity, Phagocytosis, Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas, Aeromonas hydrophila, fishes, Pimelodidae, Rhamdia, Rhamdia quelen, Siluriformes, aquatic animals, aquatic organisms, atrazine, bacterial diseases, diets, effects, fish production, freshwater fishes, glyphosate, herbicides, immune response, immunity, immunology, immunostimulants, infections, microorganisms, pesticides, phagocytosis, research, susceptibility, aquatic species, bacterial infections, bacterioses, bacterium, fishery production, fresh water fish, fresh water fishes, fresh-water fish, fresh-water fishes, freshwater fish, immunity reactions, immunological reactions, micro-organisms, studies, weedicides, weedkillers, Aeromonadaceae, Aeromonadales, Gammaproteobacteria, Proteobacteria, Bacteria, prokaryotes, Aeromonas, vertebrates, Chordata, animals, eukaryotes, Siluriformes, Osteichthyes, fishes, Pimelodidae, Rhamdia
Citation: Kreutz, L.C., Barcellos, L.J.G., Marteninghe, A., dos Santos, E.D. and Zanatta, R., 2010. Exposure to sublethal concentration of glyphosate or atrazine-based herbicides alters the phagocytic function and increases the susceptibility of silver catfish fingerlings (Rhamdia quelen) to Aeromonas hydrophila challenge. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 29(4), pp.694-697.