Exposure to estrogenic mixtures results in tissue-specific alterations to the metabolome of oysters

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Islam, Rafiquel
Melvin, Steven D
Yu, Richard Man Kit
O'Connor, Wayne A
Tran, Thi Kim Anh
Andrew-Priestley, Megan
Leusch, Frederic DL
MacFarlane, Geoff R
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2021
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The current study investigated the effect of environmentally relevant mixtures of estrogens at levels representative of receiving waters on the metabolome of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata. Oysters were exposed to a "low" and a "high" mixture of (xeno) estrogens (representative of Australian and global receiving waters respectively) for 7 days and digestive gland, gill, and gonad tissue were sampled for quantification of polar metabolites by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Exposure to both mixtures lowered body mass and altered the metabolite profile in the digestive glands. Comparatively, gills, and ovaries demonstrated lesser sensitivity to the mixtures, with significant metabolomic alterations observed only for the high mixture. The male gonad did not respond to either estrogenic exposure. In the responsive tissues, major metabolites including amino acids, carbohydrates, intermediates of the tricarboxylic acid cycle and ATP were all down-regulated and exhibited tissue-specific patterns of down-regulation with the greatest proportion of metabolites down-regulated due to estrogenic exposure in the digestive gland. Exposure to (xeno) estrogen mixtures representative of concentrations reported in receiving waters in Australia and globally can impact the metabolome and associated energy metabolism, especially in the digestive gland, translating to lower pools of available ATP energy for potential cellular homeostasis, somatic maintenance and growth, reproduction and fitness.

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Aquatic Toxicology

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231

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Chemical sciences

Biological oceanography

Environmental sciences

Biological sciences

Digestive gland

Estrogen exposure

Gills

Gonads

Metabolomics

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Islam, R; Melvin, SD; Yu, RMK; O'Connor, WA; Tran, TKA; Andrew-Priestley, M; Leusch, FDL; MacFarlane, GR, Exposure to estrogenic mixtures results in tissue-specific alterations to the metabolome of oysters., Aquatic Toxicology, 2021, 231, pp. 105722

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