土壤污染的生态毒理诊断研究进展

土壤生态毒理学是污染土壤生态风险评价以及土壤污染控制的理论依据,土壤环境中有毒物质的生态毒理效应及其分子机制的研究是土壤生态毒理学的核心内容.土壤污染生态毒理诊断集合了土壤污染的全部信息,提供了土壤的整体毒性效应.因此,开展土壤污染生态毒理诊断研究有重要的理论意义和现实意义.本文在参考国内外土壤污染生态毒理诊断研究成果的基础上,介绍了常用土壤污染生态毒理效应诊断方法和指标,并探讨了不同方法的利弊.传统毒理诊断方法往往只能表征胁迫的程度,不能解释损伤和响应发生分子机理.污染土壤毒性评估的生物标记物和土壤污染分子诊断技术,可深入探讨外源胁迫下生物的解毒机制.本文对其进行了较为系统的介绍,并对未来的研究趋势进行展望.     

金属型纳米颗粒对植物的生态毒理效应研究进展

纳米技术的高速发展和人工纳米颗粒(NPs)的广泛应用带来的潜在环境风险已经引起国内外的广泛关注.金属型纳米颗粒(MB NPs)具有金属毒性和纳米毒性的双重效应,其生物毒性和生态风险已成为纳米毒理学的研究热点之一.植物作为生态系统中的重要组分,是NPs生物累积并进入食物链的潜在途径.本文论述了MB NPs在植物中的吸收、转运和累积过程,总结了MB NPs对植物的毒性效应及其机制,探讨了MB NPs植物毒性的影响因素,综合评述了近年来关于MB NPs对植物特别是农作物的生态毒理效应的研究进展,同时分析了目前研究中存在的问题,对今后的研究方向进行了展望.     

根-土界面镉的生态化学行为与毒理效应研究进展

根-土界面是物质交换最频繁的特殊微型生态区域,其pH、Eh和根系分泌物是决定这个微域环境性质变化的三大重要因素,其对镉(Cd)等重金属的吸收、转化和迁移等生态化学行为及毒理效应起着决定性的作用.本文就十几年来有关Cd在根-土界面pH、Eh和根系分泌物变化影响下的生态化学行为、根-土界面Cd的生态毒理效应(包括微生物生态毒理效应和酶的生态毒理作用)研究进展进行了综合论述,指出了目前研究中存在的不足,并就今后需要进一步解决的科学问题提出了建议.     

新型环境污染物抗生素的分子生态毒理研究进展

人们在农业畜牧业和治疗人类疾病的过程中大量使用抗生素,由于抗生素自身独特的代谢特点,导致了抗生素在包括水体和土壤等环境介质中的残留,并因此导致对不同生物及生态系统产生广泛而深远的影响。本文概述了目前抗生素分子生态毒理学方面的研究进展,并阐述了抗生素对生物及生态系统的各分子水平的毒性机理及分子标记物研究情况,对于一些较新的分子诊断方法也进行了总结。最后,分析了抗生素分子生态毒理研究存在的不足,并探讨了今后的研究重点。     

多氯联苯的环境毒理研究动态

本文综述了当前国内外对多氯联苯这种持留性有机污染物环境生态毒理的研究现状,详细论述了多氯联苯的来源、分布、迁移变化等环境行为,特别强调了多氯联苯这种持留性有机污染物在生态系统中因食物网营养关系产生的积累、富集、放大进而影响人类健康的可能性,并对多氯联苯对生物影响的早期预警研究作了展望。     

硒对小麦和水稻种子萌发的生态毒理效应的比较研究

通过水培试验,比较研究了硒在不同浓度下对小麦和水稻种子萌发及幼苗生长的生态毒理效应。结果表明,硒在适量范围内(<0.5 mg.L-1)对种子萌发过程中各生理指标有促进作用,高剂量(>5 mg.L-1)时,对种子活力、α-淀粉酶及幼苗和根生长具有胁迫效应。硒对小麦种子发芽各指标抑制率大于水稻,硒对种子根伸长的抑制率远远大于发芽抑制率。对硒浓度与种子发芽各项指标抑制率相关分析,呈显著正相关。应用小麦根伸长抑制率可作为化学物质生态风险评价的一项生物标志物。     

土壤环境污染的生态毒理学诊断方法研究进展

土壤污染诊断是土壤环境清洁过程中必不可少的重要环节。单纯依靠化学方法进行污染诊断,不能表征土壤环境的整体质量特征。因此,需要发展污染生态毒理学诊断方法。本文阐述了污染土壤的生态毒理诊断研究的特殊性和重要性,扼要概述了建立土壤污染生态毒理学诊断方法的考虑及准则,对污染土壤的生态毒理诊断国内外研究现状进行综述,并提出今后的研究方向。     

环境基因组学与毒理基因组学研究进展

环境基因组学和毒理基因组学主要在基因组水平上研究机体对环境因子的应答反应,了解基因-环境交互作用在疾病发生中的作用。环境基因组学和毒理基因组学研究的结合为环境与健康研究开辟了新的方法。本文对环境基因组计划和毒理基因组学的研究目的、内容以及存在的问题和展望进行了综述。     

生物信息学在毒理基因组学研究中的应用

毒理基因组学主要在基因组水平上研究机体对环境因子的应答反应,了解基因和环境交互作用在疾病发生中的作用。生物信息学与毒理基因组学研究的结合为环境与健康研究开辟了新的方法。本文对毒理基因组学的研究手段、意义及面临的挑战,生物信息学在毒理基因组学研究中的作用以及存在的问题和展望进行了综述。     

生态基因组学研究进展

生态基因组学是一个整合生态学、分子遗传学和进化基因组学的新兴交叉学科。生态基因组学将基因组学的研究手段和方法引入生态学领域,通过将群体基因组学、转录组学、蛋白质组学等手段与方法将个体、种群及群落、生态系统不同层次的生态学相互作用整合起来,确定在生态学响应及相互作用中具有重要意义的关键的基因和遗传途径,阐明这些基因及遗传途径变异的程度及其生态和进化后果的特征,从基因水平探索有机体响应天然环境(包括生物与非生物的环境因子)的遗传学机制。生态基因组学的研究对象可以分为模式生物与非模式生物两大类。拟南芥、酿酒酵母等模式生物在生态基因组学领域发挥了重要作用。随着越来越多基因组学技术的开发与完善,越来越多的非模式生物生态基因组学的研究将为生态学的发展提供重要的理论与实践依据。生态基因组学最核心的方法包括寻找序列变异、研究基因差异表达和分析基因功能等方法。生态基因组学已广泛渗透到生态学的相关领域中,将会在生物对环境的响应、物种间的相互作用、进化生态学、全球变化生态学、入侵生态学、群落生态学等研究领域发挥更大的作用。     

Evaluation of protein extraction protocols for 2DE in marine ecotoxicoproteomics

In ecotoxicoproteomics, an accurate and reproducible extraction of proteins is a critical step for 2DE analysis and further protein identification using MS. The criteria for the assessment of protein extraction quality include protein yield, protein spots resolved in a 2DE gel, matched protein spots in replicate gels, reproducibility, and compatibility with MS. In this work, we evaluated three protein extraction systems, straightforward lysis buffer, trichloroacetic acid–acetone, and TRIzol reagent with some modifications, for the protein extraction from three animal species including mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, flounder Paralichthys olivaceus, and polychaete Nereis diversicolor used in marine ecotoxicology. Our results indicated that these methods could extract significantly different protein profiles. The method using TRIzol reagent resulted in the most matched protein spots resolved in four replicate 2DE gels and highest reproducibilities for the gill of M. galloprovincialis and liver of P. olivaceus. However, a modified trichloroacetic acid–acetone solvent system was best for the whole soft tissue of N. diversicolor. This work provides the fundamental information of the extraction quality of protein extraction protocols from different marine animals, which may facilitate the selection of a suitable protein extraction protocol for ecotoxicoproteomics.     

An ecological perspective in aquatic ecotoxicology: Approaches and challenges

This paper aims to highlight the considerable potential of a better integration of ecological theory in aquatic ecotoxicology. It outlines how community ecology, studies on trophic interaction and disturbance ecology could provide an enhanced theoretical basis for aquatic ecotoxicology and increase ecological relevance in environmental risk assessment of chemicals. Based on the literature and own research, approaches from aquatic ecotoxicology are presented, which are based on ecological considerations and address a higher level of biological complexity for risk assessment strategies of chemicals. The concepts of species-sensitivity distribution (SSD), pollution-induced community tolerance (PICT), the use of model ecosystems and the sediment quality triad (SQT) in ecological risk assesment as well as inputs from ecotoxicology into landscape ecology are illustrated. These examples aim to evidence aquatic ecotoxicology as a rewarding field of ecological research.     

RNA‑seq技术在水生生物生态毒理学中的应用进展

水域是地球环境的重要组成部分,也是最易受污染的生态系统之一。水生态系统中不同营养级别的水生生物可通过摄食、接触等多种途径摄入水体中的污染物。因此,监测水域污染物对水生生物和生态系统的影响,解析污染物对不同水生生物的毒性机制,筛选敏感、有效的生物标志物对生态毒理学研究和环境风险评价具有重要意义。RNA测序（RNA sequencing,RNA?seq）技术因所需样品量少,且不需参考序列,可在整体水平上鉴定基因差异表达,成为水生生物生态毒理学研究的最佳方法之一。基于此,介绍了RNA?seq技术的基本流程与数据分析过程,对该技术在不同生态位的水生生物（如鱼类、两栖类、贝类、甲壳类等）生态毒理学中的应用展开综述,并对RNA?seq技术面临的不足、挑战及发展趋势进行探讨,以期为该技术在水生生物生态毒理学研究中的应用,尤其是水生态环境中污染物胁迫水生生物机制的阐明及污染水域生态环境恢复提供参考。     

Improving the proteome coverage of Daphnia magna - implications for future ecotoxicoproteomics studies

Aquatic pollution is an increasing problem and requires extensive research efforts to understand associated consequences and to find suitable solutions. The crustacean Daphnia is a keystone species in lacustrine ecosystems by connecting primary producers with higher trophic levels. Therefore, Daphnia is perfectly suitable to investigate biological effects of freshwater pollution and is frequently used as an important model organism in ecotoxicology. The field of ecotoxicoproteomics has become increasingly prevalent, as proteins are important for an organism's physiology and respond rapidly to changing environmental conditions. However, one obstacle in proteome analysis of Daphnia is highly abundant proteins like vitellogenin, decreasing the analytical depth of proteome analysis. To improve proteome coverage in Daphnia, we established an easy-to-use procedure based on the LC-MS/MS of whole daphnids and the dissected Daphnia gut, which is the main tissue getting in contact with soluble and particulate pollutants, separately. Using a comprehensive spectral library, generated by gas-phase fractionation and a data-independent acquisition method, we identified 4621 and 5233 protein groups at high confidence (false discovery rate < 0.01) in Daphnia and Daphnia gut samples, respectively. By combining both datasets, a proteome coverage of 6027 proteins was achieved, demonstrating the effectiveness of our approach.     

Environmental metabolomics: a critical review and future perspectives

Environmental metabolomics is the application of metabolomics to characterise the interactions of organisms with their environment. This approach has many advantages for studying organism–environment interactions and for assessing organism function and health at the molecular level. As such, metabolomics is finding an increasing number of applications in the environmental sciences, ranging from understanding organismal responses to abiotic pressures, to investigating the responses of organisms to other biota. These interactions can be studied from individuals to populations, which can be related to the traditional fields of ecophysiology and ecology, and from instantaneous effects to those over evolutionary time scales, the latter enabling studies of genetic adaptation. This review provides a comprehensive and current overview of environmental metabolomics research. We begin with an overview of metabolomic studies into the effects of abiotic pressures on organisms. In the field of ecophysiology, studies on the metabolic responses to temperature, water, food availability, light and circadian rhythms, atmospheric gases and season are reviewed. A section on ecotoxicogenomics discusses research in aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicology, assessing organismal responses to anthropogenic pollutants in both the laboratory and field. We then discuss environmental metabolomic studies of diseases and biotic–biotic interactions, in particular herbivory. Finally, we critically evaluate the contribution that metabolomics has made to the environmental sciences, and highlight and discuss recommendations to advance our understanding of the environment, ecology and evolution using a metabolomics approach.     

Medicines,shaken and stirred: a critical review on the ecotoxicology of pharmaceutical mixtures

Analytical monitoring surveys routinely confirm that organisms in the environment are exposed to complex multi-component pharmaceutical mixtures. We are hence tasked with the challenge to take this into consideration when investigating the ecotoxicology of pharmaceuticals. This review first provides a brief overview of the fundamental approaches for mixture toxicity assessment, which is then followed by a critical review on the empirical evidence that is currently at hand on the ecotoxicology of pharmaceutical mixtures. It is concluded that, while the classical concepts of concentration addition and independent action (response addition) provide a robust scientific footing, several knowledge gaps remain. This includes, in particular, the need for more and better empirical data on the effects of pharmaceutical mixtures on soil organisms as well as marine flora and fauna, and exploring the quantitative consequences of toxicokinetic, toxicodynamic and ecological interactions. Increased focus should be put on investigating the ecotoxicology of pharmaceutical mixtures in environmentally realistic settings.     

Genetic ecotoxicology: an overview

The techniques currently available for detecting genotoxin exposure are briefly described and evaluated with regard to the goals of genetic ecotoxicology. The occurrence and significance of genotoxin-induced neoplasia in marine organisms is described. Although there are numerous examples of hotspots where tumour incidences in fish and shellfish have been correlated with raised concentrations of anthropogenic chemicals, causal mechanisms are seldom established. Insufficient information is available to gauge the seriousness of genotoxicity for marine organisms on regional or global scales. The possibility of using marine organisms as sentinels to provide early warning of potential threats to Man is examined. Recognition of the genotoxic disease syndrome in lower animals highlights the need to explore the relationships between DNA damage (adduct formation, gene mutations, etc.) and its phenotypic consequences. Within a given population, not all individuals are equally susceptible to pollutant toxicity (including genotoxicity). The potential for using similarities in phenotypic traits to recognise subsets of individuals within populations possessing similar genotypes is discussed. Changes in heterozygosity and the evolution of genetically resistant populations following exposure to pollution are evaluated in the context of genetic ecotoxicology. Risk assessment procedures are required which enable genotoxin exposure to be related to specific consequences at the community and ecosystem levels. This necessitates both a sound scientific understanding of the mechanisms involved and the development of pragmatic ecotoxicological tools that can be employed by environmental managers.     

Transcriptomics and proteomics. Applications to ecotoxicology

Researchers from Europe and the USA met at the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission to discuss how to integrate gene and protein expression analyses with bioinformatic tools in the field of ecotoxicology and how this new approach could be translated in improved risk assessment procedures. The measurements of gene and/or protein expression levels, upon exposure to a chemical or a stressor, can be used to develop robust molecular biomarkers that will allow the early detection of environmental stress, study long-term exposure and infer the mechanism of action. These molecular biomarkers should be linked to phenotypic end points of exposure such as adverse effects in growth and reproduction in single organisms and populations. At environmentally realistic exposure levels there could be “non-linear” dose-response curves, which should be accounted for in the experimental design and in the analyses of microarray and proteomic data. The application of gene and protein expression profiling in ecotoxicology will have a significant impact on the ecotoxicology field in the near future and international collaborations will play an important role in accelerating the application of those techniques.