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Effects of Montreal municipal sewage effluents on immune responses of juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Salo, Harri M; Hébert, Nancy; Dautremepuits, Claire; Cejka, Patrick; Cyr, Daniel G. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6566-783X et Fournier, Michel (2007). Effects of Montreal municipal sewage effluents on immune responses of juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Aquatic Toxicology , vol. 84 , nº 4. pp. 406-414. DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2007.06.014.

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The objective of this study was to examine the immunotoxicity of treated Montreal sewage effluents on juvenile female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). A comprehensive panel of immunological assays was used to evaluate the effects of exposure for 1 and 4 weeks to 1, 3, 10 and 20% sewage effluent. Phagocytic ingestion of fluorescent latex beads by head kidney macrophages and granulocytes was suppressed following 1-week of exposure, with the highest exposure concentration being the most suppressive. Phagocytic activity returned to control levels after 4 weeks of exposure. The cytotoxic activity of head kidney derived non-specific cytotoxic cells was enhanced after a 1-week exposure, especially at the lowest exposure concentration, and returned to control levels after 4 weeks of exposure. In vitro lymphocyte proliferation in response to LPS and ConA activation was not affected following sewage effluent exposure, but nonactivated, spontaneous proliferation of lymphocytes was suppressed in a dose-dependent manner after 4 weeks of exposure. Plasma lysozyme activity was elevated at lowest exposure concentration after 4 weeks. No changes were noted in either the blood leukocyte/erythrocyte ratio or in the proportion of circulating lymphocytes and thrombocytes. The proportion of circulating granulocytes increased following exposure for 4 weeks to the low effluent concentration. Plasma cortisol levels were not affected by effluent exposure suggesting that mechanisms other than stress influenced the observed immunomodulation. In summary, this study demonstrates that sewage effluent can alter the immune functions of rainbow trout.

Type de document: Article
Mots-clés libres: Fish immunotoxicity; Sewage treatment effluent; Rainbow trout; Phagocytosis; NCC; Lymphocyte
Centre: Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt: 05 nov. 2024 16:21
Dernière modification: 05 nov. 2024 16:21
URI: https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/15151

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