Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Evaluation of joint effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate and wood vinegar on planarians, Dugesia japonica

  • Research Article
  • Published:
Environmental Science and Pollution Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is a persistent organic pollutant and can cause oxidative stress in animals. Wood vinegar (WV) is the water condensate of smoke produced during wood carbonization. It was used for antibacterial application, pest control, and antioxidant. In the study, PFOS and WV were used to treat the planarian, and then the oxidative stress induced by PFOS on the planarian (Dugesia japonica) and the protective effects of WV on lipid peroxidation, related antioxidant enzyme activity, and mRNA expression in the planarian were studied. PFOS caused an increase in malondialdehyde (MDA) contents, a decrease in superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities, and a change in glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione S-transferase (GST), glutathione reductase (GR) activities. The mRNA levels of glutathione peroxidase gene (gpx), glutathione S-transferase enzyme gene (gst), and glutathione reductase gene (gr) are upregulated or downregulated to varying degrees. The WV and co-treatment planarians reduced MDA levels, increased the activities of oxidative stress biomarker enzymes, and restored gene expression levels. Our results show that low concentration of WV has protective effects on the oxidative damage caused by PFOS in the planarian.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Amraoui I, Khalloufi N, Touaylia S (2018) Effects to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) on the mollusk Unio ravoisieri under laboratory exposure. Chem Ecol 34(4):324–339

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cai KZ, Jiang ST, Ren C, He YJ (2012) Significant damage-rescuing effects of wood vinegar extract in living Caenorhabditis elegans under oxidative stress. J Sci Food Agric 92(1):29–36

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Dong L, Yang XY, Gu W, Zhao KF, Ge HZ, Zhou JJ, Bai XT (2015) Connexin 43 mediates PFOS-induced apoptosis in astrocytes. Chemosphere 132:8–16

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Du J, Cai J, Wang ST, You H (2017) Oxidative stress and apotosis to zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos exposed to perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and ZnO nanoparticles. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 30(2):213–229

    Google Scholar 

  • Findikli E, Camkurt MA, Izci F, Karaaslan MF, Findikli HA, Sumer P, Kurutas EB (2018) The diagnostic value of malondialdehyde, superoxide dismutase and catalase activity in drug naive, first episode, non-smoker generalized anxiety disorder patients. Clin Psychopharmacol Neurosci 16(1):88–94

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Feng MB, He Q, Meng LJ, Zhang XL, Sun P, Wang ZY (2018) Evaluation of single and joint toxicity of perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, and copper to Carassius auratus using oxidative stress biomarkers. Aquat Toxicol 161:108–116

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Galle A, Benyo D, Csiszar J, Gyorgyey J (2019) Genome-wide identification of the glutathione transferase superfamily in the model organism Brachypodium distachyon. Funct Plant Biol 46(11):1049–1062

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hasanuzzaman M, Hossain MA, Fujita M (2012) Exogenous selenium pretreatment protects rapeseed seedlings from cadmium-induced oxidative stress by upregulating antioxidant defense and methylglyoxal detoxification systems. Biol Trace Elem Res 149(2):248–261

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jian JM, Zhang C, Wang F, Lu XW, Wang F, Zeng EY (2019) Effect of solution chemistry and aggregation on adsorption of perfluorooctanesulphonate (PFOS) to nano-sized alumina. Environ Pollut 251:425–433

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li MH (2016) Development of in vivo biotransformation enzyme assays for ecotoxicity screening: in vivo measurement of phases I and II enzyme activities in freshwater planarians. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 130:19–28

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Li ZW, Liu Q, Liu CN, Li C, Li YC, Li SY, Liu XH, Shao J (2017) Evaluation of PFOS-mediated neurotoxicity in rat primary neurons and astrocytes cultured separately or in co-culture. Toxicol in Vitro 38:77–90

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li ZC, Wu LJ, Sun S, Gao JL, Zhang HQ, Zhang ZQ, Wang ZM (2019) Disinfection and removal performance for Escherichia coli, toxic heavy metals and arsenic by wood vinegar-modified zeolite. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 174:129–136

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Li ZC, Zhang LN, Chen GY, Wu LJ, Liu BY, Li Y, Sun S, Zhang HQ, Zhang ZQ, Wang ZM (2018) A new method for comprehensive utilization of wood vinegar by distillation and liquid-liquid extraction. Process Biochem 75:194–201

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Lu GH, Liu JC, Sun LS, Yuan LJ (2015) Toxicity of perfluorononanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate to Daphnia magna. Water Sci Eng 8(1):40–48

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Moloney JN, Cotter TG (2018) ROS signalling in the biology of cancer. Semin Cell Dev Biol 80:50–64

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pan G, You C (2010) Sediment-water distribution of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in Yangtze River estuary. Environ Pollut 158(5):1363–1367

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Park S, Zenobio JE, Lee LS (2018) Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) removal with Pd0/nFe0 nanoparticles: adsorption or aqueous Fe-complexation, not transformation? J Hazard Mater 342:20–28

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Pierozan P, Karlsson O (2018) PFOS induces proliferation, cell-cycle progression, and malignant phenotype in human breast epithelial cells. Arch Toxicol 92(2):705–716

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Poirier L, Ghigo E, Daude D, Chabriere E (2019) Planarian, an emerging animal model for toxicology studies. Med Sci 35(6–7):544–548

    Google Scholar 

  • Sanderson H, Boudreau TM, Mabury SA, Solomon KR (2004) Effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid on the zooplanktonic community. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 58:68–76

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Sen S, De B, Devanna N, Chakraborty R (2013) Total phenolic, total flavonoid content, and antioxidant capacity of the leaves of Meyna spinosa Roxb., an Indian medicinal plant. Chin J Nat Med 11(2):149–157

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shao XX, Zhao BY, Wang B, Zhao BS, Zhu Y, Yuan ZQ, Zhang JY (2019) Neuroprotective effects of blueberry anthocyanins against perfluorooctanoic sulfonate on planarian Dugesia japonica. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 175:39–47

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Vila-Farré M, Rink JC (2018) The ecology of freshwater planarians. Methods Mol Biol 1774:173–205

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Wang YY, Qiu L, Song QL, Wang SP, Wang YJ, Ge YH (2019) Root proteomics reveals the effects of wood vinegar on wheat growth and subsequent tolerance to drought stress. Int J Mol Sci 20(4):943

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wu QM, Zhang SY, Hou BX, Zheng HJ, Deng WX, Liu DH, Tang WJ (2015) Study on the preparation of wood vinegar from biomass residues by carbonization process. Bioresour Technol 179:98–103

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wu JP, Li MH (2018) The use of freshwater planarians in environmental toxicology studies: advantages and potential. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 161:45–56

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Wu YM, Huang J, Deng M, Jin YX, Yang HL, Liu Y, Cao QY, Mennigen JA, Tu WQ (2019) Acute exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of Chinese PFOS alternative F-53B induces oxidative stress in early developing zebrafish. Chemosphere 235:945–951

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yang JF, Yang CH, Liang MT, Gao ZJ, Wu YW, Chuang LY (2016) Chemical composition, antioxidant, and antibacterial activity of wood vinegar from Litchi chinensis. Molecules 21(9):1150

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan ZQ, Zhang JY, Tu CC, Wang ZJ, Xin WP (2016) The protective effect of blueberry anthocyanins against perfluorooctanoic acid-induced disturbance in planarian (Dugesia japonica). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 127:170–174

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan ZQ, Miao ZL, Gong XN, Zhao BY, Zhang YY, Ma HD, Zhang JY, Zhao BS (2017) Changes on lipid peroxidation,enzymatic activities and gene expression in planarian (Dugesia japonica) following exposure to perfluorooctanoic acid. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 145:564–568

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan ZQ, Shao XX, Miao ZL, Zhao BS, Zheng ZY, Zhang JY (2018) Perfluorooctane sulfonate induced neurotoxicity responses associated with neural genes expression, neurotransmitter levels and acetylcholinesterase activity in planarians Dugesia japonica. Chemosphere 206:150–156

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Yuan ZQ, Zhang JY, Meng W, Zhou Y (2014) Effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate on behavioural activity, regeneration and antioxidant enzymes in planarian Dugesia japonica. Chem Ecol 30(2):187–195

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhao BY, Shao XX, Zhao BY, Yuan ZQ, Zhang JY (2018) Application of blueberry anthocyanins reduces perfluorooctane sulfonate toxicity on planarians (Dugesia japonica) in locomotion, regeneration, and gene expression and contents. Environ Sci Pollut Res 25(22):22095–22105

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Zhang F, Shao JG, Yang HP, Guo DB, Chen ZH, Zhang SH, Chen HP (2019) Effects of biomass pyrolysis derived wood vinegar on microbial activity and communities of activated sludge. Bioresour Technol 279:252–261

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Funding

Research was supported by the Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (ZR2019MC028), the Project of Shandong Province Higher Educational Science and Technology Program (J18KA138), and the SDUT & Zibo City Integration Development Project (2017ZBXC053).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. School of Life Sciences, Shandong University of Technology, Zibo, 255000, Shandong, China

    Bin Wang, Danping Li, Zuoqing Yuan, Yuejie Zhang, Xue Ma, Ziheng Lv, Yu Xiao & Jianyong Zhang

Authors
  1. Bin Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Danping Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Zuoqing Yuan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Yuejie Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Xue Ma
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Ziheng Lv
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Yu Xiao
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Jianyong Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jianyong Zhang.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Additional information

Responsible editor: Philippe Garrigues

Publisher’s note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Electronic supplementary material

ESM 1

(DOCX 17 kb)

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Wang, B., Li, D., Yuan, Z. et al. Evaluation of joint effects of perfluorooctane sulfonate and wood vinegar on planarians, Dugesia japonica. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 18089–18098 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08342-x

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-08342-x

Keywords

Search

Navigation