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Gammarid exposure to pyriproxyfen and/or cadmium: what effects on the methylfarnesoate signalling pathway?

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Due to expected changes in climate, it is predicted that disease-carrying mosquitoes will expand their geographical range, resulting in increased use of insect growth regulators (IGRs) to face their proliferation. Among IGRs, pyriproxyfen (PXF) is widely used and has been shown to prevent larvae from developing into adults, rendering them unable to reproduce. However, because of the similarity of crustacean and insect endocrine systems, PXF could also impact aquatic crustaceans. In addition, when spreading in the environment, PXF is found in a mixture with other pollutants such as metallic trace elements, which could alter its effect. Consequently, the present work was devoted to analysing the effects of PXF on the methylfarnesoate (MF) hormonal pathway of the freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex, as well as its combined binary effects with cadmium (Cd), by measuring MF concentration, as well as the relative transcriptional expression of the farnesoic acid O-methyltransferase (FAMeT) (enzyme limiting the MF production), the methoprene-tolerant receptor (Met), and the broad-complex (BrC) as a transcription factor. Results revealed that single exposures to PXF or Cd have mainly overexpressed FAMeT, Met, and BrC but did not significantly affect MF concentration. Conversely, the mixture exposures seemed to suppress these effects and even achieve antagonistic effects. This work confirmed that PXF single exposure could impact non-target organisms such as amphipods through changes in hormonal pathways of MF. In the same way, it highlighted that Cd could also impair the endocrine system of exposed organisms. However, antagonistic effects have been observed in exposure to mixtures, suggesting different long-term consequences on the growth of amphipods under realistic exposure conditions.

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Jaegers, J., Gismondi, E. Gammarid exposure to pyriproxyfen and/or cadmium: what effects on the methylfarnesoate signalling pathway?. Environ Sci Pollut Res 27, 31330–31338 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09419-3

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