Review
Oxidative stress responses of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis exposed to emissary's pollution in coastal areas of Casablanca
Zineb Mejdoub a , * , Abdelilah Fahde b , Mohammed Lout fi a , Mostafa Kabine a
a
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science Ain Chock, University Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
b
Department of Biology, Laboratory of Environment and Aquatic Ecology, Faculty of Science Ain Chock, University Hassan II Casablanca, Morocco
a r t i c l e i n f o
Article history:
Received 13 May 2016 Received in revised form 11 October 2016
Accepted 9 November 2016
Keywords:
Biomarkers Oxidative stress
Mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis Antioxidant defence enzymes Lipid peroxidation
Heavy metals
a b s t r a c t
The bivalve mollusks are among the aquatic bioindicators that are commonly used in monitoring water pollution studies, thanks to their behavior and metabolism. They are directly affected by the level of pollution in a given site. During this research, the study of the biological response in gills, hepatopancreas and muscles of indigenous mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis were used for monitoring emissary's pollution in four polluted sites in the coastal environment of Casablanca. Seasonal variations of the activity of antioxidant defence enzymes, catalase (CAT), glutathione S-transferase (GST), as well as lipid peroxidation (LP) were measured as biomarkers within a one year period and compared to mussels from an unpolluted sampling site. This study was completed by analysing a series of abiotic factors (tem- perature, pH and conductivity) and chemicals (heavy metals; Hg, Pb, Cu) into seawater. Our result showed that the availability of metallic contamination and the environmental stress conditions causes relatively an oxidative stress in this species at each station studied. While the pollution's level clearly varies according to the sampling campaign. Furthermore, they revealed a significant increase in GST activities and LP concentrations and significant decrease in CAT activities in mussels collected in sites with industrial contamination. This negative correlation suggested that the organisms at this location are exposed to a relatively higher level of oxidative stress. This first study in the area confirm that variations of antioxidant defence enzymes activities and LP concentrations in mussels could be used as prospective biomarkers of toxicity in environmental monitoring programs.
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Contents
1. Introduction . . . 96
2. Materials & methods . . . 96
2.1. Site description . . . 96
2.2. Sampling and sample preservation . . . 97
2.3. Trace metal concentrations in surface seawater and wastewater . . . 97
2.4. Enzymatic biomarkers and total protein quantification . . . 97
2.5. Lipid peroxidation concentration . . . 98
2.6. Statistical analysis . . . 98
3. Results . . . 98
3.1. Trace metal concentrations in surface seawater (Casablanca coast) . . . 99
3.2. Seasonal measurements of CAT activity . . . 99
3.3. Seasonal measurements of GST activity . . . 100
3.4. LP concentration . . . 100
4. Discussion . . . 101
* Corresponding author.
E-mail address: z_mejdoub@hotmail.com (Z. Mejdoub).
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5. Conclusions . . . 102 Competing interests . . . 102 References . . . 102
1. Introduction
The intensive anthropogenic activities causes the accumulation of different xenobiotics in the aquatic environment. Nowadays, the major concerns of scientists and environmental managers are the evaluation of their in fl uences that can be exerted on the environ- ment and its resources. Admittedly, chemical analyses of the various environment compartments (water, soil, sediment) inform about the presence of a contaminant and about its biogeochemical cycle.
Nevertheless, this information is insuf fi cient to know the real impact of toxic substances on organisms (Michel, 1993; Livingstone, 2001). One-time measures have little meaning because of the temporal variability of the medium. Many studies have been developed for the use of biochemical, physiological and histological changes to assess the organism's exposure to contaminants. They proposed to highlight the concept of biomarkers as a good envi- ronmental monitoring tool (Stegeman et al., 1992; Calow, 1993;
Valavanidis et al., 2006). Actually, biochemical indicators could be the early warning systems for contamination, which effects are still reversible. However, they cannot be used as the only approach to detect or predict a risk of contamination. Therefore, numerous additional markers are needed to assess the biological impact of contaminants. (Lafaurie et al., 1992; Lagadic et al., 1997). The com- plementarities between the chemical and biochemical analysis, al- lows a full diagnosis of the source and the impact of contamination on an ecosystem during a lapse of time (Michel, 1993).
These biomonitoring techniques employ the ability of some species to concentrate a large range of chemical contaminants in their tissues (Phillips, 1976; Parant, 1998). Marine organisms, such as fi sh and invertebrate, have been successfully used as sentinel organisms and sensitive bioindicators for pollutants (Viarengo, 1989; Sheehan and Power, 1999; Corsi et al., 2003; Frenzilli et al., 2004). Although, many pollutants are known to enhance the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, disturbing organism's redox status (Gomez-Mendikute and Cajaraville, 2003; Livingstone, 2001; Lushchak, 2011). Recently, there has been an increasing in- terest in studies of oxidative toxicity in aquatic organisms by different pollutants (Livingstone, 1998; Orbea et al., 2002;
Lushchak, 2011). Especially in bivalves because of their range of changes in enzymatic antioxidant defences after exposure to pol- lutants with oxidative potential (Regoli et al., 2002). The cellular antioxidant system is an important element for free radical process monitoring (Santovito et al., 2005). They play a crucial role to maintain the cellular balance between prooxidant challenge and antioxydant defences, providing a cellular homeostasis (Winston, and Di Giulio, 1991; Livingstone, 2001; Valavanidis et al., 2006).
Their inductions counteract oxidative stress, but prolonged expo- sure causes their depletion, leading to disruption of core metabolic and regulatory process, enhancing oxidative damage to bio- molecules, such as lipid peroxidation, protein and DNA damage (Bebianno et al., 2005; Lushchak, 2011). Currently, this multi- biomarker approach in invertebrates has been supported by inter- national conventions like ICES, OSPAR. Also governmental institutions such as French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recommend this tool for pollution monitoring studies (Sol e et al., 2009). Therefore, the present study use essentially the mussel
M. galloprovincialis from Casablanca coast as a bioindicators of emissaries contamination in various coastal ecosystems which are in fl uenced by anthropogenic activities.
Casablanca coast is threatened by strong demographic and economic pressures that are increasingly growing that impacts coastal environments. The population estimated at more than 5 million habitants which represent a demographic concentration of more than 21.65% of the Moroccan population (Sbai, 2001).
Therefore, anthropogenic pollution has led to an adverse effect on coastal environments and as a result in human health. In fact, one of the major problems is the direct discharge of wastewater into marine environment, without any treatment in most cases. In fact, 80% of the Grand Casablanca industry discharge their ef fl uents directly into the sea via 7 collectors (Menioui, 2007). There are all kinds of industries with high polluting potential such as chemistry and chemicals, food processing, mechanical engineering and met- allurgy, and fi nally the textile and leather. Many published works reported that Casablanca collector's are also responsible for an intense polluting load, especially an organic matter, suspended material, nutrients, and toxic metals (Bouthir et al., 2004;
Benbrahim et al., 2006). Which raised the concern about the impact of these discharges on the coastal ecosystems.
This fi rst study of systematic biomonitoring, using indigenous mussels M. galloprovincialis as bioindicators and the seasonal var- iations of GST and CAT activities and LP concentrations as bio- markers in four polluted sites of Casablanca coast, was performed in order to assess emissary's pollution effects on marine organisms.
Such a monitoring approach is able to highlight the relationship between the presence of chemical contaminants in the environ- ment and biological responses. Alternatively, these stress indicators sensitive to pollutants in benthic populations would be able to provide additional information about ecosystem state.
2. Materials & methods 2.1. Site description
At the beginning of the study, we investigated various locations in Casablanca coast, aiming for indigenous mussels and seasonal availability for their collection. Mussels from wild populations were collected at four following localities within the Casablanca coast (Fig. 1): S1 (Grande Zen^ ata beach, Casablanca's upstream part, with a geographical position of NR 33
39
006.7 ” /W 007
28
048.3
00), S2 (Saada beach, 3 km south of the fi rst station, to a geographical position N 33
37
023,4 " /W 007
31
0'53,2
00), S3 (ONE seaside, 8 km south of the second station with a geographical position N 33
36
027,9 " /W 007
34
028,3
00), S4 (Sidi Abderrahmane beach, 17 km
south of the third site, with a geographic position of N 33
34
052,1
" /W 007
42
041,4
00). The site S1 is from a beach with strong hy-
drodynamics extending on a rocky reef. It is located next to the discharge point of a petroleum re fi nery, and considered an area with moderate pollution. While, S2 and S3 sites are from an urban area, showing strong industrial activity. They were especially threatened by the presence of an ef fl uent collectors opening directly on the sea, and carrying multicolour wastewater. Many of these hazardous substances are scarcely degradable. Hydrobionts develop a number of physiological mechanisms for their adaptation Z. Mejdoub et al. / Ocean & Coastal Management 136 (2017) 95e103
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to these surroundings. The site S4 was located within an urban area, presenting domestic pollution both in the water and in sediment.
The control site was located in a small touristic city far-off any source of pollution (beach located in the area of Skhirat city, in the Moroccan Atlantic coast, with a geographic position of N 33
51
036
00et W 7
03
000
00).
2.2. Sampling and sample preservation
All samples were collected at low tide in one day during the year 2011 e 2012. From the intertidal zone, about 150 indigenous mussels M. galloprovincialis clinging to rocks were taken from each of the studied sites, and placed in sterile plastic bags. They were collected in the spring (April e May), summer (July e September), autumn (October e November) and winter (December e January). They were characterized by similar maximum length: 55 ± 10 mm shell length. Simultaneously, seawater and wastewater samples was collected using polythene bottles (1 L). The were sampled directly in the coast while wastewater samples are taken upstream of the collector in the fl ow area of the sewer, where the water movement is most active, and a few centimetres below the surface. Environ- mental parameters including water temperature, conductivity, and pH were measured in situ at all locations for sea water and
wastewater, with a WTW (Wissenschaft lich Technische Werkst€ atten, Weilheim, Germany) multilab system. Immediately, the different samples collected were transported in insulated coolers to the laboratory.
2.3. Trace metal concentrations in surface seawater and wastewater
Metals concentrations were measured simultaneously in seawater and wastewater. Samples volume was preserved by the addition of 2 ml concentrated H
2SO
4, in order to avoid precipita- tion. Then, samples were stored in an ice cooler, and transported to the laboratory. Analysis of trace metals was performed by ICP-AES (Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry) at the technical unit support to scienti fi c research (UATRS) of the National Center of Scienti fi c Researches and Techniques (CNRST) in Rabat, Morocco.
2.4. Enzymatic biomarkers and total protein quanti fi cation
Every season of the study, the sampled mussels were collected
at a rate of thirty animals per station, 15 for the determination of
protein concentration and 15 for biomarkers analysis. Immediately,
Fig. 1. Study area and sampling stations in Casablanca coast (Morocco).
gills, hepatopancreas and muscles were dissected on ice. The soft various tissues were weighed and then homogenized (using a potter homogeniser) in 1:5 w/v homogenization buffer (0,05 phosphate buffer, pH 7.4). The homogenate was centrifuged twice at 10,000 g at 4
C for 20 min. The supernatants were diluted 1:5 v/
v with phosphate buffer, saved in aliquots and kept at 20
C until enzymatic analysis. Before each enzyme assay, all prepared samples were assayed in amount of protein according to the Bradford (1976) method, using the Coomassie blue reagent and bovine serum al- bumin (BSA Sigma) as a standard to normalize all biochemical results.
Catalase activity (CAT, EC 1.11.1.6) was assayed following the method of hydrogen peroxide consumption at 240 nm (Aebi, 1984;
Greenwald, 1985). The reaction mixture consisted of 0.05 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.0), and H
2O
2(0.036% w/w, immediately prepared before used). CAT activity was evaluated by kinetic measurement at 25
C and results was expressed as m moles hydrogen peroxide transformed per minute and per milligram of proteins.
Glutathione S transferase activity (GST, EC 2.5.1.18) was measured toward the Habig method, using glutathione (GSH) and 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB) as substrate (Habig et al., 1974). The reaction rate was recorded at 340 nm, and enzyme ac- tivity expressed as nmol CDNB conjugate formed per minute per milligram of proteins, using a molar extinction coef fi cient of 9.6 mM
-1cm
-1. All chemicals were products of Sigma.
2.5. Lipid peroxidation concentration
Enzymatic activities and MDA were determined with a BioMate 3 UV spectrophotometer at 37
C. MDA concentration and all enzyme activities were measured in triplicate for each sample. For the determination of lipid peroxidation (LP), we measured Malondialdehyde (MDA) by the TBARs method (Samokyszyn and Marnett, 1990; Buege and Aust, 1978). This method is based on the property of certain compounds, in particular MDA, to react with thiobarbituric acid and regenerate a pink chromophore absorbing at 535 nm. Thus, 1 ml of the heat denatured supernatant is added to 1 ml of the reaction mixture in 1:1:1 [thiobarbituric acid (0.375%) and trichloroacetic acid (15%) in hydrochloric acid (0.25 N)]. The LP concentrations unit were expressed as nmoles of MDA per milli- gram of proteins.
2.6. Statistical analysis
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD) of fi ve independent experiments, each performed in triplicate. One-way analysis of variance ANOVA and Tukey Kramer's test were used for testing differences among sites. In the fi gures, all experimental groups were compared to the control. Statistical comparisons were made assuming homogeneity of variance. Values of *p < 0.05 were considered signi fi cant. All analyses were performed by Excel soft- ware 2013 for Windows.
3. Results
Generally, the sea water analysis reveal some stressful envi- ronmental conditions for aquatic organisms at the four sampling sites of Casablanca coast. The physico-chimical parameter's values vary with sensible range between stations of sampling. Even if, the S3 wastewaters expressed an acidic pH value, and showed a strong mineralization in discharges. The pH and conductivity of seawater remained characteristic of the marine environment at all locations (Table 1). However, seasonal variations of seawater temperature were signi fi cant. The highest mean value (26.8
C) was recorded in
summer period, whereas the lowest value (13.1
C) was recorded in autumn (Fig. 2). The wastewater collected at the two stations S2 and S3 record the highest temperature values, with a maximum value of about 23.3
C at the station S3 (Table 1). Still, these values remain below 30
C and complying with the ef fl uents discharge standards.
Table 1
Seawater and wastewater physico-chimical parameter's means in the studied sites (S1, S2, S3, S4) of the Casablanca coast and control (C).
Stations Physico-chimical parameters
Temperature (
C) pH Conductivity (ms/cm) Seawater S
117.5 (13.1e25) 8,2 (7.9e8,9) 54.6 (54.8e55.2)
S
218.1 (15.3e25) 8.1 (8.01e8.3) 53.1 (52.2e53.4) S
319.02 (15.8e25) 7.7 (7.3e8.4) 53.4 (52.7e55) S
420.6 (16.3e26.8) 8.4 (8.3e8.6) 53.2 (53.1e53.3) C 17 (15.7e20) 8 (7.9e8.1) 54.2 (54e54.5) Wastewater S
219.5 (17.4e25) 7.6 (7.6e7.7) 21.5
a(16.7e35.2)
S
323
a(21.5e25) 5.8
a(5.6e6.3) 5 (3.7e7.7)
a
Parameters exceeding the limit values of effluent's standard norms.
Fig. 2. Seasonal variations of (a) temperature (
C), (b) pH and (c) conductivity (ms/cm) of seawater and wastewater along the study area in the Casablanca coast.
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3.1. Trace metal concentrations in surface seawater (Casablanca coast)
Heavy metals analysis showed that lead, mercury and copper were at high concentrations at the 4 selected locations of Casa- blanca Coast during all sampling campaigns (Fig. 3). Regarding the sites variation, the highest levels for all metals were recorded at S3 and S2 in the center parts of the Casablanca Coast (Table 2). Those high amounts are mainly related to emissaries that discharge sewages from the industrial zone. While, S4 and S1 were placed in slight industrial activity, those stations showed considerable levels of heavy metals.
3.2. Seasonal measurements of CAT activity
The summary of results for seasonal CAT activity in mussels from the different sites was presented in Fig. 4. The levels of CAT activity in the three organs showed considerable differences among
sites. Mussel's hepatopancreas expressed a signi fi cant CAT activity relative to the control mussels, in all sampling sites. The maximum value (289 m mol/min/mg of proteins) reached in mussels from the Fig. 3. Concentrations of heavy metals (Hg, Pb and Cu) in seawater (S1, S2, S3, S4 and
C) and wastewater samples (S2
0and S3
0).
Table 2
Indicative mean values of the traces metal's concentrations (mg/l) in seawater and wastewater of four area (S1, S2, S3, S4) of the Casablanca coast and control (C).
Stations Heavy metal concentrations (mg/l)
Hg Pb Cu
Seawater S
10.6
a(0.04e1.02) 0.2 (0.03e0.24) 0.03 (0.02e0.04) S
20.5
a(0.3e0.67) 0.19 (0.07e0.23) 0.02 (0.01e0.03) S
31.5
a(0.85e2.2) 0.22 (0.15e0.3) 0.02 (0.015e0.025) S
40.3
a(0.03e0.7) 0.22 (0.15e0.3) 0.035 (0.03e0.04)
C 0.001 0.03 0.007
Wastewater S
20.55
a(0.4e0.7) 0.2 (0.16e0.24) 0.025 (0.02e0.03) S
31.04
a(0.5e1.6) 0.3 (0.3e0.4) 0.03 (0.03e0.04)
a