生态演替
浮游植物
高原(数学)
生态学
钥匙(锁)
生物
基因表达
干扰(通信)
基因
环境科学
遗传学
营养物
工程类
数学
电信
频道(广播)
数学分析
作者
Zhongqing Huang,Jian Shen,Jimeng Feng,Yidong Yang,J G Na,Xinze Wang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134561
摘要
Steroid estrogens (SEs) have garnered global attention because of their potential hazards to human health and aquatic organisms at low concentrations (ng/L). The ecosystems of plateau freshwater lakes are fragile, the water lag time is long, and pollutants easily accumulate, making them more vulnerable to the impact of SEs. However, the knowledge of the impact of SEs on the growth and decomposition of phytoplankton communities in plateau lakes and the eutrophication process is limited. This study investigated the effects and mechanisms of SEs exposure on dominant algal communities and the expression of typical algal functional genes in Erhai Lake using indoor simulations and molecular biological methods. The results showed that phytoplankton were sensitive to 17β-estradiol (E2β) pollution, with a concentration of 50, and 100 ng/L E2β exposure promoting the growth of cyanophyta and chlorophyta in the short term; this poses an ecological risk of inducing algal blooms. E2β of 1000 ng/L exposure led to cross-effects of estrogenic effects and toxicity, with most phytoplankton being inhibited. However, small filamentous cyanobacteria and diatoms exhibited greater tolerance; Melosira sp. even exhibited "low inhibition, high promotion" behavior. Exposure to E2β reduced the Shannon-Wiener diversity index (H'), Pielou index (J), and the number of dominant algal species (S) in phytoplankton communities, leading to instability in community succession. E2β of 50 ng/L enhanced the expression levels of relevant functional genes, such as ftsH, psaB, atpB, and prx, related to Microcystis aeruginosa. E2β of 50 ng/L and 5 mg/L can promote the transcription of Microcystis toxins (MC) related genes (mcyA), leading to more MC production by algal cells. Steroid estrogens have potential hazards to human health and aquatic organisms even at low concentrations. Phytoplankton is an important medium for the occurrence and transport of estrogen, but the impact of estrogen stress on the succession of phytoplankton communities is not yet clear. Therefore, revealing the effects of environmental related concentrations (ng/L) of estrogen on the succession patterns of phytoplankton community structure and the expression of key functional genes of dominant algae species will provide important scientific basis for the prevention and control of new pollutants in plateau lakes and the construction of healthy aquatic ecosystems.
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