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The morbidity and mortality of workers occupationally exposed to wood treating chemicals used in Hawaii for the years 1960 to 1981 were evaluated. The specific chemical exposures investigated were CCA (chromated copper-arsenate), TBTO (tributyl tin oxide) and PCP (pentachlorophenol). Results of detailed medical histories, laboratory and physiological tests, and physical examinations of 88 wood treaters were compared with those of 58 matched controls. The occupationally exposed cases had a significantly higher mean level of urinary PCP as compared to the controls (mean of 174 ppb vs. 35 ppb, micrograms/kg). There were no significant differences between the groups for the other urinary pesticide residues. The medical histories and physical examinations revealed no significant variations between the wood treaters and the comparison group. Review of all organ systems and laboratory data showed no clinically significant differences between exposed and nonexposed cohorts, although elevated hepatic enzymes in both groups merit further study. The results indicated no adverse health effects or increased incidence of mortality resulting from exposure to wood preservative chemicals in wood treaters who had worked in the industry for 0.33 to 26.3 years with a median of 6.5 years. Only 6 deaths were reported, 5 of cardiovascular disease, one of cause undetermined and none of cancer. Total number of deaths were less than the 8 anticipated for this age group.
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PMID:Effects of pentachlorophenol and other chemical preservatives on the health of wood-treating workers in Hawaii. 238 15

Micromolar concentrations of copper (Cu2+) and cysteine induce rapid efflux of calcium from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) vesicles. This effect appears to be due to a Cu2+-catalyzed oxidation of the added cysteine to a critical sulfhydryl group on the release protein from sarcoplasmic reticulum (J. L. Trimm, G. Salama, and J. J. Abramson (1986) J. Biol. Chem. 261, 16092-16098). The data presented here indicate that adenine nucleotides synergistically stimulate copper/cysteine (oxidation)-induced calcium efflux from SR vesicles. The order of effectiveness in stimulating calcium efflux is ATP greater than AMP-PCP greater than cAMP greater than AMP greater than adenine approximately NAD approximately NADH. Non-adenine-containing nucleotides such as GTP, CTP, UTP, and ITP and the high energy phosphate compound, acetyl phosphate, were ineffective in stimulating oxidation-induced calcium efflux. The relative effectiveness of various adenine nucleotides in stimulating calcium-induced calcium efflux and oxidation-induced calcium efflux are identical, suggesting that a common mode of action is involved when calcium release is triggered by either method. The stimulatory effect of the adenine nucleotides on oxidation-induced efflux is independent of external magnesium concentration and independent of the magnesium gradient across the SR membrane.
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PMID:Adenine nucleotides stimulate oxidation-induced calcium efflux from sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles. 245 34

Copper sulphate is in use as the molluscicide since six decades. However, the cidal mechanism involved is not understood. Therefore, the effect of copper sulphate added to the ambient medium at a concentration duration strength of 2 ppm X 6 hr, on the particulate fractions of the digestive gland of the pulmonate gastropod snail. Lymnaea luteola has been elucidated. Parameters such as oxidizing capacity, phosphorylating capacity and respiratory control have been studied. P:O and R.C. ratios dropped phenomenally and no uncoupling effect was seen in the presence of PCP in treated snails. These results show that some of the important properties of the particulate preparations have been affected by copperations.
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PMID:Heavy metal ion toxicity in the freshwater gastropod snail host, Lymnaea luteola. 714 19

1. This paper identifies and characterizes an ATP-dependent copper transport system in endoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from male rat liver. 2. The transporter has a Km of 2.5 +/- 1.2 mumol 1(-1) copper glutathione (CuGSH) and a Vmax of 4.5 +/- 1.3 nmol (mg protein)-1 (5 min)-1 for copper. 3. At a copper concentration of 2 mumol l-1, ATP dependence reaches saturation, with a Km for ATP of 4.7 +/- 2.4 mmol l-1 and a Vmax of 2.8 +/- 0.6 nmol (mg protein)-1 (5 min)-1. 4. The uptake is dependent on ATP hydrolysis, since a low energy analogue of ATP, adenosine 5'-[beta-gamma-methylene] triphosphate tetralithium (AMP.PCP), has no effect on copper uptake. 5. The transporter is a P-type ATPase, since vanadate inhibits uptake with a high degree of specificity (100 mumol l-1 inhibits uptake by 50% at a copper concentration of 2 mumol l-1).
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PMID:Identification of an ATP-dependent copper transport system in endoplasmic reticulum vesicles isolated from rat liver. 773 49

This paper defines the culture conditions of the ciliate Spirostomum teres and assesses its sensitivity to some xenobiotics for the development of a new low-cost microbiotest. The model was selected for its ubiquitous distribution, large size for a unicellular species, easy culture in holoxenic medium, moderate generation time, and high sensitivity to pure toxicants. The influence of different culture waters, inocula of ciliates, food, temperature, light, and darkness on the growth of the ciliate population was tested. The shortest generation time (average 39 h) was obtained for cultures incubated at 25 degreesC in the dark with an inoculum of 4 ciliates per ml in 25 ml of Volvic mineral water containing 8 boiled wheat grains, when preincubated without ciliates for the previous week. Under these conditions, it was possible to obtain about 3000 ciliates/ml 3 weeks later. Acute toxicity tests (24-h LC50) were carried out for CuSO4, HgCl2, CdCl2, K2Cr2O7, ZnSO4, Pb(NO3)2, thiram, carbaryl, lindane, parathion, parathion methyl, paraoxon, 2, 4,6-trichlorophenol, and sodium pentachlorophenolate (Na-PCP). Very high sensitivity of the model to Hg2+, Cu2+, Cd2+, thiram, and Na-PCP was established. Comparison of its sensitivity with that of Microtox (current results), Daphnia Magna, Tetrahymena pyriformis, Colpidium campylum, and murine fibroblasts (data from literature) confirms the high sensitivity of the model, especially to heavy metals. Easy-to-perform, cost-effective, and sensitive bioassays using S. teres are suitable for risk assessment and early detection of toxicity in fresh water.
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PMID:A new low-cost microbiotest with the Protozoan spirostomum teres: culture conditions and assessment of sensitivity of the ciliate to 14 pure chemicals. 979 74

This paper presents the system-level responses of experimental lake ecosystems to three chemical stresses (acidification, copper and pesticide contamination) using exergy and structural exergy as ecological indicators. The results indicate that the doses or toxicity of the three chemical stressors contributed to changes in both exergy and structural exergy. Remarkable changes in exergy and structural exergy occurred under acidic conditions and in the presence of Dursban, 24D-DMA, permethrin, bifenthrin, Carbaryl, TCP, PCP, trichlorethylene, benzene, and high doses of Cu, oil, and hexazinone. This seemed to indicate that the subject ecosystems were seriously contaminated by these chemical stressors. For low doses of Cu, oil, atrazine, HCBP, and hexazinone, exergy and structural exergy were either unchanged or only slightly changed, suggesting that the lake ecosystems were not significantly impacted by these chemical stressors. Discussion of the relationships between ecosystem-level changes and structural and functional changes in stressed lake ecosystems indicates that the above-mentioned ecosystem-level changes were in accordance with the changes in structure and function. The observed changes in exergy and structural exergy were also consistent with Odum's predictions of shortened food chains, reduced resource use efficiency, poor stability, low information, and high entropy in stressed aquatic ecosystems. The findings lead the authors to conclude that it is feasible for exergy and structural exergy to serve as ecological indicators when characterizing the system-level responses of experimental lake ecosystems to chemical stress. These results for experimental lake ecosystems would be extrapolated to actual lakes.
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PMID:System-level responses of lake ecosystems to chemical stresses using exergy and structural exergy as ecological indicators. 1182 73

Lake Baikal, a unique habitat for a great number of endemic species, is the largest freshwater reservoir in the world which is still largely unaffected by anthropogenic pollution, except for some shore regions with industrial activity. The expressions of a biomarker of exposure (heat shock protein Hsp70) and a biomarker of effect (DNA single-strand breaks) were measured for the first time in endemic Baikalian sponge species (Baikalospongia intermedia, Lubomirskia fusifera, and Lubomirskia abietina). Tissue cubes of B. intermedia and dissociated cells of L. fusifera and L. abietina reacted to temperature stress (10-16 degrees C above ambient temperature) with a time-dependent increase in expression of Hsp70. In B. intermedia, the effects of model pollutants (lead, copper, and zinc, and the organochlorines tetrachloroguaiacol, TCG, and pentachlorophenol, PCP) and of the wastewater from the final refinement and aeration reservoirs of the Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Plant (BPPP), located at the shore of the southern basin of Lake Baikal, on the expression of Hsp70 and the extent of DNA damage were investigated. It was found that lead and zinc but not copper cause a strong induction of Hsp70 in this sponge, while the frequency of DNA single-strand breaks increased after exposure to all these heavy metals tested. Induction of DNA single-strand breaks was also observed after exposure to TCG and PCP, but these compounds did not (consistently) enhance Hsp70 expression. Wastewater taken from the final water aeration pond of BPPP caused a concentration-dependent increase in Hsp70 expression in B. intermedia. However, there was no difference in the basal levels of Hsp70 between sponges collected in the shallow water at an unpolluted site near Baikalsk City and at a polluted site where the wastewaters of BPPP are discharged into the lake. There was also no clear difference in the wastewater concentration-dependent induction of Hsp70 expression between sponges collected at these sites, indicating no adaptation to continuous stress exposure.
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PMID:Heat shock protein Hsp70 expression and DNA damage in Baikalian sponges exposed to model pollutants and wastewater from Baikalsk Pulp and Paper Plant. 1193 6

In order to develop a sound biotechnique for monitoring water quality that builds on the previous experiments carried out in our laboratory, a specific D. magna clone C1 242 was used to study the effects of pollutants on phototactic behavior. In all experiments, the animals showed a stable and repeatable phototactic index approximated 0.2 in the presence and 0.4 in the absence of fish kairomones, which decreased significantly in response to pollutants. There existed no pollutant x fish kairomone interaction, indicating the changes in phototactic behavior of animals imposed by pollutants were independent of the presence of fish kairomones. The detection limits for changes in phototactic behavior of D. magna clone C1 242 are 0.04 mg/L for copper, 0.02 mg/L for cadmium, and 0.80 mg/L for PCP, respectively, quite lower than LC50 (48 h). The changes in phototactic behavior in presence to pollutants occurred quickly (3 h) compared to the period over whole acute toxicity tests. Therefore, D. magna clone C1 242 could be potentially used to monitor water quality. Moreover, the phototactic behavior did not decrease further in the pollutant mixtures employed in our experiments compared to individual pollutants, except in the Cd-PCP treatment. This fact suggests that the formation of water quality criteria must be based upon pollutant mixture tests.
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PMID:Changes in phototactic behavior of Daphnia magna clone C1 242 in response to copper, cadmium and pentachlorophenol. 1475 6

Toxicants, which may cause the inhibition to the biological process in sewage/wastewater treatment plant, need to be monitored within short time to prevent from serious damage. A new method, Temperature-based rapid toxicity test (TempTox test) using Ceriodaphnia dubia, was developed and compared with the standard 48 hr acute bioassay (Std. 48-hr test). Inorganic toxicants of cadmium, zinc, copper, cyanide, chromium (III), chromium (VI) and organic toxicants of phenol, PCP and pesticides of BPMC, Diazinon, Fenitrothion were tested for TempTox test and Std. 48-hr test. Because the TempTox test is based on just temperature control, C. dubia neonates were exposed to toxicants under high temperature (35.5 degrees C) condition without any complicated pretreatment. After given exposure time of 1, 1.25, 1.5 hours, the number of the live (no toxic effect) or the dead (toxic effect) was counted with eye without the aid of any microscope and median effective concentrations (EC50 values) were determined. From the results for all toxicants, the TempTox test was proved to be as sensitive as the Std. 48-hr test with shorter-time of just 1.25-1.5 hours. Moreover, the TempTox test was further much more sensitive than alternative bioassays such as the 1-hour l.Q. test and 30-minute Microtox. The TempTox test showed a high applicability of toxicity bioassay for real sewage/wastewater treatment plant by its easiness, rapidity and sensitivity. Finally, the prototype for short-term TempTox test was introduced.
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PMID:Temperature-based rapid toxicity test using Ceriodaphnia dubia. 1672 86

Cu-induced oxidative damage is associated with cancer, diabetes, neurodegenerative and age related diseases. The quest for Cu-chelators as potential antioxidants spans the past decades. Yet, biocompatible Cu-chelators that do not alter the normal metal-ion homeostasis are still lacking. Here, we explored the potential of natural and synthetic nucleotides and inorganic phosphates as inhibitors of the Cu(I)/(II)-induced ()OH formation via either the Fenton or Haber-Weiss mechanisms. For this purpose, we studied by ESR the modulation of Cu-induced ()OH production, from the decomposition of H(2)O(2), by nucleotides and phosphates. ATP inhibited both Cu(I) and Cu(II) catalyzed reactions (IC(50) 0.11 and 0.04mM, respectively). Likewise, adenosine 5'-beta,gamma-methylene triphosphate (AMP-PCP), adenosine 5'-O-(3-thiotriphosphate) (ATP-gamma-S), ADP and tripolyphosphate were identified as good inhibitors. However, AMP and adenosine were poor inhibitors in the Cu(I)-H(2)O(2) system, IC(50) ca. 1.2mM, and radical enhancers in the Cu(II)-H(2)O(2) system. The best antioxidant was adenosine 5'-[beta,gamma-imino] triphosphate (AMP-PNP) (IC(50) 0.05mM at Cu(I)-H(2)O(2) system) which was 15 times more active than the known antioxidant Trolox. ATP and analogues inhibit Cu-induced ()OH formation through an ion chelation rather than a scavenging mechanism. Two phosphate groups are required for making active Fenton-reaction inhibitors. Nucleotides and phosphates triggered a biphasic modulation of the Haber-Weiss reaction, but a monophasic inhibition of the Fenton reaction. We conclude that nucleotides at sub mM concentrations can prevent Cu-induced OH radical formation from H(2)O(2), and hence may possibly prevent oxidative damage.
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PMID:Can nucleotides prevent Cu-induced oxidative damage? 1825 54


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