Weicheng Zhou, Yuming Wang, Jinglong Wang, Chengrong Peng, Zhicong Wang, Hongjie Qin, Genbao Li, Dunhai Li
The Science of the total environment 2023 Feb 10Geosmin has been commonly detected both in various aquatic environments and biota, but its exact toxicological mechanisms to organisms need further experimentation. In the present study, zebrafish embryos were exposed to geosmin at nominal concentrations of 50, 500 and 5000 ng/L for 120 h post-fertilization (hpf), followed by locomotor activity and biochemical parameter examination, and multi-omics investigation of the transcriptome and metabolome. The results showed that geosmin exposure significantly reduced the mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) complexes I-V, ATP content and mitochondrial respiration and suppressed the locomotor behavior of zebrafish larvae. Transcriptomics analysis revealed that the transcripts of genes involved in oxidative phosphorylation, glycolysis, and lipid metabolism were significantly affected, indicating that geosmin disrupts energy metabolism. Furthermore, metabolomics results showed that 3 classes of lipids, namely glycerophospholipids (GPs), sphingolipids (SLs) and fatty acyls (FAs) were significantly decreased after geosmin exposure. This study provides novel insight into the underlying mechanisms of geosmin-induced energy metabolism and highlights the need for concern about geosmin exposure. Copyright © 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Weicheng Zhou, Yuming Wang, Jinglong Wang, Chengrong Peng, Zhicong Wang, Hongjie Qin, Genbao Li, Dunhai Li. Geosmin disrupts energy metabolism and locomotor behavior of zebrafish in early life stages. The Science of the total environment. 2023 Feb 10;859(Pt 1):160222
PMID: 36400299
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