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Revista de Biología Tropical
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Effects of herbicide on the kidneys of two Venezuelan cultured fish: Caquetaia kraussii and Colossoma macropomum (Pisces: Ciclidae and Characeae).

Authors: Segnini de Bravo, M.I; Medina, J; Marcano, S; Finol, H.J; Boada-Sucre, A;

Effects of herbicide on the kidneys of two Venezuelan cultured fish: Caquetaia kraussii and Colossoma macropomum (Pisces: Ciclidae and Characeae).

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El uso de compuestos químicos como plaguicidas y como herbicidas ha incrementado la contaminación ambiental, afectando la ictiofauna que vive en ríos y depósitos de agua. Estudiamos el efecto de un herbicida (2-cloro-4,6-bis-etlamina-s-triazina) sobre el riñón de dos especies de peces (Caquetaia kraussii y Colossoma macropomum), ampliamente encontradas en los ríos caribeños y sudamericanos. En Venezuela son abundantes y tienen un alto potencial en acuacultura debido a que pueden ser cultivados y reproducidos en cautiverio. Se disectó el riñón a cuatro individuos jóvenes de cada especie que habían sido expuestos al herbicida y se les examinó con Microscopía Electrónica de Transmisión. Se encontraron alteraciones en los túbulos del riñón que incluían pérdida de plasmalema e interdigitaciones celulares, mitocondrias alteradas, disminución en el retículo endoplásmico, polisomas libres y la presencia de vacuolas autofágicas y lisosomas primarios. Estas alteraciones a nivel celular pueden explicar la conducta de los peces en términos de patología de los túbulos del riñón y las cantidades relativas y condiciones de organelas dentro de las células afectadas.

The use of chemical pesticides and herbicides has increased environmental pollution and affected ichthyofauna in the watersheds where they are used. We studied the effect of an herbicide, triazine, on the kidneys of two species (Caquetaia kraussii and Colossoma macropomum) widely found in Caribbean and South American rivers. In Venezuela, these species are abundant and have a high aquaculture potential because they may be cultured and reproduced in captivity. Four kidney samples from juveniles of each species exposed to the herbicide were examined by Transmission Electron Microscopy. Kidney tubule alterations included loss of plasmalemma and cell interdigitations, misshaped mitochondria, decrease in rough endoplasmic reticulum and free polysomes, and the presence of autophagic vacuoles and primary lysosomes. These alterations at the cellular level may explain fish behaviour in terms of kidney tubule pathology, and relative amounts and conditions of organelles within affected cells.

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marcadores de estrés, kidney, QH301-705.5, Fisheries, Kidney, hierbicida, herbicide, Animals, stress markers, patología, Biology (General), Colossoma macropomum, Caquetaia kraussii, riñón, Herbicides, Fishes, Cichlids, ultraestructura, Venezuela, ultrastructure, Mitochondria, Kidney Tubules, pathology, Atrazine, Biomarkers, Water Pollutants, Chemical

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