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Xiang, Keyu; He, Zhiyu; Fu, Jianxin; Wang, Guoqing; Li, Hongyan; Zhang, Yu; Zhang, Shicui; Chen, Lingxin
Journal of hazardous materials, 09/2022, Volume: 438Journal Article
Growing inputs of microplastics into marine sediment have increased significantly the needs for assessment of their potential risks to the marine benthos. A knowledge gap remains with regard to the effect of microplastics on benthos, such as cephalochordates. By employing amphioxus as a model benthic chordate, here we show that exposure to microplastics for 96 h at doses of 1 mg/L and 100 mg/L results in evident accumulation of the polyethylene microplastics. The accumulated microplastics are as much as 0.027% of body weight upon high-dose exposure, causing an abnormal body-bending phenotype that limits the locomotion capability of amphioxus. Mechanistic insight reveals that microplastics can bring about histological damages in gill, intestine and hepatic cecum; In-depth assay of relevant biomarkers including superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione, pyruvic acid and total cholesterol indicates the occurrence of oxidative damage and metabolic disorder; Further, microplastics exposure depresses the activity of acetylcholinesterase while allowing the level of acetylcholine to rise in muscle, suggesting the emergence of neurotoxicity. These consequences eventually contribute to the muscle dysfunction of amphioxus. This study rationalizes the abnormal response of the vulnerable notochord to microplastics, signifying the dilemma suffered by the ancient lineage under the emerging threat. Given the enrichment of microplastics through marine food chains, this study also raises significant concerns on the impact of microplastics to other marine organisms, and eventually human beings. Display omitted •Microplastics exposure can cause body-bending of amphioxus even if it stays still.•The abnormal bending arises from muscle dysfunction caused by neurotoxicity.•The limited capability of movement puts the ancient lineage to a dilemma.•It fills the knowledge gap on the risk of microplastics to the transitional species.
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