@article {3510, title = {Acute toxicity of 8 antidepressants: what are their modes of action?}, journal = {Chemosphere}, volume = {108}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 Aug}, pages = {314-9}, abstract = {

Currently, the hazard posed by pharmaceutical residues is a major concern of ecotoxicology. Most of the antidepressants belong to a family named the Cationic Amphipathic Drugs known to have specific interactions with cell membranes. The present study assessed the impact of eight antidepressants belonging to selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors or serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors by the combination of multi-approaches (in vivo, in vitro, in silico) and gives some insights on the mode of action for these molecules. Antidepressants were from the most to the least toxic compound for Daphnia magna: Sertraline (EC50=1.15 mg L(-1))\>Clomipramine (2.74 mg L(-1))\>Amitriptyline (4.82 mg L(-1))\>Fluoxetine (5.91 mg L(-1))\>Paroxetine (6.24 mg L(-1))\>Mianserine (7.81 mg L(-1))\>Citalopram (30.14 mg L(-1)) and Venlafaxine (141.28 mg L(-1)). These acute toxicities were found correlated to Log Kow coefficients (R=0.93, p\<0.001) and to cytotoxicity assessed on abalone hemocytes through the neutral red uptake assay (R=0.96, p\<0.001). If narcosis as mode of action is typically expected during acute ecotoxicity bioassays, we showed by molecular modeling that particular interactions can exist between antidepressants and phosphatidylcholine, a major component of cell membranes, leading to a more specific mode of action corresponding to a potential acidic hydrolysis of ester functions.

}, keywords = {Animals, Antidepressive Agents, Cell Survival, Cells, Cultured, Daphnia, Environmental Pollutants, Gastropoda, Hemocytes, Lysosomes, Models, Molecular, Phosphatidylcholines, Serotonin Uptake Inhibitors}, issn = {1879-1298}, doi = {10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.01.057}, author = {Minguez, Laetitia and Farcy, E and Ballandonne, C{\'e}line and Lepailleur, Alban and Antoine Serpentini and Jean-Marc Lebel and Bureau, Ronan and Halm-Lemeille, Marie-Pierre} } @article {3509, title = {The effect of different polychlorinated biphenyls on two aquatic models, the green alga Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and the haemocytes from the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata.}, journal = {Chemosphere}, volume = {110}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 Sep}, pages = {120-8}, abstract = {

The present study was conducted to determine the toxicity of different polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) on the green algae, Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata and the haemocytes from the European abalone, Haliotis tuberculata. Using the algal growth inhibition test, the green algae median Effective Concentration (EC50) values ranged from 0.34μM for PCB28 to more than 100μM for PCBs 101 and 153. Considering the MTT viability test, the abalone EC50 values ranged from 1.67μM for PCB153 to 89μM for PCB28. Our results in contrast to previous observation in vertebrates did not show significant differences between the dioxin like- and non dioxin like-PCBs toxicities regardless of the model used. However, our results demonstrated that the toxicities of PCBs were species dependent. For example, PCB28 was the most toxic compound for P. subcapitata whereas PCBs 1, 180 and 153 were less toxic for that species. On the contrary, PCB153 was reported as the most toxic for H. tuberculata haemocytes and PCB28 the least toxic. To investigate the mode of action of these compounds, we used an in silico method. Our results suggested that PCBs have a non-specific mode of action (e.g., narcosis) on green algae, and another mode of action, probably more specific than narcosis, was reported for PCBs on the abalone haemocytes.

}, keywords = {Animals, Chlorophyta, Environmental Pollutants, Gastropoda, Hemocytes, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin}, issn = {1879-1298}, doi = {10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.02.023}, author = {Halm-Lemeille, Marie-Pierre and Abbaszadeh Fard, Elham and Latire, T and Ferard, Jean-Fran{\c c}ois and Katherine Costil and Jean-Marc Lebel and Bureau, Ronan and Antoine Serpentini} }