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How do microplastics alter molluscicidal activity? Effects of weathered microplastics and niclosamide in developing freshwater snails
Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, Goiás.
Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Ecotoxicology, Institute of Tropical Pathology and Public Health, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, Goiás.
Laboratory of Cheminformatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, Goiás.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6580-3336
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2024 (English)In: Science of the Total Environment, ISSN 0048-9697, E-ISSN 1879-1026, Vol. 922, article id 171165Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Despite the wide distribution and persistence of microplastics (MPs), their interactive effects with molluscicides are unknown. Schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease, affects 236.6 million people worldwide. Niclosamide (NCL) is the only molluscicide recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and it is used to control the population of Schistosoma spp.'s intermediate host. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate of the interaction between polyethylene (PE) MPs and NCL, and their associated toxicity in the freshwater snail Biomphalaria glabrata (Say 1818). Weathered PE MPs were characterized and theoretical analysis of NCL-MP adsorption nature was made using quantum mechanical calculations. The toxicity of NCL isolated (0.0265 to 0.0809 mg L−1) and under interaction with PE MPs (3400 μg L−1) in B. glabrata embryos and newly hatched snails was analyzed. In silico analysis confirmed the adsorption mechanisms of NCL into PE MPs. PE MPs decreased the NCL toxicity to both B. glabrata developmental stages, increasing their survival and NCL lethal concentrations, indicating concerns regarding NCL use as molluscicide in aquatic environments polluted by MPs. In conclusion, MPs may change the efficiency of chemicals used in snail control programs.

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Elsevier BV , 2024. Vol. 922, article id 171165
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Adsorption mechanisms, Biomphalaria glabrata, Microplastic, Molluscicide, Schistosomiasis
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-344337DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171165ISI: 001208208200001PubMedID: 38395171Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85186594516OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-344337DiVA, id: diva2:1844340
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