Publications by authors named "A Bownik"

This study aimed to assess the behavioral responses (immobilization, horizontal and vertical motility, and response to light) of larvae exposed to individual cyanobacterial metabolites aeruginosin 98B (AER-B), anabaenopeptin-B (ANA-B), and cylindrospermopsin (CYL), and their binary and ternary mixtures. The investigation revealed that single metabolites ANA-B and CYL exhibited the highest potency in immobilizing the larvae. Notably, the binary mixture AER-B+CYL induced a remarkably strong synergistic interaction, while other tested binary and ternary mixtures demonstrated antagonistic effects.

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The aim of our study was to investigate the effects of cyanobacterial metabolites: microcystin-LR (MC-LR) anabaenopeptin-A (ANA-A), cylindrospermopsin (CYL), their binary and ternary mixtures on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) gill (RTgill-W1) cell line. We determined the following cell parameters: Hoechst and propidium iodide (PI) double staining, intracellular ATP level with luminometric assay, glutathione level with ThiolTracker Violet®- glutathione detection reagent and cytoskeletal F-actin fluorescence. The results showed that although reduction of Hoechst fluorescence was observed in both binary and ternary combinations of cyanobacterial metabolites, the mixture of MC-LR + ANA-A + CYL was the most potent inhibitor (EC50 = 148 nM).

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Article Synopsis
  • The study investigated how different cyanobacterial metabolites (AER-B, ANA-B, CYL) and their mixtures affect Chironomus aprilinus larvae by examining oxygen consumption, fat body structure, cell nuclei imaging, and catecholamine levels.
  • The results indicated that most metabolites inhibited oxygen consumption, while some mixtures at low concentrations showed the opposite effect, suggesting complex interactions.
  • Additionally, AER-B showed lower cellular toxicity compared to other metabolites, while the fat body structure was consistently disrupted, highlighting the potential impact of these metabolites in natural environments on benthic invertebrates.
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Cyanobacteria produce a variety of oligopeptides beyond microcystins and other metabolites. Their biological activities are not fully recognized especially to aquatic plants. Acute toxicity tests on Spirodela polyrhiza and Lemna minor exposed to a range of concentrations of cyanobacterial metabolites: anabaenopeptins (ANA-A, ANA-B), aeruginosins 98 (Aer-A, Aer-B), microginin-FR1 (MG-FR1), microcystin-LR (MC-LR) and cylindrospermopsin (Cyl) were carried out to compare their influence on plant physiology.

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We determined the effects influence of cyanobacterial products metabolites: aeruginosin-A (AER-A), microginin-FR1 (MG-FR1), anabaenopeptin-A (ANA-A), cylindrospermopsin (CYL) and their binary and quadruple mixtures on swimming behavior, heart rate, thoracic limb activity, oxygen consumption and in vivo cell health of Daphnia magna. The study showed that CYL induced mortality of daphnids at the highest concentrations, however three oligopeptides had no lethal effect. All the tested Each single metabolites inhibited swimming speed.

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