Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and atrazine are two endocrine disruptors that are widely found in waters. Negative effects of PFOA and atrazine have been studied individually, but few data have focused on their combined effects. Here, zebrafish embryos were used as model to investigate the combined toxicity of PFOA and atrazine. The acute toxicity of atrazine (11.9 mg/L) to zebrafish embryos was much higher than that of perfluorooctanoic acid (224.6 mg/L) as shown by the 120h-LC value. Developmental effects, including delayed yolk sac absorption, spinal curvature, and liver abnormalities, were observed in both one- and two-component exposures. Notably, the rate of embryonic malformations in the co-exposure group was more than twice as high as that of single component exposure in the concentration range of 1/8-1/2 EC, which indicated a synergistic effect of the binary mixture. The synergistic effect of PFOA-atrazine was further validated by combinatorial index (CI) modeling. In addition, changes of amino acid metabolites, reactive oxygen species and superoxide dismutase indicated that oxidative stress might be the main pathway for enhanced toxicity under co-exposure condition. Overall, co-exposure of PFOA and atrazine resulted in stronger developmental effects and more complicated amino acid metabolic response toward zebrafish, compared with single component exposure.
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