Abstract

Pyridaben is a broad-spectrum, contact-killing acaricide that can be used to control a variety of harmful food and plant mites. Pyridaben displays cardiotoxicity and liver toxicity toward fish, but the effects on fish embryonic development have not been characterized. We exposed early zebrafish embryos to 20, 30, and 40 μg/L concentrations of pyridaben. The exposure caused developmental abnormalities, including delayed embryonic shield formation, yolk sac resorption, decreases in body length, reduced pigmentation, and delays in hatching. Pyridaben caused a significant increase in the transcription level of the endoderm marker foxa2, but the transcription levels of the ectoderm development marker foxb1a and the mesoderm development marker snaila were not significantly altered. The transcription levels of the genes SOX17 in early embryos were significantly reduced. After exposure to pyridaben, catalase (CAT) activity and glutathione (GSH) content were increased, and cyclin D1, that is involved in early embryonic development, was abnormally expressed. This study shows that pyridaben causes anomalous development in zebrafish embryos by interfering with the cell cycle order of early embryonic development and inducing excessive oxidative stress. Colivelin, an agonist of the STAT3 signaling pathway, acted as a salvage drug to restore the cell cycle order during embryonic development following exposure to pyridaben. Thus, the toxic effects may be caused by pyridaben’s regulation of the STAT3 signaling pathway.

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