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Assessment of heavy metals and its impact on DNA fragmentation in different fish species
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This study was conducted to assess water pollution by examining DNA fragmentation in selected fish organs (kidney, liver, gills, and muscle tissue) from Wallago attu, Sperata sarwari, Vulgaris vulgaris, and Labeo rohita collected from a known polluted section of the Chenab River, Pakistan, and from a control site. The fish were caught using a gill net and were assigned to three different weight groups (W1, W2, and W3) to study the degree of variation in DNA fragmentation in relation to body weight. In fish from the polluted site, DNA fragmentation was higher in kidney, liver, gills, and muscles, compared to the control. No significant DNA fragmentation was observed in fish collected from the control site. Highly significant (P < 0.01) relationship between body weight and DNA fragmentation was found in the organs of fish procured at the contaminated site. DNA fragmentation in body organs was found to be affected by the concentrations of lead, copper, nickel, and cadmium in W. attu, S. sarwari, L. rohita, and V. vulgarus harvested from Chenab River. DNA fragmentation in different freshwater fish species is therefore a reliable biomarker of water pollution.
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- Authors
- Sultana, S., Jabeen, F., Sultana, T., AL-Ghanim, K. A., Al-Misned, F., & Mahboob, S.
- Affiliations
- Government College University, Faisalabad (PK)
- King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- King Saud University (SA)
- Venue
- Brazilian Journal of Biology
- Publisher
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
- Published
- 2020-12
- Volume
- 80
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 823-828
- ISSN
- 1519-6984 (ISSN-L)
- 1678-4375
- OpenAlex
- W2991409119
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 0.97
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Brazilian Journal of Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- King Saud University (RG-1435-012)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Pollution › Heavy metals in environment
- Keywords
- heavy metals, DNA fragmentation, water pollution, biomarkers of pollution, freshwater fish, Wallago attu, Labeo rohita, lead, copper, nickel, cadmium, body weight, fish organs, Chenab River
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Environmental Monitoring, Gills, Pakistan, Water Pollutants, Chemical, Metals, Heavy, Rivers, DNA Fragmentation
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