Cytome analysis (micronuclei and nuclear anomalies) in bioindication of environmental pollution in animals with nuclear erythrocytes
Cherednichenko O. Magda I. Nuraliyev S. Pilyugina A. Azizbekova D.
30 September 2024Elsevier Ltd
Heliyon
2024#10Issue 18
Assessment of cytogenetic homeostasis of indicator animals is of great importance in ecological monitoring. The simplest method of its study is micronucleus analysis. Animals with nuclear erythrocytes are often used as indicator animals. In addition to the micronuclei usually recorded, a wide range of cytological nuclear and cellular abnormalities (cytomic analysis) is encountered when assessing the spontaneous level and under the influence of anthropogenic factors. Spontaneous frequency of cytogenetic disorders in 36 species of fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds was studied. Ecological monitoring of territories of Kazakhstan with different types of pollution (radiation, petrochemical, pesticide, heavy metals, due to rocket and space activities) was carried out with the help of separate species of animals. The results of the study include comparative descriptions, schematics and microphotographs clearly demonstrating a wide range of cytological anomalies of nuclear erythrocytes of animals of different classes. The greatest spectrum of nuclear anomalies in the studied animals was registered at petrochemical and pesticide contamination of territories. Depending on the tasks and climatic-geographical conditions, all investigated species can be used as bioindicators. Testudo horsfieldii is an exception for desert regions due to high spontaneous micronuclei level in this species. A review of the names of the main nuclear anomalies is carried out and variants of its ordering are proposed.
Bioindication , Environmental monitoring , Genomic instability , Gentotoxicity , Micronuclei , Nuclear anomalies , Nuclear erythrocytes
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Institute of Genetics and Physiology, CS MSHE RK, Al-Farabi av., 93, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Institute of Zoology, CS MSHE RK, Al-Farabi av., 93, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Institute of Genetics and Physiology
Institute of Zoology
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