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| Author status | OECD status | OECD project | SAAOP status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under development: Not open for comment. Do not cite | Under Development | 1.35 | Included in OECD Work Plan |
Abstract
The AOP describes the effects of inhibition of deiodinase 1 (DIO1) on anterior swim bladder inflation leading to reduced young of year survival and population trajectory decline. The inhibition of DIO1 is the molecular-initiating event (MIE), which results in decreased circulating concentrations of triiodothyronine (T3) in serum. Disruption of the thyroid hormone (TH) system is increasingly being recognized as an important MoA that can lead to adverse outcomes, especially during embryonic development. In fish, many different adverse effects during early development resulting from disruption of the TH endocrine system have been reported (e.g., effects on body and eye size, head-to-trunk angle, heartbeat, otolith formation, pigmentation index, swim bladder inflation, hatching time, somite formation, escape response and photoreceptor development). As in amphibians, the transition in fish between the different developmental phases, including maturation and inflation of the swim bladder, have been shown to be mediated by THs. Fish larvae exposed to PTU, a known DIO1 inhibitor, has been known to result in impairment of swim bladder inflation. Chemicals interfering with the conversion of T4 to T3 have the potential to inhibit anterior chamber inflation which may result in reduced auditory capacity and reduced swimming capacity of the fish, a relevant adverse outcome that can affect feeding behaviour and predator avoidance, resulting in lower survival probability and ultimately population trajectory decline (Czesny et al., 2005; Woolley and Qin, 2010).
Summary of the AOP
Events
Molecular Initiating Events (MIE), Key Events (KE), Adverse Outcomes (AO)
| Sequence | Type | Event ID | Title | Short name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MIE | 1009 | Inhibition, Deiodinase 1 | Inhibition, Deiodinase 1 |
| 2 | KE | 1003 | Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum | Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum |
| 3 | KE | 1007 | Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation | Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation |
| 4 | KE | 1008 | Reduced, Hearing | Reduced, Hearing |
| 5 | KE | 1005 | Reduced, Swimming performance | Reduced, Swimming performance |
| 6 | KE | 1006 | Reduced, Young of year survival | Reduced, Young of year survival |
| 7 | AO | 360 | Decrease, Population trajectory | Decrease, Population trajectory |
Key Event Relationships
| Upstream Event | Relationship Type | Downstream Event | Evidence | Quantitative Understanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhibition, Deiodinase 1 | adjacent | Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum | ||
| Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum | adjacent | Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation | ||
| Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent | Reduced, Hearing | ||
| Reduced, Hearing | adjacent | Reduced, Young of year survival | ||
| Reduced, Young of year survival | adjacent | Decrease, Population trajectory | ||
| Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent | Reduced, Swimming performance | ||
| Reduced, Swimming performance | adjacent | Reduced, Young of year survival | ||
Stressors
| Name | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Propylthiouracil |
Overall Assessment of the AOP
Domain of Applicability
Life Stage Applicability| Life Stage | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Development |
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| zebrafish | Danio rerio | NCBI | |
| fathead minnow | Pimephales promelas | NCBI |
| Sex | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Unspecific |
References
Appendix 1
List of MIEs in this AOP
Event: 1009: Inhibition, Deiodinase 1
Short Name: Inhibition, Deiodinase 1
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| catalytic activity | type I iodothyronine deiodinase | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
| AOP ID and Name | Event Type |
|---|---|
| Aop:157 - Deiodinase 1 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via posterior swim bladder inflation | MolecularInitiatingEvent |
| Aop:158 - Deiodinase 1 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via anterior swim bladder inflation | MolecularInitiatingEvent |
| Aop:189 - Type I iodothyronine deiodinase (DIO1) inhibition leading to altered amphibian metamorphosis | MolecularInitiatingEvent |
Stressors
| Name |
|---|
| iopanoic acid |
| Propylthiouracil |
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Molecular |
Domain of Applicability
Deiodination by DIO enzymes is known to exist in a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates.
Key Event Description
Disruption of the thyroid hormone system is increasingly being recognized as an important toxicity pathway, as it can cause many adverse outcomes. Thyroid hormones do not only play an important role in the adult individual, but they are also critical during embryonic development. Thyroid hormones (THs) play an important role in a wide range of biological processes in vertebrates including growth, development, reproduction, cardiac function, thermoregulation, response to injury, tissue repair and homeostasis. Numerous chemicals are known to disturb thyroid function, for example by inhibiting thyroperoxidase (TPO) or deiodinase (DIO), upregulating excretion pathways or modifying gene expression. The two major thyroid hormones are triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), both iodinated derivatives of tyrosine. The synthesis of the thyroid hormones is a process that involves several steps. Thyroglobulin, the thyroid hormone precursor, is produced by the thyroid epithelial cells and transported to the lumen via exocytosis. Then thyroperoxidase (TPO) plays an essential role in the production of mainly T4. The prohormone T4 is then released in the circulation under the influence of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), in order to be transported to the various tissues, including the liver, the kidneys and the heart. Most TH actions depend on the binding of T3 to its nuclear receptors. Active and inactive THs are tightly regulated by enzymes called iodothyronine deiodinases (DIO). The activation occurs via outer ring deiodination (ORD), i.e. removing iodine from the phenolic ring of T4 to form T3, while inactivation occurs via inner ring deiodination (IRD), i.e. removing iodine from the inner tyrosol ring of T4 or T3.
Three types of iodothyronine deiodinases (DIO1-3) have been described in vertebrates that activate or inactivate THs and are therefore important mediators of TH action. All deiodinases are integral membrane proteins of the thioredoxin superfamily that contain selenocysteine in their catalytic centre. Type I deiodinase is capable to convert T4 into T3, as well as to convert rT3 to the inactive thyroid hormone 3,3’ T2, through outer ring deiodination. rT3 is the preferred substrate for DIO1 (Hennemann G, Visser TJ 1997). Type II deiodinase (DIO2) is only capable of ORD activity with T4 as a preferred substrate. DIO3 can inner ring deiodinate T4 and T3 to the inactive forms of THs, reverse T3, (rT3) and 3,3’-T2 respectively
How it is Measured or Detected
At this time, there are no approved OECD or EPA guideline protocols for measurement of DIO inhibition. Deiodination is the major pathway regulating T3 bioavailability in mammalian tissues. In vitro assays can be used to examine inhibition of deiodinase 1 (DIO1) activity upon exposure to thyroid disrupting compounds.
Several methods for deiodinase activity measurements are available. A first in vitro assay measures deiodinase activities by quantifying the radioactive iodine release from iodine-labelled substrates, depending on the preferred substrates of the isoforms of deiodinases. Another assay uses a chromatography-based method coupled to mass spectroscopy to measure products of thyroxin resulting from deiodinase type-1 activity (Butt et al., 2010). A colorimetric method (Renko et al., 2012), the Sandell-Kolthoff method, that measures the release of iodine from T4 is also available. Each of these assays requires a source of deiodinase which can be obtained for example using unexposed pig liver tissue (available from slaughterhouses) or rat liver tissue. Hornung et al. (2018) on the other hand used an adenovirus expression system to produce the DIO1 enzyme and developed an assay for nonradioactive measurement of iodide released using the Sandell-Kolthoff method in a 96-well plate format. This assay was then used to screen the ToxCast Phase 1 chemical library. The specific synthesis of DIO1 through the adenovirus expression system provides an important advantage over other methods where activity of the different deiodinase isoforms needs to be distinguished in other ways, such as based on differences in enzyme kinetics.
References
Butt, C.M., Wang, D., Stapleton, H.M. 2011. Halogenated phenolic contaminants inhibit the in vitro activity of the thyroid-regulating deiodinases in human liver. Toxicological sciences 124: 339-347.
Hornung, M.W., Korte, J.J., Olker, J.H., Denny, J.S., Knutsen, C., Hartig, P.C., Cardon, M.C., Degitz, S.J., 2018. Screening the ToxCast Phase 1 Chemical Library for Inhibition of Deiodinase Type 1 Activity. Toxicological Sciences 162, 570-581.
Renko, K., Hoefie, C.S., Hiller, F., Schomburg, L., Köhrle, J. 2012. Identification of Iopanoic acid as substrate of type 1 deiodinase by a novel nonradioactive iodide-release assay. Endocrinology, 153: 2506-2513.
Visser, T.J., Van Overmeeren, E., Fekkes, D., Docter, R., Hennemann, G. 1979. Inhibition of iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase by thioureylenes: structure-activity relationship. FEBS Letters, 103, 2.
List of Key Events in the AOP
Event: 1003: Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum
Short Name: Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| abnormal circulating hormone level | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Tissue |
Organ term
| Organ term |
|---|
| serum |
Domain of Applicability
The overall evidence supporting taxonomic applicability is strong. With few exceptions vertebrate species have circulating T3 and T4 that are bound to transport proteins in blood. Clear species differences exist in transport proteins (Yamauchi and Isihara, 2009). Specifically, the majority of supporting data for TH decreases in serum come from rat studies, and the predominant iodothyronine binding protein in rat serum is transthyretin (TT4). TT4 demonstrates a reduced binding affinity for T4 when compared with thyroxine binding globulin (TBG), the predominant serum binding protein for T4 in humans. This difference in serum binding protein affinity for THs is thought to modulate serum half-life for T4; the half-life of T4 in rats is 12-24 hr, wherease the half-life in humans is 5-9 days (Capen, 1997). While these species differences impact hormone half-life, possibly regulatory feedback mechanisms, and quantitative dose-response relationships, measurement of serum THs is still regarded as a measurable key event causatively linked to downstream adverse outcomes.
THs are evolutionarily conserved molecules present in all vertebrate species (Hulbert, 2000; Yen, 2001). Moreover, their crucial role in amphibian and larbean metamorphoses is well established (Manzon and Youson, 1997; Yaoita and Brown, 1990). Their existence and importance has been also described in many differrent animal and plant kingdoms (Eales, 1997; Heyland and Moroz, 2005), while their role as environmental messenger via exogenous routes in echinoderms confirms the hypothesis that these molecules are widely distributed among the living organisms (Heyland and Hodin, 2004). However, the role of TH in the different species may differ depending on the expression or function of specific proteins (e.g receptors or enzymes) that are related to TH function, and therefore extrapolation between species should be done with cautious.
Key Event Description
There are two biological active thyroid hormones (THs), triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), and a few inactive iodothyronines (rT3, 3,5-T2), which are all derived from the modification of tyrosine molecules (Hulbert, 2000). However, the plasma concentrations of the other iodothyronines are significantly lower than those of T3 and T4. The different iodothyronines are formed by the sequential outer or inner ring monodeiodination of T4 by the deiodinating enzymes, Dio1, Dio2, and Dio3 (Gereben et al., 2008). Deiodinase structure is considered to be unique, as THs are the only molecules in the body that incorporate iodide.
The circulatory system serves as the major transport and delivery system for THs from synthesis in the gland to delivery to tissues. The majority of THs in the blood are bound to transport proteins (Bartalena and Robbins, 1993). In humans, the major transport proteins are TBG (thyroxine binding globulin), TTR (transthyretin) and albumin. The percent bound to these proteins in adult humans is about 75, 15 and 10 percent, respectively (Schussler 2000). Unbound (free) hormones are approximately 0.03 and 0.3 percent for T4 and T3, respectively. In serum, it is the free form of the hormone that is active.
There are major species differences in the predominant binding proteins and their affinities for THs (see section below on Taxonomic applicability). However, there is broad agreement that changes in serum concentrations of THs is diagnostic of thyroid disease or chemical-induced disruption of thyroid homeostasis (Zoeller et al., 2007).
It is notable that the changes measured in the TH concentration reflect mainly the changes in the serum transport proteins rather than changes in the thyroid status. These thyroid-binding proteins serve as hormonal store which ensure their even and constant distribution in the different tissues, while they protect the most sensitive ones in the case of severe changes in thyroid availability, like in thyroidectomies (Obregon et al., 1981). Until recently, it was believed that all of the effects of TH were mediated by the binding of T3 to the thyroid nuclear receptors (TRa and TRb), a notion which is now questionable due to the increasing evidence that support the non-genomic action of TH (Davis et al., 2010, Moeller et al., 2006). Many non-nuclear TH binding sites have been identified to date and they usually lead to rapid cellular response in TH-effects (Bassett et al., 2003), but the specific pathways that are activated in this regard need to be elucidated.
The production of THs in the thyroid gland and the circulation levels in the bloodstream are self-controlled by an efficiently regulated feedback mechanism across the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) axis. One of the most unique characteristics of TH is their ability to regulate their own concentration, not only in the plasma level, but also in the individual cell level, to maintain their homeostasis. This is succeed by the efficient regulatory mechanism of the thyroid hormone axis which consists of the following: (1) the hypothalamic secretion of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH), (2) the thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) secretion from the anterior pituitary, (3) hormonal transport by the plasma binding proteins, (4) cellular uptake mechanisms in the cell level, (5) intracellular control of TH concentration by the deiodinating mechanism (6) transcriptional function of the nuclear thyroid hormone receptor and (7) in the fetus, the transplacental passage of T4 and T3 (Cheng et al., 2010).
In regards to the brain, the TH concentration involves also an additional level of regulation, namely the hormonal transport through the Blood Brain Barrier (BBB) (Williams, 2008). The TRH and the TSH are actually regulating the production of pro-hormone T4 and in a lesser extent of T3, which is the biologically active TH. The rest of the required amount of T3 is produced by outer ring deiodination of T4 by the deiodinating enzymes D1 and D2 (Bianco et al., 2006), a process which takes place mainly in liver and kidneys but also in other target organs such as in the brain, the anterior pituitary, brown adipose tissue, thyroid and skeletal muscle (Gereben et al., 2008; Larsen, 2009). Both hormones exert their action in almost all tissues of mammals and they are acting intracellularly, and thus the uptake of T3 and T4 by the target cells is a crucial step of the overall pathway. The trans-membrane transport of TH is performed mainly through transporters that differ depending on the cell type (Hennemann et al., 2001; Friesema et al., 2005; Visser et al., 2008). Many transporter proteins have been identified up to date but the monocarboxylate transporters (Mct8, Mct10) and the anion-transporting polypeptide (OATP1c1) show the highest degree of affinity towards TH (Jansen et al., 2005).
T3 and T4 have significant effects on normal development, neural differentiation, growth rate and metabolism (Yen, 2001; Brent, 2012; Williams, 2008), with the most prominent ones to occur during the fetal development and early childhood. The clinical features of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism emphasize the pleiotropic effects of these hormones on many different pathways and target organs. The thyroidal actions though are not only restricted to mammals, as their high significance has been identified also for other vertebrates, with the most well-studied to be the amphibian metamorphosis (Furlow and Neff, 2006). The importance of the thyroid-regulated pathways becomes more apparent in iodine deficient areas of the world, where a higher rate of cretinism and growth retardation has been observed and linked to decreased TH levels (Gilbert et al., 2012). Another very common cause of severe hypothyroidism in human is the congenital hypothyroidism, but the manifestation of these effects is only detectable in the lack of adequate treatment and is mainly related to neurological impairment and growth retardation (Glinoer, 2001), emphasizing the role of TH in neurodevelopment in all above cases. In adults, the thyroid-related effects are mainly linked to metabolic activities, such as deficiencies in oxygen consumption, and in the metabolism of the vitamin, proteins, lipids and carbohydrates, but these defects are subtle and reversible (Oetting and Yen, 2007). Blood tests to detect the amount of thyroid hormone (T4) and thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) are routinely done for newborn babies for the diagnosis of congenital hypothyroidism at the earliest stage possible.
How it is Measured or Detected
T3 and T4 can be measured as free (unbound) or total (bound + unbound). Free hormone are considered more direct indicators of T4 and T3 activities in the body. The majority of T3 and T4 measurements are made using either RIA or ELISA kits. In animal studies, total T3 and T4 are typically measured as the concentrations of free hormone are very low and difficult to detect. Historically, the most widely used method in toxicology is RIA. The method is routinely used in rodent endocrine and toxicity studies. The ELISA method has become more routine in rodent studies. The ELISA method is a commonly used as a human clinical test method. Least common is analytical determination of iodothyronines (T3, T4, rT3, T2) and their conjugates, though methods employing HLPC and mass spectrometry (DeVito et al., 1999; Miller et al., 2009).
Any of these measurements should be evaluated for fit-for-purpose, relationship to the actual endpoint of interest, repeatability, and reproducibility. All three of the methods summarized above would be fit-for-purpose, depending on the number of samples to be evaluated and the associated costs of each method. Both RIA and ELISA measure THs by a an indirect methodology, whereas analytical determination is the most direct measurement available. All of these methods, particularly RIA, are repeatable and reproducible.
References
- Bartalena L, Robbins J.Thyroid hormone transport proteins.Clin Lab Med. 1993 Sep;13(3):583-98.
- Bassett JH, Harvey CB, Williams GR. (2003). Mechanisms of thyroid hormone receptor-specific nuclear and extra nuclear actions. Mol Cell Endocrinol. 213:1-11.
- Bianco AC, Kim BW. (2006). Deiodinases: implications of the local control of thyroid hormone action. J Clin Invest. 116: 2571–2579.
- Brent GA. (2012). Mechanisms of thyroid hormone action. J Clin Invest. 122: 3035-3043.
- Cheng SY, Leonard JL, Davis PJ. (2010).Molecular aspects of thyroid hormone actions. Endocr Rev. 31:139–170.
- Davis PJ, Zhou M, Davis FB, Lansing L, Mousa SA, Lin HY. (2010). Mini-review: Cell surface receptor for thyroid hormone and nongenomic regulation of ion fluxes in excitable cells. Physiol Behav. 99:237–239.
- DeVito M, Biegel L, Brouwer A, Brown S, Brucker-Davis F, Cheek AO, Christensen R, Colborn T, Cooke P, Crissman J, Crofton K, Doerge D, Gray E, Hauser P, Hurley P, Kohn M, Lazar J, McMaster S, McClain M, McConnell E, *Meier C, Miller R, Tietge J, Tyl R. (1999). Screening methods for thyroid hormone disruptors. Environ Health Perspect. 107:407-415.
- Eales JG. (1997). Iodine metabolism and thyroid related functions in organisms lacking thyroid follicles: Are thyroid hormones also vitamins? Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 214:302-317.
- Friesema EC, Jansen J, Milici C, Visser TJ. (2005). Thyroid hormone transporters. Vitam Horm. 70: 137–167.
- Furlow JD, Neff ES. (2006). A developmental switch induced by thyroid hormone: Xenopus laevis metamorphosis. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 17:40–47.
- Gereben B, Zavacki AM, Ribich S, Kim BW, Huang SA, Simonides WS, Zeöld A, Bianco AC. (2008). Cellular and molecular basis of deiodinase-regulated thyroid hormone signalling. Endocr Rev. 29:898–938.
- Gilbert ME, Rovet J, Chen Z, Koibuchi N. (2012).Developmental thyroid hormone disruption: prevalence, environmental contaminants and neurodevelopmental consequences. Neurotoxicology. 33: 842-852.
- Glinoer D. (2001).Potential consequences of maternal hypothyroidism on the offspring: evidence and implications. Horm Res. 55:109-114.
- Hennemann G, Docter R, Friesema EC, de Jong M, Krenning EP, Visser TJ. (2001). Plasma membrane transport of thyroid hormones and its role in thyroid hormone metabolism and bioavailability. Endocr Rev. 22:451-476.
- Heyland A, Hodin J. (2004). Heterochronic developmental shift caused by thyroid hormone in larval sand dollars and its implications for phenotypic plasticity and the evolution of non-feeding development. Evolution. 58: 524-538.
- Heyland A, Moroz LL. (2005). Cross-kingdom hormonal signaling: an insight from thyroid hormone functions in marine larvae. J Exp Biol. 208:4355-4361.
- Hulbert A J. (2000). Thyroid hormones and their effects: A new perspective. Biol Rev. 75: 519-631.
- Jansen J, Friesema EC, Milici C, Visser TJ. (2005). Thyroid hormone transporters in health and disease. Thyroid. 15: 757-768.
- Larsen PR. (2009).Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase in human skeletal muscle: new insights into its physiological role and regulation. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 94:1893-1895.
- Manzon RG, Youson JH. (1997). The effects of exogenous thyroxine (T4) or triiodothyronine (T3), in the presence and absence of potassium perchlorate, on the incidence of metamorphosis and on serum T4 and T3 concentrations in larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus L.). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 106:211-220.
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Event: 1007: Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation
Short Name: Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| swim bladder inflation | anterior chamber swim bladder | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Organ |
Organ term
| Organ term |
|---|
| swim bladder |
Domain of Applicability
The evidence for impaired inflation of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder currently comes from work on zebrafish and fathead minnow.
Key Event Description
The swim bladder of bony fish is evolutionary homologous to the lung (Zheng et al., 2011). The teleost swim bladder is a gas-filled structure that consists of two chambers, the posterior and anterior chamber. In zebrafish, the posterior chamber inflates around 96 h post fertilization (hpf) which is 2 days post hatch, and the anterior chamber inflates around 21 dpf. In fathead minnow, the posterior and anterior chamber inflate around 6 and 14 dpf respectively.
The anterior chamber is formed by evagination from the cranial end of the posterior chamber (Robertson et al., 2007). Dumbarton et al. (2010) showed that the anterior chamber of zebrafish has particularly closely packed and highly organized bundles of muscle fibres, suggesting that contraction of these muscles would reduce swim bladder volume. While it had previously been suggested that the posterior chamber had a more important role as a hydrostatic organ, this implies high importance of the anterior chamber for buoyancy. The anterior chamber has an additional role in hearing (Bang et al., 2002). Weberian ossicles (the Weberian apparatus) connect the anterior chamber to the inner ear resulting in an amplification of sound waves. Reduced inflation of the anterior chamber may manifest itself as either a complete failure to inflate the chamber or reduced size of the chamber. Reduced size is often associated with a deviating morphology.
How it is Measured or Detected
In several fish species, inflation of the anterior chamber can be observed using a stereomicroscope because the larvae are still transparent during the larval stage. This is for example true for zebrafish and fathead minnow. Anterior chamber size can then be measured based on photographs with a calibrator.
References
Zheng, W., Wang, Z., Collins, J.E., Andrews, R.M., Stemple, D., Gong, Z. 2011. Comparative transcriptome analyses indicate molecular homology of zebrafish swim bladder and mammalian lung. PLoS One 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/
Roberston, G.N., McGee, C.A.S., Dumbarton, T.C., Croll, R.P., Smith, F.M., 2007. Development of the swim bladder and its innervation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. J. Morphol. 268, 967–985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.
Dumbarton, T.C., Stoyek, M., Croll, R.P., Smith, F.M., 2010. Adrenergic control of swimbladder deflation in the zebrafish (Danio rerio). J. Exp. Biol. 213,2536–2546, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.039792.
Bang, P.I., Yelick, P.C., Malicko, J.J., Sewell, W.F. 2002. High-throughput behavioral screening method for detecting auditory response defects in zebrafish. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 118, 177-187.
Event: 1008: Reduced, Hearing
Short Name: Reduced, Hearing
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| sensory perception of sound | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Organ |
Organ term
| Organ term |
|---|
| ear |
Domain of Applicability
- A sense of hearing is known to exist in a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates, although the organs and structures involved vary widely.
Key Event Description
Hearing refers to the ability to perceive sound vibrations propagated as pressure changes through a medium such as air or water. Reduced hearing in the context of this key event can refer to reduction in the perceived volume of a sound relative to the amplitude of sound waves. Reduced hearing may also refer to a reduced range of frequencies that can be perceived.
How it is Measured or Detected
Hearing is generally measured behaviorally or electrophysiologically.
- Common behavioral tests involve transmission of pure tones of defined amplitude and frequency using and audiometer or PC and using a behavioral response (e.g., clicking a button; startle response) to determine whether the tone is perceived.
Electrophysiological tests:
- Auditory brainstem response (ABR): Uses electrodes placed on the head to detect auditory evoked potentials from background electrical activity in the brain.
Hearing tests in Fish:
- Through the mid-late 1980s conditioning and behavioral tests were most commonly employed in testing fish hearing. Methods reviewed by Fay (1988)
- A high throughput behavioral test for detecting auditory response in fish has been described (Bang et al. 2002).
- Invasive electrophysiological methods involving surgical insertion of electrodes into the auditory nerves have been employed.
- Non-invasive recording of Auditory Evoked Potentials (AEPs; synonymous with ABRs) are now the most common approach for measuring hearing in fish. AEPs can be recorded via electrodes attached cutaneously to the head (see review by Ladich and Fay, 2013).
References
- Fay RR (1988) Hearing in vertebrates: a psychophysics databook. Hill-Fay Associates, Winnetka, Ill
- Ladich F, Fay RR. Auditory evoked potential audiometry in fish. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 2013;23(3):317-364. doi:10.1007/s11160-012-9297-z.
- Bang PI, Yelick PC, Malicki JJ, Sewell WF. High-throughput behavioral screening method for detecting auditory response defects in zebrafish. J Neurosci Methods. 2002 Aug 30;118(2):177-87. PubMed PMID: 12204308.
Event: 1005: Reduced, Swimming performance
Short Name: Reduced, Swimming performance
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| aquatic locomotion | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Individual |
Domain of Applicability
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| zebrafish | Danio rerio | NCBI |
Importance of swimming performance for natural behaviour is generally applicable to fish.
Key Event Description
Adequate swimming performance in fish is essential for behaviour such as foraging, predator avoidance and reproduction.
How it is Measured or Detected
For fish larvae, automated observation and tracking systems are commercially available and increasingly used for measuring swimming performance including distance travelled, duration of movements, swimming speed, etc. This kind of measurements is often included in publications describing effects of chemicals in zebrafish larvae (Hagenaars et al., 2014; Stinckens et al., 2016; Vergauwen et al., 2015).
References
Hagenaars, A., Stinckens, E., Vergauwen, L., Bervoets, L., Knapen, D., 2014. PFOSaffects posterior swim bladder chamber inflation and swimming performanceof zebrafish larvae. Aquat. Toxicol. 157, 225–235.
Stinckens, E., Vergauwen, L., Schroeder, A.L., Maho, W., Blackwell, B., Witter, H.,Blust, R., Ankley, G.T., Covaci, A., Villenueve, D.L., Knapen, D., 2016. Disruption of thyroid hormone balance after 2-mercaptobenzothiazole exposure causes swim bladder inflation impairment—part II: zebrafish. Aquat. Toxicol. 173:204-17.
Vergauwen, Lucia; Nørgaard Schmidt, Stine; Maho, Walid; Stickens, Evelyn; Hagenaars, An; Blust, Ronny; Mayer, Philipp; Covaci, Adrian; Knapen, Dries. 2014. A high throughput passive dosing format for the Fish Embryo Acute Toxicity test. Chemosphere. 139: 9-17.
Event: 1006: Reduced, Young of year survival
Short Name: Reduced, Young of year survival
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| survival | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Individual |
Domain of Applicability
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| zebrafish | Danio rerio | NCBI |
Survival is important for all species.
Key Event Description
Young of year refers to young animals (usually fish) produced in one reproductive year, which have not yet reached one year of age. Small fish, hatched from eggs spawned in the current year, are considered young of year.
Young of year survival directly impacts population structure, growth and fitness. Maintenance of sustainable fish and wildlife populations is an accepted regulatory goal upon which risk assessments and risk management decisions are based.
How it is Measured or Detected
Young of year survival can be measured:
- in the lab by recording survival during prolonged exposure experiments
- in dedicated mesocosms, or in drainable ponds
- in the field, for example by determining age structure after one capture, or by capture-tag-recapture efforts
List of Adverse Outcomes in this AOP
Event: 360: Decrease, Population trajectory
Short Name: Decrease, Population trajectory
Key Event Component
| Process | Object | Action |
|---|---|---|
| population growth rate | decreased |
AOPs Including This Key Event
Biological Context
| Level of Biological Organization |
|---|
| Population |
Domain of Applicability
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| all species | all species | NCBI |
| Life Stage | Evidence |
|---|---|
| All life stages | Not Specified |
| Sex | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Unspecific | Not Specified |
Consideration of population size and changes in population size over time is potentially relevant to all living organisms.
Key Event Description
Maintenance of sustainable fish and wildlife populations (i.e., adequate to ensure long-term delivery of valued ecosystem services) is an accepted regulatory goal upon which risk assessments and risk management decisions are based.
How it is Measured or Detected
Population trajectories, either hypothetical or site specific, can be estimated via population modeling based on measurements of vital rates or reasonable surrogates measured in laboratory studies. As an example, Miller and Ankley 2004 used measures of cumulative fecundity from laboratory studies with repeat spawning fish species to predict population-level consequences of continuous exposure.
Regulatory Significance of the AO
Maintenance of sustainable fish and wildlife populations (i.e., adequate to ensure long-term delivery of valued ecosystem services) is a widely accepted regulatory goal upon which risk assessments and risk management decisions are based.
References
- Miller DH, Ankley GT. 2004. Modeling impacts on populations: fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) exposure to the endocrine disruptor 17ß-trenbolone as a case study. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 59: 1-9.
Appendix 2
List of Key Event Relationships in the AOP
List of Adjacent Key Event Relationships
Relationship: 1037: Inhibition, Deiodinase 1 leads to Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum
AOPs Referencing Relationship
| AOP Name | Adjacency | Weight of Evidence | Quantitative Understanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deiodinase 1 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via posterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent | ||
| Deiodinase 1 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via anterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent |
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
Mol et al. (1998) concluded concluded that deiodinases in teleosts were more similar to mammalian deiodinases than had been generally accepted, based on the similarities in susceptibility to inhibition and the agreement of the Km values.
Evidence Supporting this KER
Biological PlausibilityInhibition of DIO 1 and 2 activity is widely accepted to directly impact the T3 levels in serum, since the convertion of T4 to T3 is inhibited.
References
Mol, K.A., Van der Geyten, S., Burel, C., Kuhn, E.R., Boujard, T., Darras, V.M., 1998. Comparative study of iodothyronine outer ring and inner ring deiodinase activities in five teleostean fishes. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 18, 253-266.
Relationship: 1035: Decreased, Triiodothyronine (T3) in serum leads to Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation
AOPs Referencing Relationship
| AOP Name | Adjacency | Weight of Evidence | Quantitative Understanding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deiodinase 2 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via anterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent | ||
| Deiodinase 1 inhibition leading to reduced young of year survival via anterior swim bladder inflation | adjacent |
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
| Life Stage | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Juvenile | High |
| Sex | Evidence |
|---|---|
| Unspecific | High |
This KER is probably not sex-dependent since both females and males rely on THs for regulation of vital processes. Additionally, zebrafish are undifferentiated gonochorists, and gonad differentiation starts only around 23-25 dpf (Uchida et al., 2002), after the time point of anterior chamber inflation (around 21 dpf).
Evidence Supporting this KER
Empirical Evidence- In a study in which embryo-larval fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) were exposed to the thyroid peroxidase inhibitor 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), T3 concentrations measured at 14dpf were reduced at the same concentration (1 mg/L) that significantly reduced anterior swim bladder inflation at the same time-point (Nelson et al. 2016).
- Maternal injection of T3, resulting in increased T3 concentrations in the eggs of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) lead to significant increases in both swim bladder inflation and survival (Brown et al., 1988).
- In the study of Cavallin et al. (2017) fathead minnow larvae were exposed to IOP, a model iodothyronine deiodinase inhibitor that is assumed to inhibit all three deiodinase enzymes (DIO1,2,3). The authors observed pronounced decreases of whole body T3 concentrations and increases of whole body T4 concentrations, together with impaired inflation of the anterior swim bladder chamber. More specifically, inflation was delayed and the size of the swim bladder chamber was reduced until the end of the exposure experiment. Since exposure was started after inflation of the posterior chamber, this study shows that DIO inhibition can directly affect anterior chamber inflation.
- Li et al. (2011) reported impairment of swim bladder inflation in Chinese rare minnows (Gobiocypris rarus) exposed to exogenous T3.
References
- Brown, C. L., Doroshov, S. I., Nunez, J. M., Hadley, C., Vaneenennaam, J., Nishioka, R. S. and Bern, H. A. (1988), Maternal triiodothyronine injections cause increases in swimbladder inflation and survival rates in larval striped bass, Morone saxatilis. J. Exp. Zool., 248: 168–176. doi: 10.1002/jez.1402480207
- Cavallin, J.E., Ankley, G.T., Blackwell, B.R., Blanksma, C.A., Fay, K.A., Jensen, K.M., Kahl, M.D., Knapen, D., Kosian, P.A., Poole, S.T., Randolph, E.C., Schroeder, A.L., Vergauwen, L., Villeneuve, D.L., 2017. Impaired swim bladder inflation in early life stage fathead minnows exposed to a deiodinase inhibitor, iopanoic acid. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 36, 2942-2952.
- Li W, Zha J, Yang L, Li Z, Wang Z. Regulation of thyroid hormone related genes mRNA expression by exogenous T₃ in larvae and adult Chinese rare minnow (Gobiocypris rarus). Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2011 Jan;31(1):189-97. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2010.10.007.
- Nelson KR, Schroeder AL, Ankley GT, Blackwell BR, Blanksma C, Degitz SJ, Flynn KM, Jensen KM, Johnson RD, Kahl MD, Knapen D, Kosian PA, Milsk RY, Randolph EC,Saari T, Stinckens E, Vergauwen L, Villeneuve DL. Impaired anterior swim bladder inflation following exposure to the thyroid peroxidase inhibitor 2-mercaptobenzothiazole part I: Fathead minnow. Aquat Toxicol. 2016 Apr;173:192-203. doi: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.12.024.
- Uchida, D., Yamashita, M., Kitano, T., Iguchi, T., 2002. Oocyte apoptosis during the transition from ovary-like tissue to testes during sex differentiation of juvenile zebrafish. Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 711-718.
Relationship: 1032: Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation leads to Reduced, Hearing
AOPs Referencing Relationship
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
Within fish we can distinguish between hearing generalists (non-specialists) such as cichlids, salmonids, sunfishes and toadfishes and hearing specialists which have accessory hearing structures (specializations) such as the Weberian apparatus in otophysines, supbrabranchial chambers in labyrinth fish and auditory bullae in mormyrids (Ladich and Wysocki, 2003; Ladich and Fay, 2013). In fish that do not possess an anterior chamber with a function in hearing this KER is not applicable.
Key Event Relationship Description
Apart from a role in buoyancy that is not completely understood with regard to the relation to the function of the posterior chamber, the anterior chamber of the swim bladder of many fish species has an additional role in the production and/or detection of sound (Popper et al., 1974; Bang et al., 2002). Several fish families have Weberian ossicles (tiny bones, also called the Weberian apparatus), connecting the anterior chamber to the inner ear resulting in an amplification of sound waves. Therefore it is plausible to assume that if the anterior chamber does not inflate or inflates to a reduced size, the connection to the Weberian ossicles is lost and hearing is impaired.
Evidence Supporting this KER
Biological PlausibilityIt is plausible to assume that if the anterior chamber does not inflate or inflates to a reduced size, the connection to the Weberian ossicles is lost and hearing is impaired.
Empirical Evidence• Bang et al. (2002) developed a behavioural screening method for detecting hearing defects in zebrafish. In this method they measure a rapid escape reflex in response to a loud sound. They tested 6500 wildtype fish and found that 1% of them had a hearing deficit. When investigating the morphology of the auditory system of these non-responders, they found that nearly all of them showed abnormalities in the swim bladder or Weberian ossicles. Specifically, in 36% of the cases there was only one swim bladder chamber and it was clear that the swim bladder did not touch the first Weberian ossicle (the tripus). Another 36% showed abnormalities in the vertebrae associated with the Weberian ossicles. Fish with normal acoustically mediated startle responses showed no obvious malformations of the swim bladder or Weberian ossicles.
• Ladich and Wysocki (2003) removed the Weberian ossicle directly associated with the anterior chamber (the tripod) in goldfish and showed a frequency-dependent increase of the threshold for perceiving sound.
• Different families of catfish have large variation in the morphology of the swim bladder as well as in the number and size of Weberian ossicles. Lechner and Ladich (2008) showed that over a large range of catfish families larger swim bladders and larger as well as higher numbers of ossicles were related to better hearing abilities.
• Yan et al. (2000) experimentally deflated the swim bladder of goldfish and found that this resulted in a frequency-dependent increase of the threshold for perceiving sound.
Include consideration of temporal concordance here
References
Bang, P.I., Yelick, P.C., Malicki, J.J., Sewell, W.F., 2002. High-throughput behavioral screening method for detecting auditory response defects in zebrafish. Journal of Neuroscience Methods 118, 177-187.
Ladich, F., Fay, R.R., 2013. Auditory evoked potential audiometry in fish. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 23, 317-364.
Ladich, F., Wysocki, L.E., 2003. How does tripus extirpation affect auditory sensitivity in goldfish? Hearing Research 182, 119-129.
Lechner, W., Ladich, F., 2008. Size matters: Diversity in swimbladders and Weberian ossicles affects hearing in catfishes. Journal of Experimental Biology 211, 1681-1689.
Popper, A.N., 1974. Response of swim bladder of goldfish (Carassius auratus) to acoustic stimuli. Journal of Experimental Biology 60, 295-304.
Yan, H.Y., Fine, M.L., Horn, N.S., Colon, W.E., 2000. Variability in the role of the gasbladder in fish audition. Journal of Comparative Physiology a-Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology 186, 435-445.
Relationship: 1033: Reduced, Hearing leads to Reduced, Young of year survival
AOPs Referencing Relationship
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| zebrafish | Danio rerio | NCBI |
Key Event Relationship Description
Impaired hearing could result in an impact on ecologically relevant endpoint, such as predator avoidance and prey capture. Therefore, it can be assumed that an affect on hearing could reduce young of year survival.
Evidence Supporting this KER
Biological Plausibility- In birds, acoustic signals play key roles in territory defense and mate attraction (Slabbekoorn and Ripmeester, 2008).
Roles of Acoustic signaling in fish (reviewed by Kasumayan 2009):
- Reproductive isolation - among fish capable of generating sound, sound emission during spawning is the most prominent life stage during which acoustic signaling occurs. Includes mate attraction, courtship, establishment of territory.
- Defensive sounds - fright and stress, alert conspecifics to potential threats.
- Organization of group/aggregative behaviors
- Feeding behaviors - in many fish conditioned reflex to the sounds of conspecifics feeding can be formed and cause orientation or attraction of fish toward their source, particularly in combination with corresponding visual stimuli and odors.
References
- Kasumayan AO. 2009. Acoustic signaling in fish. J. Ichthyology. 49:963-1020.
- SLABBEKOORN, H. and RIPMEESTER, E. A. P. (2008), Birdsong and anthropogenic noise: implications and applications for conservation. Molecular Ecology, 17: 72–83. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03487.x
Relationship: 1030: Reduced, Young of year survival leads to Decrease, Population trajectory
AOPs Referencing Relationship
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
| Term | Scientific Term | Evidence | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| all species | all species | NCBI |
Key Event Relationship Description
If young of year survival is reduced, ultimately the population trajectory will decrease.
Evidence Supporting this KER
Biological PlausibilityIt is widely accepted that if young of year survival is reduced, the population trajectory will eventually decrease.
Relationship: 1034: Reduced, Anterior swim bladder inflation leads to Reduced, Swimming performance
AOPs Referencing Relationship
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
Importance of swimming performance for natural behaviour is generally applicable to fish.
Key Event Relationship Description
Effects on swim bladder inflation can alter swimming performance and buoyancy of fish, which is essential for predator avoidance, energy sparing, migration, reproduction and feeding behaviour, resulting in lower young-of-year survival.
Evidence Supporting this KER
The weight of evidence supporting a direct linkage between these two KEs, i.e. reduced anterior swim bladder inflation and reduced swimming performance, is weak.
Biological PlausibilityThe anterior chamber of the swim bladder has a function in regulating the buoyancy of fish, by altering the volume of the swim bladder (Roberston et al., 2007). Fish rely on the lipid and gas content in their body to regulate their position within the water column, with the latter being more efficient at increasing body buoyancy. Therefore, fish with functional swim bladders have no problem supporting their body (Brix 2002), while it is highly likely that impaired inflation severely impacts swimming performance. Fish with no functional swim bladder can survive, but are severely disadvantaged., making the likelihood of surviving smaller.
Empirical EvidenceBuoyancy is one of the primary mechanisms of fish to regulate behaviour, swimming performance and energy expenditure. The swim bladder only becomes capable of regulating buoyancy when it has fully developed into a double-chambered swim bladder. Robertson et al., (2007) suggested that the swim bladder only starts regulating buoyancy actively from 32 dpf onward in zebrafish, indicating that impaired swim bladder inflation possibly affects swimming activity only during late development. Exposure to MBT, a TPO inhibitor, from 0 to 32 days post fertilization (dpf) in zebrafish, the swimming activity of fish was impacted starting at 26 dpf if the inflation of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder was impaired or had no normal structure/size (Stinckens et al., 2016). This effect was also observed after a 32 dpf exposure to MMI, however only for the highest tested concentration (Stinckens et al., unpublished data).
It has also been reported that larvae that fail to inflate their swim bladder use additional energy to maintain buoyancy (Lindsey et al., 2010, Goodsell et al. 1996), possibly contributing to reduced swimming activity. Furthermore, Chatain (1994) associated larvae with non-inflated swim bladders with numerous complications, such as spinal deformities and lordosis and reduced growth rates, adding to the impact on swimming behaviour.
An increasing incidence of swim bladder non-inflation has also been reported in Atlantic salmon (Poppe et al. 1997). Affected fish had severely altered balance and buoyancy, observed through a specific swimming behaviour, as the affected fish were swimming upside down in an almost vertical position (Poppe et al. 1997).
Uncertainties and InconsistenciesDuring an MMI exposure, a TPO inhibitor, for 32 dpf in zebrafish, the swimming activity of fish was impacted starting at 26 dpf if the inflation of the anterior chamber of the swim bladder was impaired (Stinckens et al., unpublished). However, this effect was only observed for the highest tested concentration. For the lowest tested concentration, during which the anterior swim bladder was severly impacted as well, no effect on swimming capacity could be observed. As Robertson et al., (2007) reported, the swim bladder only starts regulating buoyancy actively from 32 dpf onward in zebrafish, possibly explaining the lack of effect on swimming capacity for lower MMI concentrations.
The function of the posterior chamber has been clearly linked to buoyancy control and survival (Czesny et al., 2005; Woolley and Qin, 2010; Kurata et al., 2014). The link between anterior chamber inflation and impaired swimming capacity however is less clear. The most important function of the anterior chamber is producing and transducing sound through the Weberian Apparatus (Popper, 1974; Lechner and Ladich, 2008), with only a slight contribution in bouncy control. It is highly plausible that impaired inflation or size of the anterior swim bladder could lead to a reduction in young-of-year survival as hearing loss would affect their ability to respond to their surrounding environment, thus impacting ecological relevant endpoints such as predator avoidance or prey seeking (Wisenden et al., 2008; Fay2009).
References
Roberston, G.N., McGee, C.A.S., Dumbarton, T.C., Croll, R.P., Smith, F.M., 2007.Development of the swim bladder and its innervation in the zebrafish, Danio rerio. J. Morphol. 268, 967–985, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor.
Brix O (2002) The physiology of living in water. In: Hart PJ, Reynolds J (eds) Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries, Vol. 1, pp. 70–96. Blackwell Publishing, Malden, USA.
Stinckens, E., Vergauwen, L., Schroeder, A.L., Maho, W., Blackwell, B., Witter, H.,Blust, R., Ankley, G.T., Covaci, A., Villenueve, D.L., Knapen, D., 2016. Disruption of thyroid hormone balance after 2-mercaptobenzothiazole exposure causes swim bladder inflation impairment—part II: zebrafish. Aquat. Toxicol. 173:204-17.
Lindsey, B.W., Smith, F.M., Croll, R.P., 2010. From inflation to flotation: contributionof the swimbladder to whole-body density and swimming depth duringdevelopment of the zebrafish (Danio rerio). Zebrafish 7, 85–96, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/zeb.2009.0616.
Goodsell, D.S., Morris, G.M., Olsen, A.J. 1996. Automated docking of fleixble ligands. Applications of Autodock. J. Mol. Recogonition, 9:1-5.
Chatain, B., 1994. Abnormal swimbladder development and lordosis in sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) and sea bream (Sparus auratus). Aquaculture 119:371–379.
Poppe, T.T., Hellberg, H., Griffiths, D., Mendal, H. 1977. Swim bladder abnormality in farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Diseases of aquatic organisms 30:73-76.
Czesny, S.J., Graeb, B.D.S., Dettmersn, J.M., 2005. Ecological consequences of swimbladder noninflation for larval yellow perch. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 134,1011–1020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1577/T04-016.1.
Woolley, L.D., Qin, J.G., 2010. Swimbladder inflation and its implication to theculture of marine finfish larvae. Rev. Aquac. 2, 181–190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-5131.2010.01035.x.
Kurata, M., Ishibashi, Y., Takii, K., Kumai, H., Miyashita, S., Sawada, Y., 2014.Influence of initial swimbladder inflation failure on survival of Pacific bluefintuna, Thuunus orientalis (Temminck and Schlegl) larvae. Aquacult. Res. 45,882–892.
Lechner, W., Ladich, F., 2008. Size matters: diversity in swimbladders andWeberian ossicles affects hearing in catfishes. J. Exp. Biol. 211, 1681–1689.
Wisenden, B.D., Pogatschnik, J., Gibson, D., Bonacci, L., Schumacher, A., Willet, A.,2008. Sound the alarm: learned association of predation risk with novelauditory stimuli by fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and glowlighttetras (Hemigrammus erythrozonus) after single simultaneous pairings withconspecific chemical alarm cues. Environ. Biol. Fish 81, 141–147.
Fay, R., 2009. Soundscapes and the sense of hearing of fishes. Integrative Zool. 4,26–32.
Relationship: 1029: Reduced, Swimming performance leads to Reduced, Young of year survival
AOPs Referencing Relationship
Evidence Supporting Applicability of this Relationship
Importance of swimming performance on young of year survival is generally applicable to fish.
Evidence Supporting this KER
Biological PlausibilityReduced swimming performance is likely to affect essential endpoints such as predator avoidance, feeding behaviour and reproduction. These parameters are biologicaly plausible to affect young-of-year survival, especially in a non-laboratory environment where food is scarce and predators are abundant.