Field evidence of reproduction impairment through sperm DNA damage in the fish nase (Chondrostoma nasus) in anthropized hydrosystems

Alain Devaux 1 Sylvie Bony 1 Sandrine Plénet 1 Pierre Sagnes 1 Samuel Segura 1 Rémi Suaire 1 Morgane Novak, 1 Gilles André 2 Jean Michel Olivier 1
1 LEHNA - Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés
2 IMBE - Institut méditerranéen de biodiversité et d'écologie marine et continentale
Abstract : This work aims to explore in the field the relationship between the integrity of sperm DNA and the quality of offspring as a possible cause of the decline of a feral fish population through reproduction impairment. Mature nase (Chondrostoma nasus) were caught during the breeding season in three locations (A–C) of the Rhône River basin and gametes collected by stripping. Sampling locations were chosen according to the following gradient of contamination due to human activities on the watershed: A ≤B < C. Samples of a pool of collected oocytes were fertilized with the sperm of individual males and then incubated individually back in the lab to study embryo-larval development as well as using sperm samples to assess DNA integrity. Genetic analysis clearly showed the absence of a difference in genetic structure between the three studied C. nasus populations from the Rhône basin. Sperm DNA integrity was significantly lower in males from station C compared to other ones while sperm biochemical characteristics and fertilization rate remained almost unchanged whatever the station. Mortality and abnormality rates measured at both hatching and at the end of yolk sac resorption stages followed the same trend as the sperm DNA damage, demonstrating an impact of river water quality on nase fitness through a loss of sperm DNA integrity. Since the level of both abnormalities and mortality measured in offspring of fish caught in the most contaminated area reached high values up to 15% and 80%, respectively, the hypothesis that the observed nase decline in Rhône River stemming through selection forces can be put forward.
Keywords : Fitness Sperm Genotoxicity Fish population decline Pollutant
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Alain Devaux, Sylvie Bony, Sandrine Plénet, Pierre Sagnes, Samuel Segura, et al.. Field evidence of reproduction impairment through sperm DNA damage in the fish nase (Chondrostoma nasus) in anthropized hydrosystems. Aquatic Toxicology, Elsevier, 2015, 169, pp.113-122. ⟨10.1016/j.aquatox.2015.10.013⟩. ⟨hal-01328084⟩

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