AccScience Publishing / AJWEP / Volume 17 / Issue 3 / DOI: 10.3233/AJW200035
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Effects of Cd, Zn and Cd+Zn Combination on  Osmoregulation of Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Trisnadi Widyaleksono Catur Putranto1 Dewi Shinta1 Mochammad Affandi1 Agoes Soegianto1*
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1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya 60115, Indonesia
AJWEP 2020, 17(3), 49–53; https://doi.org/10.3233/AJW200035
Submitted: 2 February 2020 | Revised: 5 June 2020 | Accepted: 5 June 2020 | Published: 12 August 2020
© 2020 by the Author(s). This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC-by the license) ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ )
Abstract

The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn) and Cd+Zn combinations on serum osmolality and ions in Oreochromis niloticus. A total of 60 O. niloticus with five fish per tank and two tanks per group were used during this experiment. Group I was held in media without metal (as control) and other groups were exposed to 7.5 mg/L Zn, 15 mg/L Zn, 2.5 mg/L Cd, 7.5 mg/L Zn + 2.5 mg/L Cd and 15 mg/L Zn + 2.5 mg/L Cd for 7 days. The osmolalities of fish exposed to Cd, Zn and Cd+Zn combinations were higher than the control. Fish exposed to 2.5 mg/L Cd presented the highest level of Na+ and Cl-, and the lowest level of K+. This study shows that the osmotic and ionic regulatory impairment is more pronounced in fish exposed to Cd than in Zn and Cd+Zn combinations. This phenomenon indicates that Zn plays a prominent role in suppressing the toxic effect of Cd on O. niloticus.

Keywords
Fish
cadmium
zinc
osmolality
ions
serum
Conflict of interest
The authors declare they have no competing interests.
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