Nitrate Toxicity on Visceral Organs of Medaka Fish, Oryzias latipes: Aiming to Raise Fish from Egg to Egg in Space

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  • Shimura Ryuji
    Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., 1-6-1 Takezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0032, Japan
  • Ma Ying X.
    Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan
  • Ijiri Kenichi
    Radioisotope Center, University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
  • Nagaoka Shunji
    Department of Physiology, Fujita Health University School of Health Sciences, Toyoake, Aichi 407-1192, Japan
  • Uchiyama Minoru
    Department of Biology, Toyama University, Gofuku, Toyama, Toyama 930-8555, Japan

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Histological survey was made to determine nitrate toxicity on the Medaka fish, Oryzias latipes. In order to investigate the effects of short-term exposure to nitrate, one-month-old Medaka fish was exposed to NaNO3 at concentrations of 100 and 125 mg NO3-N l-1 for 96 hours. At the end of the exposure period, survival rate was found to be 30% and 10%, for the 100 and 125 mg NO3-N l-1 exposure concentrations, respectively. Histological examination of the organs showed that disruption of cell alignment was a common feature in the gills, intestinal ampulla, liver and kidney. A long-term exposure experiment was also carried out, whereby Medaka fish was exposed to NaNO3 (100 and 125 mg NO3-N l-1) for three months from its egg stage. Eggs treated with NaNO3 hatched within 10 days after fertilization. At the end of the exposure period, survival rate in the 100 and 125 mg NO3-N l-1 treatments were 40% and 30%, respectively. Fibrosis of the hepatic cells and curved spinal column were observed in the juveniles subjected to long-term nitrate exposure. The results of our experiments suggest that the high mortality resulting from short-term acute exposure to nitrate is caused by general dysfunction throughout the whole body. The chronic toxic effects attributed to nitrate, following long-term exposure, were likely to have resulted from nutrient deficiency caused by hepatic dysfunction.

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