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Ecologies, Volume 7, Issue 1 (March 2026) – 1 article

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Environmental Stress in Wild Armored Catfish Pterygoplichthys spp. Through CYP1A Gene Expression
by Guadalupe Gómez-Carrasco, Julia María Lesher-Gordillo, León David Olivera-Gómez, Erick de la Cruz-Hernández, Benjamín Morales-Vela, Gilberto Pozo-Montuy, Salima Machkour-M’Rabet and Hilda María Díaz-López
Ecologies 2026, 7(1), 1; https://doi.org/10.3390/ecologies7010001 - 19 Dec 2025
Abstract
Aquatic ecosystems are currently facing anthropogenic pollution, mainly derived from agricultural, industrial, and urban runoff, including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs), pesticides, fertilizers, and untreated wastewater discharges. To understand the impact of environmental contamination on fish, this research compared cytochrome P450 1A [...] Read more.
Aquatic ecosystems are currently facing anthropogenic pollution, mainly derived from agricultural, industrial, and urban runoff, including heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PHAs), pesticides, fertilizers, and untreated wastewater discharges. To understand the impact of environmental contamination on fish, this research compared cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) gene expression in armored catfish across three locations in the lower Grijalva–Usumacinta River basin known for varying levels of pollution. Samples from the Ribera Alta, the Bitzales River, and the Chaschoc lagoon were collected during the dry and rainy seasons. We isolated RNA from liver samples, which were subsequently converted to cDNA. We used quantitative PCR to analyze CYP1A gene expression. Results showed that, of the three locations, Ribera Alta demonstrated the highest expression during the rainy season. Only in Chaschoc Lagoon did we observe significant differences between seasons (p = 0.03). This indicates that seasonal factors and the presence of pollutants in the water bodies and sediments likely play a role in regulating CYP1A gene expression in this fish species. Full article
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