Model Organisms in Environmental Toxicology
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Sustainability and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 820
Special Issue Editors
Interests: fruit fly; nature products; metal toxicity; xenobiotic response
Interests: zebrafish; nature products; Parkinson's disease; hydrocephalus; heart regeneration
Interests: nanotoxicology; nanomedicine; immunology; molecular biology; environmental science
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Dear Colleagues,
The continually increasing global population and industrial activity release increasing amounts of pollutants and toxins into the environment, risking human health, the environment, and sustainable development. The field of environmental toxicology (or eco-toxicology), established in the 1940s, focuses on how humans or other organisms interact with pollutants in their environment to identify potential risks to the ecosystem and human health.
The significant contributions of different model animals to environmental toxicology research have been well documented in recent years, especially with regard to the identification of toxins and unraveling the toxicological mechanisms. Both classical mammalian models, such as rodents, cats, and dogs, and non-mammalian models, such as zebrafish, fruit flies, and nematodes, have been widely used and proven to be excellent models in toxicology studies. The genetic model animals are not only useful in the identification of toxins and unmasking their toxic effects; they are also suitable for studies on the genetic and epigenetic responses of organisms to toxins. In addition to the obvious ethical advantages, most model animals are easy to breed, and have short generation times and lifespans, but with high fertility rates. Such advantages encourage the researchers to use them to answer more complicated environmental toxicological questions; for instance, what are the adverse outcomes of low dose, cumulative exposures, and exposures to multiple toxins? What developmental processes are altered by toxins exposure and how are they affected? How can therapeutic interventions be designed and administered to reverse the effects of exposure? Additionally, how do toxins affect the ecosystem mediated by the biosphere?
The evaluation of different model animals has been related to their availability, convenience, ability to parallel human disorder, and represented habitats. In addition to the classical genetic model animals discussed above, many other models, such as isopods, honeybees, cockroaches, mytilidae, and anemonefish have also been used to study pollution in different environments, from land to water.
For this Special Issue, “Model Organisms in Environmental Toxicology”, we solicit recent works on interactions between pollutants and life using model organisms, which contribute to the environmental protection and social sustainability of human beings. All different models are welcomed; the model plants are not excluded. We hope this Special Issue will help find ways to reduce the harm from human activity, increasing the sustainability of the earth’s ecosystem and our own health.
Dr. Yiwen Wang
Dr. Meijun Pang
Dr. Guotao Peng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- model organisms
- zebrafish
- fruit fly
- ecotoxicology
- insecticides
- heavy metals
- microplastic
- antibiotics
- neurotoxicity
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