First eco-toxicological evidence of ivabradine effect on the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri: A chiral view

Ivabradine (S-ivabradine) is a contemporary antihypertensive drug designed and commercialized for cardiovascular diseases treatment over the world. In this work the enantiomer-specific stability and acute toxicity of ivabradine to the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri as well as the potential mechani...

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Published in:The Science of the total environment 2022-09, Vol.838, p.156617-156617, Article 156617
Main Authors: Amariei, Georgiana, Jiménez-Jiménez, Sara, García, María Ángeles, Marina, María Luisa, Boltes, Karina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Capillary electrophoresis separation
Enantioselective toxicity
Ivabradine
Membrane cell damage
Oxidative stress
Vibrio fischeri
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Summary:Ivabradine (S-ivabradine) is a contemporary antihypertensive drug designed and commercialized for cardiovascular diseases treatment over the world. In this work the enantiomer-specific stability and acute toxicity of ivabradine to the marine bacterium Vibrio fischeri as well as the potential mechanism of action were investigated for the first time. With this aim, real concentrations of ivabradine enantiomers under abiotic and biotic conditions were determined by Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) with cyclodextrins (CDs) as chiral selectors. A moderate chiral stability without enantiomeric interconversion was observed for ivabradine. The bioluminescence inhibition method revealed an enantioselective toxicity of ivabradine to marine bacterium. The order of ecotoxicity was R-ivabradine < racemic ivabradine < S-ivabradine with EC50 (t = 5 min) values about 75.98, 11.11 and 7.93 mg/L, respectively. Confocal Live/Dead stained images showed that bacterial envelops cells were seriously damaged after exposure to S-ivabradine. S-ivabradine also disturbed the esterase activity and significantly increased the ROS level compared with the control. Thus, oxidative stress originating membrane cells damage and enzymatic activity changes was shown to be the primary mechanism of S-ivabradine toxicity to marine bacterium. Our results highlight the need for more eco-toxicological evaluations of the cardiovascular drug S-ivabradine on other aquatic organisms to establish the risk on the environment. [Display omitted] •Eco-toxicological effects of ivabradine were investigated in marine bacteria•Realistic (not nominal) concentrations were employed for EC50 calculation•Enantioselective bioluminescence inhibition was observed•S-ivabradine was more toxic than the R-isomer to marine bacteria•Oxidative stress causing enzyme and cell membrane damage was the toxicity mechanism
ISSN:0048-9697
1879-1026
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156617