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. 2022 Dec 15;19(24):16830. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416830

Table 2.

The effects of different classes of xenobiotics on the hemocytes and hemolymph of several aquatic invertebrates. The symbol ↑ indicates an increase in value; the symbol ↓ indicates a decrease in value.

Class of
Xenobiotics
Species Ecosystem LMS 1 THC 1 Phagocytosis Biochemical
Parameters
Hemocyte Viability and Apoptosis Refs.
Heavy
metals
Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem [26]
Orconectes propinquus Freshwater ecosystem ↓ Na+, Ca2+ [27]
Portunus pelagicus Marine ecosystem ↑ Glucose (after 24 h) [28]
Mytilus edulis Marine ecosystem ↑ (10−9 to 10−7 M) [29]
Tapes philippinarum Marine ecosystem [30]
Perna canaliculus Marine ecosystem Sign. altered 25 metabolites [31]
Crassostrea rivularis Marine ecosystem [32]
Dreissena polymorpha Brackish, freshwater ecosystem ↓ Cell viability [33]
Crassostrea virginica; Marine ecosystem ↓ Cell viability;
↑ Apoptosis;
[34]
Mytilus edulis Marine ecosystem ↓Cell viability [35]
Sinopotamon henanense Freshwater ecosystem ↓ Protein content [36]
Palaemon elegans Brackish, marine ecosystem [37]
Lamellidens marginalis Freshwater ecosystem ↓ Cell viability;
↑ Apoptosis;
[38]
Elliptio complanata Freshwater ecosystem ↑ Ca2+; ↓ Na+
No effect on Cl- and K+
[39]
Pesticides Bellamya bengalensis Freshwater ecosystem [40]
Litopenaeus vannamei Brackish, marine ecosystem Sign. difference [41]
Ruditapes philippinarum Marine ecosystem [42]
Haliotis tuberculate Marine ecosystem No effect No effect [43]
Eriocheir sinensis Marine, brackish, freshwater ecosystem [44]
Anodonta anatine;
Lymnea stagnalis
Freshwater ecosystem [45,46]
Cardisoma armatum Terrestrial and marine ecosystem [47]
Biomphalaria glabrata;
Planobarius corneus
Freshwater ecosystem No sign. effect No sign. effect [48]
Paratelphusa jacquemontii Freshwater ecosystem [49]
Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem ↑ Ca2+, NH3, Mg2+, glucose;
↓ PHOS, urea, Cl, K+
[2,5]
Hydrocarbons and oil spills Crassostrea gigas Marine ecosystem [50]
Crassostrea gigas Marine ecosystem [51]
Chlamys farreri Marine ecosystem [52]
Haliotis diversicolor Marine ecosystem [53]
Polystyrene microplastics Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem [54]
Mytilus galloprovincialis;
Mytilus edulis
Marine ecosystem [55]
Mytilus edulis Marine ecosystem No sign. difference No sign. difference [56]
Mytilus edulis Marine ecosystem No sign. effect No sign. effect No sign. effect [57]
Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem ↓ Cell viability;
↑ Apoptosis;
[58]
Crassostrea gigas Marine ecosystem ↑ Hemocytes size [59]
Amino-modified nanopolystyrene (PS-NH2) Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem No sign. effect No sign. effect [60]
Mytilus galloprovincialis Marine ecosystem [61]

1 The acronyms “LMS” and “THC” stand for “lysosomal membrane stability” and “total hemocytes count,” respectively.