Common strategies and technologies for the ecosafety assessment and design of nanomaterials entering the marine environment

I Corsi, GN Cherr, HS Lenihan, J Labille, M Hassellov… - 2014 - ACS Publications
The widespread use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in a variety of technologies and
consumer products inevitably causes their release into aquatic environments and final …

Programmed cell death in Sea Urchins: A review

V Di Tuccio, P De Luca, G Romano - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sea urchin embryo is a widespread model system useful to study fundamental biological
processes, but also for the identification of molecular and cellular mechanisms activated in …

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles stimulate sea urchin immune cell phagocytic activity involving TLR/p38 MAPK-mediated signalling pathway

A Pinsino, R Russo, R Bonaventura, A Brunelli… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) are one of the most widespread-
engineered particles in use for drug delivery, cosmetics and electronics. However, TiO2NP …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the eco-compatibility of new generation sunscreen products through a combined microscopic-molecular approach

S Varrella, R Danovaro, C Corinaldesi - Environmental Pollution, 2022 - Elsevier
There is now unequivocal evidence that sunscreen can severely affect marine ecosystems.
However, so far, most studies have focused on the impact of single sunscreen ingredients …

Development of a new integrative toxicity index based on an improvement of the sea urchin embryo toxicity test

L Morroni, A Pinsino, D Pellegrini, F Regoli… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The sea urchin embryo toxicity test is classically used to assess the noxious effects of
contaminated marine waters and sediments. In Italian guidelines on quality of dredged …

Responses to iron oxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in echinoderm embryos and microalgae: uptake, growth, morphology, and transcriptomic analysis

AM Genevière, E Derelle, ML Escande… - …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We investigated the toxicity of Iron oxide and Zinc oxide engineered nanoparticles (ENPs)
on Paracentrotus lividus sea urchin embryos and three species of microalgae …

Gene Expression Analysis of the Stress Response to Lithium, Nickel, and Zinc in Paracentrotus lividus Embryos

R Bonaventura, C Costa, I Deidda, F Zito, R Russo - Toxics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Many anthropogenic pollutants such as metals are discharged into the marine environment
through modern sources. Among these, lithium (Li), nickel (Ni), and zinc (Zn) can interfere …

[6]-Gingerol dose-dependent toxicity, its role against lipopolysaccharide insult in sea urchin (Paracentrotus lividus Lamarck), and antimicrobial activity

M Chiaramonte, R Bonaventura, C Costa, F Zito… - Food Bioscience, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ginger (Zingiber officinale, fam: Zingiberaceae) is a plant whose rhizome is used by
humans as a spice or anti-inflammatory and antioxidant. It is composed of many …

The sea urchin embryo and the cell stress responses: new perspectives

I Deidda, R Russo, N Lampiasi, F Zito… - Frontiers in Cell …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
In addition to many industrial activities that release pollutants in coastal areas, numerous
human behaviors contribute to climate change, inducing global warming, which can also …

Toxic diatom aldehydes affect defence gene networks in sea urchins

S Varrella, G Romano, S Costantini, N Ruocco… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Marine organisms possess a series of cellular strategies to counteract the negative effects of
toxic compounds, including the massive reorganization of gene expression networks. Here …