Mutagenicity in <i>Tradescantia pallida</i> as an Indicator of the Effect of Air Pollution and Human Health
Kaline de Souza Pereira Godoi,
Juliana Caroline Vivian Spósito,
Aline do Nascimento Rocha,
Liliam Silvia Candido,
Caio Augusto Mussury Silva,
Ana Paula Lemke,
Sandra Verza da Silva,
Silvana de Paula Quintão Scalon,
Emerson Machado de Carvalho,
Rosilda Mara Mussury
Affiliations
Kaline de Souza Pereira Godoi
Laboratory of Botanical Application, PostGraduate Program in General Biology/Bioprospecting and PostGraduate Program in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Juliana Caroline Vivian Spósito
Faculty of Exact and Technological Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Aline do Nascimento Rocha
Laboratory of Botanical Application, PostGraduate Program in General Biology/Bioprospecting and PostGraduate Program in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Liliam Silvia Candido
Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Caio Augusto Mussury Silva
Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Antônio Carlos, 6627 Pampulha, Belo Horizonte 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ana Paula Lemke
Center for the Study of Natural Resources (CERNA), State University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UEMS), Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Sandra Verza da Silva
Department of Vegetal Production, Phytosanitary Defense, Faculty of Agronomic Sciences, São Paulo State University, Street José Barbosa de Barros, Botucatu 18610-307, São Paulo, Brazil
Silvana de Paula Quintão Scalon
Faculty of Agrarian Science. Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
Emerson Machado de Carvalho
Techno-Science and Innovation Training Center, Federal University of Southern Bahia, Campus “Jorge Amado”, Access Highway to Itabuna, km 39, Ferradas, Itabuna 45613-204, Bahia, Brazil
Rosilda Mara Mussury
Laboratory of Botanical Application, PostGraduate Program in General Biology/Bioprospecting and PostGraduate Program in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados-Itahum, km 12, Dourados 79800-000, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Brazil
The present study aims to relate the micronucleus frequency in Tradescantia pallida to environmental factors and cardiorespiratory diseases to infer the effect of air pollution. The number of hospitalizations, diseases cases, frequency of micronuclei in plants, environmental variables, altitude, and vehicle traffic in cities of Mato Grosso do Sul were evaluated due to the high flow that surrounds agribusiness. The frequency of micronuclei decreased with the increase in relative humidity, while the altitude did not influence the mutagenicity or genotoxicity of the evaluated plants. The municipalities with micronucleus frequencies above 200 had the highest number of vehicle and cardiorespiratory diseases. Biomonitoring data obtained in cities throughout the year indicate that the number of cardiorespiratory diseases was probably due to vehicular pollution, which is evidenced by the increased frequency of micronuclei in T. pallida.
