Detergent-induced changes in the protein constituents of various cell types of opercular epidermis of Rita rita.
Fish (Rita rita) were exposed to an anionic detergent, dodecylbenzene sodium sulfonate, at a concentration of 6.9 mg/liter (96-hr LC50 of the detergent). A series of histochemical techniques, used in this study for the demonstration of various protein constituents, indicated a gradual decrease in the intensity of staining reactions of the cytoplasmic material, suggesting a loss of protein moieties from the club cells and the epithelial cells of the opercular epidermis as a result of detergent exposure.
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Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India.
D000818:Animals; D001557:Benzenesulfonates / Q000633:toxicity*; D003902:Detergents / Q000633:toxicity*; D000078404:Epidermal Cells; D004817:Epidermis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D005399:Fishes / Q000378:metabolism*; D011506:Proteins / Q000187:drug effects*; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000633:toxicity*
D001557:Benzenesulfonates; D003902:Detergents; D011506:Proteins; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; C001114:dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid