Antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation in the freshwater cladoceran Daphnia magna exposed to redox cycling compounds.
Contaminant-related changes in antioxidative processes in the freshwater crustacea Daphnia magna exposed to model redox cycling contaminant were assessed. Activities of key antioxidant enzymes including catalase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and glutathione S-transferases and levels of lipid peroxidation measured as thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARS) and lipofucsin pigment content were determined in D. magna juveniles after being exposed to sublethal levels of menadione, paraquat, endosulfan, cadmium and copper for 48 h. Results denoted different patterns of antioxidant enzyme responses, suggesting that different toxicants may induce different antioxidant/prooxidant responses depending on their ability to produce reactive oxygen species and antioxidant enzymes to detoxify them. Low responses of antioxidant enzyme activities for menadione and endosulfan, associated with increasing levels of lipid peroxidation and enhanced levels of antioxidant enzyme activities for paraquat, seemed to prevent lipid peroxidation, whereas high levels of both antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation were found for copper. For cadmium, low antioxidant enzyme responses coupled with negligible increases in lipid peroxidation indicated low potential for cadmium to alter the antioxidant/prooxidant status in Daphnia. Among the studied enzymes, total glutathione peroxidase, catalase and glutathione S-transferase appeared to be the most responsive biomarkers of oxidative stress.
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Carlos
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Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, INTEXTER-UPC, CN 150, Km 14.5, 08220 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain. barata@intexter.upc.es
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Juan Carlos
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D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000633:toxicity; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity; D003621:Daphnia / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D004726:Endosulfan / Q000633:toxicity; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000378:metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000502:physiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010269:Paraquat / Q000633:toxicity; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism; D024483:Vitamin K 3 / Q000633:toxicity
D000975:Antioxidants; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D002104:Cadmium; D024483:Vitamin K 3; D003300:Copper; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D004726:Endosulfan; D010269:Paraquat