Journal
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 324-331Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.12.008
Keywords
Anti-oxidant enzymes; Oxidative damage; Biomarkers; Thermal stress; Sea bream; Climate change
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- Portuguese Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT) [SFRH/BD/80613/2011, PTDC/MAR/119068/2010, PTDC/AAG-REC/2139/2012, UID/Multi/04378/2013, UID/MAR/04292/2013]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/AAG-REC/2139/2012, PTDC/MAR/119068/2010] Funding Source: FCT
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Climate change is disturbing marine biological processes, and impacting goods and services provided to society. Physiological studies are a major contributor to the improvement of biological forecasting in the context of climate change. Oxidative stress biomarkers are useful tools to assess the metabolic status and health of organisms, improving management of wild and cultured populations. The aims of this study were to assess the health status and vulnerability of Sparus aurata juveniles toward ocean warming and heat wave events by (1) exposing fish to a thermal ramp from 18 degrees C until their Critical Thermal Maximum (approximate to 35 degrees C) and (2) quantifying oxidative stress biomarkers in several organs, i.e. lipid peroxidation (LPO), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), and cytochrome CYP1A. Fish showed signs of oxidative stress in every tissue tested (gills, muscle, liver, brain and intestine), the most affected being muscle and liver, which showed greater increases in LPO. In general, antioxidant enzymes increased their activity: CAT increased in every organ tested, GST increased in every organ except brain (no change) and SOD increased in every organ except intestine (no change) and brain (decrease, probably due to enzyme denaturation). Muscle showed the greatest stress response with a massive increase in GST. Hepatic CYP1A decreased upon warming suggesting that temperature influences detoxifying mechanisms and may affect fish health. These results are significant in the context of climate change and associated impacts on fisheries and aquaculture because over-induction of oxidative stress due to warming can induce health problems, mortality and shortened lifespan. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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