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ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
Volume 63, Issue -, Pages 29-36Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.044
Keywords
Pendimethalin; Liver, Kidney, Gill, Histopathology, Biomarkers
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- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India (DBT Bio CARe Program) [BT/Bio-CARe/01/10219/2013-14]
- Indian Council of Medical Research, Government of India [45/82/2011 PHA/BMS]
- University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, Government of India [F. 30-1/2013(SA-II)/RA-2012-14-GE-WES-2400]
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Our study was designed to evaluate effects of an herbicide, pendimethalin on biochemical biomarkers and histopathological indices of the freshwater fish Channa punctata Bloch. Fish were acutely exposed (96 h) to sub-lethal concentrations (0.5 and 0.8 ppb of pendimethalin). Various oxidative stress indicators such as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances levels and protein carbonyl content, as well as antioxidant defenses parameters, such as glutathione-S-transferase (GST), catalase (CAT), reduced glutathione (GSH) and non-protein thiols (NP-SH) levels were studied, using the liver, kidney and gill tissues. Pendimethalin exposure increased lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation processes. There was significant inhibition in levels of GSH and NP-SH. The activity of antioxidant enzymes GST and CAT depleted in all the tissues in a dose dependent manner. The histopathological change in the gill showed necrosis and atrophy of primary and secondary gill lamellae. The tissue damages like degeneration of cytoplasm in hepatocytes, atrophy, formation of vacuoles, are some histopathological changes observed in the liver. The changes in histoarchitechture observed in the kidney included necrosis, cellular hypertrophy and granular cytoplasm. The present study demonstrates the disturbances in antioxidant armamentarium and importance of study in the potential risk assessment of herbicides on fish species. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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