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CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 65, Issue 10, Pages 1707-1714Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.04.088
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copper; gene expression; metallothionein; superoxide dismutase; catalase; glutathione
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Induction of gene transcription for proteins and enzymes involved in metal-mediated oxidative stress were studied in brown trout transferred to a Cu-contaminated river in the Roros region in Central Norway. In addition to metallothionein (MT-A), Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) and glutathione reductase (GR) gene transcription, protein levels of MT and enzyme activities of SOD and CAT were analyzed in gill, liver and kidney. MT-A, SOD and GR transcription increased significantly along with uptake of Cu in gills, while only transcription of MT-A was found to respond in liver and kidney during the exposure. Already present NIT proteins in gills seemed to be oxidized during the exposure, probably caused by Cu-mediated oxidative stress, and no increase in NIT protein levels were observed in gills. SOD and CAT enzyme levels were affected in all tissues during the exposure. A negative correlation between SOD and CAT activities was observed in gills, and we suggest that the activities of these enzymes were influenced not only through transcription. GPx and GR transcription levels correlated positively with each other in gills and liver, indicating their shared function in GSH-turnover. Levels of NIT and activity of SOD and CAT dealing with metal-induced oxidative stress appear to be regulated not only through gene transcription, but also through post-translational mechanisms. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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