Journal
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 72, Issue 5, Pages 1455-1462Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.02.007
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Deep-sea crustaceans; Aristeus antennatus; Nephrops norvegicus; Muscle and hepatic biomarkers
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- Spanish Science and Technology Ministry Project BIOMARE [CFM2006-13508-CO2-02/MAR]
- Complementary Action [CTM2006-28145-E/MAR]
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Several biomarkers indicative of stress were characterised in the crustaceans Aristeus antennatus and Nephrops norvegicus sampled off the Barcelona coast (NW Mediterranean). The biomarkers selected were cholinesterase (ChE) activities in muscle; and catalase, glutathione reductase (GR), total glutathione peroxidase (t-GPX), DT-diaphorase (DT-D), glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) and carboxylesterases (CbEs) in hepatopancreas tissue. Lipid peroxidation (LP) levels and total protein yield (PY) were also determined in muscle and hepatopancreas tissues. The activities and levels are discussed in relation to species and season, and differences in these two factors were observed for most biomarkers. AChEs and pseudocholinesterases were present in the muscles of both crustaceans. Catalase and GST activities were higher in N. norvegicus, whereas GR and t-GPX activities varied according to the season. Hepatic CbE activities were similar in the two crustaceans, whereas LP levels and PY were different between species. Seasonality and species particularities are factors to consider when these crustaceans are used as sentinels. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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