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ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 92, Issue -, Pages 1-9Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.10.019
Keywords
CYP; NADPH-P450; APND; ERND; GST; Zebrafish
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41071164, 21277083, 40801203, 41001152]
- Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education [20113702110007]
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Endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide, has been used worldwide in the past decades. The present study was performed to investigate the effect of endosulfan on liver microsomal cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes and glutathione S-transferases (GST) in zebrafish. Male and female zebrafish were separated and exposed to a control and four concentrations of endosulfan (0.01, 0.1, 1, and 10 mu g L-1) and were sampled on days 7, 14, 21, and 28. After exposure to endosulfan, the content of CYP increased and later gradually fell back to control level in most sampling time intervals. A similar tendency was also found in the activities of NADPH-P450 reductase (NCR), aminopyrine N-demethylase (APND) and erythromycin N-demethylase (ERND). GST activities were generally higher in treatment groups than control groups. Regarding sex-based differences, the induction degree of the activity of NCR was generally higher in males than females. Similar differences were also found on the 28th day in the activities of APND and ERND, as well as GST activity on the 7th day. Overall, the present results demonstrate the toxicity at low doses of endosulfan and indicated marked induction of CYP and GST enzymes in zebrafish liver. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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