Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 57, Issue -, Pages 29-38Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.11.022
Keywords
Atlantic cod; Embryo; Redox; Glutathione; Glutathione peroxidase; Superoxide dismutase; Catalase; Free radicals
Funding
- Research Council of Norway [173534/I30SIP]
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With regard to predicted oceanic warming, we studied the effects of heat stress on the redox system during embryonic development of Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), with emphasis on the glutathione balance, activities of key antioxidant enzymes, and their mRNA levels. The embryos were incubated at optimal temperature for development (6 degrees C) or slightly above the threshold temperature (10 degrees C). The regulation of all the redox-related parameters measured at optimum development was highly dynamic and complex, indicating the importance of both maternal and zygotic contributions to maintaining redox equilibrium. Development at 10 degrees C caused a significantly higher mortality at the blastula and early gastrula stages, indicating severe stress. Measures of the glutathione redox couple showed a significantly more reduced state in embryos at 10 degrees C compared to 6 degrees C at the post-gastrula stages. Mean normalized expression of nrf2, trxred, g6pd, gclc, nox1, CuZnsod, and mt in embryos kept at 10 degrees C revealed stage-specific significantly reduced mRNA levels. Activities of antioxidant enzymes changed both during ontogenesis and in response to temperature, but did not correlate with mRNA levels. As the embryos need a tightly regulated redox environment to coordinate between growth and differentiation, these findings suggest that the altered redox balance might participate in inducing phenotypic changes caused by elevated temperature. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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