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JOURNAL OF LIMNOLOGY
卷 72, 期 1, 页码 154-171出版社
PAGEPRESS PUBL
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2013.e13
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glutathione; lipid peroxidation; catalase; conjugates; Daphnia spp.; cyanobacteria
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- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education [3988/B/P01/2010/39]
Microcystins (MCs), the main group of cyanotoxins, can induce oxidative stress in the cells of aquatic animals. This study evaluated the sensitivity of daphniids - from two ecosystems characterised by different trophic states and habitat levels of cyanobacteria abundance - to microcystin toxicity by analysing oxidative stress parameters and MC detoxification ability. As a study site, we chose the eutrophic Sulejow reservoir, which has regular annual toxic cyanobacterial blooms, and the mesotrophic lake Biale, where low abundances of cyanobacteria have only recently appeared. We found much higher accumulations of MCs in tissues of Daphnia spp. in lake Biale, despite low toxin concentrations in this ecosystem compared with the Sulejow reservoir. Simultaneously, high levels of lipid peroxidation (LPO) and a significant decrease in glutathione (GSH) were observed in daphniid cells in lake Biale, while LPO levels were generally lower and GSH concentration more stable in the Sulejow reservoir. Catalase activity, which reflects more efficient oxidative protection, was always significantly higher in the reservoir than in lake Biale. These results demonstrate that generations of daphniids from the Sulejow reservoir had more effective antioxidant systems protecting them against the accumulation of cyanobacterial toxins; thereby, they are less susceptible to toxic effects than the daphniids from lake Biale. However, the presence of conjugate forms of microcystins (MC-GSH and MC-Cys) in tissues of the studied animals indicated the ability for MC detoxification by daphniids from the Sulejow reservoir and lake Biale. Nevertheless, the high effectiveness of antioxidant systems in daphniids coexisting with cyanobacteria for a long time in the Sulejow reservoir indicates the importance of a selective pressure exerted by toxic cyanobacterial strains that favours the most resistant daphniid genotypes.
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