Effect of cadmium, copper and mercury on antioxidant enzyme activities and lipid peroxidation in the gills of the hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus |
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| Authors: | R Company A Serafim M J Bebianno R Cosson B Shillito A Fiala-Mdioni |
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| Institution: | a CIMA, Faculty of Marine and Environmental changes, University of Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8000-870, Faro, Portugal;b Laboratory of Marine Biology, University of Nantes, ISOMER, BP 92208, F-44322, Nantes, France;c Marine Biology Group, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Paris, France;d Observatoire Océanologique, BP 44, University P.M. Curie, 66651, Banyuls sur Mer, France |
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| Abstract: | Metals are known to influence lipid peroxidation and oxidative status of marine organisms. Hydrothermal vent mussels Bathymodiolus azoricus live in deep-sea environments with anomalous conditions, including high metal concentrations. Although B. azoricus are aerobic organisms they possess abundant methano and thioautotrophic symbiotic bacteria in the gills. The enzymatic defences (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), total glutathione peroxidase (Total GPx) and selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase (Se–GPx)) and lipid peroxidation were determined in the gills of B. azoricus exposed to Cd (0.9 μM), Cu (0.4 μM) and Hg (0.1 μM) with different times of exposure. The experiments were performed in pressurized containers at 9 ± 1 °C and 85 bars.Results show that vent mussels possess antioxidant enzymatic protection in the gills. Cd and Cu had an inhibitory effect in the enzymatic defence system, contrarily to Hg. These enzymatic systems are not completely understood in the B. azoricus, since reactive oxygen species might be produced through other processes than natural redox cycling, due to hydrogen sulphide and oxygen content present. Also the symbiotic bacteria may play an important contribution in the antioxidant protection of the gills. |
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| Keywords: | Antioxidant enzymes Superoxide dismutase Catalase Glutathione peroxidase Lipid peroxidation Hydrothermal vents Bathymodiolus azoricus Cadmium Copper Mercury |
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