Molecular biomarkers of oxidative stress in aquatic organisms in relation to toxic environmental pollutants

A Valavanidis, T Vlahogianni, M Dassenakis… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The potential of oxygen free radicals and other reactive oxygen species (ROS) to damage
tissues and cellular components, called oxidative stress, in biological systems has become a …

Contaminant-stimulated reactive oxygen species production and oxidative damage in aquatic organisms

DR Livingstone - Marine pollution bulletin, 2001 - Elsevier
An increasing variety of industrial, agricultural and other chemicals is entering the aquatic
environment and being taken up into the tissues of invertebrates and vertebrates (Walker …

Impact of heavy metals and nanoparticles on aquatic biota

SK Kahlon, G Sharma, JM Julka, A Kumar… - Environmental chemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Human activities such as industrialisation, urbanisation and agriculture have adversely
impacted terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Water pollutants such as heavy metals and …

The use of biomarkers in biomonitoring: a 2-tier approach assessing the level of pollutant-induced stress syndrome in sentinel organisms

A Viarengo, D Lowe, C Bolognesi, E Fabbri… - … and Physiology Part C …, 2007 - Elsevier
The paper outlines a 2-tier approach for wide-scale biomonitoring programmes. To obtain a
high level of standardization, we suggest the use of caged organisms (mussels or fish). An …

Glutathione, glutathione-dependent and antioxidant enzymes in mussel, Mytilus galloprovincialis, exposed to metals under field and laboratory conditions …

F Regoli, G Principato - Aquatic toxicology, 1995 - Elsevier
The effects of exposure to metals under and laboratory conditions were investigated in the
Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. The examined biological responses …

Interactive effects of metal pollution and temperature on metabolism in aquatic ectotherms: implications of global climate change

IM Sokolova, G Lannig - Climate research, 2008 - int-res.com
In light of the current rising mean temperatures and fluctuations in temperature extremes
involved in global climate change, a cause-and-effect understanding of the temperature …

Formation of reactive species and induction of antioxidant defence systems in polar and temperate marine invertebrates and fish

D Abele, S Puntarulo - Comparative biochemistry and physiology part A …, 2004 - Elsevier
High oxygen solubility at cold-water temperature is frequently considered to be responsible
for an apparently elevated level of antioxidant protection in marine ectotherms from polar …

Mechanisms of heavy metal cation homeostasis in marine invertebrates

A Viarengo, JA Nott - Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C …, 1993 - Elsevier
The main mechanisms involved in heavy metal cation homeostasis in marine invertebrate
cells are described. 2. Metallothioneins are probably the most important soluble compounds …

Cadmium and copper display different responses towards oxidative stress in the kidney of the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

M Romeo, N Bennani, M Gnassia-Barelli, M Lafaurie… - Aquatic toxicology, 2000 - Elsevier
Copper and cadmium were ip injected into the fish Dicentrarchus labrax. Cu as Cd-treated
fish showed an enlargement of the lysosomal membrane of the kidney (pronephros), Cu …

Integrated use of biomarkers (acetylcholinesterase and antioxidant enzymes activities) in Mytilus galloprovincialis and Mullus barbatus in an Italian coastal marine …

MG Lionetto, R Caricato, ME Giordano… - Marine Pollution …, 2003 - Elsevier
The use of biomarkers to evaluate the biological effects of chemical pollutants in marine
organisms represents a recent tool in the monitoring field responding to the need to detect …