Nunes_2014_Environ.Sci.Pollut.Res.Int_21_7501

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Title : Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of metallic compounds on the flatfish Scophthalmus maximus: biomarkers of neurotoxicity, oxidative stress and metabolism - Nunes_2014_Environ.Sci.Pollut.Res.Int_21_7501
Author(s) : Nunes B , Brandao F , Sergio T , Rodrigues S , Goncalves F , Correia AT
Ref : Environ Sci Pollut Res Int , 21 :7501 , 2014
Abstract :

Flatfish species, such as the turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), are common targets for toxic effects, since they are exposed through the food chain (ingestion of contaminated preys) and are in direct contact with the waterborne contaminant and sediments. Furthermore, these fish species live in close proximity to interstitial water that frequently dissolves high amounts of contaminants, including metals. Despite this significant set of characteristics, the present knowledge concerning flatfish contamination and toxicity by metals is still scarce. To attain the objective of assessing the effects of metals on a flatfish species, S. maximus specimens were chronically exposed to lead, copper and zinc, at ecologically relevant concentrations, and biochemical (oxidative stress: catalase and glutathione S-transferases activities, and lipid peroxidation; neurotoxicity: cholinesterase activity) parameters were assessed on selected tissues (gills and liver). Copper had no significant effects on all tested parameters; lead was causative of significant increases in liver GSTs activities and also in lipoperoxidation of gill tissue; exposure to zinc caused a significant increase in catalase activity of gill tissue. None of the tested metals elicited noteworthy effects in terms of neurotoxicity. The obtained results showed that only the metal lead is of some environmental importance, since it was able to cause deleterious modifications of oxidative nature at relevant concentrations.

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Nunes B, Brandao F, Sergio T, Rodrigues S, Goncalves F, Correia AT (2014)
Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of metallic compounds on the flatfish Scophthalmus maximus: biomarkers of neurotoxicity, oxidative stress and metabolism
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21 :7501

Nunes B, Brandao F, Sergio T, Rodrigues S, Goncalves F, Correia AT (2014)
Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 21 :7501