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Oxidative stress indicators in populations of the gastropod Buccinanops globulosus affected by imposex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 December 2015

M. A. Primost ,
S. E. Sabatini ,
P. Di Salvatore ,
M. C. Ríos De Molina  and
G. Bigatti
M. A. Primost
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos IBIOMAR – CONICET, Bvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACV Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
S. E. Sabatini*
Affiliation:
IQUIBICEN-Dpto Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab. II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab. II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
P. Di Salvatore
Affiliation:
Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC)-CONICET, Houssay 200, V9410CAB. Ushuaia, Argentina
M. C. Ríos De Molina
Affiliation:
IQUIBICEN-Dpto Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab. II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
G. Bigatti
Affiliation:
Instituto de Biología de Organismos Marinos IBIOMAR – CONICET, Bvd. Brown 2915, U9120ACV Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB), Bvd. Brown S/N; U9120ACV Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:S.E. Sabatini, IQUIBICEN-Dpto Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Pab. II, Intendente Guiraldes 2160, C1428EHA, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina email: sabatini@bg.fcen.uba.ar
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Abstract

The gastropod Buccinanops globulosus is commonly used as a bioindicator of tributyltin (TBT) contamination due to its high imposex incidence in maritime traffic areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate both oxidative stress in B. globulosus at three sites with different maritime activity, and imposex incidence in Nuevo Gulf, Argentina. Oxidative stress parameters in digestive glands, like superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activities, reduced glutathione levels (GSH), and oxidative damage to lipids, estimated as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) as well as imposex parameters (% imposex and female penis length (FPL)) were measured in females. Gastropods from the harbour area showed 100% imposex, the highest FPL and TBARs content, as well as GSH levels and SOD activity.

The different oxidative stress responses and high imposex incidence at the harbour site may indicate a negative effect on the organism's physiological state due to environmental pollution.

Keywords

Oxidative stressimposexmarine pollutionBuccinanops globulosusNassariidae
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 97 , Issue 1 , February 2017 , pp. 35 - 42
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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