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Antioxidant enzymes in sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus (Selenka) during aestivation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2010

Wang Fangyu ,
Yang Hongsheng Yang ,
Wang Xiaoyu ,
Xing Kun  and
Gao Fei
Wang Fangyu
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China Henan Key Labaratory for Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Science, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
Yang Hongsheng Yang*
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
Wang Xiaoyu
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China The Engineering Research Center of Seawater Utilization Technology, Ministry of Education, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300130, China
Xing Kun
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China Dalian Fisheries University, Dalian, 116023, China
Gao Fei
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: H. Yang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Aquacultural ecology and Environmental Sciences, Institute of Oceanology, Qingdao, 266071, People's Republic of China email: hshyang@ms.qdio.ac.cn; hshyang@126.com
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Abstract

To evaluate the effect of antioxidant defence in coelomic fluid of sea cucumber, Apostichopus japonicus in aestivation was studied in the field from July to November 2006 in Qingdao. During the sampling period, activities of superoxide dismutase and catalase increased significantly in August and November. Activities of glutathione reductase and glutathione decreased significantly in August and increased significantly in November and activities of Se-glutathione peroxidase increased significantly in August. There were no significant differences in total glutathione peroxidase. In relation to the water temperature in the field, it is known that the oxygen consumption rate dropped and antioxidant defence was enhanced in August. The structure and function of respiratory trees of A. japonicus were completely vivified as normal in November, and it is suggested that antioxidant defence was enhanced because of the sharp change of oxygen consumption. Data indicate that both enzymatic and metabolite antioxidant defences in sea cucumber are adaptable systems that are modulated during pre-aestivating stage and arousing stage.

Keywords

antioxidant defenceaestivationApostichopus japonicus
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 91 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 209 - 214
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2010

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