Abstract
With the aim of investigate the acute effects of two concentrations (25 and 100%) of N. 6 fuel oil-water-accommodated fraction (OWAF) on antioxidant enzyme activities and immunological responses, fishes Thalassophryne maculosa were sampled from the La Restiga Lagoon, Margarita island, in eastern Venezuela. The antioxidant enzymes, catalase (CAT), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), glutathione reductase (GR) and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) were measured in liver and gills. The macrophagic phagocytosis and antibacterial lysozyme activity of anterior kidney were the immune parameters examined. Increases in gill GST activity and hepatic GR activity were observed after the exposure to 25 and 100% OWAF, respectively. GPX, CAT and immune responses were not affected by the experimental treatments. Our results demonstrated that among the antioxidant enzymes tested, GR and GST activities were the most sensible to the acute treatment with fuel oil, indicating changes in the redox cellular state that may result in oxidative stress in T. maculosa.
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