To monitorthehealthofaquaticorganisms,biomarkershavebeenusedaseffectivetoolsinassessing environmentalrisk.Inthisstudywasexaminedtheteleost Coris julis, sampledintwomarinesitesin Messina(Italy)atdifferentpollutiondegree,Milazzo,characterizedbyastronganthropogenicimpact, and Marinello,thenaturalreserve. C. julis is aspeciesparticularlysuitabletobiomonitoringbecauseits feedinghabitsfavorbio-accumulationofxenobiotics. The followingbiomarkerswereusedtoestimatetheimpactofhighlypersistentpollutants:cellular localizationofcytochromeP4501A(CYP1A)andglutathione-S-transferase(GST)intheliver,their hepaticexpressionatthemRNAlevel,theenzymaticactivity(ERODandBPMO),themicronucleusand comet assaysintheblood,esterases(AChEinthebrainandBChEintheblood)activityandevaluationof PAH metabolitesinthebile. The presentfindingsprovideevidenceofstatisticallysignificantdifferencesinparametersbetween individualscollectedintwosites.
A multibiomarker approach in Coris julis living in a natural environment
FASULO, Salvatore;MAUCERI, Angela Rita;MAISANO, Maria;GIANNETTO, alessia;D'AGATA, ALESSIA;PARRINO, Vincenzo;MINUTOLI, Roberta;DE DOMENICO, ELENA
2010-01-01
Abstract
To monitorthehealthofaquaticorganisms,biomarkershavebeenusedaseffectivetoolsinassessing environmentalrisk.Inthisstudywasexaminedtheteleost Coris julis, sampledintwomarinesitesin Messina(Italy)atdifferentpollutiondegree,Milazzo,characterizedbyastronganthropogenicimpact, and Marinello,thenaturalreserve. C. julis is aspeciesparticularlysuitabletobiomonitoringbecauseits feedinghabitsfavorbio-accumulationofxenobiotics. The followingbiomarkerswereusedtoestimatetheimpactofhighlypersistentpollutants:cellular localizationofcytochromeP4501A(CYP1A)andglutathione-S-transferase(GST)intheliver,their hepaticexpressionatthemRNAlevel,theenzymaticactivity(ERODandBPMO),themicronucleusand comet assaysintheblood,esterases(AChEinthebrainandBChEintheblood)activityandevaluationof PAH metabolitesinthebile. The presentfindingsprovideevidenceofstatisticallysignificantdifferencesinparametersbetween individualscollectedintwosites.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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