Inhibition and recovery of cholinesterases in Odontophrynus americanus tadpoles exposed to fenitrothion
We determined the levels of brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and tail butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activities in tadpoles of Odontophrynus americanus exposed to a commercial formulation of fenitrothion. The mean brain AChE activities in the controls tadpoles varied from 6.91 to 6.39 µmol min-1 mg-1...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | Argentina |
| Recursos: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repositorio: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/104080 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/104080 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | TADPOLES CHOLINESTERASES FENITROTHION RECOVERY https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Resumo: | We determined the levels of brain acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and tail butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) activities in tadpoles of Odontophrynus americanus exposed to a commercial formulation of fenitrothion. The mean brain AChE activities in the controls tadpoles varied from 6.91 to 6.39 µmol min-1 mg-1 protein, whereas tail BChE activities ranged among 0.26 to 0.17 µmol min-1 mg-1 protein; the two sub- lethal concentrations of fenitrothion assayed produced AChE and BChE inhibition (p < 0.01). Brain AChE recovered a substantial level of activity with a maximum of 93.2%; after the transference of tadpoles to a free-pesticide solution, whereas tail BChE recovery showed a smaller increase (39%) in the activity at 168 hr after to transference to clear water. According with our results, we suggest that tadpole’s tail BChE presents higher sensibility than brain AChE. |
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