Antioxidant defences in hydrated and desiccated states of the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi
| Autor: | Patrizia Berselli, M. Negroni, Roberto Guidetti, Lorena Rebecchi, Angela Maria Rizzo, Bruno Berra, Paola Antonia Corsetto, Tiziana Altiero, Gigliola Montorfano |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Antioxidant
Hsps Physiology medicine.medical_treatment TBARS free radicals medicine.disease_cause fatty acids Biochemistry Antioxidants Superoxide dismutase Desiccation tolerance Tardigrade medicine oxidative stress Animals Desiccation Cryptobiosis Molecular Biology Heat-Shock Proteins reactive oxygen species chemistry.chemical_classification Reactive oxygen species Glutathione Peroxidase biology Superoxide Dismutase Glutathione peroxidase Fatty Acids glutathione metabolism anhydrobiosis Catalase Invertebrates Glutathione Reductase chemistry superoxide biology.protein Oxidative stress |
| Zdroj: | Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part B, Biochemistrymolecular biology. 156(2) |
| ISSN: | 1879-1107 |
| Popis: | Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are formed in all aerobic organisms, potentially leading to oxidative damage of all biological molecules. A number of defence mechanisms have developed to protect the organism from attack by ROS. Desiccation tolerance is correlated with an increase in the antioxidant potential in several organisms, but the regulation of the antioxidant defence system is complex and its role in desiccation-tolerant organisms is not yet firmly established. To determine if anhydrobiotic tardigrades have an antioxidant defence system, capable of counteracting ROS, we compared the activity of several antioxidant enzymes, the fatty acid composition and Heat shock protein expression in two physiological states (desiccated vs. hydrated) of the tardigrade Paramacrobiotus richtersi. In hydrated tardigrades, superoxide dismutase and catalase show comparable activities, while in desiccated specimens the activity of superoxide dismutase increases. Both glutathione peroxidase and glutathione were induced by desiccation. The percentage of fatty acid composition of polyunsaturated fatty acids and the amount of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances are higher in desiccated animals than in hydrated ones. Lastly, desiccated tardigrades did not differ significantly from the hydrated ones in the relative levels of Hsp70 and Hsp90. These results indicate that the possession of antioxidant metabolism could represent a crucial strategy to avoid damages during desiccation in anhydrobiotic tardigrades. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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