Superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in the digestive gland and gills of the freshwater bivalve Unio pictorum from the Sava river

Autor: Borković-Mitić Slavica S., Kovačević Tijana B., Perendija Branka R., Despotović Svetlana G., Gavrić Jelena P., Pavlović S.Z., Saičić Zorica S.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2011
Předmět:
Zdroj: Archives of Biological Sciences, Vol 63, Iss 1, Pp 185-192 (2011)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0354-4664
DOI: 10.2298/ABS1101185B
Popis: We investigated the potential use of the antioxidant defense enzymes in freshwater mussel (Unio pictorum) as biomarkers of oxidative stress. The enzymatic activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD, EC 1.15.1.1) and catalase (CAT, EC 1.11.1.6), total protein concentration in addition to protein and SOD electrophoretic profiles were examined in the digestive gland and gills of the freshwater bivalve Unio pictorum at two localities on the River Sava. The differences between SOD and CAT activities in examined tissues of freshwater bivalve Unio pictorum reflect dissimilar metabolic and antioxidative activities and this can be the result of both tissue or locality specificities and diverse ecophysiological influences on the organism.
Databáze: Directory of Open Access Journals