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Comparative effect of pesticides on brain acetylcholinesterase in tropical fish

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 441; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.09.058

1879-1026

Caio Rodrigo Dias Assis, Amanda Guedes Linhares, Vagne de Melo Oliveira, Renata Cristina Penha França, Elba Verônica Matoso Maciel de Carvalho, Ranilson de Souza Bezerra, Luiz Bezerra de Carvalho,

Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Monitoring of pesticides based on acetylcholinesterase (AChE; EC 3.1.1.7) inhibition in vitro avoids interference of detoxification defenses and bioactivation of some of those compounds in non-target tissues. Moreover, environmental temperature, age and stress are able to affect specific enzyme activities when performing in vivo studies. Few comparative studies have investigated the inter-specific differences in AChE activity in fish. Screening studies allow choosing the suitable species as source of AChE to detect pesticides in a given situation. Brain AChE from the tropical fish: pirarucu (Arapaima gigas), cobia (Rachycentron canadum) and Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) were characterized and their activities were assayed in the presence of pesticides (the organophosphates: dichlorvos, diazinon, chlorpyrifos, temephos, tetraethyl pyrophosphate— TEPP and the carbamates: carbaryl and carbofuran). Inhibition parameters (IC50 and Ki) for each species were found and compared with commercial AChE from electric eel (Electrophorus electricus). Optimal pH and temperature were found to be 8.0 and 35–45 °C, respectively. A. gigas AChE retained 81% of the activity after incubation at 50 °C for 30 min. The electric eel enzyme was more sensitive to the compounds (mainly carbofuran, IC50 of 5 nM), excepting the one from A. gigas (IC50 of 9 nM) under TEPP inhibition. These results show comparable sensitivity between purified and non-purified enzymes suggesting them as biomarkers for organophosphorus and carbamate detection in routine environmental and food monitoring programs for pesticides.