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Oxidative stress in Perna perna and other bivalves as indicators of environmental stress in the Brazilian marine environment: Antioxidants, lipid peroxidation and DNA damage

2006; Elsevier BV; Volume: 146; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.040

1531-4332

Eduardo Alves de Almeida, Afonso Celso Dias Bainy, Ana Paula de Melo Loureiro, Gláucia Regina Martinez, Sayuri Miyamoto, Janice Onuki, Lívea Fujita Barbosa, Camila García, Fernanda M. Prado, Graziella E. Ronsein, Carlos Alexandre Oliveira Sigolo, Cláudia Barbosa Brochini, Ana Maria Gracioso Martins, Marisa Helena Gennari de Medeiros, Paolo Di Mascio,

Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses

Oxidative stress can take place in marine bivalves under a series of environmental adverse conditions. The study of different systems related to oxidative stress in these organisms can give important information about their physiological status and also about environmental health. Bivalves have been proposed as good sentinel organisms in pollution monitoring studies through the analysis of biochemical biomarkers, and most of the biomarkers analyzed are those related to oxidative stress. However, it is very important to know how other environmental factors not associated to the presence of pollutants might affect these parameters. We have studied a series of mechanisms related to oxidative stress in mussels which inhabit the Brazilian coast, especially in Perna perna species, subjected to different stress conditions, such as the exposure to different contaminants in the laboratory and in the field, the exposure of mussels to air and re-submersion, simulating the tidal oscillations, and in mussels collected at different seasons. Both oxidative damage levels and antioxidant defense systems were strongly affected by the different environmental stress. This review summarizes the data obtained in some studies carried out in bivalves from the Brazilian coast.