Effects of benzo(k)fluoranthene exposure on the biomarkers of scallop Chlamys farreri

• Published in: Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Toxicology & pharmacology Vol. 141; no. 3; pp. 248 - 256
• Main Authors: Pan, Luqing, Ren, Jiayun, Liu, Jing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.07.2005
• Subjects: Alexipharmic courses; Animals; Benzo(k)fluoranthene; Biomarker; Biomarkers - metabolism; BKF toxicity; Catalase - biosynthesis; Chlamys; Chlamys farreri; Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 - biosynthesis; Digestive gland; Digestive System - drug effects; Digestive System - enzymology; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Fluorenes - toxicity; Gills; Gills - drug effects; Gills - enzymology; Glutathione Peroxidase - biosynthesis; Glutathione Transferase - biosynthesis; Lipid Peroxidation - drug effects; Lipid Peroxidation - physiology; Marine; Mechanism; Mollusca - drug effects; Mollusca - enzymology; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Biomarker; Alexipharmic courses; Benzo(k)fluoranthene; Gills; Chlamys farreri; Digestive gland; BKF toxicity; Mechanism

Scallops ( Chlamys ferrari) were cultured for 30 days in seawater containing benzo(k)fluoranthene (BkF) at 0.5, 1.0 and 10.0 μg/L. No effects were noted on 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in digestive gland at low concentrations (0.5 and 1 μg/L) of BkF, but BkF increased the glutathio...