Do metals inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AchE)? Implementation of assay conditions for the use of AchE activity as a biomarker of metal toxicity

Biomarkers

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 360-375

  Frasco, M F ^a,b   Fournier, D ^c   Carvalho, F ^a   Guilhermino, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE ET DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinestrase; Biomarker; Ellman's assay; In vitro studies; Metals

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUFFER; CADMIUM; CHOLINESTERASE; COPPER; ESTERASE; MERCURY; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; PHOSPHATE; TROMETAMOL; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; TOXICITY TESTING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BUFFERS; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; METALS; NITROPHENOLS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 28244482330     PISSN: 1354750X     EISSN: 13665804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13547500500264660     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Ahn IY, Lee SH, Kim KT, Shim JH, Kim DY. 1996. Baseline heavy metal concentrations in the Antarctic Clam, Laternula elliptica in Maxwell Bay, King George Island, Antarctica. Marine Pollution Bulletin 32:592-598.
2. Andreescu S, Magearu V, Lougarre A, Fournier D, Marty J-L. 2001. Immobilization of enzymes on screen-printed sensors via an histidine tail. Application to the detection of pesticides using modified cholinesterase. Analytical Letters 34:529-540.
3. Ayati M, Madsen HEL. 2000. Crystallization of some heavy-metal phosphates alone and in the presence of calcium ion. Journal of Crystal Growth 208:579-591.
4. Beauvais SL, Jones SB, Parris JT, Brewer SK, Little EE. 2001. Cholinergic and behavioural neurotoxicity of carbaryl and cadmium to larval rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 49:84-90.
5. Cano E, Simancas J, Polo JL, Torres CL, Bastidas JM, Alcolea J. 1999. Early corrosion failure of copper tubing used in air-conditioning units. Materials and Corrosion 50:103-110.
6. Carr RL, Chambers JE. 1996. Kinetic analysis of the in vitro inhibition, aging, and reactivation of brain acetylcholinesterase from rat and channel catfish by paraoxon and chlorpyrifos-oxon. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology 139:365-373.
7. Chaabihi H, Fournier D, Fedon Y, Bossy JP, Ravallec M, Devauchelle G, Cerruti M. 1994. Biochemical characterization of Drosophila melanogaster acetylcholinesterase expressed by recombinant baculoviruses. Biochemistry and Biophysics Research Communications 203:734-742.
8. Cortet J, Vauflery AG-D, Poinsot-Balaguera N, Gomot L, Texier C, Cluzeau D. 1999. The use of invertebrate soil fauna in monitoring pollutant effects. European Journal of Soil Biology 35:115-134.
9. Devi M, Fingerman M. 1995. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in the central nervous system of red swamp cray fish, Procambarus clarkia by mercury, cadmium and lead. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 55:746-750.
10. Diamantino TC, Almeida E, Soares AMVM, Guilhermino L. 2003. Characterization of cholinesterases from Daphnia magna Straus and their inhibition by zinc. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 71:219-225.
11. Ellman GL, Courtney KD, Andres V, Featherstone RM. 1961. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity. Biochemical Pharmacology 7:88-95.
12. Estrada-Mondaca S, Fournier D. 1998. Stabilization of recombinant Drosophila acetylcholinesterase. Protein Expression and Purification 12:166-172.
13. Eyer P, Worek F, Kiderlen D, Sinko G, Stuglin A, Simeon-Rudolf V, Reiner E. 2003. Molar absorption coefficients for the reduced Ellman reagent: reassessment. Analytical Biochemistry 312:224-227.
14. Giles NM, Watts AB, Giles GI, Fry FH, Littlechild JA, Jacob C. 2003. Metal and redox modulation of cysteine protein function. Chemistry and Biology 10:677-693.
15. Guilhermino L, Barros P, Silva MC, Soares AMVM. 1998. Should the use of inhibition of cholinesterases as a specific biomarker for organophosphate and carbamate pesticides be questioned? Biomarkers 3:157-163.
16. Irato P, Santovito G, Cassini A, Piccinni E, Albergoni V. 2003. Metal accumulation and binding protein induction in Mytilus galloprovincialis, Scapharca inaequivalvis, and Tapes philippinarum from the Lagoon of Venice. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 44:476-484.
17. Karnovsky MJ, Roots L. 1964. A 'direct-coloring' thiocholine method for cholinesterases. Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry 12:219-221.
18. Key PB, Fulton MH. 2002. Characterization of cholinesterase activity in tissues of the grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 72:186-192.
19. Koelle GB, Friedenwald JS. 1949. A histochemical method for localizing cholinesterase activity. Proceedings of the Society of Experimental Biology and Medicine 70:617-622.
20. Labrot F, Ribera D, Saint MD, Narbonne JF. 1996. In vitro and in vivo studies of potential biomarkers of lead and uranium contamination: lipid peroxidation, acetylcholinesterase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase activities in three non-mammalian species. Biomarkers 1:23-30.
21. Najimi S, Bouhaimi A, Daubèze M, Zekhnini A, Pellerin J, Narbonne JF, Moukrim A. 1997. Use of acetylcholinesterase in Perna perna and Mytilus galloprovincialis as a biomarker of pollution in Agadir Marine Bay (South of Morocco). Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 58:901-908.
22. Olson DL, Christensen GM. 1980. Effects of water pollutants and other chemicals on fish acetylcholinesterase (in vitro). Environmental Research 21:327-335.
23. Paborsky LR, Dunn KE, Gibbs CS, Dougherty JP. 1996. A nickel chelate microtiter plate assay for six histidine-containing proteins. Analytical Biochemistry 234:60-65.
24. Payne JF, Mathieu A, Melvin W, Fancey LL. 1996. Acetlcholinesterase, an old biomarker with a new future? Field trials in association with two urban rivers and a paper mill in Newfoundland. Marine Pollution Bulletin 32:225-231.
25. Pessah IN, Sokolove PG. 1983. Determination and characterization of cholinesterases in localized tissues of the giant garden slugs Limax maximus (Linnaeus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 74C:281-289.
26. Porcelli F, Delfini M, Del Giudice MR. 1999. The kinetic inhibition of acetylcholinesterase from human herytrocyte by tacrine and some tacrine derivatives. Bioorganic Chemistry 27:197-205.
27. Rodríguez-Fuentes G, Gold-Bouchot G. 2004. Characterization of cholinesterase activity from different tissues of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Marine Environment Research 58:505-509.
28. Romani R, Antognelli C, Baldracchini F, De Santis A, Isani G, Giovannini E, Rosi G. 2003. Increased acetylcholinesterase activities in specimens of Sparus auratus exposed to sublethal copper concentrations. Chemico-Biological Interactions 145:321-329.
29. Sanz P, Repetto M. 1995. Implicaciones toxicologicas de las enzimas colinesterasas. In: Repetto M, editor. Toxicologia avanzada. Madrid: Diaz de Santos. p. 117-145.
30. 3+: comparison of the effects of metal ions on cholinesterases. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 122C:181-190.
31. Smolders AJP, Lock RAC, Van der Velde G, Hoyos RIM, Roelofs JGM. 2003. Effects of mining activities on heavy metal concentrations in water, sediment, and macroinvertebrates in different reaches of the Pilcomayo River, South America. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 44:314-323.
32. Stevens L. 1992. Buffers and the determination of protein concentrations. In: Eisenthal R, Danson MJ, editors. Enzyme assays - a practical approach. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 317-335.
33. Sturm A, Silva de Assis HC, Hansen P-D. 1999. Cholinesterases of marine teleost fish: enzymological characterization and potential use in the monitoring of neurotoxic contamination. Marine Environmental Research 47:389-398.
34. Sugiyama S, Ichii T, Fujisawa M, Kawashiro K, Tomida T, Shigemoto N, Hayashi H. 2003. Heavy metal immobilization in aqueous solution using calcium hydrogen phosphates. Journal of Colloid Interface Science 259:408-410.
35. Suresh A, Sivaramakrishna B, Victoriamma PC, Radhakrishnaiah K. 1992. Comparative study on the inhibition of acetyleholinesterase activity in the freshwater fish Cyprinus carpio by mercury and zinc. Biochemistry International 26:367-375.
36. Tomlinson G, Mutus B, McLennan I. 1981. Activation and inactivation of acetylcholinesterase by metal ions. Canadian Journal of Biochemistry 59:728-735.
37. Tsuji S, Larabi Y. 1983. A modification of thiocholine-ferricyanide method of Karnovsky and Roots for localization of acetylcholinesterase activity without interference by Koelle's copper thiocholine iodide precipitate. Histochemistry 78:317-323.
38. Usero J, Izquierdo C, Morillo J, Gracia I. 2003. Heavy metals in fish (Solea vulgaris, Anguilla anguilla and Liza aurata) from salt marshes on the southern Atlantic coast of Spain. Environment International 29:949-956.
39. 2. Journal of Solid State Chemistry 157:68-75.
40. Zar JH. 1996. Biostatistical analysis. 3th ed. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
41. Zatta P, Ibn-Lkhayat-Idrissi M, Zambenedetti P, Kilyen M, Kiss T. 2002. In vivo and in vitro effects of aluminium on the activity of mouse brain acetylcholinesterase. Brain Research Bulletin 59:41-45.