Brain acetylcholinesterase activity as a potential biomarker for the rapid assessment of chlorpyrifos toxicity in a euryhaline fish, Oreochromis mossambicus

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-22

  Rao, J Venkateswara ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Chlorpyrifos; Inhibition; LC 50; Oreochromis (Tilapia) mossambicus; Recovery

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 42249094178     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270701779478     Document Type: Article

References (45)

1. Ait Alla A, Mouneyrac C, Durou C, Moukrim A, Pellerin J. 2006. Tolerance and biomarkers as useful tools for assessing environmental quality in the Oued Souss estuary (Bay of Agadir, Morocco). Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part C. 143(1):23-29.
2. American Public Health Association (APHA). 1998. Standard Methods for the examination of Water and Wastewater. 20th ed. Washington (DC): American Public Health Association.
3. Amiard JC, Caquet T, Lagadic L. 2000. Biomarkers as tools for environmental quality assessment. In: Lagadic L, Caquet T, Amiard JC, Ramade F, editors. Use of Biomarkers for Environmental Quality Assessment. Enfield, New Hampshire: Science Publishers, Inc. p 17-27.
4. Barron MG, Woodburn KB. 1995. Ecotoxicology of chlorpyrifos. Rev. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 144:1-93.
5. Beauvias SL, Cole KJ, Atchison GJ, Coffey M. 2002. Factors affecting brain cholinesterase activity in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus). Water Air Soil Poll. 135:249-264.
6. Benke GM, Murphy SD. 1974. Anticholinesterase action of methyl parathion, parathion and azinphosmethyl in mice and fish: onset and recovery of inhibition. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 12:117-122.
7. Carr RL, Ho LL, Chambers JE. 1997. Selective toxicity of chlorpyrifos to several species of fish during an environmental exposure: Biochemical mechanisms. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 16:2369-2374.
8. Chambers JE, Boone JS, Carr RL, Chambers HW, Straus DL. 2004. Biomarkers as Predictors in Health and Ecological Risk Assessment. Human. Ecol. Risk. Assess. 8(1):165-176.
9. Eisler R. 1970. Acute toxicities of organochlorine and organophosphorous insecticides to estuarine fishes. Washington, D.C.: US. Bur. Sport Fish Wild. Tech. Pap. 46:12.
10. Ellman GL, Courtney KD, Andres Jr. VV, Featherstone RM. 1961. A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity. Biochem. Pharmacol. 7:88-95.
11. Ferrari A, Anguiano OL, Soleño J, Venturino A, Pechen de D'Angelo AM. 2004. Different susceptibility of two aquatic vertebrates (Oncorhynchus mykiss and Bufo arenarum) to azinphos methyl and carbaryl. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C. 139:239-243.
12. Finney DJ. 1971. Probit Analysis. 2nd ed. Cambridge, London and New York: Cambridge University Press.
13. Fulton MH, Key PB. 2001. Acetylcholinesterase inhibition in estuarine fish and invertebrates as an indicator of organophosphorus insecticide exposure and effects. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 20(1):37-45.
14. Galloway TS, Millward N, Browne MA, Depledge MH. 2002. Rapid assessment of organophosphorous/carbamate exposure in the bivalve mollusc Mytilus edulis using combined esterase activities as biomarker. Aquat. Toxicol. 61:169-180.
15. Hernandez S, Juan C, Sanchez Moreno B. 2002. Lizard cholinesterases as biomarkers of pesticide exposure: enzymological characterization. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 21:2319-2325.
16. Johnson WW, Finley MT. 1980. Handbook of acute toxicity of chemicals to fish and aquatic invertebrates. Washington (DC): US Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. Resource Publication 137. 98 p.
17. Kirby MF, Morris S, Hurst M, Kirby SJ, Neall P, Tylor T, Fagg A. 2000. The use of cholinesterase activity in flounder (Platichthys flesus) muscle tissue as a biomarker of neurotoxic contamination in UK estuaries. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 40:780-791.
18. Koeman JH, Kolher-Gunter A, Kurelec B. 1993. Applications and objectives of biomarker research. In: Biomarkers: Research and Application in the Assessment of Environmental Health. Peakall DB, and Shugart LR, editors. NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series Vol. H 68. Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer Verlag. p 1-13.
19. Lowry OH, Rosebrough NJ, Farr AL, Randall RJ. 1951. Protein measurement with folin phenol reagent. J. Biol. Chem. 193:265-275.
20. Mathur SC, Tannan SK. 1999. Future of Indian pesticides industry in the next millennium. Pest. Inform. 24:9-11.
21. Moreira SM, Guilhermino L. 2005. The Use of Mytilus galloprovincialis Acetylcholinesterase and Glutathione S-Transferases activities as biomarkers of environmental contamination along the Northwest Portuguese Coast. Environ. Monit. Assess. 105:309-325.
22. National Registration Authority (NRA). 2000. The NRA Review of CHLORPYRIFOS, Volume 1, NRA Review Series 00.5. Canberra, Australia: National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals.
23. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 1992. OECD Guideline for Testing of Chemicals, Test No. 203: Fish-Acute Toxicity Test. 1:1-9.
24. Patocka J, Cabal J, Kuca K, Jun D. 2005. Oxime reactivation of acetylcholinesterase inhibited by toxic phosphorus esters: in vitro kinetics and thermodynamics. J. Appl. Biomed. 3:91-99.
25. Podolska M, Napierska D. 2006. Acetylcholinesterase activity in hosts (herring Clupea harengus) and parasites (Anisakis simplex larvae) from the southern Baltic. ICES. J. Mar. Sci. 63:161-168.
26. Pope CN. 1999. Organophosphorus insecticides: Do they all have the same mechanism of action? J. Toxicol. Environ. Heal. B. 2:161-181.
27. Richmonds CR, Dutta HM. 1992. Effect of malathion on the brain acetylcholinesterase activity of bluegill sunfish Lepomis macrochirus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49:431-435.
28. Sandahl JF, Baldwin DH, Jenkins JJ, Scholz NL. 2005. Comparative thresholds for acetylcholinesterase inhibition and behavioral impairment in coho salmon exposed to chlorpyrifos. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24:136-145.
29. Sarikaya R, Selvi M, Koçak O, Erkoç, F. 2007. Investigation of acute toxicity of fenitrothion on guppies Poecilia reticulata. J. Appl. Toxicol. 27(4):318-321.
30. Selvi M, Sarikaya R, Erkoc F, Kocak O. 2005. Investigation of acute toxicity of chlorpyrifos-methyl on guppy Poecilia reticulata. Chemosphere. 60:93-96.
31. Sismeiro-Vivas J, Abrantes N, Pereira JL, Castro BB, Gonçalves F. 2007. Short-term effects of Quirlan® (chlorfenvinphos) on the behavior and acetylcholinesterase activity of Gambusia holbrooki. Environ. Toxicol. 22(2):194-202.
32. Sturm A, Radau TS, Hahn T, Schulz R. 2007. Inhibition of rainbow trout acetylcholinesterase by aqueous and suspended particle-associated organophosphorous insecticides. Chemosphere. 68:605-612.
33. United Nations Environment Program/Food and Agricultural Organization/International Atomic Energy Agency. 1989. Estimation of the Acute Lethal Toxicity of Pollutants to Marine Fish and Invertebrates. Reference methods for marine pollution studies. Nairobi: United Nations Environment Program. No. 43.
34. van der Oost R, Vermeulen BJ. N.P.E. 2003. Fish bioaccumulation and biomarkers in environmental risk assessment: a review. Environ. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 13:57-149.
35. van der Wei H, Welling W. 1989. Inhibition of acetylcholinesterase in guppies (Poecilia reticulata) by chlorpyrifos at sublethal Concentrations: Methodological aspects. Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 17:205-215.
36. Venkateswara Rao J. 2004. Effects of monocrotophos and its analogs in acetylcholine-esterase activity's inhibition and its pattern of recovery on euryhaline fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 59:217-222.
37. Venkateswara Rao J, Ghousia B, Pallela R, Usman PK, Nageswara Rao R. 2005a. Changes in behavior and brain acetylcholinesterase activity in mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis in response to the sub-lethal exposure to chlorpyrifos. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public. Heal. 2:478-483.
38. Venkateswara Rao J, Ghousia B, Sridhar V, Chakra Reddy N. 2005b. Sublethal effects of Monocrotophos on locomotor behavior and gill architecture of the mosquito fish, Gambusia affinis. J. Environ. Sci. Heal. B. 40:1-13.
39. Venkateswara Rao J, Kavitha P, Jakka NM, Sridhar V, Usman PK. 2007. Toxicity of organophosphates on morphology and locomotor behavior in Brine Shrimp, Artemia salina. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 53(2):227-232.
40. Venkateswara Rao J, Parvathi K, Kavitha P, Jakka NM, Pallela R. 2005. Effect of chlorpyrifos and monocrotophos on locomotor behaviour and acetylcholinesterase activity of subterranean termites, Odontotermes obesus. Pest Manag. Sci. 61:417-421.
41. Venkateswara Rao J, Shilpanjali D, Kavitha P, Madhavendra SS. 2003a. Toxic effects of profenofos on tissue acetylcholinesterase and gill morphology in a euryhaline fish, Oreochromis mossambicus. Arch. Toxicol. 77:227-232.
42. Venkateswara Rao J, Shoba Rani CH, Kavitha P, Nageswara Rao R, Madhavendra SS. 2003b. Toxic effects of chlorpyrifos on Oreochromis mossambicus. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 70:985-992.
43. Wheelock CE, Eder KJ, Werner I, Huang H, Jones PD, Brammell BF, Elskus AA, Hammock BD. 2005. Individual variability in esterase activity and CYP1A levels in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) exposed to esfenvalerate and chlorpyrifos. Aquat. Toxicol. 74:172-192.
44. Zucker E. 1985. Hazard Evaluation Division - Standard Evaluation Procedure - Acute Test for Freshwater Fish. Washington, D.C.: U.S. EPA Publication 540/9-85-006.
45. Zinkl JG, Lockhart WL, Kenny SA, Ward FJ. 1991. The effects of cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides on fish. In Mineau P, editor. Chemicals in agriculture: Cholinesterase inhibiting insecticides. Their impact on wildlife and the environment. Vol.2. London: Elsevier. p 233-254.