Cholinesterases and neurotoxicity as highly sensitive biomarkers for an organophosphate insecticide in a freshwater gastropod (Chilina gibbosa) with low sensitivity carboxylesterases

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 144-145, Issue , 2013, Pages 26-35

  Bianco, Karina ^a   Yusseppone, María Soledad ^a,b   Otero, Sofía ^a   Luquet, Carlos ^c   Ríos de Molina, María del Carmen ^a,b   Kristoff, Gisela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología Acuática INBIOMA CONICET UNCo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antioxidant defenses; Azinphos methyl; B esterases; Biomarkers; Invertebrates

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENYL ACETATE; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE; AZINPHOS METHYL; BUTYRIC ACID 4 NITROPHENYL ESTER; BUTYRYLTHIOCHOLINE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CATALASE; CHOLINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINESTERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; PHYSOSTIGMINE; PROPIONYLTHIOCHOLINE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT; BIOMARKER; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROPOD; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILINA GIBBOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GASTROPOD; IC 50; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; RIO NEGRO [ARGENTINA];

1-CHLORO-2,4-DINITROBENZENE; 5,5′-DITHIO-2-BIS-NITROBENZOATE; 50% INHIBITION CONCENTRATION; ACETYLTHIOCHOLINE IODIDE; ANTIOXIDANT DEFENSES; ASCH; AZINPHOS-METHYL; B-ESTERASES; BIOMARKERS; BSCH; BUTYRYLTHIOCHOLINE IODIDE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CAT; CATALASE; CDNB; CE; CHE; CHOLINESTERASE; DTNB; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE S-TRANSFERASE; GSH; GST; IC(50); INVERTEBRATES; ISO-OMPA; NOEC; OP; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; P-NITROPHENYL ACETATE; P-NITROPHENYL BUTYRATE; P-NPA; P-NPB; PROPIONYLTHIOCHOLINE IODIDE; PRSCH; SOD; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TETRAISOPROPYL PYROPHOSPHORAMIDE; THE NO OBSERVED EFFECT CONCENTRATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHOLINESTERASES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASTROPODA; INSECTICIDES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885895934     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: 18791514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2013.09.025     Document Type: Article

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