Abstract

FASSIANO, Anabella Victoria; ORTIZ, Nicolás  and  RIOS DE MOLINA, María del Carmen. Oxidative stress in cephalopods: I. TBARS determination. Acta toxicol. argent. [online]. 2012, vol.20, n.2, pp.57-61. ISSN 1851-3743.

Oxidative stress occurs when there is an unfavorable imbalance between reactive oxygen species and antioxidant defenses, causing oxidative damage to macromolecules. Several studies have highlighted the importance of oxidative stress in the ecology feld related to the impact generated by pollutants reaching water bodies. The quantifcation of oxidative stress parameters led to their use as diagnostic tools (biomarkers) with predictive capability of showing the impact of pollutants on organisms. One of the most frequently used indexes to estimate the oxidative damage to lipids is the determination of reactive thiobarbituric acid substances (TBARs) (fnal product of lipid peroxidation). Octopus tehuelchus is an important fshery resource in the Patagonian coast exposed to anthropogenic pollution. The study of oxidative stress parameters has not been yet tackled in this class of molluscs. Taking into account that, in many biological models, environmental pollutants generate oxidative stress, it is important to fnd their targets of action, to start to characterize metabolic and physiological alterations associated to their mechanisms of action. The aim of this work was to adjust the method of determination of oxidative damage to lipids in various tissues of the octopus, Octopus tehuelchus, from models previously tested in the laboratory.

Keywords : Oxidative stress; Octopus tehuelchus; Malondialdehyde; Cephalopods.

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