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Evaluation of biological effects of cobalt-nanocomposites with the use of biochemical markers of bivalve mollusk Anodonta cygnea
H. I. Falfushynska1, L. L. Gnatyshyna1, O. B. Stoliar1, N. E. Mitina2, O. S. Zaichenko2, Ye. Z. Filyak3, R. S. Stoika3
1Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ukraine;
e-mail: halynka.f@gmail.com, oksana.stolyar@gmail.com;
2Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine;
3Institute of Cell Biology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Lviv;
e-mail: stoika@cellbiol.lviv.ua
Intensive implementation of nanomaterials requires development of novel methods for evaluation of their potential ecotoxicity. The aim of our study was to identify specific characteristics of the effect of cobalt-nanocomposite (Co-NC) on the molecular stress-responsive system in the digestive gland of bivalve mollusk Anodonta cygnea. Nanocomposite was synthesized by mixing alcohol solution of copolymer N-vinylpirrolidone, 5-(tret-butylperoxy)-5-methyl-1-hexene-3-yne and dimethylaminoethylmetacrylate and cobalt (II) chloride. After 14 days of the mollusk exposure in the presence of Co-NC, CoCl2 or corresponding polymer substance it was shown that the Co NC, in contrast to other agents, does not cause an oxidative stress due to the superoxide dismutase activity, metallotioneins (MTs) level, glutathione redox index and oxyradical production. Multivariate analysis confirmed specific features of the Co NC’s effect related to an enhanced expression of MTs, while CoCl2 activated lactate dehydrogenate and oxyradical production, and polymer substance enhanced glutathione transferase activity.
Population-related peculiarities of molecular stress-responsive systems of bivalve mollusk under the effect of tetrazine pesticide
H. I. Falfushynska, L. L. Gnatyshyna, O. B. Stoliar
Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ternopil National Pedagogical University, Ukraine;
e-mail: halynka.f@gmail.com, oksana.stolyar@gmail.com
Tetrazine pesticides are widely used for the treatment of crops in most EU countries and USA. However, data about the effect of environmentally realistic concentrations of biocides on the molecular stress response system in non-target organisms are absent. The aim of our study was the comparison of adaptive capability of bivalve mollusk Anodonta cygnea from two populations under the effects of commercial pesticide Apollo in terms of biochemical parameters of the digestive gland. The differences between parameters of oxidative stress and glutathione transferase activity in specimens of control groups from clean (I group) and polluted (B group) areas have been shown. Under the effect of Apollo, the level of protein carbonyls and microsomal oxidation processes increased, and the level of metallothioneins and oxyradical formation decreased in the specimens from both populations. However, the treatment provoked the activation of antioxidant processes in the I group and their inhibition in B group. Potentially the injury of cellular thiols, glutathione and metallothioneins, seems to be key point of tetrazine pesticides toxicity.