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- MakaleYayıncıda açık erişim2025Scopus SJRQ4The effect of Dimethoate on oxidative stress and antioxidant responses of Pontastacus leptodactylus; [El efecto del dimetoato sobre el estrés oxidativo y las respuestas antioxidantes de Pontastacus leptodactylus]
Aydın, Ayşe Nur; Bulut, Hilal; Serdar, Osman
Dimethoate (DMT) pesticide is one of the chemicals used to protect some agricultural areas from harmful organisms. DMT residues released directly or indirectly to the environment cause serious problems in nature. DMT residues mixed with the aquatic environment adversely affect aquatic organisms and this effect is carried to humans through the food chain. In this study, oxidative stress responses induced by DMT pesticide in Pontastacus leptodactylus were investigated. For this purpose, oxidative stress and antioxidant parameters Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), Glutathione (GSH), Superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) and glutathione peroxidase (GPX) caused by dimethoate (DMT) pesticide in P. leptodactylus at 17.5, 35, and 70 mg·L-1 concentrations at 24 and 96 hours were investigated. Results were determined using ELISA kits. No significant difference was observed in GSH levels and SOD activities compared to control. Statistically significant differences were observed between decreases in CAT and GPx activities and increases in TBARS levels. SPSS 24.0 package program one–way ANOVA (Duncan 0.05) was used in the evaluation of biochemical analyzes. As a result, it was determined that DMT caused oxidative stress formation in P. leptodactylus and caused changes in enzyme activities.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2025Scopus SJRQ4The effect of the pesticide Klaxon on the oxidative stress and the antioxidant responses of the Zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha); [El efecto del pesticida Klaxon sobre el estrés oxidativo y las respuestas antioxidantes del mejillón cebra (Dreissena polymorpha)]
Ozcan, Ebru Ifakat
Klaxon pesticide represents a novel generation of insecticide employed in the control of diseases, pests and weeds in select agricultural regions. Pesticides that enter the aquatic environment indirectly have a detrimental impact on the organisms that inhabit this environment, and humans are ultimately exposed to these chemicals through the food chain. The present study investigated the toxicity of the klaxon pesticide in Dreissena polymorpha, a suitable bioindicator of water pollution, through the analysis of oxidative stress and metabolic biomarkers. The effects of klaxon at concentrations of 0.01, 0.15 and 0.30 mg·L-1 on oxidative stress and antioxidant changes in D. polymorpha were determined over a 24 – and 96–hour period. Enzyme–linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kits were employed to quantify the activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT) and thiobarbituric acid (TBARS), as well as to assess the levels of reduced glutathione (GSH). ELISA kits were used to determine results. Statistical evaluation of biomarker analyzes was performed using the SPSS 24.0 package program one–way ANOVA (Duncan 0.05) test. Significant decreases in GSH levels (P<0.05); significant increases in TBARS levels (P<0.05) were observed. Significant decreases (P<0.05) in SOD, CAT and GPx activities were observed. Considering the study data, it was determined that the klaxon pesticide penetrating the body of the living organism caused oxidative stress and changes in enzyme activities in D. polymorpha.
AtıfScopus1WoS1İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2024Scopus SJRQ4Erythropoietin and Hypericum perforatum ameliorate Gentamicin–induced nephrotoxicity in rats; [La eritropoyetina y el Hypericum perforatum mejoran la nefrotoxicidad inducida por gentamicina en ratas]
Ak, Tuba Parlak; Sağıroğlu, Meltem; Korkmaz, Gizem Elif; Yaman, Mine
Gentamicin (GM), which causes nephrotoxicity, is an aminoglycoside antibiotic commonly prescribed to treat of gram–negative infections. Erythropoietin (EPO), which has several biological functions including neuroprotection, wound healing and nephroprotection, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis. Hypericum perforatum (HP) is a medicinal herb with antibacterial and nephroprotective effects. The aim of this study is to demonstrate the efficacy of EPO and HP in GM nephrotoxicity using combined biochemical, histopathological and immunohistochemical evaluations together. A total of 36 male Spraque–Dawley rats were divided into as control, GM (100 mg·kg-1 day), GM+EPO, GM+HP, EPO (1000 IU·kg-1 three consecutive days apart) and HP (200 mg·kg-1 day) groups (n=6) and the experiment lasted for 9 days. GM–induced increased relative kidney weight and increased serum urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine and urea levels were reduced by EPO and HP. EPO and HP reduced the level of malondialdehyde (MDA), which increased with GM application, and increased the activities of reduced glutathione (GSH), glutathione peroxidase (GSH–Px), and catalase (CAT). GM nephrotoxicity resulted in tubular degeneration, vacuolization and hyaline deposits, glomerular degeneration and interstitial mononuclear cell infiltration. EPO and HP attenuated these histopathological changes. Also, EPO and HP also reduced caspase–3 immunoreactivities, which increased with GM application. It was shown that EPO and HP have attenuating effects on GM–induced kidney injury, and especially the intense antioxidant content of HP has a regulatory effect on the negative consequences of oxidative stress.