Preliminary study of oxidative stress biomarkers and trace elements in North Sea Harbour Seals

[en] This preliminary study investigated the potential correlations between trace elements (mercury, zinc, cadmium, copper, selenium, lead, nickel, chromium, lithium and vanadium) concentrations, measured in red blood cells, and oxidative stress biomarkers (total thiols, total glutathione, total and selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidases, triglycerides, malondialdehyde) assessed in the respective serum, in males and females P. vitulina, sampled in the Wadden Sea in spring and autumn 2015. Only concentrations of total mercury and zinc showed significant differences by sex, and only lipid peroxidation was different by season. Moreover, significant positive and negative correlations were observed between biomarkers (triglycerides, thiols, malondialdehyde, glutathione) and trace element concentrations (copper, lead, mercury, nickel, zinc). These findings suggest that the studied biomarkers could be useful for the assessment of oxidative stress in harbour seals exposed to trace elements, but further research with larger sample sizes is needed to better understand their specific associations.

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FOCUS - Freshwater and OCeanic science Unit of reSearch - ULiège

Disciplines :

Environmental sciences & ecology

Author, co-author :

Gismondi, Eric ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Ecologie animale et écotoxicologie

Daneels, Lucienne

Damseaux, France ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanographie biologique

Lehnert, Kristina

Siebert, Ursula

Das, Krishna ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Océanographie biologique

Language :

English

Title :

Preliminary study of oxidative stress biomarkers and trace elements in North Sea Harbour Seals

Publication date :

February 2021

Journal title :

Marine Pollution Bulletin

ISSN :

0025-326X

eISSN :

1879-3363

Publisher :

Elsevier, United Kingdom

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Development Goals :

14. Life below water

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since 30 December 2020

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