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Fish hepatic glutathione-S-transferase activity is affected by the cestode parasites Schistocephalus solidus and Ligula intestinalis: evidence from field and laboratory studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2011

SABRINA NADINE FRANK ,
STEFFEN FAUST ,
MARTIN KALBE ,
ACHIM TRUBIROHA ,
WERNER KLOAS  and
BERND SURES
SABRINA NADINE FRANK
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg/Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, D-45141 Essen, Germany Department of Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany
STEFFEN FAUST
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg/Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, D-45141 Essen, Germany
MARTIN KALBE
Affiliation:
Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, August-Thienemann-Strasse 2, 24306 Plön, Germany
ACHIM TRUBIROHA
Affiliation:
Department of Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany
WERNER KLOAS
Affiliation:
Department of Ecophysiology and Aquaculture, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, D-12587 Berlin, Germany
BERND SURES*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg/Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, D-45141 Essen, Germany
*
*Corresponding author: Department of Applied Zoology/Hydrobiology, University of Duisburg/Essen, Universitätsstrasse 5, D-45141 Essen, Germany. Tel: +492011832617. Fax: +492011832179. E-mail: bernd.sures@uni-due.de
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Summary

The activity of hepatic glutathione-S-transferase (GST) was analysed in 3 different fish species with respect to fish sex and infection with parasites. In both sexes of laboratory bred three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) experimentally infected with Schistocephalus solidus (Cestoda), a significantly lower GST-activity was found for infected fish compared to control. After field sampling of roach (Rutilus rutilus) from Lake Müggelsee (MS) and the Reservoir Listertalsperre (LTS), the GST-activity showed significantly lower values for males infected with Ligula intestinalis from MS (25%) and for infected females from LTS (55%). L. intestinalis-infected female chub (Leuciscus cephalus) from LTS also appeared to have a lower GST-activity. Thus, it could be shown that the presence of parasites significantly affects GST-activity in different fish species resulting in a decreased GST-activity due to infection. Our results therefore emphasize the need for more integrative approaches in environmental pollution research to clearly identify the possible effects of parasites in an effort to develop biomarkers for evaluating environmental health.

Keywords

Ligula intestinalisSchistocephalus solidusenvironmental pollutionsticklebackroachchub

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Parasitology , Volume 138 , Issue 7 , June 2011 , pp. 939 - 944
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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