Anti-oxidative feedback and biomarkers in the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica induced by exposure to copper, lead and cadmium.
To investigate the potential influences of anthropogenic pollutants, we evaluated the responses of the intertidal seagrass Zostera japonica to three heavy metals: copper (Cu), lead (Pb), and cadmium (Cd). Z. japonica was exposed to various concentrations of Cu, Pb, and Cd (0, 0.5, 5, 50μM) over seven days. The effects were then analyzed using the antioxidant enzyme catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), glutathione peroxidase (GPX), and lipid peroxidation measured using malondialdehyde (MDA) as proxy. Metal accumulation in the above-ground tissues and phenotypic changes were also investigated. Our results revealed that heavy metal concentration increased in seagrass exposed to high levels of metals. Z. japonica has great potential for metal accumulation and a suitable candidate for the decontamination of moderately Cu contaminated bodies of water and can also potentially enhanced efforts of environmental decontamination, either through phytoextraction abilities or by functioning as an indicator for monitoring programs that use SOD, CAT, GPX, POD and MDA as biomarkers.
['Lin|Haiying|H|', 'Sun|Tao|T|', 'Zhou|Yi|Y|', 'Zhang|Xiaomei|X|']
D000975:Antioxidants D015415:Biomarkers D002104:Cadmium D002374:Catalase D003300:Copper D004784:Environmental Monitoring D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase D007854:Lead D015227:Lipid Peroxidation D008315:Malondialdehyde D019216:Metals, Heavy D018384:Oxidative Stress D013482:Superoxide Dismutase D035962:Zosteraceae
Biomarker Seagrass Zostera japonica Heavy metals Antioxidant response