Oxidative stress indicators and chemical contaminants in East Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting two foraging coastal lagoons in the Baja California peninsula

2011 ◽  
Vol 154 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanessa Labrada-Martagón ◽  
Paola A. Tenorio Rodríguez ◽  
Lia C. Méndez-Rodríguez ◽  
Tania Zenteno-Savín
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Baja California ◽  
Coastal Lagoons ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Baja California Peninsula ◽  
Stress Indicators ◽  
Chemical Contaminants ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
East Pacific ◽  
Oxidative Stress Indicators

Diet selection by immature green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Bahía Magdalena foraging ground in the Pacific Coast of the Baja California Peninsula, México

2008 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 641-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milagros López-Mendilaharsu ◽  
Susan C. Gardner ◽  
Rafael Riosmena-Rodriguez ◽  
Jeffrey A. Seminoff
Keyword(s):  
Baja California ◽  
Gastric Lavage ◽  
Chelonia Mydas ◽  
Sea Turtle ◽  
Baja California Peninsula ◽  
Green Turtles ◽  
Turtle Conservation ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Preferred Species ◽  
Conservation Plans

In order to determine if eastern Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) exhibit feeding preferences samples of recently ingested food items were compared to the food resources available in the marine environment where C. mydas congregates. Stomach samples were collected by conducting gastric lavage and, at the same time, vegetation transects were conducted during spring and winter. Green turtles in our study selectively consumed seaweeds, with Codium amplivesiculatum and Gracialaria textorii as preferred species. Differences in the consumption of species were found across the two mentioned seasons and were consistent with changes in the availability of different algae species in the environment. Based on these results, it is recommended that sea turtle conservation plans along the Baja California Peninsula include Pacific coastal mangrove channels with a high diversity of algae species as priority areas for protection.

scholarly journals Fluctuation of oxidative stress indicators in Salix nigra seeds during priming

2012 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 3631-3642 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Roqueiro ◽  
S. Maldonado ◽  
M. d. C. Rios ◽  
H. Maroder
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Salix Nigra ◽  
Stress Indicators ◽  
Oxidative Stress Indicators

scholarly journals XBP1-Mediated BiP/GRP78 Upregulation Copes with Oxidative Stress in Mosquito Cells during Dengue 2 Virus Infection

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tien-Huang Chen ◽  
Yi-Hsuan Chiang ◽  
Jiun-Nan Hou ◽  
Chih-Chieh Cheng ◽  
Eny Sofiyatun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Target Gene ◽  
Cytosolic Calcium ◽  
Cellular Damage ◽  
Factor X ◽  
Stress Indicators ◽  
Mosquito Cells ◽  
Tropical Areas ◽  
Oxidative Stress Indicators ◽  
Denv2 Infection

Dengue viruses (DENVs) cause dengue fever which is an important mosquito-borne disease in tropical areas. Generally, DENV does not cause cellular damage in mosquito cells. However, alterations in cytosolic calcium ions ([Ca2+]cyt) and the mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), as well as accumulated reactive oxygen species (ROS), including superoxide anions (O2∙-) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), can be detected in C6/36 cells with DENV2 infection. Evident upregulation of BiP/GRP78 also appeared at 24 h postinfection in DENV2-infected C6/36 cells. As expression of BiP/GRP78 mRNA was reduced when the transcription factor X-box-binding protein-1 (XBP1) was knocked down in C6/36 cells, it demonstrated that BiP/GRP78 is the target gene regulated by the XBP1 signal pathway. We further demonstrated that the expression and splicing activity of XBP1 were upregulated in parallel with DENV2 infection in C6/36 cells. In C6/36 cells with BiP/GRP78 overexpression, oxidative stress indicators including [Ca2+]cyt, MMP,O2∙-, and H2O2were all pushed back to normal. Taken together, DENV2 activates XBP1 at earlier stage of infection, followed by upregulating BiP/GRP78 in mosquito cells. This regulatory pathway contributes a cascade in relation to oxidative stress alleviation. The finding provides insights into elucidating how mosquitoes can healthily serve as a vector of arboviruses in nature.

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