UV-B radiation-induced oxidative stress and p38 signaling pathway involvement in the benthic copepod Tigriopus japonicus
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Title
- UV-B radiation-induced oxidative stress and p38 signaling pathway involvement in the benthic copepod Tigriopus japonicus
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Author(s)
- Kim, Bo-Mi; Rhee, Jae-Sung; Lee, Kyun-Woo; Kim, Min-Jung; Shin, Kyung-Hoon; Lee, Su-Jae; Lee, Young-Mi; Lee, Jae-Seong
- KIOST Author(s)
- Lee, Kyun Woo(이균우)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 이균우
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Publication Year
- 2015-01
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Abstract
- Ultraviolet B (UV-B) radiation presents an environmental hazard to aquatic organisms. To understand the molecular responses of the intertidal copepod Tigriopus japonicus to UV-B radiation, we measured the acute toxicity response to 96 h of UV-B radiation, and we also assessed the intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels, glutathione (GSH) content, and antioxidant enzyme (GST, GR, GPx, and SOD) activities after 24 h of exposure to UV-B with LD50 and half LD50 values. Also, expression patterns of p53 and hsp gene families with phosphorylation of p38 MAPK were investigated in UV-B-exposed copepods. We found that the ROS level, GSH content, and antioxidant enzyme activity levels were increased with the transcriptional upregulation of antioxidant-related genes, indicating that UV-B induces oxidative stress by generating ROS and stimulating antioxidant enzymatic activity as a defense mechanism. Additionally, we found that p53 expression was significantly increased after UV-B irradiation due to increases in the phosphorylation of the stress-responsive p38 MAPK, indicating that UV-B may be responsible for inducing DNA damage in T. japonicus. Of the hsp family genes, transcriptional levels of hsp20, hsp20.7, hsp70, and hsp90 were elevated in response to a low dose of UV-B radiation (9 kJ m(-2)), suggesting that these hsp genes may be involved in cellular protection against UV-B radiation. In this paper, we performed a pathway-oriented mechanistic analysis in response to UV-B radiation, and this analysis provides a better understanding of the effects of UV-B in the intertidal benthic copepod T. japonicus. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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ISSN
- 1532-0456
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/2556
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.cbpc.2014.08.003
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Bibliographic Citation
- COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY, v.167, pp.15 - 23, 2015
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Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
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Subject
- ACTIVATED PROTEIN-KINASE; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; FRESH-WATER INVERTEBRATES; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; SEA-URCHIN EMBRYOS; INDUCED DNA-DAMAGE; ULTRAVIOLET-RADIATION; INTERTIDAL COPEPOD; SUPEROXIDE-DISMUTASE; PHOTOENZYMATIC REPAIR
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Keywords
- Tigriopus japonicus; Copepod; UV-B; Oxidative stress; p38 MAPK; p53; Heat shock protein
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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