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. 2023 Aug;49(4):585-597.
doi: 10.1007/s10695-023-01204-6. Epub 2023 May 24.

Long-term hypoxia stress-induced oxidative stress, cell apoptosis, and immune response in the intestine of Pelteobagrus vachelli

Min Wang #  1 , Shujia Liao #  1 , Xuechun Zang #  1 , Zhineng Fu  1 , Shaowu Yin  1   2 , Tao Wang  3   4
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Long-term hypoxia stress-induced oxidative stress, cell apoptosis, and immune response in the intestine of Pelteobagrus vachelli

Min Wang et al. Fish Physiol Biochem. 2023 Aug.

Abstract

Hypoxia is a common phenomenon in aquaculture. With the dissolved oxygen (DO) 3.75 ± 0.25 mg O2 /L for hypoxia group and 7.25 ± 0.25 mg O2 /L for control group for 30, 60, and 90 days, long-term hypoxia stress was used to investigate the oxidative stress, apoptosis, and immunity in the intestine of Pelteobagrus vachelli. According to the results of measurement of total superoxide dismutase (T-SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GSH-PX), and catalase (CAT) activities and malondialdehyde (MDA) content, the oxidative stress ability of the intestine was activated at 30 days and impaired at 60 and 90 days. The upregulation of Bcl-2-associated x (Bax); downregulation of B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2); increased activities of caspase-3, caspase-9, and Na+-K+-ATPase; decreased activities of succinate dehydrogenase (SDH); and the release of cytochrome c (Cyt-c) in mitochondria revealed that hypoxia induced the apoptosis. Moreover, heat shock protein 70 (HSP 70), heat shock protein 90 (HSP 90), immunoglobulin M (IgM), and C-lysozyme (C-LZM) were activated to inhibit apoptosis, but the immunoregulatory function might be damaged at 60 and 90 days. This study provides a theoretical foundation for understanding the mechanisms of hypoxia stress and aquaculture management of P. vachelli.

Keywords: Cell apoptosis; Hypoxia; Immune response; Oxidative stress; Pelteobagrus vachelli.

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