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Table 3 Biochemical biomarkers in juvenile brown trout exposed to citalopram and venlafaxine

From: Biochemical and cellular biomarkers in brown trout (Salmo trutta f. fario) in response to the antidepressants citalopram and venlafaxine

Concentration (µg/L)

Citalopram

Venlafaxine

0

1

10

100

1000

0

1

10

100

1000

AChE activity (mU/mg Protein)

48.6 ± 13.8

54.6 ± 14.6

48.0 ± 9.6

48.6 ± 9.0

58.3 ± 16.0

70.6 ± 13.4

73.6 ± 12.5

73.1 ± 10.9

71.2 ± 11.6

69.6 ± 9.0

CbE activity (NPA substrate) (mU/mg Protein)

66.6 ± 16.6

64.9 ± 17.7

63.4 ± 16.8

65.7 ± 17.7

61.6 ± 17.4

104.7 ± 20.2

111.4 ± 26.2

114.0 ± 19.0

113.1 ± 18.1

107.5 ± 19.6

CbE activity (NPV substrate) (mU/mg Protein)

55.6 ± 23.3

50.1 ± 25.6

50.1 ± 24.7

51.2 ± 26.4

42.7 ± 24.7

94.7 ± 29.2

102.8 ± 32.4

106.1 ± 26.0

106.8 ± 24.6

97.3 ± 22.9

SOD activity (U/mL)

na

na

na

na

na

88.4 ± 31.4

100.4 ± 38.9

91.6 ± 32.5

100.4 ± 31.1

107.9 ± 35.2

Hsp70 level (relative grey value)

2.10 ± 0.35

2.21 ± 0.58

1.95 ± 0.43

2.02 ± 0.44

1.93 ± 0.41

2.06 ± 0.24

2.02 ± 0.24

2.06 ± 0.23

2.13 ± 0.31

1.90 ± 0.22

  1. Results are given as arithmetic means and standard deviations
  2. AChE acetylcholinesterase, CbE carboxylesterase, NPA 4-nitrophenylacetate, NPV 4-nitrophenylvalerate, Hsp70 70-kDa stress protein family, SOD superoxide dismutase, na not assessed