Impact of dietary lipid level on esterase enzyme activities in the non-target freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium borellii exposed to chlorpyrifos

Ríos, Juan Manuel; Attademo, Andrés M.; Mammana, Sabrina B.; Altamirano, Jorgelina C.; Lajmanovich, Rafael C.

Impact of dietary lipid level on esterase enzyme activities in the non-target freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium borellii exposed to chlorpyrifos

2021

Ríos, Juan Manuel | Attademo, Andrés M. | Mammana, Sabrina B. | Altamirano, Jorgelina C. | Lajmanovich, Rafael C.

This study increases our understanding of how diet-driven phenotypic plasticity can help non-target aquatic invertebrates deal with chlorpyrifos (CPO) exposure. A bioassay was performed over 6 days with the freshwater shrimp Macrobrachium borellii. Experimental treatments included CPO-treated shrimps (10 μg L⁻¹) were fed with (i) a lipid-rich diet, (ii) a lipid-medium diet, or (iii) a lipid-poor diet. Control shrimps (no CPO exposure) received the same diets as detailed above. Cholinesterases and carboxylesterases were determined as an indicator of CPO exposure. Results showed that diets with a medium-to-high lipid content were important inducers of esterase activity, while shrimps exposed to CPO under a lipid-poor diet showed a significant enzymatic inhibition. This diet-dependent esterase induction suggests that the intake of fatty dietary items mitigates the esterase enzyme inhibition caused by CPO exposure.

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