Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant Enzymes, Genotoxicity and
Histopathological Profile in Oreochromis niloticus Exposed to
Lufenuron
Fatimah A Al-Saeed1, Saima Naz2**,
Muhammad Hasan Saeed3, Riaz Hussain4*, Saba
Iqbal2, Ahmad Manan Mustafa Chatha5, Abdul
Ghaffar6 and Rabia Akram7
1Department
of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
2Department of Zoology, Government Sadiq College Women
University, Bahawalpur Pakistan
3Rural
Health Center, 229 RB Faisalabad, Government of Punjab, Pakistan
4Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
5Department
of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, The Islamia
University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan
6Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of
Bahawalpur, Pakistan
7Institute of Pure and Applied Biology, Zoology
Division, Bhauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan
*Corresponding author:
dr.riaz.hussain@iub.edu.pk; saima.naz@gscwu.edu.pk
Abstract
Pesticides especially insecticides are widely
used in the field of agricultural development all over the world to increase
crop production.Moreover, exposure to such compounds does not only
influence the intended targets but also induces adverse impacts on a number of
unintended targets in animals. This research aimed to determine the toxic
impacts of lufenuron (an insecticide) on the health status of fish in terms of
measurement of oxidative stress, antioxidant enzymes, DNA damage and
histopathological changes in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed
to different concentrations. For this purpose, Oreochromis niloticus
fish, weighing about 75-80g were arbitrarily separated into four different
groups and then exposed to lufenuron @ 0.7, 1.2 and 1.7µg/ L for 39 days. The
results showed that the fish exposed to the pesticide had significant changes in
oxidative stress, antioxidant profile in gills and percentile rate of DNA damage
in different visceral organs including liver, kidney, and gills. Results of
light microscopic investigations indicated different histological changes in
liver (necrosis of hepatocytes, degeneration of hepatocytes, vacuolar
degeneration and congestion), gills (necrosis of lamellar epithelial cells,
telangiectasia, and atrophy of secondary lamellae), heart (congestion, necrosis
of neurons, microgliosis and intracellular edema), brain (congestion,
myofibrosis, neutrophilic and myocarditis)and kidneys (necrosis of renal
tubules, widening of urinary space, necrosis of renal tubular epithelial cells).
A significantly escalate in oxidative stress while lower quantity of antioxidant
biomarkers was documented in experimental fish. The findings of this study
suggest that long-term exposure to lufenuron has negative health effects via
induction of DNA damage, increased oxidative stress, lowering of enzymatic
antioxidants profile and histological lesions in visceral organs of Nile
tilapita (Oreochromis niloticus).
To Cite This Article:
Al-Saeed FA, Naz S, Saeed MH, Hussain R, Iqbal S,
Chatha AMM, Ghaffar A and Akram R, 2023.
Oxidative stress, antioxidant enzymes, genotoxicity, and histopathological
profile in Oreochromis niloticus exposed to lufenuron.
43(1): 160-166.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2023.012