Broccoli Partially Lowers Oxidative Stress,
Histopathological Lesions and Enhances Antioxidant Profile of Mono
Sex Tilapia Exposed to Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
Sajid Raza Khan1, Rehana Iqbal1, Riaz Hussain2*,
Muhammad Ali3, Muhammad Khalid1, Nadia Nazish4
and Syeda Seemab Naqvi5
1Institute
of Pure and Applied Biology, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan,
Multan, Pakistan; 2Department of Pathology, Faculty of
Veterinary and Animal Sciences, the Islamia University of
Bahawalpur- 63100; 3Institute
of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB),
Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Multan, Pakistan; 4Department
of Zoology, University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan; 5Department
of Zoology, Faculty of Chemical and Biological Sciences, the Islamia
University of Bahawalpur- 63100
*Corresponding author:
dr.riaz.hussain@iub.edu.pk
Abstract
The environmental effluents negatively affect the health and biochemical
functions of tresterial and aquatic animals. It is crucial to ascertain the
mechanisms of induction of adverse effects and applications of different natural
and syenthetic antioxidants to mitigate the negative impacts in target and not
target animals. Therefore, in this trial broccoli (Brassica
oleracea) was used to ameleiorate the negative effects of zinc oxide
nanoparticles in fish. Mono sex
Nile tilapia (Tilapia niloticus),
fish reared in different groups
were treated with variable doses of zinc oxide nanoparticles alone (T1-T2)
mg/kg feed and the fish of groups
(T4-T6) were fed with variable doses of nanoparticles and
broccoli in combinations for a total duration of 28 days in cemented tanks
having 200L water. Tissues (kidneys and brain) were obtained at different
intervals of experiment for estimation of
oxidative stress, severity of histopathological lesions and antioxidant profile.
Results showed that oxidative profile in term of ROS and TBARS escalated
significantly (p<0.05),
while antioxidants enzymatic parameters like superoxide dismutase (SOD),
catalase (CAT) and peroxidase (POD) were decreased significantly (p<0.05)
in treated fish. The induction of oxidative stress and histo-architectural
alterations were partially reduced in fish of groups (T4-T6). Various histo-architectural
ailments in kidneys (atrophy and obliteration of renal tubule, nuclear
hypertrophy, edema ceroid formation and deterioration of glomerulus) and in
brain (edema, atrophy of neuron, microgliosis, neuronal degeneration, congestion
and necrosis of neuron) were examined in treated fish. In conclusion, the
findings of our trial unveiled that the supplementations of broccoli partially
improved the antioxidant enzymes
in tilapia
by modifying the severity of inflammation.
To Cite This Article:
Khan SR, Iqbal R,
Hussain R, Ali M, Khalid M, Nazish N and Naqvi SS,
2024. Broccoli partially lowers oxidative stress, histopathological lesions and
enhances antioxidant profile of mono sex Tilapia exposed to zinc oxide
nanoparticles. Pak Vet J, 44(2): 306-313.
http://dx.doi.org/10.29261/pakvetj/2024.159