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. 2023 Apr 14;5:1178482. doi: 10.3389/ftox.2023.1178482

TABLE 2.

Effects of exposure of D. magna to NMs on the activity and/or expression of antioxidant and digestive enzymes.

NMs Dose (mg L−1) Co-exposure with Exposure time (days) Antioxidant enzymes Digestive enzymes EC50/LC50 (mg L−1) References
With effect No effect With effect No effect
TiO2 0, 1, 5, 10 - 2 ↑CAT, GST, GPX SOD - - Non-toxic Kim et al. (2010)
TiO2 b 1 - 2 ↑CAT SOD ↓esterase cellulase, trypsin, amylase - Fouqueray et al. (2012)
21 - CAT, SOD ↓trypsin, amylase, esterase cellulase -
1.10–2 - 2 - CAT, SOD ↓amylase cellulase, trypsin, esterase -
21 - SOD, CAT ↓amylase, esterase cellulase, trypsin -
C60 0, 5, 20 - 1 ↑SOD - ↓trypsin, amylase, cellulase, b-galactosidase - - Lv et al. (2017)
2 ↑SOD - - - -
3 ↓SOD - - - 14.9 ± 1.2/16.3 ± 0.8
MPA -Au 1 - 1 ↑GST CAT - - Non-toxic c Qiu et al. (2015)
21 ↓CAT GST Non-toxic
PAH -Au 5.10–3 - 1 - GST, CAT - - -
21 - GST, CAT Toxic
MPA -Au 5.10–2 - 1 - GST, CAT - - Non-toxic c Dominguez et al. (2015)
1.10–2 ↑CAT GST
PAH -Au 5.10–2 - 1 ↑GST CAT - - Toxic c
1.10–2 ↑CAT GST
TiO2 2 Cu2+ 3 ↑↓CAT, SOD, ↓Na+/K+ ATPase - - - - Fan et al. (2012)
QDs-indolicidin 1.5 a - 3, 9 ↓SOD, CAT, ↑GST - - - Non-toxic Falanga et al. (2018)
15, 24 ↑GST, CAT SOD
ZnO 1.10–1 - 1, 3, 7, 14 ↓SOD, GST, CAT - - - 1.04 c /- Chen et al. (2017)
C60 b 0.5–2 - 21 - - ↓amylase, trypsin, lipase - - Tao et al. (2016)
TiO2 1 Cu2+ 2 ↓SOD Na+/K+ ATPase - - - Liu et al. (2015)
ZnO 0.8, 1.1 - 3 ↓ GST - - - - Mwaanga et al. (2014)
CuO 0.8, 1.1 - 3 ↓ GST - -- - -
a

Concentration unit: nM.

b

NMs, ingested from dietary route.

c

48 h of exposure.

↑ increase of enzyme activity/gene expression related, while ↓ implies decrease.