Antioxidant enzymes HSP70 and Ubiquitin levels in Laeonereis acuta from the Argentinean coast

摘要

Introduction: Polychaetes have been used as indicator species of environmental contamination, utilized to assess the effects of pollutants in organisms and employed as sensitive monitors of water quality [1]. The aim of this study was to investigate the tidal- and site-dependent effects in Laeonereis acuta by measuring the heat shock proteins (HSP70), Ubiquitin and oxidative stress enzymes: superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT).