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Title: Biochemical response of the Africanized honeybee exposed to fipronil
Keywords: Apis mellifera
Phenylpyrazole
Acetylcholinesterase
Carboxylesterase
Glutathione‐S‐transferase
Environmental quality
Fenilpirazole
Acetilcolinesterase
Carboxilesterase
Qualidade ambiental
Issue Date: Jun-2017
Publisher: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
Citation: ROAT, T. C. et al. Biochemical response of the Africanized honeybee exposed to fipronil. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, New York, v. 36, n. 6, p. 1652-1660, June 2017.
Abstract: Bees are recognized worldwide for their social, economic, and environmental value. In recent decades they have been seriously threatened by diseases and high levels of pesticide use. The susceptibility of bees to insecticides makes them an important terrestrial model for assessing environmental quality, and various biomarkers have been developed for such assessments. The present study aimed to evaluate the activity of the enzymes acetylcholinesterase (AChE), carboxylesterase (CaE), and glutathione‐S‐transferase (GST) in Africanized honeybees exposed to fipronil. The results showed that fipronil at a sublethal dose (0.01 ng/bee) modulates the activity of CaE in all isoforms analyzed (CaE‐1, CaE‐2, and CaE‐3) in both newly emerged and aged bees, and does not affect the activity of AChE or GST. The recovery of the bees after fipronil exposure was also investigated, and these results demonstrated that even the cessation of fipronil ingestion might not lead to complete recovery of individual bees. Even at low doses, fipronil was shown to cause changes in the activity of key enzymes in bees. The possible consequences of these changes are discussed.
URI: https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/etc.3699
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