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Effect of magnetic fields on antioxidative defense and fitness‐related traits of Baculum extradentatum (insecta, phasmatodea)
Author(s) -
Todorović Dajana,
Mirčić Dejan,
Ilijin Larisa,
Mrdaković Marija,
Vlahović Milena,
Prolić Zlatko,
Mataruga Vesna Perić
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
bioelectromagnetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.435
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-186X
pISSN - 0197-8462
DOI - 10.1002/bem.20709
Subject(s) - catalase , superoxide dismutase , glutathione , biology , nymph , antioxidant , zoology , biochemistry , enzyme
This study aimed to determine the effect of magnetic fields on the antioxidative defense and fitness‐related traits of Baculum extradentatum . Following exposure to magnetic fields, antioxidative defense (superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) activities, and total glutathione (GSH) content) and fitness‐related traits (egg mortality, development dynamics, and mass of nymphs) were monitored in nymphs. The experimental groups were: control (kept out of influence of the magnets), a group exposed to a constant magnetic field (CMF) of 50 mT, and a group exposed to an alternating magnetic field (AMF) of 50 Hz, 6 mT. We found increased SOD and CAT activities in animals exposed to constant and AMFs, whereas GSH activity was not influenced by experimental magnetic fields. No differences were found in egg mortality between control and experimental groups. Significant differences in the time of development between the control and the CMF group were observed, as well as between the CMF and the AMF group. No differences were found in the mass of the nymphs between the three experimental groups. In conclusion, CMF and AMF have the possibility to modulate the antioxidative defense and some of the fitness‐related traits in B. extradentatum . Bioelectromagnetics 33:265–273, 2012. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.