naa a22 4500 510737749 CHVBK 20180411083017.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11284-013-1070-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11284-013-1070-9 Pollution-related changes in oxidative stress and antioxidant defense profile in the blood of white stork Ciconia ciconia chicks from different regions of Poland [Elektronische Daten] [Halyna Tkachenko, Natalia Kurhaluk] Changes in the lipid peroxidation and oxidatively modified protein levels as well as the antioxidant defense system in the blood of white stork (Ciconia ciconia) chicks were analyzed during their development in nests in polluted and control environments. The control, relatively pure, environment was the village of Kłopot, with no industrial plants within a radius of 150km. Blood samples were also collected in two polluted areas, including (1) the suburban village of Czarnowo, located 20km from the city of Zielona Góra (southwestern Poland) and (2) an area near the town of Głogów, where a large copper smelter is situated. The effects of various ecological threats from different environments tended to initiate oxidative stress and decrease total antioxidant capacity. The initiation of lipid peroxidation and increases in the levels of carbonyl derivatives of oxidative amino acids were observed in the plasma of chicks from polluted areas. Plasma catalase and the selenium-dependent glutathione peroxidase activities of erythrocytes were significantly higher in chicks from polluted areas than in those from control areas. Oxidative stress and components of the antioxidant defense system, especially glutathione peroxidase activity, can be used as indicators of oxidative stress, which was found to be greater in the polluted areas (near the Głogów copper smelter). Research into oxidative stress biomarkers can aid assessments of the conditions of birds, and points to a positive association with miscellaneous environmental loads. The Ecological Society of Japan, 2013 White stork ( Ciconia ciconia ) nationallicence Oxidative stress nationallicence Antioxidant defense system nationallicence Environmental pollution nationallicence Poland nationallicence Tkachenko Halyna Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Environment Protection, Pomeranian University, Arciszewski Str. 22B, 76-200, Slupsk, Poland aut Kurhaluk Natalia Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology and Environment Protection, Pomeranian University, Arciszewski Str. 22B, 76-200, Slupsk, Poland aut Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/5(2013-09-01), 869-880 0912-3814 28:5<869 2013 28 11284 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1070-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11284-013-1070-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tkachenko Halyna Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology and Environment Protection, Pomeranian University, Arciszewski Str. 22B, 76-200, Slupsk, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kurhaluk Natalia Department of Animal Physiology, Institute of Biology and Environment Protection, Pomeranian University, Arciszewski Str. 22B, 76-200, Slupsk, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Ecological Research Springer Japan 28/5(2013-09-01), 869-880 0912-3814 28:5<869 2013 28 11284 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer