Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2011, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (3): 94-98.doi: 10.11978/j.issn.1009-5470.2011.03.094cstr: 32234.14.j.issn.1009-5470.2011.03.094

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Effect of selenium on antioxidant enzyme activity and  malondialdehyde content of Porphyridium sp.

WANG Jiang-hong, LIU Yan, SANG Min, LI Ai-fen, ZHANG Cheng-wu   

  1. Institute of Hydrobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
  • Received:2010-09-30 Revised:2010-11-30 Online:2011-07-18 Published:2011-07-20

Abstract:

The effect of selenium on Porphyridium  sp. UTEX 637 major antioxidant enzyme system, including glutathione
peroxidase (GSH-Px), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT) activities, and malondialdehyde (MDA) content, were
investigated.  Porphyridium sp. was cultured in artificial seawater ASW medium containing 0.5mg·L−1
 selenium.  GSH-Px,
SOD, CAT activities, and MDA content were determined by kits, nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) photoreduction, UV spectro-
photometry, and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) analysis, respectively. The results show that  selenium improved the antioxidation
activity of Porphyridium  sp. by increasing the activity of GSH-Px (p<0.05). The GSH-Px activity of Se-treated group and
control group reached the highest on the 15th day, and the GSH-Px activity of Se-treated group was heightened to 4.31U,
which was 1.31 fold higher than that of the control group. SOD and CAT activities reached the maximum on the 18th day and
15th day, respectively, but the differences between the experimental group and the control were not significant (p>0.05). The
activity of SOD and CAT was not significant at the 0.5mg·L−1
concentration of selenium. The content of MDA in Se-treated
group was 15.21% lower than that in the control group.

Key words: Porphyridium sp., selenium, antioxidant enzyme, malonaldehyde