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PARENT SESSION
41 - Physiological and Molecular Mechanisms of Toxicity
8:00 AM to 6:30 PM, Tuesday, 14 May 2002
Exhibition Area

41-01 - Ameliorating effect of sodium chloride on the tolerance of Hydropsyche tibialis to fluoride toxicity.
Camargo, J.*,1, 1 Universidad de Alcala, Alcala de Henares (Madrid), Spain

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41-02 - Is the activity of key-enzymes in macrophages affected by anthropogenic impact?
Broeg, Katja*,1, Steinhagen, Dieter2, Köhler, Angela1, 1 Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany-2 School of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany-

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41-03 - Cd accumulation and in situ localisation of a Cd-inducible metallothionein isoform in organs of the terrestrial gastropod Helix pomatia.
Chabicovsky, Monika*,1, Dallinger, Reinhard1, 1 Institut of Zoology and Limnology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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41-04 - Zebrafish embryos exposed to brominated flame retardants.
Carlsson, Gunnar*,1, Norrgren, Leif1, 1 Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

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41-05 - Physiological effects of chronic exposure to a polymeric drilling fluid in white shrimp Litopenaeus setiferus.
Nuñez, Rosa*,1, Chiappa, Xavier1, Vanegas, Cecilia1, 1 Laboratorio de Ecofisiología. Facultad de Ciencias. Unioversidad Nacional Autónoma de México., México D.F., México D.F., México

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41-06 - Oxidative stress responses of two populations of Laeonereis acuta (Polychaeta, Nereididae) after acute and chronic exposure to copper.
Geracitano, Laura1,2, Faleiros, Markel1, Bochetti, Rafaella3, Monserrat, José1, Regoli, Francesco3, Bianchini, Adalto*,1, 1 Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande, RS, Brazil2 Post-graduate course in Biological Oceanography (FURG)3 Università di Ancona, Italy

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41-07 - Inhibition of spontaneous apoptosis in human neutrophil by low-level mercury.
Moisan, Eliane*,1, Arbour, Sylvie1, Ngguyen, Nhi1, Hébert, Marie-José1, Girard, Denis, Bernier, Jacques1, Fournier, Michel1, Kouassi, Edouard1, 1 INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Pointe-Claire, Québec, Canada

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41-08 - Alternative mechanism of microcystin toxicity in the estuarine crab, Chasmagnathus granulata.
Pinho, Grasiela1, Moura da Rosa, Cristiane1, Yunes, JoMISSING CHARACTER ENTITY: aaccento1, Bianchini, Adalto1, Monserrat, José*,1, 1 Fundação Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, RS, BRAZIL

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41-09 - Effects of Ortho-Substituted PCBs on Mussel Hemocyte Immune Function.
Canesi, Laura*,1, Ciacci, Caterina1, Betti, Michele1, Scarpato, Alfonso1, Gallo, Gabriella2, 1 Istituto di Scienze Fisiologiche, Università di Urbino, Loc. Crocicchia, Urbino (PU), Italy2 DIBISAA, Università di Genova, Viale Benedetto XV, Genova, Italy

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41-10 - Implications of oxidative stress in duck mussel exposed to PAH contaminated sediments.
Kujala, Seppo*,1, Soimasuo, Markus1, 1 University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

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41-11 - Evidence of oxidative stress responses in fish from polluted sites.
Sturve, Joachim*,1, Carney, Bethanie1, Stephensen, Eirikur1, Forlin, Lars1, 1 Department of Zoology, Zoophysiology, Goteborg, Sweden

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41-12 - Histopathological effects of surfactants in the clams Ruditapes philippinarum.
Sáez, Mónica1, Ortiz, Juan Bosco1,2, Gómez-Parra, Abelardo1, Sarasquete, Carmen2, González-Mazo, Eduardo*,1, 1 Facultad de Ciencias del Mar. Universidad de Cádiz, Puerto Real, Cádiz2 Instituto de Ciencias Marinas de Andalucía. CSIC, Puerto Real, Cádiz

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41-13 - Effects of cadmium chloride on the glucose transport in L6 myotube.
Moon, Chang-Kiu1, Kang, Dong-Hee1, Lee, Kiseon1, Kwon, Somee*,1, Chae, Sang-Ho1, 1 College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, San 56- 1, Shillim-Dong, Kwanak-Gu, Seoul, South Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea

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41-14 - Flow cytometric analysis of the oxidative stress induced by herbicides as a microalgal cytotoxicity marker.
Rioboo, Carmen*,1, O'Connor, Enrique2, Herrera, Guadalupe2, González, Óscar1, Herrero, Concepción1, Cid, Ángeles1, 1 Lab. Microbioloxía,Dpto. Bioloxía Celular e Molecular, Universidade da Coruña, A Coruña, Spain2 Centro de Citiometría, Dpto. Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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41-15 - Effect of the Water Soluble Fraction from Crude Oil on the Lipid Metabolism of Shrimp.
Lavarías, Sabrina*,1, Heras, Horacio1, Pollero, Ricardo1, 1 INIBIOLP, UNLP Facultad de Ciencias Medicas, 60 y 120, La Plata, Buenos Aires- Argentina

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41-16 - Enantiomer-specific toxicity of o,p'-DDT to rainbow trout hepatocytes.
Hoekstra, Paul*,1, Dayeh, Vivian2, Sherry, Jim3, Solomon, Keith1, Bols, Niels2, Muir, Derek1,3, 1 University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario2 University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario3 Environment Canada, Burlington, Ontario

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41-17 - pHi regulation in hepatopancreas cells from Helix pomatia: general characteristics and the impact of cadmium.
Manzl, Claudia*,1, Krumschnabel, Gerhard1, Chabicovsky, Monika1, Dallinger, Reinhard1, 1 Department of Ecophysiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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41-18 - Effects of physical and chemical stressors on fish spermatozoa: cellular and molecular aspects.
E., Rurangwa*,1, E., Mulkiewicz2, M., Bex1, E., Denolet1, A., Biegniewska2, D.E., Kime3, E.F., Skorkowski2, F., Ollevier1, 1 Aquatic Ecology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium2 Biochemistry, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland3 Animal and Plant Sciences, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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41-19 - Relations between metals (Zn, Pb, Cd and Cu) and glutathione-dependent detoxifying processes in spiders from a heavy metal pollution gradient.
Wilczek, Grazyna*,1, Babczynska, Agnieszka1, Augustyniak, Maria1, Migula, Pawel1, 1 University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland

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41-20 - Mechansims of photoinduced toxicity of PAHs.
Huang, Xiao-Dong*,1, El-Alawi, Y.1, Lampi, M1, Diener, L.1, Dixon, G1, Greenberg, B1, 1 Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Canada, Waterloo, ON

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41-21 - Sub-lethal effects of the flame retardants hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in juvenile rainbow trout.
Ronisz, Dan*,1, Farmen Finne, Eivind1, Karlsson, Helena1, Forlin, Lars1, 1 Department of Zoophysiology, Gothenburg university, Gothenburg, Sweden

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41-22 - Invivo metabolism and organ distribution of a branched 14C-nonylphenol isomer in the pond snail, Lymnaea stagnalis (L.).
Lalah, Joseph1,2, Severin, Gabriele*,1, Schramm, Karl-Werner1, Lenoir, Dieter1, Henkelmann, Bernhard1, Behechti, Akbar1, Günther, Klaus3, Kettrup, Antonius, 1 GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Neuherberg, Germany2 Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya3 Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany

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41-23 - Free unsaturated fatty acids: detection in environmental samples, combined toxicity with organochlorines in bioluminescence.
Cetkauskaite, Anolda*,1, Berzinskiene, Janina1, Sodergren, Anders2, 1 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, Ciurlionio Str. 21, Vilnius, Lithuania2 Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vilnius University, Ciurlionio Str. 21, Vilnius, Lithuania

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41-24 - Sublethal effects of the herbicide propanil on plasma eel metabolism.
Fernandez-Vega, Cristina*,1, Sancho, Encarnacion1, Ferrando, Maria-Dolores1, Andreu, Enrique1, 1 Fac. Biological Sciences, Univ. Valencia; Dr. Moliner 50; Burjasot, Valencia, Spain

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41-25 - Combined effects of temperature and cadmium on embryotoxicity and biomarkers in zebrafish eggs and embryos.
Hallare, Arnold*,1, Luckenbach, Till1, Schirling, Martin1, Koehler, Heinz-R1, Triebskorn, Rita1,2, 1 University of Tuebingen, Konrad-Adenauer Strasse 20, Tuebingen, Germany2 Steinbeiz-Transferzentrum for Oekotoxikologie and Oekophysiologie, Rottenburg, Germany

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41-26 - Effects of dehydroabietic acid, a toxicant in wood industry effluents, on energetics of fish hepatocytes.
Rissanen, Eeva1, Krumschnabel, Gerhard*,2, Nikinmaa, Mikko1, 1 Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finnland2 Department of Ecophysiology, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

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41-27 - Modulation of galectin 1 and thioredoxin peroxidase II expression by sodium arsenite in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Huang, Rong-Nan*,1, Lee, Te-Chang2, Chang, Kwang-Ning1, Tam, Ming-F3, 1 Department of Life Sciences, National Central University, Chungli, Taoyuan, Taiwan, R. O. C.2 Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.3 Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.

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41-28 - Free radical by two red tide algae and the damages to gill epithelial cells.
Liu, Wenhua*,1, Jack, Ralph, Lam, Paul1, Wu, Rudolf1, 1 Department of Biology & Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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41-29 - Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: Animal Strain as a Source of Confounding.
Stedeford, Todd*,1,2, Banasik, Marek1,2, Suchecki, Tomasz1, 1 Institute of Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, Poland2 Laboratory of Molecular Clinical Chemistry, Uji, Japan

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41-30 - Chemical mixture toxcity: a mechanistic approach.
Dawson, Douglas*,1, Rinaldi, Andrea2, Poch, Gerald3, 1 Ashland University, Ashland, OH, USA2 University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy3 University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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