Seasonal dynamics of antioxidant enzyme activity and photooxidative processes in the dominant macroalgal species of the Sea of Japan

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Variations in the activity of the key antioxidant enzymes (superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione reductase, ascorbate peroxidase), as well as in the levels of lipid peroxidation (LP) and photosynthetic activity, were studied in five common species of macroalgae during their winter and summer vegetative season in the Sea of Japan. For most of the studied macroalgae, the highest intra-annual activities of antioxidant enzymes are observed during the colder months, while the lowest activities are observed during the warmer months. All the studied macroalgae display consistently high levels of photosynthesis during the period from December to February. A dramatic increase in the LP level and a suppression of photosynthetic activity are recorded during July and August for most of the studied macroalgae. The seasonal patterns of antioxidant enzyme activity and photooxidative processes in macroalgal tissues are discussed in terms of their regulation by fluctuations in illumination and seawater temperature in the habitats of the plants.

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E. S. Belotsitsenko

A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: belotsitsenko_es@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-1852-8114
Russian Federation, Vladivostok 690041

I. M. Yakovleva

A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: belotsitsenko_es@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0299-6983
Russian Federation, Vladivostok 690041

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2. Fig. 1. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity in macroalgae from Sobol Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of ​​Japan) during the winter and summer vegetation periods of 2005–2006 and 2010. Here and in Figs. 2 and 3, the mean arithmetic values ​​± SD are presented, n = 4–5; the same superscript letter indices indicate the absence of statistically significant intra-annual differences between the values ​​of the studied parameter in different months, at p < 0.05 (ANOVA, Turkey HSD test); uppercase letter indices are used for Ulva lactuca, Costaria costata and Devaleraea stenogona, lowercase – for Undaria pinnatifida and Tichocarpus crinitus.

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3. Fig. 2. Catalase (CAT) activity in macroalgae of Sobol Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of ​​Japan) during the winter and summer vegetation periods of 2005–2006 and 2010.

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4. Fig. 3. Activity of glutathione reductase (GR, 2005–2006) and ascorbate peroxidase (APO, 2010) in macroalgae of Sobol Bay (Peter the Great Bay, Sea of ​​Japan) during the winter and summer vegetation periods.

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