The Effects of Melatonin Hormone on Carbonic Anhydrase Enzyme Activity in Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Erythrocytes In Vitro and In Vivo

Authors: OLCAY HİSAR, ŞÜKRÜ BEYDEMİR, İLHAMİ GÜLÇİN, ŞÜKRİYE ARAS HİSAR, TELAT YANIK, ÖMER İRFAN KÜFREVİOĞLU

Abstract: The effects of melatonin hormone on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase enzyme purified by using Sepharose 4B-L tyrosine-sulfanylamide affinity gel chromatography were investigated in vitro and in vivo. Carbonic anhydrase from Oncorhynchus mykiss erythrocytes was purified with a specific activity of ~400 EU/mg protein and ~200-fold in a yield of ~20. Melatonin did not inhibit carbonic anhydrase enzyme in vitro. Carbonic anhydrase activity of the control group was determined as 1597.7 ± 429.0 EU/g hemoglobin in vivo. Carbonic anhydrase activities were measured at 1, 3 and 5 h by following melatonin injection. The corresponding mean activities of melatonin were 1406.4 ± 372.1, 1346.3 ± 477.4 and 783.8 ± 494.3 EU/g hemoglobin respectively. Oncorhynchus mykiss erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase was inhibited significantly by melatonin hormone 5 h after injection in vivo (P < 0.05). Data from the present study suggest that excessive usage of this hormone should be avoided in fish reproduction.

Keywords: Carbonic anhydrase, erythrocyte, melatonin, Oncorhynchus mykiss, in vitro, in vivo

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