Metallothionein-Like Proteins and Energy Reserve Levels after Ni and Pb Exposure in the Pacific White Prawn Penaeus vannamei

Table 1

MTLP concentration and energy reserves (mean $\pm$ standard deviation) in control and metal-treated in abdominal muscle and hepatopancreas from P. vannamei.

Group	MTLP (mg g^-1)		Energy reserves (mg g^-1)
	Abdominal Muscle ($n=10$)	Hepatopancreas ($n=10$)	Abdominal Muscle ($n=6$)		Hepatopancreas ($n=6$)
			Lipids	Glycogen	Lipids	Glycogen
Control	$0.51\pm 0.17$	$29.44\pm 16.49$	$8.10\pm 6.77$	$5.22\pm 3.34$	$20.07\pm 14.33$	$7.04\pm 1.74$
Ni-treated	$0.74\pm {0.22}^{*}$	$37.09\pm 15.36$	$5.36\pm 5.56$	$7.29\pm 5.04$	$30.45\pm 22.14$	$4.77\pm 2.05$
Pb-treated	$0.93\pm {0.51}^{*}$	$61.70\pm {34.59}^{*}$	$8.05\pm 7.26$	$9.67\pm {1.34}^{*}$	$38.79\pm 29.10$	$6.57\pm 3.74$
Mixture-treated	$0.56\pm 0.04$	$62.36\pm {20.06}^{*}$	—	—	—	—

${}^{*}$Significantly different from respective control (Student $t$-test; $P<.05$).