Review Article

A Common Feature of Pesticides: Oxidative Stress—The Role of Oxidative Stress in Pesticide-Induced Toxicity

Table 1

The effects of the most commonly used pesticides in the agricultural market sector in 2012 on oxidative stress in different tissues.

PesticideCell type/model systemROSSODGSHCATGSTGPxDDLPPCAOCMMPReference

GlyphosateHuman skin keratinocyte HaCaT cells[178]
Human liver carcinoma (HepG2) cells[179]
Rat heart H9c2 cells[180]
Adult albino male rats (liver)[181]
Caenorhabditis elegans[182]
Chlorella kessleri[183]

Atrazine (ATR)Male and female Balb/c mice[184]
Male mice (liver and kidney)[185]
Male Wistar rats (erythrocytes)[155]
Adult male Wistar rats (testes and epididymis)[186]
Male Wistar rats[187]
Adult male albino rats[188]
Female Wistar rats[189]
Murine microglial cells (BV-2)[190]
Albino rats[191]

Metolachlor-SScenedesmus obliquus (green algae)[192]
Parachlorella kessleri (microalga)[193]
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)[194]

2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D)Umbelopsis isabelline (Fungus) pea (Pisum sativum L.)[195, 196]
Pea (Pisum sativum L.)[196]
Nongreen potato tuber callus[197]
Male 7-week-old Kunming mice[198]
Goldfish gills, Carassius auratus[199]
Cnesterodon decemmaculatus[200]
Acanthospermum hispidum D.C., Asteraceae weed[201]
Rat cerebellar granule cells[202]
Wistar rats[203]
Wistar Albino rats[204]
Male Wistar rats (liver)↑↓[205]
Male Wistar albino rats—plasma, liver, kidney, erythrocytes[206]
Male Wistar rats (liver)[207]
Female B6C3F1 mice peritoneal macrophages[208]

MetamSoil bacteria↑↓[209]

AcetochlorBufo raddei tadpole liver[210]
Female zebrafish[211]
Male C57BL/6 mice (testis)[212]
GC-1 spermatogonia cell[212]
Human liver carcinoma cells (HepG2)[213]
Zebrafish[214]
Primary human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells[215]
ChloropicrinHuman retinal pigment epithelial cells (ARPE-19)[216]
Human lung epithelial cells (A549)[217]
Gill tissues of Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), blue mussels (Mytilus edulis)[218]

ChlorothalonilPolychaete Laeonereis acuta[219]
Fish Danio rerio (gills)[220]
Fish Danio rerio (liver)[220]
Isolated rat hepatocytes[221]
Botryllus schlosseri hemocytes[222]
Male Wistar rats (liver)[223]
Fresh water fish, Channa punctatus[224]

PendimethalinMale Wistar rats (liver and kidney)[225]
Human lymphocytes[226]
Rat bone marrow cells[226]
Clarias batrachus (liver)[227]
Fish Channa punctatus (brain)[228]
Fish Channa punctatus (gills, liver, kidney)[229]
Chinese hamster lung fibroblast (V79) cells[230]
Male mice (spleen and thymus)[145]

Ethephon3T3 murine embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells[231]
Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.)[232]
Ipomoea cairica (Linn.) sweet[233]
Carassius auratus goldfish blood and gills[234]

MancozebCarassius auratus Goldfish—liver and kidney[235]
Carassius auratus Goldfish—brain[235]
Cassia angustifolia[236]
Caenorhabditis elegans[237]
Caenorhabditis elegans[238]
Drosophila melanogaster[239]
Rat-1 fibroblasts, peripheral blood mononucleated cells (PBMC)[240]
Male NMRI mice[241]
Rat thymocytes[242]
Human gastric adenocarcinoma (AGS) cells[243]
Immortalized murine mesencephalic dopaminergic (N27) cells[80]
ChlorpyrifosLund human mesencephalic (LUHMES) cells[80]
Human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells[244]
Rat adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells[245]
Rat erythrocytes[156]
Male Wistar rats[63]
Male Wistar rats (aorta, liver, plasma, and kidney)[246]
Male Swiss albino adult rats[247]
Adult male Wistar rats[248]
Male Wistar rats[249]
Male Kunming mice[250]
Male Wistar rats (liver)[251]

MetolachlorSoil bacteria↓↑[209]
Lettuce, bean, and pea seeds and leaves[252]
8-week-old male rats[253]

PropanilWistar rats, liver[151]
Albino rats, liver[254]
Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) brain[255]
Isolated mitochondria from potato tubers (Solanum tuberosum)[256]

DicambaNongreen potato tuber callus[197]
Cnesterodon decemmaculatus[200]
Isolated mitochondria Arabidopsis[257]
Chinese hamster lung fibroblast (V79) cells[230]

TrifluralinMale Wistar albino rats—kidney, ureter, urinary bladder[258]
Chlamydomonas mexicana[259]

AcephateDrosophila melanogaster[260]
Male albino rats (plasma and liver)[261]
Male rats (erythrocytes)[262]
Albino rats[263]
Human sperm[264]
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells[265]
Porcine kidney proximal tubule cell line (LLC-PK)[266]
Human dopaminergic neuroblastoma cells (SK-N-SH)[267]
Paraquat (PQ)Rat lung slices[268]
Rat organotypic midbrain slice cultures[269]
Rat primary mesencephalic cultures[270]
Rat primary mesencephalic cultures[79]
Human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs)[135]
Human neural progenitor cells (hNPCs)[271]
Human plasma[51]
Rat brain mitochondria[79]
Nongreen potato tuber callus[197]
Amaranthus palmeri[272]

GlufosinateHorseweed, palmer amaranth, kochia[273]
Chlorella vulgaris[274]

ROS: reactive oxygen species; SOD: superoxide dismutase; GSH: glutathione; CAT: catalase; GST: glutathione-S-transferase; GPx: glutathione peroxidase; DD: DNA damage; LP: lipid peroxidation; PC: protein carbonylation; AOC: antioxidant capacity; MMP: mitochondrial membrane potential; ↑: increased; ↓: decreased.