Review Article

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

Table 2

Effects of commonly used conventional pesticide active ingredients in the home and garden market sector in 2012 on oxidative stress in different tissues.

PesticideCell type/model systemConcentration/doseOxidative stress markersReference

CarbarylCantareus apertus (digestive gland)1 μMIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased activities of CAT, SOD, GPx, and GR, and decreased total oxyradical scavenging capacity[275]
Calothrix brevissima10, 20, 30, and 40 mg/LIncreased lipid peroxidation and increased SOD, CAT, and APX activities[276]
Caenorhabditis elegans0.5, 1, and 1.5 mMDecreased SOD activity and increased CAT and GPx activities[277]
Mouse neuroblastoma cells (neuro 2A)10 μMIncreased ROS level, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, increased proapoptotic gene Bax and caspase-3 expression, and decreased antiapoptotic gene Bcl-2 expression[278]
Rat adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells100 μg/mLIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased SOD activity, decreased GSH content, and decreased mitochondrial membrane potential[279]
Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)1 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased activities of GPx, GR, GST, SOD, and CAT, and decreased GSH level[280]

Permethrin (PER)Rat polymorphonuclear neutrophils (PMNs)PER (10 μM)Increased apoptosis, protein carbonyl, and conjugated diene formation in lipids[69]
PER metabolites (3-PBAlc, PBAld, and 3-PBA) (10 μM)Increased apoptosis, protein carbonyl, and conjugated diene formation in lipids[69]
Rat adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cellsPER (10, 20, and 30 mg/L)PER induced enantioselective oxidative stress and cytotoxicity[281]
1R-trans-PER (10, 20, and 30 mg/L)Increased ROS generation and MDA level and decreased the activity of SOD, CAT, and GSH[281]
1S-trans-PER (10, 20, and 30 mg/L)The toxic effect on PC12 cells induced by 1R-trans-PER was approximately 1.6 times higher than by 1S-cis-PER[281]
Thymic cells from C57BL/6 micePER (150, 300, 600, and 1000 μMInduced O2•− and H2O2[282]
Lindane (37.5, 50, 75, 150, and 200 μM)PER and lindane mixtures increased SOD activity, had no effect on CAT levels, and inhibited GPx and GSH-R-specific activities[282]
Wistar rats34.05 mg/kgIncreased Nurr-1, Nrf2, and NF-κB p65 mRNA levels in the cerebellum[91]
Wistar rats34.05 mg/kgIncreased plasma lipid peroxidation[92]
Male and female 500-day-old rats4 mL/kgIncreased calcium and Nrf2 gene expression levels in old age[134]

CypermethrinWistar rats25 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation and protein oxidation, increased plasma IL-6 and TNF-α levels, and increased 8-NO2Gua levels[44]
Wistar rats1.5–15 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation[283]

DeltamethrinSprague–Dawley rats (hippocampi)3.125 mg/kg and 12.50 mg/kgIncreased reactive free radical formation in the brain, increased nuclear Nrf2 expression, and increased HO-1 mRNA levels[136]
Rat adrenal pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells10, 100 μMIncreased intracellular ROS production[136]
Male Wistar rats6.25 mg/kgDecreased CAT activity, SOD activity, and GPx activity. Increased lipid peroxidation[63]
BifenthrinHuman colon carcinoma (HCT116) cell1/4 IC50, 1/2 IC50, 3/4 IC50, and IC50Increased ROS production levels, increased lipid peroxidation, increased DNA damage, decreased mitochondrial membrane potential, and increased caspase-3 activity and MAPK activation[284]
Male ICR mice1S-cis-BF (5 mg/kg)Increased hepatic ROS level, increased serum and hepatic lipid peroxidation, decreased GSH activity, increased CAT activity, increased SOD activity, and increased Cat and Ho-1 mRNA levels[285]
Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs)15, 30 μMIncreased apoptosis[286]
Zebrafish15, 30 μMIncreased intestinal ROS level[286]

2-Methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid (MCPA)Human erythrocytes250, 500 ppmDecreased GSH level[287]
Human erythrocytes2.0 mM, 4.0 mMIncreased lipid peroxidation[288]
Ramalina fraxinea20, 50, 100 mg/LIncreased lipid peroxidation[289]

MalathionThymic cells from C57BL/6 mice37.5, 75, 150, 300 μMInduced O2•− and H2O2[282]
Rat erythrocytes0.13 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased SOD and CAT activities, and increased total-SH content[146]
Male Wistar rats (cortex, striatum, cerebellum, hippocampus)25, 50, 100, and 150 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased protein carbonylation, increased/decreased CAT activity, and increased/decreased SOD activity[290]
Prepubertal male mice200 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased ROS level, decreased SH group, reduced CAT and GPx activities in the liver and kidney, decreased total SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD, and Mn-SOD activities in the liver, and decreased total SOD and Mn-SOD activities in the kidney[291]
Male Swiss mice500 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased ROS level, increased SH group content, and increased testicular activities of SOD, Cu/Zn-SOD, Mn-SOD, Fe-SOD, and CAT[292]
Male Wistar rats250 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation and decreased testicular total antioxidant capacity[293]
Male Swiss albino mice27 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, decreased testicular activities of SOD, CAT, and GPx, and decreased GSH level[294]
Wistar male rats250 mg/kgIncreased 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) level, increased NO level, decreased total antioxidant capacity (TAC), increased total oxidant status (TOS), decreased CAT and SOD activities, and increased DNA damage[295]
Sprague Dawley rats200 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased NO level, and decreased GSH level[296]
Human liver carcinoma cell (HepG2)6–24 mMIncreased lipid peroxidation and increased oxidative DNA damage[297]
Porcine cumulus-oocyte complexes750 and 1000 μMIncreased ROS level, increased lipid peroxidation, increased protein carbonylation, increased Cu/Zn-SOD, GST, and G6PD expression levels, and decreased CAT and GPx expression levels[298]
Male Wistar rats25, 50, 100, and 150 mg/kgIncreased mitochondrial superoxide production in the hippocampus, increased lipid peroxidation in the hippocampus and striatum, and decreased complex IV activity in the hippocampus[299]
Rohu (Labeo rohita) liver5 μg/LIncreased intracellular ROS level, increased lipid peroxidation, increased activities of CAT, SOD, POD, GSH, GR, GST, and GPx, and increased DNA damage[300]
Human erythrocytes25, 75, 200 μMIncreased lipid peroxidation, decreased SOD, CAT, and GPx activities[301]
Female Wistar rats (ovary)50 mg/kgIncreased lipid peroxidation and decreased GSH content[302]
Allium cepa0.05, 0.13, 0.26, 0.39, and 0.52 g/LIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased CAT, GST, and SOD activities, decreased APX and GR activities, and increased DNA damage[303]
Male Kunming mice10−5 MIncreased lipid peroxidation, increased •OH level, decreased SOD, GPx, and CAT activities, decreased GSH content, and increased levels of Bax, Bcl-2, and p53 in splenic T cells[250]