GENERATION OF REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES BY EXTERNAL SURFACES
OF WATER ORGANISMS
A. V. Gordeeva, Yu. A. Labas
A. N. Bach Institute of Biochemistry RAS, Moscow;
e-mail: labass@iitp.ru
We have demonstrated that water organisms of various phylogenetic levels - lower fungi, sponges, coelenterates,
molluscs, and fishes - produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) into the aquatic environment without any additional
stimuli. Our experimental data support the idea that ROS production by marine invertebrates is calcium- and
proteinkinase C-dependent process, whose functions still remain unknown.
Key words: reactive oxygen species, lower fungi, sponges, coelenterates, molluscs, fishes
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