The effect of selenium on antioxidant system in aquaculture animals

Zi-Meng Li; Xiu-Li Wang; Xiao-Min Jin; Jia-Qiang Huang; Lian-Shun Wang

doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1153511

The effect of selenium on antioxidant system in aquaculture animals

Front Physiol. 2023 Apr 26:14:1153511. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1153511. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Zi-Meng Li^{1

2

3}, Xiu-Li Wang^{1

2}, Xiao-Min Jin³, Jia-Qiang Huang^{1

4}, Lian-Shun Wang^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The Key Laboratory of Pufferfish Breeding and Culture in Liaoning Province, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China.
² College of Fisheries an Life, Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, Liaoning, China.
³ Hebei Key Laboratory of Ocean Dynamics Resources and Environments, Hebei Normal University of Science and Technology, Qinhuangdao, China.
⁴ Department of Nutrition and Health, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Abstract

There will be generated some adverse conditions in the process of acquculture farming with the continuous improvement of the intensive degree of modern aquaculture, such as crowding stress, hypoxia, and malnutrition, which will easily lead to oxidative stress. Se is an effective antioxidant, participating and playing an important role in the antioxidant defense system of fish. This paper reviews the physiological functions of selenoproteins in resisting oxidative stress in aquatic animals, the mechanisms of different forms of Se in anti-oxidative stress in aquatic animals and the harmful effects of lower and higher levels of Se in aquaculture. To summarize the application and research progress of Se in oxidative stress in aquatic animals and provide scientific references for its application in anti-oxidative stress in aquaculture.

Keywords: antioxidant; aquatic animals; oxidative stress; selenium; selenoprotein.

Publication types

Review

Grants and funding

This research was funded by Innovation Team Project of Dalian Ocean University, China (B202102) and the Central Guidance on Local Science and Technology Development Fund of Hebei Province (226Z7103G), China.