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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2006 63(1):161-168; doi:10.1016/j.icesjms.2005.08.001
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© 2005 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea

Acetylcholinesterase activity in hosts (herring Clupea harengus) and parasites (Anisakis simplex larvae) from the southern Baltic

Magdalena Podolska* and Dorota Napierska

Sea Fisheries Institute ul. Kollataja 1, 81-332 Gdynia, Poland

*Correspondence to M. Podolska: tel: +48 58 620 17 28; fax: +48 58 620 28 31. e-mail: bilbo{at}mir.gdynia.pl.

This study compares the acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity of herring Clupea harengus infected with Anisakis simplex larvae and non-infected individuals caught in coastal waters of the southern Baltic. Acetylcholinesterase activity was measured spectrophotometrically. Generalized linear models were applied to analyse the dependence of AChE activity on the area of sampling and the biological parameters of fish and their parasites. The AChE activity of herring was higher in samples from the western and central coasts (regarded as "clean" waters) than in fish caught in the semi-enclosed areas of the Gulf of Gdansk and Vistula Lagoon (regarded as "polluted" sites). The opposite relationship was noted in the activity of AChE extracted from A. simplex larvae. In male hosts, the parasitic AChE activity was markedly higher than in the females in all examined areas.

Keywords: AChE, Anisakis simplex, Baltic Sea, Clupea harengus, herring

Received 30 November 2004; accepted 1 August 2005.


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