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The work analyzes participation of the serotoninergic system in correction of adverse effects of benthic deposits contaminated with industrial wastes on the level of lipid peroxidation (LPO) in the fry of the sturgeon Acipenser guldenstadti persicus. In the first series of the study, two intramuscular injections to the sturgeon fry of serotonin-modulated anticonsolidation protein (SMAP) that is in the direct correlation with the serotonin level led to pronounced normalization in the animal tissues of the LPO level whose increase was due to keeping the sturgeons in the fresh water contaminated with benthic deposits. In the second series of the study, administration to the animals of polyclonal anti-SMAP antibodies led to a significant increase of the LPO level in the tissues, similar to effects of the benthic deposits. It is concluded that adverse factors can produce their negative pro-oxidative effects on the organism tissues through a decrease of activity of the serotoninergic system, whereas an artificial increase of the serotoninergic system activity promotes correction of the oxidative stress.

The work presents data on studies of effect of a decrease in the serotoninergic system activity on the level of mutagenic changes (the micronuclear test) in the goby Neogobius fluviatilis and the fry of sturgeon Acipenser guldenstadti persicus. It has been shown that the long exposure of the animals to conditions of industrial and oil pollution leads to a significant decrease in their liver of the level of serotonin-modulated anticonsolidation protein (SMAP) correlating directly with the serotonin level as well as to a sharp rise of the level of micronuclear in erythrocytes. The intramuscular administration of anti-SMAP polyclonal antibodies to the sturgeon fry produces a significant increase of the amount of micronuclear as compared with that in the animals injected with non-immune γ-globulin. The obtained results allow concluding that the decrease of activity of the serotoninergic system is the mechanism that is triggered with adverse environmental factors and realizes mutagenic damages in the modified genetic apparatus.

Cytoarchitectonics of the external nuclei of the pretectal area was studied in four species of the sturgeons: great sturgeon, Huso huso L., Kura sturgeon, Acipenser gueldenstaedtii persicus n. Kurensis Belyaeff, stellate sturgeon, Ac. stellatus Pall. and barbel sturgeon, Ac. nudiventris Lov. Study of morphological organization of the structures was carried out using routine Nissl staining and Bilschowski impregnation technique in Viktorov’s modification. Similar structure of this pretectal area was found in the species. Five nuclear formations were described in this pretectal area: parvocellular and magnocellular external pretectal nuclei, laminiform nucleus of pretectum, dorsal pretectal nucleus, and the accessory optic nucleus. Comparison of the obtained data with the literature revealed a high level of differentiation of the area of pretectum in the sturgeons. Also, a general conclusion is given on the organization of the whole pretectal area in the sturgeons.

A realization of Poincare-Lie algebra in terms of noncommutative differential calculus was constructed. Corresponding relativistic quantum mechanics was considered.