“…In this study, all the antioxidant defenserelated traits, CAT, were downregulated (i.e., SOD, GSH/GSSG, and T-AOC) in turtles from low latitudes after being exposed to heat waves (Figure 2). Widely depressed antioxidant defenses (i.e., SOD, GPx, and T-AOC) in low-latitude turtles may limit their ability to eliminate ROS and prevent oxidative damage, such as the production of MDA (Došenović et al, 2021;Pinya et al, 2021). The effects of SOD, CAT, and GPx activity on the elimination of MDA have been widely demonstrated in vertebrates, including fishes (Fakhereddin and Doğan, 2021), reptiles (Han et al, 2020;Kou et al, 2021;Pinya et al, 2021), birds (Altan et al, 2003), and mammals (Wei et al, 2016).…”