Effect-directed fractionation and identification of cytochrome p4501A-inducing halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in a contaminated sediment. 2002

Werner Brack, and Kristin Schirmer, and Tobias Kind, and Steffi Schrader, and Gerrit Schüürmann
Department of Chemical Ecotoxicology, UFZ Center for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Permoserstrasse 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany. wb@uoe.ufz.de

On the basis of a new fractionation method combined with in vitro ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) induction in a rainbow trout liver cell line (RTL-W1) and chemical analysis, halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons with dioxin-like activity were identified in a sediment extract from Bitterfeld, Germany. The fractionation method allowed a separation of different nonplanar and coplanar polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) with different degrees of chlorination. The dioxin-like activity at the investigated site could be quantitatively assigned to PCDD/Fs. Both PCBs and PCNs could be excluded as the cause of the measured effects on the basis of the fractionation procedure and bioanalytical results. Thus, the method allowed the chemical analysis to focus on PCDD/Fs, with significant reduction of the analytical expense. The EROD-induction potency of sediment-extract fractions was quantified, and toxicants were confirmed by the application of induction equivalent quantities on the basis of fixed-effect-level concentrations that exhibit 15% of the maximum induction by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. This approach was designed to minimize methodological limitations due to superimposing inhibitory effects.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008099 Liver A large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates that is responsible for detoxification, metabolism, synthesis and storage of various substances. Livers
D009281 Naphthalenes Two-ring crystalline hydrocarbons isolated from coal tar. They are used as intermediates in chemical synthesis, as insect repellents, fungicides, lubricants, preservatives, and, formerly, as topical antiseptics.
D011078 Polychlorinated Biphenyls Industrial products consisting of a mixture of chlorinated biphenyl congeners and isomers. These compounds are highly lipophilic and tend to accumulate in fat stores of animals. Many of these compounds are considered toxic and potential environmental pollutants. PCBs,Polychlorinated Biphenyl,Polychlorobiphenyl Compounds,Biphenyl, Polychlorinated,Biphenyls, Polychlorinated,Compounds, Polychlorobiphenyl
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D004784 Environmental Monitoring The monitoring of the level of toxins, chemical pollutants, microbial contaminants, or other harmful substances in the environment (soil, air, and water), workplace, or in the bodies of people and animals present in that environment. Monitoring, Environmental,Environmental Surveillance,Surveillance, Environmental
D004785 Environmental Pollutants Substances or energies, for example heat or light, which when introduced into the air, water, or land threaten life or health of individuals or ECOSYSTEMS. Environmental Pollutant,Pollutant,Pollutants,Pollutants, Environmental,Pollutant, Environmental
D004790 Enzyme Induction An increase in the rate of synthesis of an enzyme due to the presence of an inducer which acts to derepress the gene responsible for enzyme synthesis. Induction, Enzyme
D000072317 Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins Dibenzodioxin derivatives that contain multiple chloride atoms bound to the benzene ring structures. TCDD,Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin,2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin,Chlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins,Dibenzo(b,e)(1,4)dioxin, 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-,PCDD,Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins,Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxin,Polychlorodibenzo-4-dioxin,Polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxin,Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin,Chlorinated Dibenzo p dioxins,Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Chlorinated,Dibenzo-p-dioxins, Polychlorinated,Dibenzodioxin, Polychlorinated,Dibenzodioxins, Polychlorinated,Polychlorinated Dibenzo p dioxins,Polychlorodibenzo 4 dioxin,Polychlorodibenzo p dioxin,Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin
D000072338 Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans that contain chloride atoms bound to the aromatic rings of the structure. Chlorinated Dibenzofurans,Chlorodibenzofurans,Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans,Dibenzofurans, Chlorinated
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia

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