Induction of cytochrome P450-associated monooxygenases in northern leopard frogs, Rana pipiens, by 3,3‘,4,4‘,5-pentachlorobiphenyl

Huang, Y-W.; Melancon, M.J.; Jung, R.E.; Karasov, W.H.

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Northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) were injected intraperitoneally either with a solution of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) 126 in corn oil at a concentration of 0.2, 0.7, 2.3 and 7.8 mg/kg body weight or with corn oil alone. Appropriate assay conditions with hepatic microsomes were determined for four cytochrome P450-associated monooxygenases: ethoxyresorufin-O-dealkylase (EROD), methoxy-ROD (MROD), benzyloxy-ROD (BROD) and pentoxy-ROD (PROD). One week after PCB administration, the specific activities of EROD, MROD, BROD and PROD were not elevated at doses ? 0.7 mg/kg (p > 0.05), but were significantly increased at doses ? 2.3 mg/kg compared to the control groups (p < 0.05). The increased activity of these four enzymes ranged from 3to 6.4fold relative to control levels. The increased activities were maintained for at least four weeks. Due to a lack of induction at low doses of PCB 126, which were still relatively high compared to currentlyknown environmental concentrations, we suspect that EROD, MROD, BROD, and PROD activities are not sensitive biomarkers for coplanar PCB exposure in leopard frogs.

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Huang, Y-W.; Melancon, M.J.; Jung, R.E.; Karasov, W.H.

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Induction of cytochrome P450-associated monooxygenases in northern leopard frogs, Rana pipiens, by 3,3‘,4,4‘,5-pentachlorobiphenyl; 1998; Article; Journal; Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry; Huang, Y-W.; Melancon, M.J.; Jung, R.E.; Karasov, W.H.