Multivariate modeling of PCB bioaccumulation in three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus)

Journal Article · Sat Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0947:MMOPBI>2.3.CO;2· OSTI ID:264303

Bavel, B van; Andersson, P; Wingfors, H; Bergqvist, P A; Rappe, C; Tysklind, M ^[1]; Aahgren, J; Norrgren, L ^[2]

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1. Umeaa Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of Environmental Chemistry
2. Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (Sweden)

Three-spined sticklebacks were exposed to 20 polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) through gastrointestinal intake. The PCBs, viz. 2,2{prime},3,4-TeCB, 2,2{prime},4,6{prime}-TeCB, 2,3,3{prime},5{prime}-TeCB, 2,3,4,4{prime}-TeCB, 2,3{prime},4,5{prime}-TeCB, 3,3{prime},4,5-TeCB, 2,2{prime},3,4{prime},6-PeCB, 2,2{prime},4,4{prime},5-PeCB, 2,2{prime},4,6,6{prime}-PeCB, 2,3,3{prime},5,6-PeCB, 2,3,4,4{prime},6-PeCB, 3,3{prime}4,4{prime}5-PeCB, 2,2{prime},3,4,5,6{prime}-HxCB, 2,2{prime},4,4{prime},5,5{prime}-HxCB, 3,3{prime},4,4{prime},5,5{prime}-HxCB, 2,2{prime},3,3{prime},4,5,6-HpCB, 2,2{prime},3,4,4{prime},6,6{prime}-HpCB, 2,2{prime},3,4{prime},5,6,6{prime}-HpCB, 2,3,3{prime},4,4{prime},5,6-HpCB, and 2,3,3{prime},4{prime},5,5{prime},6-HpCB, were selected by means of a full factorial design in combination with principal component analyses based on several physicochemical properties of tetra- through hepta-PCBs. After exposure to the training set, pooled samples of the sticklebacks were analyzed by GC-MS after lipid determination and cleanup using Florisil open-column chromatography. Bioaccumulation factors (BAFs) were calculated on a lipid basis by dividing the PCB concentrations in the fish by the respective concentrations in the feed. Higher chlorinated PCBs showed, in general, higher bioaccumulation than the lower chlorinated congeners. Polychlorinated biphenyls with vicinal hydrogens in the meta- and para-positions exhibited low bioaccumulation. Finally, 18 of the 20 measured BAFs were used to calculate a multivariate quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) by means of partial least squares fitting to latent structures. By applying this QSAR, the bioaccumulation potentials of 136 nontested tetra- through hepta-PCB congeners were predicted.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• OSTI ID: 264303
• Journal Information: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Journal Name: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 15; ISSN 0730-7268; ISSN ETOCDK
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BIOLOGICAL ACCUMULATION
BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
FISHES
FORECASTING
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS
SENSITIVITY
STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS
TOXICITY
WATER POLLUTION