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Monooxygenae induction and chlorobiphenyls in the deep-sea fish Coryphaenoides armatus

Journal Article · · Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
Inhibition of liver microsomal ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase and aryl hydrocarbon hydroxylase activities by ..cap alpha..-naphthoflavone and by polyclonal antibodies to hydrocarbon-inducible cytochrome P-450E from teleost liver indicated a xenobiotic-induced origin of these activities in the deep-sea fish Coryphaenoides armatus. Specific recognition of a protein by antibodies to P-450E in an immunoblot assay further indicated zenobiotic-induced cytochrome P-450 in these animals. Levels of apparently induced cytochrome P-450 and monooxygenase activity correlated positively with the tissue content of chlorobiphenyls of known inducing activity, implicating such compounds in biochemical effects occurring in the deep ocean.
Research Organization:
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA
OSTI ID:
5487894
Journal Information:
Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 231:4743; ISSN SCIEA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English