Thyroid hormone kinetics in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) exposed to PCB 126
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada)
Recent studies indicate that co-planar PCB congeners or their metabolites can distort thyroid function in mammals. Although co-planar PCBs have been detected at pg/kg levels in fish from contaminated areas, few studies have examined the potential of co-planar PCBs to alter thyroid function in fish. The authors treated immature lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, with a single oral gelatin gavage containing 3,3{prime},4,4{prime},5-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 126) at nominal concentrations of 0, 3, 10 or 30 {micro}g/kg fish weight. After 3 and 23 weeks PCB exposure, fish were catheterized and allowed 1 week to recover from the surgical procedures. Then a single bolus of L-[3{prime},5{prime}{sup 125}l] thyroxine in plasma vehicle was administered through the catheter. Blood samples were removed at 5, 13, 45, 120, 480, 960, 1440 and 2880 min after tracer injection. PCB 126 doses greater than 3{micro}g/kg accelerated the plasma clearance rate and modified tissue distribution of L-thyroxine. The altered L-thyroxine kinetics appear correlated to higher activities of hepatic conjugating enzymes. The possibility exists that some of the organismal effects of co-planar PCB exposure may be mediated by disruptions in thyroid function.
- OSTI ID:
- 211969
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9617%%285
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) world conference, Vancouver (Canada), 5-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Second SETAC world congress (16. annual meeting): Abstract book. Global environmental protection: Science, politics, and common sense; PB: 378 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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