Relative induction potency of benzo(a)pyrene and dibenzo(a,h) anthracene in environmental samples using the H4IIE cell bioassay
- Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
The induction of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD) activity in H4IIE cells has proven to be a useful assay for assessing the toxic equivalents of complex mixtures of halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons and related compounds in environmental samples. However, there is often a discrepancy between bioassay induction results and toxic equivalents calculated from chemical analysis of samples; the former yielding higher I-TEQs (induction/toxic equivalents). Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of chemicals which can significantly contribute to I-TEQ estimates. Benzo(a)pyrene (BAP) and dibenzo(a,h)anthracene (DBA) are both carcinogenic PAHs found in environmental samples, specifically oysters (Crassostrea virginica) collected from Galveston Bay. Dose-response studies were conducted with H4IIE cells to determine the relative induction potency of these two PAHs relative to 2,3,7,8-TCDD. Using probit analysis, the I-TEFs were 0.00144 and 0.0095 for BAP and DBA, respectively. Reconstituted PAH mixtures (744 to 4,466 ng/g total PAHs) with constant percentages of BAP (4.5%) and DEA (3.5%) yielded bioassay derived I-TEQs which ranged from 0.52 to 1.44 ng/g. Oysters treated with the same PAH mix for 30 days differentially accumulated the DBA and BAP over the time course. The bioassay derived I-TEQs of extracts from these oysters ranged from 0.99 to 6.14 ng/g whereas the calculated values using only the I-TEQs of BAP and BDA ranged from 0.04 to 0.57 accounting for only 5--10% of the observed induction response. These results indicate that presence of other PAHs in the treated oyster extracts are highly active as inducers of EROD activity in the H4IIE bioassay.
- OSTI ID:
- 398176
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9511137-; ISBN 1-880611-03-1; TRN: IM9649%%384
- 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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