BIOACCUMULATION OF POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs) AND DICHLORODIPHENYLETHANE (DDE) METHYL SULFONES IN TISSUES OF SEAL AND DOLPHIN MORBILLIVIRUS EPIZOOTIC VICTIMS

G. M. Troisi Wildlife and Human Toxicology Unit, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Surrey, United Kingdom

K. Haraguchi Daichi College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan

D. S. Kaydoo Wildlife and Human Toxicology Unit, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, Surrey, United Kingdom

M. Nyman Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Helsinki, Finland

A. Aguilar Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

A. Borrell Department of Animal Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

U. Siebert West Coast Research and Technology Centre, University of Kiel, Busum, Germany

C. F. Mason Department of Biological and Chemical Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom

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Abstract

Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and dichlorodiphenylethane (DDE) methyl sulfone (MSF) metabolites possess high affinities for binding two homologous 16,000 Da homodimeric receptor proteins in the lung (Clara cell secretory protein, CCSP) and the uterus (uteroglobin, UG), leading to selective bioaccumulation of MSFs in these tissues. As marine mammals are highly exposed to organochlorines, concentrations of PCBs, PCB MSFs, DDT, and DDE MSF were analyzed in blubber, lung, and uterus samples from harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and striped dolphin (Stenella coeruleoalba

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