Detoxification Enzyme Activities (CYP1A1 and GST) in the Skin of Humpback Whales as a Function of Organochlorine Burdens and Migration Status

• Published in: Aquatic Toxicology
• Main Authors: Bengtson Nash, Susan, Dawson, Amanda, Burkard, Michael, Waugh, C., Huston, W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier BV 2014
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified; Griffith; Megaptera novaeangliae
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/67059; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2014.06.021

The activities of glutathione-s-transferase (GST) and cytochrome P-450 1A1 (CYP1A1) enzymes were measured in freshly extracted epidermis of live-biopsied, migrating, southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). The two quantified enzyme activities did not correlate strongly with eac...