Issue 1, 2018

Modelling oral up-take of hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic chemicals in fish

Abstract

We have extended a recently published toxicokinetic model for fish (TK-fish) towards the oral up-take of contaminants. Validation with hydrophobic chemicals revealed that diffusive transport through aqueous boundary layers in the gastro-intestinal tract and in the blood is the limiting process. This process can only be modelled correctly if facilitated transport by albumin or bile micelles through these boundary layers is accounted for. In a case study we have investigated the up-take of a super hydrophobic chemical, Dechlorane Plus. Our results suggest that there is no indication of a hydrophobicity or size cut-off in the bioconcentration of this chemical. Based on an extremely high, but mechanistically sound facilitation factor we received model results in good agreement with experimental values from the literature. The results also indicate that established experimental procedures for BCF determination cannot cover the very slow up-take and clearance kinetics that are to be expected for such a chemical.

Graphical abstract: Modelling oral up-take of hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic chemicals in fish

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Oct 2017
Accepted
06 Dec 2017
First published
06 Dec 2017

Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2018,20, 98-104

Modelling oral up-take of hydrophobic and super-hydrophobic chemicals in fish

W. Larisch and K. Goss, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2018, 20, 98 DOI: 10.1039/C7EM00495H

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