Associations between maternal phthalate exposure and cord sex hormones in human infants

It has been speculated that maternal phthalate exposure may affect reproductive development in human newborns. However, the mechanism awaits further investigation. The aim is to evaluate the association between maternal phthalate exposure and cord sex steroid hormones in pregnant women and their newborns from the general population. A total of 155 maternal and infant pair were recruited and analyzed. Levels of urinary phthalate metabolites and sex steroid hormones were determined using liquid chromatography/electrospray tandem mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS) and radioimmunoassay (RIA), respectively. No significant correlation was found between each steroid hormones and phthalate metabolites for male newborns, except MMP was marginally significantly correlated with E₂. After adjusting for maternal age, estradiol (E₂) levels in cord serum from male newborns were not correlated with maternal urinary phthalate metabolites. In female newborns, the maternal urinary levels of mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) and mono-(2-ethyl-5-hydroxyhexyl) phthalate (5OH-MEHP) were negatively correlated with the free testosterone (fT) and fT/E₂ levels in cord serum with Pearson correlation coefficients ranging between −0.24 and −0.29 (p < 0.05). Additionally, after gestational age was adjusted, the maternal urinary level of DEHP was negatively correlated with the free testosterone (fT) and fT/E₂ levels in cord serum. We suggest that maternal exposure to phthalates may affect sex steroid hormones status in fetal and newborn stage.     

长江中下游某Unitank污水处理厂去除雌激素的效果分析

以长江中下游地区某实际运行的Unitank污水处理厂为研究对象,跟踪监测了其进、出水类固醇雌激素(SE)的浓度水平,考察了雌激素去除效果随时间的变化规律,并分析了不同处理工段对雌激素去除的贡献。结果表明:污水厂进水中雌酮(E1)、17β-雌二醇(E2)、17α-乙炔基雌二醇(EE2)的浓度分别为32.4～89.0,19.4～78.0和12.3～45.0 ng/L,且夏季浓度高于冬季;Unitank工艺对E1、E2、EE2的去除率分别为21.3%～77.0%,23.4%～73.5%和25.2%～68.1%。SE去除主要依靠好氧生物降解实现,物理沉降(沉砂或沉淀)对SE的去除贡献较小。温度是影响SE去除的重要因素之一,较高的温度有利于SE的去除。     

Formation of multiple trimethylsilyl derivatives in the derivatization of 17α-ethinylestradiol with BSTFA or MSTFA followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry determination

N,O-bis（trimethylsily）trifluoroacetamide （BSTFA） and N-methyl-N（trimethylsily） trifluoroacetamide （MSTFA） are common derivatization reagents used in the GC-MS analysis of estrogen steroids such as estrone （El） and 17α-ethinylestradiol （EE2）. In this study, three trimethylsilyl （TMS） steroid derivatives, mono- and di-trimethylsilyl EE2 and mono-trimethylsilyl El, were observed during the derivatization of EE2 with BSTFA or MSTFA and/or GC separation. Factors influencing the production of multiple TMS derivatives and their relative abundance were examined. It was found that both methanol and bisphenol A competed with estrogenic esteroids when reacting with silylation reagents, and thus affected the formation of TMS derivatives and their relative abundance in the derivatization products. Methanol was found to be more reactive than bisphenol A with the BSTFA reagent. None of the three solvents tested in this study could prevent the generation of multiple TMS derivatives during the derivatization of EE2 with BSTFA, followed by GC analysis. A similar result was observed using MSTFA as the derivative reagent followed by GC analysis. Thus, the suitability of BSTFA or MSTFA as the derivatization reagent for the determination of E1 and EE2 by GC-MS, under the conditions reported here, is questionable. This problem can be solved by adding trimethylsilylimidaz （TMSI） in the BSTFA reagent as recommended, and the performance of the method has been proved in this study.     

甾体激素在污水处理厂中的赋存特征和行为归趋

污水处理厂是控制甾体激素环境排放的重要屏障之一,研究不同种类甾体激素在不同工艺污水处理厂中的赋存特征和行为归趋是提高污水处理厂对甾体激素处理效能的重要基础.对无锡市两个污水处理厂各工艺段中22种甾体激素的赋存情况进行8个月的监测,比较了厌氧-缺氧-好氧工艺(A²/O)和倒置A²/O工艺的处理效果.结果表明,甾体激素的进出水总浓度分别为27.7~256.8 ng ·L^-1和5.7~211.0 ng ·L^-1,剩余污泥中激素总含量为36.3~123.6 ng ·g^-1,主要检出雄酮、雄烯二酮、雌酚酮、雌三醇和孕酮.进出水中大多数激素的浓度随降雨量和温度的升高而略有降低的趋势,而冬夏的季节差异未对甾体激素的去除率产生显著影响.污水厂的二、三级处理工艺对激素的去除效果优于一级处理,倒置A²/O和传统A²/O相比对甾体激素的去除并未表现出明显的优势.甾体激素在污水和污泥间的分配系数lg Koc为2~4.5,在厂A中的lg Koc略高于厂B,激素的泥水分配可能影响其处理效果.     

围产期二英暴露对学龄前儿童类固醇激素的影响

为揭示围产期二噁英(PCDD/DFs)暴露对学龄前儿童类固醇激素水平的影响.采用液相色谱-质谱联用法(LC-MS/MS)及高分辨气相色谱法/高分辨质谱联用法(HRGC/HRMS)分析二噁英污染地区5岁儿童(n=37)及非污染地区5岁儿童(n=44)血清中8种类固醇激素水平及母乳中17种二噁英同系物浓度.结果显示污染地区男孩血清中睾酮、双氢睾酮、脱氢表雄酮的水平明显低于非污染地区(p0.05).污染地区女孩血清中睾酮、双氢睾酮、脱氢表雄酮、17α-羟孕酮、孕酮的水平明显低于非污染地区(p0.05).上述类固醇激素与部分二噁英同系物浓度存在显著性负相关.以上结果表明围产期二■英暴露导致学龄前儿童类固醇激素水平降低.     

藻源可溶有机质对17β-雌二醇生物降解的影响

为探究藻源可溶有机质(COM)及其生物老化过程对湖泊水体中17β-雌二醇(E2)生物降解的影响特征,通过模拟生物老化,得到5种不同生物活性的COM样品:S0(78％)>S1(67％)>S2(36％)>S3(13％)>S4(1％).结果表明,经过60h的避光培养实验,相同浓度(8mgC/L)的COM样品均提高了微生物群落...     

类固醇激素在环境中的污染现状及归趋

类固醇激素是一类典型的环境内分泌干扰物(endocrine disrupting chemicals,EDCs),具有极强的内分泌干扰效应和生物活性,因其在各种环境介质中频繁被检出,近几十年来受到了人们的广泛关注。本文系统综述了环境中类固醇激素的主要来源、途径与污染现状及其环境行为,并对未来研究方向进行展望。     

环境固体样品中多种甾体激素的同步检测方法及条件优化

采用超声辅助萃取-吸附剂净化-液相色谱-串联质谱同步检测环境固体样品中22种甾体激素,比较筛选了超声辅助萃取的有机溶剂和净化萃取液的吸附剂。结果表明,使用甲醇/乙腈/乙腈对固体样品中的甾体激素分别进行3次超声辅助萃取效果最佳,在0~150 mg/mL投加量范围内,N-丙基乙二胺粉末能有效减少浓缩萃取液中有机质的干扰并获得最高回收率,石墨碳粉末的有机质去除效果最好,但同时也造成目标物的显著损失,而硅胶粉末对有机质的去除效果不明显,因此选用N-丙基乙二胺粉末为萃取液的净化吸附剂,推荐使用量为150~400 mg/mL,在此优化条件下,22种甾体激素的标准曲线线性良好,方法检出限为0.025~0.696 μg/kg,加标回收率达到63.5%以上,且操作简便、耗时短,适用于各种复杂环境固体样品的检测分析。