新农药吡虫啉及其代谢产物对土壤呼吸的影响

为评价吡虫啉对土壤生态环境造成的影响,用直接吸收法测定土壤呼吸强度,比较了吡虫啉浓度为0、10、40和100μg/g及40μg/g水解、光解产物的影响.结果表明高浓度吡虫啉对土壤呼吸的抑制作用较强,水解产物对土壤呼吸的影响小于吡虫啉,10min光解产物对土壤呼吸的影响要略强于吡虫啉,但30min光解产物对土壤呼吸的影响大大降低.13d后各处理的土壤呼吸强度基本恢复.吡虫啉及其代谢产物均属于低毒或无实际危害的农药,对土壤微生物影响较小.     

Dissipation,half-lives,and mass spectrometric identification of chlorpyrifos and its two metabolites on field-grown collard and kale

The persistence and fate of chlorpyrifos and its two metabolites, chlorpyrifos-oxon and the 3, 5, 6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCP) break-down product were investigated on kale and collard leaves under field conditions. A simultaneous extraction and quantification procedure was developed for chrorpyrifos and its two main metabolites. Residues of chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos oxon, and TCP were determined using a gas chromatograph (GC) equipped with an electron capture detector (GC/ECD). Chlorpyrifos metabolites were detectable up to 23 days following application. Residues were confirmed using a GC equipped with a mass selective detector (GC/MSD) in total ion mode. Initial residues of chlorpyrifos were greater on collard (14.5 µg g^?1) than kale (8.2 µg g^?1) corresponding to half-lives (T_1/2) values of 7.4 and 2.2 days, respectively. TCP, the hydrolysis product, was more persistent on collards with an estimated T_1/2 of 6.5 days compared to kale (T_1/2 of 1.9 days).     

1H-NMR-based metabolomic studies of bisphenol A in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (¹H-NMR) spectroscopy was used to study the response of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to increasing concentrations of bisphenol A (4,4′-(propane-2,2-diyl)diphenol, BPA). Orthogonal partial least squares discriminant analysis (OPLS-DA) was applied to detect aberrant metabolomic profiles after 72 h of BPA exposure at all levels tested (0.01, 0.1, and 1.0 mg/L). The OPLS-DA score plots showed that BPA exposure caused significant alterations in the metabolome. The metabolomic changes in response to BPA exposure generally exhibited nonlinear patterns, with the exception of reduced levels of several metabolites, including glutamine, inosine, lactate, and succinate. As the level of BPA exposure increased, individual metabolite patterns indicated that the zebrafish metabolome was subjected to severe oxidative stress. Interestingly, ATP levels increased significantly at all levels of BPA exposure. In the present study, we demonstrated the applicability of ¹H-NMR-based metabolomics to identify the discrete nature of metabolic changes.     

厌氧反硝化产甲烷体系中喹啉与吲哚共基质的降解特性

研究了厌氧反硝化产甲烷体系中,典型含氮杂环化合物喹啉、吲哚作为共基质碳源,厌氧生物对二者的降解特性,及群落分析.结果表明：在共基质条件下,喹啉的存在对吲哚的生物降解有抑制作用,且抑制随喹啉浓度的升高而升高;吲哚的存在对喹啉的生物降解有促进作用,但吲哚浓度过高（150mg/L）抑制了喹啉的降解;喹啉、吲哚共基质时,二者的降解都遵循零级反应动力学;通过GC-MS分析,喹啉的主要中间代谢产物分别为2（1H）喹诺酮与8-羟基-2（1H）喹诺酮;吲哚的主要代谢产物为2-吲哚酮与靛红;通过高通量测序对共基质体系的微生物群落进行分析,发现厌氧功能菌群得到富集,细菌菌门以变形菌门Proteobacteria为主,菌纲以Gammaproteobacteria和Betaproteobacteria为主,菌属以Acinetobacter,Candidimonas,Azospira,和Desulfomicrobium为主.     

1株氯苯高效降解菌的分离鉴定及降解特性

分离筛选到1株能以氯苯为唯一碳源和能源的菌株LW26,根据菌株的形态、生理生化特征、16S rRNA序列分析以及Biolog鉴定,确定该菌株为戴尔福特菌(Delftia tsuruhatensis),其为新发现的具有氯苯降解能力的菌株,并且该菌株能降解BETX、正己烷和环己烷等常见的有机污染物.实验考察了温度、pH、氯苯初始浓度、Cl-浓度等因素对菌株生长和降解性能的影响.结果表明,该菌株较为适宜的生长和降解条件为:温度25℃、pH 7.0;底物耐受浓度高达500 mg·L~(-1);当Cl-浓度超过0.14 mol·L~(-1)时,菌株生长会受到抑制.利用Haldane模型对实验数据拟合得到菌株LW26的最大比生长速率μmax和最大比降解速率γmax分别为0.42 h~(-1)和2.53 h~(-1).利用GC-MS进行中间产物分析,结果表明菌株LW26降解氯苯的过程中产生邻氯苯酚,结合邻苯二酚双加氧酶活性分析,推测氯苯经历邻位开环、脱氯、氧化等过程,最终矿化为CO2或转化为生物质.     

Catecholamine metabolites in amniotic fluid from fetuses with neural tube defects

Catecholamine metabolites were analysed in amniotic fluid from fetuses with neural tube defects and controls. HMPG (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl-glycol) assumed to originate mainly from the central nervous system and VMA (4-hydroxy-3-methoxymandelic acid) formed in the peripheral nervous system were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The HMPG/VMA ratio was increased (more than 2 SD) compared with controls in ten out of fifteen cases of neural tube defects.     

Rapid determination of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane and its main metabolites in aqueous samples by one-step microwave-assisted headspace controlled-temperature liquid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography with electron capture detection

A rapid and sensitive analytical method for the determination of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its main metabolites in environmental aqueous samples has been developed using one-step microwave-assisted headspace controlled-temperature liquid-phase micro-extraction (MA-HS-CT-LPME) technique coupled with gas chromatography-electron-capture detection (GC-ECD). In this study, the one-step extraction of DDT and its main metabolites was achieved by using microwave heating to accelerate the evaporation of analytes into the controlled-temperature headspace to form a cloudy mist vapor zone for LPME sampling. Parameters influencing extraction efficiency were thoroughly optimized, and the best extraction for DDT and its main metabolites from 10-mL aqueous sample at pH 6.0 was achieved by using 1-octanol (4-μL) as the LPME solvent, sampling at 34 °C for 6.5 min under 249 W of microwave irradiation. Under optimum conditions, excellent linear relationship was obtained in the range of 0.05-1.0 μg/L for 1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p′-chlorophenyl)ethylene (p,p′-DDE), 0.1-2.0 μg/L for o,p′-DDT, 0.15-3.0 μg/L for 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis-(p′-chlorophenyl)ethane (p,p′-DDD) and p,p′-DDT, with detection limits of 20 ng/L for p,p′-DDE, and 30 ng/L for o,p′-DDT, p,p′-DDD and p,p′-DDT. Precision was in the range of 3.2-11.3% RSD. The proposed method was validated with environmental water samples. The spiked recovery was between 95.5% and 101.3% for agricultural-field water, between 94% and 99.7% for sea water and between 93.5% and 98% for river water. Thus the established method has been proved to be a simple, rapid, sensitive, inexpensive and eco-friendly procedure for the determination of DDT and its main metabolites in environmental water samples.     

Biotransformation of Metamitron by Human P450 Expressed in Transgenic Tobacco Cell Cultures

In the present investigation, the oxidative metabolism of ¹⁴C-labeled metamitron was examined in plant cell cultures of tobacco overexpressing human P450 enzymes CYP1A1 or CYP1A2; special interest was in the aromatic hydroxylation of the herbicide. The oxidative metabolites deaminometamitron (DAM) and 4-hydroxydeaminometamitron (4-HDAM) were found in the untransformed control culture as well as in the transgenic culture. The transgenic cultures, however, exhibited higher turnover rates after 48 h of incubation with 20 μg ¹⁴C-metamitron per assay (untransformed: 40%, CYP1A1: 80%, CYP1A2: 100%). Primary metabolite 4-HDAM was partially found in glucosylated form in the transgenic cultures. As minor oxidative metabolites, 6-hydroxyphenyl-3-methoxymethyl-1,2,4-triazine-5(4H)-one and 3-hydroxymethyl-6-phenyl-1,2,4-triazine-5(4H)-one were identified in the transgenic cultures by GC-MS, LC-MS. Additionally, it could be demonstrated that both foreign enzymes (CYP1A1, CYP1A2) also catalyzed the deamination of metamitron. In a large-scale study (up to 400 μ g per assay) with the transgenic culture expressing CYP1A2, the high efficiency of this P450 system toward metamitron was demonstrated: turnover of the xenobiotic was almost complete with 400 μ g. Since large portions of unglucosylated 4-H-DAM were found, the activity of foreign CYP1A2 apparently exceeded that of endogenous O-glucosyltransferases of the tobacco cell culture. We concluded that in comparison to the nontransformed cell culture, the extent of metabolism was considerably higher in the transgenic cultures. The transgenic cell cultures expressing human CYP1A1 or CYP1A2 are thus suitable tools for the production of large quantities of primary oxidized metabolites of metamitron.     

Unusual polar metabolites in the groundwater of a contaminated waste site indicate a new pathway of mononitrotoluene transformation

At a mononitrotoluene-contaminated waste disposal site, the groundwater was screened for polar transformation products of mononitrotoluenes, by means of HPLC-MS, HPLC-NMR and further off-line NMR and MS techniques. Besides expected metabolites such as aminotoluenes (ATs) and nitrobenzoic acids (NBAs), three unknowns (di- and tetrahydro-derivatives of (2-oxo-quinolin-3-yl) acetic acid) could be identified which, in the context of explosives and related compounds, are new metabolites. Evidence could be provided by microcosm experiments with 2-nitrotoluene (2-NT) that these metabolites are microbial transformation products of 2-NT under anaerobic conditions. The NMR and MS data are presented and the possible pathway for the formation of these metabolites after addition of 2-NT to fumarate is discussed.     

Hydroxylated polychlorobornanes--synthesis and characterization of new potential toxaphene metabolites

For decades, toxaphene had been used as a major chloropesticide. Degradation of the multicomponent mixture in the environment was mainly reported to be due to anaerobic dechlorination and hydrodechlorination. Little was known about oxidative transformation processes and the potential hydroxylated metabolites were not available as standard compounds. For this reason we synthesized hydroxylated polychlorobornanes by the UV-induced photochlorination of 2-endo-bornyl acetate with sulfuryl chloride followed by hydrolysis of the acetate moiety. The released polychlorinated 2-endo-hydroxybornanes were slightly higher chlorinated the longer the reaction was maintained. After 8 h, the main products were pentachlorinated hydroxybornanes followed by hexa- and heptachlorinated homologues. Traces of octachlorinated hydroxybornanes were also observed. The GC/ECNI-MS spectra of the products were characterized by the molecular ions and the [M-Cl]⁻ fragment ions. The molecular ions of the polychlorinated hydroxybornanes are isobaric with those of polychlorinated biphenyls. E.g. hexachlorohydroxybornanes (C₁₀H₁₂Cl₆O) and hexachlorobiphenyls (C₁₂H₄Cl₆) show the molecular ion at m/z 358. Based on fractionation experiments on silica with the synthesis products it might be possible that OH-CTTs if present in samples will elute into a more polar fraction usually discarded or not collected. Both problems might explain why these compounds have not been more frequently described in the scientific literature.