环境荷尔蒙概述

环境荷尔蒙对环境的污染以及对内分泌的干扰作用已经引起世界各国的广泛关注。叙述了环境荷尔蒙的概念、种类和危害，并且对环境荷尔蒙的监测分析方法进行评述。     

小鼠子宫增重法检测国产三氯杀螨醇的雌激素生物活性

为了解我国商品农药三氯杀螨醇是否具有明显的雌激素活性，利用整体给药方式检测了不同剂量三氯杀螨醇对未成熟小鼠子宫的作用。结果表明，较低剂量的三氯杀螨醇未使小鼠子明显增重，当剂量增加到４ｍｇ和８ｍｇ时，子宫重量明显增加，与对照组结果相比 ，有显著差异。     

鲫鱼(Carassius auratus)卵黄蛋白原的ELISA检测

采用Sephadex G-200柱层析从鲫鱼(Carassius auratus)成熟鱼卵中提取卵黄脂磷蛋白并制备抗卵黄脂磷蛋白抗血清.用DEAE-cellulose阴离子交换层析和Sephacryl S-300分子筛凝胶层析相结合的两步层析从经17b-雌二醇诱导的雌鱼血浆中提纯卵黄蛋白原.免疫印迹反应显示卵黄脂磷蛋白和卵黄蛋白原都与抗卵黄脂磷蛋白抗血清有特异的反应.以抗卵黄脂磷蛋白抗血清作为抗体,卵黄蛋白原作为竞争抗原建立了间接竞争法酶联免疫吸附反应(ELISA)方法来检测雄鱼血液中卵黄蛋白原含量.该方法可测的最低浓度为7.8ng/mL,工作范围为0.39~25mg/mL,批内和批间误差分别为6.5%和7.5%.     

典型畜禽粪污中雌激素排放特征

为探究畜禽粪污中雌激素的排放水平和分布特征,采用固相萃取-高效液相色谱串联质谱（SPE-HPLC-MS/MS）分析方法,对上海市典型畜禽养殖类型（猪、奶牛、鸡）排放粪污样品中雌激素含量进行测定.结果表明:猪场粪便、沼渣肥、还田土壤、尿液和沼液样品中5种雌激素（E1,雌酮;E2,雌二醇;E3,雌三醇;EE2,炔雌醇;DES,己烯雌酚）总量分别为94.5 ng/g、35.1 ng/g、0.1 ng/g和8 882.2 ng/L、4 388.6 ng/L,其中E1是排泄物中最主要的雌激素;奶牛场粪便、堆肥、还田土壤、尿液、污水进水及出水样品中雌激素总量分别为84.6 ng/g、16.2 ng/g、0.1 ng/g和2 636.7 ng/L、2 605.6 ng/L、615.7 ng/L,其中E1和E2含量最高;鸡场粪便和堆肥样品中雌激素总量分别为60.9和17.5 ng/g.研究显示,猪场、奶牛场和鸡场排泄物中均含有一定数量的天然和人工合成雌激素,雌激素含量水平总体表现为粪便高于有机肥、尿液高于污水;通过畜禽粪污向环境中排放的雌激素总量表现为猪场>奶牛场>鸡场;厌氧发酵对猪场污水中雌激素具有一定的去除效果,而污水厌氧-好氧净化处理和固体粪高温好氧堆肥对奶牛场排泄物中雌激素具有较高的去除效果.      

How seasonality affects the flow of estrogens and their conjugates in one of Japan's most populous catchments

A detailed study of the free and conjugated estrogen load discharged by the eight major sewage treatment plants into the Yodo River basin, Japan was carried out. Sampling campaigns were focused on the winter and autumn seasons from 2005 to 2008 and the free estrogens estrone(E1), 17β-estradiol(E2), estriol(E3), 17α-ethynylestradiol(EE2) as well as their conjugated (sulfate and glucuronide) forms. For both sewage effluent and river water E2 and E1 concentrations were greatest during the winter period (December-March). This coincides with the period of lowest rainfall and lowest temperatures in Japan. E1 was the dominant estrogenic component in effluent (means of 10-50 ng/L) followed by E2 (means of 0.5-3 ng/L). The estrogen sulfate conjugates were found intermittently in the 0.5-1.7 ng/L concentration range in the sewage effluents. The greatest estrogen exposure was found to be in the Katsura River tributary which exceeded 1 ng/L E2-equivalents during the winter period.     

Optimized yeast-based in vitro bioassay for determination of estrogenic and androgenic activity of hydroxylated / methoxylated metabolites of BDEs / CBs and related lipophilic organic pollutants

ABSTRACT

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are known to show endocrine disrupting (ED) activity, including interactions with hormone receptors. The aim of this work was to develop a bioassay applicable for evaluation of ED potency of highly lipophilic metabolites of POPs. To that end, a yeast-based bio-assay protocol was used. Estrogenic / androgenic activity of some native brominated biphenyl ethers (BDEs) / chlorinated biphenyls (CBs), and their hydroxylated / methoxylated metabolites was assessed. Since data (including potency compared to reference native hormones) obtained using different protocols vary, the possibility that yeast transforms POPs into some more potent compounds was first checked; it seems that no such transformation is important from the test applicability standpoint. The developed method was sensitive with EC50 values 6.5*10^?11 M and 4.5*10^?9 M calculated for E2 and DHT, respectively. Both CBs and BDEs show weak estrogenic activity negatively correlated with the degree of their halogenation, but their metabolites are significantly more potent xenohormones. 4-OH-2,2′,4′,6′-TeCB was the most potent estrogen receptor (ER) agonist among all tested compounds; its activity was only 1,000 times lower than that of native E2.     

The effects of soil and Trifolium repens (white clover) on the fate of estrogen

In this study, we investigated the behavior of estrogens in the rhizosphere of white clover (Trifolium repens, clover hereafter) with two different pot tests, using soil and agar as growth media. In a pot test using agar spiked with estrogen, the estrogen concentration in the agar with clover decreased to non-detectable levels within one month, while in the agar without clover, 60% of initially added estrogen remained after one month. The half-lives of estrone (E1) and 17β -estradiol (E2) in the agar with clover were 2.4–3.8 and 13.2 d, respectively. The dissipation of E1 followed first-order rate law, while that of E2 fitted a zero-order reaction, indicating that they had different mechanisms of dissipation from agar. In the soil pot test, the behavior of E1 and E2 was not influenced by clover. An initial rapid decrease in the amount of estrogen extracted by methanol/acetic acid was followed by persistence for 1–3 months, regardless of presence of clover. Moreover, in three weeks E1 and E2 were only partly degraded by microbes extracted from the soil used in the pot test. In this study, abiotic degradation of estrogens and sorption of estrogen to soil, rather than the effects of soil microbes and clover, contributed to the initial rapid dissipation of estrogens in the soil. However, the results of the agar pot test suggested that vegetation such as clover may significantly contribute to removal of estrogens when estrogens in aqueous phase are discharged with surface runoff and preferential flow after heavy rain in agricultural fields, or when present in soils with low estrogen sorptivity.     

Assessing estrogenic activity in surface water and sediment of the Liao River system in northeast China using combined chemical and biological tools

This paper investigated some selected estrogenic compounds (4-t-octylphenol: 4-t-OP; 4-nonylphenols: 4-NP; bisphenol-A: BPA; diethylstilbestrol: DES; estrone: E1; 17β-estradiol: E2; 17α-Ethinylestradiol: EE2; triclosan: TCS) and estrogenicity in the Liao River system using the combined chemical and in vitro yeast screen bioassay and assessed their ecological risks to aquatic organisms. The estrogenic compounds 4-t-OP, 4-NP, BPA, E1, E2 and TCS were detected in most of the samples, with their concentrations up to 52.1 2065.7, 755.6, 55.8, 7.4 and 81.3 ng/L in water, and up to 8.6, 558.4, 33.8, 7.9, <LOQ and 33.9 ng/g in sediment, respectively. However, DES and EE2 were not detected in the Liao River. The estrogen equivalents (EEQ) of the water and sediment samples were also measured by the bioassay. High estrogenic risks to aquatic organisms were found in the river sections of metropolitan areas and the lower reach of the river system.     

水中腐殖酸对高级氧化联用技术去除内分泌干扰物（DMP）的影响

使用腐殖酸模拟本底天然有机物进行试验,采用UV-H₂O₂、O₃、UV-O₃3种高级氧化工艺,研究了水中腐殖酸对3种高级氧化联用技术去除饮用水中内分泌干扰物(DMP)的影响.结果表明,UV-H₂O₂联用工艺氧化DMP的过程符合伪一级反应动力学,水中腐殖酸的存在对UV-H₂O₂联用工艺氧化DMP的影响非常大,伪一级反应的速率常数与本底TOC值的关系式为K=0.162 0[TOC]₀^{-0.817 1};同时水中腐殖酸对UV-O₃联用工艺氧化DMP的效果影响比较大,而总体上腐殖酸对O₃氧化DMP的去除影响不大.从效果分析知,在一定浓度腐殖酸本底条件下单独O₃氧化和UV-O₃联用工艺对DMP的氧化均以O₃分子对DMP的氧化起主导作用,当腐殖酸浓度变小,UV-O₃联用工艺体系中.OH自由基氧化DMP的重要性增大.水中腐殖酸对3种高级氧化工艺的影响程度顺序依次为:UV-H₂O₂>UV-O₃>O₃.     

AnSBR法处理生活污水中典型环境雌激素的研究

为评价和考察厌氧序批式反应器(AnSBR)对生活污水中9种典型环境雌激素的去除效果和机制,采用固相萃取(SPE)——LC/MS/MS分析方法,分析所选环境雌激素的浓度和污泥吸附量. 结果表明:大豆苷元,4-t-辛基酚(OP),4-n-壬基酚(NP)和染料木素的检出浓度高于其他5种环境雌激素;厌氧污泥对NP,OP,雌酮(E1),17α-乙炔基雌二醇(EE2)和17β-雌二醇(E2)的吸附作用明显;大豆苷元和染料木素的去除率在60%以上;大豆苷元、染料木素和雌三醇(E3)的主要去除机制为生物降解作用,EE2,OP和NP的去除是生物降解、污泥吸附的共同作用.