蛋白组学分析揭示出阿特拉津对非洲爪蟾的生殖毒性源于其诱导生殖细胞凋亡并干扰紧密连接蛋白和代谢相关信号通路

阿特拉津可对雄性脊椎动物生殖系统造成不良影响,但其中分子机制尚不明了。本文作者将非洲爪蟾(Xenopus laevis)暴露于100 ppb的阿特拉津120 d,利用同位素标记相对和绝对定量(iTRAQ)技术检测了非洲爪蟾睾丸和卵巢中蛋白图谱的变化,结果显示100 ppb阿特拉津可影响爪蟾发育,延迟和阻碍雄性细精管的形成。组学分析显示,睾丸中143种以及卵巢中121种蛋白均表达异常,这些蛋白与细胞凋亡、细胞间紧密连接以及代谢途径相关。
精选自Xiuping Chen, Jiamei Wang, Haojun Zhu, Jiatong Ding and Yufa Peng. Proteomics analysis of Xenopus laevis gonad tissue following chronic exposure to atrazine. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry: Volume 34, Issue 8, pages 1744–1750, August 2015. DOI: 10.1002/etc.2980
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基于蒙特卡罗模拟的阿特拉津健康风险评价

为评估阿特拉津(ATR)对人体的健康风险,通过文献检索及追溯方式,收集了93篇文献中关于我国环境介质中ATR的检测数据,基于美国环保署健康风险评价方法,并运用蒙特卡罗模拟方法,评价了我国成年男性和女性ATR的健康风险,分析了各参数的敏感性和相关性。结果显示,我国成年男性和女性的非致癌健康风险熵值分别为4.53×10~(-2)和4.30×10~(-2),分别有89.8%的成年男性和89.9%的成年女性风险熵值低于0.10;饮用水中ATR的浓度对其健康风险的贡献(即敏感性)分别为男性88.0%和女性83.3%,与健康风险的关联性(R)分别为男性0.907和女性0.895。我国ATR的非致癌健康风险处于可接受水平,饮用水中ATR对其健康风险的贡献最大。该方法可为有毒有害物质的健康风险预警和精准控制提供方法学参考。     

除草剂阿特拉津的使用与危害

文章介绍了目前广泛应用的一种除草剂阿特拉津的使用和特性,阿特拉津被认为是安全的除草剂,但大量研究结果表明,其分子结构稳定, 使用后不易降解,在使用过的水体和土壤中均有检出,长期使用后可对水环境、土壤和动物产生一定的危害,尤其是作为一种环境荷尔蒙,已经发现它能够对水生生物的生长繁殖产生影响,可能产生变性反应,是人类潜在的致癌物.通过对其危害的研究和防范管理,可以减少和避免可能对人类、生态环境带来的进一步危害.     

两种内分泌干扰物对鲫鱼淋巴细胞活性与功能的影响

从鲫鱼的血样中分离淋巴细胞,以内分泌干扰物甲草胺和莠去津染毒,体外培养48 h,采用四甲基偶氮唑盐(MTT)比色法测定两种除草剂对淋巴细胞生长活性的影响,并进行淋巴细胞的增殖实验,确定植物血凝素(PHA)刺激淋巴细胞增殖的适宜浓度,在此基础上开展两种除草剂对鲫鱼淋巴细胞增殖影响的研究.结果表明,甲草胺和莠去津对鲫鱼淋巴细胞生长活性的影响呈剂量-效应关系,其半数抑制浓度(IC50)分别为(27.7±7.6)、(97.6±26.4)μg/L;PHA的适宜刺激质量浓度是10.0/μg/mL;两种除草剂对鲫鱼淋巴细胞增殖存在影响,当甲草胺质量浓度大于7μg/L、莠去津质量浓度大于50μg/L时,淋巴细胞增殖受到明显抑制,表明其对鲫鱼存在潜在的免疫毒性.     

Enzyme-immunoassay techniques for the detection of atrazine in water samples: Evaluation of a commercial tube based assay

Environmental immunoassays can help lower the operating costs and improve the effectiveness of residue laboratories. The present study assesses the ability of a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA) to detect triazine herbicides in water. The tube based EIA could detect atrazine in lake and river water with detection limits of 62 pg/mL and 180 pg/mL respectively. The assay's ability to quantify atrazine in a set of 124 water samples taken from many parts of Canada was compared with a reference method that used gas chromatographic separation combined with a nitrogen phosphorous detector (GC-NPD) (R=0.919). A 71 % reduction in analytical load was achieved at a threshold concentration of 1 ng/mL. There were 2.4 % false negative and 0.8 % false positive results associated with that load reduction. The variability of the assay control parameters was generally within two standard deviations of the mean response for 65 assays. The EIA for atrazine is recommended for use as a screening technique and as an inexpensive way to monitor triazine levels in waters that are known to be contaminated with those herbicides.     

太湖梅粱湾水体中阿特拉津的毛细管气相色谱法测定

固相萃取（SPE）技术结合毛细管气相色谱（GC-μECD），测定了饮用水源地太湖梅粱湾水体中内分泌干扰物阿特拉津的含量，并用GC-MS进一步验证了分析结果。检测下限为10ng／L，方法回收率为75．58％～97．79％，RSD为0．38％～4．50％，在10ng／L-3640μg／L保持线性，其线性相关系数为0．9994。太湖梅梁湾水体中阿特拉津质量浓度在21．3～613．9ng／L，污染来源可能为太湖周围的农作区。     

Effects of atrazine on acetylcholinesterase activity in midges (Chironomus tentans) exposed to organophosphorus insecticides

Acetylcholinesterase activity was determined for midge larvae (Chironomus tentans) exposed to either organophosphorus insecticides (OPs) alone or OP insecticides in binary combination with atrazine (200 μg/l). Although atrazine by itself did not reduce the level of acetylcholinesterase activity, atrazine in combination with chlorpyrifos significantly decreased acetylcholinesterase activity as compared to chlorpyrifos only treatments. Although similar trends existed for malathion and methyl parathion, differences were not statistically significant. These results match previously published toxicity data where atrazine, although not acutely toxic even at much higher levels, decreased EC₅₀ values for chlorpyrifos by a magnitude of 4, decreased methyl parathion values by a magnitude of 2, and did not decrease values for malathion.     

海南饮用水源地水体中阿特拉津健康风险评价

采用全自动固相萃取-超高压液相色谱-串联质谱法(UPLC-MS-MS)测定海南饮用水源地原水中阿特拉津的含量。结果表明,在22个监测点位中,阿特拉津的检出率达到69.7%,其检出浓度为未检出~74.8 ng/L,浓度值均低于《地表水环境质量标准》(GB 3838—2002)中阿特拉津的标准限值。采用USEPA推荐的健康风险评价方法,对海南饮用水源地原水中阿特拉津通过饮用水和皮肤接触途径引起的健康风险进行了初步评价,阿特拉津通过饮用水和洗浴途径引起的非致癌总风险指数、致癌总风险指数分别为0~7.1×10-5和0~5.7×10-7,均在USEPA的建议值内,初步认为海南饮用水源地原水中的阿特拉津不会对人体产生明显的健康危害。     

UPLC-MS/MS法同时测定水中甲萘威、呋喃丹和阿特拉津

水样经聚四氟乙烯滤头过滤,直接用超高效液相色谱-三重四极杆串联质谱(UPLC-MS/MS)同时测定甲萘威、呋喃丹和阿特拉津。通过试验考察不同材质滤头和各仪器条件对测定的影响,并确定最佳分析条件,使该方法在0.01μg/L~10.0μg/L范围内线性良好。甲萘威、呋喃丹和阿特拉津的方法检出限分别为6.1 ng/L、2.8 ng/L、3.1 ng/L,空白水样的3个质量浓度加标回收率在96.4%~110%之间。该方法用于测定实际水源水及饮用水中的甲萘威、呋喃丹和阿特拉津,结果均未检出,实际水样平均加标回收率为81.4%~97.2%。     

Characterization of bacterial diversity in an atrazine degrading enrichment culture and degradation of atrazine,cyanuric acid and biuret in industrial wastewater

An enrichment culture was used to study atrazine degradation in mineral salt medium (MSM) (T1), MSM+soil extract (1:1, v/v) (T2) and soil extract (T3). Results suggested that enrichment culture required soil extract to degrade atrazine, as after second sequential transfer only partial atrazine degradation was observed in T1 treatment while atrazine was completely degraded in T2 and T3 treatments even after fourth transfer. Culture independent polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) technique confirmed selective enrichment of genus Bacillus along with Pseudomonas and Burkholderia. Degradation of atrazine/metabolites in the industrial wastewater was studied at different initial concentrations of the contaminants [wastewater-water (v/v) ratio: T1, 1:9; T2, 2:8; T3, 3:7; T4, 5:5 and T5, undiluted effluent]. The initial concentrations of atrazine, cyanuric acid and biuret ranged between 5.32 and 53.92 µg mL^?1, 265.6 and 1805.2 µg mL^?1 and 1.85 and 16.12 µg mL^?1, respectively. The enrichment culture was able to completely degrade atrazine, cyanuric acid and biuret up to T4 treatment, while no appreciable degradation of contaminants was observed in the undiluted effluent (T5). Inability of enrichment culture to degrade atrazine/metabolites might be due to high concentrations of cyanuric acid. Therefore, a separate study on cyanuric acid degradation suggested: (i) no appreciable cyanuric acid degradation with accumulation of an unidentified metabolite in the medium where cyanuric acid was supplemented as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen; (ii) partial cyanuric acid degradation with accumulation of unidentified metabolite in the medium containing additional nitrogen source; and (iii) complete cyanuric acid degradation in the medium supplemented with an additional carbon source. This unidentified metabolite observed during cyanuric acid degradation and also detected in the enrichment culture inoculated wastewater samples, however, was degraded up to T4 treatments and was persistent in the T5 treatment. Probably, accumulation of this metabolite inhibited atrazine/cyanuric acid degradation by the enrichment culture in undiluted wastewater.