应用体内和体外方法评价原油水溶性组分和原油污染的地表水对淡水生物的内分泌干扰潜力

目前关于原油对淡水水生脊椎动物内分泌信号的潜在影响的认知有限。本文以非洲爪蟾(爪蟾属，X. laevis)蝌蚪和莫桑比克罗非鱼幼鱼(口孵非鲫属，O. mossambicus)为研究对象，选择风化原油和未风化提炼后的原油这2种原油的水溶性组分(WAFs)进行暴露实验，选择出可作为内分泌信号改变的生物标志物的基因，对其表达进行了研究。此外，将X. laevis蝌蚪暴露于靠近地下石油库的地表水中，对上述基因表达做了定量分析。利用重组酵母对原油、原油水溶性组分和地表水的(抗)雌激素和(抗)雄激素性进行了评价。在X. laevis对2种原油WAFs的响应中，甲状腺激素受体β表达均显著下调，而另一种与甲状腺相关的基因，2型脱碘酶，在O. mossambicus暴露于高浓度的原油WAF时被上调。此外，这2种WAFs都改变了与脂肪生成相关的过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ在X. laevis中的表达。原油和WAFs在体外表现出抗雌激素和抗雄性激素的活性。然而，O. mossambicus雄激素受体2作为唯一一个代表生殖系统的基因，受到WAF暴露的影响显著。在地表水样品中发现了雌激素、抗雌激素和抗雄激素的作用；但是，在暴露于地表水的X. laevis中没有观察到任何基因表达的明显变化。在所用的2种模式生物以及2种原油中，响应各不相同。尽管如此，这些数据提供了证据证明原油污染可能会因内分泌信号转变对淡水鱼和两栖动物的健康造成不利影响。
精选自Truter, J. C., van Wyk, J. H., Oberholster, P. J., Botha, A.-M. and Mokwena, L. M. (2017), An evaluation of the endocrine disruptive potential of crude oil water accommodated fractions and crude oil contaminated surface water to freshwater organisms using in vitroand in vivo approaches. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 36: 1330–1342. doi: 10.1002/etc.3665
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Assessing the chemical and biological accessibility of the herbicide isoproturon in soil amended with biochar

Decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5) is a cyclic volatile methyl siloxane (cVMS) commonly found in commercially available products. D5 is expected to enter the terrestrial environment through the deposit of biosolids from sewage treatment plants onto agricultural fields for nutrient enrichment. Little to no information currently exists as to the risks of D5 to the terrestrial environment. In order to evaluate the potential risk to terrestrial organisms, the toxicity of a D5 contaminated biosolid in an agricultural soil was assessed with a battery of standardized soil toxicity tests.D5 was spiked into a surrogate biosolid and then mixed with a sandy loam soil to create test concentrations ranging from 0 to 4074 mg kg⁻¹. Plant (Hordeum vulgare (barley) and Trifolium pratense (red clover)) and soil invertebrates (Eisenia andrei (earthworm) and Folsomia candida (springtail)) toxicity tests were completed to assess for lethal and sub-lethal effects. Plant testing evaluated the effects on seedling emergence, shoot and root length, and shoot and root dry mass. Invertebrate test endpoints included adult lethality, juvenile production, and individual juvenile dry mass (earthworms only). Soil samples were collected over time to confirm test concentrations and evaluate the loss of chemical over the duration of a test. The toxicity of the D5 was species and endpoint dependent, such that no significant adverse effects were observed for T. pratense or E. andrei test endpoints, however, toxicity was observed for H. vulgare plant growth and F. candida survival and reproduction. Chemical losses of up to 50% were observed throughout the tests, most significantly at high concentrations.     

邻苯二甲酸丁苄酯在肺匀浆中的体外代谢研究

了解邻苯二甲酸丁基苄酯(BBP)在肺匀浆中是否被代谢以及被代谢的情况,为更深入的肺脏毒性研究提供参考.于肺匀浆液中加入一定量BBP后,在0 min、10 min、20 min、40 min、60 min、80 min不同的温孵时间用乙酸乙酯灭活萃取剩余BBP,处理后用高效液相色谱测定BBP含量,再通过标准曲线计算出测定的BBP含量,得出BBP在肺中被降解的量,计算得到不同时间BBP在肺匀浆液中的降解百分率.研究结果表明,BBP在肺匀浆液中的线性范围为7.2～179 μmol/mL,平均萃取回收率为(97.11±0.98)%.BBP在肺匀浆液中被降解,与时间呈一定线性关系; 代谢上有雌雄差异,雌性在40 min以前降解比雄性快,在雌性肺匀浆中的降解半衰期为93.65 min,在雄性肺匀浆中的降解半衰期为70 min,但是雄性在整个过程中降解较快; 采用乙酸乙酯进行灭活萃取,在本实验条件下没有检测到代谢产物,说明代谢产物极性较大,没有被乙酸乙酯萃取出来.     

氯代酚和烷基酚类化合物对斑马鱼胚胎发育影响的研究

为研究氯代酚和烷基酚类化合物的毒性,采用斑马鱼胚胎发育技术,观察这两类化合物对不同发育阶段斑马鱼卵的影响.结果显示,在受精卵产出后立即染毒,胚胎对这些化合物最敏感的毒理学终点分别为: 五氯酚--48 h心律、色素和水肿的EC50值均为0.2 mg/L; 对-壬基酚--72 h孵化EC50为0.5 mg/L; 对-辛基酚--72 h畸形EC50为0.5 mg/L; 对-氯酚--48 h色素EC50为1.5 mg/L; 染毒时刻的不同对胚胎所造成的毒性效应也不同.几种氯代酚和烷基酚对发育24 h胚胎染毒,五氯酚毒性最大,对-辛基酚和对-壬基酚次之,对-氯酚毒性最小.研究表明,该类化合物对斑马鱼胚胎发育均有明显抑制作用,可以造成胚胎发育畸形甚至死亡,具有特定的最敏感毒理学终点.     

基因芯片在环境毒理学研究中的应用进展

基因芯片可以将大量的DNA信息集成到 1cm2 左右的芯片上 ,对生命信息具有大规模平行处理的能力 ,为环境毒理学研究提供了一个理想的平台。基因芯片可以精确地完成污染物对人类基因表达影响的分析 ,并对污染物进行分类与分级 ,筛选毒物靶标和确定毒性机理。本文描述了基因芯片技术、毒理学应用研究现状及应用前景。引用文献 2 9篇。     

Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Endocrine Active Chemicals in Small Streams Indicate Differential Exposure to Aquatic Organisms

Alkylphenolic chemicals (APCs) and hormones were measured six times from February through October 2007 in three Minnesota streams receiving wastewater to identify spatial and temporal patterns in concentrations and in estrogen equivalency. Fish were collected once during the study to evaluate endpoints indicative of endocrine disruption. The most commonly detected APCs were 4‐tert‐octylphenol and 4‐nonylphenol and the most commonly detected hormones were estrone and androstenedione. Chemical concentrations were greatest for nonylphenol ethoxycarboxylates (NPECs) (5,000‐140,000 ng/l), followed by 4‐nonlylphenol and 4‐nonylphenolethoxylates (50‐880 ng/l), 4‐tert‐octylphenol and 4‐tert‐octylphenolethoxylates with concentrations as great as 130 ng/l, and hormones (0.1‐54 ng/l). Patterns in chemicals and estrogen equivalency indicated that wastewater effluent is a pathway of APCs and hormones to downstream locations in this study. However, upstream contributions can be equally or more important indicating alternative sources. This study indicates that aquatic organisms experience both spatially and temporally variable exposures in the number of compounds, total concentrations, and estrogenicity. This variability was evident in fish collected from the three rivers as no clear upstream to downstream pattern of endocrine disruption endpoints emerged.     

四种砷化合物对藻类生长及光合作用的影响——以三角褐指藻为例

为了给砷对生态系统的影响研究提供参考,利用调制叶绿素荧光技术探讨了自然环境中常见的4种形态的砷对三角褐指藻生长和光合作用的影响.结果表明,在36 h内,亚砷酸盐对藻类生物量的增长和光合活性都有明显的抑制作用;砷酸盐在抑制藻类生长的同时却因为干扰代谢而使藻类表现出光合活性的增强;一甲基砷酸盐和二甲基砷酸盐对藻类在这些方面的影响相对较弱.但对藻类光能利用效率、非光化学淬灭系数等还是产生了较明显的影响.因此,除亚砷酸盐毒性较强之外,其余几种砷化合物在宏观层次上都观测不到明显的生长抑制效应,但是在微观层次上已表现出对光合效应的不同影响.     

Eigenbehaviors: identifying structure in routine

Longitudinal behavioral data generally contains a significant amount of structure. In this work, we identify the structure inherent in daily behavior with models that can accurately analyze, predict, and cluster multimodal data from individuals and communities within the social network of a population. We represent this behavioral structure by the principal components of the complete behavioral dataset, a set of characteristic vectors we have termed eigenbehaviors. In our model, an individual’s behavior over a specific day can be approximated by a weighted sum of his or her primary eigenbehaviors. When these weights are calculated halfway through a day, they can be used to predict the day’s remaining behaviors with 79% accuracy for our test subjects. Additionally, we demonstrate the potential for this dimensionality reduction technique to infer community affiliations within the subjects’ social network by clustering individuals into a “behavior space” spanned by a set of their aggregate eigenbehaviors. These behavior spaces make it possible to determine the behavioral similarity between both individuals and groups, enabling 96% classification accuracy of community affiliations within the population-level social network. Additionally, the distance between individuals in the behavior space can be used as an estimate for relational ties such as friendship, suggesting strong behavioral homophily amongst the subjects. This approach capitalizes on the large amount of rich data previously captured during the Reality Mining study from mobile phones continuously logging location, proximate phones, and communication of 100 subjects at MIT over the course of 9 months. As wearable sensors continue to generate these types of rich, longitudinal datasets, dimensionality reduction techniques such as eigenbehaviors will play an increasingly important role in behavioral research. This contribution is part of the special issue “Social Networks: new perspectives” (Guest Editors: J. Krause, D. Lusseau and R. James). An erratum to this article can be found at     

水环境中有机污染物对藻类毒理性的探讨

近年来,环境中的有机污染物对生态环境的破坏日益加剧,并严重威胁到了人类的生存和发展。藻类作为初级生产者,是整个生态系统物质循环和能量流动的基础,因此研究水环境中有机污染物对藻类的毒理性,对于环境污染的监测具有深远的意义。就有机污染物对藻类的毒性机理、藻类对有机污染物的敏感度等问题的研究现状进行综述,并对藻类在环境监测方面的应用前景进行展望。     

Effects of cimetidine and N-acetylcysteine on paraquat-induced acute lung injury in rats: a preliminary study

Abstract

Lung injury in rats challenged with paraquat at 20?mg kg^?1 body weight was histopathologically evident by inflammation, hemorrhage, and vascular congestion. Increased levels of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation, decreased glutathione content, and lower tissue antioxidant capacity was found. The effects of N-acetylcysteine and cimetidine, a well-known potent inhibitor for organic cation transport, were examined. Lung injury was attenuated by N-acetylcysteine but not by cimetidine. The findings are consistent with the assumption that beneficial effects of N-acetylcysteine administration in paraquat-challenged animals might be linked to its ability for preserving the cellular redox environment and preventing oxidative stress, while cimetidine might even hasten paraquat-induced lung injury. On the other hand, the effects of cimetidine on paraquat-induced lung injury underline the importance of future studies on the role of transporters in this complication.