The biocatalytic elimination of the endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) nonylphenol (NP) and bisphenol A (BPA) and the personal care product ingredient triclosan (TCS) by the enzyme preparation from the white rot fungus Coriolopsis polyzona was investigated. Analysis of variance methodology showed that the pH and the temperature are statistically significant factors in the removal of NP, BPA and TCS. The elimination of NP and TCS was best at a temperature of 50 degrees C and the disappearance of BPA at 40 degrees C, whereas the most suitable pH for all three micropollutants was 5. After a 4-h treatment of the three target compounds at concentrations of 5 mg l(-1) all of the NP and BPA were eliminated. In the case of TCS, 65% was removed after either a 4 or an 8-h treatment. The utilisation of 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) in the laccase/mediator system significantly increased the efficiency of the enzymatic treatment. The elimination of NP and BPA was directly associated with the disappearance of the estrogenic activity. Mass spectrometry analysis showed that the enzymatic treatment produced high molecular weight metabolites through a radical polymerization mechanism of NP, BPA and TCS. These oligomers were produced through the formation of C-C or C-O bonds. The polymerization of NP produced dimers, trimers, tetramers and pentamers which had molecular weights of 438, 656, 874 and 1092 amu respectively. The polymerization of BPA produced dimers, trimers and tetramers which had molecular weights of 454, 680 and 906 amu. Finally, the polymerization of TCS produced dimers, trimers and tetramers which had molecular weights of 574, 859 and 1146 amu. 相似文献
A method for simultaneous quantitative determination of alkyl benzyl, dialkyl and trialkyl quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) has been developed, validated and subsequently applied to real water samples in Austria. The method employs liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) followed by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), using electrospray ionization (ESI) in positive mode. The overall method quantification limits range from 4 to 19ng/L for the enrichment of 500mL water samples and analyte recoveries are between 80 and 99%. The method was applied to 62 of the respective water samples without filtration to avoid the loss of the analytes due to the high adsorption capacity of these compounds. Maxima in the mg/L range, especially in the wastewater of hospitals and laundries, could be detected for the selected target compounds. 相似文献
The technical viability of using inert construction and demolition (C&D) materials for the construction of seawall and breakwater foundations has been established by laboratory testing of the materials, numerical analysis of foundation stability, and a pilot field-scale engineering performance evaluation. However, quality control measures are still required so that only suitable materials are used for seawall and breakwater foundation construction. The development of different quality control measures for different site conditions is presented in this paper. The rationale, practicality, and implementation of these quality control measures are also discussed. 相似文献
The present work focuses on the fate of two cancerostatic platinum compounds (CPC), cisplatin and carboplatin, as well as of two inorganic platinum compounds, [PtCl4]2− and [PtCl6]2− in biological wastewater treatment. Laboratory experiments modelling adsorption of these compounds onto activated sludge showed promising specific adsorption coefficients KD and KOC and Freundlich adsorption isotherms. However, the adsorption properties of the investigated substances were differing significantly. Adsorption decreased following the order cisplatin > [PtCl6]2− > [PtCl4]2− > carboplatin. Log KD-values were ranging from 2.5 to 4.3 , log KOC from 3.0 to 4.7.
A pilot membrane bioreactor system (MBR) was installed in a hospital in Vienna and fed with wastewater from the oncologic in-patient treatment ward to investigate CPC-adsorption in a sewage treatment plant. During three monitoring periods Pt-concentrations were measured in the influent (3–250 μg l−1 Pt) and the effluent (2–150 μg l−1 Pt) of the treatment plant using ICP-MS. The monitoring periods (duration 30 d) revealed elimination efficiencies between 51% and 63% based on averaged weekly input–output budgets. The derived log KD-values and log KOC-values ranged from 2.4 to 4.8 and from 2.8 to 5.3, respectively. Species analysis using HPLC-ICP-MS proofed that mainly carboplatin was present as intact drug in the influent and – due to low log KD – in the effluent of the MBR. 相似文献
Experimentally determined Henry's law coefficients of 18 chlorinated C(1) and C(2) hydrocarbons reported in the literature as a function of temperature and at the single temperatures 20 and 25 degrees C were compiled and converted to common units of concentration and pressure: K(H) (moldm(-3)atm(-1)). The individual values are plotted in the ln(K(H)) versus reciprocal absolute temperature coordinate frame, data not in harmony with others were deleted, and the resulting data sets treated by linear regression analysis to derive averaged parameters in the general equation ln(K(H))=A+B/T. The quality of the evaluation was further checked by comparison of values calculated from the resulting parameter values with averages obtained from the direct measurements at 20 degrees C. Good agreement was observed for 15 compounds, larger discrepancies arise only for chloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane and hexachloroethane. In all three cases the data base is poor and needs to be improved. The results are used to derive heats of solution for the C(1) and C(2) chlorinated hydrocarbons in water, Gibbs energies of solution and standard Henry's law coefficients at 298.15K. Henry's law coefficients calculated from the ratio of solubility of the compound in water and the saturation vapor pressure of the pure compound reported by Sangster [Sangster, J.M., 2003. Henry's law constants for compounds stable in water. In: Fogg, P.G.T., Sangster, J.M. (Eds.), Chemicals in the Atmosphere - Solubility, Sources and Reactivity. Wiley, Chichester, West Sussex, England, pp. 255-397] provide good agreement with the experimental data in eight out of eleven cases treated. 相似文献
Background, Aim and Scope
Numerous herbicides and xenobiotic organic pollutants are detoxified in plants to glutathione conjugates. Following this enzyme
catalyzed reaction, xenobiotic GS-conjugates are thought to be compartmentalized in the vacuole of plant cells. In the present
study, evidence is presented for long range transport of these conjugates in plants, rather than storage in the vacuole. To
our knowledge this is the first report about the unidirectional long range transport of xenobiotic conjugates in plants and
the exudation of a glutathione conjugate from the root tips. This could mean that plants possess an excretion system for unwanted
compounds which give them similar advantages as animals.
Materials and Methods:
Barley plants (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Cherie) were grown in Petri dishes soaked with tap water in the greenhouse.
- Fluorescence Microscopy. Monobromo- and Monochlorobimane, two model xenobiotics that are conjugated rapidly in plant cells
with glutathione, hereby forming fluorescent metabolites, were used as markers for our experiments. Their transport in the
root could be followed sensitively with very good temporal and spatial resolution. Roots of barley seedlings were cut under
water and the end at which xenobiotics were applied was fixed in an aperture with a thin latex foil and transferred into a
drop of water on a cover slide. The cover slide was fixed in a measuring chamber on the stage of an inverse fluorescence microscope
(Zeiss Axiovert 100).
- Spectrometric enzyme assay. Glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity was determined in the protein extracts following established
methods. Aliquots of the enzyme extract were incubated with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (CDNB), or monochlorobimane. Controls
lacking enzyme or GSH were measured.
- Pitman chamber experiments. Ten days old barley plants or detached roots were inserted into special incubation chambers, either
complete with tips or decapitated, as well as 10 days old barley plants without root tips. Compartment A was filled with a
transport medium and GSH conjugate or L-cysteine conjugate. Compartments B and C contained sugar free media. Samples were
taken from the root tip containing compartment C and the amount of conjugate transported was determined spectro-photometrically.
Results:
The transport in roots is unidirectional towards the root tips and leads to exsudation of the conjugates at rates between
20 and 200 nmol min-1. The microscopic studies have been complemented by transport studies in small root chambers and spectroscopic
quantification of dinitrobenzene-conjugates. The latter experiments confirm the microscopic studies. Furthermore it was shown
that glutathione conjugates are transported at higher rates than cysteine conjugates, despite of their higher molecular weights.
This observation points to the existence of glutathione specific carriers and a specific role of glutathione in the root.
Discussion:
It can be assumed that long distance transport of glutathione conjugates within the plant proceeds like GSH or amino acid
transport in both, phloem and xylem. The high velocity of this translocation of the GS-X is indicative of an active transport.
For free glutathione, a rapid transport-system is essential because an accumulation of GSH in the root tip inhibits further
uptake of sulfur. Taking into account that all described MRP transporters and also the GSH plasmalemma ATPases have side activities
for glutathione derivatives and conjugates, co-transport of these xenobiotic metabolites seems credible.
- On the other hand, when GS-B was applied to the root tips from the outside, no significant uptake was observed. Thus it can
be concluded that only those conjugates can be transported in the xylem which are formed inside the root apex. Having left
the root once, there seems to be no return into the root vessels, probably because of a lack of inward directed transporters.
Conclusions:
Plants seem to possess the capability to store glutathione conjugates in the vacuole, but under certain conditions, these
metabolites might also undergo long range transport, predominantly into the plant root. The transport seems dependent on specific
carriers and is unidirectional, this means that xenobiotic conjugates from the rhizosphere are not taken up again. The exudation
of xenobiotic metabolites offers an opportunity to avoid the accumulation of such compounds in the plant.
Recommendations and Perspectives:
The role of glutathione and glutathione related metabolites in the rhizosphere has not been studied in any detail, and only
scattered data are available on interactions between the plant root and rhizosphere bacteria that encounter such conjugates.
The final fate of these compounds in the root zone has also not been addressed so far. It will be interesting to study effects
of the exuded metabolites on the biology of rhizosphere bacteria and fungi. 相似文献
Although Cu is phytotoxic at Cu(2+) activities as low as 1-2 microM, the effect of Cu(2+) on the nodulation of legumes has received little attention. The effect of Cu(2+) on nodulation of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. cv. Caloona) was examined in a dilute solution culture system utilising a cation exchange resin to buffer solution Cu(2+). The nodulation process was more sensitive to increasing Cu(2+) activities than both shoot and root growth; whilst a Cu(2+) activity of 1.0 microM corresponded to a 10% reduction in the relative yield of the shoots and roots, a Cu(2+) activity of 0.2 microM corresponded to a 10% reduction in nodulation. This reduction in nodulation with increasing Cu(2+) activity was associated with an inhibition of root hair formation in treatments containing > or =0.77 microM Cu(2+), rather than to a reduction in the size of the Rhizobium population. 相似文献
Maternal investment in offspring is expected to vary according to offspring sex when the reproductive success of the progeny
is a function of differential levels of parental expenditure. We conducted a longitudinal investigation of rhesus macaques
to determine whether variation in male progeny production, measured with both DNA fingerprinting and short tandem repeat marker
typing, could be traced back to patterns of maternal investment. Males weigh significantly more than females at birth, despite
an absence of sex differences in gestation length. Size dimorphism increases during infancy, with maternal rank associated
with son’s, but not daughter’s, weight at the end of the period of maternal investment. Son’s, but not daughter’s, weight
at 1 year of age is significantly correlated with adult weight, and male, but not female, weight accounts for a portion of
the variance in reproductive success. Variance in annual offspring output was three- to fourfold higher in males than in females.
We suggest that energetic costs of rearing sons could be buffered by fetal delivery of testosterone to the mother, which is
aromatized to estrogen and fosters fat accumulation during gestation. We conclude that maternal investment is only slightly
greater in sons than in daughters, with mothers endowing sons with extra resources because son, but not daughter, mass has
ramifications for offspring sirehood. However, male reproductive tactics supersede maternal investment patterns as fundamental
regulators of male fitness.
Received: 23 July 1999 / Received in revised form: 23 February 2000 / Accepted: 13 March 2000 相似文献
Male willow warblers have song repertoires which vary in complexity along several dimensions. We examined whether female choice,
as measured by date of pairing, was based on these song characteristics in 4 different years. Pairing date was negatively
correlated with song repertoire size in 1 year, and with song versatility in another year, but there was no consistent effect
of any song characteristic on pairing throughout the years or in the pooled sample. The variable that best explained how soon
a male pairs is male arrival date (only males that had settled territories before the first female arrived were considered
in the analysis). This correlation is consistently significant in all years. This is most parsimoniously interpreted as females
choosing some habitat characteristic in the same way that males do. A small percentage of males (8.3%) attracted and paired
with a second female. The likelihood of becoming polygynous was not explained by any measured song characteristic, but it
was related to arrival date: early males were more likely to pair with two females. Males with large repertoires fledged more
young in their primary nests, and there was a trend for the offspring of these males to have a greater probability of being
recruited into the population. In conclusion, the results show that in most years there is no sexual selection by female preference
on song characteristics, although the data on reproductive success is consistent with the idea of repertoire size being an
indicator of male quality.
Received: 4 June 1999 / Received in revised form: 1 December 1999 / Accepted: 31 December 1999 相似文献