环境激素研究进展探讨

环境激素是一种外源性物质,能干扰生物体正常的内分泌,主要对生物体的生理过程产生很大的影响。目前已知的环境激素大概有70种左右,已经成为世界重大环境问题之一。对环境激素的概念、种类、来源、影响、作用方式以及研究现状等进行了初步的介绍。     

利用日本青鳉早期发育阶段暴露评估排水的急、慢性毒性和内分泌干扰效应

提出一套利用日本青鳉胚胎-幼鱼阶段生长、形态学改变和雌雄比例变化的指标体系评价排水的毒性和内分泌干扰效应的方法.该方法属于活体动物的短期和部分生命阶段暴露测试,整个实验周期为21 d,测试过程不依赖复杂的仪器设备,操作简单、成本低.通过在北京市污水、工业废水及其经过生物处理后的排水进行测试,表明其能够比较准确判断排水中是否存在急性毒性、致畸和内分泌干扰效应物质.将其应用于评价不同深度处理工艺出水毒性效果,结果表明反渗透工艺能够去除大部分毒性物质.     

Experimental evidence for helping and hindering by previous offspring in the cooperative-breeding Seychelles warbler Acrocephalus sechellensis

Prebreeding Seychelles warblers (Acrocephalus sechellensis) frequently act as helpers on their natal territory, aiding in territory defence, predator mobbing, nestbuilding, incubation (only females) and feeding dependent young of their parents. In some cases helpers could attain breeding status (e.g. by joint-nesting) in their natal group and become co-breeders. Comparisons of group size and reproductive success on a given quality territory suggest that the presence of alloparents (helpers and cobreeders) significantly affects the reproductive success of their parents. The influence of alloparents on reproductive success was examined by removing alloparents from breeding units and comparing the success of natural-sized and artificially reduced groups. Removal experiments, controlled for territory quality, group size and breeder age, showed that the presence of one alloparent significantly improved the reproductive success of its parents. Analysis strongly suggests that this was entirely due to helping behaviour (i.e. providing care to offspring of their parents), thereby improving the helper's inclusive fitness benefits from staying at home. However, these experiments showed also that the presence of two or more alloparents in medium-quality territories significantly decreased reproductive success, compared with groups with one alloparent. Several lines of evidence suggest that this may have been due to the joint-nesting and reproductive competition that could occur in breeding groups, or simply to resource depression when a large number of previous offspring remained on their natal territory.     

受体功能区结构与环境内分泌干扰效应生物差异的关系

环境中存在的多种内分泌干扰物能够与生物体内的天然激素受体选择性结合并产生多种生物效应,由于受体功能区三维结构的不同,其内分泌干扰活性存在着种间、种内、组织间等的种种差异,限制了不同物种间毒性效应的外推研究,增加了环境内分泌干扰物筛选和风险评价的难度.论文综述了基于受体介导的环境内分泌干扰物生物活性与相应受体选择性及受体功能区结构关系的研究进展,并利用分子模拟方法分析探讨了雌激素受体与部分化合物结合作用模式,讨论了目前存在的问题,对以后有关方面的研究提出了建议.     

长江流域淡水生态系统内分泌干扰物、药物和个人护理品的风险排序

作为新兴污染物,内分泌干扰物、药物和个人护理品因其排放对水环境安全产生的风险而引起了广泛关注.本文以长江流域为例,以69种内分泌干扰物、药物和个人护理品的环境暴露数据和生态毒性数据为基础,计算它们的生态风险并进行高低排序,以识别最优先控制的污染物.结果表明,内分泌干扰物和个人护理品对水生生态系统的风险较高,如雌酮（estrone）、雌三醇（estriol）、17β-雌二醇（17β-estradiol）、双酚S（bisphenol S）、阿特拉津（atrazine）、三氯卡班（triclocarban）和三氯生（triclosan）;而药物的风险低500倍或更多.相较而言,药物中风险较高的属抗生素类.湘江和洪湖及其周边河流内多种污染物的浓度呈现出最高值,是长江流域污染最重的区域,其次是太湖、洞庭湖和长江三角洲地区.与藻类和虫类相比,鱼类是对内分泌干扰物、药物和个人护理品最敏感的物种,尤其对17α-乙炔雌二醇（17α-ethynylestradiol）和17β-雌二醇.本文的研究结果可对我国化学品的监测和管理提供数据支撑.     

低密度聚乙烯(LDPE)膜对内分泌干扰物的动态富集研究

低密度聚乙烯膜(Low-Density Polyethylene,LDPE)在有机物原位被动采样中具有使用简便、耗用量少、成本低廉的优点,但在内分泌干扰物(Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals,EDCs)被动采集方面鲜见应用,有关其平衡分配系数(KLDPE)也不十分清楚.基于此,本文选取7种EDCs,包括双酚A(BPA)、壬基酚(4-NP)、辛基酚(4-t-OP)、雌酮(E1)、β17-雌二醇(E2)、三氯生(TCS)和三氯卡班(TCC),室内模拟LDPE原位动态富集过程,探究了环境因素(温度、pH)对LDPE富集效果的影响,并确定了不同EDCs在LDPE上的富集参数(KLDPE).研究发现,溶液温度升高可以加速LDPE膜对EDCs的吸附,在过低温度条件下(实验设置为4℃),EDCs较难达到膜-水分配平衡;溶液pH对于不同EDCs的影响不尽相同,这可能是因为不同pH条件下EDCs在溶液中形态差异明显,进而影响其在LDPE膜-水之间的分配平衡;7种EDCs的KLDPE实测值均低于各自的经验理论值,这主要由于经验理论值计算过程中未考虑达到分配平衡时有机物从LDPE膜上的解吸附过程,且只考虑了EDCs在膜-水两相之间的平衡.上述结果表明,为提高被动采样测定环境样品中EDCs的准确性,在尽量与实际条件相似的室内条件下获取KLDPE实测值是非常必要的.     

碱/超声预处理对头孢菌素菌渣破壁效果的影响

为提高头孢菌素菌渣的厌氧消化利用率,采用碱解与超声波破碎联合处理方法对头孢菌素菌渣进行细胞破壁,并通过正交实验和单因素实验研究pH值、含水率、声能密度和反应时间对破壁效果的影响。结果表明,最佳处理条件为:pH值为11.5、含水率为94%、声能密度为2 W/mL、反应时间为30 min,处理后SCOD溶解率为265.26%,总氮溶解率为155.28%,破壁效果明显。     

Influence of air permeation of pheromone on response of male lesser peachtree borers1 and peachtree borers2

Abstract

Air permeation trials were conducted with Z,Z and E,Z isomers of 3,13‐octadecadien‐1‐ol acetate (ODDA) to determine response difference between males of the peachtree borer (PTB), Synanthedon exitiosa (Say), and lesser peachtree borer (LPTB), S. pictipes (Grote & Robinson), within and adjacent to permeated plots of a peach orchard. The pheromone was released from hollow fiber dispensers attached to the trees in the orchard.

In the pheromone‐treated plots, both E,Z and Z,Z‐ODDA significantly reduced trap captures of PTB relative to the untreated plot. The E,Z isomer also significantly reduced captures of LPTB males but captures in the Z,Z treatment were higher than in the untreated plots. The pheromone treatments also influenced trap capture of both PTB and LPTB male moths outside the permeated plots.     

Microbial degradation of 17β -estradiol and 17α -ethinylestradiol followed by a validated HPLC-DAD method

This work aimed at studying the biodegradation of two estrogens, 17α -estradiol (E2) and 17β -ethinylestradiol (EE2), and their potential metabolism to estrone (E1) by microbial consortia. The biodegradation studies were followed by High Performance Liquid Chromatography–Diode Array Detector (HPLC–DAD) using a specifically developed and validated method. Biodegradation studies of the estrogens (E2 and EE2) were carried out with activated sludge (consortium A, CA) obtained from a Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) and with a microbial consortium able to degrade recalcitrant compounds, namely fluorobenzene (consortium B, CB). E2 was more extensively degraded than EE2 by CA whereas CB was only able to degrade E2. The addition of acetate as a supplementary carbon source led to a faster biodegradation of E2 and EE2. E1 was detected as a metabolite only during the degradation of E2. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses of strains recovered from the degrading cultures revealed the presence of the genera Pseudomonas, Chryseobacterium and Alcaligenes. The genera Pseudomonas and Chryseobacterium were retrieved from cultures supplied with E2 and EE2, while the genus Alcaligenes was found in the presence of E2, suggesting that they might be involved in the degradation of these compounds.     

高碑店湖表层水中雌激素的分布及其光降解影响因素

雌激素等内分泌干扰物在水体中普遍存在,其在再生水中的存在以及在水体中的迁移转化会产生潜在的健康和生态风险。光降解是水体中雌激素消除的主要途径之一,水体中共存的无机离子及有机质等对雌激素的光解存在不同的影响。对高碑店湖再生水体中雌激素的污染状况进行了调查,结果显示表层水中天然雌激素雌酮(E1)和人工合成雌激素17α-乙炔基雌二醇(EE2)的浓度最高。在模拟太阳光照射条件下对E1在水溶液中的降解规律及影响因素进行了研究,发现在模拟1 SUN的光密度条件下,15 min时E1降解率可达85%(C0=5μg·L-1),而氨氮对E1的光降解存在一定的抑制作用,并且抑制作用随着氨氮的升高而变大。与纯水系统相比,高碑店湖表层水基质中E1的光降解速率较低,说明整体上氨氮、HCO-3、浊度等因素对E1光降解产生的抑制作用占主导。对雌酮及其降解产物进行了红外光谱分析,结果显示1 720 cm-1对应的C=O键特征峰在光照时间为0、10和20 min样品中的强度逐渐减弱,而2 854 cm-1和2 925 cm-1对应的脂肪碳的C-H键特征峰先增强后减弱,可能是因为E1结构中的C-C=O发生了反应生成了C=C-OH,而随着反应的继续,C=C也被进一步氧化,但降解产物的结构需要进一步研究推断。随着E1的光降解,E1水溶液的内分泌干扰活性逐渐下降,氨氮虽然对E1的光降解有一定的抑制作用,但随着降解反应的进行E1水溶液的内分泌干扰活性依然呈下降趋势。