羟基化多溴联苯醚(OH-PBDEs)在小鼠肝脏S9中的体外代谢研究

羟基化多溴联苯醚(OH-PBDEs)是一类具有内分泌干扰性质的酚类化合物,且内分泌干扰效应大于其母体多溴联苯醚(PBDEs),研究OH-PBDEs的体外代谢行为对于理解其在生物体内的富集转化具有重要意义.以小鼠肝脏S9部分作为研究对象,考察了3-OH-BDE-47、5-OHBDE-47、6-OH-BDE-47和2'-OH-BDE-68在小鼠肝脏中的体外代谢.结果表明小鼠肝脏S9中的I相酶和II相酶均能代谢4种OH-PBDEs;醚键与OH官能团及Br原子互为邻位时,I相酶对OH-PBDEs的代谢率最高,即6-OH-BDE-47表现出较高的代谢率,此外,4种OH-PBDEs经I相酶代谢后均能生成2,4-二溴苯酚,表明醚键断裂是其主要的I相酶代谢途径;OH-PBDEs的OH官能团与醚键互为间位时,II相酶对其葡萄糖醛酸结合反应最高,也就是5-OH-BDE-47表现出较高的去除率.     

锰污染土壤对超富集植物木荷生长及生理的影响

采用土培的方法,以广西桂林市未受污染土壤(CK)为对照,研究了贺州市某锰矿区的未开采区(U)、探矿区(P)、恢复区(R)、采矿区(M)土壤和尾砂(W)对锰超富集植物木荷(Schima superba)的生长、锰的吸收及生理的影响。结果表明,从CK~W处理,木荷根茎叶中Mn含量依次增加,木荷的株高和株重随锰处理浓度的增加呈先上升后下降的趋势,表明一定浓度的锰能促进木荷的生长,增加木荷的生物量。植株Mn含量的增加引起了木荷生理特征的变化,显著增加了叶片中硝酸还原酶(NR)及氨酸脱氢酶(GDH)的活性(P0.05),降低了叶片中铵态氮的累积(P0.05),抑制了谷氨酰胺合成酶(GS)和谷氨酸合成酶(GOGAT)的活性(P0.05),在R和M处理时NR、GDH活性最高,分别为对照的2.15和1.34倍,在W处理时GS、GOGAT分别比对照降低了66.1%、43.1%;硝态氮在U处理时达到最大值,从U-W处理呈下降的变化趋势。Mn处理同时还引起了木荷叶片中渗透调节物质的变化,随着Mn处理浓度的增加,游离脯氨酸、可溶性蛋白质、可溶性糖和还原性糖含量均有不同程度的增加,苹果酸含量则呈先上升后下降的趋势,表明为了适应锰胁迫,木荷可通过改变渗透调节物质的含量来维持体内的渗透压和正常生理功能。     

城市物质流分析框架及测算方法

在借鉴国家物质流分析(MFA)框架基础上,针对进出城市系统的物质数据缺乏且难以统计的特点,引入面向元素或产品的物质流分析(SFA)要素,建立了城市尺度物质流分析框架.与国家物质流分析相比,该框架总体结构和物质分类上相同,但输入量、净存量和输出量的计算顺序和假设条件不同.对于化石能源,可由城市统计年鉴中的能源平衡表直接得出本地开采量、净存量、调入量和调出量;对于生物质,本地开采(生产)量一般都有统计,净存量可通过假设人均消费量相对稳定估算得出,而调入量和调出量则需要对大宗工业用途进行调查并做少量假设计算得出;对于金属矿物及其产品、工业非金属矿物及其产品、建筑材料3类物质,本地开采量和消费量一般都有所统计,而调入量和调出量的计算则需要首先采用针对元素或成品的物质流分析来获取城市系统中的净存量,然后再配合生产和消费数据并做少量假设测算得出.其他项目的获取或测算同国家物质流分析,由此得到的城市物质流分析框架可以用于城市间物质代谢的比较.      

聚糖菌快速富集方法的建立及群落特性分析

为研究聚糖菌(GAOs)模型的群落结构及糖原相关功能基因的表达变化,通过厌氧末排水及磷限制条件的双重策略,建立快速、稳定的聚糖菌模型.应用宏基因组学技术测定了 GAOs体系菌群结构的动态变化,并分析在驯化过程中糖原代谢通路关键功能基因的调节作用.结果表明,经过40d左右的驯化,反应器呈现出典型的GAOs代谢模式,厌氧利...     

我国废PET饮料瓶产生量与回收水平研究

聚对苯二甲酸乙二醇酯（PET）饮料瓶属一次性塑料包装,应用广泛且周期短,废弃量大,从节约资源、减少碳排放和保护环境等方面看,废PET饮料瓶回收都具有重要的意义。基于PET瓶装的饮料产量和PET瓶消费量的正相关性,建立了饮料总产量－PET瓶装的饮料产量－废PET饮料瓶产生量（PET饮料瓶消费量）间的数量响应关系,结合灰色模型,预测2020—2025年我国废PET饮料瓶的产生量;根据国内PET饮料瓶回收现状和物质代谢定性分析,确定了废PET饮料瓶的主要流向;通过问卷调查和现场实测,测算出现阶段我国PET饮料瓶回收总体水平。结果表明：2020—2025年,我国废PET饮料瓶的年产生量预测值为370万~409万t,主要流向回收利用体系、餐厨垃圾处理厂、垃圾填埋场、垃圾焚烧发电厂以及海滩等地,其中流向餐厨垃圾处理厂、垃圾填埋场、垃圾焚烧发电厂、海滩等地的废PET饮料瓶所占比例总体低于5%,即全国废PET饮料瓶回收率在95%以上,处于较高的回收水平。     

Urinary and serum metabolites of di-n-pentyl phthalate in rats

Di-n-pentyl phthalate (DPP) is used mainly as a plasticizer in nitrocellulose. At high doses, DPP acts as a potent testicular toxicant in rats. We administered a single oral dose of 500 mg kg⁻¹ bw of DPP to adult female Sprague-Dawley rats (N = 9) and collected 24-h urine samples 1 d before and 24- and 48-h after DPP was administered to tentatively identify DPP metabolites that could be used as exposure biomarkers. At necropsy, 48 h after dosing, we also collected serum. The metabolites were extracted from urine or serum, resolved with high performance liquid chromatography, and detected by mass spectrometry. Two DPP metabolites, phthalic acid (PA) and mono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalate (MCPP), were identified by using authentic standards, whereas mono-n-pentyl phthalate (MPP), mono(4-oxopentyl) phthalate (MOPP), mono(4-hydroxypentyl) phthalate (MHPP), mono(4-carboxybutyl) phthalate (MCBP), mono(2-carboxyethyl) phthalate (MCEP), and mono-n-pentenyl phthalate (MPeP) were identified based on their full scan mass spectrometric fragmentation pattern. The ω − 1 oxidation product, MHPP, was the predominant urinary metabolite of DPP. The median urinary concentrations (μg mL⁻¹) of the metabolites in the first 24 h urine collection after DPP administration were 993 (MHPP), 168 (MCBP), 0.2 (MCEP), 222 (MPP), 47 (MOPP), 26 (PA), 16 (MPeP), and 9 (MCPP); the concentrations of metabolites in the second 24 h urine collection after DPP administration were significantly lower than in the first collection. We identified some urinary metabolic products in the serum, but at much lower levels than in urine. Because of the similarities in metabolism of phthalates between rats and humans, based on our results and the fact that MHPP can only be formed from the metabolism of DPP, MHPP would be the most adequate DPP exposure biomarker for human exposure assessment. Nonetheless, based on the urinary levels of MHPP, our preliminary data suggest that human exposure to DPP in the United States is rather limited.     

Perspectives on quantifying and influencing household metabolism

Household metabolism is a concept that is concerned with the analysis of stocks and flows of energy, matter, and information at the household scale. This paper starts by providing a brief overview of the concept of household metabolism. Rather than attempting an in-depth review and analysis of this field, the article subsequently maps the contributions and perspectives of a broad variety of research traditions that have an interface with the concept of household metabolism. Next, this paper highlights a number of controversial issues connected to household metabolism, and studies at the interface of household metabolism. Finally, this paper argues that the concept of household metabolism can provide valuable help in diagnosing misalignments between enacted system dynamics and expressed societal goals, and can help to design research that facilitates their alignment.     

Rethinking urban political ecology from the outside in: greenbelts and boundaries in the post-suburban city

This paper engages the existing literature on Urban Political Ecology (UPE) from the perspective of regulating urban expansion through greenbelts. The paper makes a contribution to a better understanding of suburbanisation and postsuburbanisation which have so far not been at the centre of the concerns of UPE. In an era of global suburbanisation greenbelts differ from similar boundary setting exercises in the past and are as varied as the suburbanisation processes and their governance themselves. While conscious of those varieties, we focus here on the Greater Golden Horseshoe (GGH) greenbelt in Ontario that was created by provincial legislation in 2005. With the 2005 legislation, the Ontario government declared 720,000 hectares off limits for conventional urban development. The Greenbelt Act created an expansive area under protection from the Niagara Peninsula in the south to the Bruce Peninsula in the north, the Niagara Escarpment in the west to a series of moraines in the east. We will argue that the GGH greenbelt has become a prime negotiation space for the overall re-regulation of urban political ecologies in Southern Ontario. Largely surrounding the booming Toronto region, the GGH greenbelt is expansion space and projection screen of a suburbanizing region in search of redefinition.     

Applications of isotope differentiation for metabolic studies with di‐(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate

Abstract

The pervasiveness of the plasticizer di‐(2‐ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) in the environment and especially in the laboratory results in a background that may cause severe interference with analytical studies. Animal‐to‐animal variability in the distribution of DEHP metabolites in excreta normally makes it necessary to use large groups of animals when different treatments are compared. Finally, radioactive tracers are usually considered undesirable for metabolic studies involving human subjects. All of these problems can be overcome through the use of muliple isotopic labels, especially ¹²C/¹³C/¹⁴C. Examples are given involving rats and monkeys, and applicability to humans is discussed. The principles involved are not limited to any particular class of test compounds. In rats, the competing pathways for metabolism of phthalate esters produce a different distribution of metabolites from a small intravenous dose of DEHP than from a large oral dose.     

Fate and residues of 14C‐chloramphenicol in laying chickens 1

Abstract

Studies were conducted to determine the metabolic fate of chloramphenicol (CAP) in White Leghorn using the ^l4C‐labelled compound. In one experiment birds were administered orally via intra‐crop, a single dose of 100 mg (equivalent to 66 mg kg^‐1 body weight) of CAP containing 14 μCi ¹⁴C‐CAP, and its absorption, elimination and distribution in plasma were recorded. Orally dosed ¹⁴C‐compound was rapidly absorbed, efficiently distributed in plasma and eliminated in excreta (>70% in 5 hr). After 5 h, CAP equivalent residues in tissues were lower than 15 μg g^‐1 for this treatment. In a second experiment birds were given intra‐crop dose of either 0.5 or 5 mg of CAP (each dose contained 2.5 μCi ¹⁴C‐CAP) daily for five consecutive days followed by a seven day withdrawal period and elimination of ¹⁴C in excreta and eggs was monitored. More than 95% of the administered ¹⁴C was eliminated within the first 24 h after dosing. Radiocarbon (¹⁴C) was deposited preferentially in yolks compared to albumen or other tissues. Residues declined when feeding was stopped. Various metabolites were isolated and identified by a combination of TLC, LC, and LC‐MS. The main metabolic route of CAP in laying hens appears to be the glucuronidation. Cleavage of the dichloroacetate moiety was only a minor route.