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Yang Q, Liao W, Wei Z, Qiu R, Zheng Q, Wu Q, Chen Y. Degradation and humification of steroidal estrogens in the soil environment: A review. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 357:142043. [PMID: 38626810 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/04/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024]
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Emerging pollutants are toxic and harmful chemical substances characterized by environmental persistence, bioaccumulation and biotoxicity, which can harm the ecological environment and even threaten human health. There are four categories of emerging pollutants that are causing widespread concern, namely, persistent organic pollutants, endocrine disruptors, antibiotics, and microplastics. The distribution of emerging pollutants has spatial and temporal heterogeneity, which is influenced by factors such as geographical location, climatic conditions, population density, emission amount, etc. Steroidal estrogens (SEs) discussed in this paper belong to the category of endocrine disruptors. There are generally three types of fate for SEs in the soil environment: sorption, degradation and humification. Humification is a promising pathway for the removal of SEs, especially for those that are difficult to degrade. Through humification, these difficult-to-degrade SEs can be effectively transferred or fixed, thus reducing their impact on the environment and organisms. Contrary to the well-studied process of sorption and degradation, the role and promise of the humification process for the removal of SEs has been underestimated. Based on the existing research, this paper reviews the sources, classification, properties, hazards and environmental behaviors of SEs in soil, and focuses on the degradation and humification processes of SEs and the environmental factors affecting their processes, such as temperature, pH, etc. It aims to provide references for the follow-up research of SEs, and advocates further research on the humification of organic pollutants in future studies.
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- Qianhui Yang
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Maoming Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Maoming, 525000, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Maoming Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Maoming, 525000, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510642, China; Maoming Branch, Guangdong Laboratory for Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Maoming, 525000, China.
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Xu X, Lin X, Ma W, Huo M, Tian X, Wang H, Huang L. Biodegradation strategies of veterinary medicines in the environment: Enzymatic degradation. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 912:169598. [PMID: 38157911 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2023] [Revised: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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One Health closely integrates healthy farming, human medicine, and environmental ecology. Due to the ecotoxicity and risk of transmission of drug resistance, veterinary medicines (VMs) are regarded as emerging environmental pollutants. To reduce or mitigate the environmental risk of VMs, developing friendly, safe, and effective removal technologies is an important means of environmental remediation for VMs. Many previous studies have proved that biodegradation has significant advantages in removing VMs, and biodegradation based on enzyme catalysis presents higher operability and specificity. This review focused on biodegradation strategies of environmental pollutants and reviewed the enzymatic degradation of VMs including antimicrobial drugs, insecticides, and disinfectants. We reviewed the sources and catalytic mechanisms of peroxidase, laccase, and organophosphorus hydrolases, and summarized the latest research status of immobilization methods and bioengineering techniques in improving the performance of degrading enzymes. The mechanism of enzymatic degradation for VMs was elucidated in the current research. Suggestions and prospects for researching and developing enzymatic degradation of VMs were also put forward. This review will offer new ideas for the biodegradation of VMs and have a guide significance for the risk mitigation and detoxification of VMs in the environment.
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- Xiangyue Xu
- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China; National Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- National Reference Laboratory of Veterinary Drug Residues (HZAU) and MAO Key Laboratory for Detection of Veterinary Drug Residues, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China; MOA Laboratory for Risk Assessment of Quality and Safety of Livestock and Poultry Products, Wuhan 430070, China; National Laboratory for Veterinary Drug Safety Evaluation, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan 430070, China.
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Hao S, Fu C, Zhou L, Guo Z, Song Q. Tartaric acid stabilized iridium nanoparticles with excellent laccase-like activity. J Mater Chem B 2023; 11:2770-2777. [PMID: 36883554 DOI: 10.1039/d2tb02798d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023]
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Iridium nanoparticles with an average size of 1.7 nm (Tar-IrNPs) were synthesized by the reduction of IrCl3 with NaBH4 in the presence of tartaric acid. As prepared Tar-IrNPs showed not only oxidase, peroxidase and catalase activities but also exhibited unprecedented laccase-like activity, which can catalyze the oxidation of the substrates o-phenylenediamine (OPD) and p-phenylenediamine (PPD) accompanied by significant color changes. The superb catalytic performance is evidenced by the fact that Tar-IrNPs can achieve better laccase-like activity with only 2.5% of the dosage of natural laccase. Furthermore, they also exhibited superior thermal stability and broader pH adaptability (2.0-11) over that of natural laccase. Tar-IrNPs can retain more than 60% of their initial activity at 90 °C, while the natural laccase has totally lost its activity at 70 °C. At a prolonged reaction time, the oxidation products of OPD and PPD can form precipitates due to oxidation induced polymerization. Thus Tar-IrNPs have been successfully used for the determination and degradation of PPD and OPD.
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- Shanhao Hao
- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, P. R. China.
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- Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, 1800 Lihu Road, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province 214122, P. R. China.
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Zhou Y, Sun F, Wu X, Cao S, Guo X, Wang Q, Wang Y, Ji R. Formation and nature of non-extractable residues of emerging organic contaminants in humic acids catalyzed by laccase. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 829:154300. [PMID: 35271924 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Formation of non-extractable residues (NERs) is the major fate of most environmental organic contaminants in soil, however, there is no direct evidence yet to support the assumed physical entrapment of NERs (i.e., type I NERs) inside soil humic substances. Here, we used 14C-radiotracer and silylation techniques to analyze NERs of six emerging and traditional organic contaminants formed in a suspension of humic acids (HA) under catalysis of the oxidative enzyme laccase. Laccase induced formation of both type I and covalently bound NERs (i.e., type II NERs) of bisphenol A, bisphenol F, and tetrabromobisphenol A to a large extent, and of bisphenol S (BPS) and sulfamethoxazole (SMX) to a less extent, while no induction for phenanthrene. The type I NERs were formed supposedly owing to laccase-induced alteration of primary (active groups) and secondary (conformation) structure of humic supramolecules, contributing surprisingly to large extents (23.5%-65.7%) to the total NERs, particularly for BPS and SMX, which both were otherwise not transformed by laccase catalysis. Electron-withdrawing sulfonyl group and bromine substitution significantly decreased amount and kinetics of NER formation, respectively. This study provides the first direct evidence for the formation of type I NERs in humic substances and implies a "Trojan horse" effect of such NERs in the environment.
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- Yue Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China
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- Quanzhou Institute for Environment Protection Industry, Nanjing University, Beifeng Road, 362000 Quanzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, 163 Xianlin Avenue, 210023 Nanjing, China; Quanzhou Institute for Environment Protection Industry, Nanjing University, Beifeng Road, 362000 Quanzhou, China.
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Li S, Sun K, Latif A, Si Y, Gao Y, Huang Q. Insights into the Applications of Extracellular Laccase-Aided Humification in Livestock Manure Composting. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:7412-7425. [PMID: 35638921 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c08042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Traditional composting is a well-suited biotechnology for on-farm management of livestock manure (LM) but still leads to the release of toxic micropollutants and imbalance of nutrients. One in situ exoenzyme-assisted composting has shown promise to ameliorate the agronomical quality of end products by improving humification and polymerization. The naturally occurring extracellular laccase from microorganisms belongs to a multicopper phenoloxidase, which is verified for its versatility to tackle micropollutants and conserve organics through the reactive radical-enabled decomposition and polymerization channels. Laccase possesses an indispensable relationship with humus formation during LM composting, but its potential applications for the harmless disposal and resource utilization of LM have until now been overlooked. Herein, we review the extracellular laccase-aided humification mechanism and its optimizing strategy to maintain enzyme activity and in situ production, highlighting the critical roles of laccase in treating micropollutants and preserving organics during LM composting. Particularly, the functional effects of the formed humification products by laccase-amended composting on plant growth are also discussed. Finally, the future perspectives and outstanding questions are summarized. This critical review provides fundamental insights into laccase-boosted humification that ameliorates the quality of end products in LM composting, which is beneficial to guide and advance the practical applications of exoenzyme in humification remediation, the carbon cycle, and agriculture protection.
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- Shunyao Li
- Laboratory of Wetland Protection and Ecological Restoration, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia 30223, United States
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Li S, Sun K. Suppression mechanism of model humic constituents on laccase-enabled 17β-estradiol oxidation and oligomerization. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 290:133356. [PMID: 34929277 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 11/26/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Humic constituents (HCs) are ubiquitous in the aquatic ecosystems, and contain various functional groups that seriously impact the conversion of 17β-estradiol (17β-E2) by fungal laccase. The purpose of this study was to explore the influencing mechanism of HCs on Trametes versicolor laccase-enabled 17β-E2 oxidation and oligomerization. Herein, T. versicolor-secreted laccase could rapidly convert 99.2% of 17β-E2 (rate constant = 3.7 × 10-2 min-1, half-life = 18.7 min) into multifarious oligomers at 25 °C and pH 5.0, by phenolic radical-caused C-C and/or C-O self-linking routes, whereas HCs with O-phenolic hydroxyl groups (O-p-OH, i.e., catechol, pyrogallol, gallic acid, and caffeic acid) dramatically suppressed 17β-E2 oligomerization. Compared with HC-free, 17β-E2 rate constants weakened 6.3-15.8 fold in the presence of HCs containing O-p-OH. It is largely because the O-p-OH was preferentially oxidized by T. versicolor laccase to create the electrophilic O-quinone monomers/oligomers. These unstable reactive O-quinone intermediates strongly reversed 17β-E2 phenolic radicals to their monomeric molecules via two proton-transfer versus two electron-transfer channels, thus intercepting 17β-E2 oxidation and oligomerization. These findings highlight new insights into the effect of HCs containing O-p-OH on T. versicolor laccase-started 17β-E2 conversion, which is beneficial to re-understanding the fate and geochemical behavior of 17β-E2 in water.
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- Shunyao Li
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Jiulong Road 111, Hefei, 230601, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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Sun S, Abdellah YAY, Miao L, Wu B, Ma T, Wang Y, Zang H, Zhao X, Li C. Impact of microbial inoculants combined with humic acid on the fate of estrogens during pig manure composting under low-temperature conditions. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 424:127713. [PMID: 34815123 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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To investigate the efficiency of psychrotrophic cellulose-degrading fungal strains (PCDFSs) and estrogen-degrading bacteria (EDBs) combined with humic acid (HA) on estrone (E1) and 17-β-estradiol (E2) degradation, five compost groups (T, HA, EDB, PCDFS, and CK) were prepared and composted for 32 days at 11-14°C. The results indicated that inoculation increased the temperature to 62.2°C and promoted E1 degradation to the lowest level of 100.1 ng/kg, while E2 was undetected from day 16. Metagenomic analysis revealed that inoculation altered the microbial community structure by increasing the abundance of cellulose-degrading fungi, especially Meyerozyma (16.7%) (among PCDFSs), and of estrogen-degrading bacteria, particularly Microbacterium (13.4%) (involved in EDBs). Moreover, inoculation increased the levels (>0.500%) of Gene Ontology (GO) associated with estrogen degradation, like 3-β-hydroxy-delta 5-steroid dehydrogenase and monooxygenase. Redundancy analysis demonstrated that temperature and Microbacterium were positively correlated with estrogen degradation. Structural equation model indicated that temperature and estrogen-degrading bacterial genera exhibited positive, significant (p < 0.001) and direct impacts on estrogen degradation. This is the first study to suggest that applying microbial inoculants and HA could accelerate estrogen degradation during composting in cold regions. The research outcomes offer a practical reference for managing compost safety, thereby decreasing its potential environmental and human health impacts.
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- Shanshan Sun
- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China
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- College of Resources and Environment, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, Heilongjiang, PR China.
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Li S, Hong D, Chen W, Wang J, Sun K. Extracellular laccase-activated humification of phenolic pollutants and its application in plant growth. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 802:150005. [PMID: 34525729 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Humification processes of phenolic pollutants may play a profound role in environment purification and plant growth. However, little literature is performed to explore exoenzyme-driven humification to polymerize 17β-estradiol (E2) and humic constituents (HCs), and the effects of their polymeric precipitates on plant growth are usually overlooked. Herein, E2 conversion and radish (Raphanus sativus L.) growth were systematically investigated under humification mediated by extracellular laccase (EL) of Trametes versicolor. Results disclosed that EL-assisted humification achieved a wonderful E2 conversion efficiency (>99%) within 2-h, but the presence of HCs such as humic acid (HA), vanillic acid (VA), and ferulic acid (FA) impeded E2 elimination significantly. Compared with HC-free, the kinetics constants declined by 2.84-, 5.72-, and 5.22-fold with HA, VA, and FA present, respectively. Intriguingly, three close-knit self/cross-linked precipitates (i.e., E2-HA, E2-VA, and E2-FA hybrid precipitates) in dark gray, dark brown, and deep yellow were created after a continuous humification by phenolic radical-initiated polymerization mechanisms. The formation of these humified precipitates was extremely effective on circumventing phytotoxicity caused by monomeric E2, VA, or FA. Furthermore, they acted as humic-like organic fertilizers, accelerating seed germination, root elongation, and enhancing NaCl-tolerance of radish through the combination of oxygen-contained functional components and auxin structural analogues with unstable and stubborn carbon skeletons. This is the first study reporting the pollution purification and plant growth promotion in EL-activated humification. Our findings frame valuable perspectives regarding the natural detoxification and carbon sequestration of phenolic pollutants and the application of their polymeric precipitates in global crop production.
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- Shunyao Li
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Jiulong Road 111, Hefei 230039, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China.
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Enhancement of laccase production from a newly isolated Trichoderma harzianum S7113 using submerged fermentation: Optimization of production medium via central composite design and its application for hydroquinone degradation. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 192:219-231. [PMID: 34624382 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Trichoderma harzianum S7113 as an efficient fungal isolate for laccase production was identified using the 18S rRNA sequencing. T. harzianum S7113 attained its maximal laccase production level on the 14th day of static incubation at 28 °C and pH 5.0 using the inoculum size of 5 discs (14 mm), according to the one factor per time (OFT) method. The most appropriate carbon, organic and inorganic nitrogen sources to promote maximal laccase synthesis were glucose (15 g/L), beef extract (5 g/L), and ammonium chloride (4 g/L), respectively. Results of Response Surface Methodology (RSM) revealed that glucose, meat extract, and ammonium chloride concentrations of 17.54, 7.17, and 4.36 g/L respectively, at a pH value of 6.74 are the favorite conditions for high titer production. The ANOVA analysis highlighted an excellent match between the actual experimental results and the model predicted laccase production levels. The biodegradation of hydroquinone (HQ) by T. harzianum S7113 laccase was most efficient in the pH range of 5.0 to 6.5. The increase in laccase concentration led to a significant increase in the HQ conversion to get a biodegradation rate of 92 ± 2.6% with a laccase concentration of 0.75 U/mL after 3 h of reaction.
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Liu Q, Liu J, Hong D, Sun K, Li S, Latif A, Si X, Si Y. Fungal laccase-triggered 17β-estradiol humification kinetics and mechanisms in the presence of humic precursors. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 412:125197. [PMID: 33540263 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Revised: 01/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Naturally-occurring phenolic acids (PAs) act as humic precursors that participate in the conversion behaviors and coupling pathways of steroidal estrogens (SEs) during laccase-triggered humification processes (L-THPs). Herein, the influences and mechanisms of PAs on Trametes versicolor laccase-evoked 17β-estradiol (E2) conversion kinetics and humification routes were explored. Fungal laccase was fleet in converting > 99% of E2, and the calculated pseudo-first-order velocity constant and half-time values were respectively 0.039 min-1 and 17.906 min. PAs containing an O-dihydroxy moiety such as gallic acid and caffeic acid evidently hampered E2 humification owning to the yielded highly reactive O-quinones reversed E2 radicals by hydrogen transfer mechanism, implying that the inhibition effect was enormously dependent upon the number and position of the phenolic -OH present in humic precursors. Oligomers and polymers with carbon-carbon/oxygen links were tentatively found as E2 main humified species resulting from laccase-evoked successive oxidative-coupling. Note that PAs participating in the humification also encountered oxydehydrogenation, self-polymerization, and cross-binding to E2. Interestingly, the -COOH and -OCH3 groups of PAs could be deprived in radical-caused self/co-polymerization. The generation of humified products not only circumvented the environmental risks of parent compounds but accelerated global carbon sequestration. To our knowledge, this is the first in-depth revelation of the humification pathways and related mechanisms of SEs with humic precursors in aquatic ecosystems by L-THPs.
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- Qingzhu Liu
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China.
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, Jiangsu, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei 230036, Anhui, China
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Sun K, Chen H, Zhang Q, Li S, Liu Q, Si Y. Influence of humic acids on fungal laccase-initiated 17α-ethynylestradiol oligomerization: Transformation kinetics and products distribution. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 258:127371. [PMID: 32554020 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Fungal laccase has aroused great concern in rapidly removing estrogens because of its ability to accelerate humification and oligomerization. Here, the effect of two humic acids (HAs) on the reaction kinetics and products distribution of 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2) in laccase-initiated humification and coupling was systematically elucidated. Laccase from Trametes versicolor exhibited over 98.3% removal rate for EE2 at pH 5.0 within 120 min, while HAs invariably restrained EE2 transformation by competing with target-substrate for the enzymatic catalytic center. EE2 removal followed pseudo-first-order kinetics, and the rate constant was decreased markedly with increasing concentration of two HAs (0-60 mg L-1). Additionally, laccase heightened the aromaticity and humification degrees (A250 nm/A365 nm ratio) of HAs probably due to the formation of new humic polymers such as (HA)m and/or (HA)m-(EE2)n (m and n represent the number of HA and EE2 units, respectively). Three major EE2 oligomers were identified, in accordance with a mechanism involving the phenoxy radical-driven polymerization to yield a wide variety of self-coupling products. Notably, HAs diminished the extent of EE2 self-coupling but aggrandized the cross-coupling between EE2 and HAs, and the inhibition degree of EE2 self-coupling increased with the concentration of HAs. One major reason is EE2 could be covalently incorporated into humic molecules to produce (HA)m-(EE2)n cross-coupling products via radical-caused C-C, C-O-C, and/or C-O-C bonds, thereby reducing EE2 self-oligomerization. These findings highlight that HAs play a vital role in the fungal laccase-induced humification and oligomerization of EE2, which obviously alter the geochemical fate and transport of EE2 in natural aquatic ecosystems.
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- Kai Sun
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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Sun K, Cheng X, Yu J, Chen L, Wei J, Chen W, Wang J, Li S, Liu Q, Si Y. Isolation of Trametes hirsuta La-7 with high laccase-productivity and its application in metabolism of 17β-estradiol. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 263:114381. [PMID: 32203859 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Estrogens, which are extensive in the eco-environments, are a category of high-toxic emerging contaminants that induce metabolic disorders and even carcinogenic risks in wildlife and humans. Here we investigate whether fungus-secreted laccase can be used as a green catalyst to eliminate a representative estrogen, 17β-estradiol (E2). A white-rot fungus Trametes hirsuta La-7 with high laccase-productivity, was isolated from pig manure-contaminated soil. Extracellular laccase activity expressed by strain La-7 was 65.4 U·mL-1 for a 3 d inoculation under the optimal fermentation parameters. The concentrated-crude laccase from Trametes hirsuta La-7 (CC-ThLac) was capable of effectively metabolizing E2 at pH 4-6, and the apparent pseudo first-order reaction rate constant and half-life values were respectively 0.027-0.055 min-1 and 25.86-12.67 min (R2 > 0.98). The mass measurement of high-resolution mass spectrometry in combination with 13C-isotope labeling identified that the main by-products of E2 metabolism were dimers, trimers, and tetramers, which are consistent with radical-driven C-C and/or C-O-C covalent coupling pathway, involving the initial enzymatic production of phenoxy radical intermediates and then the successive oxidative-oligomerization of radical intermediates. The formation of oligomers dramatically reduced the estrogenic activity of E2. Additionally, CC-ThLac also exhibited high-efficiency metabolism capability toward E2 in the natural water and pig manure, with more than 94.4% and 91.0% of E2 having been metabolized, respectively. These findings provide a broad prospect for the clean biotechnological applications of Trametes hirsuta La-7 in estrogen-contaminated ecosystems.
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- Kai Sun
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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Sun K, Liu Q, Li S, Qi Y, Si Y. MnO 2 nanozyme-driven polymerization and decomposition mechanisms of 17β-estradiol: Influence of humic acid. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 393:122393. [PMID: 32120219 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Nanozymes, which display the bifunctional properties of nanomaterials and natural enzymes, are useful tools for environmental remediation. In this research, nano-MnO2 was selected for its intrinsic enzyme-like activity to remove 17β-estradiol (E2). Results indicated that nano-MnO2 exhibited laccase-like activity (7.22 U·mg-1) and removed 97.3 % of E2 at pH 6. Humic acid (HA) impeded E2 removal (only 72.4 %) by competing with E2 for the catalytic sites of the MnO2 nanozyme surface, and there was a good linear correlation between the kinetic constants and HA concentrations (R2 = 0.9489). Notably, the phenolic -OH of E2 interacted with HA to yield various polymeric products via radical-driven covalent coupling, resulting in ablation of phenolic -OH but increase of ether groups in the polymeric structure. Intermediate products, including estrone, E2 homo-/hetero-oligomers, E2 hydroxylated and quinone-like products, as well as aromatic ring-opening species, were identified. Interestingly, HA hindered the extent of E2 oxidation, homo-coupling, and decomposition but accelerated E2 and HA hetero-coupling. A reasonable catalytic pathway of E2 and HA involving MnO2 nanozyme was proposed. These findings provide novel insights into the influence of HA on MnO2 nanozyme-driven E2 radical polymerization and decomposition, consequently favoring the ecological water restoration and the global carbon cycle.
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- Kai Sun
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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Response Surface Optimization of an Extraction Method for the Simultaneous Detection of Sulfamethoxazole and 17β-Estradiol in Soil. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25061415. [PMID: 32244945 PMCID: PMC7144367 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25061415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Antibiotics and hormones widely exist in fertilizers and manures, which are excessively used in agriculture and animal husbandry. Considering their potential harm to the environment and human health, the detection of antibiotics and hormones has become a necessity. However, current methods find it difficult to simultaneously extract and detect antibiotics and hormones in soil and to maintain a high level of accuracy and a low cost. In this study, a straightforward, convenient, and simultaneous extraction and detection method of a representative antibiotic (sulfamethoxazole, SMZ) and hormone (17β-Estradiol, E2) in soil has been established. Ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) was used in the pretreatment process and high-performance liquid chromatography with the ultraviolet detector (HPLC-UV) method was then chosen in the detection process. By means of single factors and response surface experiments, optimal extraction conditions were a 41-mL buffer solution (pH 4.27) mixed with 1 g of soil sample, an ultrasonication time of 36 min, an ultrasonication temperature of 25 °C, and two extraction cycles. The detection limits of 0.3–10 μg/kg and quantification limits of 1–30 μg/kg have been obtained. Finally, the optimized simultaneous extraction and detection method was validated by three different real soil samples with recoveries ranging from 79.49% to 86.47%.
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Chen M, Waigi MG, Li S, Sun K, Si Y. Fungal laccase-mediated humification of estrogens in aquatic ecosystems. WATER RESEARCH 2019; 166:115040. [PMID: 31505307 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Estrogens are a category of non-degradable organic pollutants prevalent in aquatic environments with reported health risks in human and wildlife reproduction. A biotechnological approach is proposed for utilizing fungal laccase-mediated humification reactions (L-MHRs) to remove estrogens from water. Through a reactive radical-mediated C-C, C-O-C, or C-N-C covalent coupling mechanism, multifarious complex polymeric structures are generated having limited solubilities, which significantly reduces their estrogenic activity and ecotoxicity. This review highlights the available literature associated with the self/cross-coupling mechanism of fungal L-MHRs in catalyzing the single-electron oxidation of estrogens and humic acid (HA). Advances in identifying unknown estrogen-HA cross-coupling products using high-resolution mass spectrometry combined with 13C-isotope labeling and 13C NMR may provide key research directions beneficial to aquatic ecological restoration measures.
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- Mingyu Chen
- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China.
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Farmland Ecological Conservation and Pollution Prevention, School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, 130 Changjiang West Road, Hefei, 230036, Anhui, China
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Zhong C, Zhao H, Cao H, Huang Q. Polymerization of micropollutants in natural aquatic environments: A review. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 693:133751. [PMID: 31462391 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Revised: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Micropollutants with high ecotoxicological risks are frequently detected in aquatic environments, which has aroused great concern in recent years. Humification is one of the most important natural detoxification processes of aquatic micropollutants, and the core reactions of this process are polymerization and coupling. During humification, micropollutants are incorporated into the macrostructures of humic substances and precipitated from aqueous systems into sediments. However, the similarities and differences among the polymerization/coupling pathways of micropollutants in different oxidative systems have not been systematically summarized in a review. This article reviews the current knowledge on the weak oxidation-induced spontaneous polymerization/coupling transformation of micropollutants. First, four typical weak oxidative conditions for the initiation of micropollutant polymerization reactions in aquatic environments are compared: enzymatic catalysis, biomimetic catalysis, metal oxide oxidation, and photo-initiated oxidation. Second, three major subsequent spontaneous transformation pathways of micropollutants are elucidated: radical polymerization, nucleophilic addition/substitution and cyclization. Different solution conditions are also summarized. Furthermore, the importance of toxicity evolution during the weak oxidation-induced coupling/polymerization of micropollutants is particularly emphasized. This review provides a new perspective for the transformation mechanism and pathways of micropollutants from aquatic systems into sediments and the atmosphere and offers theoretical support for developing micropollutant control technologies.
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- Chen Zhong
- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Beijing Engineering Research Centre of Process Pollution Control, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Beijing Engineering Research Centre of Process Pollution Control, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
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- National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China; Beijing Engineering Research Centre of Process Pollution Control, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Bilal M, Iqbal HMN. Persistence and impact of steroidal estrogens on the environment and their laccase-assisted removal. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 690:447-459. [PMID: 31299577 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Steroidal estrogens are widespread water contaminants with potential carcinogenic and endocrine-disrupting activities. The World Health Organization has listed estrogens as group 1 carcinogens. These contaminants are of substantial concern because of potential threats to human health, and aquatic organisms on long-term exposure. A range of methods, including oxidation, adsorption, electrochemical, and irradiation techniques have been employed for their remediation from aqueous systems. However, inadequate removal, toxic sludge generation, high operating costs, and the requisite for skilled operating and maintenance personnel commercially hampered the application of many methods. An interesting alternative treatment approach based on the use of oxidoreductases, particularly laccases, has recently gained amicability for the biotransformation of emerging pollutants. The use of immobilized enzymes is more cost-effective from an industrial perspective due to improved catalytic stability, reusability, reduction of product inhibition, and easier product separation. This review provides comprehensive knowledge on the use of laccases in the biodegradation of steroidal estrogens, including estrone, 17β-estradiol, and 17α-ethinylestradiol with endocrine-disrupting potency from the environment. After an overview of estrogens and catalytic properties of laccase, the use of free, as well as immobilized laccases with a particular emphasis on estrogens removal by laccase-based fed-batch, packed bed bioreactors, and membrane reactors, is discussed. A comparison of existing treatment technologies with enzyme technology for the removal of estrogens from different environmental matrices is made. Lastly, along with concluding remarks, future research direction aimed at bridging knowledge gaps for estrogenic compounds removal are also proposed in this very important research area.
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- Muhammad Bilal
- School of Life Science and Food Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian 223003, China.
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, School of Engineering and Sciences, Campus Monterrey, Ave. Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, Monterrey, N.L. CP 64849, Mexico.
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Lan X, Wang T, Ewald F, Chen Z, Cui K, Schäffer A, Wang L, Ji R. 14C-Labelling of the natural steroid estrogens 17α-estradiol, 17β-estradiol, and estrone. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2019; 375:26-32. [PMID: 31035183 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Revised: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The worldwide environmental occurrence of natural steroid estrogens has drawn increasing concerns. However, the fate of the estrogens, especially the α-isomer of estradiol, in the environmental matrices is still obscure. Using 14C-radioactively labelled forms of these estrogens can facilitate and is sometimes a prerequisite for studying their transformation and residual distribution in the environment, but the availability of labelled compounds (owing to commercially high prices or unavailable) hampers such studies. Here we developed simple and stable methods to synthesize 14C-labelled estradiol isomers and estrone using relatively low-priced [carboxyl-14C]-labelled sodium acetate as a precursor. The radiochemical syntheses started from an enol lactone, which was prepared from nandrolone by oxidation to open the A-ring followed by recyclization. Inversion of the 17β-hydroxyl group into its 17α-form was achieved via the Walden inversion using the Mitsunobu reaction. [3-14C]-17β-estradiol, [3-14C]-17α-estradiol, and [3-14C]-estrone were synthesized in five, six, and seven steps with an overall radiochemical yield of 17.4%, 16.2%, and 13.9%, respectively. The synthesized 14C-labelled compounds provide materials for studying the fate and behavior of estrogens in complex environmental matrixes and for further synthesis of their 14C-labelled sulfate and glucuronide conjugates.
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- Xianjin Lan
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute of Soil Fertilizer and Resources Environment, Jiangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanchang 330200, China
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- Department of Ecology and Environment of Henan Province, No. 10 Xueli Road, Zhengdong Xinqu, Zhengzhou 450046, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- Yabang Medical Research Institute, No. 66 Changhong West Road, West Taihu Lake Science & Technology Zone, Changzhou 213145, China
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- School of Chemistry & Life Science, Nanjing University Jinling College, Nanjing 210089, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China; Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, Aachen 52074, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China.
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Wang S, Wang X, Li C, Xu X, Wei Z, Wang Z, Qu R. Photodegradation of 17β-estradiol on silica gel and natural soil by UV treatment. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 242:1236-1244. [PMID: 30118911 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 08/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This paper evaluates the UV photodegradation of 17β-estradiol (E2) on silica gel and in natural soil with different soil components. Silica gel was chosen as a stable and pure support to simulate the photochemical behavior of E2 on the surface of natural soil. Ultraviolet light, rather than visible light, was confirmed to play a decisive role in the photodegradation of E2 on silica gel. The effect of three soil components, including humic acid (HA), inorganic salts, and relative humidity (RH), on the photochemical behavior of E2 on silica gel or soil under UV irradiation was then evaluated. Two HA concentrations (10 and 20 mg g-1) and three salts (ferric sulfate, copper sulfate and sodium carbonate) were observed to obviously inhibit the degradation of E2 on silica gel. Interestingly, nitrate was found to obviously improve the removal efficiency of E2. Both too-dry and too-wet conditions obviously reduced the removal rate of E2, and the optimum relative humidity (RH) value was found to be approximately about 35% (30 °C). Furthermore, twenty intermediate products and two major pathways were proposed to describe the transformation processes of E2 treated by UV irradiation, among which oligomers were found to be the major intermediate products before complete mineralization. The efficient UV removal of E2 on silica gel and natural soil suggested a feasible strategy to remediate E2 contaminated soil.
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- Siyuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210023, PR China.
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Wang X, Liu J, Qu R, Wang Z, Huang Q. The laccase-like reactivity of manganese oxide nanomaterials for pollutant conversion: rate analysis and cyclic voltammetry. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7756. [PMID: 28798337 PMCID: PMC5552746 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07913-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nanostructured manganese oxides, e.g. MnO2, have shown laccase-like catalytic activities, and are thus promising for pollutant oxidation in wastewater treatment. We have systematically compared the laccase-like reactivity of manganese oxide nanomaterials of different crystallinity, including α-, β-, γ-, δ-, and ɛ-MnO2, and Mn3O4, with 2,2′-azinobis-(3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulfonate) (ABTS) and 17β-estradiol (E2) as the probing substrates. The reaction rate behaviors were examined with regard to substrate oxidation and oxygen reduction to evaluate the laccase-like catalysis of the materials, among which γ-MnO2 exhibits the best performance. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) was employed to assess the six MnOx nanomaterials, and the results correlate well with their laccase-like catalytic activities. The findings help understand the mechanisms of and the factors controlling the laccase-like reactivity of different manganese oxides nanomaterials, and provide a basis for future design and application of MnOx-based catalysts.
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- Xinghao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuses, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.,College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, 30223, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuses, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuses, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuses, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, P. R. China
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- College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, Georgia, 30223, United States.
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Yang Y, Li J, Lu K, Shi H, Gao S. Transformation of 17α-ethinylestradiol by simultaneous photo-enzymatic process in Humic water. CHEMOSPHERE 2017; 178:432-438. [PMID: 28342991 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Revised: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The fate of estrogens in surface water is mainly dependent on two processes, i.e. photodegradation and biotransformation. Each of the separate process is invariably of interest, but research on the combination of the two processes has rarely been explored. In the present work, the transformation of 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) by simultaneous photochemical and enzymatic process in water was systematically investigated. The combined transformation rate of EE2 (0.057 h-1) in the presence of natural organic matter (NOM) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP) under simulated sunlight irradiation was markedly faster than that in the presence of NOM only (0.032 h-1). Similar pattern was also observed in real water matrix sampled from Taihu Lake. Further study revealed that the photodegradation and enzymatic transformation of EE2 were dramatically affected by NOM concentrations ranging from 0 to 20 mgC L-1. NOM was found to invariably accelerate the photodegradation of EE2 with increasing concentration. On the contrary, the transformation rate of EE2 mediated by HRP was decreased along with the increase of NOM concentration. The reason may be that HRP was prone to be inactivated in solution with high NOM concentration. The transformation experiment of EE2 at ambient level under sunlight confirmed the significant contribution of HRP to the degradation of EE2 in the presence of NOM. The results indicated that oxidation mediated by HRP was an essential fate of EE2 and other congener contaminants in aquatic environment.
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- Yun Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
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Sun K, Kang F, Waigi MG, Gao Y, Huang Q. Laccase-mediated transformation of triclosan in aqueous solution with metal cations and humic acid. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2017; 220:105-111. [PMID: 27640762 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2016] [Revised: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 09/11/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Triclosan (TCS) is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent that is found extensively in natural aquatic environments. Enzyme-catalyzed oxidative coupling reactions (ECOCRs) can be used to remove TCS in aqueous solution, but there is limited information available to indicate how metal cations (MCs) and natural organic matter (NOM) influence the environmental fate of TCS during laccase-mediated ECOCRs. In this study, we demonstrated that the naturally occurring laccase from Pleurotus ostreatus was effective in removing TCS during ECOCRs, and the oligomerization of TCS was identified as the dominant reaction pathway by high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The growth inhibition studies of green algae (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Scenedesmus obliquus) proved that laccase-mediated ECOCRs could effectively reduce the toxicity of TCS. The presence of dissolved MCs (Mn2+, Al3+, Ca2+, Cu2+, and Fe2+ ions) influenced the removal and transformation of TCS via different mechanisms. Additionally, the transformation of TCS in systems with NOM derived from humic acid (HA) was hindered, and the apparent pseudo first-order kinetics rate constants (k) for TCS decreased as the HA concentration increased, which likely corresponded to the combined effect of both noncovalent (sorption) and covalent binding between TCS and humic molecules. Our results provide a novel insight into the fate and transformation of TCS by laccase-mediated ECOCRs in natural aquatic environments in the presence of MCs and NOM.
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- Kai Sun
- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA; School of Resources and Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA.
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Laccase-catalyzed treatment of ketoconazole, identification of biotransformed metabolites, determination of kinetic parameters, and evaluation of micro-toxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2016.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Sun K, Liang S, Kang F, Gao Y, Huang Q. Transformation of 17β-estradiol in humic acid solution by ε-MnO2 nanorods as probed by high-resolution mass spectrometry combined with (13)C labeling. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2016; 214:211-218. [PMID: 27086077 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Revised: 04/03/2016] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Steroidal estrogens (SEs), widespread in aquatic systems, have a potential to disrupt the endocrine system of wildlife species and humans. In our experiments, the performance of ε-MnO2 nanorods in transforming 17β-estradiol (E2) was investigated, and the effect of humic acid (HA) on the reaction behaviors was systematically characterized. Reconfiguration of humic molecules was also investigated by high-performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC). Results indicated that ε-MnO2 nanomaterials ensured efficient removal of E2 from the aqueous solution. The presence of HA hindered the transformation of E2, while enhanced the cross-coupling between E2 and humic molecules. In particular, we used a mixture of un-labeled E2 and (13)C3-labeled E2 at a 1: 1 set ratio (w/w) to probe the reaction products via high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The combination of HRMS and (13)C3-labeling revealed the intermediate products including estrone (E1), and hydroxylated, quinone-like, and ring-opened species, as well as E2 dimer and trimer. More importantly, possible cross-coupling products between E2 and HA were also identified. A reaction mechanism including two-electron oxidation and single-electron oxidation was proposed. The applied analytical approach using HRMS along with (13)C3-labeling for reaction-product identification is crucial to understanding the role of HA in the transformation of SEs.
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- Kai Sun
- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China.
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA.
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Tschofen M, Knopp D, Hood E, Stöger E. Plant Molecular Farming: Much More than Medicines. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY (PALO ALTO, CALIF.) 2016; 9:271-94. [PMID: 27049632 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-anchem-071015-041706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Plants have emerged as commercially relevant production systems for pharmaceutical and nonpharmaceutical products. Currently, the commercially available nonpharmaceutical products outnumber the medical products of plant molecular farming, reflecting the shorter development times and lower regulatory burden of the former. Nonpharmaceutical products benefit more from the low costs and greater scalability of plant production systems without incurring the high costs associated with downstream processing and purification of pharmaceuticals. In this review, we explore the areas where plant-based manufacturing can make the greatest impact, focusing on commercialized products such as antibodies, enzymes, and growth factors that are used as research-grade or diagnostic reagents, cosmetic ingredients, and biosensors or biocatalysts. An outlook is provided on high-volume, low-margin proteins such as industrial enzymes that can be applied as crude extracts or unprocessed plant tissues in the feed, biofuel, and papermaking industries.
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- Marc Tschofen
- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria;
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- Institute of Hydrochemistry, Chair for Analytical Chemistry, Technische Universität München, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Arkansas State University Biosciences Institute, Jonesboro, Arkansas 72467
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- Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, 1190 Vienna, Austria;
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Sun K, Luo Q, Gao Y, Huang Q. Laccase-catalyzed reactions of 17β-estradiol in the presence of humic acid: Resolved by high-resolution mass spectrometry in combination with (13)C labeling. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 145:394-401. [PMID: 26692517 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.11.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2015] [Revised: 11/13/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The widespread presence of estrogens in natural waters poses potential threats to the aquatic organisms and human health. It is known that estrogens undergo enzyme-catalyzed oxidative coupling (ECOC) reactions, which may impact their environmental fate and can be used in wastewater treatment to remove estrogens, but little information is available on how natural organic matter (NOM) may influence 17β-estradiol (E2) transformation in ECOC processes. A series of experiments were conducted to examine the transformation of E2 in aqueous solution containing humic acid (HA) as model NOM by laccase-mediated ECOC reactions. The impact of HA on the reaction behaviors and product distribution is systematically characterized. The presence of HA inhibited the extent of E2 self-coupling in laccase-mediated systems, while promoted cross-coupling between E2 and HA. Reconfiguration of humic molecules was also observed and characterized by changes in absorbance at 275 nm and the ratios between A250 nm/A365 nm. In particular, experiments were conducted with un-labeled E2 mixed with (13)C3-labeled E2 at a set ratio, with the products probed using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). The high m/z accuracy of HRMS enabled the use of isotope ratio as a tracer to identify possible cross-coupling products between E2 and HA. Such a method combining HRMS and isotope labeling provides a novel means for identification of products in a reaction system involving NOM or other complex matrices. These findings provide a basis for optimization of ECOC reactions for estrogen removal, and also help to understand the environmental transformation of estrogens.
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- Kai Sun
- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China; Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA
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- Institute of Organic Contaminant Control and Soil Remediation, College of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China
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- Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia, Griffin, GA 30223, USA.
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Enzymatic technologies for remediation of hydrophobic organic pollutants in soil. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:8815-29. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6872-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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