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Rynek R, Tekman MB, Rummel C, Bergmann M, Wagner S, Jahnke A, Reemtsma T. Hotspots of Floating Plastic Particles across the North Pacific Ocean. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:4302-4313. [PMID: 38394333 PMCID: PMC10919090 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 02/01/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024]
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The pollution of the marine environment with plastic debris is expected to increase, where ocean currents and winds cause their accumulation in convergence zones like the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). Surface-floating plastic (>330 μm) was collected in the North Pacific Ocean between Vancouver (Canada) and Singapore using a neuston catamaran and identified by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR). Baseline concentrations of 41,600-102,700 items km-2 were found, dominated by polyethylene and polypropylene. Higher concentrations (factors 4-10) of plastic items occurred not only in the NPSG (452,800 items km-2) but also in a second area, the Papaha̅naumokua̅kea Marine National Monument (PMNM, 285,200 items km-2). This second maximum was neither reported previously nor predicted by the applied ocean current model. Visual observations of floating debris (>5 cm; 8-2565 items km-2 and 34-4941 items km-2 including smaller "white bits") yielded similar patterns of baseline pollution (34-3265 items km-2) and elevated concentrations of plastic debris in the NPSG (67-4941 items km-2) and the PMNM (295-3748 items km-2). These findings suggest that ocean currents are not the only factor provoking plastic debris accumulation in the ocean. Visual observations may be useful to increase our knowledge of large-scale (micro)plastic pollution in the global oceans.
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- Robby Rynek
- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut,
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
- Department
of Natural and Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Ozyegin University, 34794 Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department
of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz-Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institut,
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department
of Exposure Science, Helmholtz-Centre for
Environmental Research − UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute
for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen
University, 52047 Aachen, Germany
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- Department
of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute
of Analytical Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Linnéstrasse 3, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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Reiter EB, Escher BI, Rojo-Nieto E, Nolte H, Siebert U, Jahnke A. Characterizing the marine mammal exposome by iceberg modeling, linking chemical analysis and in vitro bioassays. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2023; 25:1802-1816. [PMID: 37132588 PMCID: PMC10647987 DOI: 10.1039/d3em00033h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The present study complements work on mixture effects measured with in vitro bioassays of passive equilibrium sampling extracts using the silicone polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in organs from marine mammals with chemical profiling. Blubber, liver, kidney and brain tissues of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), harbor seal (Phoca vitulina), ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and orca (Orcinus orca) from the North and Baltic Seas were investigated. We analyzed 117 chemicals including legacy and emerging contaminants using gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry and quantified 70 of those chemicals in at least one sample. No systematic differences between the organs were found. Only for single compounds a clear distribution pattern was observed. For example, 4,4'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, enzacamene and etofenprox were mainly detected in blubber, whereas tonalide and the hexachlorocyclohexanes were more often found in liver. Furthermore, we compared the chemical profiling with the bioanalytical results using an iceberg mixture model, evaluating how much of the biological effect could be explained by the analyzed chemicals. The mixture effect predicted from the quantified chemical concentrations explained 0.014-83% of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor activating effect (AhR-CALUX), but less than 0.13% for the activation of the oxidative stress response (AREc32) and peroxisome-proliferator activated receptor (PPARγ). The quantified chemicals also explained between 0.044-45% of the cytotoxic effect measured with the AhR-CALUX. The largest fraction of the observed effect was explained for the orca, which was the individuum with the highest chemical burden. This study underlines that chemical analysis and bioassays are complementary to comprehensively characterize the mixture exposome of marine mammals.
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- Eva B Reiter
- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental Toxicology, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Werftstr. 6, 25761, Büsum, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, 52074, Germany
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Alava JJ, Jahnke A, Bergmann M, Aguirre-Martínez GV, Bendell L, Calle P, Domínguez GA, Faustman EM, Falman J, Kazmiruk TN, Klasios N, Maldonado MT, McMullen K, Moreno-Báez M, Öberg G, Ota Y, Price D, Shim WJ, Tirapé A, Vandenberg JM, Zoveidadianpour Z, Weis J. A Call to Include Plastics in the Global Environment in the Class of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants. Environ Sci Technol 2023. [PMID: 37216429 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c02476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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- Juan José Alava
- Ocean Pollution Research Unit & Nippon Foundation-Ocean Litter Project, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
- School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, Leipzig DE-04318, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen DE-52074, Germany
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- Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Bremerhaven DE-16227570, Germany
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- Química y Farmacia. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Avenida Arturo Prat Chacón, Iquique 2120, Chile
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 00000, Ecuador
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 00000, Ecuador
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- Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite #100, Seattle 98105, Washington, United States
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- Institute for Risk Analysis and Risk Communication, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, 4225 Roosevelt Way NE, Suite #100, Seattle 98105, Washington, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
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- Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2207 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Ocean Pollution Research Unit & Nippon Foundation-Ocean Litter Project, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
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- The Fletcher School/Tufts Technology Services, Tufts University, 35 Lower Campus Rd, Medford 02155, Massachusetts, United States
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- Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
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- Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs EarthLab, University of Washington, Box 355674, Seattle 98195-5674, Washington, United States
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- Ocean Pollution Research Unit & Nippon Foundation-Ocean Litter Project, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
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- Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Geoje 53201, Republic of Korea
- University of Science and Technology, Daejeon, 34113, South Korea
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- Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, ESPOL Polytechnic University, Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km. 30.5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil 00000, Ecuador
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- Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs EarthLab, University of Washington, Box 355674, Seattle 98195-5674, Washington, United States
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- Ocean Pollution Research Unit & Nippon Foundation-Ocean Litter Project, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia, AERL 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver V6T 1Z4, BC, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby V5A 1S6, BC, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark 07102, New Jersey, United States
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Arnold S, Mahrhold J, Kerstein-Staehle A, Riemekasten G, Csernok E, Hellmich B, Venhoff N, Thiel J, Affeldt K, Jahnke A, Lamprecht P. Spectrum of ANCA-specificities in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. A retrospective multicentre study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2023; 41:936-942. [PMID: 37073637 DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/299yme] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine the spectrum of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) antigen-specificities in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), an ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) entity. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of 73 EGPA patients from three German tertiary referral centres for vasculitis. In addition to in-house ANCA testing, pentraxin 3 (PTX3)- and olfactomedin 4 (OLM4)-ANCA were determined using a prototype cell-based assay for research (EUROIMMUN, Lübeck, Germany). Patient characteristics and clinical manifestations were evaluated and compared based on ANCA status. RESULTS Myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA positive patients (n=8; 11%) significantly more frequently displayed peripheral nervous system (PNS) and pulmonary involvement and less frequently heart involvement compared to MPO-ANCA negative patients. PTX3-ANCA positive patients (n=5; 6.8%) had a significantly higher prevalence of ear, nose and throat, pulmonary, gastrointestinal and PNS involvement, and a lower prevalence of renal and central nervous system involvement compared to PTX3-ANCA negative patients. Proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANCA and OLM4-ANCA were detected in 2 patients (2.7%) each with multiorgan involvement. One PR3-ANCA positive patient was also positive for bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI)-ANCA. CONCLUSIONS In addition to MPO, the spectrum of ANCA antigen specificities includes various other target antigens such as PR3, BPI, PTX3, and OLM4, potentially segregating further EGPA subgroups. A lower prevalence of MPO-ANCA was detected in this study compared with other studies. OLM4 is reported as novel ANCA antigen-specificity in EGPA, and thus AAV.
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- Sabrina Arnold
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Germany.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Vasculitis Centre South, Medius Kliniken, Teaching Hospital University of Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Vasculitis Centre South, Medius Kliniken, Teaching Hospital University of Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Immunology, Vasculitis Centre South, Medius Kliniken, Teaching Hospital University of Tübingen, Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University Graz, Austria, and Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology affiliated to EUROIMMUN AG, Lübeck, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Immunology affiliated to EUROIMMUN AG, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Lübeck, Germany
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Rojo-Nieto E, Jahnke A. Chemometers: an integrative tool for chemical assessment in multimedia environments. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3193-3205. [PMID: 36826793 PMCID: PMC10013656 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc06882f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 02/25/2023]
Abstract
We propose novel chemometers - passive equilibrium samplers of, e.g., silicone - as an integrative tool for the assessment of hydrophobic organic compounds in multimedia environments. The traditional way of assessing levels of organic pollutants across different environmental compartments is to compare the chemical concentration normalized to the major sorptive phase in two or more media. These sorptive phases for hydrophobic organic compounds differ between compartments, e.g., lipids in biota and organic carbon in sediments. Hence, comparability across media can suffer due to differences in sorptive capacities, but also extraction protocols and bioavailability. Chemometers overcome these drawbacks; they are a common, universal and well-defined polymer reference phase for sampling of a large range of nonpolar organic pollutants in different matrices like biota, sediment and water. When bringing the chemometer into direct contact with the sample, the chemicals partition between the sample and the polymer until thermodynamic equilibrium partitioning is established. At equilibrium, the chemical concentrations in the chemometers can be determined and directly compared between media, e.g., between organisms of different trophic levels or inhabiting different areas, between organs within an organism or between biotic and abiotic compartments, amongst others. Chemometers hence allow expressing the data on a common basis, as the equilibrium partitioning concentrations in the polymer, circumventing normalizations. The approach is based on chemical activity rather than total concentrations, and as such, gives a measure of the "effective concentration" of a compound or a mixture. Furthermore, chemical activity is the main driver for partitioning, biouptake and toxicity. As an additional benefit, the extracts of the chemometers only require limited cleanup efforts, avoiding introduction of a bias between chemicals of different persistence, and can be submitted to both chemical analysis and/or bioanalytical profiling.
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- Elisa Rojo-Nieto
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Fölsch C, Preu S, Ulloa CF, Kühn K, Rickert M, Jahnke A. Palmitic acid coating of allogeneic cancellous bone for local antibiotic treatment: A porcine impaction bone grafting model. J Orthop 2023; 35:24-30. [PMID: 36345327 PMCID: PMC9636015 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2022.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Introduction The worldwide rising number of joint replacements results in increasing revision surgery including a relevant portion of septic loosening accompanied by bone deficiencies. Loading of allogeneic bone with antibiotics provides high local antibiotic concentrations and might eradicate bacteria which appear resistant to systemic antibiotic application. Hydrophobic palmitic acid was shown to be a suitable carrier for antibiotics and prevents biofilm. Methods Cancellous bone derived from 6 to 7 months old piglets was used for a standardized in vitro impaction bone grafting model according to previous studies. The specimens were either thermodisinfected or remained native and palmitic acid with one third and two third partial weight were added and compared with control. Shear force at the interface prosthesis to cement and between cement and bone was measured. The relative micromovements were measured with 6 inductive sensors with a resolution of 0.1 μm at three different measuring heights up to a maximum movement of 150 μm between cement and bone. Taking into account the corresponding applied torque the measured values were normalized in μm/Nm. Statistical analysis was done with SPSS Statistics® Version 26.0 IBM. Results Smallest movement was measured for thermodisinfected cancellous bone and a not significant decrease of shear force resistance with addition of palmitic acid was found since supplementing native cancellous bone reduced shear force resistance significantly depending on the weight percentage of palmitic acid. Conclusion Supplementation of porcine cancellous bone with palmitic acid did not significantly reduce shear force resistance of thermodisinfected bone since adding palmitic acid to native bone decreased it significantly depending on the volume added. Palmitic acid seems to be a suitable coating for allogeneic cancellous bone to deliver high local antibiotic concentrations and thermodisinfected cancellous bone might be able to store larger volumes of palmitic acid than native bone without relevant influence on shear force resistance.
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- C. Fölsch
- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus-Liebig-University, Klinikstraße 33, 35392, Gießen, Germany
- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 29, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 29, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 29, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerstraße 5, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Gießen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus-Liebig-University, Klinikstraße 33, 35392, Gießen, Germany
- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 29, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen, Klinikstraße 29, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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Wernicke T, Rojo-Nieto E, Paschke A, Nogueira Tavares C, Brauns M, Jahnke A. Exploring the partitioning of hydrophobic organic compounds between water, suspended particulate matter and diverse fish species in a German river ecosystem. Environ Sci Eur 2022; 34:66. [PMID: 35946043 PMCID: PMC9355927 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-022-00644-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Bioaccumulation of hydrophobic organic compounds (HOCs) along freshwater food chains is a major environmental concern as top predators in food webs are relevant for human consumption. To characterize and manage the associated risks, considerable numbers of organisms are sampled regularly for monitoring purposes. However, ethical and financial issues call for an alternative, more generic and more robust approach for assessing the internal exposure of fish that circumvents large variability in biota sampling due to interindividual differences. Passive sampling devices (PSDs) offer a fugacity-based approach for pollutant enrichment from different abiotic environmental compartments with a subsequent estimation of bioaccumulation in fish which we explored and compared to HOC concentrations in fish as determined using traditional approaches. RESULTS In this study, concentrations in silicone-based PSDs applied to the water phase and suspended particulate matter (SPM) of a river polluted with HOCs were used to estimate the concentration in model lipids at thermodynamic equilibrium with either environmental compartment. For comparison, muscle tissue of seven fish species (trophic level 1.8 to 2.8) was extracted using traditional exhaustive solvent extraction, and the lipid-normalized concentrations of HOCs were determined. The PSD-based data from SPM proved to be a more conservative estimator for HOCs accumulated in fish than those from water. Body length of the fish was found to be more suitable to describe increasing accumulation of HOCs than their trophic level as derived from stable isotope analysis and might offer a suitable alternative for future studies. CONCLUSIONS By combining fugacity-based sampling in the abiotic environment, translation into corresponding concentrations in model lipids and body length as an indicator for increasing bioaccumulation in fish, we present a suggestion for a robust approach that may be a meaningful addition to conventional monitoring methods. This approach potentially increases the efficiency of existing monitoring programs without the need to regularly sacrifice vertebrate species. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12302-022-00644-w.
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- Theo Wernicke
- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of River Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
- Department of Conservation Biology & Social-Ecological Systems, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of River Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Ohlhoff B, Savvateeva D, Leisner J, Hartmann F, Südekum KH, Bernsmann T, Spolders M, Jahnke A, Lüth A, Röhe I, Numata J, Pieper R. Transfer of Non-Dioxin-Like Polychlorinated Biphenyls (ndl-PCBs) from Feed and Soil into Hen Eggs. J Agric Food Chem 2022; 70:8955-8962. [PMID: 35840127 PMCID: PMC9336649 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c02243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the transfer of non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (ndl-PCBs) into foods of animal origin is crucial for human health risk assessment. In two experiments, we investigated the transfer of ndl-PCBs from contaminated feed and soil into eggs and meat of laying hens. The transfer from the feed was investigated with 30 laying hens. The treated hens were divided into two groups fed a contaminated diet (12.8 μg/kg sum of indicator ndl-PCBs; 88% dry matter (DM)) for 28 and 63 days, respectively, and then experienced a depuration period of 100 days with control feed. The transfer from soil was investigated with 72 laying hens kept in three separate outdoor pens (with three levels of ndl-PCB soil contamination) for 168 days. In both experiments, eggs were collected and analyzed for ndl-PCBs. In the second experiment, animals (n = 3 at the beginning, n = 6 per group after 42, 84, and 168 days) were slaughtered to determine ndl-PCBs in meat (breast muscle tissue) fat. The transfer of ndl-PCB from both feed and soil was clearly measurable and concentrations in eggs quickly exceeded maximum levels. Clear differences between individual congeners were observed. In particular, the low-chlorinated ndl-PCBs 52 and 101 are hardly found in eggs, despite their relatively high concentration in feed and soil. PCBs 138, 153, and 180, on the other hand, were found in large proportions in eggs and meat.
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- B. Ohlhoff
- Department
Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- State
Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV), North
Rhine-Westphalia, 45659 Recklinghausen, Germany
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- State
Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV), North
Rhine-Westphalia, 45659 Recklinghausen, Germany
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- Institute
of Animal Science, University of Bonn, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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- Chemical
and Veterinary Analytical Institute Münsterland-Emscher-Lippe
(CVUA-MEL), 48147 Münster, Germany
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- Department
Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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- Department
Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Safety in the Food Chain, German Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment, Max-Dohrn-Straße 8-10, 10589 Berlin, Germany
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Reiter EB, Escher BI, Siebert U, Jahnke A. Activation of the xenobiotic metabolism and oxidative stress response by mixtures of organic pollutants extracted with in-tissue passive sampling from liver, kidney, brain and blubber of marine mammals. Environ Int 2022; 165:107337. [PMID: 35696845 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We used in-tissue passive equilibrium sampling using the silicone polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) to transfer chemical mixtures present in organs from marine mammals with lipid contents between 2.3 and 99%into in vitro bioassays. Tissues from five harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena), one harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) and one orca (Orcinus orca) from the North and Baltic Seas were sampled until thermodynamic equilibrium was reached. Mixture effects were quantified with cellular reporter gene bioassays targeting the activation of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR-CALUX), the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ-bla) and the oxidative stress response (AREc32), with parallel cytotoxicity measurements in all assays. After removing co-extracted lipids and other matrix residues with a non-destructive cleanup method (freeze-out of acetonitrile extract followed by a primary secondary amine sorbent extraction), the activation of the PPARγ and AREc32 were reduced by factors of on average 4.3 ± 0.15 (n = 22) and 2.5 ± 0.23 (n = 18), respectively, whereas the activation of the AhR remained largely unaltered: 1.1 ± 0.075 (n = 6). The liver extracts showed the highest activation, followed by the corresponding kidney and brain extracts, and the blubber extracts of the animals were the least active ones. The activation of the PPARγ by the liver extracts was reduced after cleanup by a factor of 11 ± 0.26 (n = 7) and the AREc32 activity by a factor of 1.9 ± 0.32 (n = 4). The blubber extracts did not activate the AhR up to concentrations where cytotoxicity occurred or up to an acceptable lipid volume fraction of 0.27% as derived from earlier work, whereas all liver extracts that had undergone cleanup activated the AhR. The developed in-tissue passive sampling approach allows a direct comparison of the bioassay responses between different tissues without further normalization and serves as a quantitative method suitable for biomonitoring of environmental biota samples.
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- Eva B Reiter
- Department Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Büsum, Germany
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- Department Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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Arnold S, Mahrhold J, Kerstein-Staehle A, Csernok E, Hellmich B, Venhoff N, Thiel J, Affeldt K, Jahnke A, Riemekasten G, Lamprecht P. POS0829 SPECTRUM OF ANCA-SPECIFICITIES IN EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMATOSIS WITH POLYANGIITIS IN A RETROSPECTIVE MULTICENTER STUDY. Ann Rheum Dis 2022. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-eular.3083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
BackgroundAnti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibodies specific for myeloperoxidase (MPO-ANCA) are found in 10-70% of the patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) depending on disease activity, methodological aspects and cohort examined [1-3]. Recently, a higher prevalence of anti-pentraxin 3 (PTX3)-ANCA has been reported in EGPA compared to granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) [4].ObjectivesTo investigate the spectrum of ANCA specificities in a multicenter cohort of patients with EGPA and identify novel ANCA antigens.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective analysis of 73 patients with EGPA treated between 2015 and 2020 in 3 tertiary referral centers. In addition to in-house ANCA testing with indirect immunofluorescence (IFT) on fixed human granulocytes and antigen-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA), ANCA specificities were determined using a cell-based assay (CBA; Euroimmun, Lübeck, Germany). Diagnosis was based on Chapel Hill consensus conference definitions, ACR- and MIRRA-criteria for EGPA. Patient characteristics and clinical manifestations were evaluated and compared based on ANCA status. Fisher`s exact test was employed for comparison of patient groups.ResultsANCA findings are summarized in Table 1. MPO- and proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANCA positive patients (13.7%) had a higher prevalence of peripheral neuropathy (70% vs. 44.4%, p = 0.0003) and glomerulonephritis (20% vs. 14.3%, not significant). MPO- and PR3-ANCA-negative patients (86.3%) had a higher prevalence of heart (10% vs. 46%, p <0.0001), central nervous system (CNS) (0% vs. 14.3%, p <0.0001) and gastrointestinal (10% vs. 22.2%, p = 0.0327) involvement. PTX3-ANCA were associated with a higher prevalence of ear-nose-throat (ENT) (100% vs. 85.3%, p <0.0001), lung (100% vs. 89.7%, p = 0.0015), gastrointestinal involvement (60% vs. 17.6%, p <0.0001) and peripheral neuropathy (100% vs. 48.5%, p <0.0001). Kidney (0% vs. 16.2%, p <0.0001) and CNS involvement (0% vs. 13.2%, p = 0.0002) occurred less frequently in PTX3-ANCA positive patients. The 2 olfactomedin 4 (OLM4)-ANCA positive patients presented with ENT, lung and kidney involvement, and polyneuropathy, respectively.Table 1.ANCA in EGPA cohort (n = 73). BPI = bactericidal permeability-increasing protein.IFT / ELISANo. of patients (%)P-ANCA11 (15.1)C-ANCA5 (6.8)MPO-ANCA8 (10.9)PR3-ANCA2 (2.7)BPI-ANCA1 (1.4)PTX3-ANCA5 (6.8)OLM4-ANCA2 (2.7)ConclusionWe report on the detection of PTX3-, BPI- and OLM4-ANCA in addition to MPO- and PR3-ANCA in EGPA. OLM4-ANCA has been reported in 2 patients with non-vasculitic inflammatory symptoms previously [5]. Herein, detection of OLM4-ANCA in EGPA is reported for the first time. Our study shows that the presence of ANCA with various specificities other than MPO and PR3 contribute to a higher prevalence of ANCA in EGPA. Moreover, clinical manifestations differ between ANCA-negative EGPA and ANCA-positive EGPA, and between patients with different ANCA-specificities.References[1]Schönermarck U, et al. Prevalence and spectrum of rheumatic diseases associated with proteinase 3-antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) and myeloperoxidase-ANCA. Rheumatology 2001;40:178-84.[2]Bremer P, et al. Getting rid of MPO-ANCA: a matter of disease subtype. Rheumatology 2013:752-4.[3]Comarmond C, et al. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss): clinical characteristics and long-term followup of the 383 patients enrolled in the French Vasculitis Study Group cohort. Arthritis Rheum 2013;65:270-81.[4]Padoan R, et al. IgG anti-Pentraxin 3 antibodies are a novel biomarker of ANCA-associated vasculitis and better identify patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis. J Autoimmun 2021;124:102725.[5]Amirbeagi F, et al. Olfactomedin-4 autoantibodies give unusual c-ANCA staining patterns with reactivity to a subpopulation of neutrophils. J Leukoc Biol 2015;97:181-9.Disclosure of InterestsNone declared
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Wernicke T, Abel S, Escher BI, Koschorreck J, Rüdel H, Jahnke A. Equilibrium sampling of suspended particulate matter as a universal proxy for fish and mussel monitoring. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 232:113285. [PMID: 35149408 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Bioaccumulation of persistent and hydrophobic organic compounds in the aquatic environment puts secondary consumers, such as fish, at risk. To assess their exposure, monitoring programs with high numbers of individuals have been conducted worldwide over decades that require major efforts and raise ethical issues. This study aimed at testing suspended particulate matter (SPM) as an alternative and accessible abiotic matrix to estimate the internal exposure concentrations of such chemicals in fish and mussels. Muscle tissues of bream (Abramis brama), tissues of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) and SPM were collected from four major German rivers, Elbe, Danube, Saar and Saale, in 2018 within the national monitoring program of the German Environmental Specimen Bank. We used (i) total solvent extraction for biota samples to quantify the lipid-normalized concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and hexachlorobenzene and (ii) passive equilibrium sampling of SPM to derive equilibrium partitioning concentrations in lipids and (iii) set these independent data sets into context. Since the ratio of lipid-normalized concentration / equilibrium partitioning concentration in lipids was in most cases < 1.0, SPM may serve as a conservative proxy for the internal concentration of bream and mussels, although bream of high age (i.e., older than 10 years) showed a tendency for this ratio to exceed 1.0. This observation indicates that age-dependent biomagnification can exceed the predictions based on thermodynamic equilibrium relative to SPM.
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- Theo Wernicke
- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Cell Toxicology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Corrensplatz 1, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (IME), 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Ecological Chemistry, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany.
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Brack W, Barcelo Culleres D, Boxall ABA, Budzinski H, Castiglioni S, Covaci A, Dulio V, Escher BI, Fantke P, Kandie F, Fatta-Kassinos D, Hernández FJ, Hilscherová K, Hollender J, Hollert H, Jahnke A, Kasprzyk-Hordern B, Khan SJ, Kortenkamp A, Kümmerer K, Lalonde B, Lamoree MH, Levi Y, Lara Martín PA, Montagner CC, Mougin C, Msagati T, Oehlmann J, Posthuma L, Reid M, Reinhard M, Richardson SD, Rostkowski P, Schymanski E, Schneider F, Slobodnik J, Shibata Y, Snyder SA, Fabriz Sodré F, Teodorovic I, Thomas KV, Umbuzeiro GA, Viet PH, Yew-Hoong KG, Zhang X, Zuccato E. One planet: one health. A call to support the initiative on a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste. Environ Sci Eur 2022; 34:21. [PMID: 35281760 PMCID: PMC8902847 DOI: 10.1186/s12302-022-00602-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
Abstract
The chemical pollution crisis severely threatens human and environmental health globally. To tackle this challenge the establishment of an overarching international science-policy body has recently been suggested. We strongly support this initiative based on the awareness that humanity has already likely left the safe operating space within planetary boundaries for novel entities including chemical pollution. Immediate action is essential and needs to be informed by sound scientific knowledge and data compiled and critically evaluated by an overarching science-policy interface body. Major challenges for such a body are (i) to foster global knowledge production on exposure, impacts and governance going beyond data-rich regions (e.g., Europe and North America), (ii) to cover the entirety of hazardous chemicals, mixtures and wastes, (iii) to follow a one-health perspective considering the risks posed by chemicals and waste on ecosystem and human health, and (iv) to strive for solution-oriented assessments based on systems thinking. Based on multiple evidence on urgent action on a global scale, we call scientists and practitioners to mobilize their scientific networks and to intensify science-policy interaction with national governments to support the negotiations on the establishment of an intergovernmental body based on scientific knowledge explaining the anticipated benefit for human and environmental health.
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- Werner Brack
- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Catalan Institute of Water Research, Carrer Emili Grahit 101, 17003 Girona, Spain
- Spanish National Research Council, Institute for Environmental Assessment & Water Research, Water & Soil Quality Research Group, Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Université de Bordeaux, 351 crs de la Libération, 33405 Talence, France
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy
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- Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplen 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- INERIS - Direction Milieu et Impacts sur le Vivant (MIV), Parc technologique ALATA, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Technical University of Denmark, Produktionstorvet 424, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Moi University, 3900-30100 Eldoret, Kenya
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, 1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Research Institute for Pesticides and Water, University Jaume I, 12006 Castellon, Spain
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- RECETOX, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kotlarska 2, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
- Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074 Aachen, Germany
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- School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
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- Centre for Pollution Research and Policy, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH UK
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- Institute for Sustainable Chemistry, Leuphana University Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany
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- The French Water Academy, 51 rue Salvador-Allende, 92027 Nanterre, France
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- Department Environment & Health, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The French Water Academy, 51 rue Salvador-Allende, 92027 Nanterre, France
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- Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz – European Universities of the Seas, Campus Río San Pedro, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, UMR ECOSYS, 78026 Versailles, France
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- Institute for Nanotechnology and Water Sustainability (iNanoWS), College of Science, Engineering and Technology (CSET), University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
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- RIVM-National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Environmental Science, Radbound University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research, Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208 USA
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- NILU-Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
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- University of Luxembourg, 6 avenue du Swing, 4367 Belvaux, Luxembourg
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- Faculty Biological Sciences, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-der-Laue-Straße 13, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany
- Institute for Social-Ecological Research (ISOE), Hamburger Alee 45, 60486 Frankfurt, Germany
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- Environmental Safety Center, Tokyo University of Science, 12-1 Ichigaya-Funagawara, Shinjuku, Tokyo 162-0826 Japan
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- Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore
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- Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, 20 Cornwall Street, Woolloongabba, QLD 4102 Australia
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- VNU Key Laboratory of Analytical Technology for Environmental Quality, Vietnam National University, 334 Nguyen Trai, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Singapore, 1 Engineering Drive 2, Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre of Chemical Safety and Risks, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Via Mario Negri 2, 20156 Milan, Italy
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Rummel CD, Schäfer H, Jahnke A, Arp HPH, Schmitt-Jansen M. Effects of leachates from UV-weathered microplastic on the microalgae Scenedesmus vacuolatus. Anal Bioanal Chem 2021; 414:1469-1479. [PMID: 34936008 PMCID: PMC8761717 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-021-03798-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2021] [Revised: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Plastics undergo successive fragmentation and chemical leaching steps in the environment due to weathering processes such as photo-oxidation. Here, we report the effects of leachates from UV-irradiated microplastics towards the chlorophyte Scenedesmus vacuolatus. The microplastics tested were derived from an additive-containing electronic waste (EW) and a computer keyboard (KB) as well as commercial virgin polymers with low additive content, including polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polypropylene (PP), and polystyrene (PS). Whereas leachates from additive-containing EW and KB induced severe effects, the leachates from virgin PET, PP, and PS did not show substantial adverse effects in our autotrophic test system. Leachates from PE reduced algae biomass, cell growth, and photosynthetic activity. Experimental data were consistent with predicted effect concentrations based on the ionization-corrected liposome/water distribution ratios (Dlip/w) of polymer degradation products of PE (mono- and dicarboxylic acids), indicating that leachates from weathering PE were mainly baseline toxic. This study provides insight into algae toxicity elicited by leachates from UV-weathered microplastics of different origin, complementing the current particle- vs. chemical-focused research towards the toxicity of plastics and their leachates.
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- Christoph D Rummel
- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52074, Aachen, Germany
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- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI), Ullevål Stadion, P.O. Box 3930, 0806, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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Muz M, Rojo-Nieto E, Jahnke A. Removing Disturbing Matrix Constituents from Biota Extracts from Total Extraction and Silicone-Based Passive Sampling. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021; 40:2693-2704. [PMID: 34255885 DOI: 10.1002/etc.5153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Contaminant analysis in biota extracts can be hampered by matrix interferences caused by, for example, co-extracted lipids that compromise the quality of the analytical data and require frequent maintenance of the analytical instruments. In the present study, using gas chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry (GC-HRMS), we aimed to develop and validate a straightforward, robust, and reproducible cleanup method with acceptable recoveries for diverse compound classes with a wide range of physicochemical properties representative of pollutant screening in biota extracts. We compared Oasis PRiME HLB cartridges, Agilent Captiva EMR-Lipid cartridges, and "Freeze-Out" with salmon lipids spiked with 113 target chemicals. The EMR-Lipid cartridges provided extracts with low matrix effects at reproducible recoveries of the multi-class target analytes (93 ± 9% and 95 ± 7% for low and high lipid amounts, respectively). The EMR-Lipid cartridges were further tested with spiked pork lipids submitted to total extraction or silicone-based passive sampling. Reproducible recoveries were achieved and matrix residuals were largely removed as demonstrated gravimetrically for both types of extracts. Ion suppression of halogenated compounds was not as efficiently removed by the cleanup of total and silicone-based extracts of pork lipids as for the salmon lipids. However, the samples with clean up provided better instrument robustness than those without cleanup. Hence, EMR-Lipid cartridges were shown to be efficient as a cleanup method in multi-class monitoring of biota samples and open up new possibilities as a suitable cleanup method for silicone extracts in biota passive sampling studies using GC-HRMS analysis. Environ Toxicol Chem 2021;40:2693-2704. © 2021 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of SETAC.
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- Melis Muz
- Department of Effect-Directed Analysis, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, UFZ-Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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Rummel CD, Lechtenfeld OJ, Kallies R, Benke A, Herzsprung P, Rynek R, Wagner S, Potthoff A, Jahnke A, Schmitt-Jansen M. Conditioning Film and Early Biofilm Succession on Plastic Surfaces. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:11006-11018. [PMID: 34339175 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In the context of environmental plastic pollution, it is still under debate if and how the "plastisphere", a plastic-specific microbial community, emerges. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that the first conditioning film of dissolved organic matter (DOM) sorbs selectively to polymer substrates and that microbial attachment is governed in a substrate-dependent manner. We investigated the adsorption of stream water-derived DOM to polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS), and glass (as control) including UV-weathered surfaces by Fourier-transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry. Generally, the saturated, high-molecular mass and thus more hydrophobic fraction of the original stream water DOM preferentially adsorbed to the substrates. The UV-weathered polymers adsorbed more polar, hydrophilic OM as compared to the dark controls. The amplicon sequencing data of the initial microbial colonization process revealed a tendency of substrate specificity for biofilm attachment after 24 h and a clear convergence of the communities after 72 h of incubation. Conclusively, the adsorbed OM layer developed depending on the materials' surface properties and increased the water contact angles, indicating higher surface hydrophobicity as compared to pristine surfaces. This study improves our understanding of molecular and biological interactions at the polymer/water interface that are relevant to understand the ecological impact of plastic pollution on a community level.
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- Christoph D Rummel
- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Powder and Suspension Characterization, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Winterbergstr. 28, 01277 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Lake Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Brückstr. 3a, 39114 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe), University of Applied Science, Alfons-Goppel-Platz 1, 95028 Hof, Germany
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- Department of Powder and Suspension Characterization, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS, Winterbergstr. 28, 01277 Dresden, Germany
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- Department Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, 52047 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Plastic pollution accumulating in an area of the environment is considered "poorly reversible" if natural mineralization processes occurring there are slow and engineered remediation solutions are improbable. Should negative outcomes in these areas arise as a consequence of plastic pollution, they will be practically irreversible. Potential impacts from poorly reversible plastic pollution include changes to carbon and nutrient cycles; habitat changes within soils, sediments, and aquatic ecosystems; co-occurring biological impacts on endangered or keystone species; ecotoxicity; and related societal impacts. The rational response to the global threat posed by accumulating and poorly reversible plastic pollution is to rapidly reduce plastic emissions through reductions in consumption of virgin plastic materials, along with internationally coordinated strategies for waste management.
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- Matthew MacLeod
- Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NO-0806 Oslo, Norway. .,Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
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- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany.
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany. .,Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, DE-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Arp HPH, Kühnel D, Rummel C, MacLeod M, Potthoff A, Reichelt S, Rojo-Nieto E, Schmitt-Jansen M, Sonnenberg J, Toorman E, Jahnke A. Weathering Plastics as a Planetary Boundary Threat: Exposure, Fate, and Hazards. Environ Sci Technol 2021; 55:7246-7255. [PMID: 33973471 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c01512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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We described in 2017 how weathering plastic litter in the marine environment fulfils two of three criteria to impose a planetary boundary threat related to "chemical pollution and the release of novel entities": (1) planetary-scale exposure, which (2) is not readily reversible. Whether marine plastics meet the third criterion, (3) eliciting a disruptive impact on vital earth system processes, was uncertain. Since then, several important discoveries have been made to motivate a re-evaluation. A key issue is if weathering macroplastics, microplastics, nanoplastics, and their leachates have an inherently higher potential to elicit adverse effects than natural particles of the same size. We summarize novel findings related to weathering plastic in the context of the planetary boundary threat criteria that demonstrate (1) increasing exposure, (2) fate processes leading to poorly reversible pollution, and (3) (eco)toxicological hazards and their thresholds. We provide evidence that the third criterion could be fulfilled for weathering plastics in sensitive environments and therefore conclude that weathering plastics pose a planetary boundary threat. We suggest future research priorities to better understand (eco)toxicological hazards modulated by increasing exposure and continuous weathering processes, to better parametrize the planetary boundary threshold for plastic pollution.
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- Hans Peter H Arp
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NO-0806 Oslo, Norway
- Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), P.O. Box 8900, NO-7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Characterization, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), DE-01277 Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Characterization, Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems (IKTS), DE-01277 Dresden, Germany
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- Hydraulics & Geotechnics Section, Department of Civil Engineering, KU Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 40, Box 2448, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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- Department of Ecological Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ, DE-04107 Leipzig, Germany
- Institute for Environmental Research, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 1, DE-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Fölsch C, Sahm P, Ulloa CAF, Krombach GA, Kampschulte M, Rickert M, Pruss A, Jahnke A. Effect of synthetic bone replacement material of different size on shear stress resistance within impacted native and thermodisinfected cancellous bone: an in vitro femoral impaction bone grafting model. Cell Tissue Bank 2021; 22:651-664. [PMID: 33893901 PMCID: PMC8558171 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-021-09924-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Antibiotic carrier particles of variable size might influence mechanic properties within impacted thermodisinfected and native cancellous bone different. Herafill®G containing calciumsulfate and calciumcarbonate provides high local concentrations of gentamicin being important for revision surgery in infected joint replacements. Native and thermodisinfected cancellous bone derived from 6 to 7 months old piglets was used for in vitro impaction bone grafting and supplemented each with Herafill®G granules of two different sizes. Micromovement of implants related to shear force was measured in 29 specimens distributed in 6 groups. Thermodisinfected cancellous bone revealed a significant higher shear force resistance than native bone with a mean difference of 423.8 mdeg/Nm (p < 0.001) ranging within 95% confidence interval from 181.5 to 666.0 mdeg/Nm. Adding small granules to thermodisinfected bone did not reduce shear force resistance significantly since adding large granules to native bone improved it by 344.0 mdeg/Nm (p < 0.003). Shear force resistance was found higher at the distal region of the implant compared to a proximal point of measurement throughout all specimens. Less impaction impulses were necessary for thermodisinfected bone. Thermodisinfected cancellous bone might achieve a higher degree of impaction compared with native bone resulting in increased resistance against shear force since impaction was found increased distally. Supplementation of thermodisinfected bone with small granules of Herafill®G might be considered for application of local antibiotics. Large granules appeared more beneficial for supplementation of native bone. Heterogeneity of bone graft and technical aspects of the impaction procedure have to be considered regarding the reproducibility of femoral impaction bone grafting.
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- C Fölsch
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Gießen, Germany.
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 29, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 29, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Laboratory for Experimental Radiology, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Laboratory for Experimental Radiology, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Gießen, Germany
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- Institute of Transfusion Medicine, University Tissue Bank, Charité University Medical School, Charitéplatz 1, 10117, Berlin, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Justus-Liebig-University Medical School, Klinikstrasse 29, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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Muz M, Escher BI, Jahnke A. Bioavailable Environmental Pollutant Patterns in Sediments from Passive Equilibrium Sampling. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:15861-15871. [PMID: 33213151 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Sediment-associated risks depend on the bioavailable fraction of organic chemicals and cannot be comprehended by their total concentrations. The present study investigated contamination patterns of bioavailable chemicals in sediments from various sites around the globe by using passive equilibrium sampling. The extracts had been characterized previously for mixture effects by in vitro reporter gene assays and were in this study analyzed using gas chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry for 121 chemicals including both legacy and emerging contaminants. The spatial distribution of the detected chemicals revealed distinct contamination patterns among sampling sites. We identified compounds in common at the different sites but most contaminant mixtures were site-specific. The mixture effects of the detected chemicals were predicted with a mixture toxicity model from effect concentrations of bioactive single chemicals and detected concentrations, applying a joint model for concentration addition and independent action. The predicted mixture effects were dominated by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and among the chemicals with available effect data, 17% elicited oxidative stress response and 18% activated the arylhydrocarbon receptor. Except for two sites in Sweden, where 11 and 38% of the observed oxidative stress response were explained by the detected chemicals, less than 10% of effects in both biological end points were explained. These results provide a comprehensive investigation of bioavailable contamination patterns of sediments and may serve as an example of employing passive equilibrium sampling as a monitoring technique to integrate the risk of bioavailable sediment-associated chemicals in aquatic environments.
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- Melis Muz
- Department of Cell Toxicology, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Effect Directed Analysis, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Ecological Chemistry, UFZ Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Schuster H, Boda-Heggemann J, Jahnke L, Bürgy D, Wenz F, Siebenlist K, Giordano F, Jahnke A, Sarria G. PO-1634: Cone-beam CT-based adaptive planning or filling protocol for neoadjuvant gastric cancer radiotherapy. Radiother Oncol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(21)01652-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Fölsch C, Bok J, Krombach GA, Rickert M, Ulloa CAF, Ahmed GA, Kampschulte M, Jahnke A. Influence of antibiotic pellets on pore size and shear stress resistance of impacted native and thermodisinfected cancellous bone: An in vitro femoral impaction bone grafting model. J Orthop 2020; 22:414-421. [PMID: 33029046 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/13/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Introduction Morphology and mechanic properties of impacted cancellous bone are affected by carrier substances which provide high local concentrations of antibiotics. Methods Bone chips were taken from the femoral head of 6-7 months old piglets. One half was thermodisinfected and the other remained native. Ten specimens each were mixed with Herafill® antibiotic pellets and a control group of each 10 specimens respectively was examined. The cancellous bone was impacted according to Exeter technique and the implants were cemented. The distribution of the particles and the pores were defined with three dimensional computertomographic scan and shear force resistance was measured until failure. Results Shear force resistance was not measured significantly less for thermodisinfected (2.7 Nm) compared with native bone (3.5 Nm) and addition of antibiotic pellets reduced shear force resistance in both groups since this was significant for the native group. The average pore volume of the native bone specimens appeared significant smaller compared to the thermodisinfected group (p = 0.011) and the pore volume showed a negative correlation with shear force resistance (p = 0.044). Pore volume around the pellets was found significantly increased and it appeared smaller for native bone. The number of pellets located next to the implant showed a negative correlation with shear force resistance (p = 0.034) and the negative correlation increased for pellets below the tip of the shaft model (p = 0.024). Conclusion Adding antibiotic pellets to native and thermodisinfected impacted cancellous bone increased pore volume since the area around the pellets showed increased porosity which correlated with reduced shear force resistance. Computertomographic three dimensional measurement of porosity might predict shear force resistance of impacted cancellous bone and improve impaction of bone grafting intraoperatively.
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- C Fölsch
- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus-Liebig-University, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany.,Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Laboratory for Experimental Radiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus-Liebig-University, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany.,Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Justus-Liebig-University, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392 Giessen, Germany.,Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Laboratory for Experimental Radiology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 33, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 29, Germany
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Panagopoulos Abrahamsson D, Warner NA, Jantunen L, Jahnke A, Wong F, MacLeod M. Investigating the presence and persistence of volatile methylsiloxanes in Arctic sediments. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2020; 22:908-917. [PMID: 32048673 DOI: 10.1039/c9em00455f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Volatile methylsiloxanes (VMS) have been identified as contaminants of emerging concern in aquatic systems. Here, we report on the presence of VMS in sediment and wastewater from Arctic regions in 2014 to 2016 and model their persistence in Adventfjorden in Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Total concentrations of VMS in sediment were dominated by D4 and D5 and ranged from 0.0024 to 1.7 ng g-1 at Svalbard (Longyearbyen), from 4.0 to 43 ng g-1 in Greenland (Nuuk) and from 0.19 to 21 ng g-1 in the Canadian Archipelago. Concentrations in wastewater samples from Svalbard ranged from 12 to 156 ng L-1. Large variability in reported values of the partition ratio between organic carbon and water (KOC) and enthalpy of sorption (ΔHOC; often estimated from enthalpy of phase change between octanol and water, ΔHOW) of VMS has resulted in high uncertainty in evaluating persistence in aquatic systems. We evaluated previously reported KOC and ΔHOC values from the literature in predicting measured VMS concentrations in sediment and wastewater in scenarios using a fugacity-based multimedia model for VMS concentrations in Svalbard. We tested two different model scenarios: (1) KOC and ΔHOW measurements for three cyclic VMS previously reported by Kozerski et al. (Environ. Toxicol. Chem., 2014, 33, 1937-1945) and Xu and Kropscott (Environ. Chem., 2014, 33, 2702-2710) and (2) the KOC and ΔHOC measurements from Panagopoulos et al. (Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49, 12161-12168 and Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2017, 4(6), 240-245). Concentrations of VMS in sediment predicted from concentrations in wastewater in scenario 2 were in good agreement with measured concentrations, whereas in scenario 1, predicted concentrations were 2 to 4 orders of magnitude lower. Such large discrepancies indicate that the differences in the predicted concentrations are more likely to be attributed to KOC and ΔHOC than to uncertainty in environmental parameters or emission rates.
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- Dimitri Panagopoulos Abrahamsson
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, ACES, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Reiter EB, Jahnke A, König M, Siebert U, Escher BI. Influence of Co-Dosed Lipids from Biota Extracts on the Availability of Chemicals in In Vitro Cell-Based Bioassays. Environ Sci Technol 2020; 54:4240-4247. [PMID: 32118404 PMCID: PMC7144218 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b07850] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Extraction of chemicals from biota leads to co-extraction of lipids. When dosing such extracts into in vitro bioassays, co-dosed lipids act as an additional phase that can reduce the bioavailability of the chemicals and the apparent sensitivity of the assay. Equilibrium partitioning between medium, cells, and co-dosed lipids was described with an existing equilibrium partitioning model for cell-based bioassays extended by an additional lipid phase. We experimentally investigated the influence of co-dosed lipids on the effects elicited by four test chemicals of different hydrophobicity in two bioassays, indicative of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor and oxidative stress response (AREc32). The partitioning model explained the effect of the test chemicals in the presence of spiked triolein within a factor of 0.33-5.83 between the measured and predicted effect concentration (EC). We applied the model to marine mammal blubber extracted with silicone. Extracts dosed in the AREc32 bioassay showed a linear increase of apparent EC with increasing lipid fraction. The partitioning model was used to interpret the role of the co-extracted lipid. A quantitative lipid correction of bioassay results in the presence of co-dosed lipids was possible for known compounds and defined mixtures, while we could only estimate a range for mixtures of unknown chemicals.
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- Eva B. Reiter
- Department
Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research—UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- E-mail: . Phone: +49 341 235 1823. Fax: +49 341 235 1787
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- Department
Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research—UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department
Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research—UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute
for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Werftstr. 6, 25761 Büsum, Germany
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- Department
Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research—UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental
Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Hölderlinstr. 12, 72074 Tübingen, Germany
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Maier GS, Bischel O, Kusche H, Jahnke A, Rickert M, Clarius M, von Engelhardt LV, Seeger JB. Different injury patterns after snowboard in children and adolescents. J Orthop 2020; 19:229-232. [PMID: 32071519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jor.2020.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/02/2020] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Background Snowboarding is a very common sport especially among young adults. Common injuries are hand, wrist, shoulder and ankle injuries. Purpose of this study was to analyze different injury pattern in children and young adults comparing with adults. Methods Patients who were admitted for ambulant or stationary treatment as a result of injury practicing snowboard received a questionnaire and were divided into three groups (children, young adults and adults) according to their age. Between october 2002 and may 2007 1929 injured snowboard sportsmen were included in the study. Data such as location, date and time of accident as well as information about the slope were carried out. In addition snowboard skills were classified and patients were questioned whether they wore special protectors. Results 32.5% of injured patients were female (n = 626) and 67.5% male (n = 1303) with a mean age of patients of 21.9 (7-66) years. 13% of all patients were in group I (children), 19.2% in group II (young adults) and 67.8% in group III (adults).Most common injuries with 60% of all accidents were injuries of the hand wrist especially in children beginning with snowboard sports. Injuries on the regular track were most common followed by jumps in the kicker park and rails in the fun-park. 20.6% in group I, 13.6% in group II and 12.8% group III did not wear any protectors. Conclusion Children and adolescents presented different injury patterns than adults. Young participants of up to 14 years of age are endangered especially during the first days of learning this sport. Further development of protectors with regard to biomechanical characteristics is important to achieve an optimal protective effect. Level of evidence 2b.
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- G S Maier
- University Hospital of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pius-Hospital, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- BG Trauma Centre Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Giessen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Vulpius Klinik GmbH, Bad Rappenau, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Giessen, Germany
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Rummel CD, Escher BI, Sandblom O, Plassmann MM, Arp HPH, MacLeod M, Jahnke A. Effects of Leachates from UV-Weathered Microplastic in Cell-Based Bioassays. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:9214-9223. [PMID: 31257880 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Standard ecotoxicological testing of microplastic does not provide insight into the influence that environmental weathering by, e.g., UV light has on related effects. In this study, we leached chemicals from plastic into artificial seawater during simulated UV-induced weathering. We tested largely additive-free preproduction polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, and polystyrene and two types of plastic obtained from electronic equipment as positive controls. Leachates were concentrated by solid-phase extraction and dosed into cell-based bioassays that cover (i) cytotoxicity; (ii) activation of metabolic enzymes via binding to the arylhydrocarbon receptor (AhR) and the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPARγ); (iii) specific, receptor-mediated effects (estrogenicity, ERα); and (iv) adaptive response to oxidative stress (AREc32). LC-HRMS analysis was used to identify possible chain-scission products of polymer degradation, which were then tested in AREc32 and PPARγ. Explicit activation of all assays by the positive controls provided proof-of-concept of the experimental setup to demonstrate effects of chemicals liberated during weathering. All plastic leachates activated the oxidative stress response, in most cases with increased induction by UV-treated samples compared to dark controls. For PPARγ, polyethylene-specific effects were partially explained by the detected dicarboxylic acids. Since the preproduction plastic showed low effects often in the range of the blanks future studies should investigate implications of weathering on end consumer products containing additives.
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- Christoph D Rummel
- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology and Department of Cell Toxicology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ , Permoserstraße 15 , DE-04318 Leipzig , Germany
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology and Department of Cell Toxicology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ , Permoserstraße 15 , DE-04318 Leipzig , Germany
- Center for Applied Geoscience , Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Environmental Toxicology , Hölderlinstraße 12 , DE-72074 Tübingen , Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Engineering , Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) , Sognsvann 72 , NO-0855 Oslo , Norway
- Department of Chemistry , Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , NO-7491 Trondheim , Norway
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Bioanalytical Ecotoxicology and Department of Cell Toxicology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ , Permoserstraße 15 , DE-04318 Leipzig , Germany
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Rojo-Nieto E, Muz M, Koschorreck J, Rüdel H, Jahnke A. Passive equilibrium sampling of hydrophobic organic compounds in homogenised fish tissues of low lipid content. Chemosphere 2019; 220:501-504. [PMID: 30594802 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Revised: 12/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Passive equilibrium sampling using polymer samplers in lean tissue is one of the current challenges in assessing bioaccumulation and biomagnification due to the long time needed to reach equilibrium. Despite recent progress achieved by rolling pieces of intact fish fillet with sheets of silicone, there is still a need for a passive sampling method for homogenates that achieves equilibrium before tissue decay starts. In this work, a new approach for relocation of silicone passive samplers in homogenates of lean fish was established for three homogenates with lipid contents varying from 1.2% to 6.1%. Results showed that for 20 model hydrophobic organic compounds with log KOW between 3.9 and 7.8, equilibrium between the silicone and the tissue was achieved in less than 3 days at 4 °C. The concentrations in lipids obtained using passive equilibrium sampling and those from traditional total solvent extraction agreed well, within a factor of 1.3. This new procedure extends the use of passive samplers to homogenised fish tissues of low lipid content, which is highly relevant for environmental studies focused on bioaccumulation of contaminants.
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- Elisa Rojo-Nieto
- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt), Bismarckplatz 1, 14193 Berlin, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (Fraunhofer IME), Auf dem Aberg 1, 57392 Schmallenberg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Bolinius DJ, MacLeod M, Iadaresta F, Holmbäck J, Jahnke A. Sorptive Capacities of Nonpolymeric Plant Lipids for Hydrophobic Chemicals Determined by Passive Dosing. Environ Sci Technol 2019; 53:1278-1286. [PMID: 30681829 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Vegetation plays an important role in the partitioning, transport, and fate of semivolatile hydrophobic organic chemicals (HOCs) in the environment. Leaf/air partition ratios ( Kleaf/air) of HOCs are highly variable for different plant species. The differences cannot be fully explained by the fraction of lipids in the leaves or the thickness of the cuticle. Our goal was to elucidate the importance of nonpolymeric lipids in determining Kleaf/air. To do this, we extracted organic matter from 7 plant species using solvents that do not extract the polymeric lipids cutin and cutan, to yield extractable organic matter (EOM). We used passive dosing to determine the partition ratios of selected HOCs between the EOM of the leaves and our reference lipid, olive oil ( KEOM/olive oil). In addition, we measured analogous partition ratios for three lipid standards. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to characterize the composition of lipids. Differences in KEOM/olive oil of two polychlorinated biphenyls and four chlorinated benzenes were below a factor of 2 in the plant species studied, indicating that the reported differences in Kleaf/air are not caused by differences in the sorptive capacities of nonpolymeric lipids or that our EOM is not representative of all nonpolymeric leaf lipids.
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- Damien Johann Bolinius
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES) , Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8 , SE-114 18 Stockholm , Sweden
- Lipidor AB , Karolinska Institutet Science Park, Fogdevreten 2 , SE-171 65 Solna , Sweden
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- Department Cell Toxicology , Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) , Permoserstr. 15 , DE-04318 Leipzig , Germany
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Jahnke A, Sobek A, Bergmann M, Bräunig J, Landmann M, Schäfer S, Escher BI. Emerging investigator series: effect-based characterization of mixtures of environmental pollutants in diverse sediments. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2018; 20:1667-1679. [PMID: 30346461 DOI: 10.1039/c8em00401c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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This study investigated whether cell-based bioassays were suitable to characterize profiles of mixture effects of hydrophobic pollutants in multiple sediments covering remote Arctic and tropical sites to highly populated sites in Europe and Australia. The total contamination was determined after total solvent extraction and the bioavailable contamination after silicone-based passive equilibrium sampling. In addition to cytotoxicity, we observed specific responses in cell-based reporter gene bioassays: activation of metabolic enzymes (arylhydrocarbon receptor: AhR, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma: PPARγ) and adaptive stress responses (oxidative stress response: AREc32). No mixture effects were found for effects on the estrogen, androgen, progesterone and glucocorticoid receptors, or they were masked by cytotoxicity. The bioanalytical equivalent concentrations (BEQ) spanned several orders of magnitude for each bioassay. The bioavailable BEQs (passive equilibrium sampling) typically were 10-100 times and up to 420 times lower than the total BEQ (solvent extraction) for the AhR and AREc32 assays, indicating that the readily desorbing fraction of the bioactive chemicals was substantially lower than the fraction bound strongly to the sediment sorptive phases. Contrarily, the bioavailable BEQ in the PPARγ assay was within a factor of five of the total BEQ. We identified several hotspots of contamination in Europe and established background contamination levels in the Arctic and Australia.
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- Annika Jahnke
- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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Sjoeholm KK, Schmidt SN, Jahnke A, Svensmark B, Mayer P. Equilibrium sampling reveals increasing thermodynamic potential of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during sewage sludge digestion. Chemosphere 2018; 207:421-429. [PMID: 29807341 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Revised: 05/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/18/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The reuse of digested sludge from wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as soil fertilizer poses a risk for contamination of soil and water environments. The present study provides a new approach for investigating the exposure of hydrophobic organic chemicals in sewage sludge. The methodology of equilibrium sampling with multiple thicknesses of silicone was successfully validated and applied to complex sludge matrices. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations in silicone (Csilicone) were determined and compared across four WWTPs. Activity ratios (ARs), defined as Csilicone at equilibrium with digested sludge (final product) over Csilicone at equilibrium with secondary sludge (intermediate product), were in the range 0.85-20 with all except one AR>1. These ARs thus revealed increased thermodynamic potential of both parent and alkylated PAHs in digested sludge compared with secondary sludge, and thereby higher exposure of PAHs in sludge after digestion than before digestion. This observation can be explained by the concept of "solvent depletion" as organic matter decreased by a factor of 1.3 during digestion, resulting in reduced sorptive capacity and increased freely dissolved concentrations (Cfree). The PAHs with logKow > 6 had ARs close to 1.3, whereas PAHs with logKow < 6 showed higher ARs than the organic matter decrease factor of 1.3. Cfree in digested sludge were higher than reported in rural soil and generally consistent with levels reported for Baltic Sea sediment.
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- Karina K Sjoeholm
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet B115, DK-2800, Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet B115, DK-2800, Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ, Permoserstraβe 15, DE-04318, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, DK-1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet B115, DK-2800, Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark.
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Seeger JB, Schikschneit JP, Schuld C, Rupp R, Rickert M, Jahnke A, Maier GS, Clarius M. Instrumented gait analysis in patients with medial osteoarthritis of the knee after mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. Knee 2018; 25:392-397. [PMID: 29551277 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2018.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2017] [Revised: 12/08/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is an effective treatment for patients with medial osteoarthritis of the knee joint. Instrumented gait analysis provides an objective measure to quantify and qualify postoperative changes of gait. The purpose of this study was to evaluate standardized instrumented gait analysis for functional recovery and gait as an outcome of mobile-bearing UKA in patients with medial osteoarthritis of the knee. METHODS Twenty-one patients with isolated medial osteoarthritis of the knee joint received mobile-bearing UKA. They were examined by a gait analysis before surgery and after an average follow-up time of seven months. Gait analysis was performed on a treadmill with six infrared-cameras to identify changes of gait characteristics (e.g., velocity, stride time, stride length, knee adduction and hip abduction). RESULTS Mean velocity (chosen by individuals) increased from 0.61 to 0.76m/s and further significant advancements, particularly in the knee adduction and the hip abduction were detected. Time and length of strides improved significantly as well as the clinical scores American Knee Society Score (AKSS), Oxford-12, Hannover Functional Ability Questionnaire for Osteoarthritis (FFbH-OA) Score and Devane Score. CONCLUSION Mobile-bearing UKA can restore physiological axis of the leg and improve gait and function of the knee joint. The combination of instrumented gait analysis with clinical scores constitutes an eligible measuring instrument to quantify and qualify changes in patients' gait patterns.
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- J B Seeger
- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Klinikstraße 33, Giessen, Germany.
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg University Hospital, Spinal Cord Injury Center, Schlierbacher Landstrasse 200a, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedics and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Giessen and Marburg (UKGM), Klinikstraße 33, Giessen, Germany
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- Laboratory of Biomechanics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Klinikstrasse 33, Giessen, Germany
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- University Hospital of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pius-Hospital, Carl-von-Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Vulpius Klinik GmbH, Vulpiusstraße 29, Bad Rappenau, Germany
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Mustajärvi L, Eriksson-Wiklund AK, Gorokhova E, Jahnke A, Sobek A. Transferring mixtures of chemicals from sediment to a bioassay using silicone-based passive sampling and dosing. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2017; 19:1404-1413. [PMID: 29022620 DOI: 10.1039/c7em00228a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Environmental mixtures of chemicals consist of a countless number of compounds with unknown identity and quantity. Yet, chemical regulation is mainly built around the assessment of single chemicals. Existing frameworks for assessing the toxicity of mixtures require that both the chemical composition and quantity are known. Quantitative analyses of the chemical composition of environmental mixtures are however extremely challenging and resource-demanding. Bioassays may therefore serve as a useful approach for investigating the combined toxicity of environmental mixtures of chemicals in a cost-efficient and holistic manner. In this study, an unknown environmental mixture of bioavailable semi-hydrophobic to hydrophobic chemicals was sampled from a contaminated sediment in a coastal Baltic Sea area using silicone polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) as an equilibrium passive sampler. The chemical mixture was transferred to a PDMS-based passive dosing system, and its applicability was demonstrated using green algae Tetraselmis suecica in a cell viability assay. The proportion of dead cells increased significantly with increasing exposure level and in a dose-response manner. At an ambient concentration, the proportion of dead cells in the population was nearly doubled compared to the control; however, the difference was non-significant due to high inter-replicate variability and a low number of replicates. The validation of the test system regarding equilibrium sampling, loading efficiency into the passive dosing polymer, stability of the mixture composition, and low algal mortality in control treatments demonstrates that combining equilibrium passive sampling and passive dosing is a promising tool for investigating the toxicity of bioavailable semi-hydrophobic and hydrophobic chemicals in complex environmental mixtures.
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- Lukas Mustajärvi
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Sweden.
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Schneider F, Jimenez L, Bludau F, Jahnke A, Illana C, Fleckenstein J, Clausen S, Obertacke U, Wenz F. OC-0362: Precision IORT - image guided IORT including online CBCT based Monte Carlo treatment planning. Radiother Oncol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/s0167-8140(17)30804-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Escher BI, Hackermüller J, Polte T, Scholz S, Aigner A, Altenburger R, Böhme A, Bopp SK, Brack W, Busch W, Chadeau-Hyam M, Covaci A, Eisenträger A, Galligan JJ, Garcia-Reyero N, Hartung T, Hein M, Herberth G, Jahnke A, Kleinjans J, Klüver N, Krauss M, Lamoree M, Lehmann I, Luckenbach T, Miller GW, Müller A, Phillips DH, Reemtsma T, Rolle-Kampczyk U, Schüürmann G, Schwikowski B, Tan YM, Trump S, Walter-Rohde S, Wambaugh JF. From the exposome to mechanistic understanding of chemical-induced adverse effects. Environ Int 2017; 99:97-106. [PMID: 27939949 PMCID: PMC6116522 DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.11.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 10/27/2016] [Accepted: 11/29/2016] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The exposome encompasses an individual's exposure to exogenous chemicals, as well as endogenous chemicals that are produced or altered in response to external stressors. While the exposome concept has been established for human health, its principles can be extended to include broader ecological issues. The assessment of exposure is tightly interlinked with hazard assessment. Here, we explore if mechanistic understanding of the causal links between exposure and adverse effects on human health and the environment can be improved by integrating the exposome approach with the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) concept that structures and organizes the sequence of biological events from an initial molecular interaction of a chemical with a biological target to an adverse outcome. Complementing exposome research with the AOP concept may facilitate a mechanistic understanding of stress-induced adverse effects, examine the relative contributions from various components of the exposome, determine the primary risk drivers in complex mixtures, and promote an integrative assessment of chemical risks for both human and environmental health.
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- Beate I Escher
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Leipzig University, Rudolf Boehm Institute for Pharmacology & Toxicology, Clinical Pharmacology, Haertelstr. 16-18, 04107 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- European Commission Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra, VA, Italy
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- University London, Imperial College, Department Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, St Marys Campus, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, England, United Kingdom
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- Toxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk-Antwerp, Belgium
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- Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine, A.B. Hancock Jr. Memorial Laboratory for Cancer Research, Department Biochemistry, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, USA; Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA; University of Konstanz, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Maastricht University, Department Toxicogenomics, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Vrije Universiteit, Faculty of Earth & Life Sciences, Institute for Environmental Studies, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Dept of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- King's College London, MRC-PHE Centre for Environment & Health, Analytical & Environmental Sciences Division, London SE1 9NH, England, United Kingdom
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, Institute for Organic Chemistry, 09596 Freiberg, Germany
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- US EPA, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- US EPA, National Center for Computational Toxicology, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA
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Ahmadi H, Bolinius DJ, Jahnke A, MacLeod M. Mass transfer of hydrophobic organic chemicals between silicone sheets and through plant leaves and low-density polyethylene. Chemosphere 2016; 164:683-690. [PMID: 27643982 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.08.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 08/18/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Plant leaves play an important role in the fate of hydrophobic organic contaminants (HOCs) in the environment. Yet much remains unknown about the permeability of leaves by HOCs. In this pilot study we measured (i) the kinetics of mass transfer of three polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and six polychlorinated biphenyls between a spiked and an unspiked sheet of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in direct contact with each other for 24 h and (ii) kinetics of mass transfer of two PAHs through leaves and low-density polyethylene (LDPE) in a passive dosing experiment by inserting these matrices between the two sheets of PDMS for 48 h. The kinetics of mass transfer of fluoranthene between PDMS sheets in direct contact were a factor of 12 slower than those reported in the literature. The kinetics of mass transfer of fluorene and phenanthrene through leaves were within the range of those previously reported for 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid through isolated cuticles. Our results provide a proof-of-concept demonstration that the passive dosing method applied in this study can be used to measure the mass transfer coefficients of organic chemicals through leaves. Key recommendations for future experiments are to load the PDMS at the highest feasible concentrations to avoid working at analyte levels close to the limit of detection, to keep the leaves moist and to minimize potential pathways for contamination of the PDMS sheets by exposure to laboratory air.
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- Hamid Ahmadi
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bolinius DJ, MacLeod M, McLachlan MS, Mayer P, Jahnke A. A passive dosing method to determine fugacity capacities and partitioning properties of leaves. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2016; 18:1325-1332. [PMID: 27711885 DOI: 10.1039/c6em00423g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The capacity of leaves to take up chemicals from the atmosphere and water influences how contaminants are transferred into food webs and soil. We provide a proof of concept of a passive dosing method to measure leaf/polydimethylsiloxane partition ratios (Kleaf/PDMS) for intact leaves, using polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as model chemicals. Rhododendron leaves held in contact with PCB-loaded PDMS reached between 76 and 99% of equilibrium within 4 days for PCBs 3, 4, 28, 52, 101, 118, 138 and 180. Equilibrium Kleaf/PDMS extrapolated from the uptake kinetics measured over 4 days ranged from 0.075 (PCB 180) to 0.371 (PCB 3). The Kleaf/PDMS data can readily be converted to fugacity capacities of leaves (Zleaf) and subsequently leaf/water or leaf/air partition ratios (Kleaf/water and Kleaf/air) using partitioning data from the literature. Results of our measurements are within the variability observed for plant/air partition ratios (Kplant/air) found in the literature. Log Kleaf/air from this study ranged from 5.00 (PCB 3) to 8.30 (PCB 180) compared to log Kplant/air of 3.31 (PCB 3) to 8.88 (PCB 180) found in the literature. The method we describe could provide data to characterize the variability in sorptive capacities of leaves that would improve descriptions of uptake of chemicals by leaves in multimedia fate models.
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- Damien Johann Bolinius
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Bygningstorvet B 115, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Boda-Heggemann J, Weiss C, Vogel L, Siebenlist K, Sihono D, Wertz H, Jahnke A, Simeonova-Chergou A, Ehmann M, Wenz F, Lohr F. Ultrasound-Based Real-Time Tracking During Abdominal Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy: Ultrasound Probe Does Not Influence Plan Quality Significantly. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.06.2144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Wolf J, Jahnke A, Fechner K, Richter T, Laass MW, Hauer A, Stern M, de Laffolie J, Flemming G, Mothes T. Primate liver tissue as an alternative substrate for endomysium antibody immunofluorescence testing in diagnostics of paediatric coeliac disease. Clin Chim Acta 2016; 460:72-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2016.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Revised: 06/21/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Jahnke A, Witt G, Schäfer S, Haase N, Escher BI. Combining Passive Sampling with Toxicological Characterization of Complex Mixtures of Pollutants from the Aquatic Environment. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 157:225-261. [DOI: 10.1007/10_2015_5014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Rummel CD, Adolfsson-Erici M, Jahnke A, MacLeod M. No measurable "cleaning" of polychlorinated biphenyls from Rainbow Trout in a 9 week depuration study with dietary exposure to 40% polyethylene microspheres. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2016; 18:788-95. [PMID: 27312800 DOI: 10.1039/c6em00234j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Persistent hydrophobic chemicals sorbed to plastic can be transferred to fish and other aquatic organisms upon ingestion. However, ingestion of plastic could also lead to enhanced elimination of these chemicals if the plastic is less contaminated than the fish. Here, we attempted to measure the influence of ingestion of uncontaminated polyethylene microspheres on the depuration rates of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in an in vivo fish feeding experiment. Rainbow trout were given feed contaminated with PCBs for two consecutive days, then clean feed for three days to allow for egestion of the contaminated food. A control group of fish were then fed ordinary food pellets and a treatment group were fed pellets that additionally contained 40% by weight polyethylene microspheres. Condition factors and growth rates in both groups were similar, indicating no negative effect of the plastic microspheres on the nutritional status of the fish. Fish were sampled after zero, three, six and nine weeks, homogenized, solvent-extracted and analyzed by GC/MS. PCB concentrations declined in both groups at a rate consistent with growth dilution. There was no significant difference in the elimination rate constants between the control and treatment group, indicating that ingestion of uncontaminated plastic did not cause a measurable enhancement of depuration of PCBs by the fish in this study.
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- Christoph Daniel Rummel
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Permoserstraße 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jahnke A, Mayer P, Schäfer S, Witt G, Haase N, Escher BI. Strategies for Transferring Mixtures of Organic Contaminants from Aquatic Environments into Bioassays. Environ Sci Technol 2016; 50:5424-5431. [PMID: 26804122 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Mixtures of organic contaminants are ubiquitous in the environment. Depending on their persistence and physicochemical properties, individual chemicals that make up the mixture partition and distribute within the environment and might then jointly elicit toxicological effects. For the assessment and monitoring of such mixtures, a variety of cell-based in vitro and low-complexity in vivo bioassays based on algae, daphnids or fish embryos are available. A very important and sometimes unrecognized challenge is how to combine sampling, extraction and dosing to transfer the mixtures from the environment into bioassays, while conserving (or re-establishing) their chemical composition at adjustable levels for concentration-effect assessment. This article outlines various strategies for quantifiable transfer from environmental samples including water, sediment, and biota into bioassays using total extraction or polymer-based passive sampling combined with either solvent spiking or passive dosing.
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- Annika Jahnke
- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ , Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry (ACES), Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark , Miljøvej B113, DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Qualitative Hydrology, German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BFG) , Am Mainzer Tor 1, DE-56068 Koblenz, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Technology, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences , Ulmenliet 20, DE-21033 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ , Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ , Permoserstr. 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Environmental Toxicology, Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen , Hölderlinstr. 12, DE-72074 Tübingen, Germany
- National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), The University of Queensland , 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia
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Simeonova A, Jahnke A, Stieler F, Boda-Heggemann J, Hofmann J, Rheinschmidt S, Schmidt-Beißner C, Ottstadt M, Wenz F, Lohr F, Jahnke L. Deep Inspiration Breath-Hold Gating With Surface Imaging and Visual Coaching Is a Reproducible Treatment Technique for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mäenpää K, Leppänen MT, Figueiredo K, Mayer P, Gilbert D, Jahnke A, Gil-Allué C, Akkanen J, Nybom I, Herve S. Fate of polychlorinated biphenyls in a contaminated lake ecosystem: combining equilibrium passive sampling of sediment and water with total concentration measurements of biota. Environ Toxicol Chem 2015; 34:2463-2474. [PMID: 26053463 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Equilibrium sampling devices can be applied to study and monitor the exposure and fate of hydrophobic organic chemicals on a thermodynamic basis. They can be used to determine freely dissolved concentrations and chemical activity ratios and to predict equilibrium partitioning concentrations of hydrophobic organic chemicals in biota lipids. The authors' aim was to assess the equilibrium status of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in a contaminated lake ecosystem and along its discharge course using equilibrium sampling devices for measurements in sediment and water and by also analyzing biota. The authors used equilibrium sampling devices (silicone rubber and polyethylene [PE]) to determine freely dissolved concentrations and chemical activities of PCBs in the water column and sediment porewater and calculated for both phases the corresponding equilibrium concentrations and chemical activities in model lipids. Overall, the studied ecosystem appeared to be in disequilibrium for the studied phases: sediment, water, and biota. Chemical activities of PCBs were higher in sediment than in water, which implies that the sediment functioned as a partitioning source of PCBs and that net diffusion occurred from the sediment to the water column. Measured lipid-normalized PCB concentrations in biota were generally below equilibrium lipid concentrations relative to the sediment (CLip ⇌Sed ) or water (CLip ⇌W ), indicating that PCB levels in the organisms were below the maximum partitioning levels. The present study shows the application versatility of equilibrium sampling devices in the field and facilitates a thermodynamic understanding of exposure and fate of PCBs in a contaminated lake and its discharge course.
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- Kimmo Mäenpää
- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
- Laboratory Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
- Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland
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- Laboratory Centre, Finnish Environment Institute, Jyväskylä, Finland
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Panagopoulos D, Jahnke A, Kierkegaard A, MacLeod M. Organic Carbon/Water and Dissolved Organic Carbon/Water Partitioning of Cyclic Volatile Methylsiloxanes: Measurements and Polyparameter Linear Free Energy Relationships. Environ Sci Technol 2015; 49:12161-12168. [PMID: 26371969 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The sorption of cyclic volatile methyl siloxanes (cVMS) to organic matter has a strong influence on their fate in the aquatic environment. We report new measurements of the partition ratios between freshwater sediment organic carbon and water (KOC) and between Aldrich humic acid dissolved organic carbon and water (KDOC) for three cVMS, and for three polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) that were used as reference chemicals. Our measurements were made using a purge-and-trap method that employs benchmark chemicals to calibrate mass transfer at the air/water interface in a fugacity-based multimedia model. The measured log KOC of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4), decamethylcyclopentasiloxane (D5), and dodecamethylcyclohexasiloxane (D6) were 5.06, 6.12, and 7.07, and log KDOC were 5.05, 6.13, and 6.79. To our knowledge, our measurements for KOC of D6 and KDOC of D4 and D6 are the first reported. Polyparameter linear free energy relationships (PP-LFERs) derived from training sets of empirical data that did not include cVMS generally did not predict our measured partition ratios of cVMS accurately (root-mean-squared-error (RMSE) for logKOC 0.76 and for logKDOC 0.73). We constructed new PP-LFERs that accurately describe partition ratios for the cVMS as well as for other chemicals by including our new measurements in the existing training sets (logKOC RMSEcVMS: 0.09, logKDOC RMSEcVMS: 0.12). The PP-LFERs we have developed here should be further evaluated and perhaps recalibrated when experimental data for other siloxanes become available.
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- Dimitri Panagopoulos
- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, ACES, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, ACES, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Cell Toxicology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, UFZ , Permoserstraße 15, DE-04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, ACES, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Environmental Science and Analytical Chemistry, ACES, Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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Altenburger R, Ait-Aissa S, Antczak P, Backhaus T, Barceló D, Seiler TB, Brion F, Busch W, Chipman K, de Alda ML, de Aragão Umbuzeiro G, Escher BI, Falciani F, Faust M, Focks A, Hilscherova K, Hollender J, Hollert H, Jäger F, Jahnke A, Kortenkamp A, Krauss M, Lemkine GF, Munthe J, Neumann S, Schymanski EL, Scrimshaw M, Segner H, Slobodnik J, Smedes F, Kughathas S, Teodorovic I, Tindall AJ, Tollefsen KE, Walz KH, Williams TD, Van den Brink PJ, van Gils J, Vrana B, Zhang X, Brack W. Future water quality monitoring--adapting tools to deal with mixtures of pollutants in water resource management. Sci Total Environ 2015; 512-513:540-551. [PMID: 25644849 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 179] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Revised: 12/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Environmental quality monitoring of water resources is challenged with providing the basis for safeguarding the environment against adverse biological effects of anthropogenic chemical contamination from diffuse and point sources. While current regulatory efforts focus on monitoring and assessing a few legacy chemicals, many more anthropogenic chemicals can be detected simultaneously in our aquatic resources. However, exposure to chemical mixtures does not necessarily translate into adverse biological effects nor clearly shows whether mitigation measures are needed. Thus, the question which mixtures are present and which have associated combined effects becomes central for defining adequate monitoring and assessment strategies. Here we describe the vision of the international, EU-funded project SOLUTIONS, where three routes are explored to link the occurrence of chemical mixtures at specific sites to the assessment of adverse biological combination effects. First of all, multi-residue target and non-target screening techniques covering a broader range of anticipated chemicals co-occurring in the environment are being developed. By improving sensitivity and detection limits for known bioactive compounds of concern, new analytical chemistry data for multiple components can be obtained and used to characterise priority mixtures. This information on chemical occurrence will be used to predict mixture toxicity and to derive combined effect estimates suitable for advancing environmental quality standards. Secondly, bioanalytical tools will be explored to provide aggregate bioactivity measures integrating all components that produce common (adverse) outcomes even for mixtures of varying compositions. The ambition is to provide comprehensive arrays of effect-based tools and trait-based field observations that link multiple chemical exposures to various environmental protection goals more directly and to provide improved in situ observations for impact assessment of mixtures. Thirdly, effect-directed analysis (EDA) will be applied to identify major drivers of mixture toxicity. Refinements of EDA include the use of statistical approaches with monitoring information for guidance of experimental EDA studies. These three approaches will be explored using case studies at the Danube and Rhine river basins as well as rivers of the Iberian Peninsula. The synthesis of findings will be organised to provide guidance for future solution-oriented environmental monitoring and explore more systematic ways to assess mixture exposures and combination effects in future water quality monitoring.
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- Rolf Altenburger
- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques INERIS, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- Centre for Computational Biology and Modelling, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Carl Skottbergs Gata 22b, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques INERIS, BP2, 60550 Verneuil-en-Halatte, France
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Water and Soil Quality Research Group, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC), Jordi Girona 18-26, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- National Research Centre for Environmental Toxicology (Entox), The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Centre for Computational Biology and Modelling, University of Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Faust & Backhaus Environmental Consulting, Fahrenheitstr. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
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- Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Masaryk University, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Synchem UG & Co. KG, Am Kies 2, 34587 Felsberg-Altenburg, Germany
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- Brunel University, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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- WatchFrog, Bâtiment Genavenir 3, 1 rue Pierre Fontaine, 91000 Evry, France
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- IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, P.O. Box 53021, 400 14 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle, Germany
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- Brunel University, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- University of Bern, Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, PO Box 8466, CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
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- Masaryk University, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Brunel University, Institute of Environment, Health and Societies, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom
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- University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences¸ Trg Dositeja Obradovića, 321000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- WatchFrog, Bâtiment Genavenir 3, 1 rue Pierre Fontaine, 91000 Evry, France
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- Norwegian Institute for Water Research NIVA, Gaustadalléen 21, N-0349 Oslo, Norway
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- MAXX Mess- und Probenahmetechnik GmbH, Hechinger Straße 41, D-72414 Rangendingen, Germany
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- School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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- Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Foundation Deltares, Potbus 177, 277 MH Delft, The Netherlands
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- Masaryk University, Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX), Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Collaborative Innovation Center for Regional Environmental Quality, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- UFZ - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
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Jahnke A, MacLeod M, Wickström H, Mayer P. Equilibrium sampling to determine the thermodynamic potential for bioaccumulation of persistent organic pollutants from sediment. Environ Sci Technol 2014; 48:11352-11359. [PMID: 25184484 DOI: 10.1021/es503336w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Equilibrium partitioning (EqP) theory is currently the most widely used approach for linking sediment pollution by persistent hydrophobic organic chemicals to bioaccumulation. Most applications of the EqP approach assume (I) a generic relationship between organic carbon-normalized chemical concentrations in sediments and lipid-normalized concentrations in biota and (II) that bioaccumulation does not induce levels exceeding those expected from equilibrium partitioning. Here, we demonstrate that assumption I can be obviated by equilibrating a silicone sampler with chemicals in sediment, measuring chemical concentrations in the silicone, and applying lipid/silicone partition ratios to yield concentrations in lipid at thermodynamic equilibrium with the sediment (CLip⇌Sed). Furthermore, we evaluated the validity of assumption II by comparing CLip⇌Sed of selected persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic pollutants (polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB)) to lipid-normalized concentrations for a range of biota from a Swedish background lake. PCBs in duck mussels, roach, eel, pikeperch, perch and pike were mostly below the equilibrium partitioning level relative to the sediment, i.e., lipid-normalized concentrations were ≤CLip⇌Sed, whereas HCB was near equilibrium between biota and sediment. Equilibrium sampling allows straightforward, sensitive and precise measurement of CLip⇌Sed. We propose CLip⇌Sed as a metric of the thermodynamic potential for bioaccumulation of persistent organic chemicals from sediment useful to prioritize management actions to remediate contaminated sites.
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- Annika Jahnke
- Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University , Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-114 18 Stockholm, Sweden
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Simeonova A, Jahnke A, Jahnke L, Siebenlist K, Stieler F, Mai S, Boda-Heggemann J, Wenz F, Lohr F. Automatically Gated CBCT-Controlled Fast Breath-Hold SBRT Is Dosimetrically Robust and Facilitates Precision Treatments for Patients With Lung Cancer. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Boda-Heggemann J, Jahnke A, Jahnke L, Simeonova A, Mai S, Wertz H, Zimmermann A, von Swietochowski S, Wenz F, Lohr F. Breath-Hold Cone Beam CT (CBCT): Improved Image Quality With “Stop-and-Go” Breath Hold–Only Acquisition Versus Repetitive Breath Hold During Continuous Rotation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.05.2378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jahnke A, Mayer P, McLachlan MS, Wickström H, Gilbert D, MacLeod M. Silicone passive equilibrium samplers as 'chemometers' in eels and sediments of a Swedish lake. Environ Sci Process Impacts 2014; 16:464-472. [PMID: 24448366 DOI: 10.1039/c3em00589e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Passive equilibrium samplers deployed in two or more media of a system and allowed to come to equilibrium can be viewed as 'chemometers' that reflect the difference in chemical activities of contaminants between the media. We applied silicone-based equilibrium samplers to measure relative chemical activities of seven 'indicator' polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and hexachlorobenzene in eels and sediments from a Swedish lake. Chemical concentrations in eels and sediments were also measured using exhaustive extraction methods. Lipid-normalized concentrations in eels were higher than organic carbon-normalized concentrations in sediments, with biota-sediment accumulation factors (BSAFs) of five PCBs ranging from 2.7 to 12.7. In contrast, chemical activities of the same pollutants inferred by passive sampling were 3.5 to 31.3 times lower in eels than in sediments. The apparent contradiction between BSAFs and activity ratios is consistent with the sorptive capacity of lipids exceeding that of sediment organic carbon from this ecosystem by up to 50-fold. Factors that may contribute to the elevated activity in sediments are discussed, including slower response of sediments than water to reduced emissions, sediment diagenesis and sorption to phytoplankton. The 'chemometer' approach has the potential to become a powerful tool to study the thermodynamic controls on persistent organic chemicals in the environment and should be extended to other environmental compartments.
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- Annika Jahnke
- Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 8, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Jahnke A, Mayer P, McLachlan MS. Sensitive equilibrium sampling to study polychlorinated biphenyl disposition in Baltic Sea sediment. Environ Sci Technol 2012; 46:10114-22. [PMID: 22916822 DOI: 10.1021/es302330v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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An equilibrium sampling approach using glass jars with μm thin coatings of the silicone polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) was validated and applied to background sediment samples from a >50 km transect in the Stockholm Archipelago. Equilibrium between the sediment and the PDMS was demonstrated using different coating thicknesses. From the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the PDMS, we assessed (i) freely dissolved concentrations in the sediment interstitial porewater (C(Sediment_free)); (ii) the equilibrium status between sediment and water; (iii) the equilibrium status between sediment and biota; and (iv) site-specific sediment/water distribution ratios (K(D)). The results showed that (i) Stockholm was a source of PCBs to the Baltic Sea as evidenced by significantly higher C(Sediment_free) in Stockholm Harbor; (ii) the fugacity in sediment exceeded that in water (monitoring samples collected in February) by an average factor of 4.0; (iii) the fugacity in sediment exceeded that in herring by an average factor of 5.2; and (iv) K(D) near Stockholm Harbor was 0.3-1.7 log units greater than in the outer archipelago. The coated glass jar method with its high precision and built-in QA/QC opens new possibilities to study the disposition of hydrophobic chemicals at trace levels (C(Sediment_free) down to 1.06 fg/L) in background environments.
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- Annika Jahnke
- Department of Applied Environmental Science (ITM), Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Maletzki C, Jahnke A, Ostwald C, Klar E, Prall F, Linnebacher M. Ex-vivo clonally expanded B lymphocytes infiltrating colorectal carcinoma are of mature immunophenotype and produce functional IgG. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32639. [PMID: 22393427 PMCID: PMC3290587 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2011] [Accepted: 01/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Tumor infiltrating B cells (TiBc) have not yet been investigated in detail. This may at least in part be due to technical difficulties. Here we describe a straightforward and reproducible method to isolate and culture TiBc from primary colorectal carcinomas (CRC). Methods/Results TiBc cultures were generated by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immortalization. With this method, monoclonal TiBc cultures were obtained for 14/19 CRCs. As assessed by flow cytometry and ELISA, TiBc showed an activated immunophenotype (CD23+, CD80+) and produced immunoglobulin (Ig; IgG secretion in 55% of the cultures). In functional in vitro analysis, most of the IgGs specifically bound to allogeneic CRC target cells. These data suggest that TiBc are antigen-experienced and thus may exhibit functionality in situ. Additionally, mini-cultures generated from 12 further CRCs revealed TiBc outgrowth exclusively in the presence of EBV. Conclusion In summary, this simple method provides a cellular tool and our data set the stage for analysing the bivalent role of TiBc; being antigen-presenting cells on the one hand and tumor-specific antibody producers on the other. Additionally, the generation of long-term TiBc cultures and their monoclonal Ig may serve to identify novel tumor-specific antigens.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Maletzki
- Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, Department of General Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, Department of General Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, Department of General Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
| | - Friedrich Prall
- Institute of Pathology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
| | - Michael Linnebacher
- Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, Department of General Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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