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Gu B, Zhang H, Ye M, Zhou T, Yi J, Hu Q. Adsorption Behavior of Organoarsenicals over MnFe 2O 4-Graphene Hybrid Nanocomposite: The Role of Organoarsenic Chemical Structures. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:7636. [PMID: 38138778 PMCID: PMC10744441 DOI: 10.3390/ma16247636] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/12/2023] [Indexed: 12/24/2023]
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As a kind of emerging contaminant, organoarsenic compounds have drawn wide concern because of their considerable solubilities in water, and the highly toxic inorganic arsenic species formed during their biotic and abiotic degradation in the natural environment. Thus, the effective removal and studying of the adsorption mechanism of organoarsenic compounds are of significant urgency. In this work, MnFe2O4 and MnFe2O4/graphene were prepared through a facile solvothermal method. From the results of the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) characterization, it can be found that MnFe2O4 nanoparticles were uniformly distributed on the surface of the graphene. And the specific surface area of the MnFe2O4/graphene was about 146.39 m2 g-1, much higher than that of the MnFe2O4 (86.15 m2 g-1). The interactions between organoarsenic compounds and adsorbents were conducted to study their adsorption behavior and mechanism. The maximum adsorption capacities of MnFe2O4/graphene towards p-arsanilic acid (p-ASA) and roxarsone (ROX) were calculated to be 22.75 and 30.59 mg g-1. Additionally, the ionic strength, negative ions, and humus were introduced to investigate the adsorption performance of organoarsenic compounds. Electrostatic adsorption and surface complexation are the primary adsorption mechanisms on account of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analysis. This research extends the knowledge into studying the interaction between organoarsenic species and hybrid nanomaterials in the natural environment.
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- Binxian Gu
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Solid Organic Waste Resource Utilization, Nanjing 210095, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou 225127, China; (B.G.); (H.Z.); (M.Y.); (T.Z.); (J.Y.)
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Ding WQ, Xu L, Li XY, Fu ML, Yuan B. 3D-Printed MOFs/Polymer Composite as a Separatable Adsorbent for the Removal of Phenylarsenic Acid in the Aqueous Solution. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:49181-49194. [PMID: 37816194 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c10766] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are emerging as advanced nanoporous materials to remove phenylarsenic acid, p-arsanilic acid (p-ASA), and roxarsone (ROX) in the aqueous solution, while MOFs are often present as powder state and encounter difficulties in recovery after adsorption, which greatly limit their practical application in the aqueous environments. Herein, MIL-101 (Fe), a typical MOF, was mixed with sodium alginate and gelatin to prepare MIL-101@CAGE by three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, which was then used as a separatable adsorbent to remove phenylarsenic acid in the aqueous solution. The structure of 3D-printed MIL-101@CAGE was first characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR), and thermogravimetry and differential thermogravimetry (TG-DTG). The octahedral morphology of MIL-101 (Fe) was found unchanged during the 3D printing process. Then, the adsorption process of MIL-101@CAGE on phenylarsenic acids was systematically investigated by adsorption kinetics, adsorption isotherms, adsorption thermodynamics, condition experiments, and cyclic regeneration experiments. Finally, the adsorption mechanism between MIL-101@CAGE and phenylarsenic acid was further investigated. The results showed that the Langmuir, Freundlich, and Temkin isotherms were well fit, and according to the Langmuir fitting results, the maximum adsorption amounts of MIL-101@CAGE on p-ASA and ROX at 25 °C were 106.98 and 120.28 mg/g, respectively. The removal of p-ASA and ROX by MIL-101@CAGE remained stable over a wide pH range and in the presence of various coexisting ions. The regeneration experiments showed that the 3D-printed MIL-101@CAGE could still maintain a more than 90% removal rate after five cycles. The adsorption mechanism of this system might include π-π stacking interactions between the benzene ring on the phenylarsenic acids and the organic ligands in MIL-101@CAGE, hydrogen-bonding, and ligand-bonding interactions (Fe-O-As). This study provides a new idea for the scale preparation of a separatable and recyclable adsorbent based on MOF material for the efficient removal of phenylarsenic acid in the aqueous solution.
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- Wen-Qing Ding
- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Utilization and Pollution Control, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Utilization and Pollution Control, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Utilization and Pollution Control, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China
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- Xiamen Key Laboratory of Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Utilization and Pollution Control, College of Civil Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen, Fujian 361021, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Songliao Aquatic Environment, Ministry of Education, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, P. R. China
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Tyszczuk-Rotko K, Gorylewski D, Olchowski R, Dobrowolski R. Diclofenac-Impregnated Mesoporous Carbon-Based Electrode Material for the Analysis of the Arsenic Drug Roxarsone. Materials (Basel) 2023; 16:5420. [PMID: 37570122 PMCID: PMC10419715 DOI: 10.3390/ma16155420] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023]
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This paper describes a novel electrode material, diclofenac-impregnated mesoporous carbon modified with a cationic surfactant, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (DF-CMK-3/CTAB), for ultratrace analysis of the arsenic drug roxarsone (ROX). DF-CMK-3 amorphous carbon is a material with a high specific surface area and well-defined, hexagonally ordered, thin mesopores. The functional groups attached to the carbonaceous surface, such as chromene and pyron-like oxygen groups, lactam, and aromatic carbon rings, have the basic character and they can donate electrons. Modification of DF-CMK-3 with a CTAB layer significantly increases the analytical signal due to electrostatic interactions between the cationic surfactant and the anion form of ROX in the acidic medium. The voltammetric procedure at the glassy carbon sensor modified with DF-CMK-3/CTAB exhibited excellent sensitivity (limit of detection of 9.6 × 10-11 M) with a wide range of linearity from 5.0 × 10-10 to 1.0 × 10-4 M. Analysis of real samples (treated municipal wastewater and river water) showed recoveries from 96 to 102% without applying the complicated sample pretreatment step. The sensor demonstrated excellent sensitivity in the analysis of the arsenic drug ROX in the presence of interferences in environmental water samples.
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- Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko
- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Life Sciences, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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Tyszczuk-Rotko K, Gorylewski D. Glassy Carbon Modified with Cationic Surfactant (GCE/CTAB) as Electrode Material for Fast and Simple Analysis of the Arsenic Drug Roxarsone. Materials (Basel) 2022; 16:345. [PMID: 36614684 PMCID: PMC9822056 DOI: 10.3390/ma16010345] [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] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 12/23/2022] [Accepted: 12/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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For the fast and simple sensing of the arsenic drug roxarsone (ROX), the development of a glassy carbon electrode (GCE) modified with cationic surfactant (cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTAB) material is critical. The CTAB-modified glassy carbon electrode, in contrast to the unmodified one, showed excellent behavior for electrochemical reduction of ROX using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and square-wave adsorptive stripping voltammetry (SWAdSV) techniques. CV studies reveal an irreversible reduction process of NO2 to NH-OH in the ROX molecule in NaAc-HAc buffer (pH = 5.6). The electrode material was characterized using CV and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The experiments show that the surfactant-modified material has faster electron transfer and a higher active surface area, and permits a diffusion-adsorption-controlled process. After optimization, the SWAdSV procedure with GCE/CTAB has linear ranges of 0.001-0.02 and 0.02-20 µM, and a detection limit of 0.13 nM. Furthermore, the procedure successfully determined roxarsone in river water samples.
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Venegas-García DJ, Wilson LD. Utilization of Bioflocculants from Flaxseed Gum and Fenugreek Gum for the Removal of Arsenicals from Water. Materials (Basel) 2022; 15:8691. [PMID: 36500187 PMCID: PMC9740097 DOI: 10.3390/ma15238691] [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] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Mucilage-based flocculants are an alternative to synthetic flocculants and their use in sustainable water treatment relates to their non-toxic and biodegradable nature. Mucilage extracted from flaxseed (FSG) and fenugreek seed (FGG) was evaluated as natural flocculants in a coagulation-flocculation (CF) process for arsenic removal, and were compared against a commercial xanthan gum (XG). Mucilage materials were characterized by spectroscopy (FT-IR, 13C NMR), point-of-zero charge (pHpzc) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Box-Behnken design (BBD) with response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine optimal conditions for arsenic removal for the CF process for three independent variables: coagulant dosage, flocculant dosage and settling time. Two anionic systems were tested: S1, roxarsone (organic arsenate 50 mg L-1) at pH 7 and S2 inorganic arsenate (inorganic arsenate 50 mg L-1) at pH 7.5. Variable arsenic removal (RE, %) was achieved: 92.0 (S1-FSG), 92.3 (S1-FGG), 92.8 (S1-XG), 77.0 (S2-FSG), 69.6 (S2-FGG) and 70.6 (S2-XG) based on the BBD optimization. An in situ kinetic method was used to investigate arsenic removal, where the pseudo-first-order model accounts for the kinetic process. The FSG and FGG materials offer a sustainable alternative for the controlled removal of arsenic in water using a facile CF treatment process with good efficiency, as compared with a commercial xanthan gum.
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Kanzariya DB, Goswami R, Muthukumar D, Pillai RS, Pal TK. Highly Luminescent MOF and Its In Situ Fabricated Sustainable Corn Starch Gel Composite as a Fluoro-Switchable Reversible Sensor Triggered by Antibiotics and Oxo-Anions. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2022; 14:48658-48674. [PMID: 36274222 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c13571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 06/16/2023]
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Frequent use of antibiotics and the growth of industry lead to the pollution of several natural resources which is one of the major consequences for fatality to human health. Exploration of smart sensing materials is highly anticipated for ultrasensitive detection of those hazardous organics. The robust porous hydrogen bonded network encompassing a free-NH2 moiety, Zn(II)-based metal-organic framework (MOF) (1), is used for the selective detection of antibiotics and toxic oxo-anions at the ppb level. The framework is able to detect the electronically dissimilar antibiotic sulfadiazine and nitrofurazone via fluorescence "turn-on" and "turn-off" processes, respectively. The antibiotic-triggered reversible fluoro-switching phenomena (fluorescence "on-off-on") are also observed by using the fluorimetric method. An extensive theoretical investigation was performed to establish the fluoro-switching response of 1, triggered by a class of antibiotics and also the sensing of oxo-anions. This investigation reveals that the interchange of the HOMO-LUMO energy levels of fluorophore and analytes is responsible for such a fluoro-switchable sensing activity. Sensor 1 showed the versatile detection ability which is reflected by the detection of a carcinogenic nitro-group-containing drug "roxarsone". In view of the sustainable environment along with quick-responsive merit of 1, an in situ MOF gel composite (1@CS; CS = corn starch) is prepared using 1 and CS due to its useful potential features such as biocompatibility, toxicologically innocuous, good flexibility, and low commercial price. The MOF composite exhibited visual detection of the above analytes as well as antibiotic-triggered reversible fluoro-switchable colorimetric "on-off-on" response. Therefore, 1@CS represents a promising smart sensing material for monitoring of the antibiotics and oxo-anions, particularly appropriate for the real-field analysis of carcinogenic drug molecule "roxarsone" in food specimens.
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- Inorganic Materials & Catalysis Division, CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
- Department of Applied Chemistry and Environmental Science, School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka 560029, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat 382426, India
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Li F, Gao J, Wu H, Li Y, He X, Chen L. A Highly Selective and Sensitive Fluorescent Sensor Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer-Functionalized Mn-Doped ZnS Quantum Dots for Detection of Roxarsone in Feeds. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2022; 12:nano12172997. [PMID: 36080032 PMCID: PMC9457937 DOI: 10.3390/nano12172997] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Roxarsone (ROX) as an organoarsenic feed additive has been widely used in livestock breeding and poultry industry, but ROX can degrade into highly toxic inorganic arsenic species in natural environments to threaten to the environment and human health. Therefore, there is a considerable interest in developing convenient, selective and sensitive methods for the detection of ROX in livestock breeding and poultry industry. In this work, a fluorescent molecularly imprinted polymer (MIPs) probe based on amino-modified Mn-ZnS quantum dots (QDs) has been developed by sol-gel polymerization for specific recognition of ROX. The synthesized MIPs-coated Mn-ZnS QDs (MIPs@Mn-ZnS QDs) have highly selective recognition sites to ROX because there are multi-interactions among the template ROX, functional monomer phenyltrimethoxysilane and the amino-functionalized QDs such as the π-π conjugating effect, hydrogen bonds. Under the optimal conditions, an obvious fluorescence quenching was observed when ROX was added to the solution, and the quenching mechanism could be explained as the photo-induced electron transfer. The MIPs@Mn-ZnS QDs sensor exhibited sensitive response to ROX in the linear range from 3.75 × 10-8 M to 6.25 × 10-7 M (R2 = 0.9985) and the limit of detection down to 4.34 nM. Moreover, the fluorescence probe has been applied to the quantitative detection of ROX in feed samples, and the recovery was in the range of 91.9% to 108.0%. The work demonstrated that the prepared MIPs@Mn-ZnS QDs probe has a good potential for rapid and sensitive determination of ROX in complicated samples.
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- Fei Li
- College of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250014, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Chemistry Education, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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Wengang L, Fang C, Rong Z, Cuihong C. Biochar-Mediated Degradation of Roxarsone by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:846228. [PMID: 35369465 PMCID: PMC8964303 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.846228] [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: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 02/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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It is widely believed that biochar plays an essential role in sequestrating pollutants. The impacts of biochar on microbial growth, and consequently on the environmental fate of pollutants, however, remains poorly understood. In this study, wheat-straw-derived biochar was used to investigate how biochar amendment affected Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 growth and roxarsone transformation in water under anaerobic conditions. Three biochar with different physicochemical properties were used to mediate the roxarsone degradation. The results showed that the degradation rate of roxarsone could be accelerated by the increase of biochar pyrolysis temperature. From the characterization of biochar, the total specific surface area, micropore surface area and micropore volume of biochar increase, but the average pore diameter decreases as the pyrolysis temperature increases. Through infrared spectroscopy analysis, it was found that as the pyrolysis temperature increases, the degree of condensation of biochar increases, thereby increasing the pollutant removal rate. From the changes of the relative concentration of MR-1 and its secreted extracellular polymer content, the growth promotion ability of biochar also increases as the pyrolysis temperature increases. These results suggest that wheat-straw-derived biochar may be an important agent for activating microbial growth and can be used to accelerate the transformation of roxarsone, which could be a novel strategy for roxarsone remediation.
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- Li Wengang
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Engineering Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
- School of Resources and Materials, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
- Tangshan Ecological Environmental Bureau, Tangshan, China
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- School of Resources and Materials, Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, Qinhuangdao, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Engineering Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria (Ministry of Education)/Tianjin Engineering Center of Environmental Diagnosis and Contamination Remediation, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
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Li Y, Liu Y, Zhang Z, Fei Y, Tian X, Cao S. Identification of an anaerobic bacterial consortium that degrades roxarsone. Microbiologyopen 2020; 9:e1003. [PMID: 32053294 PMCID: PMC7142373 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The degradation of roxarsone, an extensively used organoarsenic feed additive, occurs quickly under anaerobic conditions with microorganisms playing an important role in its degradation. Here, an anaerobic bacterial consortium that effectively degraded roxarsone was isolated, and its degradation efficiency and community changes along a roxarsone concentration gradient under anaerobic conditions were assessed. We used batch experiments to determine the roxarsone degradation rates, as well as the bacterial community structure and diversity, at initial roxarsone concentrations of 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg. The results showed that roxarsone was degraded completely within 28, 28, 36, and 44 hr at concentrations of 50, 100, 200, and 400 mg/kg, respectively. The anaerobic bacterial consortium displayed considerable potential to degrade roxarsone, as the degradation rate increased with increasing roxarsone concentrations. Roxarsone promoted microbial growth, and in turn, the microorganisms degraded the organoarsenic compound, with the functional bacterial community varying between different roxarsone concentrations. Lysinibacillus, Alkaliphilus, and Proteiniclasticum were the main genera composing the roxarsone‐degrading bacterial community.
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- Yasong Li
- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.,Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.,Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.,Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.,Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, China
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- Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, China.,Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, China
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Huang K, Gao F, Le XC, Zhao FJ. N-Hydroxyarylamine O-Acetyltransferases Catalyze Acetylation of 3-Amino-4-Hydroxyphenylarsonic Acid in the 4-Hydroxy-3-Nitrobenzenearsonic Acid Transformation Pathway of Enterobacter sp. Strain CZ-1. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:e02050-19. [PMID: 31676473 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02050-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/19/2019] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The organoarsenical feed additive 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzenearsonic acid (roxarsone [ROX]) is widely used and released into the environment. We previously showed a two-step pathway of ROX transformation by Enterobacter sp. strain CZ-1 involving the reduction of ROX to 3-amino-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (3-AHPAA) and the acetylation of 3-AHPAA to N-acetyl-4-hydroxy-m-arsanilic acid (N-AHPAA) (K. Huang, H. Peng, F. Gao, Q. Liu, et al., Environ Pollut 247:482-487, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.076). In this study, we identified two nhoA genes (nhoA1 and nhoA2), encoding N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferases, as responsible for 3-AHPAA acetylation in Enterobacter sp. strain CZ-1. The results of genetic disruption and complementation showed that both nhoA genes are involved in ROX biotransformation and that nhoA1 is the major 3-AHPAA acetyltransferase gene. Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR analysis showed that the relative expression level of nhoA1 was 3-fold higher than that of nhoA2 Each of the recombinant NhoAs was overexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21 and homogenously purified as a dimer by affinity chromatography. Both purified NhoAs catalyzed acetyl coenzyme A-dependent 3-AHPAA acetylation. The Km values of 3-AHPAA for NhoA1 and NhoA2 were 151.5 and 428.3 μM, respectively. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments indicated that two conserved arginine and cysteine residues of each NhoA were necessary for their enzyme activities.IMPORTANCE Roxarsone (ROX) is an organoarsenic feed additive that has been widely used in poultry industries for growth promotion, coccidiosis control, and meat pigmentation improvement for more than 70 years. Most ROX is excreted in the litter and dispersed into the environment, where it is transformed by microbes into different arsenic-containing compounds. A major product of ROX transformation is N-acetyl-4-hydroxy-m-arsanilic acid (N-AHPAA), which is also used as a clinical drug for treating refractory bacterial vaginosis. Here, we report the cloning and functional characterization of two genes encoding N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferases, NhoA1 and NhoA2, in Enterobacter sp. strain CZ-1, which catalyze the acetylation of 3-amino-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (3-AHPAA) formed by the reduction of ROX to N-AHPAA. This study provides new insights into the function of N-hydroxyarylamine O-acetyltransferase in the transformation of an important organoarsenic compound.
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Li P, Wu Y, Wang Y, Qiu J, Li Y. Soil Behaviour of the Veterinary Drugs Lincomycin, Monensin, and Roxarsone and Their Toxicity on Environmental Organisms. Molecules 2019; 24:E4465. [PMID: 31817501 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24244465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Lincomycin, monensin, and roxarsone are commonly used veterinary drugs. This study investigated their behaviours in different soils and their toxic effects on environmental organisms. Sorption and mobility analyses were performed to detect the migration capacity of drugs in soils. Toxic effects were evaluated by inhibition or acute toxicity tests on six organism species: algae, plants, daphnia, fish, earthworms and quails. The log Kd values (Freundlich model) of drugs were: lincomycin in laterite soil was 1.82; monensin in laterite soil was 2.76; and roxarsone in black soil was 1.29. The Rf value of lincomycin, roxarsone, monensin were 0.4995, 0.4493 and 0.8348 in laterite soil, and 0.5258, 0.5835 and 0.8033 in black soil, respectively. The EC50 for Scenedesmus obliquus, Arabidopsis thaliana, Daphnia magna and LC50/LD50 for Eisenia fetida, Danio rerio, and Coturnix coturnix were: 13.15 mg/L,32.18 mg/kg dry soil,292.6 mg/L,452.7 mg/L,5.74 g/kg dry soil and 103.9 mg/kg (roxarsone); 1.085 mg/L, 25 mg/kg dry soil, 21.1 mg/L, 4.76 mg/L, 0.346 g/kg dry soil and 672.8 mg/kg (monensin); 0.813 mg/L, 35.40 mg/kg dry soil, >400 mg/L, >2800 mg/L, >15 g/kg dry soil, >2000 mg/kg (lincomycin). These results showed that the environmental effects of veterinary drug residues should not be neglected, due to their mobility in environmental media and potential toxic effects on environmental organisms.
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Fu QL, Blaney L, Zhou DM. Identifying Plant Stress Responses to Roxarsone in Soybean Root Exudates: New Insights from Two-Dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy. J Agric Food Chem 2018; 66:53-62. [PMID: 29240415 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b04706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [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: 06/07/2023]
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Roxarsone (ROX) is an organoarsenic feed additive of increasing interest used in the poultry industry. Soybean responses to ROX stress were investigated in root exudates (REs) using two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy (2D-COS) with fluorescence and Fourier transform infrared spectra. Environmentally relevant ROX concentrations caused negligible toxicity to crop growth and photosynthesis activity but blackened soybean roots at high concentrations. 2D-COS analysis revealed that the protein-like fluorophore and C═C and C═O, aliphatic OH, and polysaccharide C-O-H moieties in soybean REs were most sensitive to ROX stress. Heterospectral 2D-COS results suggested that aromatic, amide I, quinone, ketone, and aliphatic functional groups were the foundational components of protein-like and short-wavelength excited humic-like fluorophores in soybean REs. Carboxyl and phenolic moieties were related to the long-wavelength excited humic-like fluorophore. Overall, 2D-COS combined with molecular-based spectral analysis of REs provided an innovative approach to characterize the physiological responses of crops to contaminants at sublethal levels.
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- Qing-Long Fu
- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences , Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County , 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Soil Environment and Pollution Remediation, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, People's Republic of China
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Peng H, Hu B, Liu Q, Li J, Li XF, Zhang H, Le XC. Methylated Phenylarsenical Metabolites Discovered in Chicken Liver. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2017; 56:6773-6777. [PMID: 28470989 PMCID: PMC5573966 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201700736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [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: 01/21/2017] [Revised: 03/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We report the discovery of three toxicologically relevant methylated phenylarsenical metabolites in the liver of chickens fed 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (ROX), a feed additive in poultry production that is still in use in several countries. Methyl-3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (methyl-ROX), methyl-3-amino-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (methyl-3-AHPAA), and methyl-3-acetamido-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid (or methyl-N-acetyl-ROX, methyl-N-AHPAA) were identified in such chicken livers, and the concentration of methyl-ROX was as high as 90 μg kg-1 , even after a five-day clearance period. The formation of these newly discovered methylated metabolites from reactions involving trivalent phenylarsonous acid substrates, S-adenosylmethionine, and the arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase enzyme As3MT suggests that these compounds are formed by addition of a methyl group to a trivalent phenylarsenical substrate in an enzymatic process. The IC50 values of the trivalent phenylarsenical compounds were 300-30 000 times lower than those of the pentavalent phenylarsenicals.
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- Hanyong Peng
- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China.,Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine (Ministry of Education), Department of Chemistry, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430072, China
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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- Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2G3, Canada
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Roxarsone is a feed additive widely used in the broiler and swine industries that has the potential to contaminate the environment, mainly via the use of poultry manure as fertilizer, which results in release of inorganic arsenic to the soil and water. This study was conducted to investigate roxarsone degradation and the response of the microbial community under different culture conditions using high-throughput sequencing technology. Poultry litter was incubated for 288 h in the presence of roxarsone under light aerobic, dark aerobic, or dark anaerobic conditions. The results showed that roxarsone was completely degraded after 48 h of dark anaerobic incubation, while 79.9% and 94.5% of roxarsone was degraded after 288 h of dark aerobic and light aerobic incubation, respectively. Under dark aerobic conditions with microbial inhibitor sodium azide, roxarsone was rarely degraded during the 288 h of incubation, illustrating that microorganisms play an important role in roxarsone degradation. Microbial community structure was significantly different among various culture conditions. Olivibacter, Sphingobacterium, and Proteiniphilum were the top 3 genera in the control samples. Sphingobacterium and Alishewanella dominated the light aerobic samples, while the dominant microflora of the dark aerobic samples were Acinetobacter spp. Pseudomonas and Advenella were the predominant genera of dark anaerobic samples. This study emphasizes the potential importance of microbes in roxarsone degradation and expands our current understanding of microbial ecology during roxarsone degradation under different environmental conditions.
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- Yaci Liu
- a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China.,b Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China
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- a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China
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- a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China.,b Key Laboratory of Groundwater Remediation of Hebei Province and China Geological Survey, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China.,c CSIRO Land and Water, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- a Institute of Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Shijiazhuang, Hebei 050061, People's Republic of China
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Nadar VS, Yoshinaga M, Pawitwar SS, Kandavelu P, Sankaran B, Rosen BP. Structure of the ArsI C-As Lyase: Insights into the Mechanism of Degradation of Organoarsenical Herbicides and Growth Promoters. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:2462-2473. [PMID: 27107642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2016] [Revised: 04/10/2016] [Accepted: 04/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Arsenic is a ubiquitous and carcinogenic environmental element that enters the biosphere primarily from geochemical sources, but also through anthropogenic activities. Microorganisms play an important role in the arsenic biogeochemical cycle by biotransformation of inorganic arsenic into organic arsenicals and vice versa. ArsI is a microbial non-heme, ferrous-dependent dioxygenase that transforms toxic methylarsenite [MAs(III)] to less toxic and carcinogenic inorganic arsenite [As(III)] by C-As bond cleavage. An ArsI ortholog, TcArsI, from the thermophilic bacterium Thermomonospora curvata was expressed, purified, and crystallized. The structure was solved in both the apo form and with Ni(II), Co(II), or Fe(III). The MAs(III) binding site is a vicinal cysteine pair in a flexible loop. A structure with the loop occupied with β-mercaptoethanol mimics binding of MAs(III). The structure of a mutant protein (Y100H/V102F) was solved in two different crystal forms with two other orientations of the flexible loop. These results suggest that a loop-gating mechanism controls the catalytic reaction. In the ligand-free open state, the loop is exposed to solvent, where it can bind MAs(III). The loop moves toward the active site, where it forms a closed state that orients the C-As bond for dioxygen addition and cleavage. Elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism of this unprecedented C-As lyase reaction will enhance our understanding of recycling of environmental organoarsenicals.
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- Venkadesh Sarkarai Nadar
- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA; Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- SER-CAT and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Molecular Biophysics and Integrated Bioimaging, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
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Marapakala K, Packianathan C, Ajees AA, Dheeman DS, Sankaran B, Kandavelu P, Rosen BP. A disulfide-bond cascade mechanism for arsenic(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 2015; 71:505-15. [PMID: 25760600 PMCID: PMC4356363 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004714027552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [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: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Methylation of the toxic metalloid arsenic is widespread in nature. Members of every kingdom have arsenic(III) S-adenosylmethionine (SAM) methyltransferase enzymes, which are termed ArsM in microbes and AS3MT in animals, including humans. Trivalent arsenic(III) is methylated up to three times to form methylarsenite [MAs(III)], dimethylarsenite [DMAs(III)] and the volatile trimethylarsine [TMAs(III)]. In microbes, arsenic methylation is a detoxification process. In humans, MAs(III) and DMAs(III) are more toxic and carcinogenic than either inorganic arsenate or arsenite. Here, new crystal structures are reported of ArsM from the thermophilic eukaryotic alga Cyanidioschyzon sp. 5508 (CmArsM) with the bound aromatic arsenicals phenylarsenite [PhAs(III)] at 1.80 Å resolution and reduced roxarsone [Rox(III)] at 2.25 Å resolution. These organoarsenicals are bound to two of four conserved cysteine residues: Cys174 and Cys224. The electron density extends the structure to include a newly identified conserved cysteine residue, Cys44, which is disulfide-bonded to the fourth conserved cysteine residue, Cys72. A second disulfide bond between Cys72 and Cys174 had been observed previously in a structure with bound SAM. The loop containing Cys44 and Cys72 shifts by nearly 6.5 Å in the arsenic(III)-bound structures compared with the SAM-bound structure, which suggests that this movement leads to formation of the Cys72-Cys174 disulfide bond. A model is proposed for the catalytic mechanism of arsenic(III) SAM methyltransferases in which a disulfide-bond cascade maintains the products in the trivalent state.
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- Kavitha Marapakala
- Department of Chemistry, Osmania University College for Women, Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 095, India
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, 11200 S. W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, Manipal, Karnataka 576 104, India
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, 11200 S. W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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- Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94702, USA
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- SER-CAT and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, 11200 S. W. 8th Street, Miami, FL 33199, USA
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Arsenic is the most prevalent environmental toxic element and causes health problems throughout the world. The toxicity, mobility, and fate of arsenic in the environment are largely determined by its speciation, and arsenic speciation changes are driven, at least to some extent, by biological processes. In this article, biotransformation of arsenic is reviewed from the perspective of the formation of Earth and the evolution of life, and the connection between arsenic geochemistry and biology is described. The article provides a comprehensive overview of molecular mechanisms of arsenic redox and methylation cycles as well as other arsenic biotransformations. It also discusses the implications of arsenic biotransformation in environmental remediation and food safety, with particular emphasis on groundwater arsenic contamination and arsenic accumulation in rice.
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- Yong-Guan Zhu
- Key Lab of Urban Environment and Health, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen 361021, People’s Republic of China
- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199
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- College of Resources & Environmental Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, People’s Republic of China
- Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cellular Biology and Pharmacology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199
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Kwon JH, Wilson LD, Sammynaiken R. Sorptive Uptake Studies of an Aryl-Arsenical with Iron Oxide Composites on an Activated Carbon Support. Materials (Basel) 2014; 7:1880-98. [PMID: 28788545 DOI: 10.3390/ma7031880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Sorption uptake kinetics and equilibrium studies for 4-hydroxy-3-nitrobenzene arsonic acid (roxarsone) was evaluated with synthetic magnetite (Mag-P), commercial magnetite (Mag-C), magnetite 10%, 19%, and 32% composite material (CM-10, -19, -32) that contains granular activated carbon (GAC), and synthetic goethite at pH 7.00 in water at 21 °C for 24 h. GAC showed the highest sorptive removal of roxarsone and the relative uptake for each sorbent material with roxarsone are listed in descending order as follows: GAC (471 mg/g) > goethite (418 mg/g) > CM-10 (377 mg/g) CM-19 (254 mg/g) > CM-32 (227 mg/g) > Mag-P (132 mg/g) > Mag-C (29.5 mg/g). The As (V) moiety of roxarsone is adsorbed onto the surface of the iron oxide/oxyhydrate and is inferred as inner-sphere surface complexes; monodentate-mononuclear, bidentate-mononuclear, and bidentate-binuclear depending on the protolytic speciation of roxarsone. The phenyl ring of roxarsone provides the primary driving force for the sorptive interaction with the graphene surface of GAC and its composites. Thus, magnetite composites are proposed as multi-purpose adsorbents for the co-removal of inorganic and organic arsenicals due to the presence of graphenic and iron oxide active adsorption sites.
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Nachman KE, Baron PA, Raber G, Francesconi KA, Navas-Acien A, Love DC. Roxarsone, inorganic arsenic, and other arsenic species in chicken: a U.S.-based market basket sample. Environ Health Perspect 2013; 121:818-24. [PMID: 23694900 PMCID: PMC3701911 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [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: 11/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Inorganic arsenic (iAs) causes cancer and possibly other adverse health outcomes. Arsenic-based drugs are permitted in poultry production; however, the contribution of chicken consumption to iAs intake is unknown. OBJECTIVES We sought to characterize the arsenic species profile in chicken meat and estimate bladder and lung cancer risk associated with consuming chicken produced with arsenic-based drugs. METHODS Conventional, antibiotic-free, and organic chicken samples were collected from grocery stores in 10 U.S. metropolitan areas from December 2010 through June 2011. We tested 116 raw and 142 cooked chicken samples for total arsenic, and we determined arsenic species in 65 raw and 78 cooked samples that contained total arsenic at ≥ 10 µg/kg dry weight. RESULTS The geometric mean (GM) of total arsenic in cooked chicken meat samples was 3.0 µg/kg (95% CI: 2.5, 3.6). Among the 78 cooked samples that were speciated, iAs concentrations were higher in conventional samples (GM = 1.8 µg/kg; 95% CI: 1.4, 2.3) than in antibiotic-free (GM = 0.7 µg/kg; 95% CI: 0.5, 1.0) or organic (GM = 0.6 µg/kg; 95% CI: 0.5, 0.8) samples. Roxarsone was detected in 20 of 40 conventional samples, 1 of 13 antibiotic-free samples, and none of the 25 organic samples. iAs concentrations in roxarsone-positive samples (GM = 2.3 µg/kg; 95% CI: 1.7, 3.1) were significantly higher than those in roxarsone-negative samples (GM = 0.8 µg/kg; 95% CI: 0.7, 1.0). Cooking increased iAs and decreased roxarsone concentrations. We estimated that consumers of conventional chicken would ingest an additional 0.11 µg/day iAs (in an 82-g serving) compared with consumers of organic chicken. Assuming lifetime exposure and a proposed cancer slope factor of 25.7 per milligram per kilogram of body weight per day, this increase in arsenic exposure could result in 3.7 additional lifetime bladder and lung cancer cases per 100,000 exposed persons. CONCLUSIONS Conventional chicken meat had higher iAs concentrations than did conventional antibiotic-free and organic chicken meat samples. Cessation of arsenical drug use could reduce exposure and the burden of arsenic-related disease in chicken consumers.
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- Keeve E Nachman
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. knachman@ jhsph.edu
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Sierra-Alvarez R, Cortinas I, Field JA. Methanogenic inhibition by roxarsone (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenylarsonic acid) and related aromatic arsenic compounds. J Hazard Mater 2010; 175:352-8. [PMID: 19889499 PMCID: PMC2815220 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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: 07/01/2009] [Revised: 08/30/2009] [Accepted: 10/05/2009] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Roxarsone (4-hydroxy-3-nitro-phenylarsonic acid) and p-arsanilic acid (4-aminophenylarsonic acid) are feed additives widely used in the broiler and swine industry. This study evaluated the inhibitory effect of roxarsone, p-arsanilic, and other phenylarsonic compounds on the activity of acetate- and H(2)-utilizing methanogenic microorganisms. Roxarsone, p-arsanilic, and 4-hydroxy-3-aminophenylarsonic acid (HAPA) inhibited acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens when supplemented at concentrations of 1mM, and their inhibitory effect increased sharply with incubation time. Phenylarsonic acid (1mM) inhibited acetoclastic but not H(2)-utilizing methanogens. HAPA, a metabolite from the anaerobic biodegradation of roxarsone, was found to be sensitive to autooxidation by oxygen. The compound (2.6mM) caused low methanogenic inhibition (only 14.2%) in short-term assays of 12h when autooxidation was prevented by supplementing HAPA solutions with ascorbate. However, ascorbate-free HAPA solutions underwent spontaneous autooxidation in the presence of oxygen, leading to the formation of highly inhibitory compounds. These results confirm the microbial toxicity of organoarsenic compounds, and they indicate that biotic as well as abiotic transformations can potentially impact the fate and microbial toxicity of these contaminants in the environment.
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- Reyes Sierra-Alvarez
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, USA.
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Basu P, Ghosh RN, Grove LE, Klei L, Barchowsky A. Angiogenic potential of 3-nitro-4-hydroxy benzene arsonic acid ( roxarsone). Environ Health Perspect 2008; 116:520-3. [PMID: 18414637 PMCID: PMC2290980 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2007] [Accepted: 01/15/2008] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND Roxarsone (3-nitro-4-hydroxy benzene arsonic acid) is an arsenic compound widely used in the poultry industry as a feed additive to prevent coccidiosis, stimulate growth, and to improve tissue pigmentation. Little is known about the potential human health effects from roxarsone released into the environment from chicken waste or from residual compound in chicken products. OBJECTIVE The growth potentiation and enhanced tissue pigmentation suggest that low levels of roxarsone exposure may have an angiogenic potential similar to that of inorganic arsenite (As(III)). The goal of this investigation was to test the hypothesis described above using cultured human aortic and lung microvascular endothelial cells in high-content imaging tube-forming assays and begin developing a molecular level understanding of the process. METHODS We used a three-dimensional Matrigel assay for probing angiogenesis in cultured human endothelial cells, and a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) array to probe the gene changes as a function of roxarsone or As(III) treatment. In addition, we used Western blot analysis for changes in protein concentration and activation. RESULTS Roxarsone was found to exhibit a higher angiogenic index than As(III) at lower concentrations. Increased endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) activity was observed for roxarsone but not for As(III)-induced angiogenesis. However, As(III) caused more rapid and pronounced phosphorylation of eNOS. Quantitative PCR array on select genes revealed that the two compounds have different and often opposite effects on angiogenic gene expression. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate that roxarsone and As(III) promote angiogenic phenotype in human endothelial cells through distinctly different signaling mechanisms.
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- Partha Basu
- Department of Chemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.
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Sapkota AR, Lefferts LY, McKenzie S, Walker P. What do we feed to food-production animals? A review of animal feed ingredients and their potential impacts on human health. Environ Health Perspect 2007; 115:663-70. [PMID: 17520050 PMCID: PMC1867957 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [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: 09/25/2006] [Accepted: 02/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Animal feeding practices in the United States have changed considerably over the past century. As large-scale, concentrated production methods have become the predominant model for animal husbandry, animal feeds have been modified to include ingredients ranging from rendered animals and animal waste to antibiotics and organoarsenicals. In this article we review current U.S. animal feeding practices and etiologic agents that have been detected in animal feed. Evidence that current feeding practices may lead to adverse human health impacts is also evaluated. DATA SOURCES We reviewed published veterinary and human-health literature regarding animal feeding practices, etiologic agents present in feed, and human health effects along with proceedings from animal feed workshops. DATA EXTRACTION Data were extracted from peer-reviewed articles and books identified using PubMed, Agricola, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention databases. DATA SYNTHESIS Findings emphasize that current animal feeding practices can result in the presence of bacteria, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, prions, arsenicals, and dioxins in feed and animal-based food products. Despite a range of potential human health impacts that could ensue, there are significant data gaps that prevent comprehensive assessments of human health risks associated with animal feed. Limited data are collected at the federal or state level concerning the amounts of specific ingredients used in animal feed, and there are insufficient surveillance systems to monitor etiologic agents "from farm to fork." CONCLUSIONS Increased funding for integrated veterinary and human health surveillance systems and increased collaboration among feed professionals, animal producers, and veterinary and public health officials is necessary to effectively address these issues.
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- Amy R Sapkota
- Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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