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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2015

The toxicity of sediments from Taihu Lake evaluated by several in vitro bioassays.

Bingli Lei, Jia Kang, Xuetong Wang, Qian Liu, Zhiqiang Yu, Xiangying Zeng, Jiamo Fu

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Bingli LeiInstitute of Environmental Pollution and Health, College of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China.
Jia Kang
Xuetong Wang
Qian Liu
Zhiqiang Yu
Xiangying Zeng
Jiamo Fu
Shanghai University · CNChinese Academy of Sciences · CN

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Abstract

In vitro bioassays are useful techniques for the determination of biological effects in sediment samples containing complex mixtures of contaminants. In this study, 28 surface sediment samples from Taihu Lake, East China, were collected for toxicity assessment using a battery of in vitro bioassays. The battery included a two-hybrid yeast bioassay for estrogenic and thyroidal effects, the H4IIE rat hepatoma cell bioassay for aryl hydrocarbon (Ah) receptor (Ah-agonists)-mediated effects as measured by ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) activity, and the SOS/umu bioassay for genotoxic effects. Toxicities were expressed as 17β-estradiol equivalents (EEQs), T3 (3,5,3'-triiodothyronine) equivalents (T3-EQs), 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TEQs), and induction ratios (IRs) of β-galactosidase activity. The results showed that total estrogenic effects in sediment samples ranged from 0.0011 to 12.4 pg EEQ/g sediment [dry weight (d.w.)], the thyroidal effects ranged from 0.35 to 24.8 pg T3-EQ/g sediment (d.w.), the Ah-agonist effects varied from 2.70 to 37.8 pg TEQ/g sediment (d.w.), and the weight of soil required for the extracts to lead to a positive result (IR 2.0) in the SOS/umu bioassay was between 1.98 and 15.3 mg (d.w.) per well. Significantly positive correlations were only found between lgT3-EQs and lgEEQs, which indicated similar spatial distributions of estrogenic and thyroidal effects in Taihu Lake. These results suggested that the applied battery of in vitro bioassays represented an efficient (fast and cost-effective) screening system for the identification of emerging contaminants in Taihu Lake and provided meaningful information for further analysis and risk evaluation.

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Animalsbeta-GalactosidaseBiological AssayCell Line, TumorChinaCytochrome P-450 CYP1A1EstrogensGeologic SedimentsLakesRatsReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonRisk AssessmentTwo-Hybrid System TechniquesWater Pollutants, Chemicalbeta-GalactosidaseCytochrome P-450 CYP1A1EstrogensReceptors, Aryl HydrocarbonWater Pollutants, Chemical

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