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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Comparative study of dioxin contamination from forest soil samples (BZE II) by mass spectrometry and EROD bioassay.

Florian Mertes, John Mumbo, Marchela Pandelova, Silke Bernhöft, Claudia Corsten, Bernhard Henkelmann, Bernd M Bussian, Karl-Werner Schramm

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. 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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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Florian MertesHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany. florian.mertes@helmholtz-muenchen.de.
John MumboHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Marchela PandelovaHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Silke BernhöftHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Claudia CorstenHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Bernhard HenkelmannHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Bernd M BussianDepartment of Waters and Soil, Umweltbundesamt, Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844, Dessau, Germany.
Karl-Werner SchrammHelmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Molecular EXposomics, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany.
Helmholtz Zentrum München · DEGerman Environment Agency · DEWeihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds can be analyzed by bioanalytical screening methods to evaluate their biotoxicity. In vitro bioassays, based on 7-ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) and the activity of cytochrome P450 1A1 and the aryl hydrogen receptor (AhR) pathway, are employed for the evaluation of bioanalytical equivalents (BEQ) of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from a wide variety of sample matrices. Here, we present the evaluation of 11 humic soil samples derived from forest stands across Germany and a comparison of the BEQ values against toxic equivalents (TEQ, PCDD/Fs+PCBs) derived by chemical analysis. BEQ values ranged from 8.8 to 34.1 while TEQ values from 13.9 to 60.5 pg/g dry weight. Additional two subsequent mineral layers were analyzed to identify the BEQ/TEQ gradient vertically, showing a TEQ decrease of 85.1 and 93.8 % from the humic to the first and second mineral layers, respectively. For BEQ values, a decrease as well as an increase was detected. BEQ measurements were performed with and without sample clean-up. Omitting clean-up revealed about 20 times increased BEQ values presumably due to non-persistent bioactive compounds not detected by chemical analysis. The results we present suggest that the EROD assay can be used for the screening of large sample quantities for the identification of samples showing dioxin and dioxin-like contaminations even at low levels, which can then be further analyzed by chemical analysis to identify the congener composition. The study also shows that EROD results give a qualitative image of the contamination. EROD seems to be interfered with cross-contaminants specifically for soils with high biological activity as forest layers.

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AnimalsCell Line, TumorCytochrome P-450 CYP1A1DioxinsForestsGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryGermanyRatsSoil PollutantsCytochrome P-450 CYP1A1DioxinsSoil PollutantsBEQ/TEQBioanalytical screeningBioassayDioxinERODHRGC/HRMSPersistent organic pollutantsSoil samples

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