J 2017

Phytoestrogens and sterols in waters with cyanobacterial blooms - Analytical methods and estrogenic potencies

PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Tereza, Eliška SYCHROVÁ, Barbora JAVŮRKOVÁ, Jaroslava VEČERKOVÁ, Jiří KOHOUTEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Phytoestrogens and sterols in waters with cyanobacterial blooms - Analytical methods and estrogenic potencies

Authors

PROCHÁZKOVÁ, Tereza (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eliška SYCHROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Barbora JAVŮRKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jaroslava VEČERKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Jiří KOHOUTEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Olga LEPSOVA-SKACELOVA (203 Czech Republic), Luděk BLÁHA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Klára HILSCHEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Chemosphere, Oxford, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2017, 0045-6535

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10511 Environmental sciences

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.427

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00100222

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000392897100013

Keywords in English

Flavonoid; Sterol; Relative estrogenic potency; Estrogenicity; Reservoir

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 10/4/2018 16:39, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Abstract

V originále

Compounds with estrogenic potencies and their adverse effects in surface waters have received much attention. Both anthropogenic and natural compounds contribute to overall estrogenic activity in freshwaters. Recently, estrogenic potencies were also found to be associated with cyanobacteria and their blooms in surface waters. The present study developed and compared the solid phase extraction and LC-MS/MS analytical approaches for determination of phytoestrogens (8 flavonoids - biochanin A, coumestrol, daidzein, equol, formononetin, genistein, naringenin, apigenin and 5 sterols - ergosterol, (beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, brassicasterol) and cholesterol in water. The method was used for analyses of samples collected in stagnant water bodies dominated by different cyanobacterial species. Concentrations of individual flavonoids ranged from below the limit of detection to 3.58 ng/L. Sterols were present in higher amounts up to 2.25 mu g/L. Biological potencies of these phytoestrogens in vitro were characterized using the hER alpha-HeLa-9903 cell line. The relative estrogenic potencies (compared to model estrogen - 17 beta-estradiol) of flavonoids ranged from 2.25E-05 to 1.26E-03 with coumestrol being the most potent. None of the sterols elicited estrogenic response in the used bioassay. Estrogenic activity was detected in collected field water samples (maximum effect corresponding to 2.07 ng/L of 17 beta-estradiol equivalents, transcriptional assay). At maximum phytoestrogens accounted for only 1.56 pg/L of 17 beta-estradiol equivalents, contributing maximally 8.5% of the total estrogenicity of the water samples. Other compounds therefore, most likely of anthropogenic origin such as steroid estrogens, are probably the major drivers of total estrogenic effects in these surface waters.

Links

LM2015051, research and development project
Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX RI)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
LO1214, research and development project
Name: Centrum pro výzkum toxických látek v prostředí (Acronym: RECETOX)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
603437, interní kód MU
Name: SOLUTIONS - Solutions for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management (Acronym: SOLUTIONS)
Investor: European Union, Cooperation