title: Thyroid hormone disrupting activities of sediment from the Guanting Reservoir, Beijing, China.
abstract: In the present study, yeast bioassays were used to evaluate and characterize the thyroid receptor (TR) disrupting activities of the organic extracts and elutriates of the sediments from the Guanting Reservoir, Beijing, China. An accelerated solvent extraction was used to separate the organic extracts, which were subjected to a yeast bioassay. The organic extracts could affect thyroid hormone signaling by decreasing the binding of the thyroid hormone. The TR antagonistic activity equivalents (TEQbio) referring to amiodarone hydrochloride were calculated and the observed TEQbio-organic extracts ranged from 25.4 ± 3.7 to 176.9 ± 18.0 μg/g. Elutriate toxicity tests using the modified yeast bioassay revealed that the elutriates also significantly antagonized the TR, with the TEQbio-elutriates ranging from N.D. to 7.8 ± 0.8 μg/L. To characterize the toxic compounds, elutriates were extracted by using a C18 cartridge or treated with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA, 30 mg/L). The results suggested that the addition of EDTA eliminated over 74.3% of the total effects, and the chemical analysis revealed that heavy metals, some of which exhibited TR disrupting potency, for example Zn and Cd, were detectable with higher concentrations in the elutriates. Thus, the cause(s) of toxicity in the elutriate appear to be partly related to the heavy metals.
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China. Electronic address: lijian@bnu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
authors.forename: Morui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation, Ministry of Education, College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China.
authors.forename: Shujuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, Beijing 100012, China.
authors.forename: Chenglian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P. O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.
authors.forename: Na
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry; D002681:China; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D019015:Geologic Sediments / Q000737:chemistry; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D014881:Water Supply; D015003:Yeasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D004492:Edetic Acid; D001616:beta-Galactosidase
keywords: In vitro bioassay; Sediment; Thyroid disrupting chemicals; Thyroid receptor