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Title: | Effect-Directed Analysis of Progestogens and Glucocorticoids at Trace Concentrations in River Water | Authors: | Hashmi Muhammad Arslan Krauss M Escher BI Teodorovic Ivana Brack Werner |
Issue Date: | 2020 | Journal: | Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | Abstract: | © 2019 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of SETAC Effect-based monitoring is increasingly applied to detect and—in conjunction with chemical analysis—to identify endocrine-disrupting compounds (EDCs) in the environment. Although this approach of effect-directed analysis has been successfully demonstrated for estrogenicity and androgenicity, data on progestogens and glucocorticoids driving endocrine disruption are quite limited. We investigated progestogenic and glucocorticoid activities in Danube River water receiving untreated wastewater from Novi Sad, Serbia. After a 2-step fractionation, all fractions were tested with reporter gene bioassays for agonistic and antagonistic hormonal responses at progestogenic and glucocorticoid hormone receptors as well as with target and nontarget analytical screening of active fractions by liquid chromatography–high-resolution mass spectrometry. Due to masking by cytotoxic mixture components, the effects could not be detected in the raw water extract but were unraveled only after fractionation. Target chemical screening of the fraction that was active in the progesterone receptor (PR) assay revealed that progesterone and megestrol acetate were predominant drivers of PR-mediated activity along with medroxyprogesterone, dihydrotestosterone, androsterone, and epiandrosterone. Hydrocortisone was detected at sub-ng/L concentration in the active fraction in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) assay but could not explain a significant fraction of the observed GR activity. The present study indicates that effect-based monitoring is a powerful tool to detect EDCs in the aquatic environment but that fractionation may be required to avoid masking effects of mixture components. Future effect-directed analysis studies are required to better understand the occurrence of EDCs and masking compounds in different lipophilicity windows, to finally reduce fractionation requirements for monitoring to a smart clean-up. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;00:1–11. © 2019 The Authors. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of SETAC. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/19990 | ISSN: | 0730-7268 | DOI: | 10.1002/etc.4609 |
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