Removal of Androgens and Estrogens from Water by Reactive Materials

in 2010 4th International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering (iCBBE 2010) (2010)

Nowadays, endocrine disruptor compounds in the water system have become a concern due to the risk of contamination to wild life and humans even at the nanogram level. Excess estrogens and androgens are a ... [more ▼]

Nowadays, endocrine disruptor compounds in the water system have become a concern due to the risk of contamination to wild life and humans even at the nanogram level. Excess estrogens and androgens are a major contributor group of endocrine compounds. Statistical surveys have shown that dairy farms contribute to over 90% of the total estrogens in the UK and US. An analytical system is being developed to assess the efficiency of reactive materials to remove target hormonal contaminants from dairy farm effluent. This can be achieved using reporter gene assays (RGAs) to detect low level steroid hormones. A preliminary study comparing the efficiency of granular activated carbon, zero-valent iron, and organoclay was carried out using bench-scale evaluations in negative control HPLC water. Their potential ability to remove testosterone and 17- beta -estradiol spiked at reported environmental levels was measured by androgenic and estrogenic luminescent reporter assay respectively. [less ▲]

Les perturbateurs endocriniens

Conference (2009, November 06)

Adaptation of a microbiological method for screening antimicrobial residues in shrimp tissue

in Book of abstracts - 4th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA 2009) (2009, November 04)

Reporter gene assays as screening tools to assess the endocrine disrupting potencies of 20 pesticides

Poster (2009, May 20)

Methodology to detect endocrine disruptors in water samples

Poster (2009, May 19)

Reporter gene assays to assess modulations of AhR and steroid receptors pathways by « active ingredients » from food supplements

Poster (2009, April 01)

Development of a quantitative method to detect trace amounts of hazelnut and soy allergens in food

Conference (2009)

Quantitative methods for food allergens: a review.

in Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (2009), 395

The quantitative detection of allergens in the food chain is a strategic health objective as the prevalence of allergy continues to rise. Food allergenicity is caused by proteins either in their native ... [more ▼]

The quantitative detection of allergens in the food chain is a strategic health objective as the prevalence of allergy continues to rise. Food allergenicity is caused by proteins either in their native form or in forms resulting from food processing. Progress in mass spectrometry greatly opened up the field of proteomics. These advances are now available for the detection and the quantification of traces of allergenic proteins in complex mixtures, and complete the set of biological tests used until now, such as ELISA or PCR. We review methods classified according to their ability to simultaneously quantify and identify allergenic proteins and underline major advances in the mass-spectrometric methods. [less ▲]

Evaluation of the endorcine disrupting chemicals contamination in the North Sea porpoise population using in vitro assays

Poster (2009)

During the last decades, the production endocrine disrupting chemicals reached such levels that they are now spread all over nature. They are known to be very slowly degraded, decreasing the environmental ... [more ▼]

During the last decades, the production endocrine disrupting chemicals reached such levels that they are now spread all over nature. They are known to be very slowly degraded, decreasing the environmental quality and posing ecological risks. Marine mammals inhabiting polluted environments accumulate high levels of these chemicals, so they can be considered good indicators of marine pollution. Thirteen major organochloride pollutants were chosen to make subject of this study: o,p’-DDD; p,p’-DDD; p,p’-DDE; o,p’-DDT; p,p’-DDT; HCB; α-HCH; β-HCH; γ-HCH; δ-HCH; PCB 138; PCB 153 and PCB 180. All these chemicals will have their endocrine disrupting effects characterized individually and collectively by report gene expression assays. The MCF7-ERE cells used in these assays were produced in the Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering Laboratory of the University of Liège and are originated from a human mammary carcinoma. They carry a gene expressing the synthesis of luciferase and controlled by oestrogen receptors. Then, the thirteen chemicals will be searched in the blubber tissues of porpoises by the use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The blubber samples will also have their endocrine disrupting effect characterized. For the moment, the estrogenic effects of the HCH isomers were put in evidence. The next steps of this work must be soon accomplished. It is expected a great level of these compounds to be found in the samples. On the other hand, their endocrine disrupting effects and how they act in agonist, antagonist and synergist ways are subject that still needs to be cleared. [less ▲]

Reporter gene assays as screening tools to assess the endocrine disrupting potencies of 20 pesticides

Poster (2009)