Gas phase UV and IR absorption spectra of CxF2x+1CHO (x = 1-4)

The UV and IR spectra of C_xF_2x+1CHO (x = 1-4) were investigated using computational and experimental techniques. C_xF_2x+1CHO (x = 1-4) have broad UV absorption features centered at 300-310 nm. The maximum absorption cross-section increases significantly and shifts slightly to the red with increased length of the C_xF_2x+1 group: CF₃CHO, 3.10 × 10⁻²⁰ (300 nm); C₂F₅CHO, 6.25 × 10⁻²⁰ (308 nm); C₃F₇CHO, 8.96 × 10⁻²⁰ (309 nm); and C₄F₉CHO, 10.9 × 10⁻²⁰ (309 nm). IR spectra for C_xF_2x+1CHO were recorded, calculated, and assigned. Results are discussed with respect to the literature data and to the atmospheric fate of CxF2x+1CHO.     

Determination of perfluorooctanesulfonate and perfluorooctanoate in water samples by SPE-HPLC/electrospray ion trap mass spectrometry

Perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) are the most notable members of an emerging class of persistent organic pollutants (POPs), perfluorochemicals (PFCs). A method for the determination of PFOS and PFOA in water samples was developed and validated in this study. Water samples collected from river and industrial effluent at Guangzhou, one of the most industrialized regions in China, were analyzed by solid-phase extraction (SPE) followed by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) negative electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectrometry. Operational parameters of the ion trap mass spectrometer were optimized to improve sensitivity and selectivity of this method. The limits of quantitation and recoveries were 2.0 ng L^− 1 and 75% for PFOA and 0.50 ng L^− 1 and 88% for PFOS, respectively. In river water samples, 2.3-33 ng L^− 1 of PFOS and < 2.0-11 ng L^− 1 of PFPA were detected. And sewage effluents contained considerably higher concentrations of PFOS and PFOA.     

多维方法评价全氟辛酸对人结直肠癌细胞的毒性效应

全氟辛酸(PFOA)的暴露与溃疡性结肠炎的发生密切相关,但目前缺少PFOA暴露对人结直肠癌细胞(HCT116)产生毒性效应的相关分子机理研究。本研究从细胞毒性表型、细胞呼吸和代谢相关基因转录水平3个层次评价了PFOA对HCT116的毒性效应。首先,利用水溶性甲臜化合物(MTS)来评价PFOA暴露对HCT116细胞相对活性的影响;随后,利用细胞外流量分析仪对HCT116的线粒体呼吸活性进行测定;最后,用定量即时聚合酶链式反应(qPCR)对HCT116中代谢相关基因的转录水平进行检测。细胞毒性实验结果表明,与对照组相比,经高浓度(300 μmol/L)PFOA暴露48 h后,HCT116的细胞活性受到显著抑制(p<0.01),并在G0/G1细胞周期受到阻滞,而低浓度(30、50 μmol/L)的PFOA反而提高了细胞相对活性;低浓度(50 μmol/L)的PFOA能够促进HCT116的线粒体呼吸活性。利用自主开发的Metabolic Gene and Pathway Query检索软件和比较毒理基因组学数据库,本研究发现代谢相关基因二肽酶1(DPEP1)和鞘甘氨酸-1激酶(SPHK1)与PFOA引起的溃疡性结肠炎相关。qPCR实验结果表明,高浓度(300 μmol/L)PFOA能够显著诱导DPEP1和SPHK1的转录表达上调(约8~10倍),低浓度(50 μmol/L)PFOA未引起DPEP1和SPHK1转录表达水平的变化。本文发现细胞线粒体呼吸活性是评价低浓度PFOA干扰效应的一个敏感指标,DPEP1和SPHK1介导的细胞代谢过程可能是PFOA引起肠道毒性的潜在机制。     

维多利亚蓝B共振光散射法高灵敏选择性检测全氟辛烷磺酸

建立了一种用维多利亚蓝B(VBB)简便、高灵敏、选择性检测全氟辛烷磺酸(PFOS)的共振光散射(RLS)分析方法。在pH 6.0的KH₂PO₄-NaOH缓冲体系下,PFOS通过静电作用与质子化的VBB结合生成离子缔合物,在277 nm处的散射信号有明显的增强,增强的散射值(ΔI_RLS)与PFOS在一定浓度范围内有良好的线性关系,其线性方程为ΔI_RLS=72.28+336.53c (r=0.996 4),线性范围为0.05~4.0 μmol·L-1,检测限为5.0 nmol·L-1。优化了实验条件,表征了紫外/可见吸收光谱、扫描电镜显微成像(SEM),并探讨了作用机理。在相同实验条件下,考察了全氟辛酸(PFOA)及其他几种全氟化合物(PFCs)与VBB的相互作用,未见散射信号变化,因此,本法可实现对PFOS的选择性检测。该方法成功应用于检测环境水样中的PFOS,样品加标回收率为91.8%~100.6%,相对标准偏差RSD≤1.74%。     

离子液体分散液液微萃取-超高效液相色谱-串联质谱法测定食品接触材料中全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸的迁移量

建立了一种基于离子液体分散液液微萃取前处理技术的食品接触材料中全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸迁移量的超高效液相色谱-串联质谱测定方法。水、10%（体积分数）乙醇溶液和4%（体积分数）乙酸溶液作为3种水性食品模拟物与食品接触材料充分接触,进行迁移试验,对迁移液采用离子液体分散液液微萃取技术进行目标物的萃取富集,考察了萃取剂种类和用量、涡旋时间、盐浓度、离心速率及时间等关键因素对食品模拟物中全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸萃取效率的影响。使用Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH Shield RP18色谱柱（50 mm×2.1 mm,1.7 μm）,以乙腈和水为流动相,梯度洗脱分离,在电喷雾负离子模式下,采用多反应监测模式进行定性及定量分析。结果表明,全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸在各自范围内线性关系良好（r²>0.99）,检出限分别为0.5和1 μg/L,定量限分别为2和5 μg/L;在低、中、高3个添加水平下全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸的平均回收率为86.4%~116.9%,相对标准偏差为4.3%~14.4%（n=6）。该方法准确高效、环境友好,适用于食品接触材料中全氟辛酸和全氟辛烷磺酸迁移量的检测。     

Significant improvements in the analysis of perfluorinated compounds in water and fish: Results from an interlaboratory method evaluation study

The 2nd international interlaboratory study (ILS) on perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in environmental samples was organized to assess the performance of 21 North American and European laboratories on the analysis of PFCs in water and fish. A study protocol was provided to assess accuracy, precision, matrix effects and to study the use of in-house standards. The participants used shared native and mass-labelled standards that were provided for this study to quantify the PFC concentrations in the samples. Matrix effects in the determination of PFCs can be considerable and can decrease the sensitivity, the accuracy and internal standard recoveries. Therefore, two quantification methods were evaluated by all laboratories: standard addition quantification (SAQ) and solvent-based calibration curve quantification (SBCCQ; using mass-labelled internal standards (IS)). The between laboratory reproducibility (i.e. coefficient of variance) was smaller for the SBCCQ results (except for PFBS and PFHxS for which no mass-labelled analogues were available) compared to those obtained by the SAQ method. The within laboratory precision of individual laboratories is good (mean for all PFCs in water 12% and 6.8% in fish). The good performance is partially attributable to the use of well-defined native- and mass-labelled standards. Therefore, the SBCCQ method is recommended. The results show that analytical methods for PFCs in water and fish have improved considerably. Critical steps identified in this study are (i) the use of well-defined native standards for quantification, (ii) the use of mass-labelled internal standards (preferably one for each target compound) and (iii) minimization of matrix effects by a better clean up.     

Determination of perfluorinated compounds in fish fillet homogenates: method validation and application to fillet homogenates from the Mississippi River

We report herein a simple protein precipitation extraction-liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS) method, validation, and application for the analysis of perfluorinated carboxylic acids (C7–C12), perfluorinated sulfonic acids (C4, C6, and C8), and perfluorooctane sulfonamide (FOSA) in fish fillet tissue. The method combines a rapid homogenization and protein precipitation tissue extraction procedure using stable-isotope internal standard (IS) calibration. Method validation in bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) fillet tissue evaluated the following: (1) method accuracy and precision in both extracted matrix-matched calibration and solvent (unextracted) calibration, (2) quantitation of mixed branched and linear isomers of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS) with linear isomer calibration, (3) quantitation of low level (ppb) perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in the presence of high level (ppm) PFOS, and (4) specificity from matrix interferences. Both calibration techniques produced method accuracy of at least 100 ± 13% with a precision (%RSD) ≤18% for all target analytes. Method accuracy and precision results for fillet samples from nine different fish species taken from the Mississippi River in 2008 and 2009 are also presented.     

Method optimization for determination of selected perfluorinated alkylated substances in water samples

In recent years perfluorinated alkylated substances (PFAS) have appeared as a new class of global pollutant. Besides being an industrially important group of compounds, PFAS are regarded as highly toxic and extraordinarily persistent chemicals that pervasively contaminate human blood and wildlife throughout the world. They are therefore regarded as PBT (persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic) chemicals. Two comprehensive methods have been developed for determination of eleven of the most environmentally relevant PFAS (seven perfluoroalkylcarboxylates, two perfluoroalkylsulfonates, and two perfluoroctanesulfonamides) in aqueous samples. The compounds were isolated by liquid–liquid extraction (LLE) and solid-phase extraction (SPE), and identification and quantification of the target analytes were achieved by liquid chromatography–electrospray ionization–tandem mass spectrometry (LC–ESI–MS–MS). With LLE detection limits ranged from 0.26 to 0.62 ng L⁻¹ for enrichment of 900-mL water samples; recovery of PFAS with a carbon chain longer than C₇ was excellent (80–93%). With SPE, carboxylates with carbon chains <C₁₀ could be extracted efficiently (70–98%) under acidic conditions, and PFOS and PFOSA could be extracted efficiently (81% and 96%, respectively) under basic conditions, resulting in MDLs between 0.25 and 0.64 ng L⁻¹. The LLE method was applied successfully to Austrian wastewater effluent samples.     

Gas chromatographic determination of perfluorocarboxylic acids in aqueous samples – A tutorial review

Determination of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) by gas chromatography (GC) has been undertaken since 1980. However, only small number of studies can be found in the literature due to the major drawbacks associated with the GC determination of PFCAs such as high detection limits, a small range of analytes, long analysis time, and laborious derivatization prior to chromatographic separation. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS²) can overcome these limitations of GC, and therefore has become the method of choice for the determination of PFCAs since 2001. Nevertheless, GC as a low-cost and commonly available analytical technique should not be ignored because of its inherent advantage over LC to identify PFCA isomers in environmental and biological matrices owing to its high-resolution power. In addition, GC provides an opportunity to crosscheck LC–MS² results that are often suspicious due to background contamination. This tutorial provides an overview of GC methods that have been used for the determination of PFCAs after derivatization. Moreover, performance characteristics of GC–MS are compared with that of LC–MS². PFCAs in aqueous samples were determined by both analytical techniques, and two sets of measurements were compared using the Bland-Altman plot. For both methods, reasons for false-positive and false-negative results (overestimation and underestimation of the PFCA concentration, respectively) are discussed, and accordingly some advice is offered on how to avoid erroneous results. Finally, major applications of GC and its future perspectives for the determination of PFCAs are discussed.