Biological-Activity-Based Prioritization of Antidepressants in Wastewater in England and Japan.
Environ Sci Technol
; 57(16): 6444-6454, 2023 04 25.
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Antidepressants are one of the most commonly prescribed pharmaceuticals. Although they have been frequently detected in aquatic environments around the globe, little is known regarding their adverse effects on humans and aquatic organisms. Recently, an in vitro monoamine transporter inhibition assay was developed to detect transporter-inhibitory activities of antidepressants in wastewater in Japan. However, it was unclear which antidepressants were responsible for transporter-inhibitory activities in wastewater. Herein, the per capita consumption of 32 antidepressants, their excretion of unchanged parent compounds, per capita water consumption, removal rate during wastewater treatment processes, and potency values from the monoamine transporter inhibition assay were used to prioritize antidepressants of concern in effluent wastewater in England and Japan. In both countries, sertraline and O-desmethylvenlafaxine had the highest contribution to inhibitory activities against the human serotonin transporter (hSERT) and zebrafish SERT (zSERT), respectively. It was found that the antidepressants inhibited the zSERT more strongly than the hSERT. The inhibitory activities found against the zSERT in wastewater in England and Japan were higher than thresholds for abnormal behavior in fish. The antidepressants prioritized in this study provide insight into launching environmental monitoring and ecotoxicological studies of antidepressants.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Contaminantes Químicos del Agua
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Aguas Residuales
Tipo de estudio:
Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Environ Sci Technol
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Japón
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos