Back Conversion from Product to Parent: Methyl Triclosan to Triclosan

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Back Conversion from Product to Parent: Methyl Triclosan to Triclosan in Plants QIUGUO FU, Chunyang Liao, Xinyu Du, Daniel Schlenk, and Jay J. Gan Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00071 • Publication Date (Web): 20 Feb 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 21, 2018

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Qiuguo Fu,†,‡, Chunyang Liao,† Xinyu Du,† Daniel Schlenk,† Jay Gan†,*

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Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, California 92521,

Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, 8600 Dübendorf,

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*Corresponding author: [email protected]

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Abstract Numerous man-made chemicals pass through wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), where

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biological and chemical treatments often result in the formation of a wide range of

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transformation products via reactions such as conjugation and alkylation. Such transformation

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products may come into contact with plants when treated wastewater and biosolids are used in

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agricultural production or when plants are used for mitigation purposes (e.g., treatment wetlands).

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Using the high-volume antimicrobial triclosan as a model compound, we showed that its primary

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transformation product in the WWTPs, methyl triclosan, was readily converted back to the parent

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in plants. When exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of methyl triclosan, triclosan

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was detected in Arabidopsis thaliana cells within 12 h, and the level of triclosan increased over

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time. The molar fraction of triclosan to methyl triclosan in the cells was estimated to be 0.17 at

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144 h. When grown in nutrient solution containing methyl triclosan, lettuce and carrot seedlings

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were also capable of transforming methyl triclosan back to triclosan after 4 d, with triclosan

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levels reaching >10 µg/g in lettuce tissues and >3 µg/g in carrot tissues. The back and forth

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conversions of triclosan in various environmental compartments effectively prolong its

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environmental persistence and exposure. Future assessment of this and other emerging

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contaminants should consider such inter-conversions to obtain a better understanding of their fate

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and risks.

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Key words: methyl triclosan, triclosan, emerging contaminants, transformation products, back

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conversion

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Introduction

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Numerous pharmaceuticals and person care products (PPCPs) and their human metabolites

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are deposited into wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), where they are subjected to multiple

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treatment processes including chemical and microbial transformations. These processes often

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lead to the formation of additional transformation intermediates, such as conjugates and

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alkylated products. Many PPCPs and their transformation products have been found in WWTP

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effluents and biosolids. For example, triclosan, a high-production-volume antibacterial agent, is

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widely used in various household and healthcare products including soaps, toothpaste, cosmetics,

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shampoo, and textiles.1 Methyl triclosan has been found as the primary microbial transformation

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product of triclosan during wastewater treatement.2 Both triclosan and methyl triclosan have

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been shown to exhibit cytotoxic, genotoxic, and endocrine disrupting activity towards non-target

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organisms.3,4 Triclosan and methyl triclosan tend to be enriched in biosolids due to their

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hydrophobicity, and thus have been found at mg/kg levels in active sludge and biosolids,2,5–7

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while trace levels also remained in the effluent.4

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When treated wastewater is used for irrigation or biosolids are applied as soil amendments,

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PPCPs and their metabolites can come into contact with plants.8–12 Moreover, native plants are

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often used to remove nutrients and trace contaminants and improve water quality through

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semi-engineered systems such as wetlands, grassed waterways, and vegetative buffers.13,14 Most

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studies to date have focused on PPCPs in their parent form, while few studies have considered

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the likelihood of back conversion from products to the parent. Qu. et al.15 reported that

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trenbolone acetate, the photolytic product of the steroidal promoter trenbolone, was converted to

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its parent form in surface water under ambient conditions. However, to date the potential of

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product-to-parent conversion in higher plants has not been examined for PPCPs. In this study we tested the hypothesis that methyl triclosan may be back converted to

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triclosan through demethylation in plants. Back conversion to triclosan was targeted for

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characterization in Arabidopsis thaliana cells as well as lettuce and carrot whole plants.

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Materials and Methods

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Chemicals and Arabidopsis Cell Line

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Standards of methyl triclosan (CAS# 4640-01-1) and methyl triclosan-d3 were obtained from

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Toronto Research Chemicals (Ontario, Canada). Triclosan (CAS# 3380-34-5) and triclosan-d3

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were purchased from Alfa Aesar (Ward Hill, MA) and C/D/N Isotopes (Pointe-Claire, Quebec,

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Canada), respectively. N-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-N-methyltrifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA)

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(Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO) was used as the derivatization reagent. The stock solutions of all

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target substances were prepared by dissolving the standards in hexane/acetone (v/v, 9:1) or

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methanol and stored in amber glass vials at -20 °C before use. The working solutions were

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prepared from the stock solutions through serial dilution with hexane/acetone or methanol before

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use. Ultrapure water was prepared by a Milli-Q water purification system. All organic solvents

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including dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, acetone, hexane, methanol and acetonitrile were of

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HPLC or GC grade and obtained from Fisher Scientific (Fair Lawn, NJ).

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The Arabidopsis thaliana cell line PSB-D was provided by Arabidopsis Biological Resource

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Center at Ohio State University (Columbus, OH). Cell line suspensions were grown under sterile

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conditions in the incubator (25 °C, 130 rpm, dark). Further details about the cells, medium

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composition and preparation are given in Text S1 in the Supporting Information.

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A. thaliana Cell Cultivation Experiment

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The A. thaliana cell line was inoculated in 30 mL of Murashige and Skoog medium in

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Erlenmeyer flasks.16,17 After 4 d pre-cultivation, 20 µL of methanol (0.07% v/v) containing

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methyl triclosan (450 mg/L) was introduced to the medium to yield an initial concentration of

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300 µg/L. Additionally, two control treatments were simultaneously prepared, including solvent

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control (medium spiked with 20 µL pure methanol), and medium control (medium pre-cultured

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without cells, but spiked with 20 µL methanol containing methyl triclosan). The incubation was

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terminated immediately (0 h) or after 12, 24, 48, 120, and 144 h for analysis. Cell material was

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separated from the culture medium by centrifugation at 3000 rpm for 30 min and washed twice

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using ultrapure water. Detailed description of extraction, cleanup, and analysis of triclosan and

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methyl triclosan in the medium and cell matters are given in SI. The final extracts dissolved in

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hexane/acetone (v/v, 9:1) were mixed with MTBSTFA and kept at 70 °C for 60 min for

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derivatization prior to analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS).

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Whole Plant Cultivation Experiment

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Conversion of methyl triclosan to triclosan was further evaluated using whole plants of

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lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and carrot (Daucus carota, Scarlet Nantes) grown hydroponically in

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nutrient solution (Oasis® 16-4-17 hydroponic fertilizer 3.16 g/L) in the growth chamber (22 °C,

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16 h day/20 °C 8 h night cycle, relative humidity of 75-80%). In brief, lettuce and carrot

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seedlings (35 d old) were transplanted from potting mix to the glass jar containing 1 L nutrient

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solution with methyl triclosan at 1.0 mg/L, a level likely within the range found in active sludge

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and biosolids.2,5,6 During the hydroponic incubation, only plant root was in contact with the

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nutrient solution. After 4 d of cultivation, the whole plant and nutrient medium were collected

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separately. Plant roots were washed with distilled water and separated from the leaves.

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A second trial using intact lettuce plants was performed to determine if triclosan formed in

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the plant was released back into the growth medium. Lettuce seedlings were purchased from a

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local retail store and were transplanted into the nutrient solution after carefully washing off loose

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solids (potting mix) from the roots. The plants were cultivated for 4 d after methyl triclosan

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treatment (550 µg/L), after which they were then transferred to a clean nutrient solution (i.e.,

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without methyl triclosan). After cultivation for another 4 d, the nutrient solution was sampled for

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analysis of triclosan. Additionally, treatment with the lettuce plant but without methyl triclosan,

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and treatment with methyl triclosan but without the lettuce plant, were included as the blank

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controls. To evaluate the potential contribution of plant rhizosphere microbial or abiotic

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transformations to the conversion of methyl triclosan to triclosan, lettuce plants were cultivated

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in 1 L glass jar containing nutrient solution in the growth chamber for 4 d and then removed. The

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used nutrient solution was immediately spiked with methyl triclosan (nominal concentration 550

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µg/L) and incubated for an additional 4 d. In a parallel treatment, NaN3 (200 mg/L) was added to

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inhibit the microbial activity in the growth medium to detect any abiotic transformation.

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Additionally, a treatment without methyl triclosan was included as the blank control. Sample

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preparation of nutrient solution and plant tissues are given in the SI.

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Data Analysis

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Data were calculated as mean ± standard deviation (SD). One-way analysis of variance

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(ANOVA) and Student’s t-test were carried out with GraphPad 6 to evaluate systematic

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differences between multiple groups and two groups, respectively (α = 0.05).

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Results and Discussion

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Conversion of Methyl triclosan to Triclosan in Arabidopsis Cells

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To test if A. thaliana cells were able to take up and transform methyl triclosan, we exposed A.

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thaliana cells to methyl triclosan and monitored the disappearance of methyl triclosan from the

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growth medium and appearance of methyl triclosan in the cells. Rapid dissipation of methyl

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triclosan from the medium containing viable A. thaliana cells was observed throughout the

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incubation, with its concentration decreasing from 296 ± 56 µg/L initially to 21 ± 10 µg/L after

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12 h of incubation, or a loss of about 93% at the end of incubation (Figure 1A). Concurrent to

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the decline in the medium, methyl triclosan appeared in the cells and the level quickly increased

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within the first 12 h to a maximum of 25 ± 7 µg/g dry weight, suggesting uptake of methyl

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triclosan into A. thaliana cells (Figure 1B). After 12 h, the level of methyl triclosan in the cells

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linearly decreased to 16 ± 2 µg/g at the end of 144-h incubation (slope -0.07 ± 0.007, p = 0.01,

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R2 = 0.98) (Figure 1B). For the solvent control, methyl triclosan was not found in the medium or

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cells. In addition, approximately 22% of methyl triclosan was unaccounted for when it was

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incubated in the cell-free medium, likely due to sorption to the container surfaces. Taken together,

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these observations suggested that methyl triclosan was accumulated into and subsequently

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transformed in A. thaliana cells.

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Triclosan appeared in A. thaliana cells shortly after exposure to methyl triclosan, and the

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level of triclosan continued to increase over time, reaching 2.8 ± 0.3 µg/g at the end of 144-h

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incubation (Figure 1). The molar fraction of triclosan to methyl triclosan in the cells was

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estimated to be 0.17 at 144 h, suggesting that at least 15% of methyl triclosan was back

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converted to triclosan. As triclosan likely underwent further transformations,18,19 it is possible

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that the actual back conversion fraction was greater. Figure 2 is an example of chromatograms

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from the extract of A. thaliana cells after 144 h of incubation. Both triclosan and methyl triclosan

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were structurally confirmed using authentic standards after derivatization. The chromatograms

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show that triclosan was present in the cells after exposure to methyl triclosan at levels

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significantly above the detection limit (Figure 2A), while it was absent in the control (Figure

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Formation of Triclosan in Vegetable Plants Exposed to Methyl Triclosan To test if the demethylation of methyl triclosan to triclosan would also occur in whole plants,

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lettuce and carrot seedlings were exposed to methyl triclosan under hydroponic conditions.

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Triclosan was found in leaves and roots of both lettuce and carrot. In addition, triclosan was

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detected at higher levels in lettuce than in carrot, with the concentrations up to 11.5 ± 5.5 µg/g in

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lettuce and 3.7 ± 2.2 µg/g in carrot tissues (Table 1). Within each plant species, the levels of

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triclosan were similar (p > 0.05) between the root and leaf tissues (Table 1).

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The second trial using whole plants of lettuce with additional control treatments confirmed

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the formation of triclosan in the plant. Methyl triclosan and triclosan were detected in lettuce

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tissues at 6.3-7.0 µg/g and 0.2-1.0 µg/g, respectively (Figure S1). Trace amounts (0.15 ± 0.04

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µg/L, Table S2) of triclosan were found in the nutrient medium after 4 d of plant cultivation

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without methyl triclosan. This may be attributed to background contamination in the lettuce

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seedlings as they were grown in potting mix before use. In the depuration experiment, the level

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of triclosan in the growth medium after 4 d was similar to that in the control without methyl

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triclosan (Figure S1), suggesting that once formed, triclosan was not released appreciably from

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the root. This differed from a previous study on benzotriazole metabolites,20 and may be

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attributed to the high hydrophobicity of triclosan. Additionally, microorganisms in the growth

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medium did not appear to convert methyl triclosan to triclosan, as the level of triclosan (0.04 ±

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0.06 µg/L) in the nutrient solution was not statistically different from the control (Table S2).

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Similarly, no detectable abiotic conversion was observed under the experimental conditions, as

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the level of triclosan (0.14 ± 0.02 µg/L) also did not differ from the control (Table S2). Taken

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uptake of methyl triclosan by the root.

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Environmental Implications

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To the best of our knowledge, this was the first observation on the back conversion of

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methyl triclosan to triclosan in higher plants. Methyl triclosan is more persistent than triclosan5

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and has been frequently detected in effluent-impacted streams and biosolids.21 In

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WWTP-effluent impacted streams, methyl triclosan was found to bioaccumulate in aquatic

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organisms such as fish and algae.22,23 Furthermore, slow conversion of methyl triclosan to

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triclosan was previously observed in the liver and intestine of channel catfish, likely through

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O-demethylation.23 Cytochrome P450 enzymes (CYPs) were further proposed to catalyze the

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demethylation of methyl triclosan in catfish.23 In other studies, CYPs in human liver microsomes

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were reported to be involved in the dealkylation of naproxen and other drugs.24–26 Given that

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plants have isozymes of CYPs similar to fish and mammals 27 and that dealkylation is a common

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pathway in plant cell homeostasis,16,28 it is highly probable that CYPs were responsible for the

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catalytic conversion of methyl triclosan to triclosan in higher plants. Further mechanistic

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investigation is needed to identify and characterize the enzymes participating in the

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demethylation of methyl triclosan in higher plants.

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In a few previous studies, triclosan was detected in a range of food plants, including lettuce,

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cabbage, radish, carrot, barley, pinto bean, and soybean plant.29–34 In addition, in constructed

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wetlands receiving treated wastewater, various wetland plants, including cattail (Typha latifolia),

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pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), and grassy arrowhead (Sagittaria graminea) accumulated

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triclosan and triclocarban, contributing to their removal from WWTP effluent.11 However, to date,

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in studies involving the soil-plant continuum, back conversion of methyl triclosan to triclosan

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has not been considered. Findings from this study suggested an additional pathway in the

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environmental cycle of triclosan, and also pointed to a potential cause for prolonged persistence

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of triclosan in ecosystems due to the back and forth transformations. Moreover, as observed for

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methyl triclosan in this study and other pharmaceuticals in humans in previous studies,24–26 it is

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likely that many other PPCPs and emerging contaminants may undergo alkylation and

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dealkylation in the soil-plant system. Therefore, this process should be taken into consideration

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to obtain a more complete understanding of their fate and risks.

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Supporting Information

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Additional details, including cell cultivation procedures, sample preparation procedures,

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instrument analytical conditions, and results from validation experiments, are available free of

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charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org/.

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Acknowledgment

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This research was supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Grant No. 835829).

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Table 1. Occurrence of triclosan in common vegetables lettuce and carrot after exposure to

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