Integrated Framework for Identifying Toxic Transformation Products in

Review pubs.acs.org/journal/estlcu

Integrated Framework for Identifying Toxic Transformation Products in Complex Environmental Mixtures Leah Chibwe,† Ivan A. Titaley,† Eunha Hoh,‡ and Staci L. Massey Simonich*,†,§ †

Department of Chemistry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, United States § Department of Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon 97331, United States ‡

ABSTRACT: Complex environmental mixtures consist of hundreds to thousands of unknown and unregulated organic compounds that may have toxicological relevance, including transformation products (TPs) of anthropogenic organic pollutants. Nontargeted analysis and suspect screening analysis offer analytical approaches for potentially identifying these toxic transformation products. However, additional tools and strategies are needed to reduce the number of chemicals of interest and focus analytical efforts on chemicals that may pose risks to humans and the environment. This brief review highlights recent developments in this field and suggests an integrated framework that incorporates complementary instrumental techniques, computational chemistry, and toxicity analysis, for prioritizing and identifying toxic TPs in the environment.

■

INTRODUCTION Although analytical methods offer sensitive and selective determination of targeted pollutants, substantial gaps in the data exist for compounds in the environment that remain uncharacterized but may be as toxicologically and ecologically relevant as targeted chemicals.1−3 In addition, global chemical reform (including TSCA Reform and REACH) is resulting in a broader look at the exposure and toxicity of existing chemicals (and their transformation products) in the environment.4−9 For these reasons, the use of nontargeted analysis (NTA) and suspect screening analysis (SSA) is rapidly expanding in the field of environmental chemistry. For example, previously unknown biogenic and anthropogenic halogenated organic compounds, including compounds related to the pesticide chlordane, were recently detected in dolphin blubber at concentrations comparable to those of target compounds.4 At least 100 of the identified compounds were not routinely monitored, suggesting that targeted analysis would encompass only a minor proportion of the detected analytes.4 Similarly, the concentrations of natural and synthetic organo-bromine compounds were reported to be increasing, over time, in the sediments of Lake Michigan.9 This observation was particularly concerning because some well-known natural and synthetic organo-bromine compounds, such as hydroxylated polybromi© XXXX American Chemical Society

nated diphenyl ethers, have been associated with adverse health effects.10−12 These “emerging pollutants” coexist with routinely monitored chemicals in complex environmental mixtures and are a result of decades of use in pesticides, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and flame retardants.3,4,6,13−18 Transformation products (TPs) encompass a large proportion of unregulated chemicals present in the environment and may be equally, if not more, persistent and toxic than their precursor chemicals.3,16,19−23 While the characterization of TPs by NTA has been focused primarily on wastewater treatment plants,24−27 prior studies have also shown the formation of TPs in chemically treated water28−36 and in natural water.37−42 Other toxic TPs include metabolites of pharmaceuticals and pesticides in wastewater and groundwater,26,27,43−51 such as persistent methylated derivatives from the antimicrobial triclosan.23 Concerns over the formation of toxic TPs during remedial applications,20,21,52,53 and from environmental photooxidation reactions,22,54−56 have also been raised. Received: December 5, 2016 Revised: December 23, 2016 Accepted: December 29, 2016

A

DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00455 Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. XXXX, XXX, XXX−XXX

Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters

Figure 1. Integrated framework for identifying toxic transformation products in complex environmental mixtures. SSA indicates use in suspect screening analysis.

been extensively used for NTA of polar, unknown contaminants and TPs.26,27,43−47 Accurate mass measurements and tandem MS (MS/MS) help narrow down potential chemical candidates by providing additional structural information.41,43,63 Comprehensive NTA and SSA methods can be laborious, time-consuming, and computationally challenging in complex environmental matrices and mixtures, especially when there is limited prior knowledge of the chemical classes likely to be present. Moreover, because environmental samples contain hundreds to thousands of biogenic and anthropogenic organic compounds, nontargeted analytical methods that can detect a wide range of unknown compounds, and strategies for focusing the search on relevant chemicals, are needed. This brief review highlights recent developments in this field and suggests an integrated framework that incorporates complementary instrumental techniques, computational chemistry, and toxicity analysis, for prioritizing and identifying toxic TPs in the environment, as shown in Figure 1.

The common analytical techniques used for NTA and SSA of organic chemicals are based on gas and liquid chromatography−mass spectrometry methods, for nonpolar to semipolar compounds and semipolar to polar compounds, respectively. Because these unknown compounds exist in complex sample matrices and may exhibit a wide range of unknown physicochemical properties, recent advancements in these analytical techniques have brought to the forefront multidimensional and hybrid applications.57 These applications offer high-throughput, high-resolution, and highly sensitive capabilities, including comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC) and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS).43,58−64 The increased chromatographic resolution and peak capacity offered by GC×GC coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC/ToF-MS) allow high-throughput screening of complex samples containing thousands of compounds.4,13,58,65−68 GC/Orbitrap-MS also offers high mass accuracy and high resolution,60,61 and LC−HRMS has B


Review


■

USING EFFECT-DIRECTED ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY TOXICOLOGICALLY RELEVANT TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS Effect-directed analysis (EDA), or the integration of toxicity testing and chemical analyses for the same complex environmental mixture, is important for understanding the link between the presence of mixtures of environmental pollutants and their associated effects. Several studies suggest that most targeted priority contaminants contribute only partially to the observed toxicity.20,21,69,70 For example, in some bioremedial applications, a decrease in routinely monitored pollutant concentrations did not coincide with decreased toxicity.15,16,71 Realistically, both known and unknown compounds, including toxic TPs, may contribute to the overall toxicity of environmental samples. Sample fractionation in EDA, including size exclusion, adsorption, and partition chromatography techniques, results in simplification of the complex mixture. 21,72−75 The simplification of these fractionation methods makes it easier to link the presence of a compound with their cause and effect. An EDA approach, combining GC−MS and LC−HRMS with the AR CALUX assay, was successfully used to identify androgen-disrupting chemicals in soil.76,77 A study by Marvin et al. found that high-molecular weight PAHs (MW302-PAHs) contributed significantly to the toxicity of coal tar-contaminated sediment using the Salmonella typhimurium bacterial strain (YG1025) and LC−MS.69 EDA has also been previously used to monitor the formation of toxic TPs,21,78 such as petroleum degradation products in soil.78 Comprehensive reviews of EDA in environmental and biological applications, including challenges and limitations, have been previously reported.79−81 Given that TPs, as well as other unknown compounds, have different modes of action and affect organisms differently, there are multiple toxicity assays that are available and have been used in EDA approaches. Nielen et al. used a yeast-based receptor gene assay to identify estrogen disruptors in urine,82 while Chibwe et al. used chicken DT40 lymphocyte genotoxicity and zebrafish (Danio rerio) developmental assays to assess the potential formation of toxic TPs during the bioremediation of soil.21 In addition, Dorn et al. used earthworm, Microtox, and plant germination assays to evaluate crude oil acute toxicity in soils.83 Most recently, Neale et al. obtained results from, and proposed the use of, mixture toxicity modeling to link in vitro results and organic micropollutant concentrations in surface water.84 The information garnered from toxicity assays is invaluable, as long as a case can be made for translational relevance to human and/or ecological health. It is impossible to discern, or anticipate, the modes of action of toxins with unknown identity. This makes it important to cast a wide net in the analysis of unknown compounds. Moreover, there should be the realization that, depending on the assay(s) used, the response and performance of the bioassay will drive the identification of the unknown compounds toward a group of chemicals that exhibit particular toxic effects. In addition, even after extensive fractionation, there is still a complex chemical mixture present in the extract, which may result in mixture toxicity effects. In our integrated framework (Figure 1), when treatment is applied on the lab, pilot, or field scale, toxicity testing, before and after sample treatment, is necessary to identify if the measured toxic effect is due to parent compounds or TPs. EDA is focused on the fractions with increased toxicity following

treatment, which can be attributed to the TPs. EDA can also play an important role in identifying the most toxic fractions of the sample without treatment. Because of the introduction of more polar groups within the parent compounds during transformation processes,21,85 parent compounds are likely to be in different (more nonpolar) EDA fractions compared to those of the TPs.

■

SELECTED STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN TOXIC TRANSFORMATION PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION The data output produced from the analysis of complex samples includes comprehensive coverage of all ions amenable to the analytical technique. This results in hundreds to thousands of peaks originating from the sample, sample matrix, and background noise. Some software tools incorporate statistical modeling features, meant to unbiasedly characterize compositional differences between groups of samples. These include peak finding, peak alignment, and mass spectral deconvolution software, and these have been covered elaborately in previous reviews.86−88 In NTA, this is beneficial in limiting the presence of false positives, reducing the time and effort spent on irrelevant peaks. Because of the scope of software tools available, the objective of this section is not to cover all available software, but to highlight certain tools for simplifying and facilitating NTA of TPs. Reviews of various NTA workflows, with different software and tools, are available elsewhere.38,39,74 The ChromaTOF Reference and Statistical Compare features (LECO Corp., St. Joseph, MI) have been previously applied to facilitate the identification of compounds of interest in environmental samples in GC×GC applications.6,89 Prebihalo et al. used the ChromaTOF Reference feature to investigate emerging contaminants in wastewater and soil.89 A sample was used to create a reference method, containing a comprehensive list of peaks with accompanying retention times and mass spectra. The reference sample serves as the basis of comparison for other samples, and the software computes pairwise comparisons to determine peaks present in both the sample and reference (“match”), only in the reference sample (“found”), and only in the sample (“not found/unknown”).89 LECO’s Statistical Compare feature is useful for determining the most distinct compounds between samples and has been applied successively to identify putative biomarkers.90 Peaks are aligned in samples according to both retention times (one- and two-dimensional) and mass spectral similarity and are subsequently compared with samples in other groups (or classes). Prior to data processing, parameters for defining peak tolerance (i.e., MS similarity threshold) and acceptable retention time shifts are set to account for variations and to limit false negatives. However, it should also be noted that peak alignment can be unsuccessful for poorly resolved peaks at low intensities or for highly saturated compounds.90 MarkerView (AB SCIEX Ltd., Framingham, MA) is similarly designed to identify structurally related and unrelated components between grouped samples for LC data. MarkerView has been used to assess data in metabolomics and in biological fluids91−93 such as urine and plasma. Environmental applications have included the recent identification of novel fluorochemicals in firefighter foams47 and the discovery of quaternary triphenylphosphonium industrial contaminants in aquatic systems.94 This software utilizes algorithms to align ions (according to retention times, mass spectral similarity, etc.) C


Review


Figure 2. Illustration of communicating confidence on unknown compound identification in nontargeted analysis.118 Adapted with permission from ref 118. Copyright 2014 American Chemical Society.

are based on the same separation mechanism.111 A QSRR model for RT prediction was developed for positive and negative electrospray ionization in LC-QToF-MS, based on the selection of a set of molecular descriptors, including the presence of a carbon−carbon bond.109 Falchi et al. used a kernel-based and partial least-squares QSRR for ultraperformance liquid chromatography (UPLC) retention time prediction for the purpose of identifying metabolites.112 RT prediction models are not restricted to LC systems alone. The conductor-like screening model for realistic solvents (COSMO-RS) approach was used to predict the RTs of both methylated and nonmethylated derivatives of monohydroxylated brominated diphenyl ethers by correlating the theoretical boiling points of the metabolites and the RTs in GC−MS.11,113 However, because current RT prediction models tend to be dependent on the chromatographic system, future models that are more universal, or parametrized for a variety of different chromatographic systems, would be extremely useful. Other methods for the identification of unknown compounds include the use of unique MS fragmentation patterns, such as the isotopic abundance of the atoms in the structures. Halogenated unknown compounds can be tentatively identified as a result of the distinctive isotopic patterns produced by Cl and/or Br atoms.17,64,114 For example, Myer et al. used mass defect analysis to measure the biota-sediment accumulation factors in freshwater organisms exposed to unknown halogenated pollutants.114 Barzen-Hanson et al. used a similar approach to identify novel perfluoroalkyl sulfonates in aqueous film-forming foams and groundwater.17 Peng et al. also developed a data-independent precursor isolation and characteristic fragment method and identified more than 1500 unique natural and synthetic organo-bromine compounds in sediment.9,115 Recently, Wang et al. used NTA to investigate tap water contamination using this approach.116 Chemical derivatization, bromination, and subsequent dansylation of the unknown compounds in collected tap water samples were used, together with liquid chromatography coupled to quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC−QToF-MS), to identify hydroxylated naphthenic acids and saturated fatty acids as key pollutants. The use of mass defect screening has also been implemented for nonhalogenated compounds, including a TP of venlafaxine, an antidepressant, and quarternary ammonium compounds.40,117 Because of the general lack of commercial standards and the varying degrees of confidence in compound identification, several studies report compound identification in NTA based

across multiple samples for comparison. Statistical tools, including principal component analysis (PCA) and principal component variable grouping (PCVG), can then be applied to the processed data to group samples and form chemical profiles. This approach is complemented by MasterView (AB SCIEX Ltd.), to generate molecular formulas and tentative identification of the candidate compounds. These tools can be effective at minimizing the presence of false peaks or at highlighting components of interest in grouped samples, while also finding candidate compounds in NTA. Once candidate structures or molecular formulas have been proposed, the structures of TPs need to be identified. Mass spectral libraries and databases, such as the NIST electron ionization (EI) mass spectral library,95 may not contain the mass spectra of the TPs of interest, and soft ionization mass spectral libraries are limited. MOLGEN,96,97 a structure generator tool, can help identify potential TPs of interest in cases in which conventional mass spectral libraries do not contain the structure of TPs, regardless of whether treatment has been applied to the sample (Figure 1). In silico fragmentation tools, such as MetFrag and Mass Frontier (Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA), use mass-tocharge ratio (m/z) intensity and bond dissociation energies to predict LC−HRMS mass spectra35,98,99 that assist in the prediction of potential structures from experimental MS and/or MS/MS fragmentation patterns. These potential structures are taken from public databases such as PubChem,100 ChemSpider,101 MassBank,102 and METLIN.51,103 Recently, the use of database assisted identification of organic substances (DAIOS) and assessment of suspected and unknown anthropogenic trace contaminants in aquatic systems (STOFF-IDENT) has also been integrated in NTA.36,49 Detailed discussion and uses of these libraries,39,74,104 and candidate structure elucidations,59,86,105 are available elsewhere. Retention indices (RIs) have also been used to offer an additional level of identification and to rank proposed chemical structures for the most likely candidates.106−108 Tentative identification of the unknown compound is based on comparing how well the experimental RI matches the predicted RI from computational models. Quantitative structure retention relationship (QSRR) models, based on the number of rotatable bonds, topological polar surface, and octanol−water partition coefficient, have been used to eliminate potential structures.109−111 Stanstrup et al. developed a retention time (RT) prediction model that predicts the RT of a compound in various LC systems, provided that the stationary phases used D


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters Table 1. Examples of Models That Can Be Used To Predict Possible TP Structures type of degradation microbial biodegradation

tool

Eawag

enviPath

University of Mainz, EAWAG Northwestern University, EFPL

Biochemical Network Integrated Computational Explorer (BNICE) PathPred human metabolism

abiotic degradation

developer

EAWAG Path Prediction System (EAWAG-PPS)

Kyoto University

Meteor Nexus

Lhasa Ltd.

Meta-PC

MultiCASE Inc.

Admet Predictor

Simulation Plus Inc. Argonne National Laboratory Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry

Metabolic In silico Network Expansion (MINEs) CATALOGIC

description predicts TPs from microbial metabolism based on compound structure and transformation rules developed through data collected from known reactions, pathways, and enzymes reactions a platform created as an improvement over EAWAG-PPS by addressing combinatorial explosion concerns that arise from the use of EAWAG-PPS predictive biodegradation algorithm based on generating novel xenobiotic degradation pathways in silico tool that determines potential reaction pathways from microbial biodegradation based on the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database commercially available microbial pathway prediction built on rules and knowledge-based reactions, which is capable of predicting mammalian metabolism (CYP 450) commercially available microbial pathway prediction built on rules and knowledge-based reactions, which is also capable of predicting mammalian metabolism (CYP 450) commercially available mammalian metabolism degradation prediction (CYP 450) human metabolism degradation pathway database based on the BNICE approach commercially available program that predicts the biotic and abiotic environmental fate of chemicals based on OECD standards

on hierarchical degrees of confidence (Figure 2).4,118 Compounds confirmed with authentic standards are reported with the most confidence (level 1), while compounds identified only by mass spectral library or database matching are reported with less confidence (level 2). Compounds for which structures cannot be elucidated are not eliminated but reported with the least confidence (level 5).4,6,118,119 This ensures that the information is preserved for future studies, with the degree of confidence in the identification indicated.

Meta-PC (MultiCASE Inc., Cleveland, OH), and ADMET Predictor software (Simulation Plus Inc., Lancaster, CA), are capable of predicting mammalian metabolism based on the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzymes135−137 and are relevant for addressing the potential for mammalian toxicity.138−141 The Metabolic In silico Network Expansion (MINEs) database is another example of a metabolism prediction model that relies on the KEGG database, as well as the yeast and Escherichia coli databases.142 In terms of abiotic degradation, CATALOGIC (Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, Bourgas, Bulgaria) is a model that has been used to predict the abiotic degradation of chemicals in the environment.143 With advances in technology and computer capabilities, in silico approaches can help narrow the search for potentially toxic TPs in SSA. For example, MOLGEN-MS suggests candidate structures, based on the mass spectral fragmentation patterns.96,97,144,145 Schymanski et al. used this platform, and the steric energy of 1000 randomly selected compounds, to screen candidate structures through the elimination of those that were energetically unfavorable.74,146−148 The steric energy of the compound test set was calculated using the molecular mechanic (MM2) force field approach, and suspect compounds that fell outside the predetermined steric energies (i.e., outside the 90% quantile) were eliminated.146,147 When combined with other screening criteria, the steric energy algorithm serves as another step in a tiered product identification approach. Computational chemistry software can also be used to predict the thermodynamic stability of potential TPs and aid in compound identification. For example, Jariyasopit et al. used density functional theory (DFT), in Gaussian,149 to successfully predict the formation of the most thermodynamically favorable nitro polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (NPAHs) formed from reaction of PAH with NO3, N2O5, and NO2 radicals.54 A similar approach was used by Dang et al. and Borduas et al. to study the atmospheric degradation of PAHs and nitrogen-containing compounds, such as nicotine, due to reaction with OH or NO3 radicals.150−155 Other examples of the use of Gaussian include the prediction of the UV absorption of the endocrinedisrupting compound 4-tert-butylphenol,28 the prediction of the electron density of PAHs,156 and the chlorination and oxidation sites of PAHs.157

■

GUIDING SUSPECT SCREENING OF TOXIC TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS USING COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS Provided that there is some a priori knowledge of the classes of compounds present in a complex environmental mixture, cheminformatics can be used to predict the structure of toxic TPs.49,120,121 A brief list of predictive degradation models is given in Table 1 and discussed here, while more comprehensive reviews are available elsewhere.122,123 The EAWAG Pathway Prediction System (EAWAG-PPS) model is used to predict products of microbial metabolism124,125 and has been successfully used to predict TPs from pollutants in both wastewater and natural water.37,121,126 However, the issue of combinatorial explosion, which might arise when several generations of TPs are generated within EAWAG-PPS, is a point of consideration when using this model.127,128 A proposed solution to combinatorial explosion is potentially solved through the creation of enviPath, which limits the number of predicted TPs using machine-based learning and interfacing to enzymatic databases.129 Other microbial biodegradation models include the Biochemical Network Integrated Computational Explorer (BNICE)130−132 and PathPred.133 Both models utilize the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database,134 making them relevant in terms of enzymatic biodegradation, and can also be useful for predicting novel biodegradation pathways. Metabolite prediction models, which can predict degradation pathways because of eukaryotic metabolism, are also emerging as potentially useful models for SSA (Table 1). Commercial programs, such as Meteor Nexus (Lhasa Ltd., Leeds, U.K.), E


Review


on the basis of structural similarity to compounds with known toxicity, various tools for predicting the toxicity of suspect chemical structures are also available. These include the predictive in silico program VEGA-QSAR (quantitative structure−activity relationship)184 and VirtualToxLab (Biographics Laboratory 3R, Switzerland),185,186 or bioactivity specific QSAR models, including the Online Chemical Database with Modeling Environment (OCHEM) and the Collaborative Estrogen Receptor Activity Prediction Project (CERAPP) platforms.187 Raies and Bajic recently reviewed the workflow to generate in silico toxicology tools, which included the various methods for generating these models.188 This resource may be useful for researchers who are developing in silico toxicology tools in cases in which toxic TP standards are unavailable. NTA and SSA can be used to bridge the knowledge gap stemming from the presence of unknown toxic TPs, and other contaminants, in the environment. The magnitude of data generated from NTA and SSA for complex environmental mixtures calls for interdisciplinary, multifaceted, and collaborative efforts to prioritize the data interpretation and compound identification. The development and sharing of NTA databases for complex environmental mixtures has begun.4,129 Databases such as this are extremely beneficial because other researchers can use them as reference and screening tools to monitor the frequency of detection of the same unknown compounds in various environmental samples.104

The role and potential contribution of computational methods in SSA of TPs are currently just being realized. The thermodynamic stability consideration from computational chemistry calculations is not limited to atmospheric reactions,54,158−160 and similar approaches may also apply to the study of microbial TPs.161 Using the output of cheminformatics software, such as EAWAG-PPS or enviPath, the overall thermodynamic stability of potential TPs can be calculated using Gaussian or other software, such as NWChem.162 The change in the Gibbs free energy of the reaction (ΔGreaction) forming TPs can be calculated, assuming all the reactants and products are known. The resulting thermodynamic stability can then provide a priority list of the most favorable TPs likely to form and can guide compound identification. This approach also provides an alternative in solving the issue of combinatorial explosion in that certain TPs are prioritized, or screened out, over other TPs. In addition, for biodegradation reactions, the use of molecular docking software163−166 can improve the specificity of the TP structure predictions.

■

FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN IDENTIFYING TOXIC TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS In general, to date, most NTA and SSA studies have been focused on aqueous matrices, while studies in soil,167 sediment,64,117,168−170 and air171,172 are limited. This presents opportunities for future research. Furthermore, where possible, strategies that combine different analytical capabilities, such as both GC− and LC−HRMS, would be beneficial in detecting TPs with a wider range of physicochemical properties. Other researchers have suggested the incorporation of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in the overall workflow of the identification of unknown environmental chemicals where TP concentrations are sufficiently high.31,50,173 Calculation of NMR chemical shifts is also commonly predicted using computational chemistry.174,175 Another advantage of adding NMR in the overall NTA and SSA framework is the presence of a robust NMR database, such as the Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS),176 and spectral prediction, such as the platform developed by scientists from Universidad del Valle and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.177 For TPs that are not amenable to GC and poorly separated by LC, supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) can be used for SSA of TPs.12,178 Strategies for ranking the most relevant compounds, either by frequency of occurrence or by toxicity, are needed.179−182 Rager et al. recently proposed the development of a chemical prioritization index, meant to select the tentatively identified compounds that warrant confirmation with reference standards, based on their project environmental and toxicological impact.181 Detected compounds confirmed with standards included triclocarban, which had a low detection frequency but was prioritized on the basis of bioactivity score, and piperine, which was prioritized on the basis of its high detection frequency in multiple homes. Similarly, Singer et al. predicted exposure concentrations of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), based on their consumption data, and APIs with high exposure potential were rescreened, resulting in the identification of new APIs that have not been previously detected.183 An important aspect of combined toxicity and chemical methods is the verification of the toxicity of the TPs. This is certainly impeded by the general lack of commercially available authentic standards. While assumptions can be made with regard to the toxicity of the tentatively identified compounds,

■

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Corresponding Author

*E-mail: [email protected]. Phone: (541) 7379194. Fax: (541) 737-0497. ORCID

Eunha Hoh: 0000-0002-4075-040X Staci L. Massey Simonich: 0000-0003-2325-4217 Author Contributions

L.C. and I.A.T. are co-first authors. Notes

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

■

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This publication was made possible in part by Grants P30ES00210, P01-ES021921, and P42ES016465 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and National Science Foundation Grant AGS-11411214. I.A.T. was supported in part through the Oregon State University Department of Chemistry Dorothy and Ramons Barnes Fellowship and NIEHS Training Grant Fellowship T32 ES007060 from NIH.

■

REFERENCES

(1) Howard, P. H.; Muir, D. C. G. Identifying New Persistent and Bioaccumulative Organics Among Chemicals in Commerce. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44 (7), 2277−2285. (2) Muir, D. C. G.; Howard, P. H. Are There Other Persistent Organic Pollutants? A Challenge for Environmental Chemists. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40 (23), 7157−7166. (3) Noguera-Oviedo, K.; Aga, D. S. Lessons Learned from More Than Two Decades of Research on Emerging Contaminants in the Environment. J. Hazard. Mater. 2016, 316, 242−251. (4) Hoh, E.; Dodder, N. G.; Lehotay, S. J.; Pangallo, K. C.; Reddy, C. M.; Maruya, K. A. Nontargeted Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas

F


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters Chromatography/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Method and Software for Inventorying Persistent and Bioaccumulative Contaminants in Marine Environments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (15), 8001−8008. (5) van Leerdam, J. A.; Vervoort, J.; Stroomberg, G.; de Voogt, P. Identification of Unknown Microcontaminants in Dutch River Water by Liquid Chromatography-High Resolution Mass Spectrometry and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (21), 12791−12799. (6) Shaul, N. J.; Dodder, N. G.; Aluwihare, L. I.; Mackintosh, S. A.; Maruya, K. A.; Chivers, S. J.; Danil, K.; Weller, D. W.; Hoh, E. Nontargeted Biomonitoring of Halogenated Organic Compounds in Two Ecotypes of Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) from the Southern California Bight. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (3), 1328− 1338. (7) Serrano, R.; Nácher-Mestre, J.; Portolés, T.; Amat, F.; Hernández, F. Non-target Screening of Organic Contaminants in Marine Salts by Gas Chromatography Coupled to High-Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Talanta 2011, 85 (2), 877−884. (8) Schwarzbauer, J.; Ricking, M. Non-target Screening Analysis of River Water as Compound-related Base for Monitoring Measures. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2010, 17 (4), 934−947. (9) Peng, H.; Chen, C.; Cantin, J.; Saunders, D. M. V.; Sun, J.; Tang, S.; Codling, G.; Hecker, M.; Wiseman, S.; Jones, P. D.; Li, A.; Rockne, K. J.; Sturchio, N. C.; Giesy, J. P. Untargeted Screening and Distribution of Organo-Bromine Compounds in Sediments of Lake Michigan. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (1), 321−330. (10) Legradi, J.; Dahlberg, A.-K.; Cenijn, P.; Marsh, G.; Asplund, L.; Bergman, Å.; Legler, J. Disruption of Oxidative Phosphorylation (OXPHOS) by Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (OHPBDEs) Present in the Marine Environment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (24), 14703−14711. (11) Gross, M. S.; Butryn, D. M.; McGarrigle, B. P.; Aga, D. S.; Olson, J. R. Primary Role of Cytochrome P450 2B6 in the Oxidative Metabolism of 2,2′,4,4′,6-Pentabromodiphenyl Ether (BDE-100) to Hydroxylated BDEs. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2015, 28 (4), 672−681. (12) Gross, M. S.; Olivos, H. J.; Butryn, D. M.; Olson, J. R.; Aga, D. S. Analysis of Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (OHBDEs) by Supercritical Fluid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Talanta 2016, 161, 122−129. (13) Mohler, R. E.; O’Reilly, K. T.; Zemo, D. A.; Tiwary, A. K.; Magaw, R. I.; Synowiec, K. A. Non-Targeted Analysis of Petroleum Metabolites in Groundwater Using GC × GC−TOFMS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47 (18), 10471−10476. (14) Nelson, R. K.; Kile, B. M.; Plata, D. L.; Sylva, S. P.; Xu, L.; Reddy, C. M.; Gaines, R. B.; Frysinger, G. S.; Reichenbach, S. E. Tracking the Weathering of an Oil Spill with Comprehensive TwoDimensional Gas Chromatography. Environ. Forensics 2006, 7 (1), 33− 44. (15) Gómez, M. J.; Gómez-Ramos, M. M.; Agüera, A.; Mezcua, M.; Herrera, S.; Fernández-Alba, A. R. A New Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry Method for the Simultaneous Analysis of Target and Non-target Organic Contaminants in Waters. J. Chromatogr. A 2009, 1216 (18), 4071−4082. (16) Prebihalo, S.; Brockman, A.; Cochran, J.; Dorman, F. L. Determination of Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater Utilizing Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas-Chromatography Coupled with Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 2015, 1419, 109−115. (17) Barzen-Hanson, K. A.; Field, J. A. Discovery and Implications of C2 and C3 Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonates in Aqueous Film-Forming Foams and Groundwater. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2015, 2 (4), 95−99. (18) Stapleton, H. M.; Sharma, S.; Getzinger, G.; Ferguson, P. L.; Gabriel, M.; Webster, T. F.; Blum, A. Novel and High Volume Use Flame Retardants in US Couches Reflective of the 2005 PentaBDE Phase Out. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (24), 13432−13439. (19) Celiz, M. D.; Tso, J.; Aga, D. S. Pharmaceutical Metabolites in the Environment: Analytical Challenges and Ecological Risks. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2009, 28 (12), 2473−2484.

(20) Hu, J.; Nakamura, J.; Richardson, S. D.; Aitken, M. D. Evaluating the Effects of Bioremediation on Genotoxicity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil Using Genetically Engineered, Higher Eukaryotic Cell Lines. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (8), 4607−4613. (21) Chibwe, L.; Geier, M. C.; Nakamura, J.; Tanguay, R. L.; Aitken, M. D.; Simonich, S. L. M. Aerobic Bioremediation of PAH Contaminated Soil Results in Increased Genotoxicity and Developmental Toxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (23), 13889−13898. (22) Zimmermann, K.; Jariyasopit, N.; Massey Simonich, S. L.; Tao, S.; Atkinson, R.; Arey, J. Formation of Nitro-PAHs from the Heterogeneous Reaction of Ambient Particle-Bound PAHs with N2O5/NO3/NO2. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47 (15), 8434−8442. (23) Bedoux, G.; Roig, B.; Thomas, O.; Dupont, V.; Le Bot, B. Occurrence and Toxicity of Antimicrobial Triclosan and By-products in the Environment. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2012, 19 (4), 1044−1065. (24) Escher, B. I.; Fenner, K. Recent Advances in Environmental Risk Assessment of Transformation Products. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45 (9), 3835−3847. (25) Godejohann, M.; Berset, J.-D.; Muff, D. Non-targeted Analysis of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluents by High Performance Liquid Chromatography−Time Slice-Solid Phase Extraction-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance/Time-of-Flight-Mass Spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 2011, 1218 (51), 9202−9209. (26) Gómez, M. J.; Gómez-Ramos, M. M.; Malato, O.; Mezcua, M.; Férnandez-Alba, A. R. Rapid Automated Screening, Identification and Quantification of Organic Micro-Contaminants and Their Main Transformation Products in Wastewater and River Waters Using Liquid Chromatography−Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry with an Accurate-Mass Database. J. Chromatogr. A 2010, 1217 (45), 7038−7054. (27) Gómez-Ramos, M. d. M.; Pérez-Parada, A.; García-Reyes, J. F.; Fernández-Alba, A. R.; Agüera, A. Use of an Accurate-Mass Database for the Systematic Identification of Transformation Products of Organic Contaminants in Wastewater Effluents. J. Chromatogr. A 2011, 1218 (44), 8002−8012. (28) Wu, Y.; Shi, J.; Chen, H.; Zhao, J.; Dong, W. Aqueous Photodegradation of 4-tert-butylphenol: By-products, Degradation Pathway and Theoretical Calculation Assessment. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 566−567, 86−92. (29) Negreira, N.; Regueiro, J.; López de Alda, M.; Barceló, D. Degradation of the Anticancer Drug Erlotinib During Water Chlorination: Non-targeted Approach for the Identification of Transformation Products. Water Res. 2015, 85, 103−113. (30) Rajab, M.; Greco, G.; Heim, C.; Helmreich, B.; Letzel, T. Serial Coupling of RP and Zwitterionic Hydrophilic Interaction LC−MS: Suspects Screening of Diclofenac Transformation Products by Oxidation with a Boron-doped Diamond Electrode. J. Sep. Sci. 2013, 36 (18), 3011−3018. (31) Richardson, S. D.; Kimura, S. Y. Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues. Anal. Chem. 2016, 88 (1), 546− 582. (32) Segalin, J.; Sirtori, C.; Jank, L.; Lima, M. F. S.; Livotto, P. R.; Machado, T. C.; Lansarin, M. A.; Pizzolato, T. M. Identification of Transformation Products of Rosuvastatin in Water during ZnO Photocatalytic Degradation through the Use of Associated LC− QToF−MS to Computational Chemistry. J. Hazard. Mater. 2015, 299, 78−85. (33) Bourgin, M.; Bichon, E.; Antignac, J.-P.; Monteau, F.; Leroy, G.; Barritaud, L.; Chachignon, M.; Ingrand, V.; Roche, P.; Le Bizec, B. Chlorination of Bisphenol A: Non-targeted Screening for the Identification of Transformation Products and Assessment of Estrogenicity in Generated Water. Chemosphere 2013, 93 (11), 2814−2822. (34) González-Mariño, I.; Carpinteiro, I.; Rodil, R.; Rodríguez, I.; Quintana, J. B. Chapter 10: High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry Identification of Micropollutants Transformation Products Produced During Water Disinfection With Chlorine and Related Chemicals. In Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry; Pérez, S., Eichhorn, P., Barcelo, D., G


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters Eds.; Applications of Time-of-Flight and Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry in Environmental, Food, Doping, and Forensic Analysis; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2016; Vol. 71, pp 283−334. (35) Wang, M.; Helbling, D. E. A non-target approach to identify disinfection byproducts of structurally similar sulfonamide antibiotics. Water Res. 2016, 102, 241−251. (36) Müller, A.; Schulz, W.; Ruck, W. K. L.; Weber, W. H. A New Approach to Data Evaluation in the Non-target Screening of Organic Trace Substances in Water Analysis. Chemosphere 2011, 85 (8), 1211− 1219. (37) Kern, S.; Fenner, K.; Singer, H. P.; Schwarzenbach, R. P.; Hollender, J. Identification of Transformation Products of Organic Contaminants in Natural Waters by Computer-Aided Prediction and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 (18), 7039−7046. (38) Gosetti, F.; Mazzucco, E.; Gennaro, M. C.; Marengo, E. Contaminants in Water: Non-target UHPLC/MS Analysis. Environ. Chem. Lett. 2016, 14 (1), 51−65. (39) Schymanski, E. L.; Singer, H. P.; Slobodnik, J.; Ipolyi, I. M.; Oswald, P.; Krauss, M.; Schulze, T.; Haglund, P.; Letzel, T.; Grosse, S.; et al. Non-target Screening with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Critical Review Using a Collaborative Trial on Water Analysis. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2015, 407 (21), 6237−6255. (40) López, S. H.; Ulaszewska, M. M.; Hernando, M. D.; Bueno, M. J. M.; Gómez, M. J.; Fernández-Alba, A. R. Post-Acquisition Data Processing for the Screening of Transformation Products of Different Organic Contaminants. Two-year Monitoring of River Water using LC-ESI-QToF-MS and GCxGC-EI-ToF-MS. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2014, 21 (21), 12583−12604. (41) Ibáñez, M.; Sancho, J. V.; Hernández, F.; McMillan, D.; Rao, R. Rapid Non-target Screening of Organic Pollutants in Water by Ultraperformance Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2008, 27 (5), 481−489. (42) Bade, R.; Causanilles, A.; Emke, E.; Bijlsma, L.; Sancho, J. V.; Hernandez, F.; de Voogt, P. Facilitating High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data Processing for Screening of Environmental Water Samples: An Evaluation of Two Deconvolution Tools. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 569−570, 434−441. (43) Krauss, M.; Singer, H.; Hollender, J. LC−High Resolution MS in Environmental Analysis: From Target Screening to the Identification of Unknowns. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2010, 397 (3), 943−951. (44) Schymanski, E. L.; Singer, H. P.; Longrée, P.; Loos, M.; Ruff, M.; Stravs, M. A.; Ripollés Vidal, C.; Hollender, J. Strategies to Characterize Polar Organic Contamination in Wastewater: Exploring the Capability of High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (3), 1811−1818. (45) Gago-Ferrero, P.; Schymanski, E. L.; Bletsou, A. A.; Aalizadeh, R.; Hollender, J.; Thomaidis, N. S. Extended Suspect and Non-Target Strategies to Characterize Emerging Polar Organic Contaminants in Raw Wastewater with LC-HRMS/MS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (20), 12333−12341. (46) He, Z.; Xu, Y.; Wang, L.; Peng, Y.; Luo, M.; Cheng, H.; Liu, X. Wide-Scope Screening and Quantification of 50 Pesticides in Wine by Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry Combined with Liquid Chromatography/Quadrupole Linear Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry. Food Chem. 2016, 196, 1248−1255. (47) Rotander, A.; Kärrman, A.; Toms, L.-M. L.; Kay, M.; Mueller, J. F.; Gómez Ramos, M. J. Novel Fluorinated Surfactants Tentatively Identified in Firefighters Using Liquid Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Tandem Mass Spectrometry and a Case-Control Approach. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (4), 2434−2442. (48) Aceña, J.; Heuett, N.; Gardinali, P.; Pérez, S. Chapter 12: Suspect Screening of Pharmaceuticals and Related Bioactive Compounds, Their Metabolites and Their Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment, Biota and Humans Using LC-HR-MS Techniques. In Comprehensive Analytical Chemistry; Pérez, S., Eichhorn, P., Barcelo, D., Eds.; Applications of Time-of-Flight and Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry in Environmental, Food, Doping, and Forensic Analysis; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2016; Vol. 71, pp 357−378.

(49) Letzel, T.; Bayer, A.; Schulz, W.; Heermann, A.; Lucke, T.; Greco, G.; Grosse, S.; Schüssler, W.; Sengl, M.; Letzel, M. LC−MS Screening Techniques for Wastewater Analysis and Analytical Data Handling Strategies: Sartans and Their Transformation Products as an Example. Chemosphere 2015, 137, 198−206. (50) McMahen, R. L.; Strynar, M. J.; McMillan, L.; DeRose, E.; Lindstrom, A. B. Comparison of Fipronil Sources in North Carolina Surface Water and Identification of a Novel Fipronil Transformation Product in Recycled Wastewater. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 569−570, 880−887. (51) Singh, R. R.; Lester, Y.; Linden, K. G.; Love, N. G.; AtillaGokcumen, G. E.; Aga, D. S. Application of Metabolite Profiling Tools and Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in the Identification of Transformation Products of Iopromide and Iopamidol during Advanced Oxidation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (5), 2983−2990. (52) Brooks, L. R.; Hughes, T. J.; Claxton, L. D.; Austern, B.; Brenner, R.; Kremer, F. Bioassay-Directed Fractionation and Chemical Identification of Mutagens in Bioremediated Soils. Environ. Health Perspect. 1998, 106 (Suppl. 6), 1435−1440. (53) Lundstedt, S.; Haglund, P.; Ö berg, L. Degradation and Formation of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds during Bioslurry Treatment of an Aged Gasworks Soil. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2003, 22 (7), 1413−1420. (54) Jariyasopit, N.; McIntosh, M.; Zimmermann, K.; Arey, J.; Atkinson, R.; Cheong, P. H.-Y.; Carter, R. G.; Yu, T.-W.; Dashwood, R. H.; Massey Simonich, S. L. Novel Nitro-PAH Formation from Heterogeneous Reactions of PAHs with NO2, NO3/N2O5, and OH Radicals: Prediction, Laboratory Studies, and Mutagenicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (1), 412−419. (55) Cochran, R. E.; Jeong, H.; Haddadi, S.; Fisseha Derseh, R.; Gowan, A.; Beránek, J.; Kubátová, A. Identification of Products Formed During the Heterogeneous Nitration and Ozonation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Atmos. Environ. 2016, 128, 92− 103. (56) Maki, H.; Sasaki, T.; Harayama, S. Photo-Oxidation of Biodegraded Crude Oil and Toxicity of the Photo-Oxidized Products. Chemosphere 2001, 44 (5), 1145−1151. (57) Picó, Y.; Barceló, D. Transformation Products of Emerging Contaminants in the Environment and High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: A New Horizon. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2015, 407 (21), 6257−6273. (58) Mondello, L. Comprehensive Chromatography in Combination with Mass Spectrometry; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 2011. (59) Kind, T.; Fiehn, O. Advances in Structure Elucidation of Small Molecules Using Mass Spectrometry. Bioanal. Rev. 2010, 2 (1−4), 23− 60. (60) Baldwin, S.; Bristow, T.; Ray, A.; Rome, K.; Sanderson, N.; Sims, M.; Cojocariu, C.; Silcock, P. Applicability of Gas Chromatography/Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry in Support of Pharmaceutical Research and Development. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 2016, 30 (7), 873−880. (61) Peterson, A. C.; Hauschild, J.-P.; Quarmby, S. T.; Krumwiede, D.; Lange, O.; Lemke, R. A. S.; Grosse-Coosmann, F.; Horning, S.; Donohue, T. J.; Westphall, M. S.; et al. Development of a GC/ Quadrupole-Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer, Part I: Design and Characterization. Anal. Chem. 2014, 86 (20), 10036−10043. (62) Mol, H. G. J.; Tienstra, M.; Zomer, P. Evaluation of Gas Chromatography − Electron Ionization − Full Scan High Resolution Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry for Pesticide Residue Analysis. Anal. Chim. Acta 2016, 935, 161−172. (63) Hernández, F.; Sancho, J. V.; Ibáñez, M.; Abad, E.; Portolés, T.; Mattioli, L. Current Use of High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry in the Environmental Sciences. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2012, 403 (5), 1251− 1264. (64) Chiaia-Hernandez, A. C.; Schymanski, E. L.; Kumar, P.; Singer, H. P.; Hollender, J. Suspect and Nontarget Screening Approaches to Identify Organic Contaminant Records in Lake Sediments. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2014, 406 (28), 7323−7335. H


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters (65) Pani, O.; Górecki, T. Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography (GC × GC) in Environmental Analysis and Monitoring. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2006, 386 (4), 1013−1023. (66) Manzano, C.; Hoh, E.; Simonich, S. L. M. Improved Separation of Complex Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Mixtures Using Novel Column Combinations in GC × GC/ToF-MS. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (14), 7677−7684. (67) Hilton, D. C.; Jones, R. S.; Sjödin, A. A Method for Rapid, Nontargeted Screening for Environmental Contaminants in Household Dust. J. Chromatogr. A 2010, 1217 (44), 6851−6856. (68) Hoh, E.; Lehotay, S. J.; Mastovska, K.; Ngo, H. L.; Vetter, W.; Pangallo, K. C.; Reddy, C. M. Capabilities of Direct Sample Introduction−Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography−Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry to Analyze Organic Chemicals of Interest in Fish Oils. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 (9), 3240− 3247. (69) Marvin, C. H.; McCarry, B. E.; Lundrigan, J. A.; Roberts, K.; Bryant, D. W. Bioassay-Directed Fractionation of PAH of Molecular Mass 302 in Coal Tar-Contaminated Sediment. Sci. Total Environ. 1999, 231 (2−3), 135−144. (70) Baud-Grasset, F.; Baud-Grasset, S.; Safferman, S. I. Evaluation of the Bioremediation of a Contaminated Soil with Phytotoxicity Tests. Chemosphere 1993, 26 (7), 1365−1374. (71) Al-Mutairi, N.; Bufarsan, A.; Al-Rukaibi, F. Ecorisk Evaluation and Treatability Potential of Soils Contaminated with Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Based Fuels. Chemosphere 2008, 74 (1), 142−148. (72) Lübcke-von Varel, U.; Streck, G.; Brack, W. Automated Fractionation Procedure for Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds in Sediment Extracts on Three Coupled Normal-Phase High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Columns. J. Chromatogr. A 2008, 1185 (1), 31−42. (73) Gallampois, C. M. J.; Schymanski, E. L.; Krauss, M.; Ulrich, N.; Bataineh, M.; Brack, W. Multicriteria Approach to Select Polyaromatic River Mutagen Candidates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (5), 2959− 2968. (74) Brack, W.; Ait-Aissa, S.; Burgess, R. M.; Busch, W.; Creusot, N.; Di Paolo, C.; Escher, B. I.; Mark Hewitt, L.; Hilscherova, K.; Hollender, J.; et al. Effect-Directed Analysis Supporting Monitoring of Aquatic Environments  An In-Depth Overview. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 544, 1073−1118. (75) Fang, M.; Webster, T. F.; Stapleton, H. M. Effect-Directed Analysis of Human Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Nuclear Receptors (PPARγ1) Ligands in Indoor Dust. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (16), 10065−10073. (76) Weiss, J. M.; Hamers, T.; Thomas, K. V.; van der Linden, S.; Leonards, P. E. G.; Lamoree, M. H. Masking Effect of Anti-Androgens on Androgenic Activity in European River Sediment Unveiled by Effect-Directed Analysis. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2009, 394 (5), 1385− 1397. (77) Weiss, J. M.; Simon, E.; Stroomberg, G. J.; de Boer, R.; de Boer, J.; van der Linden, S. C.; Leonards, P. E. G.; Lamoree, M. H. Identification Strategy for Unknown Pollutants Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Androgen-Disrupting Compounds Identified through Effect-Directed Analysis. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2011, 400 (9), 3141−3149. (78) Mao, D.; Lookman, R.; Weghe, H. V. D.; Weltens, R.; Vanermen, G.; Brucker, N. D.; Diels, L. Combining HPLC-GCXGC, GCXGC/ToF-MS, and Selected Ecotoxicity Assays for Detailed Monitoring of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation in Soil and Leaching Water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43 (20), 7651−7657. (79) Brack, W. Effect-Directed Analysis: A Promising Tool for the Identification of Organic Toxicants in Complex Mixtures? Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2003, 377 (3), 397−407. (80) Hecker, M.; Hollert, H. Effect-Directed Analysis (EDA) in Aquatic Ecotoxicology: State of the Art and Future Challenges. Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 2009, 16 (6), 607−613. (81) Simon, E.; Lamoree, M. H.; Hamers, T.; de Boer, J. Challenges in Effect-Directed Analysis with a Focus on Biological Samples. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2015, 67, 179−191.

(82) Nielen, M. W. F.; van Bennekom, E. O.; Heskamp, H. H.; van Rhijn, J. (H.) A.; Bovee, T. F. H.; Hoogenboom, L. (R.) A. P. Bioassay-Directed Identification of Estrogen Residues in Urine by Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Anal. Chem. 2004, 76 (22), 6600−6608. (83) Dorn, P. B.; Vipond, T. E.; Salanitro, J. P.; Wisniewski, H. L. Assessment of the Acute Toxicity of Crude Oils in Soils Using Earthworms, Microtox®, and Plants. Chemosphere 1998, 37 (5), 845− 860. (84) Neale, P. A.; Ait-Aissa, S.; Brack, W.; Creusot, N.; Denison, M. S.; Deutschmann, B.; Hilscherová, K.; Hollert, H.; Krauss, M.; Novák, J.; et al. Linking in Vitro Effects and Detected Organic Micropollutants in Surface Water Using Mixture-Toxicity Modeling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (24), 14614−14624. (85) Titaley, I. A.; Chlebowski, A.; Truong, L.; Tanguay, R. L.; Massey Simonich, S. L. Identification and Toxicological Evaluation of Unsubstituted PAHs and Novel PAH Derivatives in Pavement Sealcoat Products. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2016, 3 (6), 234−242. (86) Lazar, A. G.; Romanciuc, F.; Socaciu, M. A.; Socaciu, C. Bioinformatics Tools for Metabolomic Data Processing and Analysis Using Untargeted Liquid Chromatography Coupled With Mass Spectrometry. Bull. Univ. Agric. Sci. Vet. Med. Cluj-Napoca, Anim. Sci. Biotechnol. 2015, 72 (2), 103−115. (87) Reichenbach, S. E.; Ni, M.; Kottapalli, V.; Visvanathan, A. Information technologies for comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography. Chemom. Intell. Lab. Syst. 2004, 71 (2), 107−120. (88) Zedda, M.; Zwiener, C. Is nontarget screening of emerging contaminants by LC-HRMS successful? A plea for compound libraries and computer tools. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2012, 403 (9), 2493−2502. (89) Prebihalo, S.; Brockman, A.; Cochran, J.; Dorman, F. L. Determination of emerging contaminants in wastewater utilizing comprehensive two-dimensional gas-chromatography coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry. J. Chromatogr. A 2015, 1419, 109− 115. (90) Bean, H. D.; Hill, J. E.; Dimandja, J.-M. D. Improving the quality of biomarker candidates in untargeted metabolomics via peak tablebased alignment of comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography−mass spectrometry data. J. Chromatogr. A 2015, 1394, 111− 117. (91) Wang, W.; Wang, S.; Tan, S.; Wen, M.; Qian, Y.; Zeng, X.; Guo, Y.; Yu, C. Detection of urine metabolites in polycystic ovary syndrome by UPLC triple-TOF-MS. Clin. Chim. Acta 2015, 448, 39−47. (92) Yan, Z.; Yan, R. Tailored sensitivity reduction improves pattern recognition and information recovery with a higher tolerance to varied sample concentration for targeted urinary metabolomics. J. Chromatogr. A 2016, 1443, 101−110. (93) Tulipani, S.; Mora-Cubillos, X.; Jáuregui, O.; Llorach, R.; GarcíaFuentes, E.; Tinahones, F. J.; Andres-Lacueva, C. New and Vintage Solutions To Enhance the Plasma Metabolome Coverage by LC-ESIMS Untargeted Metabolomics: The Not-So-Simple Process of Method Performance Evaluation. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (5), 2639−2647. (94) Schlüsener, M. P.; Kunkel, U.; Ternes, T. A. Quaternary Triphenylphosphonium Compounds: A New Class of Environmental Pollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (24), 14282−14291. (95) Johnson, S. NIST Standard Reference Database 1A, version 14 (https://www.nist.gov/srd/nist-standard-reference-database-1a-v14); National Institute of Standards and Technology: Gaithersburg, MD (accessed November 2, 2016). (96) Kerber, A.; Laue, R.; Meringer, M.; Varmuza, K. MOLGEN-MS: Evaluation of Low Resolution Electron Impact Mass Spectra with MS Classification and Exhaustive Structure Generation. Adv. Mass Spectrom. 2001, 15 (939−940), 22. (97) Schymanski, E. L.; Gerlich, M.; Ruttkies, C.; Neumann, S. Solving CASMI 2013 with MetFrag, MetFusion and MOLGEN-MS/ MS. Mass Spectrom. 2014, 3 (SpecialIssue 2), S0036. (98) Wolf, S.; Schmidt, S.; Müller-Hannemann, M.; Neumann, S. In silico Fragmentation for Computer Assisted Identification of Metabolite Mass Spectra. BMC Bioinf. 2010, 11, 148−159. I


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters (99) Zhou, J.; Weber, R. J. M.; Allwood, J. W.; Mistrik, R.; Zhu, Z.; Ji, Z.; Chen, S.; Dunn, W. B.; He, S.; Viant, M. R. HAMMER: Automated Operation of Mass Frontier to Construct In silico Mass Spectral Fragmentation Libraries. Bioinformatics 2014, 30 (4), 581−583. (100) The PubChem Project. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ (accessed October 7, 2016). (101) ChemSpider|Search and share chemistry. http://www. chemspider.com/ (accessed October 7, 2016). (102) Horai, H.; Arita, M.; Kanaya, S.; Nihei, Y.; Ikeda, T.; Suwa, K.; Ojima, Y.; Tanaka, K.; Tanaka, S.; Aoshima, K.; et al. MassBank: A Public Repository for Sharing Mass Spectral Data for Life Sciences. J. Mass Spectrom. 2010, 45 (7), 703−714. (103) Smith, C. A.; O’Maille, G.; Want, E. J.; Qin, C.; Trauger, S. A.; Brandon, T. R.; Custodio, D. E.; Abagyan, R.; Siuzdak, G. METLIN: A Metabolite Mass Spectral Database. Ther. Drug Monit. 2005, 27 (6), 747−751. (104) Zedda, M.; Zwiener, C. Is Nontarget Screening of Emerging Contaminants by LC-HRMS Successful? A Plea for Compound Libraries and Computer Tools. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2012, 403 (9), 2493−2502. (105) Hufsky, F.; Böcker, S. Mining molecular structure databases: Identification of small molecules based on fragmentation mass spectrometry data. Mass Spectrom. Rev. 2016, n/a. (106) Babushok, V. I. Chromatographic Retention Indices in Identification of Chemical Compounds. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2015, 69, 98−104. (107) Ulrich, N.; Schüürmann, G.; Brack, W. Linear Solvation Energy Relationships as Classifiers in Non-target AnalysisA Capillary Liquid Chromatography Approach. J. Chromatogr. A 2011, 1218 (45), 8192− 8196. (108) Ulrich, N.; Schüürmann, G.; Brack, W. Prediction of Gas Chromatographic Retention Indices as Classifier in Non-target Analysis of Environmental Samples. J. Chromatogr. A 2013, 1285, 139−147. (109) Aalizadeh, R.; Thomaidis, N. S.; Bletsou, A. A.; Gago-Ferrero, P. Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationship Models To Support Nontarget High-Resolution Mass Spectrometric Screening of Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Samples. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2016, 56 (7), 1384−1398. (110) Abate-Pella, D.; Freund, D. M.; Ma, Y.; Simón-Manso, Y.; Hollender, J.; Broeckling, C. D.; Huhman, D. V.; Krokhin, O. V.; Stoll, D. R.; Hegeman, A. D.; et al. Retention Projection Enables Accurate Calculation of Liquid Chromatographic Retention Times Across Labs and Methods. J. Chromatogr. A 2015, 1412, 43−51. (111) Stanstrup, J.; Neumann, S.; Vrhovšek, U. PredRet: Prediction of Retention Time by Direct Mapping between Multiple Chromatographic Systems. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (18), 9421−9428. (112) Falchi, F.; Bertozzi, S. M.; Ottonello, G.; Ruda, G. F.; Colombano, G.; Fiorelli, C.; Martucci, C.; Bertorelli, R.; Scarpelli, R.; Cavalli, A.; et al. Kernel-Based, Partial Least Squares Quantitative Structure-Retention Relationship Model for UPLC Retention Time Prediction: A Useful Tool for Metabolite Identification. Anal. Chem. 2016, 88 (19), 9510−9517. (113) Simpson, S.; Gross, M. S.; Olson, J. R.; Zurek, E.; Aga, D. S. Identification of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether Metabolites Based on Calculated Boiling Points from COSMO-RS, Experimental Retention Times, and Mass Spectral Fragmentation Patterns. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (4), 2299−2305. (114) Myers, A. L.; Watson-Leung, T.; Jobst, K. J.; Shen, L.; Besevic, S.; Organtini, K.; Dorman, F. L.; Mabury, S. A.; Reiner, E. J. Complementary Nontargeted and Targeted Mass Spectrometry Techniques to Determine Bioaccumulation of Halogenated Contaminants in Freshwater Species. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (23), 13844−13854. (115) Peng, H.; Chen, C.; Saunders, D. M. V.; Sun, J.; Tang, S.; Codling, G.; Hecker, M.; Wiseman, S.; Jones, P. D.; Li, A.; et al. Untargeted Identification of Organo-Bromine Compounds in Lake Sediments by Ultrahigh-Resolution Mass Spectrometry with the Data-

Independent Precursor Isolation and Characteristic Fragment Method. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (20), 10237−10246. (116) Wang, B.; Wan, Y.; Zheng, G.; Hu, J. Evaluating a Tap Water Contamination Incident Attributed to Oil Contamination by Nontargeted Screening Strategies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (6), 2956−2963. (117) Li, X.; Brownawell, B. J. Analysis of Quaternary Ammonium Compounds in Estuarine Sediments by LC−ToF-MS: Very High Positive Mass Defects of Alkylamine Ions as Powerful Diagnostic Tools for Identification and Structural Elucidation. Anal. Chem. 2009, 81 (19), 7926−7935. (118) Schymanski, E. L.; Jeon, J.; Gulde, R.; Fenner, K.; Ruff, M.; Singer, H. P.; Hollender, J. Identifying Small Molecules via High Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Communicating Confidence. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (4), 2097−2098. (119) Sjerps, R. M. A.; Vughs, D.; van Leerdam, J. A.; ter Laak, T. L.; van Wezel, A. P. Data-driven Prioritization of Chemicals for Various Water Types Using Suspect Screening LC-HRMS. Water Res. 2016, 93, 254−264. (120) Bletsou, A. A.; Jeon, J.; Hollender, J.; Archontaki, E.; Thomaidis, N. S. Targeted and Non-targeted Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Workflows for Identification of Transformation Products of Emerging Pollutants in the Aquatic Environment. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2015, 66, 32−44. (121) Helbling, D. E.; Hollender, J.; Kohler, H.-P. E.; Singer, H.; Fenner, K. High-Throughput Identification of Microbial Transformation Products of Organic Micropollutants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44 (17), 6621−6627. (122) Arora, P. K.; Bae, H. Integration of Bioinformatics to Biodegradation. Biol. Proced. Online 2014, 16, 8. (123) Rücker, C.; Kümmerer, K. Modeling and Predicting Aquatic Aerobic Biodegradation − A Review from a User’s Perspective. Green Chem. 2012, 14 (4), 875−887. (124) Ellis, L. B. M.; Roe, D.; Wackett, L. P. The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: The First Decade. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006, 34 (Suppl. 1), D517−D521. (125) Gao, J.; Ellis, L. B. M.; Wackett, L. P. The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: Improving Public Access. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010, 38 (Suppl. 1), D488−D491. (126) Huntscha, S.; Hofstetter, T. B.; Schymanski, E. L.; Spahr, S.; Hollender, J. Biotransformation of Benzotriazoles: Insights from Transformation Product Identification and Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (8), 4435−4443. (127) Fenner, K.; Gao, J.; Kramer, S.; Ellis, L.; Wackett, L. Datadriven Extraction of Relative Reasoning Rules to Limit Combinatorial Explosion in Biodegradation Pathway Prediction. Bioinformatics 2008, 24 (18), 2079−2085. (128) Gulde, R.; Meier, U.; Schymanski, E. L.; Kohler, H.-P. E.; Helbling, D. E.; Derrer, S.; Rentsch, D.; Fenner, K. Systematic Exploration of Biotransformation Reactions of Amine-Containing Micropollutants in Activated Sludge. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (6), 2908−2920. (129) Wicker, J.; Lorsbach, T.; Gütlein, M.; Schmid, E.; Latino, D.; Kramer, S.; Fenner, K. enviPath − The Environmental Contaminant Biotransformation Pathway Resource. Nucleic Acids Res. 2016, 44 (D1), D502−D508. (130) Finley, S. D.; Broadbelt, L. J.; Hatzimanikatis, V. Computational Framework for Predictive Biodegradation. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009, 104 (6), 1086−1097. (131) Hatzimanikatis, V.; Li, C.; Ionita, J. A.; Henry, C. S.; Jankowski, M. D.; Broadbelt, L. J. Exploring the Diversity of Complex Metabolic Networks. Bioinformatics 2005, 21 (8), 1603−1609. (132) Finley, S. D.; Broadbelt, L. J.; Hatzimanikatis, V. In silico Feasibility of Novel Biodegradation Pathways for 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene. BMC Syst. Biol. 2010, 4, 7. (133) Moriya, Y.; Shigemizu, D.; Hattori, M.; Tokimatsu, T.; Kotera, M.; Goto, S.; Kanehisa, M. PathPred: An Enzyme-Catalyzed Metabolic Pathway Prediction Server. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010, 38 (WebServer), W138−W143. J


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters (134) Kanehisa, M.; Goto, S.; Hattori, M.; Aoki-Kinoshita, K. F.; Itoh, M.; Kawashima, S.; Katayama, T.; Araki, M.; Hirakawa, M. From Genomics to Chemical Genomics: New Developments in KEGG. Nucleic Acids Res. 2006, 34 (Suppl. 1), D354−D357. (135) Testa, B.; Balmat, A.-L.; Long, A.; Judson, P. Predicting Drug Metabolism − An Evaluation of the Expert System METEOR. Chem. Biodiversity 2005, 2 (7), 872−885. (136) Klopman, G.; Dimayuga, M.; Talafous, J. META. 1. A Program for the Evaluation of Metabolic Transformation of Chemicals. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 1994, 34 (6), 1320−1325. (137) Pinto, C. L.; Mansouri, K.; Judson, R.; Browne, P. Prediction of Estrogenic Bioactivity of Environmental Chemical Metabolites. Chem. Res. Toxicol. 2016, 29 (9), 1410−1427. (138) Gutowski, L.; Olsson, O.; Leder, C.; Kümmerer, K. A Comparative Assessment of the Transformation Products of Smetolachlor and Its Commercial Product Mercantor Gold® and Their Fate in the Aquatic Environment by Employing a Combination of Experimental and In silico Methods. Sci. Total Environ. 2015, 506− 507, 369−379. (139) Rodriguez-Sanchez, N.; Cronin, M. T. D.; Lillicrap, A.; Madden, J. C.; Piechota, P.; Tollefsen, K. E. Development of a List of Reference Chemicals for Evaluating Alternative Methods to In vivo Fish Bioaccumulation Tests. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2014, 33 (12), 2740−2752. (140) Dimitrov, S.; Pavlov, T.; Veith, G.; Mekenyan, O. Simulation of Chemical Metabolism for Fate and Hazard Assessment. I. Approach for Simulating Metabolism. SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 2011, 22 (7−8), 699−718. (141) Judson, P. N.; Long, A.; Murray, E.; Patel, M. Assessing Confidence in Predictions Using Veracity and Utility − A Case Study on the Prediction of Mammalian Metabolism by Meteor Nexus. Mol. Inf. 2015, 34 (5), 284−291. (142) Jeffryes, J. G.; Colastani, R. L.; Elbadawi-Sidhu, M.; Kind, T.; Niehaus, T. D.; Broadbelt, L. J.; Hanson, A. D.; Fiehn, O.; Tyo, K. E. J.; Henry, C. S. MINEs: Open Access Databases of Computationally Predicted Enzyme Promiscuity Products for Untargeted Metabolomics. J. Cheminf. 2015, 7 (1), 44−51. (143) Dimitrov, S.; Pavlov, T.; Dimitrova, N.; Georgieva, D.; Nedelcheva, D.; Kesova, A.; Vasilev, R.; Mekenyan, O. Simulation of Chemical Metabolism for Fate and Hazard Assessment. II CATALOGIC Simulation of Abiotic and Microbial Degradation. SAR QSAR Environ. Res. 2011, 22 (7−8), 719−755. (144) Schollée, J. E.; Schymanski, E. L.; Avak, S. E.; Loos, M.; Hollender, J. Prioritizing Unknown Transformation Products from Biologically-Treated Wastewater Using High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry, Multivariate Statistics, and Metabolic Logic. Anal. Chem. 2015, 87 (24), 12121−12129. (145) Schymanski, E. L.; Gallampois, C. M. J.; Krauss, M.; Meringer, M.; Neumann, S.; Schulze, T.; Wolf, S.; Brack, W. Consensus Structure Elucidation Combining GC/EI-MS, Structure Generation, and Calculated Properties. Anal. Chem. 2012, 84 (7), 3287−3295. (146) Schymanski, E. L.; Meringer, M.; Brack, W. Automated Strategies To Identify Compounds on the Basis of GC/EI-MS and Calculated Properties. Anal. Chem. 2011, 83 (3), 903−912. (147) Schymanski, E.; Schulze, T.; Hermans, J.; Brack, W. Computer Tools for Structure Elucidation in Effect-Directed Analysis. In EffectDirected Analysis of Complex Environmental Contamination; Brack, W., Ed.; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; Springer: Berlin, 2011; pp 167−198. (148) Schymanski, E. L.; Bataineh, M.; Goss, K.-U.; Brack, W. Integrated Analytical and Computer Tools for Structure Elucidation in Effect-Directed Analysis. TrAC, Trends Anal. Chem. 2009, 28 (5), 550−561. (149) Official Gaussian Website. http://www.gaussian.com/ (accessed April 18, 2016). (150) Dang, J.; Shi, X.; Zhang, Q.; Hu, J.; Wang, W. Mechanism and Kinetic Properties for the OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation Degradation of 9,10-Dichlorophenanthrene. Sci. Total Environ. 2015, 505, 787−794.

(151) Dang, J.; Shi, X.; Hu, J.; Chen, J.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, W. Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies on OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation Degradation of Benzo[α]pyrene in the Presence of O2 and NOx. Chemosphere 2015, 119, 387−393. (152) Dang, J.; Shi, X.; Zhang, Q.; Hu, J.; Chen, J.; Wang, W. Mechanistic and Kinetic Studies on the OH-Initiated Atmospheric Oxidation of Fluoranthene. Sci. Total Environ. 2014, 490, 639−646. (153) Dang, J.; Shi, X.; Zhang, Q.; Hu, J.; Wang, W. Insights into the Mechanism and Kinetics of the Gas-Phase Atmospheric Reaction of 9Chloroanthracene with NO3 Radical in the Presence of NOx. RSC Adv. 2015, 5 (102), 84066−84075. (154) Borduas, N.; da Silva, G.; Murphy, J. G.; Abbatt, J. P. D. Experimental and Theoretical Understanding of the Gas Phase Oxidation of Atmospheric Amides with OH Radicals: Kinetics, Products, and Mechanisms. J. Phys. Chem. A 2015, 119 (19), 4298− 4308. (155) Borduas, N.; Murphy, J. G.; Wang, C.; da Silva, G.; Abbatt, J. P. D. Gas Phase Oxidation of Nicotine by OH Radicals: Kinetics, Mechanisms, and Formation of HNCO. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2016, 3, 327−331. (156) Barr, W. J.; Yi, T.; Aga, D.; Acevedo, O.; Harper, W. F. Using Electronic Theory To Identify Metabolites Present in 17αEthinylestradiol Biotransformation Pathways. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (2), 760−768. (157) Ohura, T.; Kitazawa, A.; Amagai, T.; Makino, M. Occurrence, Profiles, and Photostabilities of Chlorinated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Associated with Particulates in Urban Air. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39 (1), 85−91. (158) Yu, Q.; Xie, H.-B.; Chen, J. Atmospheric Chemical Reactions of Alternatives of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Initiated by OH: A Case Study on Triphenyl Phosphate. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 571, 1105−1114. (159) Zhang, Q.; Qu, X.; Wang, W. Mechanism of OH-Initiated Atmospheric Photooxidation of Dichlorvos: A Quantum Mechanical Study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41 (17), 6109−6116. (160) Bai, J.; Sun, X.; Zhang, C.; Xu, Y.; Qi, C. The OH-initiated Atmospheric Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics for Levoglucosan Emitted in Biomass Burning. Chemosphere 2013, 93 (9), 2004−2010. (161) Finley, S. D.; Broadbelt, L. J.; Hatzimanikatis, V. Thermodynamic Analysis of Biodegradation Pathways. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2009, 103 (3), 532−541. (162) Valiev, M.; Bylaska, E. J.; Govind, N.; Kowalski, K.; Straatsma, T. P.; Van Dam, H. J. J.; Wang, D.; Nieplocha, J.; Apra, E.; Windus, T. L.; et al. NWChem: A Comprehensive and Scalable Open-Source Solution for Large Scale Molecular Simulations. Comput. Phys. Commun. 2010, 181 (9), 1477−1489. (163) Maldonado-Rojas, W.; Rivera-Julio, K.; Olivero-Verbel, J.; Aga, D. S. Mechanisms of Interaction Between Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and CYP2B6: An In silico Approach. Chemosphere 2016, 159, 113−125. (164) Huang, H.; Zhang, S.; Lv, J.; Wen, B.; Wang, S.; Wu, T. Experimental and theoretical evidence for diastereomer- and enantiomer-specific accumulation and biotransformation of HBCD in maize roots. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 12205−12213. (165) Ng, C. A.; Hungerbuehler, K. Exploring the Use of Molecular Docking to Identify Bioaccumulative Perfluorinated Alkyl Acids (PFAAs). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (20), 12306−12314. (166) Li, X.; Ye, L.; Wang, X.; Wang, X.; Liu, H.; Qian, X.; Zhu, Y.; Yu, H. Molecular Docking, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, and Structure-based 3D-QSAR Studies on Estrogenic Activity of Hydroxylated Polychlorinated Biphenyls. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 441, 230−238. (167) Storck, V.; Lucini, L.; Mamy, L.; Ferrari, F.; Papadopoulou, E. S.; Nikolaki, S.; Karas, P. A.; Servien, R.; Karpouzas, D. G.; Trevisan, M.; Benoit, P.; Martin-Laurent, F. Identification and Characterization of Tebuconazole Transformation Products in Soil by Combining Suspect Screening and Molecular Typology. Environ. Pollut. 2016, 208 (Part B), 537−545. K


Review

Environmental Science & Technology Letters (168) Grigoriadou, A.; Schwarzbauer, J. Non-target Screening of Organic Contaminants in Sediments from the Industrial Coastal Area of Kavala City (NE Greece). Water, Air, Soil Pollut. 2011, 214 (1−4), 623−643. (169) Zushi, Y.; Hashimoto, S.; Tamada, M.; Masunaga, S.; Kanai, Y.; Tanabe, K. Retrospective Analysis by Data Processing Tools for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Coupled to High Resolution Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry: A Challenge for Matrix-rich Sediment Core Sample from Tokyo Bay. J. Chromatogr. A 2014, 1338, 117−126. (170) Xiao, H.; Krauss, M.; Floehr, T.; Yan, Y.; Bahlmann, A.; Eichbaum, K.; Brinkmann, M.; Zhang, X.; Yuan, X.; Brack, W.; Hollert, H. Effect-Directed Analysis of Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Agonists in Sediments from the Three Gorges Reservoir, China. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 11319−11328. (171) López, A.; Yusà, V.; Millet, M.; Coscollà, C. Retrospective Screening of Pesticide Metabolites in Ambient Air Using Liquid Chromatography Coupled to High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Talanta 2016, 150, 27−36. (172) Weggler, B. A.; Ly-Verdu, S.; Jennerwein, M.; Sippula, O.; Reda, A. A.; Orasche, J.; Gröger, T.; Jokiniemi, J.; Zimmermann, R. Untargeted Identification of Wood Type-Specific Markers in Particulate Matter from Wood Combustion. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 10073−10081. (173) Hollender, J.; Singer, H.; Hernando, D.; Kosjek, T.; Heath, E. The Challenge of the Identification and Quantification of Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. In Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle; Fatta-Kassinos, D., Bester, K., Kümmerer, K., Eds.; Environmental Pollution; Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2010; pp 195−211. (174) Forsyth, D. A.; Tilley, L. J.; Prevoir, S. J. Fun with Computational Chemistry: Solving Spectral Problems Using Computed 13C NMR Chemical Shifts. A Comparison of Empirical and Quantum Mechanical Methods. J. Chem. Educ. 2002, 79 (5), 593−600. (175) Lodewyk, M. W.; Siebert, M. R.; Tantillo, D. J. Computational Prediction of 1H and 13C Chemical Shifts: A Useful Tool for Natural Product, Mechanistic, and Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Chem. Rev. 2012, 112 (3), 1839−1862. (176) AIST:Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS). http://sdbs.db.aist.go.jp/sdbs/cgi-bin/cre_index.cgi (accessed October 7, 2016). (177) Binev, Y.; Marques, M. M. B.; Aires-de-Sousa, J. Prediction of 1H NMR Coupling Constants with Associative Neural Networks Trained for Chemical Shifts. J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2007, 47 (6), 2089− 2097. (178) Wang, Z.; Li, S.; Jonca, M.; Lambros, T.; Ferguson, S.; Goodnow, R.; Ho, C.-T. Comparison of Supercritical Fluid Chromatography and Liquid Chromatography for the Separation of Urinary Metabolites of Nobiletin with Chiral and Non-chiral Stationary Phases. Biomed. Chromatogr. 2006, 20 (11), 1206−1215. (179) Ma, H.; Zhang, H.; Wang, L.; Wang, J.; Chen, J. Comprehensive Screening and Priority Ranking of Volatile Organic Compounds in Daliao River, China. Environ. Monit. Assess. 2014, 186 (5), 2813−2821. (180) Plassmann, M. M.; Tengstrand, E.; Åberg, K. M.; Benskin, J. P. Non-target Time Trend Screening: A Data Reduction Strategy for Detecting Emerging Contaminants in Biological Samples. Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 2016, 408 (16), 4203−4208. (181) Rager, J. E.; Strynar, M. J.; Liang, S.; McMahen, R. L.; Richard, A. M.; Grulke, C. M.; Wambaugh, J. F.; Isaacs, K. K.; Judson, R.; Williams, A. J.; et al. Linking High Resolution Mass Spectrometry Data with Exposure and Toxicity Forecasts to Advance High-throughput Environmental Monitoring. Environ. Int. 2016, 88, 269−280. (182) Gangwal, S.; Reif, D. M.; Mosher, S.; Egeghy, P. P.; Wambaugh, J. F.; Judson, R. S.; Hubal, E. A. C. Incorporating Exposure Information Into the Toxicological Prioritization Index Decision Support Framework. Sci. Total Environ. 2012, 435−436, 316−325.

(183) Singer, H. P.; Wössner, A. E.; McArdell, C. S.; Fenner, K. Rapid Screening for Exposure to “Non-Target” Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater Effluents by Combining HRMS-Based Suspect Screening and Exposure Modeling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (13), 6698− 6707. (184) Hug, C.; Krauss, M.; Nüsser, L.; Hollert, H.; Brack, W. Metabolic Transformation as a Diagnostic Tool for the Selection of Candidate Promutagens in Effect-Directed Analysis. Environ. Pollut. 2015, 196, 114−124. (185) Vedani, A.; Dobler, M.; Spreafico, M.; Peristera, O.; Smieško, M. VirtualToxLab - In silico Prediction of the Toxic Potential of Drugs and Environmental Chemicals: Evaluation Status and Internet Access Protocol. ALTEX 2006, 24 (3), 153−161. (186) Vedani, A.; Dobler, M.; Smieško, M. VirtualToxLab  A Platform for Estimating the Toxic Potential of Drugs, Chemicals and Natural Products. Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 2012, 261 (2), 142−153. (187) Mansouri, K.; Abdelaziz, A.; Rybacka, A.; Roncaglioni, A.; Tropsha, A.; Varnek, A.; Zakharov, A.; Worth, A.; Richard, A. M.; Grulke, C. M.; et al. CERAPP: Collaborative Estrogen Receptor Activity Prediction Project. Environ. Health Perspect. 2016, 124 (7), n/ a DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510267. (188) Raies, A. B.; Bajic, V. B. In silico Toxicology: Computational Methods for the Prediction of Chemical Toxicity. Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Comput. Mol. Sci. 2016, 6 (2), 147−172.

L


Integrated Framework for Identifying Toxic Transformation Products in

Recommend Documents