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Interactions of N-sulfadiazine and soil components as evidenced by N-CPMAS NMR 15

Anne Elisabeth E. Berns, Herbert Philipp, Hans Lewandowski, Jeong-Heui Choi, Marc Lamshöft, and Hans-Dieter Narres Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b06164 • Publication Date (Web): 21 Feb 2018 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on February 22, 2018

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Environmental Science & Technology

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Interactions of 15N-sulfadiazine and soil components as

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evidenced by 15N-CPMAS NMR

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Anne E. Berns,*,† Herbert Philipp,† Hans Lewandowski,† Jeong-Heui Choi,‡,§

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Marc Lamshöft‡,|| and Hans-Dieter Narres†,⊥

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52425 Jülich, Germany.

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Strasse 6, 44227 Dortmund, Germany.

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* Corresponding author ([email protected])

Institute of Bio- and Geosciences (IBG-3) - Agrosphere, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH,

Institute of Environmental Research (INFU), Dortmund University of Technology, Otto-Hahn-

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National Institute of Environmental Research, Hwangyeong-ro 42, Seo-gu, 22689 Incheon,

Republic of Korea. ||

Bayer CropScience, Alfred-Nobel-Str. 50, 40789 Monheim am Rhein, Germany.

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Venloerstr. 738, 50827 Köln, Germany.

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Abstract

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The extensive use of sulfonamides (SNs) in animal husbandry has led to an

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unintentional widespread occurrence in several environmental compartments. The

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implementation of regulations and management recommendations to reduce the

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potential risk of development of antibiotic resistances necessitates detailed knowledge

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on their fate in soil. We present results from two independent incubation studies of 15N-

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labeled sulfadiazines (SDZ) which focused on identifying binding types in bound

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residues. In the first study

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isolated humic acids in the presence and absence of Trametes versicolor laccase, while

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in the second study

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Luvisol and isolated the humic acid fraction after sequential extraction of the soil. The

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freeze-dried humic acid fractions of both studies were then analyzed by

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NMR and compared with the

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studies amide bonds and Michael adducts were identified, while formation of imine

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bonds could be excluded. In the humic acid study, where less harsh extraction methods

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were applied, possible formation of H-bridging and sequestration were detected

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additionally.

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N-amino labeled SDZ was incubated with two previously

N-double-labeled SDZ was incubated with a typical agricultural

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N-CPMAS

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N-spectra of synthesized model compounds. In both

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Introduction

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Sulfonamides (SNs) are the oldest class of synthetic antibiotics in use and act as

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competitive inhibitors of p-aminobenzoic acid in the folate synthesis in bacteria.1 Their

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extensive use in animal husbandry has led to an unintentional widespread occurrence in

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several environmental compartments like surface waters, ground waters and soils.2-4

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Baran et al.2 estimated that worldwide over 20,000 Mg of SNs are introduced into the

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biosphere every year. The potential risk of development of antibiotic resistances in soil

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microorganisms through this permanent exposure to low levels of antibiotics, including

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a possible subsequent transfer of the resistance genes to pathogens,5-8 and induced

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alterations in soil microbial community structures9-14 are main environmental concerns.

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Furthermore, several studies demonstrated that SNs were able to leach into deeper soil

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layers and could hence potentially reach the groundwater table.15-18

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Possible routes of attenuation in soil are biodegradation,19-21 photodegradation22,

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and sorption to the soil matrix24-28 with subsequent formation of bound residues.29,

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Due to their amphoteric character, the sorption affinity of SNs to different mineral or

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organic soil constituents is higher at pH values below pKa2 and sorption decreases at

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elevated pH values.31 In general sorption was found to be higher for organic sorbents

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than for inorganic soil components25,

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desorption.31,

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transport experiments in soil columns17,

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sorption site. Several studies, investigating the fate of SNs in soil, identified a number

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of metabolites37-39 and more or less large amounts of what is often termed non-

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extractable or bound residues.40,

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(SDZ) occuring in soil were hydroxylation of the pyrimidyl moiety, acetylation of the

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aniline moiety and cleavage of the molecule at the sulfonamid bond23 (also see Figure

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and often hysteresis was observed during

Modeling of long-term sorption/desorption experiments31 and of SN

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required the inclusion of an irreversible

The main reported transformations of sulfadiazine



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S1 in SI section). Specific identification of the structure of the unknown residues is

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usually deemed necessary for problematic xenobiotics as a true incorporation into the

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soil organic matter, through chemical reaction of reactive groups of the parent with

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functional groups from the soil matrix, constitutes a definite removal of the parent and

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hence reduces its potential environmental risk.

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Several excellent studies on the possible chemical interactions of SNs with soil

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organic matter have been published. Bialk et al.42 incubated different SNs with model

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humic constituents in the presence of different enzymes or manganese oxide in aqueous

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solutions and recorded the decline in SN concentration. With solution-state NMR

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spectroscopy, they were able to demonstrate the formation of covalent imine bonds

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(Schiff bases) between

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acid in the presence of the peroxidase Arthromyces ramosus (ARP) and

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hydrogenperoxide. Bialk et al.43 could additionally identify a Michael adduct between

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Trametes versicolor laccase in the presence of oxygen, which oxidized the

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protocatechuic acid in a first step to an ortho-quinone. The authors hypothesized that

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Michael adducts were more likely to persist in soils as Schiff bases can be hydrolyzed in

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aqueous environments. Bialk and Pedersen44 presented the reaction of

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sulfamethazine and 15N-labeled sulfapyridine with Elliot soil humic acid in the presence

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of A. ramosus peroxidase. The reaction products were analyzed with solution-state 13C-

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and

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coupling products of 13C-sulfamethazine indicated a covalent linkage through the anilic

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nitrogen. 1H-15N heteronuclear multiple-bond correlation (HMBC) experiments on the

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products of 15N-sulfapyridine were consistent with Michael adduct formation. Enamine

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and imine structures were not detected.

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C-labeled sulfamethazine and the substituted phenol syringic

N-amino labeled sulfapyridine and protocatechuic acid. The reaction was catalyzed by

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C-labeled

N-NMR. 1H-13C heteronuclear single quantum coherence (HSQC) spectra of the


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Schwarz et al.45 performed a series of reaction experiments with three differently

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substituted SNs (sulfanilamide, sulfapyridine and sulfadimethoxine) and three

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substituted phenols (catechol, guaiacol and vanillin) as typical model fragments of soil

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humic substances. The authors found that depending on the substituted phenol and SN

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used nonenzymatic reaction could lead to a decrease of free SN in solution. When the

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different SN and phenol mixtures were incubated with laccase the decrease was

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significantly stronger and faster. The coupling product of vanillin and sulfapyridine

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formed in the presence of laccase was analyzed by 15N-CPMAS NMR and the authors

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recorded a signal at -260 ppm, which they assigned to amide-N. The lack of a 15N-label

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prevented further signal resolution.

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Gulkowska et al.46-48 studied the reaction of SNs with model humic constituents and

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synthetic and natural humic acids. Reaction with model humic constituents revealed

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that, although aromatic amines bind to quinones through 1,2- and 1,4-additions (to form

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imines and anilinoquinones, respectively), SNs are relatively weak nucleophiles, which

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need reactive quinones for addition.46 A second study evidenced that the reactivity

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toward nucleophilic attacks was mainly depending on the redox state of the organic

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matter. However, experiments with natural humic acid indicated that the pool of

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reactive quinones is much smaller than the total number of quinones in SOM and that

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most quinones in soil have a low electrophilicity. The authors demonstrated that laccase

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converts unreactive hydroquinones to reactive quinones and that subsequently the

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formed quinones can form covalent bonds with SNs.47 In a third study they concluded

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that the number of reactive quinones was the limiting factor for the formation of non-

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extractable SN residues in soils.48

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As soil incubation studies often lead to samples with very low signal-to-noise ratios

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or no recordable signal in solid-state NMR, most bound residue studies involving NMR



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are done on soil fractions like humic acids. This approach, however, bears the risk of

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generating reaction products which are not necessarily formed in soil. We aimed at

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identifying binding types of SDZ with different humic acids and estimating whether

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results from such humic acid studies are also found in soil incubation studies. The

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present paper combines two independently conducted incubation studies with

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labeled SDZ and links the results of a relatively artificial humic acid approach to those

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of a more realistic incubation with natural soil. Hence in one study, 15N-amino labeled

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SDZ was reacted with two previously isolated humic acids in the presence and absence

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of Trametes versicolor laccase and changes in the chemical environment of the labeled

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amino group were identified through 15N-CPMAS NMR. In a second study, 15N-double-

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labeled SDZ was incubated with a typical agricultural Luvisol. After incubation and

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extraction of the still extractable antibiotic fraction the humic acid fraction was isolated

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and analyzed by 15N-CPMAS NMR.

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Materials and Methods

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Chemicals for the humic acid study 15

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N-amino labeled sulfadiazine (15N-SDZ) was synthesized starting from 15N-labeled 15

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aniline (synthesis is described in the Supporting Information (SI) section).

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aniline (99 %

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was checked with HPLC and the structure with liquid state 1H and

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spectroscopy. All other chemicals were purchased in synthetic grade (p.a.) and used as

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is.

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N-labeled

N) was purchased from Isotec (Miamisburg, Ohio, USA). The purity 13

C NMR

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The syntheses of the 15N-labeled model compounds are described in the SI.

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Laccase C (EC 1.10.3.2) from the white-rot fungus Trametes versicolor was

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purchased from ASA Spezialenzyme GmbH (Braunschweig, Germany) and had a


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laccase activity of 615.3 U g-1.49 Heat-inactivated laccase was used as a control. For

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application a suspension containing 20.5 U ml-1 (33.3 mg mL-1) was prepared.

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Two humic acids (HAs) were used in the present study. The first HA originated from

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the Ap horizon (0–30 cm) of a field site at Krauthausen near Jülich, Germany,50

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(formerly classified as gleyic Planosol,51 now considered a gleyic Stagnosol52). The

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extraction and clean-up procedures are described in Witte et al.53 and Berns et al.49 The

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second HA was the standard IHSS Elliot soil HA (1S102H), which was purchased from

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IHSS and used as is. The elemental compositions of the HAs are summarized in Table

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S1. Reaction between humic acid and 15N-SDZ

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The reaction of

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N-SDZ with HA was carried out as described in Berns et al.49

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Briefly, we added 300 mg HA, 15 mg SDZ (i.e. 50 µg SDZ/mg HA) and 20.5 U of

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active laccase from T. versicolor per preparation. The pH value of the

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suspension was 6.0 to avoid precipitation of the HAs and remained at this pH during the

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experiment. The suspension was stirred in a temperature-controlled glass vessel at 25°C

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in the dark and the decrease of free SDZ in solution was monitored via HPLC (see SI)

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until a constant value was reached (approx. 30 days). Free, non-reacted or loosely

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sorbed SDZ was removed through repetitive dialysis against deionized water until the

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concentration of SDZ in the dialysis water, determined by HPLC, dropped below the

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detection limit. The 15N-SDZ-HA adducts, remaining in the dialysis bags, were freeze-

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dried. Preparations without SDZ (i.e., only HA and laccase), without humic acid (i.e.,

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only SDZ and laccase) and with heat deactivated laccase (i.e., HA, SDZ and heat

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deactivated laccase) were run as control experiments.

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Chemicals for the soil study


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N-SDZ/HA-


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N-double-labeled sulfadiazine (15N(dl)-SDZ), labeled at the amino and sulfonamido

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positions, was purchased from Quotient Bioresearch Ltd. (Cardiff, UK) (chemical purity

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≥ 98%, isotopic abundance > 98%). All other chemicals were purchased in synthetic

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grade (p.a.) and used as is.

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The soil used for the incubation was a Luvisol derived from loess and originated

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from the plough layer of a field site at Merzenhausen, Germany.54 The collected soil

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was air-dried, homogenized, sieved to 2 mm, and stored at ambient temperature prior to

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incubation. The textural class was silt loam with 6 % sand, 78 % silt and 16 % clay.

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Organic carbon content, effective cation exchange capacity and pH were 1.22 %, 11.4

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cmolc kg-1 dry weight and 6.3, respectively.

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The manure used was supplied from the former study40 as a blank manure, and

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kept at –70°C until the present incubation experiment without drying. Incubation of soil with 15N(dl)-SDZ

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N(dl)-SDZ was mixed with manure at a concentration of 2.5 mg SDZ g-1 manure.

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The contaminated manure was mixed with 150 g dry soil at a concentration of 4 g

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manure per 100 g dry soil resulting in a SDZ-concentration of 100 mg SDZ kg-1 soil.

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The mixture was homogenized for 2 h in a tumbling mixer and subsequently

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moisturized to 40% of maximum WHC. Soil incubation was set up in duplicate and

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incubated with aeration at 24°C in the dark for 180 days. Water content was regularly

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checked by weighing and replacing evaporated water. After 28 days a 5 g aliquot was

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taken and extracted twice with 0.01 M CaCl2 solution at a 1:2.5 soil/solution ratio and

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passed through ASE extraction applying the optimal ASE conditions determined by

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Stoob et al.55 The ASE-extracted soil residue was then air-dried, sieved (< 0.063 mm)

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and washed with 0.1 M HCl by shaking for 1 h to remove fulvic acid. The soil pellet

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derived by centrifugation (5000×g, 5 min) was extracted according to Dec et al.56 with


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minor modifications. Briefly, the washed soil pellet was suspended in 1 mL of 2M

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NaOH and 20 mL of 0.1 M NaOH, and shaken for 12 h under nitrogen. The NaOH

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extract (supernatant) was separated by centrifugation (9000×g, 10 min), and these steps

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were replicated twice. The combined NaOH extract was acidified with 2 mL of 5M HCl

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to pH < 1 and kept at 4°C overnight, and lastly centrifuged. The precipitated humic acid

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fraction was refined by dissolution with 0.1 mL of 2 M NaOH and 3 mL of 0.1 M

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NaOH, followed by centrifugation. The supernatant was acidified, stored and

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centrifuged as mentioned before. The pellet (humic acid fraction) was finally washed

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with distilled water twice and lyophilized. The lyophilized HA sample was then

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analyzed by 15N-CPMAS NMR. CPMAS 15N-NMR Spectroscopy

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A Varian INOVA™ unity NMR spectrometer operating at 60.815 MHz for 15N was

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used to acquire all spectra. The spectrometer was equipped with a MAS narrow bore

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probe with a 6 mm stator.

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referencing and chemical shift values are given in parts per million relative to CH3NO2

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(= 0 ppm). Chemical shift values referenced to NH4+ (= 0 ppm) are given in the SI

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section.

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NH415NO3 and

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N-labeled glycine were used for

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For each humic acid adduct and its corresponding background experiment 256 k free

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induction decays (FID) were accumulated with a repetition time of 2 s with VNMRJ

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software (Version 1.1 RevisionD, Varian Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA). A non-ramped

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cross-polarization sequence with a contact time of 2 ms was applied. Humic acid

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adducts and their respective blanks were spun at 6 kHz and measured using the same

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amount of material to be able to subtract the background spectra from the HA adduct

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spectra. For each model compound and labeled reactant the appropriate delay time to

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avoid signal saturation was determined and the scan number adjusted for good signal-



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to-noise ratio. The soil HA samples were spun at 8 kHz and recorded with a ramped CP

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sequence and a contact time of 1 ms. About 160000 FIDs were recorded with a recycle

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delay of 0.5 s.

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Fourier transforms of the FIDs were carried out using MestReC (Version 4.9.9.9,

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Mestrelab Research, Santiago de Compostela, Spain). All FIDs were transformed by

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first applying a zero filling and then an exponential filter function with a line

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broadening (LB) of 10-20 Hz for the model compounds and 50-100 Hz for the humic

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acid adducts and soil humic acids.

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DFT calculations

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Density functional theory (DFT) calculations were performed using Gaussian 03.57

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The geometries were fully optimized using the B3-LYP methods in Gaussian 03 with

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‘tight’ convergence criteria until the root-mean-square forces were smaller than 1×10−5

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hartree bohr−1. The basis set for the geometry optimization was 6-311+G(d,p) and 6-

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31G(d,p) for the more complex benzoquinone structure. The

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shielding tensors were calculated using the GIAO method and the B3LYP functional in

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conjunction with the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set. As a reference for the 15N chemical shifts

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as calculated we employed nitromethane. For the geometry optimization and shielding

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tensor calculation of nitromethane the same method and basis set were used. The

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reference value was -158 ppm calculated with the 6-311+G(d,p) basis set and -159 ppm

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with the 6-31G(d,p) basis set. The calculation of the chemical shift of the hydrogen

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bonds between SDZ and p-benzochinone were done with the program Turbomol and the

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B3-LYP method and the TZVP basis set.

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Results and Discussion

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Uptake of 15N-labeled SDZ


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N NMR magnetic

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The initial reaction between HAs and SDZ was monitored by recording the decrease

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of free SDZ in solution and considering the difference to the original concentration as

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being taken up by the HAs not differentiating between underlying processes. The initial

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uptake of 15N-labeled SDZ on both humic acids in the presence and absence of laccase

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is shown in Figure 1. The molar uptake was similar on both humic acids and in a similar

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order of magnitude as the amounts observed in a previously conducted

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aminobenzothiazole study49. The presence of laccase caused an increased uptake of

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about 3-4 times compared to the respective experiments without laccase. This is in line

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with Gulkowska et al.48 and can be explained by the increased amounts of reactive

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quinones generated by the action of the laccase. Blank experiments without humic acids

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and without laccase (Figure S7 in SI) showed that the reaction vessel itself adsorbed

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only minor amounts of SDZ. Control experiments without humic acids, but with laccase

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(Figure S7 in SI), showed a loss of SDZ in solution, which represented roughly a fourth

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of the amounts sorbed to HAs. In order to determine whether the carrier material of the

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enzyme was responsible for substantial sorption, control experiments with heat-

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deactivated enzyme were done (Figure 1 and S7 in SI). No significant uptake was

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recorded in these experiments. Hence, the decline in free SDZ recorded in the control

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experiments with SDZ and enzyme was due to enzymatic transformation of SDZ as

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already reported by Schwarz et al.,19,

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during interpretation of the 15N-spectra.

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a fact which needs to be taken into account

The uptake curves recorded in the presence of laccase and oxygene were best fitted by assuming two overlapping processes (eq 1) 49, 58: y(t) = a1 [1-exp(-k1t)]+ a2 [1-exp(-k2t)]0.5

(1)

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The first term mirrors a fast (sorption or reaction) process, which dominates at the

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beginning of the experiment, while the second term accounts for a slow diffusion-



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controlled process. Both uptake curves recorded without laccase could be fitted solely

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with the second term. Plotting the uptake curves as a function of the square root of time

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(see insert in Figure 1) shows that the uptake without laccase is a purely diffusion-

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controlled process while in the presence of laccase diffusion becomes only dominant for

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reaction times greater than 2 days. Interaction of 15N-SDZ with humic acid

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It was already evidenced from literature that the amino group was the main reaction

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site of SNs, the same site through which SNs bind to intracellular dihydropteroate

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synthase and exert their bacteriostatic effect.1, 2, 42, 59 Hence, we used 15N-amino labeled

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SDZ to be able to follow changes in the chemical environment of this group through

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solid-state NMR. Figure 2 shows the background corrected 15N-CPMAS spectra of the

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reaction products of

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absence of laccase. The spectra were recorded after dialysis of the humic acid reaction

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mixtures, which removed non-reacted excess

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from the mixtures, which were subsequently freeze-dried. The isolated

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adducts contained 36 to 37 weight-% of

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prepared without laccase contained only 10 to 11 weight-% of

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non-corrected spectra and their corresponding background spectra can be found in the

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SI (Figure S8). To allow a rough comparison between signal intensities the spectra were

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recorded on similar amounts of humic acids with identical scan numbers. Both

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experiments conducted in the presence of laccase (Figure 2a) resulted in significantly

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higher amounts of

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laccase (Figure 2b). Both spectra (Figure 2a) contained two major signals centered

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around -245 and -300 ppm. However, the ratios of these two signals differed. In

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between these two main signals a large shoulder was present most likely generated by a

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N-SDZ with two different humic acids in the presence and

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N-SDZ and soluble reaction products

N-labeled SDZ. The

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N-SDZ-HA

N-SDZ-HA adducts

N-labeled SDZ. The

N-SDZ-HA adducts than the corresponding experiments without


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third signal centered at around -265 ppm. According to Knicker and Lüdemann60 the

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signals at -245 and -265 ppm can be assigned to amide bonds. The signal at -300 ppm

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lies in the region of free amino groups, but does not correspond to the original signal of

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free SDZ at -309.5 ppm. In both spectra there are, however, clear shoulders at -309.8

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ppm, which indicate the presence of sequestered or sorbed SDZ (via the pyrimidinyl

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moiety) able to withstand dialysis. The spectrum of the control experiment containing

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only laccase and 15N-SDZ (corrected for the signal generated by the enzyme itself and

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its carrier material) contained one prominent signal at -261 ppm (amide region) and a

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weak signal at -303 ppm (amino group). The fact that the recorded compounds

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withstood dialysis suggested that the formed products were reactive enough to either

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bond or strongly sorb to the carrier material of the enzyme (even though SDZ itself does

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not) or reacted among each other to form larger entities not able to pass the dialysis

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membrane. Schwarz et al.19 described a series of possible transformation products of

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sulfapyridine (SPY). However, only one of the proposed metabolites contained an

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amide group and all would be small enough to be able to pass the dialysis membrane.

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Furthermore, during HPLC control of the dialysis no metabolites were detected.

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However, as the UV detector was set at the optimal wavelength for SDZ possible

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metabolites with significantly altered structures might have been overlooked. In any

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case the amount of signal due to reaction between laccase and SDZ was estimated to

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make up only 10-20 % of the signal of the main experiment. As these reaction products

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might not form in this particular way in the presence of HAs we refrained from treating

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this spectrum as background spectrum and subtracting it from the signal of the main

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experiment spectrum.

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Contrastingly, the experiments without laccase generated adducts with greater

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variability in signal intensity (Figure 2b). The spectrum of the IHSS HA adduct



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displayed three broad signal regions of similar intensity at around -235, -270 and -300

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ppm. In the spectrum of the Krauthausen HA adduct several signals of very different

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intensities were found with the signal at -245 ppm being the smallest and the ones at -

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303 and -310 ppm the most intense. Both spectra contained a signal at -310 ppm

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stemming from sequestered SDZ and in the Krauthausen spectrum this signal made up a

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large portion of the whole signal. The different spectra from both HA adducts formed

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without laccase showed that the amount of inherent reactive sites were different in both

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HAs.

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As chemical shift regions in

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N-NMR have a stronger overlap than those in

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C-

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NMR and to be able to do a more detailed signal assignment of the recorded signals in

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the NMR spectra, we synthesized model compounds representing possible reactions

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between the 15N-amino labeled SDZ and the HAs.

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Comparison with synthesized model compounds Figure 3 displays the synthesized model compounds which concurred with the 15

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signals found in the spectra of the

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model compounds which had no corresponding signals in the 15N-SDZ-HA spectra.

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N-SDZ-HA adducts. Figure S9 in the SI shows

The bottom spectrum (Figure 3i) displays the original signal of the

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N-amino

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labeled SDZ with a signal at -309.5 ppm. Due to the low sensitivity of the 15N-nucleus

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the other three nitrogen signals are not visible as they would require much larger scan

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numbers to reach a reasonable signal-to-noise ratio. This also applies to the spectra of

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synthesized model compounds (Figure 3c-h) which were all done with

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labeled SDZ. All tested substituents at the amino group caused the chemical shift of this

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group to move to lower resonance frequencies. This was caused by the negative

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inductive effect of the tested substituents reducing the electronic density and thereby the

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shielding of the amino group. The only exception was the SDZ hydrochloride (Figure


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N-amino

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S9) which showed a shift to higher resonance frequencies (-321.9 ppm) in accordance

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with the higher electronic density of the –NH3+ group.

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The signal of the unaltered

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N-SDZ can be found in all four adduct spectra at

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different intensities. In the laccase mediated adducts the signal is present in the form of

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a shoulder at around -310 ppm. Part of the

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physically sorbed or bound to the HAs through the pyrimidinyl moiety. As a covalent

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binding of the pyrimidinyl moiety would probably alter the chemical shift of the amino

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group at least a little bit, the most likely argument for the signal at -310 ppm in the

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adduct is a physical sorption through van-der-Waals binding either of the aromatic ring

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with the hydrophobic regions of the HAs or through dipole-dipole interactions of the

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pyrimidinyl moiety with the polar regions of the HAs. In the experiments without

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laccase the signals of unaltered

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unequal sorption capacities of both HAs. In the Krauthausen HA the SDZ shoulder in

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the laccase experiment (Figure 2a) was only slightly higher than in the laccase-free

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experiment (Figure 2b). In the IHSS HA the difference in the SDZ signal was much

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larger between the two experiments, indicating that the IHSS HA had a less active

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sorption surface than Krauthausen HA. Elemental analysis (Table S1) of both HAs

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revealed that Krauthausen HA contained less carbon, but higher amounts of

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heteronuclear elements like O, N and S stemming from functional groups, which could

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explain the different behaviour of both HAs.

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N-amino labeled SDZ is hence either

N-SDZ were very different in intensity indicating

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The synthesized amide bonds had chemical shifts between -232 ppm (formyl-SDZ,

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Figure 3c) and -250.5 ppm (trimethoxybenzoyl-SDZ, Figure 3f). The series of

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substituents showed a decreasing negative inductive effect with larger substituents,

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which reduced the electronegative pull of the oxygen in the amide bond. The largest

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reduction in electronic density around the amino-N was achieved with the formyl-



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group. Further reduction can most likely only be achieved with strong electronegative

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substitutents like chlorine or through a change in the pyrimidinyl moiety. The model

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substance acetyl-SDZ is also the most easily formed metabolite of SDZ in biological

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systems. Hence, part of the signal around -245 ppm could also be due to simple

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sequestration of acetyl-SDZ. However, we found no indication of metabolites during

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HPLC-control during dialysis and it seems reasonable to assume that in case of

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formation of larger amounts of acetyl-SDZ part of the metabolite would be soluble and

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detectable at the same wavelength than SDZ. Furthermore, the signal at -245 ppm is

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small in the spectra without laccase, which indicated that potentially only small amounts

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of the metabolite were formed during the time span of our experiments.

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Michael-addition of SDZ to benzoquinone generated a product with a chemical shift

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of -261.5 ppm. Hence, Michael adducts of SDZ resonate in the region which is typical

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for amide/peptide bonds. The signal corresponds to the main signals recorded in the

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can be the breakdown of the SDZ molecule, we also considered the possibility of the

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resulting aniline moiety reacting on its own. We estimated that the deshielding effect of

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an unsubstituted phenyl ring on the amino-N would be weaker than that of the

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substituted ring. Hence, to test the magnitude on the chemical shift change we also

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synthesized a Michael adduct with 15N-labeled aniline and found a chemical shift which

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was shifted approx. 16 ppm to the high-field side at -278 ppm. This chemical shift

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matches the shift region between the two main signals and hence part of the recorded

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signal might be due to reaction of the aniline moiety following SDZ breakdown.

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Assuming a similar order of magnitude in chemical shift change for amide bonds

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formed by the aniline moiety the amide signals (Figure 3c to 3f) would shift to a region

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from approx. -250 to -270 ppm. As the most prominent signal is centered around -245

N-SDZ-HA adducts obtained in the presence of laccase. As one route of attenuation


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ppm (Figure 3a) and amide bonds formed by aniline seem to be shifted to the high-field

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side of this position, we can assume that the main signal is due to reaction products of

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SDZ rather than aniline.

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The spectra of the adducts generated without laccase had only a minor signal in the

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region of amide bonds and Michael adducts. Hence, as already indicated by the uptake

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rates discussed above, for the formation of amide bonds and Michael adducts the action

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of an enzyme is necessary to create reactive sites on the HAs.

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We could exclude the formation of Schiff bases (imines) (Figure S9), which was in

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line with most studies.43-48 Only one studie using peroxidases to induce enzymatic

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transformations between SNs and model humic components found imine formation.42

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As SN Schiff bases might have higher antimicrobial activity than the parent,61 a lack of

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imine formation reduces the environmental risk of SDZ.

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None of the synthesized model compounds matched the large signal at -300 ppm in

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the spectra of the laccase-mediated HA adducts. The down-field shift of only 10 ppm of

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the original amino-N signal indicates a slight reduction of the electronic density around

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this nucleus causing only a minor deshielding. All tested covalent bonds, however, had

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a stronger pull on the electronic shielding and induced a larger downfield shift. Neat

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aniline has a chemical shift of approx. -325 ppm. Hence, sequestered aniline stemming

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from a breakdown of the SDZ molecule did also not explain the -300 ppm shift.

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Comparison with chemical shifts from natural N-containing compounds (Figure S10)

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and compounds used in previous studies (Figure S11) also revealed no functional

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groups other than amino groups. Amino groups in aliphatic chains (Figure S10 a, d, e

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and i), however, resonated at higher fields and amino groups attached to hetero-cycles

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(Figures S10g and S11f) were shifted to the downfield side of -300 ppm.



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We hence hypothesized that this signal shift could be induced by weak H-bridging of

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the amino-protons. The involvement of these protons in a shared H-bridge would most

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likely reduce the electronic density, but have a less strong effect than a covalent bond. DFT calculations

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As model compounds with H-bridging of the amino-N could not be synthesized, we

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used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to compute the theoretical chemical

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shift of such a compound. In a first step we calibrated the calculations with known

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chemical shifts and obtained good linear correlations between the calculated and the

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experimental chemical shifts (Figure S12 in SI). Table 1 shows the calculated and

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experimental δ values used for calibration. An exemplary H-bridge between

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benzoquinone and the SDZ-amino-N reduced the electronic shielding of the amino-N by

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about 4 ppm and the δ value shifted slightly downfield, which is in agreement with and

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hence supports our hypothesis of H-bridging. Interaction of SDZ with soil

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As breakdown of the SDZ molecule would lead to two separate moieties the

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incubation experiments with soil were done with SDZ labeled at the amino- and

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sulfonamido-N in order to be able to follow both moieties. Figure 4 shows the spectrum

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of a HA isolated from incubated soil after the extractable residues were removed

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through the sequential extraction procedure. For comparison the background spectrum

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of the HA and

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amino sigmal at -309 ppm and a broad signal at -237.5 ppm with two side peaks at -

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227.5 and -246.5 ppm. The amino signal of the acetyl-SDZ is found at -244.5 ppm,

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which unfortunately overlaps with the relatively broad signal of the second label. The

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spectrum of the incubated HA had one broad signal with a maximum at -242 ppm.

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Contrastingly to the HA study, around -300 ppm only a small signal and almost no

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amino-SDZ signal was visible. Considering that the HA in this study was exposed to

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much harsher extraction conditions the lack of a signal in this region confirms our

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assumption that this signal stems from weaker bonds like H-bridging or sequestered

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SDZ. As the sulfonamido-N signal overlaps with amide bonds and Michael adducts

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from the amino-N the broad signal is unfortunately difficult to interprete. However,

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even if part of the signal is generated by the labeled pyrimidinyl moiety, the spectrum is

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still comparable to the spectra recorded in the HA study and no additional signals

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occurred. As for the HA study the study in soil suggested amide bond and Michael

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adduct formation, but gave no indication of formation of imines. Hence, results from

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studies peformed on HA rather than whole soil can be used for risk assessment of the

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qualitative behaviour of SDZ in soil. For quantification the studies would need to be run

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with an additional 14C-label.

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Environmental implications

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In a previous batch incubation study with 14C-SDZ in soil Sittig et al.28 extrapolated,

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from a series of consecutive microwave assisted extraction steps, that the amount of

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truly non-extractable residues (NER) increased to approx. 30% of the applied SDZ

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within 30 days. Batch experiments with sterilized soil generated approx. 10% of NER.

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These observations are in line with our observation that the presence of laccase caused 3

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to 4 times larger amounts of adducts to be formed. The largest part of the enzyme-

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enduced adducts in the HA study was formed by amide formation and Michael adducts

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to quinone systems as already identified by Bialk et al.44 and Gulkowska et al.46, 47 The

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second largest part was composed of unaltered sequestered SDZ and SDZ bound by H-

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bridging of the amino group. These were also the dominating species in the experiments

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without laccase. In the HA-adducts isolated from the soil incubation study the signals of

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amide formation and Michael adducts dominated, while only a small signal was found



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indicating sequestered or H-bound SDZ. Considering that the HA extraction in the soil

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study was much harsher than the dialysis in the HA study, we assume that the residues

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from the soil study are mostly free of loosly bound SDZ. Our study hence indicates that

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true NER are composed of residues which are covalently bound to soil organic matter

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and can be considered as bound residues which have become an integral part of the

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organic matter and where the bioactivity of the compound has been neutralized. The

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consecutive extraction steps of Sittig et al.28 showed that the fraction of extractable

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residues cannot be extracted with a single extraction step and, depending on the initial

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amount of SDZ applied and the soil type, up to 55 extraction steps can be potentially

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needed to reach an exhaustive extraction of residues. This sticky but potentially

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extractable fraction is most likely formed by sequestered SDZ and SDZ bound by H-

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bridging and, even though it might have temporarily lost its antimicrobial activity due to

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blocking of the amino side chain, still needs to be considered as a potential threat.

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Sequestration and H-bridging does not require the presence of an enzyme and most

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likely also no biological activity as these are purely physical and chemical processes

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which only require the reaction partners to be close enough to one another.

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We could not identify Schiff base formation in any of the analyzed adducts in our

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study as found by Bialk et al.42 and Gulkowska et al.46 nor could we identify the

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formation of N-heterocycles as hypothesized as subsequent incorporation into the soil

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matrix by Gulkowska et al.46 As already pointed out by Bialk et al.43 imines can be

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hydrolyzed in aqueous solutions and hence if they formed during our experiments they

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might have been released into the extractable fraction.

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The SDZ amount in the present HA study was approx. 2 to 3 orders of magnitude

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higher (based on amount SDZ per mg soil organic carbon) and the amount applied in

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the soil study was 1 to 2 orders of magnitude higher than the amounts in the batch study


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of Sittig et al.28 Despite these necessary high amounts, in order to be able to record 15N-

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CPMAS signals, we nevertheless estimate that the identified binding types also occur

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under natural conditions as the required reaction sites are present in natural soils.44, 47, 63

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Furthermore, the study was conducted with two different HAs, but generated

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comparable signals in both. The results differed in the recorded signal strength, which

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indicated different amounts being formed. Hence, we conclude that the identified

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binding types will occur in different soils, but the amounts formed will differ depending

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on the soil type.

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Supporting Information

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Text, table and figures on humic acids, HPLC conditions, reaction pathways of SDZ,

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the synthesis of 15N-SDZ and the model compounds, control experiments, non-corrected

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substances, correlation of calculated and experimental chemical shifts.

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N-NMR spectra,

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N-spectra of further model compounds and N-containing natural

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We thank Sabine Willbold from ZEA-3 (FZ Jülich) for the elemental analyses of the

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synthesized model compounds. We gratefully acknowledge the help of Thomas Müller

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from JSC (FZ Jülich) with the DFT modeling of the

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project was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the Research

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Unit FOR566 “Veterinary medicines in soils: Basic research for risk assessment”.

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695

Table 1:

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Calculated shielding tensors σcalc and chemical shifts δcalc of SDZ and model substances and experimental chemical shifts δexp.

696 molecule

position

σcalc

δcalc = σref a - σcalc

δexp

[ppm]

[ppm]

[ppm]

calibration with known chemical shifts

697

SDZ

amino-N

181.7

-340.7

-309.5

acetyl-SDZ

amino-N

96.1

-255.1

-244.7

benzoyl-SDZ

amino-N

106.0

-265.0

-250.1

trimethoxybenzoyl-SDZ

amino-N

105.7

-264.7

-250.5

anilino-benzoquinone

amino-N

132.7

-290.7b

-277.8

SDZ-p-benzoquinone

amino-N

131.7

-289.7b

-261.5

benzoyl-SDZ

sulfonamido-N

77.7

-236.3

-240.8

benzoyl-SDZ

pyrimidinyl-N1

-28.2

-130.8

-133.6

benzoyl-SDZ

pyrimidinyl-N2

-32.5

-126.5

-128.1

a

shielding tensor of nitromethane  isσref = -159 ppm62 (except for b = -158 ppm)

698


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Figure captions

699 700

Figure 1:

Uptake of 15N-amino labeled SDZ by soil humic acids (HA) in the presence

701

and absence of laccase determined through the determination of free 15N-

702

SDZ in solution. The uptake in the presence of laccase is fitted with y(t) =

703

a1[1 - exp(-k1t)] + a2[1 - exp(-k2t)]0.5 and in the absence of laccase is fitted

704

with y(t) = a[1 - exp(-kt)]0.5. The insert is the square root plot.

705

Figure 2:

Background-corrected 15N-CPMAS NMR spectra of the 15N-SDZ-HA

706

adducts after dialysis. The spectra were recorded on similar amounts of

707

material and with identical scan numbers to allow a rough estimate of the

708

quantities. a) 15N-SDZ-HA adducts formed with laccase (grey: reaction

709

product formed in the absence of humic acid solely with 15N-SDZ and

710

laccase), b) 15N-SDZ-HA adducts formed with laccase. (° = spinning side

711

bands)

712

Figure 3:

Comparison of the 15N-CPMAS NMR spectra of the labeled HA adducts

713

and 15N-labeled synthesized model compounds.

714

a) 15N-SDZ-HA adducts in the presence of laccase (thick line: Krauthausen

715

HA; thin line: IHSS HA); b) 15N-SDZ-HA adducts in the absence of laccase

716

(thick line: Krauthausen HA; thin line: IHSS HA); c) 15N-formyl SDZ; d)

717

15

N-acetyl SDZ; e) 15N-benzoyl SDZ; f) 15N-trimethoxybenzoyl SDZ; g)

718

15

N-SDZ-benzochinon adduct; h) 15N-aniline-benzochinon adduct; i) 15N-

719

amino labeled SDZ. (* = 15N-label; ° = spinning side bands)

720

Figure 4:

15

N-CPMAS NMR spectra of 15N(dl)-SDZ and humic acids extracted from

721

soil incubation experiments with and without 15N(dl)-SDZ after 28 days of

722

incubation. (° = spinning side bands)



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Uptake of 15N-amino labeled SDZ by soil humic acids (HA) in the presence and absence of laccase determined through the determination of free 15N-SDZ in solution. The uptake in the presence of laccase is fitted with y(t) = a1[1 - exp(-k1t)] + a2[1 - exp(-k2t)]0.5 and in the absence of laccase is fitted with y(t) = a[1 - exp(-kt)]0.5. The insert is the square root plot. 1057x793mm (72 x 72 DPI)



Figure 2: Background-corrected 15N-CPMAS NMR spectra of the 15N-SDZ HA adducts after dialysis. The spectra were recorded on similar amounts of material and with identical scan numbers to allow a rough estimate of the quantities. a) 15N-SDZ-humic acid adducts formed with laccase (grey: reaction product formed in the absence of humic acid solely with 15N-SDZ and laccase, spectra are corrected for background of laccase and its carrier material, heights of spectra are adjusted to roughly fit the amount of laccase in the adduct spectra), b) 15N-SDZ-humic acid adducts formed without laccase. (° = spinning side bands) 1057x1583mm (72 x 72 DPI)


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N-CPMAS NMR spectra of the labeled HA adducts and 15N-labeled synthesized model compounds. a) 15N-SDZ/HA adducts in the presence of laccase (thick line: Krauthausen HA; thin line: IHSS HA); b) 15NSDZ/HA adducts in the absence of laccase (thick line: Krauthausen HA; thin line: IHSS HA); c) 15N-formyl SDZ; d) 15N-acetyl SDZ; e) 15N-benzoyl SDZ; f) 15N-trimethoxybenzoyl SDZ; g) 15N-labeled SDZ/benzochinon adduct; h) 15N-labeled aniline/benzochinon adduct; i) 15N-amino labeled SDZ. (* = 15Nlabel; ° = spinning side bands) Figure 3: Comparison of the

15

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Figure 4: 15N-CPMAS NMR spectra of 15N-double-labeled SDZ and humic acids extracted from soil incubation experiments with and without 15N-double-labeled SDZ after 28 days of incubation. (° = spinning side bands) 1057x573mm (72 x 72 DPI)


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Interactions of 15N-sulfadiazine and soil components as evidenced by

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