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DOI 10.1021/acs.est.3c10824
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Title (Primary) Species difference? Bovine, trout and human plasma protein binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Author Qin, W.; Escher, B.I. ORCID logo ; Huchthausen, J.; Fu, Q.; Henneberger, L.
Source Titel Environmental Science & Technology
Year 2024
Department ZELLTOX; EAC
Volume 58
Issue 23
Page From 9954
Page To 9966
Language englisch
Topic T9 Healthy Planet
Supplements https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acs.est.3c10824/suppl_file/es3c10824_si_001.pdf
Keywords PFAS; solid-phase microextraction; plasma binding mechanism; proteins and lipids; specific and nonspecific protein binding
Abstract Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) strongly bind to proteins and lipids in blood, which govern their accumulation and distribution in organisms. Understanding the plasma binding mechanism and species differences will facilitate the quantitative in vitro-to-in vivo extrapolation and improve risk assessment of PFAS. We studied the binding mechanism of 16 PFAS to bovine serum albumin (BSA), trout, and human plasma using solid-phase microextraction. Binding of anionic PFAS to BSA and human plasma was found to be highly concentration-dependent, while trout plasma binding was linear for the majority of the tested PFAS. At a molar ratio of PFAS to protein ν < 0.1 molPFAS/molprotein, the specific protein binding of anionic PFAS dominated their human plasma binding. This would be the scenario for physiological conditions (ν < 0.01), whereas in in vitro assays, PFAS are often dosed in excess (ν > 1) and nonspecific binding becomes dominant. BSA was shown to serve as a good surrogate for human plasma. As trout plasma contains more lipids, the nonspecific binding to lipids affected the affinities of PFAS for trout plasma. Mass balance models that are parameterized with the protein–water and lipid–water partitioning constants (chemical characteristics), as well as the protein and lipid contents of the plasma (species characteristics), were successfully used to predict the binding to human and trout plasma.
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Qin, W., Escher, B.I., Huchthausen, J., Fu, Q., Henneberger, L. (2024):
Species difference? Bovine, trout and human plasma protein binding of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
Environ. Sci. Technol. 58 (23), 9954 - 9966 10.1021/acs.est.3c10824