In the past decades, much concern has been expressed regarding organic micropollutants generating endocrine disruption. In particular, estrogenic endocrine disruptors, compounds that interfere with the estrogenic hormonal mechanisms, are in the center of environmental scien- tists attention. Numerous endocrine disrupting effects have been observed at concentrations corresponding to those found in aquatic environments, such as feminization of fauna, infertility, reproductive disturbance, cancer, or developmental disruption. Wastewater treatment plants ef- fluents have been identified as the main source of estrogenic endocrine disruptors in the aquatic environment, due to inappropriate treatment. Promising alternative treatment systems based on the use of ligninolytic enzymes (e.g. laccases) have recently emerged. This work falls within the framework of these new techniques. Althoughno environmentally safe threshold can clearly be set, focusing on the removal of global estrogenicity in water instead of concentrations of targeted estrogenic compounds seems a relevant research. To our knowledge, the use of these recently emerged enzymatic processes at an industrial scale (such as for the treatment of urban wastewater), oriented towards water overall estrogenicity, has not been implemented yet.The general objective of this work was to develop ans study a process of removal of estro- genicity by laccases from white-rot fungi, in laboratory, with the purpose of design and scale-up for industrial implementation. This work consisted of the conception, characterization, testing, study and modeling of this process.First, in order to enable the study and the scaling-up of a process of estrogenicity removal, op- timizing the technologies of quantification of estrogenicity in water was a real necessity. Therefore, a study of the methods of estrogenicity monitoring, within a treatment process framework, was conducted. Based on a wide literature review, existing methods were gathered and assessed with the aim of their use as monitoring and design tools. Fromthat review, four methods were selected and tested according to numerous criteria and their compatibility with our process: three bioassays (Yeast Estrogen Screen assay; Lyticase-assisted Yeast Estrogen Screen assay; MCF-7 cell based reporter gene assay) and one analytical method (High Performance Liquid Chromatography with UV detection, HPLC-UV). Concentration-response curves towards the reference 17β-estradiol, in several solvents, were acquired. A fitting model was developed for further expression of all measurements in Estradiol Equivalents. The methods were used to evaluate the estrogenicity of bisphenol A, triclosan and nonylphenol, along with estrogenicity of mixtures of bisphenol A and 17β-estradiol. The testing of these four methods enabled the assessment of their sensitivity, re- producibility, and implementation. Based on that experimental assessment, the Lyticase-assisted Yeast Estrogen Screen (LYES) assay was selected and systematized to be further applied, in combination with an adapted protocol of HPLC-UV analysis, to the monitoring of estrogenicity removal in two lab-scaled reactors. The LYES assay demonstrated a real methodological potential for thescale-up of an estrogenicity removal process and could be used as a design tool. For both reactors, results have indicated that HPLC-UV and LYES assay methods are completely inter- changeable in the case of bisphenol A monitoring (in the conditions used in this work). This work also highlighted the peculiar behavior of mixtures of bisphenol A and 17β-estradiol in terms of estrogenicity, and the parallel observation of an enhancement of bisphenol A estrogenicity removalin presence of 17β-estradiol.In the second part of this work, a batch reactor with laccases in solubilized form was developed and estrogenicity removal was assessed. Kinetics data for the degradation of estrogenic endocrinedisruptors were acquired with the LYES assay (estrogenicity) and the HPLC-UV method (concen- trations). Degradations were performed from several solutions of bisphenol A, 17β-estradiol, and mixtures. In the case of 17β-estradiol and mixtures, conversions reached minimum 90% within 1 hour of degradation at our conditions, with no dependency on pollutant initial concentrations. In the case of bisphenol A, conversions varied from 0 to 100% after 6 hours of degradation and were shown tobe strongly dependent on BPA initial concentrations, indicating the laccases deac- tivation by substrate. Bisphenol A byproducts of degradation were also analyzed, which indicated their absence of estrogenicity and their potential linear evolution with BPA degradation. Acquired kinetics data were exploited for the modeling of the batch degradations kinetics. At this stage of the work, no clear kinetics conclusions could be made in this part.From an industrial point of view, the use of immobilized enzymes is more cost-effective, due to the improvement of enzymes recovery and stability. Therefore, in the third part of this work, a continuous column-shaped packed-bed reactor composed of laccases immobilized on a silica support was developed. The packed-bed reactor was built and tested in laboratory. Residence time distributions, pressure drop calculations, and tracer degradations were performed on the re- actor for its characterization.Immobilization and activity measurements protocols were applied. Similar monitoring than in the batch reactor (LYES assay and HPLC-UV) were performed during continuous degradations of bisphenol A, 17β-estradiol, and mixtures in the packed-bed reactor. Acquired kinetics data were exploited to study and model the kinetics occurring in the packed-bed reactor. Mass transfer phenomena and laccases deactivation by substrate in the reactors were investigated and modeled, revealing, depending on the pollutant, the presence of slight external mass transfer limitation and the strong dependence of the kinetics on laccases deactivation. A design tool, in the form of a mathematical model for the design of a packed-bed reactor with immobilized laccases for the degradation of bisphenol A and related estrogenicity, was developed. The model was validated (simple validation) on experimental data. The model was then used, as a comparison, for the design of a reactor with similar conditions than a documented technique of bisphenol A degradation by ozone. The design resulted in a reactor twice smaller than for degradation by ozone, for the same conversion.In the current context of environmental crisis, this work proposed a first version of a promising practical solution for the treatment of environmentally problematic e-EDCs, oriented towards water overall estrogenicity monitoring and removal, and using natural biocatalysts. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

Made available in DSpace on 2014-07-29T16:11:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao francislene.pdf: 751721 bytes, checksum: e2b594633244a718bb345021ea1ae355 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-06-30 / The bioconversion is an area of the biotechnology that has increased in an expansive way, and it includes enzymatic reactions by microorganisms. These microorganisms that present enzymatic systems similar to those present in mammalian systems, it s the cytochrome P450 (CYP450). That s why the biotransformation an important alternative constitute as models for drug metabolism study. The Pycnoporus sanguineus is a filamentous fungi, basidiomycete of the Polyporaceae family and laccase producer (EC 1.10.3.2), an oxidoreductase enzyme. It was evaluated the influence of flavonoids naringin, naringenin, and quercetin in the growth of P. sanguineus, production of laccase in differents culture media. It was performed various conditions of reaction, such as temperature, agitation and the time of the flavonoids addition. The bioconversion processes were carried out for 24 up to 96 hours and monitored by TLC and HPLC to confirm the existence of potential metabolites. It was used purified laccase of the Pycnoporus sanguineus to evalute the participation of laccase in metabolites of naringin production. Pycnoporus sanguineus developed in differents culture media tested. Naringenin and naringin presented the capability to induce the laccase production by P. sanguineus, whereas quercetin and rutin inhibited the laccase production. The incubation using PDSM did not producted laccase. It was detected several of metabolites, whereas the incubations using quercetin acquired fourteen differents metabolites and the incubations using naringenin producted nine metabolites and naringin producted eight metabolites. In biocatalytic assay under 28ºC and 150rpm using naringin it was not detected the presence of metabolites / A bioconversão é uma área da biotecnologia que tem crescido extensamente e inclui reações enzimáticas por meio de microrganismos. Dentre os microrganismos utilizados destacam-se os fungos filamentosos, que apresentam um sistema enzimático semelhante ao dos seres humanos, o citocromo P450 (CYP, P450), responsável pelo metabolismo dos fármacos. O Pycnoporus sanguineus é um basidiomiceto da família Polyporaceae produtor de lacase (EC 1.10.3.2), que é uma enzima da classe das oxidoredutases. Neste trabalho, foi avaliada a influência dos flavonóides naringina, naringenina e quercetina no crescimento de P. sanguineus e produção de lacase em diferentes meios de culturas. Foram utilizadas condições reacionais variadas como alteração de temperatura, agitação e o tempo de adição dos flavonóides. As reações de bioconversão de flavonóides por P. sanguineus foram realizadas por um período de 24 a 96 horas e monitoradas por CCD e CLAE para verificar a presença de possíveis metabólitos. Aplicou-se a lacase purificada do P. sanguineus para avaliar a participação desta enzima na produção dos metabólitos da naringina. O fungo cresceu nos meios de cultura testados. A naringenina e a naringina apresentaram a capacidade de induzir a produção de lacase pelo fungo, enquanto a quercetina inibiu a produção da mesma. Nas incubações com o meio PDSM não houve a produção de lacase. Nos ensaios de bioconversão foram detectados vários metabólitos nas incubações com microrganismo inteiro, sendo que nas incubações com quercetina foram obtidos catorze metabólitos diferentes. Nas incubações com naringenina foram produzidos nove metabólitos e a naringina levou à produção de oito metabólitos. No ensaio biocatalítico a 28°C e 150rpm na presença de naringina não foi evidenciada a presença de metabólitos

Neste trabalho foram estudadas a atividade e a estabilidade de lacases dos fungos Coriolus hirsutus e Trametes versicolor em meio aquoso contendo líquidos iônicos (LI) como co-solventes, com o objetivo de se obter informações sobre os efeitos desses solventes na atividade enzimática. Foi avaliado o efeito de onze LI (cátions: tetrabutilamônio, 1-butil-3-metilpiperidina e 1-alquil-3-metilimidazólios; combinados com ânions: brometo, cloreto, metilsulfato, metanossulfonato e tetrafluorborato) em diferentes frações molares em meio aquoso tamponado com ácido acético (0,1 mol L-1, pH 4,7 e 25 &#176;C). De um modo geral, a atividade inicial das lacases nos diferentes líquidos iônicos foi inferior à obtida em solução aquosa somente tamponada. O aumento da concentração dos LI também resultou no decréscimo da atividade enzimática. Tanto os resultados obtidos para atividade, como para estabilidade enzimática, se correlacionaram bem com a série de Hofmeister, que ordena os íons de acordo com suas propriedades cosmotrópicas/caotrópicas. Ânions cosmotrópicos e cátions caotrópicos estabilizam proteínas, enquanto ânions caotrópicos e cátions cosmotrópicos as desestabilizam. As lacases estudadas foram fortemente inibidas na presença dos ânions caotrópicos Br- e BF4-. Entre os LI utilizados neste trabalho, o metanossulfonato de 1-etil-3-metilimidazólio foi co-solvente mais promissor para lacase. Os dados cinéticos das reações enzimáticas em metanossulfonato de 1-etil-3-metilimidazólio e metanossulfonato de 1-butil-3-metilimidazólio, utilizando os substratos catecol e siringaldazina, revelaram que o decréscimo da atividade enzimática é resultado do aumento da constante michaeliana. Os resultados obtidos da estabilidade e temperatura de transição de desnaturação térmica da lacase em LI formado por MeSO3-, cosmotrópico, foram comparáveis aos obtidos em tampão. A ordem crescente de atividade e estabilidade da lacase em líquidos iônicos para cátions foi BuN+&#8776;BMPP+&#8776;BMIM+&#60;EMIM+, enquanto para ânions foi Br-&#8776;BF4- < MeSO4- < MeSO3-. A diminuição da eficiência catalítica da reação (Kcat/Km) em meio contendo líquido iônico foi proporcionada principalmente pelo aumento da Km. Líquidos iônicos têm se apresentado como potenciais solventes para utilização em biocatálise. As propriedades físico-químicas dos LI podem ser moduladas pela combinação de diferentes cátions e ânions, visando características diferenciais para atividade enzimática. O estudo do mecanismo catalítico e dos efeitos específicos dos íons é de fundamental importância para a utilização vantajosa desses solventes em reações enzimáticas. / In this study, the activity and stability of laccase of T. versioclor and C. hirsutus were studied in ionic liquid (IL)-containing aqueous systems to provide valuable information with regard to the effect of IL on the enzyme activity. The effect of IL on the laccase performance was investigated by comparing the activity, stability, kinetic (such as Km, Vmax) and thermal denaturation. An excessive amount of these ILs in the reaction systems resulted in decline in enzymatic activity. Both activity and stability of the enzyme correlate well with the Hofmeister series in terms of the salt\'s kosmotropic/chaotropic properties. Proteins are usually found to be stabilized by a kosmotropic anion and a chaotropic cation and destabilized by a chaotropic anion and a kosmotropic cation. Laccases strong had been inhibited presence of chaotropic anions Br- and BF4-. Among the IL used here, 1-etyl-3-methylimidazoliun methanesulfonate was the most promising IL for laccase. A detailed analysis of kinetic data in the presence of catecol and syrigadalzine as substrate revealed that the decrease in the laccase activity was a result of increase in Km. Equal stability the transition temperature for the thermal denaturation of laccase of T. versioclor in ionic liquids based in MeSO3- (kosmotropic) was comparable to that of the control sample. It was observed an ion effect on the laccase activity and stability, for cations this parameters values increased in the order BMIM+&#8776;BuN+&#8776;BMPP+ < EMIM+; while for anions the order is Br-&#8776;BF4- < MeSO4- < MeSO3-. Also an increase in Km is correlated with the decrease in the catalytic reaction efficiency (Kcat/Km) in medium containing ionic liquid. Design and use of water-mimicking IL composed of chaotropic cations and kosmotropic anions may facilitate the applications of IL in biotransformations.

Este trabalho descreve a preparação e caracterização de biocátodos para biocélula a combustível Etanol e Metanol//O2 utilizando a enzima lacase (trametes versicolor) num sistema de transferência eletrônica mediada (TEM). Na primeira etapa do trabalho, os resultados de cinética enzimática com a enzima lacase em solução e imobilizada sobre tecido de carbono mostraram que os vários parâmetros experimentais (pH, temperatura, estabilidade) analisados devem ser considerados, a fim de se obter atividade máxima com os biocatalisadores. Além disso, em relação aos testes cinéticos e de estabilidade, pode-se inferir que o dendrímero PAMAM pode ser empregado como um bom agente imobilizante na preparação de bicátodos para biocélula a combustível enzimática. Na segunda etapa do trabalho, uma semibiocélula Etanol//O2 foi testada e os eletrocatalisadores testados foram o verde de metileno (VM) e o azul de meldola (AM). Os testes de potência mostraram a importância da presença do mediador ABTS e do eletrocatalisador (VM) para melhorar o desempenho do dispositivo. Na terceira etapa do trabalho, eletrodos com diferentes mediadores (ABTS, ferro porfirina, ferroceno, complexo de ósmio e complexo de rutênio) e com polipirrol eletropolimerizado na superfície do eletrodo foram testados numa semibiocélula Metanol//O2. Os testes de semibiocélula Etanol e Metanol//O2 com transferência eletrônica mediada mostraram que os biocátodos preparados com o dendrímero PAMAM e com os diferentes eletrocatalisadores e mediadores, se mostraram capazes de gerar densidades de potência competitivas em relação aos valores encontrados na literatura. / This work describes the preparation and characterization of biocathodes for Ethanol and Methanol//O2 biofuel cell using the enzyme laccase (trametes versicolor) enzyme and mediated electron transfer (MET). Investigation of the enzymatic kinetics of the enzyme laccase in solution and immobilized onto carbon platforms showed that the analyzed experimental parameters (pH, temperature, and stability) must be considered for maximum activity to be achieved. The kinetic and stability tests revealed that PAMAM dendrimers constitute very good immobilization agent to prepare biocathodes for enzymatic biofuel cell. The second part of this work, dealt with Ethanol//O2half-cell using methylene green (MG) ormeldola blue (MB) as electrocatalyst. The power test evidenced that it is important to have ABTS as mediator and an electrocatalyst, to ensure that the device performs better. The third part of this work evaluated electrodes with distinct mediators (ABTS, iron porphyrin, ferrocene, osmium complex, and ruthenium complex) and containing electropolymerized polypyrrole on their surface in a Methanol//O2half-cell. Ethanol and Methanol//O2 half-cell tests with mediated electron transfer showed that the biocathodes prepared with PAMAM dendrimers, electrocatalyst, and distinct mediators generated competitive power densities as compared with literature data.

In this study white-rot fungi were investigated for their efficiency at distillery wastewater remediation and the production of laccase as a valuable by-product. Distillery wastewaters are high in organic load and low in pH. The presence of phenolic compounds can lead to extremely colour-rich wastewaters and can be toxic to microorganisms. The presence of the inorganic ions may also affect biological treatment. White-rot fungi are unique among eukaryotic or prokaryotic microbes in possessing powerful oxidative enzyme systems that can degrade lignin to carbon dioxide. These ligninolytic enzymes, such as lignin peroxidase, manganese peroxidase and laccase, are capable of degrading a vast range of toxic, recalcitrant environmental pollutants and this makes the white-rot fungi strong candidates for the bioremediation of polluted soils and waters. The laccase enzyme alone has shown remediation potential in wastewaters such as beer production effluent, olive mill wastewater, alcohol distillery wastes, dye-containing wastewaters from the textile industry as well as wastewaters from the paper and pulp industry. It has been shown to be capable of remediating soils and waters polluted with chlorinated phenolic compounds, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, nitrosubstituted compounds and fungicides, herbicides and insecticides.

Orientadores: Rosiane Lopes da Cunha, Ana Carla Kawazoe Sato / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia de Almentos / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-18T17:56:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Costa_AlineAlvaresdaSilva_M.pdf: 2383816 bytes, checksum: 2af9fcfd4c4efd286c4471da25aa7226 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Resumo: Proteínas são os biopolímeros mais amplamente utilizados nas formulações de emulsões alimentícias como agentes emulsificantes, por serem um aditivo seguro. Com o intuito de entender e melhorar as propriedades emulsificantes das proteínas, inicialmente foram estudadas as macroemulsões óleo-água (O/A) estabilizadas por caseinato de sódio (CN-Na), obtidas em um sistema rotor-estator, sob diferentes concentrações de proteína e condições de pH. Todas as macroemulsões apresentaram separação de fases, devido ao mecanismo de cremeação. Este processo de desestabilização foi reduzido quando existiu o aumento da viscosidade dos sistemas, obtido pela adição de maiores concentrações de proteína e pela redução do pH em direção ao ponto isoelétrico da proteína. Já a utilização da homogeneização a altas pressões promoveu a formação de emulsões cineticamente estáveis, não sendo observada separação de fases com 4% de CN-Na em nenhuma das condições de pH. De modo geral, as emulsões apresentaram comportamento pseudoplástico, com exceção das emulsões estabilizadas com 1% de proteína em pH 5, que se comportaram como fluido dilatante, e em pH 7, como fluido Newtoniano. A redução do pH para os sistemas com 1% de CN-Na levou à desestabilização das emulsões, devido à menor concentração de proteínas adsorvidas não permitirem uma estabilização eletrostática. Foi realizado um tratamento enzimático para melhorar a estabilização das emulsões que separaram de fases em pH ácido. Assim, géis de caseinato de sódio foram reticulados com lacase e ácido ferúlico e as propriedades mecânicas desses géis foram avaliadas. A adição de lacase mediada por ácido ferúlico resultou em géis mais rígidos, firmes e menos deformáveis. As melhores combinações foram selecionadas para o preparo de emulsões O/A estabilizadas com CN-Na com o objetivo de aumentar a estabilidade em pH ácido. O uso desse tratamento enzimático levou a modificações na estrutura da proteína e, com isso, mudanças nas suas propriedades funcionais, o que permitiu o aumento na estabilidade das emulsões. Em geral, essas emulsões tratadas enzimaticamente apresentaram-se mais estáveis, com distribuição de gotas menos polidispersa e com comportamento mais estruturado, apesar do aumento no diâmetro médio das gotas, variando entre 11,79 e 20,17 µm para emulsões em pH 3 contra 6,14 µm medido na emulsão controle (sem tratamento enzimático). Assim, o aumento na estabilidade dessas emulsões deve estar associado ao aumento da viscosidade, que promoveram estabilidade estérica aos sistemas. Portanto, os resultados mostram que foi possível a produção de emulsões ácidas com maior estabilidade a partir do caseinato de sódio, através do tratamento enzimático, originando emulsões com estruturas e propriedades reológicas diferenciadas em comparação com a proteína não reticulada / Abstract: Proteins are biopolymers widely used as a safe additive in the formulation of food emulsions as emulsifying agents. To understand and improve the emulsifying properties of sodium caseinate, initially oil-in-water macroemulsions (O/W) were studied. The emulsions were stabilized by sodium caseinate prepared using a rotor-stator device at different concentrations of protein and pH. All macroemulsions showed phase separation due to the creaming mechanism. This mechanism of destabilization was reduced with the increase of system viscosity, either due to the increase on the concentrations of protein and by the reduction of pH towards to the protein¿s isoelectric point. The use of high-pressure homogenization promoted the formation of stable microemulsions, with no phase separation observed in emulsions with 4% CN-Na. In general, the emulsions exhibited a shear-thinning behavior, except the emulsion containing 1% protein at pH 7, which exhibited Newtonian behavior, and at pH 5, which tended to show a shear-thickening behavior. The reduction of pH in emulsions with 1% CN-Na led to phase separated emulsions, which was attributed to the amount of adsorbed protein, which was insufficient to promote a strong electrostatic repulsion. In order to improve the stabilization of phase separated emulsions at acidic pH, an enzymatic treatment was carried out. Thus, sodium caseinate gels were crosslinked with laccase and ferulic acid and the mechanical properties of these gels were evaluated. The addition of laccase and ferulic acid resulted in gels with increased hardness, firmness and less deformable. The best treatments were selected for the preparation of O/W emulsions stabilized with CN-Na, in order to increase in their stability in acidic pH. The enzymatic treatment caused modifications in the protein structure, resulting in changes of functional properties, which led to an increase in the emulsion stability. In general, these enzymatically treated emulsions were more stable, composed by droplets with lower size distribution and more structured behavior, despite the increased mean droplet diameters (between 11.79 and 20.17 µm for emulsions at pH 3). Thus, the stability increase of these emulsions could be associated to the increase in viscosity, which resulted in steric stability. Results showed that it was possible to produce more stable emulsions containing sodium caseinate in acidic pH using enzymatic treatment, resulting in emulsions with different structures and rheological properties when compared with the non-cross-linked protein / Mestrado / Engenharia de Alimentos / Mestre em Engenharia de Alimentos

The waste from agricultural and food industry are accessible in large quantity anywhere in the whole world nowadays. Most of these wastes include cellulose (30 - 40 %), hemicellulose (20 - 40 %) and lignine (10 - 20 %). Therefore these waste materials have wide use as the substrates for the microbial growth and the production of the enzymes. The microorganisms are able to use organic compounds from the wastes as the source of energy for the growth and carbon for synthesis of cellular biomass [24]. Wheat and rice straw are possible to use as the substrates for cultivation of the microorganisms and following production of the enzymes. In this thesis the utilization of the wastes from food industry for the production of the enzymes by the microorganisms was studied. We observed utilization of wheat straw as source of energy for growth of tested microorganisms and investigated their ability for the production of oxidoreductase (laccase). The optimalization of growth conditions of Aureobasidium pullulans was proceeded. Further the activity of laccase was studied. Milled wheat straw was used as the substrate. The cultivation was done in the thermoregulator at the temperature of 27°C. The activity of laccase was not found in this thesis. Petri dishes were contaminated by three unknown microoganisms during optimalization of growth of Aureobasidium pullulans. One of them produced laccase in cultivation with straw.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第20421号 / 農博第2206号 / 新制||農||1047(附属図書館) / 学位論文||H29||N5042(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科森林科学専攻 / (主査)教授 吉村 剛, 教授 梅澤 俊明, 教授 本田 与一 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

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京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第24909号 / 農博第2572号 / 新制||農||1102(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科森林科学専攻 / (主査)教授 髙野 俊幸, 教授 上髙原 浩, 教授 河本 晴雄 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DGAM