Journal article
Rapid plant uptake of isothiazolinone biocides and formation of metabolites by hydroponic Arabidopsis
Environmental science : processes & impacts, Vol.24(10), pp.1735-1747
08/09/2022
DOI: 10.1039/d2em00178k
PMID: 35943051
Abstract
Isothiazolinones biocides are water-soluble, low molecular weight, nitrogenous compounds widely used to prevent microbial growth in a variety of applications including personal care products and building façade materials. Because isothiazolinones from buildings wash off and enter stormwater, interactions with terrestrial plants may represent an important part of the environmental fate of these compounds (e.g., in green stormwater infrastructure). Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana grown hydroponically, we observed rapid (≥99% within 24 hours), plant-driven removal of four commonly used isothiazolinones: benzisothiazolinone (BIT), chloromethylisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, and octylisothiazolinone. No significant differences in uptake rate occurred between the four compounds; therefore, BIT was used for further detailed investigation. BIT uptake by Arabidopsis was concentration-dependent in a manner that implicates transporter-mediated substrate inhibition. BIT uptake was also minimally impacted by multiple BIT spikes, suggesting constituently active uptake. BIT plant uptake rate was robust, unaffected by multiple inhibitors. We investigated plant metabolism as a relevant removal process. Proposed major metabolites that significantly increased in the BIT-exposure treatment compared to the control included: endogenous plant compounds nicotinic acid (confirmed with a reference standard) and phenylthioacetohydroximic acid, a possible amino acid-BIT conjugate, and two accurate masses of interest. Two of the compounds (phenylthioacetohydroximic acid and TP 470) were also present in increased amounts in the hydroponic medium after BIT exposure, possibly via plant excretion. Upregulation of endogenous plant compounds is environmentally significant because it demonstrates that BIT impacts plant biology. The rapid plant-driven isothiazolinone removal observed here indicates that plant-isothiazolinone processes could be relevant to the environmental fate of these stormwater compounds.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rapid plant uptake of isothiazolinone biocides and formation of metabolites by hydroponic Arabidopsis
- Creators
- Claire P MuerdterMegan M PowersSraboni ChowdhuryAlyssa L MianeckiGregory H LeFevre
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Environmental science : processes & impacts, Vol.24(10), pp.1735-1747
- DOI
- 10.1039/d2em00178k
- PMID
- 35943051
- ISSN
- 2050-7887
- eISSN
- 2050-7895
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100000001, name: National Science Foundation, award: CBET CAREER (1844720), Major Research Instrumentation grant CHE-1919422; DOI: 10.13039/100005740, name: Iowa Space Grant Consortium, award: NASA Award No. NNX16AL88H; DOI: 10.13039/100005825, name: National Institute of Food and Agriculture, award: 2021-67019-33680
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/09/2022
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984303288702771
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