Hydroxyl radical oxidation of cylindrospermopsin (cyanobacterial toxin) and its role in the photochemical transformation.

Cylindrospermopsin (CYN), an alkaloid guanidinium sulfated toxin, is produced by a number of cyanobacteria regularly found in lakes, rivers, and reservoirs. Steady-state and time-resolved radiolysis methods were used to determine reaction pathways and kinetic parameters for the reactions of hydroxyl radical with CYN. The absolute bimolecular reaction rate constant for the reaction of hydroxyl radical with CYN is (5.08 ± 0.16) × 10(9) M(-1) s(-1). Comparison of the overall reaction rate of CYN with hydroxyl radical with the individual reaction rate for addition to the uracil ring in CYN indicate the majority of the hydroxyl radicals (84%) react at the uracil functionality of CYN. Product analyses using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry indicate the major products from the reaction of hydroxyl radical with CYN involve attack of hydroxyl radical at the uracil ring and hydrogen abstraction from the hydroxy-methine bridge linking the uracil ring to the tricyclic guanidine functionality. The role of hydroxyl radical initiated pathways in the natural organic matter (NOM) photosensitized transformation of CYN were evaluated. Scavenger and trapping experiments indicate that hydroxyl radical mediated transformations account for approximately ~70% of CYN destruction in surface waters under solar irradiation in the presence of NOM. The absence of solvent isotope effect indicates singlet oxygen does not play a significant role in the NOM sensitized transformation of CYN. The primary degradation pathways for HO• mediated and NOM photosensitized destruction of CYN involve destruction of the uracil ring. The fundamental kinetic parameters determined from these studies are critical for the accurate evaluation of hydroxyl-radical based technologies for the remediation of this problematic cyanotoxin in drinking water and important in the assessment of the environmental oxidative transformation of uracil based compounds.

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