24 h samples of untreated and treated wastewater were taken in parallel from a modern municipal sewage plant in southern Germany in March and June 1998. After solid phase extraction, total estrogenic activity was quantitatively measured with a miniaturized E-screen assay and the levels of nine estrogenic phenolic chemicals analyzed by HRGC/LRMS. 17Beta-estradiol equivalent concentrations (EEQ) were 58 and 70 ng/l in the influent and 6 ng/l in the effluent, indicating that the load of estrogenic activity of the wastewater was reduced by about 90% in the sewage plant. Less than 3% of the estrogenic activity was found in the sludge. 4-t-octylphenol, 4-nonylphenol, bisphenol A, 2-hydroxybiphenyl, and 4-chloro-3-methylphenol were detected in the untreated wastewater at levels from 0.13 to 3.6 microg/l. 4-t-octylphenol, 4-nonylphenol, and bisphenol A were present in the effluent at concentrations from 0.16 to 0.36 microg/l, 2-hydroxybiphenyl and 4-chloro-3-methylphenol were not detectable. The contribution of the quantified levels of phenolic xenoestrogens to total estrogenic activity in the sewage was 0.7-4.3%.

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In vitro translation of natural mRNAs in a cell-free system containing components from interferon-treated chicken fibroblasts and factor preparations from mouse ascites cells or rabbit reticulocytes.

The effect of interferon has been studied in a mixed cell-free protein synthesizing system. Hemoglobin (Hb) and Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC)-RNA can be efficiently translated in vitro in a system containing S-30 lysates or run-off ribosomes from primary chick embryo fibroblasts (CEF) and a postmicrosomal supernatant from mouse ascites cells or a ribosomal-wash preparation from rabbit reticulocytes. Ribosomes prepared from CEF pretreated with high doses of homologous interferon (500 units/ml) were able to translate Hb-RNA in the presence of heterologous factors with the same efficiency as ribosomes prepared from control cells. Translation of EMC-RNAP WAS SLIGHTLY Reduced if ribosomes from interferon-treated cells were used in the mixed cell-free system, confirming previous reports. No inhibitory effect caused by interferon treatment of CEF cells could be detected on in vitro translation of natural mRNAs if the cells had, in addition to interferon treatment, been infected with vaccinia virus. Possible reasons for the different observations made with out cell-free protein synthesizing system from CEF and with cell-free systems prepared from mouse cells are discussed.

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[Hybridization experiment with a low-molecular weight DNA from embryonic rat cells (author's transl)].

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