Roxithromycin Degradation by Acidic Hydrolysis and Photocatalysis
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Analytical Methods Roxithromycin degradation by acidic hydrolysis and photocatalysis Journal: Analytical Methods Manuscript ID: AY-ART-03-2014-000708.R2 Article Type: Paper Date Submitted by the Author: 28-May-2014 Complete List of Authors: Kwiecień, Anna; Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Krzek, Jan; Jagiellonian University, Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Żmudzki, Paweł; Jagiellonian University, Collegium Medicum, Department of Medicinal Chemistry Matoga, Urszula; Jagiellonian Univeristy, Collegium Medicum, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry Długosz, Maciej; Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry Szczubiałka, Krzysztof; Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry Nowakowska, M; Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Chemistry Page 1 of 23 Analytical Methods 1 2 3 Roxithromycin degradation by acidic hydrolysis and 4 5 6 photocatalysis 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Anna Kwiecie ń*1 , Jan Krzek 1, Paweł Żmudzki 2, Urszula Matoga 1, Maciej Długosz 3, 14 3 3 15 Krzysztof Szczubiałka , Maria Nowakowska 16 17 18 1 Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical 19 20 College, Faculty of Pharmacy, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland 21 2 Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Faculty of 22 23 Pharmacy, Medyczna 9, 30-688 Kraków, Poland 24 3 25 Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Ingardena 3, 30-060 Kraków, Poland 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 *Corresponding author: 42 43 Dr Anna Kwiecie ń 44 Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry 45 Jagiellonian University, Medical College, Faculty of Pharmacy 46 9 Medyczna Street 47 30-688 Kraków, Poland 48 phone: +48 12 620 54 80 49 fax +48 12 620 54 05 50 e-mail: [email protected] 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 1 Analytical Methods Page 2 of 23 1 2 3 Abstract 4 5 6 The purpose of this work was to study two methods of degradation of roxithromycin; acidic 7 8 hydrolysis and photocatalytic degradation under illumination with near-UV light in the 9 10 11 presence of the TiO 2 photosensitizer. For acidic degradation studies a TLC-densitometric 12 13 method have been developed using TLC aluminium plates precoated with silica gel F 254 and 14 15 the mobile phase composed of methanol-acetone-ammonia 25% (1:14:0.1, v/v/v) which gives 16 17 compact spots for roxithromycin and its degradation products. Photocatalytic degradation 18 19 studies in the presence of TiO were monitored by HPLC . The obtained results have shown 20 2 21 22 that both methods of degradation of roxithromycin are quite efficient. Kinetics of first order 23 24 photocatalytic degradation reaction follows the Langmuir-Hinshelwood theory for 25 26 photocatalytic microheterogeneous systems. The chemical structures of the degradation 27 28 products obtained during acidic degradation and photocatalytic degradation were proposed 29 30 31 based on UPLC-MS/MS technique. The general mechanisms of both processes were 32 33 proposed. 34 35 36 37 38 39 Key words: roxithromycin, degradation studies, kinetic evaluation, TiO 2 photosensitizer, 40 41 quantitative determination, photocatalysis 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 2 Page 3 of 23 Analytical Methods 1 2 3 Introduction 4 5 Pharmaceuticals are a class of substances which raise increasing environmental 6 7 concern due to their strong bioactivity [1], on one hand, and their growing concentration and 8 9 10 widespread distribution in the environment, on the other [2]. This is, at least in part, due to the 11 12 fact that the pharmaceuticals present in the hospital wastewater are almost always introduced 13 14 untreated to the municipal sewage system and ultimately to the municipal wastewater 15 16 treatment plants (WWTPs). The most potent and harmful pharmaceuticals in the hospital 17 18 wastewater include antibiotics, hormones, enzymes, MRI and X-ray contrast agents, 19 20 21 anesthetics, psychopharmaceuticals, disinfectants and cytostatics [3-5]. Among these 22 23 substances, antibiotics are of special interest because they cause antibiotic resistance of 24 25 (pathogenic) bacteria that is one of the most important challenges of the modern medicine 26 27 worldwide [6]. 28 29 30 Macrolides (MLs) such as erythromycin, clarithromycin, roxithromycin, and 31 32 azithromycin, are the second most important class of antibiotics used in human therapy after 33 34 the β-lactams [7]. Roxithromycin (Roxy), ((E)-erythromycin-9-[O-[(2-methoxyethoxy)- 35 36 methyl]oxime]) is a second generation semi-synthetic macrolide antibiotic derivative of 37 38 39 erythromycin A (Figure 1). It exists in an E-configuration [8]. This molecule is composed of a 40 41 14-membered lactone ring, a desosamine sugar unit and a cladinose sugar unit. A significant 42 43 difference between the structures of both macrolides lies at position 9 of the lactone ring, 44 45 where Roxy has an etheroxime chain instead of a carbonyl group at the same position in 46 47 erythromycin A. 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 3 Analytical Methods Page 4 of 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Figure 1. Chemical structure of roxithromycin 20 21 22 Roxy is the least active of the 14-membered macrolides having activity against gram- 23 24 positive and gram-negative cocci, gram-positive bacilli and some gram-negative bacilli [9,10]. 25 26 27 Roxy has been frequently detected worldwide in the effluents of WWTPs [11,12], 28 29 surface waters [13], and even a drinking water [14]. Due to the widespread use of Roxy it is 30 31 important to find out its metabolites and the most efficient methods of its degradation before it 32 33 reaches the environment. Oxidative dealkylation of the alkylether side chain, hydrolytic 34 35 36 cleavage of the sugar cladinose, and O-demethylation at the oxime side chain are the major 37 38 metabolic pathways of Roxy in humans [8]. Metabolic isomerization of the oxime is 39 40 stereoselective leading to the formation of Z-oxime isomers [15,16]. 41 42 The acidic hydrolysis of Roxy in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) has been already 43 44 reported [17]. Moreover, the degradation of clarithromycin and Roxy adsorbed on to iron(III) 45 46 47 and manganese(IV) oxides was studied [7]. It was found that the degradation of these MLs 48 49 proceeds both by the hydrolysis of the cladinose sugar and the lactone ring, with the N- 50 51 dealkylation of the amino sugar being the minor pathway. Sorption and transformation of 52 53 MLs on clays have been also described [18]. Biodegradation studies of Roxy in activated 54 55 56 sludge process have shown that hydrolysis of Roxy is negligible and the antibiotic removal 57 58 proceeds mainly through adsorption [19]. 59 60 4 Page 5 of 23 Analytical Methods 1 2 3 The aim of this work was to study the degradation of Roxy by acidic hydrolysis and 4 5 sensitized photodegradation as possible methods of its treatment before it is transferred into 6 7 the environment. We have performed a detailed analysis of the degradation pathway under 8 9 10 these conditions. We also propose the alternative degradation method, a photocatalytic 11 12 degradation of Roxy using TiO 2 dispersion. To the best of our knowledge no papers 13 14 presenting UV-light induced photocatalytic degradation of Roxy sensitized by suspended 15 16 TiO 2 are available in the literature, although systems containing TiO 2 coated on carriers such 17 18 as cenospheres have been reported [20]. 19 20 21 22 23 24 Experimental 25 26 27 28 Apparatus 29 30 31 The degraded Roxy samples were analyzed using UPLC-MS/MS system - ACQUITY 32 33 UPLC and TQD mass spectrometer (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA) and a HPLC 34 35 system composed of a Waters 515 HPLC pump, a 2996 Photodiode Array Detector, and a 717 36 37 Plus Autosampler (Waters Corporation, Milford, MA, USA). TLC analyses were performed 38 39 40 using a TLC Scanner 3 densitometer with Cats 4 software (Camag, Muttenz, Switzerland). 41 42 Irradiations were performed using a Rayonet RPR-100 photoreactor (Southern New England 43 44 Ultraviolet Company, Brandford, CT, USA). Samples were dried using a drying oven with 45 46 natural convection – Binder ED 115/E2 (Binder GmbH, Tuttlingen, Germany) and a muffle 47 48 furnace FCF 5S HM (Czylok, Jastrz ębie Zdrój, Poland). 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 5 Analytical Methods Page 6 of 23 1 2 3 Dynamic light scattering 4 5 Dynamic light scattering (DLS) of TiO 2 dispersed in water was used to estimate the 6 7 size of the average TiO 2 particle. The measurement was carried out using Malvern Zetasizer 8 9 10 Nano-ZS. Anatase refractive index of 2.55 was used in the calculations. 11 12 13 14 UV-Vis reflectance spectroscopy 15 16 Reflectance spectrum of the TiO 2 powder was acquired using an Ocean Optics 17 18 USB2G5726 spectrophotometer equipped with an AvaLight-DHS lamp and an integration 19 20 21 sphere. The bandgap energy was estimated using Tauc plot. 22 23 24 25 Powder X-Ray diffraction (PXRD) 26 27 The PXRD analyses were carried out to assess the crystal structure of the obtained 28 29 TiO 2. The measurement was carried out using X’PERT PRO diffractometer. Scherrer 30 31 equation was used to approximate the crystallite size: 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 where: 39 40 L – average crystallite size, λ – the wavelength of X-ray radiation, K – shape constant equal to 41 42 43 0.9 for spherical particles, β1/2 – the line broadening at half the maximum intensity, θ - Bragg 44 45 angle 46 47 48 49 Materials and reagents 50 51 52 Roxithromycin - (3R,4S,5S,6R,7R,9R,11S,12R,13S,14R) - 6 - {[(2S,3R,4S,6R) - 4- 53 54 (dimethylamino) - 3 - hydroxy - 6 - methyloxan – 2 - yl]oxy} - 14 - ethyl - 7,12,13 - 55 56 trihydroxy - 4 - {[(2R,4R,5S,6S) - 5 - hydroxy - 4 - methoxy - 4,6 - dimethyloxan - 2 -yl]oxy} 57 58 59 60 6 Page 7 of 23 Analytical Methods 1 2 3 - 3,5,7,9,11,13 - hexamethyl - 10 - (2,4,7 - trioxa - 1 - azaoctan - 1 - ylidene) - 1 - 4 5 oxacyclotetradecan-2-one was purchased from LGC Standards, EPR 1500000, Teddington, 6 7 London, England).