Irreversible inactivation of human acetylcholinesterase (hAChE) by organophosphorous pesticides (OPs) and chemical weapon agents (CWA) has severe morbidity and mortality consequences. We present data from quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) and 80 classical molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the apo and soman-adducted forms of hAChE to investigate the effects on the dynamics and p...

Organophosphate pesticides are used extensively worldwide, and poisoning by these agents, particularly in developing nations is a public health problem. Organophosphorous nerve agents are still considered as potential threat in both military or terrorism situations. The mechanism of toxicity is the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase, resulting in accumulation of the neurotransmitter acetylcholi...

diazinon is one of the highly consumed organophosphorous pesticides. it inhibits cholinesterase enzyme in animal tissues. due to permanent residence in agricultural drainage channels, the swan mussel (anodonta cygnea) can be considered as one of the most suitable indicators of such pollutants. at the present study, acethyle cholinesterase activity of a. cygnea was measured when exposed to vario...

Background Widespread use of organophosphorous compounds (OPs) in agriculture and as nerve agents as well as a lack of clinically effective antidotes initiated the synthesis of new pyridinium bis-aldoximes (K-compounds) with high potency in reactivating acetylcholinesterase irreversibly inhibited by OPs [1,2]. We aimed to optimize an HPLC method sensitive enough to determine K-compounds from di...

Characterizing human exposure to pesticides is challenging because their metabolites have a broad diversity of chemical structures. We aimed study the interest associating suspect screening and targeted analysis identify multiple pesticide pregnant women. Approximately 300 urinary samples collected during early pregnancy (France) were analyzed by UHPLC/HRMS using both approach multiresidue anal...

Pesticides are widely used in agriculture, although they may create hazards both to humans and to the environment. In order to reduce the harmful effects of their administration, there has been made a great effort to find solutions. The porous sol-gel silica materials which are able to entrap different organic molecules represent new studied controlled release carriers. The aim of the present w...

Triazophos is a widely used organophosphorous insecticide that has potentially adverse effects to organisms. In the present study, a high-affinity single-chain variable fragment (scFv) antibody with specific lambda light chain was developed for residue monitoring. First, the specific variable regions were correctly amplified from a hybridoma cell line 8C10 that secreted monoclonal antibody (mAb...

The inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activity has been used widely as a biomarker of exposure to organophosphorous pesticides (OPs). However, scientific uncertainty about the risk assessment implications of data describing inhibition of cholinesterases in diverse species and tissues has hampered the use of AChE activity as a biomarker of adverse effect. Here, haemolymph AChE activity w...