Spent caustic treatment using hydrophobic room temperatures ionic liquids
JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY
Authors: Sabri, Muhammad Ashraf; Ibrahim, Taleb Hassan; Khamis, Mustafa Ibrahim; Nancarrow, Paul; Hassan, Muhammad Faheem
Abstract
Two hydrophobic room temperature ionic liquid (IL), tetrahexylammonium dihexyl-sulfosuccinate (IL1) and trioctylmethylammonium salicylate (IL2), have been employed for the treatment of spent caustic (SC) wastewater by liquid-liquid extraction at room temperature and pressure. The concentrations of phenols, thiols and benzaldehyde were reduced to below their detection limits and the chemical oxygen demand (COD) levels were reduced from 64166 +/- 3880 mg/l to 63.0 +/- 9.0 mg/l. This represents an outstanding reduction in pollutant and COD levels to well below the discharge limits for industrial effluents as set by U.S.A. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations, thus eliminating the need for any further treatment before discharge. (C) 2018 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Bone marrow derived-mesenchymal stem cells downregulate IL17A dependent IL6/STAT3 signaling pathway in CCl4-induced rat liver fibrosis
PLOS ONE
Authors: Farouk, Shimaa; Sabet, Salwa; Abu Zahra, Fatma A.; El-Ghor, Akmal A.
Abstract
Therapeutic potential of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) has been reported in several animal models of liver fibrosis. Interleukin (IL) 17A, IL6 and Stat3 have been described to play crucial roles in chronic liver injury. However, the modulatory effect of MSCs on these markers was controversial in different diseases. BM-MSCs might activate the IL6/STAT3 signaling pathway and promote cell invasion in hepatocellular carcinoma, but the immunomodulatory role of BM-MSCs on IL17A/IL6/STAT3 was not fully elucidated in liver fibrosis. In the present study, we evaluated the capacity of the BM-MSCs in the modulation of cytokines milieu and signal transducers, based on unique inflammatory genes Il17a and Il17f and their receptors Il17rc and their effect on the IL6/STAT3 pathway in CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in rats. A single dose of BM-MSCs was administered to the group with induced liver fibrosis, and the genes and proteins of interest were evaluated along six weeks after treatment. Our results showed a significant downregulation of Il17a, Il17ra,il17f and Il17rc genes. In accordance, BM-MSCs administration declined IL17, IL2 and IL6 serum proteins and downregulated IL17A and IL17RA proteins in liver tissue. Interestingly, BM-MSCs downregulated both Stat3 mRNA expression and p-STAT3, while Stat5a gene was downregulated and p-STAT5 protein was elevated. Also P-SMAD3 and TGF beta R2 proteins were downregulated in response to BM-MSCs treatment. Collectively, we suggest that BM-MSCs might play an immunomodulatory role in the treatment of liver fibrosis through downregulation of IL17A affecting IL6/STAT3 signaling pathway.