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Sharma R, Lenaghan SC. Duckweed: a potential phytosensor for heavy metals. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2022; 41:2231-2243. [PMID: 35980444 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-022-02913-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Globally, heavy metal (HM) contamination is one of the primary causes of environmental pollution leading to decreased quality of life for those affected. In particular, HM contamination in groundwater poses a serious risk to human health and the potential for destabilization of aquatic ecosystems. At present, strategies to remove HM contamination from wastewater are inefficient, costly, laborious, and often the removal poses as much risk to the environment as the initial contamination. Phytoremediation, plant-based removal of contaminants from soil or water, has long been viewed as an economical and sustainable solution to remove toxic metals from the environment. However, to date, phytoremediation has demonstrated limited successes despite a large volume of literature supporting its potential. A key aspect for achieving robust and meaningful phytoremediation is the selection of a plant species that is well suited to the task. For the removal of pollutants from wastewater, hydrophytes, like duckweed, exhibit significant potential due to their rapid growth on nutrient-rich water, ease of collection, and ability to survive in various ecosystems. As a model for ecotoxicity studies, duckweed is an ideal candidate, as it is easy to cultivate under controlled and even sterile conditions, and the rapid growth enables multi-generational studies. Similarly, recent advances in the genetic engineering and genome-editing of duckweed will enable the transition from fundamental ecotoxicity studies to engineered solutions for phytoremediation of HMs. This review will provide insight into the suitability of duckweeds for phytoremediation of HMs and strategies for engineering next-generation duckweed to provide real-world environmental solutions.
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- Reena Sharma
- Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, 102 Food Safety and Processing Building 2600 River Dr., Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
- Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, B012 McCord Hall, 2640 Morgan Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, 102 Food Safety and Processing Building 2600 River Dr., Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
- Center for Agricultural Synthetic Biology, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, B012 McCord Hall, 2640 Morgan Circle Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
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Baek G, Saeed M, Choi HK. Duckweeds: their utilization, metabolites and cultivation. APPLIED BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 2021; 64:73. [PMID: 34693083 PMCID: PMC8525856 DOI: 10.1186/s13765-021-00644-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Duckweeds are floating plants of the family Lemnaceae, comprising 5 genera and 36 species. They typically live in ponds or lakes and are found worldwide, except the polar regions. There are two duckweed subfamilies-namely Lemnoidea and Wolffioideae, with 15 and 21 species, respectively. Additionally, they have characteristic reproduction methods. Several metabolites have also been reported in various duckweeds. Duckweeds have a wide range of adaptive capabilities and are particularly suitable for experiments requiring high productivity because of their speedy growth and reproduction rates. Duckweeds have been studied for their use as food/feed resources and pharmaceuticals, as well as for phytoremediation and industrial applications. Because there are numerous duckweed species, culture conditions should be optimized for industrial applications. Here, we review and summarize studies on duckweed species and their utilization, metabolites, and cultivation methods to support the extended application of duckweeds in future.
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- GahYoung Baek
- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 06974 Republic of Korea
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Mekjinda N, Phunnarungsi S, Ruangpornvisuti V, Ritchie RJ, Hamachi I, Ojida A, Wongkongkatep J. Masking Phosphate with Rare-Earth Elements Enables Selective Detection of Arsenate by Dipycolylamine-Zn II Chemosensor. Sci Rep 2020; 10:2656. [PMID: 32060398 PMCID: PMC7021768 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-59585-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Functional reassessment of the phosphate-specific chemosensors revealed their potential as arsenate detectors. A series of dipicolylamine (Dpa)-ZnII chemosensors were screened, among which acridine Dpa-ZnII chemosensor showed the highest capability in sensing arsenate. The presence of excess ZnII improved sensitivity and strengthened the binding between acridine Dpa-ZnII complex to arsenate as well as phosphate. However, due to their response to phosphate, these sensors are not suited for arsenate detection when phosphate is also present. This study demonstrated for the first time that rare-earth elements could effectively mask phosphate, allowing the specific fluorescence detection of arsenate in phosphate-arsenate coexisting systems. In addition, detection of arsenate contamination in the real river water samples and soil samples was performed to prove its practical use. This sensor was further employed for the visualization of arsenate and phosphate uptake in vegetables and flowering plants for the first time, as well as in the evaluation of a potent inhibitor of arsenate/phosphate uptake.
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- Nutsara Mekjinda
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phayathai Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Tropical Plant Biology, Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University Phuket, Vichitsongkram Road, Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand
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- Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University, Katsura, Kyoto, 615-8510, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama 6 Road, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand.
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Hak K, Ritchie RJ, Dummee V. Bioaccumulation and physiological responses of the Coontail, Ceratophyllum demersum exposed to copper, zinc and in combination. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 189:110049. [PMID: 31812820 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.110049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Ceratophyllum demersum is a submerged aquatic angiosperm which is fast growing in contaminated water. This plant has no roots and so takes up nutrients from the water column without the complicating factor of differential shoot/root uptake of nutrients. This study aimed to compare the bioaccumulative capacities of Cu, Zn and their combination by C. demersum and physiological responses (growth, chlorophyll content, and photosynthetic rate) of C. demersum to Cu and Zn. Additionally, pulse amplitude modulation (PAM) technology and integrating sphere spectrometer were applied to detect copper and zinc toxicity effects on the light reactions of photosynthesis C. demersum is an aquatic plant that could be a good accumulator of Cu and Zn in actual solution in the water column. Additionally, RGR (relative growth rate) and chlorophyll content of C. demersum show that toxic effects of Cu or Zn increased over time. Cu and Zn effects manifested themselves more slowly than expected: at least 5 to 10 d were needed for noticeable effects both macroscopically (physical appearance), biochemical (chlorophyll content) and from measurements of photosynthesis using Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) fluorometry. Moreover, the combination of Cu and Zn caused more toxic effect than either Cu or Zn separately. Whole plant scans using an integrating sphere spectrophotometer showed that Cu, Zn and Zn + Cu toxicity effects could be identified from spectral scans but were not specific enough for Cu, Zn and Zn + Cu toxicity to be distinguished from one another.
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- Kosal Hak
- Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Earth System Science and Andaman Natural Disaster Management, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand.
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- Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand.
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- Faculty of Technology and Environment, Prince of Songkla University, Phuket Campus, Kathu, Phuket, 83120, Thailand.
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Muszyńska E, Labudda M, Kamińska I, Górecka M, Bederska-Błaszczyk M. Evaluation of heavy metal-induced responses in Silene vulgaris ecotypes. PROTOPLASMA 2019; 256:1279-1297. [PMID: 31044286 PMCID: PMC6713691 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-019-01384-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Accepted: 04/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Silene vulgaris is a pseudometallophyte that spontaneously occurs in various ecological niches. Therefore, three ecotypes of this species representing calamine (CAL), serpentine (SER), and non-metallicolous (NM) populations were investigated in this study. Owing to the presence of Pb or Ni ions in natural habitats from metallicolous populations originated, we used these metals as model stressors to determine the survival strategy of tested ecotypes and analyze metal distribution at various levels of organism organization. We focused on growth tolerance, non-enzymatic antioxidants, and photosynthetic apparatus efficiency as well as anatomical and ultrastructural changes occurred in contrasting ecotypes exposed in vitro to excess amounts of Pb2+ and Ni2+. Although Ni application contributed to shoot culture death, the study revealed that the mechanisms of Pb detoxification differed between ecotypes. The unspecific reaction of both metallicolous specimens relied on the formation of effective mechanical barrier against toxic ion penetration, while the Pb appearance in the protoplasts led to the activation of ecotype-specific intracellular defense mechanisms. Hence, the response of CAL and SER ecotypes was almost unchanged under Pb treatment, whereas the reaction of NM one resulted in growth disturbances and physiological alternations. Moreover, both metallicolous ecotypes exhibited increase generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in leaves, even before the harmful ions got into these parts of plants. It may implicate the potential role of ROS in CAL and SER adaptation to heavy metals and, for the first time, indicate on integral function of ROS as signaling molecules in metal-tolerant species.
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- Ewa Muszyńska
- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, University of Agriculture, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425, Krakow, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences-SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776, Warsaw, Poland
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Ziegler P, Sree KS, Appenroth KJ. Duckweed biomarkers for identifying toxic water contaminants? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2019; 26:14797-14822. [PMID: 30397749 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-018-3427-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 10/08/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Surface or ground waters can be contaminated with numerous toxic substances. The duckweeds Lemna minor and Lemna gibba are widely used for assaying waterborne toxicity to higher plants in terms of growth inhibition and photosynthetic pigment reduction. These tests cannot, however, in themselves determine the nature of the agents responsible for toxicity. Morphological, developmental, physiological, biochemical, and genetic responses of duckweeds to exposure to toxic water contaminants constitute biomarkers of toxic effect. In principle, the very detection of these biomarkers should enable the contaminants having elicited them (and being responsible for the toxicity) to be identified. However, in practice, this is severely compromised by insufficient specificity of biomarkers for their corresponding toxicants and by the lack of documentation of biomarker/toxin relationships. The present contribution illustrates the difficulties of using known water contaminant-related duckweed biomarkers to identify toxins, and discusses possibilities for achieving this goal.
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- Paul Ziegler
- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth, Universitätsstr. 30, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany.
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- Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Kerala, Tejaswini Hills, Periye, 671316, India
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- Matthias-Schleiden Institute, Department of Plant Physiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Dornburger Str. 159, 07743, Jena, Germany
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Wavelet based spectral approach for solving surface coverage model in an electrochemical arsenic sensor - An operational matrix approach. Electrochim Acta 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.01.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Muszyńska E, Hanus-Fajerska E, Piwowarczyk B, Augustynowicz J, Ciarkowska K, Czech T. From laboratory to field studies - The assessment of Biscutella laevigata suitability to biological reclamation of areas contaminated with lead and cadmium. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2017; 142:266-273. [PMID: 28432885 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2016] [Revised: 04/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/10/2017] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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The aim of the work was to evaluate the usefulness of the in vitro multiplication of Biscutella laevigata calamine ecotype for in situ reclamation of post-flotation wastes polluted with Pb and Cd. The experiment was conducted on three steps: (i) plant shoots' production under in vitro condition, (ii) establishment of the material in greenhouse experiment, and finally (iii) field cultivation directly on the mining-waste heap of Olkusz Ore-Bearing Region, Poland. This region is known to be one of the most chemically-degraded area in central Europe. The laboratory-set in vitro analysis enabled to obtain the high-quality plant shoots, which multiply the most effectively (with growth tolerance index 130-150%) on medium containing 5.0μM CdCl2 and 0.5mM Pb(NO3)2. These plants were used for the next two ex vitro experiments. Several biometric and physiological analysis (i.e. of photosystem II activity Fv/Fm and PI, photosynthetic pigment contents) were done to indicate plant physiological status during these experiments. The main novelty of the work was to prove that in vitro-multiplied shoots of B. laevigata - the representative of native flora from Olkusz Ore-Bearing Region - can be successfully implemented in situ for the restoration of these degraded area. Moreover, the addition of sewage sludge as a source of organic compounds significantly improved plants' growth and development what is especially important due to the lack of other legal solutions for the management of the sewage sludge in some countries.
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- Ewa Muszyńska
- Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Department of Botany, Nowoursynowska 159, Building 37, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland.
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- University of Agriculture, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Agriculture, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Agriculture, Faculty of Biotechnology and Horticulture, Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Unit of Botany and Plant Physiology, Al. 29-Listopada 54, 31-425 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics, Institute of Soil Science and Agrophysics, Department of Soil Science and Soil Protection, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
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- University of Agriculture, Center for Technology Transfer, Al. Mickiewicza 21, 31-120 Krakow, Poland
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