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Jośko I, Kusiak M, Sozoniuk M, Feculak M, Wu KCW, Fitzgerald M, Alyafei MS, Sheteiwy MS. Analysis of multiple biomarkers revealed the size matters of Cu particles for barley response under foliar exposure. Sci Total Environ 2024; 918:170673. [PMID: 38316301 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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The impact of particle size of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) on plant response has marginally been investigated under the foliar application so far. Concerning the significance of particle diameter for their properties and interaction with plants, the effect of size should be considered in the analysis of the effect of micronutrient-based ENPs on plants. It is of particular importance for ENPs containing Cu due to plants needing a relatively low amount of this element, thus there is a risk of overdosing during application as a fertilizer or pesticide. Here, we examined the biochemical and transcriptional response of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to Cu nanoparticles (nano-Cu) with different diameters (25 nm, 50 nm, 70 nm), microparticles (micro-Cu), and chelated Cu (EDTA-Cu). The plants suffering from Cu deficiency were foliar sprayed with Cu compounds at 1000 mg/L during the tillering stage. 1- and 7-day plants were analyzed in terms of biomass, Cu content, the activity of enzymes involved with antioxidant response, the content of low molecular weight compounds, and the expression of genes regulated metal homeostasis, aquaporins, and defense. The results showed that the Cu leaf level was differentiated over time and after 7 days it was higher under exposure to the smallest nano-Cu than other particulate Cu. Regardless of the duration of exposure, the Cu content was highest in plants treated with Cu-EDTA. The cluster analysis of all markers revealed a clear distinct response to the smallest nano-Cu and other particulate and ionic treatments. The bigger nano-Cu, depending on the markers, caused the medium effects between the nano-Cu 25 nm and micro-Cu and Cu-EDTA. The found size thresholds at the nanoscale will be useful for the fabrication of safe-by-design agrochemicals to provide crop security and attenuate environmental impact.
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- Izabela Jośko
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin 20-950, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin 20-950, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin 20-950, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin 20-950, Poland
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan; Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Yuan Ze University, Chung-Li, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan; Institute of Biomedical Engineering & Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institute, Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli City 350, Taiwan
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- School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Integrative Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Integrative Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 15551, Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Mansoura University, Mansoura, 35516, Egypt
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Zhang M, Hou J, Xia J, Wu J, You G, Miao L. Statuses, shortcomings, and outlooks in studying the fate of nanoplastics and engineered nanoparticles in porous media respectively and borrowable sections from engineered nanoparticles for nanoplastics. Sci Total Environ 2024; 915:169638. [PMID: 38181944 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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This review discussed the research statuses, shortcomings, and outlooks for the fate of nanoplastics (NPs) and engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in porous media and borrowable sections from ENPs for NPs. Firstly, the most important section was that we reviewed the research statuses on the fate of NPs in porous media and the main influencing factors, and explained the influencing mechanisms. Secondly, in order to give NPs a reference of research ideas and influence mechanisms, we also reviewed the research statuses on the fate of ENPs in porous media and the factors and mechanisms influencing the fate. The main mechanisms affecting the transport of ENPs were summarized (Retention or transport modes: advection, diffusion, dispersion, deposition, adsorption, blocking, ripening, and straining; Main forces and actions: Brownian motion, gravity, electrostatic forces, van der Waals forces, hydration, filtration, bridging; Affecting elements of the forces and actions: the ENP and media grain surface functional groups, size, shape, zeta potential, density, hydrophobicity, and roughness). Instead of using the findings of ENPs, thorough study on NPs was required because NPs and ENPs differed greatly. Based on the limited existing studies on the NP transport in porous media, we found that although the conclusions of ENPs could not be applied to NPs, most of the influencing mechanisms summarized from ENPs were applicable to NPs. Combining the research thoughts of ENPs, the research statuses of NPs, and some of our experiences and reflections, we reviewed the shortcomings of the current studies on the NP fate in porous media as well as the outlooks of future research. This review is very meaningful for clarifying the research statuses and influence mechanisms for the NP fate in porous media, as well as providing a great deal of inspiration for future research directions about the NP fate in porous media.
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- Mingzhi Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resources Development on Shallow Lakes of Ministry of Education, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, People's Republic of China
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Wang J, Xu Y, Zhou Y, Zhang J, Jia J, Jiao P, Liu Y, Su G. Modulating the toxicity of engineered nanoparticles by controlling protein corona formation: Recent advances and future prospects. Sci Total Environ 2024; 914:169590. [PMID: 38154635 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2023] [Revised: 12/11/2023] [Accepted: 12/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/30/2023]
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With the rapid development and widespread application of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), understanding the fundamental interactions between ENPs and biological systems is essential to assess and predict the fate of ENPs in vivo. When ENPs are exposed to complex physiological environments, biomolecules quickly and inevitably adsorb to ENPs to form a biomolecule corona, such as a protein corona (PC). The formed PC has a significant effect on the physicochemical properties of ENPs and gives them a brand new identity in the biological environment, which determines the subsequent ENP-cell/tissue/organ interactions. Controlling the formation of PCs is therefore of utmost importance to accurately predict and optimize the behavior of ENPs within living organisms, as well as ensure the safety of their applications. In this review, we provide an overview of the fundamental aspects of the PC, including the formation mechanism, composition, and frequently used characterization techniques. We comprehensively discuss the potential impact of the PC on ENP toxicity, including cytotoxicity, immune response, and so on. Additionally, we summarize recent advancements in manipulating PC formation on ENPs to achieve the desired biological outcomes. We further discuss the challenges and prospects, aiming to provide valuable insights for a better understanding and prediction of ENP behaviors in vivo, as well as the development of low-toxicity ENPs.
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- Jiali Wang
- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China; School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
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- Digestive Diseases Center, the Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen 510001, China; Center for Gastrointestinal Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, 510001 Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory for Water Quality and Conservation of the Pearl River Delta, Ministry of Education, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Qilu Normal University, Jinan 250200, China
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- School of Environment, Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, UCAS, Hangzhou 310024, China.
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- School of Pharmacy, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China.
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Lizonova D, Nagarkar A, Demokritou P, Kelesidis GA. Effective density of inhaled environmental and engineered nanoparticles and its impact on the lung deposition and dosimetry. Part Fibre Toxicol 2024; 21:7. [PMID: 38368385 PMCID: PMC10874077 DOI: 10.1186/s12989-024-00567-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/19/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Airborne environmental and engineered nanoparticles (NPs) are inhaled and deposited in the respiratory system. The inhaled dose of such NPs and their deposition location in the lung determines their impact on health. When calculating NP deposition using particle inhalation models, a common approach is to use the bulk material density, ρb, rather than the effective density, ρeff. This neglects though the porous agglomerate structure of NPs and may result in a significant error of their lung-deposited dose and location. RESULTS Here, the deposition of various environmental NPs (aircraft and diesel black carbon, wood smoke) and engineered NPs (silica, zirconia) in the respiratory system of humans and mice is calculated using the Multiple-Path Particle Dosimetry model accounting for their realistic structure and effective density. This is done by measuring the NP ρeff which was found to be up to one order of magnitude smaller than ρb. Accounting for the realistic ρeff of NPs reduces their deposited mass in the pulmonary region of the respiratory system up to a factor of two in both human and mouse models. Neglecting the ρeff of NPs does not alter significantly the distribution of the deposited mass fractions in the human or mouse respiratory tract that are obtained by normalizing the mass deposited at the head, tracheobronchial and pulmonary regions by the total deposited mass. Finally, the total deposited mass fraction derived this way is in excellent agreement with those measured in human studies for diesel black carbon. CONCLUSIONS The doses of inhaled NPs are overestimated by inhalation particle deposition models when the ρb is used instead of the real-world effective density which can vary significantly due to the porous agglomerate structure of NPs. So the use of realistic ρeff, which can be measured as described here, is essential to determine the lung deposition and dosimetry of inhaled NPs and their impact on public health.
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- Denisa Lizonova
- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 3, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Nanoscience and Advanced Materials Center (NAMC), Environmental and Occupational Health Science Institute, School of Public Health, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA.
- Particle Technology Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Process Engineering, ETH Zürich, Sonneggstrasse 3, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Wang D, Pan Q, Yang J, Gong S, Liu X, Fu Y. Effects of Mixtures of Engineered Nanoparticles and Cocontaminants on Anaerobic Digestion. Environ Sci Technol 2024; 58:2598-2614. [PMID: 38291652 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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The widespread application of nanotechnology inevitably leads to an increased release of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) into the environment. Due to their specific physicochemical properties, ENPs may interact with other contaminants and exert combined effects on the microbial community and metabolism of anaerobic digestion (AD), an important process for organic waste reduction, stabilization, and bioenergy recovery. However, the complicated interactions between ENPs and other contaminants as well as their combined effects on AD are often overlooked. This review therefore focuses on the co-occurrence of ENPs and cocontaminants in the AD process. The key interactions between ENPs and cocontaminants and their combined influences on AD are summarized from the available literature, including the critical mechanisms and influencing factors. Some sulfides, coagulants, and chelating agents have a dramatic "detoxification" effect on the inhibition effect of ENPs on AD. However, some antibiotics and surfactants increase the inhibition of ENPs on AD. The reasons for these differences may be related to the interactive effects between ENPs and cocontaminants, changes of key enzyme activities, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) levels, reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, and microbial communities. New scientific opportunities for a better understanding of the coexistence in real world situations are converging on the scale of nanoparticles.
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- Dongbo Wang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Ministry of Education), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Ministry of Education), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China
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- Collaborative Innovation Center of Water Security for Water Source Region of Mid-line of South-to-North Diversion Project of Henan Province, School of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Normal University, Nanyang 473061, PR China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Ministry of Education), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Ministry of Education), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control (Ministry of Education), Hunan University, Changsha 410082, P.R. China
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Gomte SS, Jadhav PV, Jothi Prasath V R N, Agnihotri TG, Jain A. From lab to ecosystem: Understanding the ecological footprints of engineered nanoparticles. J Environ Sci Health C Toxicol Carcinog 2024; 42:33-73. [PMID: 38063467 DOI: 10.1080/26896583.2023.2289767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Nanotechnology has attained significant attention from researchers in past decades due to its numerous advantages, such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, and improved stability over conventional drug delivery systems. The fabrication of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), including carbon nanotubes (CNTs), fullerenes, metallic and metal oxide-based NPs, has been steadily increasing day due to their wide range of applications from household to industrial applications. Fabricated ENPs can release different materials into the environment during their fabrication process. The effect of such materials on the environment is the primary concern with due diligence on the safety and efficacy of prepared NPs. In addition, an understanding of chemistry, reactivity, fabrication process, and viable mechanism of NPs involved in the interaction with the environment is very important. To date, only a limited number of techniques are available to assess ENPs in the natural environment which makes it difficult to ascertain the impact of ENPs in natural settings. This review extensively examines the environmental effects of ENPs and briefly discusses useful tools for determining NP size, surface charge, surface area, and external appearance. In conclusion, the review highlights the potential risks associated with ENPs and suggests possible solutions.
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- Shyam Sudhakar Gomte
- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, India
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Erfani M, Baalousha M, Goharian E. Unveiling elemental fingerprints: A comparative study of clustering methods for multi-element nanoparticle data. Sci Total Environ 2023; 905:167176. [PMID: 37730026 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
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Single particle-inductively coupled plasma-time of flight-mass spectrometers (SP-ICP-TOF-MS) generates large datasets of the multi-elemental composition of nanoparticles. However, extracting useful information from such datasets is challenging. Hierarchical clustering (HC) has been successfully applied to extract elemental fingerprints from multi-element nanoparticle data obtained by SP-ICP-TOF-MS. However, many other clustering approaches can be applied to analyze SP-ICP-TOF-MS data that have not yet been evaluated. This study fills this knowledge gap by comparing the performance of three clustering approaches: HC, spectral clustering, and t-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding coupled with Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (tSNE-DBSCAN) for analyzing SP-ICP-TOF-MS data. The performance of these clustering techniques was evaluated by comparing the size of the extracted clusters and the similarity of the elemental composition of nanoparticles within each cluster. Hierarchical clustering often failed to achieve an optimal clustering solution for SP-ICP-TOF-MS data because HC is sensitive to the presence of outliers. Spectral clustering and tSNE-DBSCAN extracted clusters that were not identified by HC. This is because spectral clustering, a method developed based on graph theory, reveals the global and local structure in the data. tSNE reduces and maps the data into a lower-dimensional space, enabling clustering algorithms such as DBSCAN to identify subclusters with subtle differences in their elemental composition. However, tSNE-DBSCAN can lead to unsatisfactory clustering solutions because tuning the perplexity hyperparameter of tSNE is a difficult and a time-consuming task, and the relative distance between datapoints is not maintained. Although the three clustering approaches successfully extract useful information from SP-ICP-TOF-MS data, spectral clustering outperforms HC and tSNE-DBSCAN by generating clusters of a large number of nanoparticles with similar elemental compositions.
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- Mahdi Erfani
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC 29208, USA
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- Center for Environmental Nanoscience and Risk, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29201, USA.
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina, SC 29208, USA.
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Halbach JH, Cala JM, Paik SY, Zalk DM. Control Banding and the Global Rise of Qualitative Risk Assessment Strategies. Curr Environ Health Rep 2023; 10:410-416. [PMID: 37884803 DOI: 10.1007/s40572-023-00416-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Control banding (CB) is a risk assessment strategy that has been applied globally to a variety of occupational hazards. This article describes how this method can be applied, recent developments in the CB literature, an example of how it is utilized for a large, diverse worksite, and where the future of CB is headed. RECENT FINDINGS Over the past several years, the applications of CB have widened significantly and have accordingly helped bolster the public and occupational safety, health, and hygiene (OSHH) professionals' understanding of occupational exposure to various hazards. The fields of workplace chemicals, nanomaterials, and airborne pathogens (i.e., COVID-19), specifically have seen remarkable increases in the development of CB tools. Extensive CB tool validation efforts have also lent increasing credibility to this alternative approach. CB is a simplified strategy of assessing occupational exposures and providing commensurate controls and solutions to reduce workplace risks. CB can be used as a primary or tiered risk assessment and risk management approach which can be utilized by both OSHH professionals and nonexperts alike to identify solutions for reducing work-related exposures. The need for health and safety expertise will continue to grow as technological advancements, environmental changes, and economic forces increase workplace hazard complexity, and CB will continue to be a useful tool for those performing risk assessments.
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- Juliana H Halbach
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, L-449, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, L-178, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Ave, L-382, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- University of Illinois at Chicago, 1603 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL, 60612, USA
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Suazo-Hernández J, Urdiales C, Poblete-Grant P, Pesenti H, Cáceres-Jensen L, Sarkar B, Bolan N, de la Luz Mora M. Effect of particle size of nanoscale zero-valent copper on inorganic phosphorus adsorption-desorption in a volcanic ash soil. Chemosphere 2023; 340:139836. [PMID: 37595691 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.139836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/20/2023]
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Zero-valent copper engineered nanoparticles (Cu-ENPs) released through unintentional or intentional actions into the agricultural soils can alter the availability of inorganic phosphorus (IP) to plants. In this study, we used adsorption-desorption experiments to evaluate the effect of particle size of 1% Cu-ENPs (25 nm and 40-60 nm) on IP availability in Santa Barbara (SB) volcanic ash soil. X-Ray Diffraction results showed that Cu-ENPs were formed by a mixture of Cu metallic and Cu oxides (Cu2O or/and CuO) species, while specific surface area values showed that Cu-ENPs/25 nm could form larger aggregate particles compared to Cu-ENPs/40-60 nm. The kinetic IP adsorption of SB soil without and with 1% Cu-ENPs (25 nm and 40-60 nm) followed the mechanism described by the pseudo-second-order (k2 = 0.45-1.13 x 10-3 kg mmol-1 min-1; r2 ≥ 0.999, and RSS ≤ 0.091) and Elovich (α = 14621.10-3136.20 mmol kg-1 min-1; r2 ≥ 0.984, and RSS ≤ 69) models. Thus, the rate-limiting step for IP adsorption in the studied systems was chemisorption on a heterogeneous surface. Adsorption equilibrium isotherms without Cu-ENPs were fitted well to the Freundlich model, while with 1% Cu-ENPs (25 nm and 40-60 nm), isotherms were described best by the Freundlich and/or Langmuir model. The IP relative adsorption capacity (KF) was higher with 1% Cu-ENPs/40-60 nm (KF = 110.41) than for 1% Cu-ENPs/25 nm (KF = 74.40) and for SB soil (KF = 48.17). This study showed that plausible IP retention mechanisms in the presence of 1% Cu-ENPs in SB soil were: i) ligand exchange, ii) electrostatic attraction, and iii) co-precipitate formation. The desorption study demonstrated that 1% Cu-ENPs/40-60 nm increased the affinity of IP in SB soil with a greater effect than 1% Cu-ENPs/25 nm. Thus, both the studied size ranges of Cu-ENPs could favor an accumulation of IP in volcanic ash soils.
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- Jonathan Suazo-Hernández
- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Biotechnological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco, Chile; Department of Chemical Sciences and Natural Resources, Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, P.O. Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile.
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- Universidad de Chile, Departamento de Ingeniería y Suelos, 8820808, Santiago, Chile; Sede Vallenar, Universidad de Atacama, Costanera #105, Vallenar, 1612178, Chile
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- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Biotechnological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco, Chile
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- Núcleo de Investigación en Bioprocesos y Materiales Avanzados, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, 4780000, Chile; Afro-American University of Central Africa (AAUCA), Faculty of Engineering, Djibloho, Equatorial Guinea
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- Physical & Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (PachemLab), Nucleus of Computational Thinking and Education for Sustainable Development (NuCES), Center for Research in Education (CIE-UMCE), Department of Chemistry, Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences, Santiago, 776019, Chile
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
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- School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia; The UWA Institute of Agriculture, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Center of Plant, Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology, Scientific and Biotechnological Bioresource Nucleus (BIOREN-UFRO), Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, Temuco, Chile; Department of Chemical Sciences and Natural Resources, Universidad de La Frontera, Avenida Francisco Salazar 01145, P.O. Box 54-D, Temuco, Chile.
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Heilgeist S, Sahin O, Sekine R, Stewart RA. Catching nano: Evaluating the fate and behaviour of nano-TiO 2 in swimming pools through dynamic simulation modelling. J Environ Manage 2023; 345:118786. [PMID: 37591104 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 07/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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Engineered titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2) in consumer products such as sunscreens widely used by swimmers in aquatic settings have raised concerns about their potential adverse impact on ecosystems and human health due to their small size and unique physicochemical properties. Therefore, this research paper aims to investigate the fate and behaviour of nano-TiO2 from sunscreens in swimming pools using System Dynamics Modelling. The study developed a dynamic simulation model that considers various factors, including weather conditions, sunscreen and pool usage behaviour, filtration efficacy, pool maintenance, water chemistry, pool chemicals, and TiO2 concentration levels, which can affect exposure levels for different scenarios. The study considered non-linear interdependent relationships, feedback structures, and temporal changes and dealt with parameter uncertainties through Monte Carlo analyses. The results reveal that the regular use of sunscreen leads to nano-TiO2 concentrations ranging from 0.001 to 0.05 mg/L within a year, reflecting seasonal and pool usage variations. The study also found that changes in the weight percentage of TiO2 in the sunscreen formulation and the filtration duration per day are the most sensitive factors affecting TiO2 concentrations. Scenario analyses exploring different nano-TiO2 removal strategies suggested that one daily turnover is necessary for sufficient removal. Regular manual pool maintenance and monthly use of a pool clarifier are recommended for enhanced and accelerated removal without substantial additional costs. The study is novel in its integrated approach, combining empirical work with dynamic simulations, resulting in a novel approach to model the environmental fate and behaviour of nano-TiO2. The study makes important methodological contributions to the field and has initiated an interdisciplinary collaboration to create more accurate models. This study is of great significance as it presents a pioneering analysis of the impact of sunscreen properties, user behaviour, and environmental stressors on the fate and behaviour of nano-TiO2 in swimming pools.
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- Simone Heilgeist
- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia; Cities Research Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia.
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia; Cities Research Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia; Capability Systems Centre, University of New South Wales-Canberra, ACT, 2600, Australia; School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia
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- School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast, Moreton Bay Campus, Petrie, QLD, 4502, Australia
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- School of Engineering and Built Environment, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia; Cities Research Institute, Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University, QLD, 4222, Australia
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Sukul U, Das K, Chen JS, Sharma RK, Dey G, Banerjee P, Taharia M, Lee CI, Maity JP, Lin PY, Chen CY. Insight interactions of engineered nanoparticles with aquatic higher plants for phytoaccumulation, phytotoxicity, and phytoremediation applications: A review. Aquat Toxicol 2023; 264:106713. [PMID: 37866164 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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With the growing age of human civilization, industrialization has paced up equally which is followed by the innovation of newer concepts of science and technology. One such example is the invention of engineered nanoparticles and their flagrant use in widespread applications. While ENPs serve their intended purposes, they also disrupt the ecological balance by contaminating pristine aquatic ecosystems. This review encompasses a comprehensive discussion about the potent toxicity of ENPs on aquatic ecosystems, with a particular focus on their impact on aquatic higher plants. The discussion extends to elucidating the fate of ENPs upon release into aquatic environments, covering aspects ranging from morphological and physiological effects to molecular-level phytotoxicity. Furthermore, this level of toxicity has been correlated with the determination of competent plants for the phytoremediation process towards the mitigation of this ecological stress. However, this review further illustrates the path of future research which is yet to be explored. Determination of the genotoxicity level of aquatic higher plants could explain the entire process comprehensively. Moreover, to make it suitable to be used in natural ecosystems phytoremediation potential of co-existing plant species along with the presence of different ENPs need to be evaluated. This literature will undoubtedly offer readers a comprehensive understanding of the stress induced by the irresponsible release of engineered nanoparticles (ENP) into aquatic environments, along with insights into the resilience characteristics of these pristine ecosystems.
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- Uttara Sukul
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Research, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Molecular Biology, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Center for Nano Bio-Detection, Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society, AIM-HI, National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Environmental Science Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751024, India
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- Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan
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- Doctoral Progam in Science, Technology, Environment, and Mathematics, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan; Center for Nano Bio-Detection, Center for Innovative Research on Aging Society, AIM-HI, National Chung Cheng University, 168, University Road, Min-Hsiung, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
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Ashraf SS, Hosseinpour Sarmadi V, Larijani G, Naderi Garahgheshlagh S, Ramezani S, Moghadamifar S, Mohebi SL, Brouki Milan P, Haramshahi SMA, Ahmadirad N, Amini N. Regenerative medicine improve neurodegenerative diseases. Cell Tissue Bank 2023; 24:639-650. [PMID: 36527565 DOI: 10.1007/s10561-022-10062-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Regenerative medicine is a subdivision of medicine that improves methods to regrow, repair or replace unhealthy cells and tissues to return to normal function. Cell therapy, gene therapy, nanomedicine as choices used to cure neurodegenerative disease. Recently, studies related to the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders have been focused on stem cell therapy and Nano-drugs beyond other than regenerative medicine. Hence, by data from experimental models and clinical trials, we review the impact of stem cell therapy, gene therapy, and nanomedicine on the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Indeed, improved knowledge and continued research on gene therapy and nanomedicine in treating Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis lead to advancements in effective and practical treatments for neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Seyedeh Sara Ashraf
- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Burn Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuroscience Research Center, Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Guilan, Iran
- Guilan Road Trauma Research Center, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran
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- Department of Textile Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, Hazrat Fatemeh Hospital, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
- Institutes of Regenerative Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Ding JY, Chen MJ, Wu LF, Shu GF, Fang SJ, Li ZY, Chu XR, Li XK, Wang ZG, Ji JS. Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in skin wound healing: roles, opportunities and challenges. Mil Med Res 2023; 10:36. [PMID: 37587531 PMCID: PMC10433599 DOI: 10.1186/s40779-023-00472-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023] Open
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Skin wounds are characterized by injury to the skin due to trauma, tearing, cuts, or contusions. As such injuries are common to all human groups, they may at times represent a serious socioeconomic burden. Currently, increasing numbers of studies have focused on the role of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) in skin wound repair. As a cell-free therapy, MSC-derived EVs have shown significant application potential in the field of wound repair as a more stable and safer option than conventional cell therapy. Treatment based on MSC-derived EVs can significantly promote the repair of damaged substructures, including the regeneration of vessels, nerves, and hair follicles. In addition, MSC-derived EVs can inhibit scar formation by affecting angiogenesis-related and antifibrotic pathways in promoting macrophage polarization, wound angiogenesis, cell proliferation, and cell migration, and by inhibiting excessive extracellular matrix production. Additionally, these structures can serve as a scaffold for components used in wound repair, and they can be developed into bioengineered EVs to support trauma repair. Through the formulation of standardized culture, isolation, purification, and drug delivery strategies, exploration of the detailed mechanism of EVs will allow them to be used as clinical treatments for wound repair. In conclusion, MSC-derived EVs-based therapies have important application prospects in wound repair. Here we provide a comprehensive overview of their current status, application potential, and associated drawbacks.
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- Jia-Yi Ding
- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China
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- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China
- Clinical College of the Affiliated Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China
- Clinical College of the Affiliated Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China
- Clinical College of the Affiliated Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Overseas Education College, Jimei University, Xiamen, 361021, Fujian, China
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- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China
- Department of Medicine II, Internal Medicine, Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI), Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus-Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany
- Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine V, Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center (UGMLC), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Justus-Liebig University Giessen, 35392, Giessen, Germany
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- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China.
- Oujiang Laboratory (Zhejiang Lab for Regenerative Medicine, Vision and Brain Health), School of Pharmaceutical Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325035, Zhejiang, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, Institute of Imaging Diagnosis and Minimally Invasive Intervention Research, the Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang, 323000, Lishui, China.
- Clinical College of the Affiliated Central Hospital, School of Medicine, Lishui University, Lishui, 323000, Zhejiang, China.
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Kusiak M, Sozoniuk M, Larue C, Grillo R, Kowalczyk K, Oleszczuk P, Jośko I. Transcriptional response of Cu-deficient barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) to foliar-applied nano-Cu: Molecular crosstalk between Cu loading into plants and changes in Cu homeostasis genes. NanoImpact 2023; 31:100472. [PMID: 37453617 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2023.100472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2023] [Revised: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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For safe and effective nutrient management, the cutting-edge approaches to plant fertilization are continuously developed. The aim of the study was to analyze the transcriptional response of barley suffering from Cu deficiency to foliar application of nanoparticulate Cu (nano-Cu) and its ionic form (CuSO4) at 100 and 1000 mg L-1 for the examination of their supplementing effect. The initial interactions of Cu-compounds with barley leaves were analyzed with spectroscopic (ICP-OES) and microscopic (SEM-EDS) methods. To determine Cu cellular status, the impact of Cu-compounds on the expression of genes involved in regulating Cu homeostasis (PAA1, PAA2, RAN1, COPT5), aquaporins (NIP2.1, PIP1.1, TIP1.1, TIP1.2) and antioxidant defense response (SOD CuZn, SOD Fe, SOD Mn, CAT) after 1 and 7 days of exposure was analyzed. Although Cu accumulation in plant leaves was detected overtime, the Cu content in leaves exposed to nano-Cu for 7 days was 44.5% lower than in CuSO4 at 100 mg L-1. However, nano-Cu aggregates remaining on the leaf surface indicated a potential difference between measured Cu content and the real Cu pool present in the plant. Our study revealed significant changes in the pattern of gene expression overtime depending on Cu-compound type and dose. Despite the initial puzzling patterns of gene expression, after 7 days all Cu transporters showed significant down-regulation under Cu-compounds exposure to prevent Cu excess in plant cells. Conversely, aquaporin gene expression was induced after 7 days, especially by nano-Cu and CuSO4 at 100 mg L-1 due to the stimulatory effect of low Cu doses. Our study revealed that the gradual release of Cu ions from nano-Cu at a lower rate provided a milder molecular response than CuSO4. It might indicate that nano-Cu maintained better metal balance in plants than the conventional compounds, thus may be considered as a long-term supplier of Cu.
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- Magdalena Kusiak
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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- Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Toulouse 31062, France
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, School of Engineering, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Ilha Solteira, SP 15385-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland.
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Dai Y, Sun C, Hou R, Lan R, Su W, Zhao J, Wang Z, Xing B. Transfer of CeO 2 nanoparticles between freshwater omnivorous organisms: Effect of feces and necrophagy. J Hazard Mater 2023; 451:131137. [PMID: 36913748 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Transfer of CeO2 engineered nanoparticles (NPs) through feces was investigated between two omnivorous organisms, red crucian carp (Carassius auratus red var.) and crayfish (Procambarus clarkii). Upon water exposure (5 mg/L, 7 days), the highest bioaccumulation was observed in carp gills (5.95 μg Ce/g D.W.) and crayfish hepatopancreas (648 μg Ce/g D.W.), with the bioconcentration factors (BCFs) at 0.45 and 3.61, respectively. In addition, 97.4% and 73.0% of ingested Ce were excreted by carp and crayfish, respectively. The feces of carp and crayfish were collected and fed to crayfish and carp, respectively. After feces exposure, bioconcentration was observed in both carp (BCF, 3.00) and crayfish (BCF, 4.56). After feeding crayfish with carp bodies (1.85 μg Ce/g D.W.), CeO2 NPs were not biomagnified (biomagnification factor, 0.28). Upon water exposure, CeO2 NPs were transformed into Ce(III) in the feces of both carp (24.6%) and crayfish (13.6%), and the transformation was stronger after subsequent feces exposure (100% and 73.7%, respectively). Feces exposure lowered histopathological damage, oxidative stress, and nutritional quality (e.g., crude proteins, microelements, amino acids) to carp and crayfish in comparison with water exposure. This research highlights the importance of feces exposure on the transfer and fate of NPs in aquatic ecosystems.
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- Yanhui Dai
- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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- Institute of Coastal Environmental Pollution Control, Key Laboratory of Marine Environment and Ecology (Ministry of Education), Frontiers Science Center for Deep Ocean Multispheres and Earth System, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China; Laboratory for Marine Ecology and Environmental Science, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China.
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- Institute of Environmental Processes and Pollution Control, and School of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
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López M, López-Lilao A, Romero F, Pérez-Albaladejo E, Pinteño R, Porte C, Balasch A, Eljarrat E, Viana M, Monfort E. Size-resolved chemical composition and toxicity of particles released from refit operations in shipyards. Sci Total Environ 2023; 880:163072. [PMID: 36990238 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023]
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Ship refit and repair operations in shipyards generate aerosol emissions with high potential for environmental impacts. Metal-bearing nano-, fine and coarse particles are incidentally formed and can be released to indoor and ambient air and the aquatic environment. This work aimed to further the understanding of these impacts by characterising particle size-resolved chemical composition (15 nm - 10 μm), organophosphate esters (OPEs) content (e.g., plasticisers) and cytotoxic and genotoxic potential. Results showed that nanoparticle emissions (20-110 nm) took place in bursts, coinciding with the use of mechanical abraders and spray-painting guns. Tracers of these activities were Sc, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Rb, Nb, and Cs. Key components were V and Cu, probably sourcing from nanoadditives in the coatings. Abrasion of coatings also emitted OPEs, especially from old paints. Toxicity assessments consistently evidenced hazardous potential for the different endpoints assessed, for a number of samples. Exposures to spray-painting aerosols were linked with reduced cell viability (cytotoxicity), significant generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), and increases in micronuclei frequency (genotoxicity). Even though spray-painting did not contribute significantly to aerosol mass or number concentrations, it was a major driver of potential health effects. Results suggest that aerosol chemical composition (e.g., content in nano-sized Cu or V) may have a larger impact on toxicity than aerosol concentration. While direct human exposures may be prevented using personal and collective protective equipment and environmental release can be minimised by enclosures and filtration systems, impacts on ambient air and the aquatic environment cannot be fully prevented. The continued use of good practices (exhaust, dilution, general ventilation systems, PPE, already in place) is encouraged to reduce inhalation exposures inside the tents. Understanding the size-resolved chemical and toxicological properties of aerosols is key to reducing human health and environmental impacts of ship refit operations in shipyards.
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Zhang Z, Wang X, Xiao Y. Theoretical basis and experimental verification for evaluating the distribution of engineered nanoparticles in water-oil system. Sci Total Environ 2023; 858:159962. [PMID: 36343814 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 09/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The distribution of nanoparticles between aqueous and organic phases is universally considered as the starting point in predicting the fate and bioavailability of engineered nanoparticles in the environment. However, the theoretical basis for determining the distribution of nanoparticles in the immiscible water-oil system remains unclear. Here, for the first time, theoretical calculations were conducted to illustrate the underlying mechanism. It was suggested that the distribution of nanoparticles was largely controlled by the surface charge, particle size and surface hydrophobicity, and the water-oil interface was not the favorable phase for nanoparticles until a size threshold (10 nm) was met and the particle surface became amphiphilic. The theoretical results were verified by the experimental approaches of different nanoparticles distributed in the water-octanol mixture. The neutralization of a charged surface led to enhanced distribution into octanol for hydrophobic nanoparticles (e.g., aqueous C60), yet it had little effect on hydrophilic nanoparticles (e.g., fullerol). More nanoparticles were trapped at the water-oil interface when size grew larger (e.g., Ag-CIT and Au-CIT with citrate) and the surface rendered amphiphilic by polymeric coatings (e.g., Ag-PVP with polyvinylpyrrolidone), though larger hydrophobic nanoparticles like aqu-nC60 tended to stay in the octanol. The surface charge and hydrophobicity may have an important impact on the path-dependent distribution of nanoparticles in water- octanol system. The mechanistic insights based on theoretical calculations and experimental approaches will facilitate the accurate prediction of the distribution of engineered nanoparticles in biological and environmental systems.
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- Zhanhua Zhang
- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory of Pollution Processes and Environmental Criteria, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation and Pollution Control, Nankai University, Tianjin 300350, China; Foshan Tandafeng Renewable Resources Tech. Ltd., Foshan 528000, China.
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Jośko I, Kusiak M, Różyło K, Baranowska-Wójcik E, Sierocka M, Sheteiwy M, Szwajgier D, Świeca M. The life cycle study revealed distinct impact of foliar-applied nano-Cu on antioxidant traits of barley grain comparing with conventional agents. Food Res Int 2023; 164:112303. [PMID: 36737907 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.112303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 12/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Despite that the applicability of Cu-based engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) as an antibacterial and antifungal agent for plant protection has been studied widely, little is known about their role in the improvement of crop yield and quality. Here, a full life study was performed to investigate the nutritional quality and bioactivity of barley grains under foliar application of nano-/microparticulate (nano-Cu, nano-CuO, micro-Cu) and ionic Cu compounds (CuSO4, CuEDTA). Hordeum vulgaris L. plants were sprayed with Cu compounds at 500 mg/L during the end of tillering and the beginning of heading. Yield, mineral composition, protein and dietary content, antioxidant (phenolic, anthocyanin, flavonoid, tannin, flavanol) content and antioxidant capacity of barley grain were evaluated. Grain yield was unaffected by all treatments. Only nano-Cu and ionic compounds enhanced Cu accumulation in grain: 2-fold increase was observed compared to the control (2.6 µg/kg). Nano-Cu also increased the dietary fiber content by 19.9 %, while no impact of the other treatments was determined. The content of phenolic compounds, the main group of antioxidants, remained unchanged after Cu supply. In general, for all Cu treatment, antiradical and reducing abilities were decreased or were at the similar level in relation to the control. On the other hand, chelating power in grain extracts was 2-4 times higher under nano-Cu/nano-CuO/micro-Cu than in the untreated sample, while the ionic compounds had no impact on the chelating indicator. Our results demonstrated that more favorable effects were triggered by nano-Cu than CuSO4 or CuEDTA on the tested indicators of barley grain, despite that both compounds resulted in similar superior Cu acquisition. It suggests that nano-Cu may be considered as an alternative agent to be used as economic and traditional fertilizers.
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Pavlicek A, Neubauer S, Zafiu C, Huber-Humer M, Ehmoser EK, Part F. The use and detection of quantum dots as nanotracers in environmental fate studies of engineered nanoparticles. Environ Pollut 2023; 317:120461. [PMID: 36272608 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.120461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Investigations of the behavior and effects of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) on human health and the environment need detailed knowledge of their fate and transport in environmental compartments. Such studies are highly challenging due to low environmental concentrations, varying size distribution of the particles and the interference with the natural background. A strategy to overcome these limits is to use mimics of ENPs with unique detectable properties that match the properties of the ENPs as nanotracers. A special class of ENPs that can be tracked are quantum dots (QDs). QDs are composed of different metals, metalloids, or more recently also carbon (e.g., graphene), that result in unique optical properties. This allows the tracking of such particles by fluorescence microscopic and photometric techniques. Many types of QDs consist of heavy elements, allowing to track and visualize these particles also by electron microscopy and to quantitate the particles indirectly based on these elements. QDs can also be surface modified in various ways which enable them to be used as a label or as traceable mimics for ENPs. This review reflects a broad range of methods to synthesize and modify QDs based on metals, metalloids, and graphene for studying the environmental fate of nanoparticles and discusses and compares analytical methods that can be used for tracking and quantifying QDs. In addition, we review applications of QDs as ENP mimics in environmental studies of surface waters, soils, microorganisms, and plants with respect to the applied analytical techniques.
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- Anna Pavlicek
- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Nanobiotechnology, Institute for Synthetic Bioarchitectures, Muthgasse 11/II, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Waste Management and Circularity, Muthgasse 107, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Waste Management and Circularity, Muthgasse 107, 1190, Vienna, Austria.
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Waste Management and Circularity, Muthgasse 107, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Nanobiotechnology, Institute for Synthetic Bioarchitectures, Muthgasse 11/II, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Department of Water-Atmosphere-Environment, Institute of Waste Management and Circularity, Muthgasse 107, 1190, Vienna, Austria
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Patil D, Ajazuddin, Bhattacharya S. Insight of Engineered Nano-based Biologics Approaches used to Combat Autoimmune Disease using TNF-α & IL Inhibitors. Curr Top Med Chem 2023; 23:1793-1806. [PMID: 36999698 DOI: 10.2174/1568026623666230331083241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 04/01/2023]
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Autoimmune disease is increasing widely, and the biologicals in autoimmune disease play a vital role in the cure. Biologicals have an affinity to bind the specific target molecule and suppress inflammation. The different biologicals are used to treat various autoimmune diseases by preventing the cytokines from unlocking cells and causing inflammation. Each biologic targets a different cytokine. The common classes of biologic that are used to treat autoimmune disease are i) Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNFα) inhibitors and ii) Interleukin Inhibitors (IL). Along with biologics, nanomedicine has shown to be a successful method for creating customized nanomaterials with the potential to deliver medicinal agents to particular organs or tissues drugs without causing immunosuppressive or immunostimulatory adverse effects. This article reviews biologics used in treating Autoimmune Disease (AD) and the mechanism involved. The examination of current developments that have been made to create innovative nanoparticle-based therapies for autoimmune illnesses and their inclusion in vaccines. Also, recent clinical trials display nanosystem strategies for treating AD.
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- Darshani Patil
- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, Shirpur, 425405, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Rungta College of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research, Rungta Educational Campus, Khoka-Kurud Road, Bhilai, 490024, Chhattisgarh, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy & Technology Management, SVKM'S NMIMS Deemed-to-be University, Shirpur, 425405, Maharashtra, India
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Alhaj-Suliman SO, Wafa EI, Salem AK. Engineering nanosystems to overcome barriers to cancer diagnosis and treatment. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2022; 189:114482. [PMID: 35944587 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2022.114482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Over the past two decades, multidisciplinary investigations into the development of nanoparticles for medical applications have continually increased. However, nanoparticles are still subject to biological barriers and biodistribution challenges, which limit their overall clinical potential. This has motivated the implementation of innovational modifications to a range of nanoparticle formulations designed for cancer imaging and/or cancer treatment to overcome specific barriers and shift the accumulation of payloads toward the diseased tissues. In recent years, novel technological and chemical approaches have been employed to modify or functionalize the surface of nanoparticles or manipulate the characteristics of nanoparticles. Combining these approaches with the identification of critical biomarkers provides new strategies for enhancing nanoparticle specificity for both cancer diagnostic and therapeutic applications. This review discusses the most recent advances in the design and engineering of nanoparticles as well as future directions for developing the next generation of nanomedicines.
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- Suhaila O Alhaj-Suliman
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States; Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States.
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Leopold LF, Coman C, Clapa D, Oprea I, Toma A, Iancu ȘD, Barbu-Tudoran L, Suciu M, Ciorîță A, Cadiș AI, Mureșan LE, Perhaița IM, Copolovici L, Copolovici DM, Copaciu F, Leopold N, Vodnar DC, Coman V. The effect of 100-200 nm ZnO and TiO 2 nanoparticles on the in vitro-grown soybean plants. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2022; 216:112536. [PMID: 35567806 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2022.112536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Engineered nanomaterials are increasingly used in everyday life applications and, in consequence, significant amounts are being released into the environment. From soil, water, and air they can reach the organelles of edible plants, potentially impacting the food chain and human health. The potential environmental and health impact of these nanoscale materials is of public concern. TiO2 and ZnO are among the most significant nanomaterials in terms of production amounts. Our study aimed at evaluating the effects of large-scale TiO2 (~100 nm) and ZnO (~200 nm) nanoparticles on soybean plants grown in vitro. The effect of different concentrations of nanoparticles (10, 100, 1000 mg/L) was evaluated regarding plant morphology and metabolic changes. ZnO nanoparticles showed higher toxicity compared to TiO2 in the experimental set-up. Overall, elevated levels of chlorophylls and proteins were observed, as well as increased concentrations of ascorbic and dehydroascorbic acids. Also, the decreasing stomatal conductance to water vapor and net CO2 assimilation rate show higher plant stress levels. In addition, ZnO nanoparticle treatments severely affected plant growth, while TEM analysis revealed ultrastructural changes in chloroplasts and rupture of leaf cell walls. By combining ICP-OES and TEM results, we were able to show that the nanoparticles were metabolized, and their internalization in the soybean plant tissues occurred in ionic forms. This behavior most likely is the main driving force of nanoparticle toxicity.
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- Loredana F Leopold
- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, 1 Kogalniceanu, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș,-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donath, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș,-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donath, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Electron Microscopy Center, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Babeș,-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; National Institute for Research and Development of Isotopic and Molecular Technologies, 67-103 Donath, 400293 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele, 400294 Cluj Napoca, Romania.
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- Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele, 400294 Cluj Napoca, Romania.
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- Raluca Ripan Institute for Research in Chemistry, Babeș-Bolyai University, 30 Fântânele, 400294 Cluj Napoca, Romania.
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- Institute for Research, Development and Innovation in Technical and Natural Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2 Elena Drăgoi, 310330 Arad, Romania; Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, Development and Innovation in Technical and Natural Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2 Elena Drăgoi, 310330 Arad, Romania.
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- Institute for Research, Development and Innovation in Technical and Natural Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2 Elena Drăgoi, 310330 Arad, Romania; Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, Development and Innovation in Technical and Natural Sciences, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, 2 Elena Drăgoi, 310330 Arad, Romania.
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- Faculty of Animal Science and Biotechnologies, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University, 1 Kogalniceanu, 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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- Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Life Sciences Institute, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 3-5 Calea Mănăștur, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Zhang R, Xu X, Lyu Y, Zhou Y, Chen Q, Sun W. Impacts of engineered nanoparticles and antibiotics on denitrification: Element cycling functional genes and antibiotic resistance genes. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 241:113787. [PMID: 35738104 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The wide presence of antibiotics and minerals warrants their combined effects on the denitrification in natural aquatic environment. Herein, we investigated the effects of two antibiotics, sulfamethazine (SMZ) and chlortetracycline (CTC), on the reduction of NO3--N and accumulation of NO2--N in the absence and presence of engineered nanoparticles (NPs) (Al2O3, SiO2, and geothite) using 16 S rRNA sequencing and high-throughput quantitative PCR. The results showed that the addition of antibiotics inhibited the reduction of NO3--N by changing the bacterial community structure and reducing the abundance of denitrification genes, while engineered NPs promoted the denitrification by increasing the abundance of denitrification genes. In the binary systems, engineered NPs alleviated the inhibitory effect of antibiotics through enriching the denitrification genes and adsorbing antibiotics. Antibiotics and its combination with engineered NPs changed the composition of functional genes related to C, N, P, S metabolisms (p < 0.01). The addition of antibiotics and/or engineered NPs altered the bacterial community structure, which is dominated by the genera of Enterobacter (40.7-90.5%), Bacillus (4.9-58.5%), and Pseudomonas (0.21-12.7%). The significant relationship between denitrification, carbon metabolism genes, and antibiotic resistance genes revealed that the heterotrophic denitrifying bacteria may host the antibiotic resistance genes and denitrification genes simultaneously. The findings underscore the significance of engineered NPs in the toxicity assessment of pollutants, and provide a more realistic insight into the toxicity of antibiotics in the natural aquatic environment.
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- Ruijie Zhang
- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China
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- College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China; International Joint Laboratory for Regional Pollution Control, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of All Material Fluxes in River Ecosystems, Beijing 100871, China; The Key Laboratory of Water and Sediment Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing 100871, China.
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Guilloteau E, Djouina M, Caboche S, Waxin C, Deboudt K, Beury D, Hot D, Pichavant M, Dubuquoy L, Launay D, Vignal C, Choël M, Body-Malapel M. Exposure to atmospheric Ag, TiO 2, Ti and SiO 2 engineered nanoparticles modulates gut inflammatory response and microbiota in mice. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 236:113442. [PMID: 35367877 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 03/08/2022] [Accepted: 03/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The development of nanotechnologies is leading to greater abundance of engineered nanoparticles (EN) in the environment, including in the atmospheric air. To date, it has been shown that the most prevalent EN found in the air are silver (Ag), titanium dioxide (TiO2), titanium (Ti), and silicon dioxide (SiO2). As the intestinal tract is increasingly recognized as a target for adverse effects induced by inhalation of air particles, the aim of this study was to assess the impact of these 4 atmospheric EN on intestinal inflammation and microbiota. We assessed the combined toxicity effects of Ag, Ti, TiO2, and SiO2 following a 28-day inhalation protocol in male and female mice. In distal and proximal colon, and in jejunum, EN mixture inhalation did not induce overt histological damage, but led to a significant modulation of inflammatory cytokine transcript abundance, including downregulation of Tnfα, Ifnγ, Il1β, Il17a, Il22, IL10, and Cxcl1 mRNA levels in male jejunum. A dysbiosis was observed in cecal microbiota of male and female mice exposed to the EN mixture, characterized by sex-dependent modulations of specific bacterial taxa, as well as sex-independent decreased abundance of the Eggerthellaceae family. Under dextran sodium sulfate-induced inflammatory conditions, exposure to the EN mixture increased the development of colitis in both male and female mice. Moreover, the direct dose-response effects of individual and mixed EN on gut organoids was studied and Ag, TiO2, Ti, SiO2, and EN mixture were found to generate specific inflammatory responses in the intestinal epithelium. These results indicate that the 4 most prevalent atmospheric EN could have the ability to disturb intestinal homeostasis through direct modulation of cytokine expression in gut epithelium, and by altering the inflammatory response and microbiota composition following inhalation.
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- Eva Guilloteau
- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR2014 - US41 - PLBS-Plateformes Lilloises de Biologie & Santé, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, EA 4493 - LPCA - Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de l'Atmosphère, 59140 Dunkerque, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR2014 - US41 - PLBS-Plateformes Lilloises de Biologie & Santé, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, UMR2014 - US41 - PLBS-Plateformes Lilloises de Biologie & Santé, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, U1019 - UMR 9017 - CIIL - Center for Infection and Immunity of Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, CNRS, UMR 8516 - LASIRE - Laboratoire de Spectroscopie pour les Interactions, la Réactivité et l'Environnement, F-59000 Lille, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1286- INFINITE - Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F-59000 Lille, France.
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Chen P, Huang J, Rao L, Zhu W, Yu Y, Xiao F, Yu H, Wu Y, Hu R, Liu X, He Z, Yan Q. Environmental effects of nanoparticles on the ecological succession of gut microbiota across zebrafish development. Sci Total Environ 2022; 806:150963. [PMID: 34656599 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 10/03/2021] [Accepted: 10/09/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The environmental stresses could significantly affect the structure and functions of microbial communities colonized in the gut ecosystem. However, little is known about how engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), which have recently become a common pollutant in the environment, affect the gut microbiota across fish development. Based on the high-throughput sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene amplicon, we explored the ecological succession of gut microbiota in zebrafish exposed to nanoparticles for three months. The nanoparticles used herein including titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nTiO2, 100 μg/L), zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO, 100 μg/L), and selenium nanoparticles (nSe, 100 μg/L). Our results showed that nanoparticles exposure reduced the alpha diversity of gut microbiota at 73-90 days post-hatching (dph), but showed no significant effects at 14-36 dph. Moreover, nTiO2 significantly (p < 0.05) altered the composition of the gut microbial communities at 73-90 dph (e.g., decreasing abundance of Cetobacterium and Vibrio). Moreover, we found that homogeneous selection was the major process (16.6-57.8%) governing the community succession of gut microbiota. Also, nanoparticles exposure caused topological alterations to microbial networks and led to increased positive interactions to destabilize the gut microbial community. This study reveals the environmental effects of nanoparticles on the ecological succession of gut microbiota across zebrafish development, which provides novel insights to understand the gut microbial responses to ENPs over the development of aquatic animals.
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- Pubo Chen
- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Key Laboratory of Aquatic Biodiversity and Conservation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; College of Agronomy, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, China
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- Environmental Microbiomics Research Center, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Jogaiah S, Paidi MK, Venugopal K, Geetha N, Mujtaba M, Udikeri SS, Govarthanan M. Phytotoxicological effects of engineered nanoparticles: An emerging nanotoxicology. Sci Total Environ 2021; 801:149809. [PMID: 34467935 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Recent innovations in the field of nanoscience and technology and its proficiency as a part of inter-disciplinary science has set an eclectic display in innumerable branches of science, a majority in aliened health science of human and agriculture. Modern agricultural practices have been shifting towards the implementation of nanotechnology-based solutions to combat various emerging problems ranging from safe delivery of nutrients to sustainable approaches for plant protection. In these processes, engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) are widely used as nanocarriers (to deliver nutrients and pesticides) due to their high permeability, efficacy, biocompatibility, and biodegradability properties. Even though the constructive nature of nanoparticles (NPs), nanomaterials (NMs), and other modified or ENPs towards sustainable development in agriculture is referenced, the darker side i.e., eco-toxicological effects is still not covered to a larger extent. The overwhelming usage of these trending NMs has led to continuous persistence in the ecosystem, and their interface with the biotic and abiotic community, degradation lanes and intervention, which might lead to certain beneficial or malefic effects. Metal oxide NPs and polymeric NPs (Alginate, chitosan, and polyethylene glycol) are the most used ENPs, which are posing the nature of beneficial as well as environmentally concerning hazardous materials depending upon their fate and persistence in the ecosystem. The cautious usage of NMs in a scientific way is most essential to harness beneficial aspects of NMs in the field of agriculture whilst minimizing the eco-toxicological effects. The current review is focused on the toxicological effects of various NMs on plant physiology and health. It details interactions of plant intracellular components between applied/persistent NMs, which have brought out drastic changes in seed germination, crop productivity, direct and indirect interaction at the enzymatic as well as nuclear levels. In conclusion, ENPs can pose as genotoxicants that may alter the plant phenotype if not administered appropriately.
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- Sudisha Jogaiah
- Laboratory of Plant Healthcare and Diagnostics, P.G. Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka 580003, India.
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- AcSIR, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSIR-CSMCRI), Gijubhai Badheka Marg, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 364002, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vivekanandha College of Arts & Sciences for Women, Elayampalayam, Tiruchengode 637 205, Namakkal Dist., Tamilnadu, India
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- Nanobiotechnology Laboratory, Department of Studies in Biotechnology, University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysuru 570006, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, Espoo FI-00076, Finland; Institute of Biotechnology, Ankara University, Ankara 06110, Turkey
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- Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad Farm, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad 580005, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, South Korea.
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Xu G, Zheng Q, Yang X, Yu R, Yu Y. Freeze-thaw cycles promote vertical migration of metal oxide nanoparticles in soils. Sci Total Environ 2021; 795:148894. [PMID: 34252772 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 07/03/2021] [Accepted: 07/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Understanding the migration of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in soil is of great significance for evaluating the potential risks of ENPs to ecosystem. So far, their migration under freeze-thaw cycles (FTCs) has not been investigated. This study explored the impacts of FTCs on the migration of three commonly used ENPs, copper oxide (CuO-NPs), cerium oxide (CeO2-NPs), and zinc oxide (ZnO-NPs), in three types of soil. After 32 FTC cycles, the highest migration rate of ENPs was found in black soil due to its higher clay particle content. CeO2-NPs with low surface charge exhibited the highest mobility among three ENPs, which migrated to 9-11 cm layer with the concentration of 42.1 mg/kg in the black soil column. ZnO-NPs were less influenced by FTCs as they were adsorbed onto sand grains due to electrostatic interaction, which migrated to 3-5 cm layer with the concentration of 25.2 mg/kg in the black soil. Higher moisture contents (50% and 100%) resulted in increased migration depth of the ENPs in all soils. Lower freezing temperature (-25 °C) caused fragmentation of large soil particles and produced more clay colloids. FTCs promoted the movement of moisture, which penetrated the soil and thus facilitated the movement of ENPs by increasing the contents and movement of clay colloids. This work reveals the migration behavior of ENPs in soils in freeze-thaw period and provides insights into the fate and environmental risk of nanomaterial at middle and high latitudes.
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- Guanghui Xu
- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China; Department of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130106, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China
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- Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China.
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Bathi JR, Moazeni F, Upadhyayula VKK, Chowdhury I, Palchoudhury S, Potts GE, Gadhamshetty V. Behavior of engineered nanoparticles in aquatic environmental samples: Current status and challenges. Sci Total Environ 2021; 793:148560. [PMID: 34328971 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Revised: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The increasing use of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in consumer products has led to their increased presence in natural water systems. Here, we present a critical overview of the studies that analyzed the fate and transport behavior of ENPs using real environmental samples. We focused on cerium dioxide, titanium dioxide, silver, carbon nanotubes, and zinc oxide, the widely used ENPs in consumer products. Under field scale settings, the transformation rates of ENPs and subsequently their physicochemical properties (e.g., toxicity and bioavailability) are primarily influenced by the modes of interactions among ENPs and natural organic matter. Other typical parameters include factors related to water chemistry, hydrodynamics, and surface and electronic properties of ENPs. Overall, future nanomanufacturing processes should fully consider the health, safety, and environmental impacts without compromising the functionality of consumer products.
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- Jejal Reddy Bathi
- 615 McCallie Ave, Civil and Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN 37403, United States.
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- W256K Olmsted Building, School of Science Engineering and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg University, PA 17057, United States
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- PACCAR 346, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- 615 McCallie Ave, Civil and Chemical Engineering, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN 37403, United States
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- 615 McCallie Ave, Department of Chemistry and Physics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN 37403, United States
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- 501 E. St Joseph Street, Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, SD 57701, United States; 2-Dimensional Materials for Biofilm Engineering Science and Technology (2DBEST) Center, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 501 E. St. Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD 57701, United States
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Jośko I, Kusiak M, Xing B, Oleszczuk P. Combined effect of nano-CuO and nano-ZnO in plant-related system: From bioavailability in soil to transcriptional regulation of metal homeostasis in barley. J Hazard Mater 2021; 416:126230. [PMID: 34492984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The co-existence of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in the environment is an emerging issue remaining poorly investigated. The present study aimed at analyzing the fate of binary mixtures of CuO and ZnO ENPs in a soil-plant system. The ENPs were singly or jointly dosed into soil at 300 mg kg-1 and aged for 7 and 30 days. To evaluate nano-specific effects, individual and combined treatments of metal salts were also applied. Interactions between ENPs and soil-grown barley Hordeum vulgare were determined in terms of biomass, plant mineral composition as well as expression of genes regulating metal homeostasis (ZIP1,3,6,8,10,14, RAN1, PAA1,2, MTP1, COPT5) and detoxification (MT1-3). The bioavailability of Zn and Cu in bulk soil and in the rooting zone was determined using the 0.01 mol L-1 CaCl2 extraction. After combined treatment of ENPs, the extractable concentrations of Cu and Zn were lower than upon individual exposure in bulk soil. The opposite tendency was noted for metal salts. Genes related to metal uptake (ZIP) and cellular compartment (PAA2, RAN1) were mostly up-regulated by single rather than combined application of ENPs. The single and joint exposure to metals salts induced the down-regulation of these genes.
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- Izabela Jośko
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, 13 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, 13 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Li Y, Cummins E. A semi-quantitative risk ranking of potential human exposure to engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in Europe. Sci Total Environ 2021; 778:146232. [PMID: 33714827 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Large quantities of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) have emerged on the European market with the rapid development of nanotechnology, however knowledge of potential health risks to humans remains in its infancy. The ENP safety issue is of pressing concern as their novel physicochemical characteristics have been illustrated compared to other bulk-form counterparts. Therefore, it is critical to carry out a comprehensive risk assessment for ENPs to guide risk management in industrial sectors. Based on current data availability, a risk ranking model is developed in accordance with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) advice for ENP risk assessment. In this study a Quantity, Exposure, Hazard (QEH) risk scoring model was adopted for characterizing both quantitative and qualitative data, including potential exposure pathways and hazard information. Scores were assigned to quantities of ENPs used in consumer products, intake likelihoods (oral, inhalation, and dermal intake), and hazard potential. Exposure through environmental routes and through consumer products are regarded as significant potential exposure routes. This model prioritized ENPs used in Europe according to human health risk potential. Nano-titanium dioxide (TiO2) ranked the highest, resulting from exposure through consumer products. Silver nanoparticles (AgNP), as the second most critical ENP, is of most concern in terms of the risk from environmental sinks. Regarding the compartmentalization of total ENP risks to humans, the consumption of consumer products with nano-ingredients, especially nano-TiO2, nano-silicon dioxide (SiO2), and AgNP, constitutes the majority of the QEH risk index. The inadequacy of ENP risk management procedures is highlighted, not only during manufacturing, but also during nanomaterial waste disposal processes from marketplace through to the environment. Current risk assessments are based upon recent knowledge of the ENP class as novel pollutants, highlighting the need for further quantification of underlying risks as data emerges.
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- Yingzhu Li
- School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Agriculture & Food Science Centre, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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- School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Agriculture & Food Science Centre, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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Ameen F, Alsamhary K, Alabdullatif JA, ALNadhari S. A review on metal-based nanoparticles and their toxicity to beneficial soil bacteria and fungi. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 213:112027. [PMID: 33578100 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Revised: 01/28/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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The unregulated deposition of metal-based nanoparticles in terrestrial ecosystems particularly in agricultural systems has alarmingly threatened the sustainability of the environment and diversity of beneficial microbial populations such as soil bacteria and fungi. This occurs due to the poor treatment of biosolids during wastewater treatment and their application in agricultural fields to enhance the fertility of soils. Continuous deposition, low biodegradability, and longer persistence of metal nanoparticles in soils adversely impact the population of soil beneficial bacteria and fungi. The current literature suggests the toxic outcome of nanoparticle-fungi and nanoparticle-bacteria interactions based on various toxicity endpoints. Therefore, due to the extreme importance of beneficial soil bacteria and fungi for soil fertility and plant growth, this review summarizes the production, application, release of metal nanoparticles in the soil system and their impact on various soil microbes specifically plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria, cellular toxicity and impact of nanoparticles on bioactive molecule production by microbes, destructive nanoparticle impact on unicellular, mycorrhizal, and cellulose/lignin degrading fungi. This review also highlights the molecular alterations in fungi and bacteria-induced by nanoparticles and suggests a plausible toxicity mechanism. This review advances the understanding of the nano-toxicity aspect as a common outcome of nanoparticles and fungi/bacteria interactions.
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- Fuad Ameen
- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Biology, College of Science and Humanities in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Botany & Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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- Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
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Bello D, Chanetsa L, Cristophi CA, Poh TY, Singh D, Setyawati MI, Christiani D, Chotirmall SH, Ng KW, Demokritou P. Chronic upper airway and systemic inflammation from copier emitted particles in healthy operators at six Singaporean workplaces. NanoImpact 2021; 22:100325. [PMID: 35559961 DOI: 10.1016/j.impact.2021.100325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Toner-based printing equipment (TPE), including laser printers and photocopiers, utilize several engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) to improve toner performance. Operation of TPE, which rarely employ any exposure controls, generates high exposures to nanoparticles that contain ENMs and complex organics. Epidemiological literature in copier operators documents respiratory effects, including nasal blockage, cough, excessive sputum, and breathing difficulties, cardiovascular effects, oxidative stress, and inflammation. However, epidemiological studies in humans with adequate exposure assessment and dose-response analysis are lacking. We present herein the analysis of the upper airway and systemic inflammation in plasma of 19 healthy copier operators at six Singapore workplaces. We employed a repeated panel design (four biomarker measurements over two weeks) combined with a multi-marker approach (14 inflammatory cytokines in plasma and nasal lavage (NL)), and comprehensive exposure assessment using four distinct exposure metrics. We investigated spatial and temporal patterns of markers of upper airway and systemic inflammation and their association with various exposure metrics. Several inflammatory markers, namely fractalkine, IL-1β, and IL-1α in NL, and fractalkine, IL-1β, TNF-α, and IFN-γ in plasma, were strongly and positively associated with at least one exposure metric, whereas GM-CSF was negatively associated. The inflammation score was also strongly associated with TPE nanoparticle exposures. Exposure to TPE emissions induced moderate upper airway inflammation and stronger systemic inflammation in these healthy operators, characterized by upregulation of at least IL-1β, fractalkine, TNF-α and IFN-γ. Proinflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IFN-γ and IL-1β play an important role in orchestrating inflammatory responses in various clinical conditions, including cardiovascular and autoimmune disease, and likely trigger activation of endothelial cells, leading to overexpression of fractalkine, a chemokine that is involved in and associated with multiple disorders, including atherosclerosis and vascular disease. Future larger-scale epidemiological studies in these workers and consumers exposed chronically to TPE nanoparticle emissions and proactive interventions to reduce or eliminate TPE exposures are recommended.
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- Dhimiter Bello
- Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 1310B, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 883 Broadway Street, Dugan 108-C, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, Zuckerberg College of Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, 883 Broadway Street, Dugan 108-C, Lowell, MA 01854, USA
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- Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health, Cyprus University of Technology, 30 Arch. Kyprianos Str. 3036 Limassol, Cyprus
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, 308232, Singapore
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- Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 1310B, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, N4.1, #01-21, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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- Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 1310B, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University, 11 Mandalay Road, 308232, Singapore
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- Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 1310B, Boston, MA 02115, USA; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, N4.1, #01-21, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore; Environmental Chemistry and Materials Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institution, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, CleanTech One, 637141, Singapore
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- Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Bldg 1, Rm 1310B, Boston, MA 02115, USA; School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, N4.1, #01-21, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.
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Gaylarde CC, Baptista Neto JA, da Fonseca EM. Nanoplastics in aquatic systems - are they more hazardous than microplastics? Environ Pollut 2021; 272:115950. [PMID: 33303235 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The fragmentation of plastic materials into nanoparticles of less than 1000 nm (secondary nanoplastics) and their possible accumulation in the environment is a recent matter of concern. There are still no suitable standard methods for determining the concentrations and chemical makeup of these particles in aquatic systems and the fate and effect of nanoplastics in the aquatic environment has been little explored, although there has been research using engineered nanoparticles as models. In this review, we give a summary of the (mainly laboratory-based) studies on the influences of nanoplastics. We aim to provide an updated overview of this emerging topic, reviewing the literature mainly from 2018 onwards and considering the effects of nanoplastics on ecosystems, their uptake and transport of polluting molecules, and the challenges that are faced by workers in this area. The review includes 119 references.
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- Christine C Gaylarde
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, Oklahoma University, 770 Van Vleet Oval, Norman, OK, 73019, USA.
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics/LAGEMAR, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea s/n, 24210-340, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
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- Department of Geology and Geophysics/LAGEMAR, Instituto de Geociências, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Avenida Litorânea s/n, 24210-340, Niterói, RJ, Brazil.
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Jośko I, Kusiak M, Oleszczuk P. The chronic effects of CuO and ZnO nanoparticles on Eisenia fetida in relation to the bioavailability in aged soils. Chemosphere 2021; 266:128982. [PMID: 33276995 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The bioavailability and bioaccumulation of metal-based engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in soils need to be evaluated in environmentally relevant scenarios. The aim of this study was an analysis of potentially available metal-component ENPs (nano-ZnO and nano-CuO) in soils. Earthworms (Eisenia fetida) were used to examine the bioaccumulation potential of ENPs. Micro-particles (micro-ZnO and micro-CuO) and metal salts (ZnCl2 and CuCl2) were used to evaluate the nano-effect and the activity of dissolved ions, respectively. Zn- and Cu-compounds were added to sandy loam and silt loam at a concentration of 10 mg kg-1. The bioavailable fractions of metals were extracted from soil using H2O, MgCl2 with CH3COONa or EDTA. EDTA was the most effective extractant of Zn and Cu (10.06-11.65 mg Zn kg-1 and 2.69-3.52 mg Cu kg-1), whereas the H2O-extractable metal concentration was at the lowest level (1.98-2.12 mg Zn kg-1 and 0.54-0.82 Cu mg kg-1). The bioavailable metal concentrations were significantly higher in silt loam than sandy loam soil, which was related to the higher pH value of silt. There were no significant differences between the Zn content in the earthworms incubated in the two soils, which may confirm the auto-regulation of the Zn content by earthworms. However, the bioaccumulation of Cu was strongly correlated with the extractable Cu concentrations. The juvenile earthworms accumulated Cu and Zn more than adults. Based on our results, aging neutralized the differences between the ionic and particulate effects of metal-compounds.
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- Izabela Jośko
- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland; Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland.
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- Institute of Plant Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agrobioengineering, University of Life Sciences, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Radiochemistry and Environmental Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
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Rai PK, Lee J, Brown RJC, Kim KH. Environmental fate, ecotoxicity biomarkers, and potential health effects of micro- and nano-scale plastic contamination. J Hazard Mater 2021; 403:123910. [PMID: 33264963 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2020] [Revised: 09/03/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In recent decades, the quantity of plastic waste products has increased tremendously. As plastic wastes are released into the environment, they exert harmful effects on biota and human health. In this work, a comprehensive review is offered to describe the physical and chemical characteristics of microplastics and nanoplastics in relation to their fate, microbial ecology, transport, and ecotoxic behavior. Present discussion is expanded further to cover the biochemical, physiological, and molecular mechanisms controlling the environmental fate, ecotoxicity, and human health hazards of micro- and nanoplastics. The risks of their exposure to microbes, plants, animals, and human health are also reviewed with special emphasis. Finally, a direction for future interdisciplinary research in materials and polymer science is also discussed to help control the pollution caused by micro- and nanoplastics.
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- Prabhat Kumar Rai
- Phyto-Technologies and Plant Invasion Lab, Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth Sciences and Natural Resources Management, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India
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- Department of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Ajou University, Suwon, 16499, South Korea
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- Environment Department, National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea.
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Gogos A, Wielinski J, Voegelin A, Kammer FVD, Kaegi R. Quantification of anthropogenic and geogenic Ce in sewage sludge based on Ce oxidation state and rare earth element patterns. Water Res X 2020; 9:100059. [PMID: 32760905 PMCID: PMC7390820 DOI: 10.1016/j.wroa.2020.100059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Emissions of Ce from anthropogenic activities (anthropogenic Ce) into urban wastewater systems and the environment result from its widespread industrial use (abrasives, catalysts, nanotechnology). Because Ce in sewage sludge can also be of geogenic origin, the quantification of anthropogenic Ce in sewage sludge remains elusive. In this study, we evaluated the suitability of Ce oxidation state and rare earth element (REE) patterns for the quantification of anthropogenic Ce fractions in sewage sludge. A diverse set of soil samples served to gain baseline information on geogenic Ce. Geogenic Ce in the soils was characterized by high Ce(III) fractions (≥70%) and their REE patterns were comparable to the REE patterns of the upper continental crust. The sewage sludges contained on average ∼80% Ce(IV) (range 18-108%), pointing to the importance of anthropogenic inputs of Ce(IV). The quantification of the anthropogenic Ce fraction based on Ce oxidation state, however, was associated with considerable uncertainty because geogenic and anthropogenic Ce cannot exclusively be assigned to Ce(III) and Ce(IV), respectively. The REE patterns of most sewage sludges indicated a clear enrichment of Ce compared to heavier REE. Based on the assumption that the industrially used Ce is free of (most) other REE, we estimated the fraction of anthropogenic Ce in the sludges based on individual Ce/REE ratios. For the individual sludges the anthropogenic contributions were very variable (10-100%) but consistent fractions were obtained for individual sludges when calculated based on Ce/Dy (dysprosium), Ce/Er (erbium) and Ce/Eu (europium) ratios. Electron microscopy analysis of sludges dominated by anthropogenic Ce revealed that the Ce was mostly contained in nanoscale particles devoid of elements characteristic of Ce-bearing minerals. Thus, anthropogenic Ce contents derived from REE patterns may be used to validate current mass flow models for engineered CeO2 nanoparticles.
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- Alexander Gogos
- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- EMPA, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
- ETH Zürich, Institute of Environmental Engineering, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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- University of Vienna, Department of Environmental Geosciences and Environmental Science Research Network, Althanstr. 14, UZA II, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Überlandstrasse 133, CH-8600, Dübendorf, Switzerland
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Liu Y, Pan B, Li H, Lang D, Zhao Q, Zhang D, Wu M, Steinberg CEW, Xing B. Can the properties of engineered nanoparticles be indicative of their functions and effects in plants? Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2020; 205:111128. [PMID: 32827963 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 07/09/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The extensive applicability of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in various fields such as environment, agriculture, medicine or biotechnology has mostly been attributed to their better physicochemical properties as compared with conventional bulk materials. However, functions and biological effects of ENPs change across different scenarios which impede the progress in their risk assessment and safety management. This review thus intends to figure out whether properties of ENPs can be indicators of their behavior through summarizing and analyzing the available literature and knowledge. The studies have indicated that size, shape, solubility, specific surface area, surface charge and surface reactivity constitute a more accurate measure of ENPs functions and toxic effects in addition to mass concentration. Effects of ENPs are also highly dependent on dose metrics, species and strains of organisms, environmental conditions, exposure route and duration. Searching correlations between properties and functions or biological effects may serve as an effective way in understanding positive and negative impacts of ENPs. This will ensure safe design and sustainable future use of ENPs.
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- Yang Liu
- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China.
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- Yunnan Key Laboratory of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming, 650500, China; Institute of Biology, Freshwater & Stress Ecology, Humboldt University, Berlin, 12437, Germany
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 01003, United States.
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Montes de Oca-Vásquez G, Solano-Campos F, Vega-Baudrit JR, López-Mondéjar R, Vera A, Moreno JL, Bastida F. Organic amendments exacerbate the effects of silver nanoparticles on microbial biomass and community composition of a semiarid soil. Sci Total Environ 2020; 744:140919. [PMID: 32711321 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 07/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Increased utilization of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) can result in an accumulation of these particles in the environment. The potential detrimental effects of AgNPs in soil may be associated with the low fertility of soils in semiarid regions that are usually subjected to restoration through the application of organic amendments. Microbial communities are responsible for fundamental processes related to soil fertility, yet the potential impacts of low and realistic AgNPs concentrations on soil microorganisms are still unknown. We studied the effects of realistic citrate-stabilized AgNPs concentrations (0.015 and 1.5 μg kg-1) at two exposure times (7 and 30 days) on a sandy clay loam Mediterranean soil unamended (SU) and amended with compost (SA). We assessed soil microbial biomass (microbial fatty acids), soil enzyme activities (urease, β-glucosidase, and alkaline phosphatase), and composition of the microbial community (bacterial 16S rRNA gene and fungal ITS2 sequencing) in a microcosm experiment. In the SA, the two concentrations of AgNPs significantly decreased the bacterial biomass after 7 days of incubation. At 30 days of incubation, only a significant decrease in the Gram+ was observed at the highest AgNPs concentration. In contrast, in the SU, there was a significant increase in bacterial biomass after 30 days of incubation at the lowest AgNPs concentration. Overall, we found that fungal biomass was more resistant to AgNPs than bacterial biomass, in both SA and SU. Further, the AgNPs changed the composition of the soil bacterial community in SA, the relative abundance of some bacterial taxa in SA and SU, and fungal richness in SU at 30 days of incubation. However, AgNPs did not affect the activity of extracellular enzymes. This study demonstrates that the exposure time and organic amendments modulate the effects of realistic concentrations of AgNPs in the biomass and composition of the microbial community of a Mediterranean soil.
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- Gabriela Montes de Oca-Vásquez
- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, National Center for High Technology, 10109 Pavas, San José, Costa Rica; Doctorado en Ciencias Naturales para el Desarrollo (DOCINADE), Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Nacional, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Costa Rica.
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- School of Biological Sciences, Universidad Nacional, Campus Omar Dengo, 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica
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- National Nanotechnology Laboratory, National Center for High Technology, 10109 Pavas, San José, Costa Rica; Laboratory of Polymer Science and Technology, School of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional, Campus Omar Dengo, 86-3000 Heredia, Costa Rica
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- Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, Vídeňská 1083, Praha 4 14220, Czech Republic
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- CEBAS-CSIC. Department of Soil and Water Conservation. Campus Universitario de Espinardo, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Li X, He E, Xia B, Van Gestel CAM, Peijnenburg WJGM, Cao X, Qiu H. Impact of CeO 2 nanoparticles on the aggregation kinetics and stability of polystyrene nanoplastics: Importance of surface functionalization and solution chemistry. Water Res 2020; 186:116324. [PMID: 32871291 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The increasing application of plastics is accompanied by increasing concern over the stability and potential risk of nanoplastics. Heteroaggregation with metal-based nanoparticles (e.g., CeO2-NPs) is critical to the environmental mobility of nanoplastics, as they are likely to be jointly emitted to the aquatic environment. Here, time-resolved dynamic light scattering was employed to evaluate the influence of CeO2-NPs on the aggregation kinetics of differentially surface functionalized polystyrene nanoplastics (PS-NPs) in various water types. Natural organic matters and ionic strength were dominating factors influencing the heteroaggregation of PS-NPs and CeO2-NPs in surface waters. The critical coagulation concentrations of PS-NPs were dependent on their surface coatings, which decreased in the presence of CeO2-NPs due to electrostatic attraction and/or specific adsorption. Incubation of PS-NPs and CeO2-NPs under different pH confirmed the importance of electrostatic force in the aggregation of PS NPs. A relatively low humic acid (HA) concentration promoted the heteroaggregation of NH2-coated PS-NPs and CeO2-NPs because the introduction of a HA surface coating decreased the electrostatic hindrance. At high HA concentrations, the aggregation was inhibited by steric repulsion. The combined effects of high efficiency of double layer compression, bridging and complexation contributed to the high capacity of Ca2+ in destabilizing the particles. These findings demonstrate that the environmental behavior of nanoplastics is influenced by the presence of other non-plastic particles and improve our understanding of the interactions between PS-NPs and CeO2-NPs in complex and realistic aqueous environments.
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- Xing Li
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China
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- Anhui Academy of Environmental Science Research, Hefei 230022, China
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- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden 2333CC, The Netherlands; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Center for the Safety of Substances and Products, Bilthoven 3720BA, The Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Dai Y, Guo X, Wang S, Yin L, Hoffmann MR. Photochemical transformation of perfluoroalkyl acid precursors in water using engineered nanomaterials. Water Res 2020; 181:115964. [PMID: 32492590 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The production of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) has been phased out over recent decades; however, no significant decline in their environmental concentrations has been observed. This is partly due to the photochemical decomposition of PFAAs precursors (PrePFAAs) which remain in extensive use. The decomposition of PrePFAAs may be accelerated by the light-activated engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in water. In light of this hypothesis, we investigated the photochemical transformation of three PrePFAAs, which are 8:2 fluorotelomer sulfonic acid (8:2 FTSA), 8:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (8:2 FTOH), and 2-(N-ethylperfluorooctane-1-sulfonamido ethyl] phosphate (SAmPAP), in the presence of six ENMs under simulated sunlight irradiation. The transformation rates of 8:2 FTSA and 8:2 FTOH were increased by 2-6 times when in the presence of six ENMs. However, most of ENMs appeared to inhibit the decomposition of SAmPAP. The transformation rates of PrePFAAs were found to depend on the yield of reactive oxygen species generated by ENMs, but the rates were also related to compound photo-stability, adsorption to surfaces, and photo-shielding effects. The PrePFAAs are transformed to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) or/and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) with higher toxicity and longer half-life, PFOA or PFOS and a few PFAAs having shorter carbon chain lengths. Higher concentrations of the PFAAs photodegradation products were observed in the presence of most of the ENMs.
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- Yunrong Dai
- School of Water Resources and Environment, Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, PR China; Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States.
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- School of Water Resources and Environment, Beijing Key Laboratory of Water Resources & Environmental Engineering, MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing, 100083, PR China.
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- Department of Urban Water Environmental Research, Basin Research Center for Water Pollution Control, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, 100012, Beijing, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States; State Key Laboratory of Water Environment Simulation, School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, 100875, PR China.
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- Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91125, United States.
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Zhang D, Qiu J, Shi L, Liu Y, Pan B, Xing B. The mechanisms and environmental implications of engineered nanoparticles dispersion. Sci Total Environ 2020; 722:137781. [PMID: 32199363 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dispersion of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) has drawn special research attentions because the environmental behavior, risks, and applications of ENPs are greatly dependent on their dispersing status. This review summarizes the latest research progress of dispersion mechanisms, environmental applications in contaminants adsorption, and toxicity of ENPs dispersed in liquid and in solid matrix (3D-ENPs). Dispersion mechanisms of ENPs, including steric hindrance, electrostatic repulsion and "micelle wrapping" are well understood in single dispersing agent, however, the prediction of ENPs dispersion in real environments is not straightforward because of the diversity of structures, components, and properties of natural organic molecule mixtures. The adsorption characteristics, depending on the exposed surface areas in liquid, are significantly different between dispersed and aggregated ENPs. Comparing with the aggregated ENPs, the toxicity of dispersed ENPs is generally enhanced due to the increased uptake, released metal ions, carried contaminants, and induced ROS. 3D-ENPs not only inherit the excellent adsorption performance of ENPs dispersed in liquid, but also are beneficial to the separation and recycle from aqueous solutions due to their 3D rigid structures. However, the adsorption mechanisms as affected by environmental conditions are still unclear. Additionally, the potential risks of 3D-ENPs should be paid more attentions, with an emphasis on free radicals and stability of 3D structure.
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- Di Zhang
- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science & Engineering, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, China; Yunnan Key Lab of Soil Carbon Sequestration and Pollution Control, Kunming 650500, China.
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- Stockbridge School of Agriculture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, United States.
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Kumar A, Raychoudhury T. Long-term fate of ZnO-Fe xO y mix-nanoparticles through the saturated porous media under constant head condition. Sci Total Environ 2020; 721:137669. [PMID: 32172105 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term fate of the nZnO-nFexOy mix nanoparticles through the natural sediment in the presence of humic acid (HA) under varying pH and natural groundwater conditions. To achieve the objectives, a series of experiments were carried out where 50 mg/l of nZnO-nFexOy mix suspensions were injected for 5 pore volumes (PVs) in that porous media in the presence of 10 mg/l HA under varying pH (6 and 8) followed by flushing with deionized and natural groundwater for another 95 PVs under constant head condition. The outcome of the study suggests that during the injection of the nZnO-nFexOy mix suspension, more nZnO particles retain when the suspension is prepared at pH 6 (>90%). With an increase in pH of nZnO-nFexOy mix suspension and background water, the long-term release of retained nZnO particles has increased significantly (from 29.97% at pH 6 to 95.89% at pH 8). The surface charge and the electrostatic repulsion are likely to govern the detachment and release of nZnO particles. Certain fraction (3.58-7.97%) of the Zn was also found to be dissolved and eluted at the outlet when the pH of background water is maintained at 6. In the case of nFexOy, extensive retention of particles is observed during injection at both pHs (6 and 8). The release of the retained particles is limited (6.34%) specifically at lower pH (pH 6). There is an increase in the release of nFexOy particles (24.76%) with an increase in the pH (pH 8) of both the suspension and background solution. When groundwater is used as the background water, a slight reduction in the release of Zn (22.04%) and Fe (2.06%) is observed at a pH of 6. However, at higher pH (pH 8), significantly less amount of retained particles (2.24% of Zn and 4.96% of Fe) are released. This is mainly due to the presence of co-ions in the groundwater which resulted in less negative charge of ENPs thus having less detachment and release of Zn and Fe particles. Overall, it could be concluded that there is a risk of release of Zn and Fe (especially at high pH) in the long run in the presence of organic matter when exposed in the porous media. The extent of release of Zn and Fe would be more at higher pH and might be less in the presence of other ions and under groundwater conditions.
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- Atul Kumar
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, 801103, India
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, 801103, India.
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Jesmin R, Chanda A. Restricting mycotoxins without killing the producers: a new paradigm in nano-fungal interactions. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:2803-13. [PMID: 32025763 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10373-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Revised: 12/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Over the past several years, numerous studies have demonstrated the feasibility of using engineered nanoparticles as antifungals, especially against those fungal pathogens that produce mycotoxins and infect plants, animals, and humans. The high dosage of nanoparticles has been a concern in such antifungal applications due to the potential toxicological and ecotoxicological impacts. To address such concerns, we have recently introduced the idea of inhibiting mycotoxin biosynthesis using low doses of engineered nanoparticles. At such low doses these particles are minimally toxic to humans and the environment. From our studies we realize that for the effective use of nanotechnology to intervene in the biology of fungal pathogens and for an accurate evaluation of the impacts of the increasingly growing nanomaterials in the environment on fungi and their interacting biotic partners, there is a pressing need for a rigorous understanding of nano-fungal interactions, which is currently far from complete. In this minireview, we build on the available evidence from nano-bio interaction research and our recent interaction studies with Aspergillus cells and engineered silver nanoparticles to introduce a potential theoretical model for nano-fungal interactions. The aim of the proposed model is to provide an initial insight on how nanoparticle uptake and their transformation inside fungal cells, possibly influence the production of mycotoxins and other secondary metabolites of filamentous fungi .
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Arenas-Lago D, Monikh FA, Vijver MG, Peijnenburg WJGM. Interaction of zero valent copper nanoparticles with algal cells under simulated natural conditions: Particle dissolution kinetics, uptake and heteroaggregation. Sci Total Environ 2019; 689:133-140. [PMID: 31271982 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 06/20/2019] [Accepted: 06/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Some metal-based engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) undergo fast dissolution and/or aggregation when they are released in the environment. The underlying processes are controlled by psychochemical/biological parameters of the environment and the properties of the particles. In this study, we investigated the interaction between algal cells and zero valent copper nanoparticles (Cu0-ENPs) to elucidate how the cells influence the dissolution and aggregation kinetics of the particles and how these kinetics influence the cellular uptake of Cu. Our finding showed that the concentration of dissolved Cu ([Cu]dissolved) in the supernatant of the culture media without algal cells was higher than the [Cu]dissolved in the media with algal cells. In the absence of the cells, dissolved organic matter (DOC) increased the dissolution of the particle due to increasing the stability of the particles against aggregation, thus increasing the available surface area. In the presence of algae, Cu0-ENPs heteroaggregated with the cells. Thus, the available surface area decreased over time and this resulted in a low dissolution rate of the particles. The DOC corona on the surface of the particles increased the heteroaggregation of the particles with the cells and decreases the uptake of the particles. Our findings showed that microorganisms influence the fate of ENPs in the environment, and they do so by modifying the dissolution and aggregation kinetics of the Cu0-ENPs.
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- Daniel Arenas-Lago
- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, University of Vigo, As Lagoas. Marcosende, 36310 Vigo. Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, the Netherlands; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Safety of Substances and Products, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Yokel RA, Hancock ML, Cherian B, Brooks AJ, Ensor ML, Vekaria HJ, Sullivan PG, Grulke EA. Simulated biological fluid exposure changes nanoceria's surface properties but not its biological response. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2019; 144:252-265. [PMID: 31563633 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2019.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2019] [Revised: 08/26/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Nanoscale cerium dioxide (nanoceria) has industrial applications, capitalizing on its catalytic, abrasive, and energy storage properties. It auto-catalytically cycles between Ce3+ and Ce4+, giving it pro-and anti-oxidative properties. The latter mediates beneficial effects in models of diseases that have oxidative stress/inflammation components. Engineered nanoparticles become coated after body fluid exposure, creating a corona, which can greatly influence their fate and effects. Very little has been reported about nanoceria surface changes and biological effects after pulmonary or gastrointestinal fluid exposure. The study objective was to address the hypothesis that simulated biological fluid (SBF) exposure changes nanoceria's surface properties and biological activity. This was investigated by measuring the physicochemical properties of nanoceria with a citric acid coating (size; morphology; crystal structure; surface elemental composition, charge, and functional groups; and weight) before and after exposure to simulated lung, gastric, and intestinal fluids. SBF-exposed nanoceria biological effect was assessed as A549 or Caco-2 cell resazurin metabolism and mitochondrial oxygen consumption rate. SBF exposure resulted in loss or overcoating of nanoceria's surface citrate, greater nanoceria agglomeration, deposition of some SBF components on nanoceria's surface, and small changes in its zeta potential. The engineered nanoceria and SBF-exposed nanoceria produced no statistically significant changes in cell viability or cellular oxygen consumption rates.
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- Robert A Yokel
- Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0596, United States.
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, United States.
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, United States.
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, United States.
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0596, United States.
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- Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, United States; Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, United States.
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- Spinal Cord & Brain Injury Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, United States; Department of Neuroscience, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, United States.
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0046, United States.
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Wojcieszek J, Jiménez-Lamana J, Bierła K, Ruzik L, Asztemborska M, Jarosz M, Szpunar J. Uptake, translocation, size characterization and localization of cerium oxide nanoparticles in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Sci Total Environ 2019; 683:284-292. [PMID: 31132708 DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2020.00100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, the production and use of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) in different areas, especially in automotive industry, is rapidly increasing, causing their presence in the environment. Released CeO2 NPs can undergo different transformations and interact with the soil and hence with plants, providing a potential pathway for human exposure and leading to serious concerns about their impact on the ecosystem and human organism. This study investigates the uptake, bioaccumulation, possible translocation and localization of CeO2 NPs in a model plant (Raphanus sativus L.), whose edible part is in direct contact with the soil where contamination is more likely to happen. The stability of CeO2 NPs in plant growth medium as well as after applying a standard enzymatic digestion procedure was tested by single particle ICP-MS (SP-ICP-MS) showing that CeO2 NPs can remain intact after enzymatic digestion; however, an agglomeration process was observed in the growth medium already after one day of cultivation. An enzymatic digestion method was next used in order to extract intact nanoparticles from the tissues of plants cultivated from the stage of seeds, followed by size characterization by SP-ICP-MS. The results obtained by SP-ICP-MS showed a narrower size distribution in the case of roots suggesting preferential uptake of smaller nanoparticles which led to the conclusion that plants do not take up the CeO2 NPs agglomerates present in the medium. However, nanoparticles at higher diameters were observed after analysis of leaves plus stems. Additionally, a small degree of dissolution was observed in the case of roots. Finally, after CeO2 NPs treatment of adult plants, the spatial distribution of intact CeO2 NPs in the radish roots was studied by laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) and the ability of NPs to enter and be accumulated in root tissues was confirmed.
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France.
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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- Isotopic Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France
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Wojcieszek J, Jiménez-Lamana J, Bierła K, Ruzik L, Asztemborska M, Jarosz M, Szpunar J. Uptake, translocation, size characterization and localization of cerium oxide nanoparticles in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Sci Total Environ 2019; 683:284-292. [PMID: 31132708 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.05.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 05/18/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Due to their unique physical and chemical properties, the production and use of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NPs) in different areas, especially in automotive industry, is rapidly increasing, causing their presence in the environment. Released CeO2 NPs can undergo different transformations and interact with the soil and hence with plants, providing a potential pathway for human exposure and leading to serious concerns about their impact on the ecosystem and human organism. This study investigates the uptake, bioaccumulation, possible translocation and localization of CeO2 NPs in a model plant (Raphanus sativus L.), whose edible part is in direct contact with the soil where contamination is more likely to happen. The stability of CeO2 NPs in plant growth medium as well as after applying a standard enzymatic digestion procedure was tested by single particle ICP-MS (SP-ICP-MS) showing that CeO2 NPs can remain intact after enzymatic digestion; however, an agglomeration process was observed in the growth medium already after one day of cultivation. An enzymatic digestion method was next used in order to extract intact nanoparticles from the tissues of plants cultivated from the stage of seeds, followed by size characterization by SP-ICP-MS. The results obtained by SP-ICP-MS showed a narrower size distribution in the case of roots suggesting preferential uptake of smaller nanoparticles which led to the conclusion that plants do not take up the CeO2 NPs agglomerates present in the medium. However, nanoparticles at higher diameters were observed after analysis of leaves plus stems. Additionally, a small degree of dissolution was observed in the case of roots. Finally, after CeO2 NPs treatment of adult plants, the spatial distribution of intact CeO2 NPs in the radish roots was studied by laser ablation ICP-MS (LA-ICP-MS) and the ability of NPs to enter and be accumulated in root tissues was confirmed.
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France.
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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- Isotopic Laboratory, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
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- Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), CNRS-UPPA, UMR5254, Pau, France
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Enescu D, Cerqueira MA, Fucinos P, Pastrana LM. Recent advances and challenges on applications of nanotechnology in food packaging. A literature review. Food Chem Toxicol 2019; 134:110814. [PMID: 31520669 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2019.110814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 09/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Nanotechnology applied to food and beverage packaging has created enormous interest in recent years, but in the same time there are many controversial issues surrounding nanotechnology and food. The benefits of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) in food-contact applications are accompanied by safety concerns due to gaps in understanding of their possible toxicology. In case of incorporation in food contact polymers, the first step to consumer exposure is the transfer of ENPs from the polymer to the food. Hence, to improve understanding of risk and benefit, the key questions are whether nanoparticles can be released from food contact polymers and under which conditions. This review has two main goals. Firstly, it will presents the current advancements in the application of ENPs in food and beverage packaging sector to grant active and intelligent properties. A particular focus will be placed on current demands in terms of risk assessment strategies associated with the use ENPs in food contact materials (FCMs), i.e. up-to-date migration/cytotoxicity studies of ENPs which are partly contradictory. Food matrix effects are often ignored, and may have a pronounced impact on the behaviour of ENPs in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). A standardized food model (SFM) for evaluating the toxicity and fate of ingested ENPs was recently proposed and herein discussed with the aims to offer an overview to the reader. It is therefore clear that further systematic research is needed, which must account for interactions and transformations of ENMs in foods (food matrix effect) and in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) that are likely to determine nano-biointeractions. Secondly, the review provides an extensive analysis of present market dynamics on ENPs in food/beverage packaging moving beyond concept to current industrial applications.
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- Daniela Enescu
- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Department Life Sciences, Research Unit: Nano4Food/Food Processing, Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal.
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Department Life Sciences, Research Unit: Nano4Food/Food Processing, Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Department Life Sciences, Research Unit: Nano4Food/Food Processing, Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL), Department Life Sciences, Research Unit: Nano4Food/Food Processing, Av. Mestre Jose Veiga s/n, 4715-330, Braga, Portugal
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Zhong L, Hu X, Cao Z, Wang H, Chen Y, Lian HZ. Aggregation and dissolution of engineering nano Ag and ZnO pretreated with natural organic matters in the simulated lung biological fluids. Chemosphere 2019; 225:668-677. [PMID: 30903842 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.03.080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2019] [Revised: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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The increasing application of engineered nanoparticles such as silver nanoparticles (nAg) and zinc oxide nanoparticles (nZnO), results in their accumulation in environmental media. The environmental natural organic matter (NOM) adsorbed by these nanoparticles may have great effects on the aggregation and dissolution of metall ions, which are interesting and important for the assessment of the inhalation risks of these airborne suspended NOM-coated nanoparticles to humans. Therefore, the aggregation and dissolution of nAg and nZnO pretreated with citric acid (CA), tartaric acid (TA) and fulvic acid (FA) in simulated lung biological fluids (artificial lysosomal fluid (ALF) and Gamble Solution) were investigated. The surface properties, morphology and size of the NOM-treated ENPs changed, but the crystalline phase was relatively stable when observed using surface-enhanced Raman scattering, transmission electron microscope, and X-ray diffraction. NOM treatment had no significant influence on the particle size of NOM-treated nAg and nZnO except for a decrease in the size of CA-treated nAg, and it could not promote the aggregation of NOM-treated nAg and nZnO except for the aggregation of TA-treated nAg in Gamble Solution or TA-treated nZnO in ALF. CA- and FA-treatments promoted the release of Zn2+ and Ag+, respectively, while no promotion was observed after TA-treatment. Therefore, NOM affects the release of Zn2+ and Ag+ from NOM-treated nAg and nZnO but does not promote the aggregation of NOM-treated nAg and nZnO, which influences the inhalation risk-based assessment.
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- Laijin Zhong
- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Centre of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Centre of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Centre of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- Medical School, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Centre of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and Centre of Materials Analysis, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, PR China.
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Ishizaka T, Nagano K, Tasaki I, Tao H, Gao JQ, Harada K, Hirata K, Saito S, Tsujino H, Higashisaka K, Tsutsumi Y. Optimization and Evaluation of Pretreatment Method for sp-ICP-MS to Reveal the Distribution of Silver Nanoparticles in the Body. Nanoscale Res Lett 2019; 14:180. [PMID: 31139947 PMCID: PMC6538717 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-019-3016-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The prevalent use of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) has increased our exposure to these particles. The current available analytical techniques fail to simultaneously quantify and analyze the physical properties of ENPs in biological tissues. Therefore, new methods are required to evaluate the exposure conditions to ENPs. Single particle inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (sp-ICP-MS) is an attractive approach that can perform quantitative and qualitative analyses of ENPs. However, the application of this approach for biological samples is limited because of the lack of pretreatment methods for effectively recovering ENPs from biological tissues. In this study, we evaluated various pretreatment methods and identified the optimal pretreatment conditions for sp-ICP-MS analyses of ENPs in biological tissues using silver nanoparticles (nAg) as a model. We screened five reagents as pretreatment solvents (sodium hydroxide, tetramethylammonium hydroxide, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, and proteinase K). Our results showed that treatment with sodium hydroxide was optimal for detecting nAg in the mouse liver. Moreover, this pretreatment method can be applied to other organs, such as the heart, lung, spleen, and kidney. Finally, we evaluated the applicability of this method by analyzing the quantity and physical properties of silver in the mouse blood and liver, after intravenous administration of nAg or silver ion. Our sp-ICP-MS method revealed that nAg administered into the blood was partially ionized and tended to be distributed in the particle form (approximately 80%) in the liver and in ionic form (approximately 95%) in the blood. In conclusion, we optimized pretreatment strategies for sp-ICP-MS evaluation of ENPs in biological tissues and demonstrated its applicability by evaluating the changes in the physical properties of nAg in the liver and blood. We also showed that partial changes from the particle form to the ionic form of nAg influences their kinetics and distribution when administered to mice.
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- Takuya Ishizaka
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, 866 Yuhangtang Road, Hangzhou, 310058 People’s Republic of China
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Science, University of Toyama, 2630, Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
- Toyama University Hospital, University of Toyama, 2630, Sugitani, Toyama-shi, Toyama, 930-0194 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
- The Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, 1-6, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan
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