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- Title
Toxicological Evaluation and Quantification of Ingested Metal‐Core Nanoplastic by Daphnia magna Through Fluorescence and Inductively Coupled Plasma‐Mass Spectrometric Methods.
- Authors
Vicentini, Denice Schulz; Nogueira, Diego José; Melegari, Silvia Pedroso; Arl, Miriam; Köerich, Jéssica Schveitzer; Cruz, Luiza; Justino, Naiara Mottim; Oscar, Bianca Vicente; Puerari, Rodrigo Costa; da Silva, Marlon Luiz Neves; Simioni, Carmen; Ouriques, Luciane Cristina; Matias, Marcelo Seleme; Castilhos Junior, Armando Borges; Matias, William Gerson
- Abstract
There are few studies on nanoplastic that propose quantification of the amount ingested combined with evaluation of the toxic effects on aquatic organisms. We propose 2 methods to quantify the amount of polystyrene nanoplastic (PSNP) ingested by Daphnia magna: fluorescence intensity, where a fluorescent monomer (F) is added to the PSNP and quantified through fluorescence light microscopy, and total aluminum quantification, where PSNP is synthesized with Al2O3 metal‐core nanoparticles and used for quantification of the nanoplastic ingested by the organism Daphnia magna using inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry. In addition, the PSNP was functionalized with palmitic acid to simulate the environmental conditions leading to biological and chemical transformations. Acute and chronic toxicity tests were performed with fluorescent PSNP (PSNP/F) and palmitic acid‐functionalized PSNP/F (PSNP/F‐PA). The ingestion quantified was higher by factors of 2.8 and 3.0 for PSNP/F‐PA and 1.9 and 1.7 for PSNP/F applying the fluorescence intensity and total Al quantifying methods, respectively, when compared to PSNP. These results are consistent with the data obtained in the toxicity tests, which showed an approximately 3 times increase in the adverse effect of PSNP/F‐PA on the mobility and reproduction of the organisms. Thus, the strong inhibition of D. magna reproduction caused by PSNP/F‐PA in the chronic toxicity tests could be associated with a greater amount of this nanoplastic being ingested by the organisms. Environ Toxicol Chem 2019;38:2101–2110. © 2019 SETAC.
- Subjects
DAPHNIA magna; CHRONIC toxicity testing; ACUTE toxicity testing; FLUORESCENCE; TOXICITY testing; PALMITIC acid
- Publication
Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry, 2019, Vol 38, Issue 10, p2101
- ISSN
0730-7268
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/etc.4528