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Humic acid alleviates the ecotoxicity of graphene-family materials on the freshwater microalgae Scenedesmus obliquus
Chemosphere ( IF 8.8 ) Pub Date : 2018-01-12 , DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.01.051
Ying Zhang , Tiantian Meng , Xi Guo , Ruixin Yang , Xiaohui Si , Jiti Zhou

The extensive application of graphene-family materials (GFMs) has increased its potential risk to aquatic organisms. However, the influence of humic acid (HA) on the biotoxicity of GFMs has not clarified. Here, we conduct a study on the toxicity of four GFMs, i.e. graphene (G), graphene oxide (GO), carboxyl-modified graphene (G-COOH) and amine-modified graphene (G-NH2), with or without HA, using Scenedesmus obliquus (S. obliquus) as model organism. Our results showed that the four GFMs induced significant inhibition on cell growth and Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) synthesis, loss of cell viability and membrane integrity as well as mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP), where G exhibited the highest toxicity with median effect concentration (EC50) of 8.2 mg L−1, and G-NH2 exhibited the lowest toxicity with EC50 of 84.0 mg L−1. Meanwhile, HA mitigated the toxicity of GFMs in the order of G-NH2 > G-COOH > GO > G for the most of endpoints. Furthermore, three possible mechanisms of the HA alleviation on toxicity were speculated as: (1) reduce the contact of GFMs with algae cells through regulating the structures and surface negative charges of GFMs; (2) mitigate physical penetration and damage through decreasing the deposition of GFMs on cells by interacting with HA; (3) react as an antioxidant with intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and extracellular hydroxyl radical (

OH). This work provides useful information for the environmental toxicity of GFMs and the possible antidotal mechanisms in the presence of HA, which could aid to avoiding the overestimation of potential risk of GFMs in natural aquatic environment.


中文翻译:

腐殖酸减轻了石墨烯族材料对淡水微藻斜生藻的生态毒性

石墨烯家族材料(GFM)的广泛应用增加了其对水生生物的潜在风险。但是,腐殖酸(HA)对GFMs的生物毒性的影响尚不清楚。在这里,我们对四种GFM的毒性进行了研究,即带有或不带有HA的石墨烯(G),氧化石墨烯(GO),羧基改性石墨烯(G-COOH)和胺改性石墨烯(G-NH 2) ,以斜Scene鱼S. obliquus)作为模型生物。我们的结果表明,四种GFM对细胞生长和叶绿素a(Chl-a)合成,细胞活力和膜完整性以及线粒体膜电位(MMP)的诱导具有显着抑制作用,其中G表现出最高的毒性,具有中值作用浓度(EC 50)8.2 mg L -1)和G-NH 2表现出最低的毒性,EC 50为84.0 mg L -1。同时, 对于大多数终点,HA按照G-NH 2 > G-COOH> GO> G的顺序减轻了GFM的毒性。此外,推测HA减轻毒性的三种可能机理是:(1)通过调节GFM的结构和表面负电荷来减少GFM与藻类细胞的接触;(2)通过与HA相互作用减少GFM在细胞上的沉积,减轻物理渗透和破坏;(3)作为抗氧化剂与细胞内活性氧(ROS)和细胞外羟基自由基(

哦)。这项工作提供了有关GFMs的环境毒性以及在HA存在下可能的解毒机制的有用信息,这有助于避免高估自然水生环境中GFMs的潜在风险。
更新日期:2018-01-13
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