Issue 6, 2021

Quantification of particulate Ag in rainbow trout organs following dietary exposure to silver nitrate, or two forms of engineered silver nanoparticles

Abstract

Understanding the adsorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion (ADME) of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) in fish has been limited due to analytical constraints in detecting the presence of nanoparticles (NPs) in the tissues. However, single particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry now allows the detection of the particulate silver (Ag) in trout, including the mean particle diameter, mass concentration, and particle number concentration. The aim of this work was to quantify the particulate fraction of Ag in the hind intestine, liver, kidney and carcass following dietary exposure to either no added Ag (control), AgNO3, Ag NPs or Ag2S NPs, and whether this changes following a depuration period. Particulate Ag was found in the hind intestine of all treatments, including the AgNO3 exposure and trace amounts in the controls. At week 4, the particle number concentration (per g dry weight) in the hind intestine was 0.07 ± 0.03 × 109, 318.17 ± 116.71 × 109, 119.51 ± 33.00 × 109 and 0.60 ± 0.22 × 109, for the control, AgNO3, Ag NPs and Ag2S NPs exposures, respectively. In the Ag treatments, the organ particle number concentrations for both the AgNO3 and Ag NPs exposures were significantly higher compared to the Ag2S NP exposure, indicating a lower bioavailability of the latter material. The presence of particles in the AgNO3 exposure indicates that particulate Ag can be made in either the gut lumen or within the intestinal tissue. In conclusion, there was detection of silver-containing particles in the organs following exposure to both dissolved and particulate forms of Ag.

Graphical abstract: Quantification of particulate Ag in rainbow trout organs following dietary exposure to silver nitrate, or two forms of engineered silver nanoparticles

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
25 Feb 2021
Accepted
20 Apr 2021
First published
12 May 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2021,8, 1642-1653

Quantification of particulate Ag in rainbow trout organs following dietary exposure to silver nitrate, or two forms of engineered silver nanoparticles

N. J. Clark, R. Clough, D. Boyle and R. D. Handy, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 2021, 8, 1642 DOI: 10.1039/D1EN00188D

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