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Zhang K, Zocher AL, Bau M. Vital effects and the fractionation of rare earth elements and yttrium during uptake by and transfer within freshwater bivalves and their shells. CHEMOSPHERE 2024; 364:143069. [PMID: 39127194 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2024] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/12/2024]
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Mussels are commonly used as bioarchives in environmental monitoring, yet the impact of vital effects on the trace element or isotope ratios used as biogeochemical proxies is often only ill constrained. A prime example of such trace elements are the Rare Earth elements and Yttrium (REY) which have become (micro)contaminants in freshwater systems worldwide. We here report on the distribution of REY in different soft tissues and in the shells of freshwater bivalve A. anatina, commonly known as "duck mussel", from the Danube River in Hungary and the Vistula River in Poland. Both rivers are contaminated with anthropogenic Gd from contrast agents used in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Regardless of the mussels' origin, all of their compartments show very similar shale-normalised REY patterns. None of the samples show any anthropogenic Gd anomaly, implying that in freshwater anthropogenic Gd from MRI contrast agents is either not bioavailable or that REY from ambient river water are insignificant for the REY budget of freshwater mussels. Compared to ambient water, the bivalves bioaccumulate the REY with preferential uptake of Ce and of light REY over heavy REY. However, REY concentrations in mussels are similar to or lower than those in their potential food source, with minor fractionation along the REY series besides slight preferential uptake of La and Y. Comparison of shells and tissues reveals the systematic oxidative decoupling of Ce from its REY neighbours, probably due to the presence of Ce(IV) solution-complexes in the mussels' extrapallial fluid. Despite possible REY fractionation during their initial uptake, vital effects do not impose any major control on REY fractionation during REY transfer within the mussels or during formation of their shells. Mussel shells may, therefore, conveniently be used for environmental monitoring of REY without major disturbance from vital effects.
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- Keran Zhang
- School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany.
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- School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany
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- School of Science, Constructor University, Campus Ring 1, 28759, Bremen, Germany
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Voutsinos MY, West-Roberts JA, Sachdeva R, Moreau JW, Banfield JF. Weathered granites and soils harbour microbes with lanthanide-dependent methylotrophic enzymes. BMC Biol 2024; 22:41. [PMID: 38369453 PMCID: PMC10875860 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-024-01841-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/20/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Prior to soil formation, phosphate liberated by rock weathering is often sequestered into highly insoluble lanthanide phosphate minerals. Dissolution of these minerals releases phosphate and lanthanides to the biosphere. Currently, the microorganisms involved in phosphate mineral dissolution and the role of lanthanides in microbial metabolism are poorly understood. RESULTS Although there have been many studies of soil microbiology, very little research has investigated microbiomes of weathered rock. Here, we sampled weathered granite and associated soil to identify the zones of lanthanide phosphate mineral solubilisation and genomically define the organisms implicated in lanthanide utilisation. We reconstructed 136 genomes from 11 bacterial phyla and found that gene clusters implicated in lanthanide-based metabolism of methanol (primarily xoxF3 and xoxF5) are surprisingly common in microbial communities in moderately weathered granite. Notably, xoxF3 systems were found in Verrucomicrobia for the first time, and in Acidobacteria, Gemmatimonadetes and Alphaproteobacteria. The xoxF-containing gene clusters are shared by diverse Acidobacteria and Gemmatimonadetes, and include conserved hypothetical proteins and transporters not associated with the few well studied xoxF systems. Given that siderophore-like molecules that strongly bind lanthanides may be required to solubilise lanthanide phosphates, it is notable that candidate metallophore biosynthesis systems were most prevalent in bacteria in moderately weathered rock, especially in Acidobacteria with lanthanide-based systems. CONCLUSIONS Phosphate mineral dissolution, putative metallophore production and lanthanide utilisation by enzymes involved in methanol oxidation linked to carbonic acid production co-occur in the zone of moderate granite weathering. In combination, these microbial processes likely accelerate the conversion of granitic rock to soil.
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- Marcos Y Voutsinos
- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
- Department of Microbiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Innovative Genomics Institute, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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Lachaux N, Otero-Fariña A, Minguez L, Sohm B, Rétif J, Châtel A, Poirier L, Devin S, Pain-Devin S, Gross EM, Giamberini L. Fate, subcellular distribution and biological effects of rare earth elements in a freshwater bivalve under complex exposure. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2023; 905:167302. [PMID: 37742965 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REE) are emerging contaminants due to their increased use in diverse applications including cutting-edge and green-technologies. Their environmental concerns and contradicting results concerning their biological effects require an extensive understanding of REE ecotoxicology. Thus, we have studied the fate, bioaccumulation and biological effects of three representative REE, neodymium (Nd), gadolinium (Gd) and ytterbium (Yb), individually and in mixture, using the freshwater bivalve Corbicula fluminea. The organisms were exposed for 96 h at 1 mg L-1 REE in the absence and presence of dissolved organic matter (DOM) reproducing an environmental contamination. Combined analysis of the fate, distribution and effects of REE at tissue and subcellular levels allowed a comprehensive understanding of their behaviour, which would help improving their environmental risk assessment. The bivalves accumulated significant concentrations of Nd, Gd and Yb, which were decreased in the presence of DOM likely due to the formation of REE-DOM complexes that reduced REE bioavailability. The accumulation of Nd, Gd and Yb differed between tissues, with gills > digestive gland ≥ rest of soft tissues > hemolymph. In the gills and in the digestive gland, Nd, Gd and Yb were mostly (>90 %) distributed among metal sensitive organelles, cellular debris and detoxified metal-rich granules. Gadolinium, Yb and especially Nd decreased lysosome size in the digestive gland and disturbed osmo- and iono-regulation of C. fluminea by decreasing Na concentrations in the hemolymph and Ca2+ ATPase activity in the gills. Individual and mixed Nd, Gd and Yb exhibited numerous similarities and some differences in terms of fate, accumulation and biological effects, possibly because they have common abiotic and biotic ligands but different affinities for the latter. In most cases, individual and mixed effects of Nd, Gd, Yb were similar suggesting that additivity approach is suitable for the environmental risk assessment of REE mixtures.
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- Nicolas Lachaux
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France; Nantes University, Institut des Substances et Organismes de La Mer, ISOMer, UR 2160, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, Laboratoire Mer, Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé, Environnement (BIOSSE), F-49000 Angers Cedex 01, France
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- Nantes University, Institut des Substances et Organismes de La Mer, ISOMer, UR 2160, F-44000 Nantes, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000 Metz, France
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Egler SG, Roldão TM, Santos GO, Heidelmann GP, Giese EC, Correia FV, Saggioro EM. Acute toxicity of single and combined rare earth element exposures towards Daphnia similis. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2023; 251:114538. [PMID: 36652740 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.114538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The increasing use of Rare Earth Elements (REE) in emerging technologies, medicine and agriculture has led to chronic aquatic compartment contamination. In this context, this aimed to evaluate the acute toxic effects of lanthanum (La), neodymium (Nd) and samarium (Sm), as both single and binary and ternary mixtures on the survival of the microcrustacean Daphnia similis. A metal solution medium with (MS) and without EDTA and cyanocobalamin (MSq) as chelators was employed as the assay dilution water to assess REE bioavailability effects. In the single exposure experiments, toxicity in the MS medium decreased following the order La > Sm > Nd, while the opposite was noted for the MSq medium, which was also more toxic than the MS medium. The highest MS toxicity was observed for the binary Nd + La (1:1) mixture (EC50 48 h of 11.57 ± 1.22 mg.L-1) and the lowest, in the ternary Sm + La + Nd (2:2:1) mixture (EC50 48 h 41.48 ± 1.40 mg.L-1). The highest toxicity in the MSq medium was observed in the single assays and in the binary Sm + Nd (1:1) mixture (EC50 48 h 10.60 ± 1.57 mg.L-1), and the lowest, in the ternary Sm + La + Nd (1:2:2) mixture (EC50 48 h 36.76 ± 1.54 mg.L-1). Concerning the MS medium, 75 % of interactions were additive, 19 % antagonistic, and 6 % synergistic. In the MSq medium, 56 % of interactions were synergistic and 44 % additive. The higher toxicity observed in the MSq medium indicates that the absence of chelators can increase the concentrations of more toxic free ions, suggesting that the MS medium should be avoided in REE assays. Additive interactions were observed in greater or equivalent amounts in both media and were independent of elemental mixture ratios. These findings improve the understanding of environmental REE effects, contributing to the establishment of future guidelines and ecological risk calculations.
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- Silvia Gonçalves Egler
- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, CETEM/MCTI, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21.941-908 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, CETEM/MCTI, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21.941-908 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, CETEM/MCTI, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21.941-908 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, CETEM/MCTI, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21.941-908 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Centro de Tecnologia Mineral, CETEM/MCTI, Av. Pedro Calmon, 900, Cidade Universitária, CEP: 21.941-908 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- UNIRIO, Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Av. Pasteur, 458, Urca, 22290-20 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública e Meio Ambiente, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil; Laboratório de Avaliação e Promoção da Saúde Ambiental, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Av. Brasil, 4365 - Manguinhos, 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Sun L, Xue C, Guo C, Jia C, Li X, Tai P. Regulatory actions of rare earth elements (La and Gd) on the cell cycle of root tips in rice seedlings (Oryza sativa L.). CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 307:135795. [PMID: 35917980 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.135795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 07/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The continuous expansion of the application of rare earth elements (REEs) in various fields has attracted attention to their biosafety. At present, the molecular mechanisms underlying the biological effects of REEs are unclear. In this study, the effects of lanthanum (La) and gadolinium (Gd) on cell cycle progression in the root tips of rice seedlings were investigated. Low concentrations of REEs (0.1 mg L-1) induced an increase in the number of cells in the prophase and metaphase, while high concentrations of REEs (10 mg L-1) induced an increase in the number of cells in the late and terminal stages of the cell cycle, and apoptosis or necrosis. Additionally, low concentrations of REEs induced a significant increase in the expression of the cell cycle factors WEE1, CDKA;1, and CYCB1;1, and promoted the G2/M phase and accelerated root tip growth. However, at high REEs concentrations, the DNA damage response sensitized by BRCA1, MRE11, and TP53 could that prevent root tip growth by inhibiting the transcription factor E2F, resulting in obvious G1/S phase transition block and delayed G2/M phase conversion. Furthermore, by comparing the biological effect mechanisms of La and Gd, we found that these two REEs share regulatory actions on the cell cycle of root tips in rice seedlings.
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- Lizong Sun
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China; Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun, 113001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China.
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Kang S, Guo C, Ma C, Mu H, Liu Z, Sun L. Assessment of the biotoxicity of lanthanides (La, Ce, Gd, and Ho) on zebrafish (Danio rerio) in different water environments. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 246:114169. [PMID: 36228353 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The expanding applications of lanthanides (Ln) in various aspects have raised concerns about their biosafety. Slight changes in the chemical composition of environmental media can significantly affect the biological effectiveness of poorly water-soluble Ln; however, the knowledge of the effects of environmental factors on Ln toxicity remains limited. Here, the effects of pH, HCO3-, Ca2+, Mg2+, Na+, K+, Cl-, and SO42- on the bioefficacy and biotoxicity of Ln (La, Ce, Gd, and Ho) were comparatively studied using zebrafish (Danio rerio) as the test organism. In the standard water, the toxicity of Ln in zebrafish was significantly correlated with pH, HCO3-, and Ca2+-Mg2+ levels in the medium but not with the levels of Cl-, Na+, K+, and SO42-. At the beginning of the test, the four Ln were complexed with HCO3- in the medium to form precipitates. A decrease in pH or HCO3- concentration can promote the conversion of granular Ln to a soluble state, thus enhancing their bioavailability, biotoxicity, and bioaccumulation. At a pH of 5.0 and 0.2 mmol·L-1 HCO3-, where Ln precipitates were not found, the four Ln showed a consistent trend of 96 h-LC50 in zebrafish. These data indicate that the differences in the toxicities of the four Ln in the standard water may be due to differences in the effective states of the individual elements rather than the different toxicities of the elements. Overall, in biological toxicity assessments, Ln can be regarded as a group of elements with additive patterns of toxicity until the differences in their biological toxicity mechanisms are revealed, and the effects of pH and carbonate should be considered.
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- Shu Kang
- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China; Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Liaoning Economic Vocational Technological Institute, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China; Liaoning Economic Vocational Technological Institute, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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Delatour E, Pagnout C, Zaffino ML, Duval JFL. Comparative Analysis of Cell Metabolic Activity Sensing by Escherichia coli rrnB P1-lux and Cd Responsive-Lux Biosensors: Time-Resolved Experiments and Mechanistic Modelling. BIOSENSORS 2022; 12:763. [PMID: 36140148 PMCID: PMC9496673 DOI: 10.3390/bios12090763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Whole-cell bacterial sensors are used in medical/environmental applications to detect chemicals, and to assess medium toxicity or stress. Non-specific constitutive biosensors generally serve the latter purpose, whereas chemical detection is performed with biosensors involving a specific chemical-inducible promoter. Herein, we show that functioning principles of specific and non-specific whole-cell biosensors are not exclusive as both can probe modulations of cell metabolic activity under stressing conditions. The demonstration is based on (i) time-resolved measurements of bioluminescence produced by constitutive rrnB P1-luxCDABE Escherichia coli biosensor in media differing with respect to carbon source, (ii) theoretical reconstruction of the measured signals using a here-reported theory for bioluminescence generated by constitutive cells, (iii) comparison between time-dependent cell photoactivity (reflecting metabolic activity) retrieved by theory with that we reported recently for cadmium-inducible PzntA-luxCDABE E. coli in media of similar compositions. Whereas signals of constitutive and non-constitutive biosensors differ in terms of shape, amplitude and peak number depending on nutritional medium conditions, analysis highlights the features shared by their respective cell photoactivity patterns mediated by the interplay between stringent response and catabolite repressions. The work advocates for the benefits of a theoretical interpretation for the time-dependent response of biosensors to unravel metabolic and physicochemical contributions to the bioluminescence signal.
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- Eva Delatour
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Campus Bridoux, F-57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Campus Bridoux, F-57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux), UMR7360, Campus Bridoux, F-57070 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, UMR7360, F-54501 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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Fleurbaix E, Parant M, Maul A, Cossu-Leguille C. Toxicity of lanthanides on various fish cell lines. ECOTOXICOLOGY (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 31:1147-1157. [PMID: 35994187 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-022-02574-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The growing use of Lanthanides in new technologies has increased their anthropogenic releases into the aquatic environment over the last decades. However, knowledge on their ecotoxicological impacts is still incomplete, especially with regard to biological effects of Lanthanides mixtures and the possible regular variation in toxicity along the Lanthanides series. The present study evaluated the individual toxicity of all Lanthanides and the toxicity of mixtures of three of them, namely Neodymium (Nd3+), Gadolinium (Gd3+), and Ytterbium (Yb3+) on Danio rerio fibroblast-like cells (ZF4). Individual and mixtures toxicity of Neodymium (Nd3+) and Ytterbium (Yb3+) were also assessed on Danio rerio hepatic cells (ZFL) and Oncorhynchus mykiss epithelial cells (RTgill-W1). The measured Lanthanide concentrations were close to the nominal ones in the culture media of ZF4, ZFL, and RTgill-W1 cells (85-99%). A toxic impact was observed on the three fish cell lines exposed to all Lanthanides tested individually. RTgill-W1 appeared as the less sensitive cells, compared to the two others. Four Lanthanides, Erbium (Er3+), Thulium (Tm3+), Ytterbium (Yb3+) and Lutetium (Lu3+) showed a higher toxicity than the others on ZF4 cells but no correlation could be established between the toxicity of Lanthanides and the order of the elements within the Lanthanides series. Exposures to binary mixtures highlighted the presence of synergistic effects on cell viability for all cell lines.
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- Emmanuel Fleurbaix
- LIEC - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, rue du Général Delestraint, F-57000, Metz, France
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- LIEC - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, rue du Général Delestraint, F-57000, Metz, France
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- LIEC - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, rue du Général Delestraint, F-57000, Metz, France
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- LIEC - Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Environnements Continentaux, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, rue du Général Delestraint, F-57000, Metz, France.
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Kang S, Guo C, Xue C, Ma C, Mu H, Sun L. Toxic Effects of Two Representative Rare Earth Elements (La and Gd) on Danio rerio Based on Transcriptome Analysis. TOXICS 2022; 10:519. [PMID: 36136485 PMCID: PMC9503537 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10090519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The expanding applications of rare earth elements (REEs) in various fields have raised concerns about their biosafety. However, previous studies are insufficient to elucidate their toxic effects and mechanisms of action and whether there are uniform or predictable toxicity patterns among REEs. Herein, we investigated the toxic effects of two representative REEs (lanthanum (La) and gadolinium (Gd)) on zebrafish (Danio rerio) through toxicity experiments and transcriptome analysis. The results of the toxicity experiments showed that the two REEs have similar lethality, with half-lethal concentrations (LC50) at micromolar levels and mixed toxicity showing additive effects. Differential expression gene screening and functional group enrichment analysis showed that La and Gd might affect the growth and development of Danio rerio by interfering with some biological molecules. The two REEs showed significant effects on the metabolic pathways of exogenous or endogenous substances, including glutathione sulfotransferase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase. Moreover, some basic biological processes, such as DNA replication, the insulin signaling pathway, and the p53 signaling pathway, were significantly enriched. Overall, the toxicity patterns of La and Gd may affect some biological processes with different intensities; however, there are many similarities in their toxicity mechanisms and modes of action. The concentrations investigated in this study were comparable to those of REE residues at highly contaminated sites, thus mimicking the ecotoxicological effects at environmentally relevant concentrations.
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- Shu Kang
- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China
- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
- School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- School of Environmental and Safety Engineering, Liaoning Petrochemical University, Fushun 113001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China
- Liaoning Economic Vocational Technological Institute, Shenyang 110016, China
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- School of Public Management, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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Lachaux N, Catrouillet C, Marsac R, Poirier L, Pain-Devin S, Gross EM, Giamberini L. Implications of speciation on rare earth element toxicity: A focus on organic matter influence in Daphnia magna standard test. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 307:119554. [PMID: 35640725 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REE) have become essential in high- and green-technologies. Their increasing use lead to the release of anthropogenic REE into the environment including aquatic systems. The limited data available on the aquatic ecotoxicology of REE indicate their biological effects are highly dependent on their speciation, posing challenges for a reliable environmental risk assessment (ERA). The current study assessed the influence of speciation on the toxicity of neodymium (Nd), gadolinium (Gd) and ytterbium (Yb) in the Daphnia magna mobility inhibition test (ISO 6341:2012). REE toxicity was assessed individually and in ternary mixture, in the absence and presence of dissolved organic matter (DOM). Speciation was predicted by modeling and REE bioaccumulation by D. magna was measured to better understand the relationship between REE speciation and toxicity. DOM decreased significantly the toxicity of Nd, Gd and the mixture towards this freshwater crustacean. This was explained by a lower REE bioaccumulation in the presence of DOM due to REE-DOM complexation, which reduced REE bioavailability. DOM effects on Yb toxicity and bioaccumulation were limited because of Yb precipitation. We show that the way of expressing EC50 values (based on nominal, measured or predicted REE concentrations in solution) drastically changed REE toxicity assessment and that these changes were influenced by REE speciation. This study demonstrates for the first time that REE speciation, and especially REE-DOM complexation, significantly influences REE bioaccumulation and toxicity towards D. magna. Our results have implications for the subsequent ERA of REE.
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- Nicolas Lachaux
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000, Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000, Metz, France.
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- Géosciences Rennes, University Rennes, CNRS, UMR 6118, 35000, Rennes, France
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- Nantes University, Institut des Substances et Organismes de La Mer, ISOMer, UR 2160, F-44000, Nantes, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000, Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000, Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000, Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000, Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000, Metz, France; LTSER-Zone Atelier Moselle, F-57000, Metz, France
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Hanana H, Gagné F, Trottier S, Bouchard P, Farley G, Auclair J, Gagnon C. Assessment of the toxicity of a mixture of five rare earth elements found in aquatic ecosystems in Hydra vulgaris. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 241:113793. [PMID: 35759983 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are considered critical elements for technology and their extraction through mining activities is expected to increase in the future. Due to their chemical similarities, they often co-occur in minerals and thus their ecotoxicity should be assessed as a group/family. However, the available ecotoxicological studies focused mainly on the evaluation of the potential toxicological impacts of individual REEs rather than their mixtures. The aim of this study was therefore to evaluate the toxicity of a representative mixture of five REEs (La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm) spanning environmentally relevant concentrations ranging from 0.05X (29 µg REEs L-1) to 5X (2926 µg REEs L-1) to the test organism, Hydra vulgaris, at the morphological, reproductive and regenerative levels. The data showed that lethality occurred at concentrations near (2.5 fold) to those inducing sublethal effects after chronic exposure of 7 days. The mixture affected reproduction and head regeneration and even lethality at concentrations even below those reported at environmental concentration (0.5X = 293 µg REEs L-1) in lakes. This suggests that REEs concentrations found in lakes near mining activities could disrupt regeneration and impair embryonic development. Our data also revealed that combining the 5 REEs results in an antagonistic effect, suggesting that those elements share the same receptor and that low molecular weight and high radius elements (approaching iron) were less toxic. Taken together, hydra could be used as a sensitive model organism for the assessment of aquatic ecotoxicological risks of REE mixtures but further analyses of biochemical and gene expressions should improve our understanding of the long-term effects of REEs mixtures.
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- Houda Hanana
- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 105 McGill street, 7th Floor, Montréal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada.
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 105 McGill street, 7th Floor, Montréal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Quebec Laboratory for Environmental Testing, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Quebec Laboratory for Environmental Testing, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Quebec Laboratory for Environmental Testing, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 105 McGill street, 7th Floor, Montréal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada
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- Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 105 McGill street, 7th Floor, Montréal, QC H2Y 2E7, Canada
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Orani AM, Vassileva E, Thomas OP. Marine sponges as coastal bioindicators of rare earth elements bioaccumulation in the French Mediterranean Sea. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 304:119172. [PMID: 35367507 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2022] [Revised: 03/10/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In recent years, the widespread use of rare earth elements (REEs) has raised the issue of their harmful effects on the aquatic environment. REEs are now considered as contaminants of emerging concern. Despite the increasing interest of REEs in modern industry, there is still a lack of knowledge on their potential impact on the environment and especially in the marine environment. In this context, the need for monitoring tools to assess REEs pollution status in marine ecosystems is considered as the first step towards their risk assessment. Similar to mussels, filter-feeder sponges have emerged as a key bio-monitor species for marine chemical pollution. Their key position at a low level of the trophic chain makes them suitable model organisms for the study of REEs potential transfer through the aquatic food web. We therefore undertook a comparative study on seven marine sponge species, assessing their capability to bioaccumulate REEs and to potentially transfer these contaminants to higher positions in the trophic chain. A spike experiment under controlled conditions was carried out and the intra- and inter-species variability of REEs was monitored in the sponge bodies by ICP-MS. Concentrations were found to be up to 170 times higher than the corresponding control specimens. The tubular species Aplysina cavernicola showed the highest concentrations among the studied species. This study shows, for the first time, the potential of marine sponges as bio-monitor of REEs as well as their possible application in the bioremediation of polluted sites.
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- Anna Maria Orani
- International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratories, 4 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco
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- International Atomic Energy Agency, Marine Environment Laboratories, 4 Quai Antoine 1er, Monaco.
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- Marine Biodiscovery, School of Chemistry and Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, (NUI Galway), University Road, H91 TK33, Galway, Ireland
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He E, Qiu H. Lanthanum and cerium disrupt similar biological pathways and interact synergistically in Triticum aestivum as revealed by metabolomic profiling and quantitative modeling. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2022; 426:127831. [PMID: 34863565 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127831] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Revised: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 11/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The industrial and agricultural applications of rare earth elements (REEs) lead to considerable REE emissions into environment. Yet, little is known about the molecular-level effects and interactions of REEs in terrestrial plants. Herein, the individual and joint effects of La and Ce in Triticum aestivum were investigated using mass spectrometry-based metabolomics. Metabolic effect level index (MELI) was utilized as a readable endpoint for quantifying mixture interactions. Exposure to single La/Ce at environmentally relevant levels induced significant dose-dependent metabolic changes. The highly overlap of differential metabolites and perturbed pathways of La and Ce suggested their similar mode of action. Exposure to La-Ce mixtures did not induce additional metabolic pathway perturbation. Specifically, metabolism of amino sugar and nucleotide sugar, starch and sucrose, fructose and mannose, glycerophospholipid and purine were disrupted for both single and binary exposures. These results, together with physiological indicators, point to REE-induced oxidative stress, energy expenditure, DNA damage and membrane disturbance. The MELI calculations showed that La and Ce interacted synergistically at the overall metabolic level, which could be causally linked to synergistic interaction at the individual level (root elongation). This work proved metabolomics could be an important and effective strategy for interpreting toxicity and interactions of REE mixtures.
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- Erkai He
- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China; State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Health Impact Assessment of Emerging Contaminants, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China.
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Tang W, Wang G, Zhang S, Li T, Xu X, Deng O, Luo L, He Y, Zhou W. Physiochemical responses of earthworms (Eisenia fetida) under exposure to lanthanum and cerium alone or in combination in artificial and contaminated soils. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2022; 296:118766. [PMID: 34973377 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Revised: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 12/27/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Rare earth elements inevitably release into the soil due to their widespread application. However, it is unclear how they affect the soil animals. The study surveyed the growth and physiological responses of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) exposed into artificial soils spiked with La, Ce, and their mixture, and actual mine soil collected from an abandoned La-Ce mining area (Mianning, Sichuan). The results showed that the 1000-1200 mg/kg combined exposure in two soils induced significant histopathological and phenotypic changes of earthworms. Concentration significantly affected the superoxide dismutase (SOD), peroxidase (POD), malondialdehyde (MDA), and protein of E. fetida and the effects differentiated with the prolonging duration. These indicators were negatively affected under the La stress ≥800 mg/kg (SOD, POD, and protein), the 1200 mg/kg (SOD), Ce stress ≥1000 mg/kg (protein), and the combination ≥800 mg/kg (SOD, POD) and ≥1000 mg/kg (protein). Artificial combination had -15.04% (SOD), 8.87% (POD), 5.64% (MDA), and -8.34% (protein) difference compared with the contamination soil, respectively. Overall, E. fetida respond sensitively under the La and Ce stress, the antioxidant defense system and the lipid peroxidation were stimulated, and the artificial soil might overestimate eco-toxicological effect.
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- Wantong Tang
- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China; Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Protection, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China; Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Protection, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China; Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Soil Environmental Protection, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China.
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Environmental Sciences, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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- College of Resources, Sichuan Agricultural University, Wenjiang, 611130, PR China
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Kajjumba GW, Attene-Ramos M, Marti EJ. Toxicity of lanthanide coagulants assessed using four in vitro bioassays. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 800:149556. [PMID: 34399349 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Rare earth element (REE) coagulants are prime contenders in wastewater treatment plants to remove phosphorus; unlike typical coagulants, they are not affected by pH. However, the use of REEs in wastewater treatment could mean increased human exposure to lanthanides (Ln) through wastewater effluent discharge to the environment or through water reuse. Information on the toxicity of lanthanides is scarce and, where available, there are conflicting views. Using in vitro bioassays, we assessed lanthanide toxicity by evaluating four relevant endpoints: the change in mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψm), intracellular adenosine triphosphate (I-ATP), genotoxicity, and cell viability. At less than 5000 μmol-Ln3+/L, lanthanides increased the Δψm, while above 5000 μmol-Ln3+/L, the Δψm level plummeted. The measure of I-ATP indicated constant levels of ATP up to 250 μmol-Ln3+/L, above which the I-ATP decreased steadily; the concentration of La, Ce, Gd, and Lu that triggered half of the cells to become ATP-inactive is 794, 1505, 1488, 1115 μmol-Ln3+/L, respectively. Although La and Lu accelerated cell death in shorter studies (24 h), chronic studies using three cell growth cycles showed cell recovery. Lanthanides exhibited antagonistic toxicity at less than 1000 μmol-Ln3+/L. However, the introduction of heavy REEs in a solution amplified lanthanide toxicity. Tested lanthanides appear to pose little risk, which could pave the way for lanthanide application in wastewater treatment.
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- George William Kajjumba
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, DC, USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Pkwy., Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA.
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Dumpala RMR, Sharma S, Boda A, Rawat N, Ali SM. The aqueous interaction of neodymium with two omni existent biomoieties - a mechanistic understanding by experimental and theoretical studies. Dalton Trans 2021; 50:16191-16204. [PMID: 34724008 DOI: 10.1039/d1dt02939h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Neodymium (Nd), a technologically important metal ion, has emerged as a major contaminant in aquatic systems in recent years owing to its surge in electrical and electronic applications as a permanent magnet. The chelating molecules present in hydro- and biospheres could substantially enhance its absorption and lead to transportation and migration of Nd from the source. The mechanistic understanding of the Nd interaction with naturally relevant biomoieties present in flora and fauna is of primitive importance to estimate the toxicological effects of the metal ion. The present studies aimed at understanding the aquatic interaction of Nd with two biomoieties namely pyrazine-2-carboxylic acid (P2C) and pyrazine-2,3-dicarboxylic acid (P23C) by multiple experimental determinations and theoretical estimations. Potentiometry and spectrophotometry were employed to determine the aquatic speciation and thermodynamic stability of the complexes. Both techniques supported the formation of MLi (i = 1-4) complexes by Nd(III) with P2C and MLi (i = 1-3) complexes with P23C. The Nd-P23C complexes are more stable than the Nd-P2C complexes for ML formation, while the opposite trend is observed for the ML2 and ML3 complexes. Titration calorimetry was used to determine the enthalpies of complexation which was found to be exothermic and majorly favored by entropy contributions. The formation of the Nd(III)-P2C complexes is more exothermic than that of the respective Nd(III)-P23C complexes. Density functional theory was employed for the geometry optimization of the predicted complexes and for the estimation of the bond distances and partial charges on the coordinating atoms in the optimized geometries. Experimental insights provide crucial inputs at the macro (thermodynamic) level and theoretical calculations help in understanding the complexation process at the molecular level.
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Radiochemistry Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India.
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- Chemical Engineering Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 400085, India
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Rue GP, McKnight DM. Enhanced Rare Earth Element Mobilization in a Mountain Watershed of the Colorado Mineral Belt with Concomitant Detection in Aquatic Biota: Increasing Climate Change-Driven Degradation to Water Quality. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2021; 55:14378-14388. [PMID: 34347463 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c02958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In the western USA, one legacy of historic mining is drainage of acidic, metal-rich water generated by exposure to oxygen of sulfide minerals in mine workings, referred to as acid mine drainage (AMD). Streams receiving AMD and natural acid rock drainage (ARD) have a low pH, high dissolved metal concentrations, and extensive streambed oxide deposits. Recently, enhanced ARD generation in the Snake River watershed in the Rocky Mountains has been shown to be associated with warmer summer air temperatures, which has been attributed to expanding weathering fronts that promote oxidation due to earlier drying of shallow soils. In mountain watersheds where complex orogeny disseminated minerals throughout the landscape, weathering processes may also mobilize rare earth elements (REEs). We report that in the Snake River REEs are currently distributed in streams at concentrations ranging from 1 to 100 μg/L. Further, analysis of archived sample indicates that REE increases over time are also associated with increased summer air temperatures. In downstream reaches where the Snake River discharges into a water supply reservoir, colloidal and particulate metal oxides are abundant and sorptive processes may influence REE speciation. We also show that REEs accumulate in benthic invertebrates at concentrations comparable to toxic metals associated with ARD.
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- Garrett P Rue
- Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
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- Institute for Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado-Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado 80303, United States
- Department of Civil, Environmental, & Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder, 4001 Discovery Drive, Boulder, Colorado, 80303, United States
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Siciliano A, Guida M, Serafini S, Micillo M, Galdiero E, Carfagna S, Salbitani G, Tommasi F, Lofrano G, Padilla Suarez EG, Gjata I, Brouziotis AA, Trifuoggi M, Liguori R, Race M, Fabbricino M, Libralato G. Long-term multi-endpoint exposure of the microalga Raphidocelis subcapitata to lanthanum and cerium. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 790:148229. [PMID: 34380244 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Significant release of rare earth elements (REEs) into the environment is mainly due to active or abandoned mining sites, but their presence is globally increasing due to their use in several industrial sectors. The effects on primary producers as Raphidocelis subcapitata are still limited. This research focused on La and Ce as the two most widespread REEs that can be currently found up to hundreds of μg/L in water and wastewater. Microalgae were exposed to La and Ce for 3 days (pH = 7.8) (short-term exposure) to derive the effective concentrations inhibiting the growth on 10% (EC10) of the exposed population. EC10 values (0.5 mg/L of La and 0.4 mg/L of Ce) were used for the 28 days long-term exposure (renewal test) to observe after 7, 14, 21, and 28 days on a multi-endpoint basis microalgae growth inhibition (GI), biomarkers of stress (reactive oxygen species (ROS), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and catalase (CAT)), and bioconcentration. Results evidenced that La and Ce EC10 increased GI (day 28) up to 38% and 28%, respectively. ROS, CAT, and SOD activities showed differential responses from day 7 to day 14, 21, and 28, suggesting, in most of the cases, that La and Ce effects were counteracted (i.e., being the values at day 28 not significantly different, p > 0.05, from the relative negative controls), except for La-related ROS activities. La and Ce significantly bioconcentrated in microalgae populations up to 2- and 5-fold (i.e., at day 28 compared to day 7), in that order. Bioconcentrated La and Ce were up to 3157 and 1232 μg/g dry weight (day 28), respectively. These results suggested that low La and Ce concentrations can be slightly toxic to R. subcapitata having the potential to be bioaccumulated and potentially transferred along the food web.
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- Antonietta Siciliano
- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy; Centro Servizi Metrologici e Tecnologici Avanzati (CeSMA), Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Metrologici e Tecnologici Avanzati (CeSMA), Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy; Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Centro Servizi Metrologici e Tecnologici Avanzati (CeSMA), Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy; Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Science and Technology, University of Naples Parthenope, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Cassino, Italy
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- University of Naples Federico II, Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, Via Claudio 21, 80125 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia 26, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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Romero-Freire A, González V, Groenenberg JE, Qiu H, Auffan M, Cotelle S, Giamberini L. Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of lanthanides for Vicia faba L. are mediated by their chemical speciation in different exposure media. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 790:148223. [PMID: 34111781 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A comprehensive study of the toxicity of lanthanides (LN) in relation to the media composition will enhance the prediction of their potential adverse effects for living organisms. Here we examined the effect of different media on the V. faba root elongation and on the cytotoxic (mitotic index) and the genotoxic (micronucleated cell number) effects from toxicity tests with Ce, Gd and Lu (100, 800 and 6400 μg L-1). Three different exposure media were selected: the standard Hoagland media (SH); an alternative SH, without phosphates (SH-P); and distilled water (DW). In the SH no cyto-genotoxic effects were observed and even, for low LN content, potential root elongation stimulation was reported. The absence of toxic effects was explained by a drastic decrease of the total dissolved LN concentration due to the presence of phosphates causing LN precipitation. In SH-P, LN remained largely soluble and inhibition of root elongation was observed mainly for the highest treatments. While in the tests done in DW, toxic effects were obtained for all treatments. Our results showed that in absence of phosphorous, LN appear mainly as free form and complexed in carbonates and sulphates, and can cause toxic effects, whereas toxicity is not expected when phosphorous is available in aquatic media. The highest LN root contents were observed for the tests using distilled water, possibly due to the absence of competition by Ca2+ for uptake. The present work demonstrated that media composition has a great impact in assessing the ecotoxicology of lanthanides.
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- Ana Romero-Freire
- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; Department of Soil Science, University of Granada, Avd. Fuente Nueva, 18002, Granada, Spain.
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; LEITAT Technological Center, C/ de la Innovació, 2, 08225 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France; Soil Chemistry group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- CEREGE, CNRS, Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, INRAE, Coll France, Aix-en-Provence, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France
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- Université de Lorraine, CNRS, LIEC, F-57000 Metz, France
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Gong B, He E, Van Gestel CAM, Tang Y, Yang W, Yang J, Li Y, Qiu H. Dynamic interaction processes of rare earth metal mixtures in terrestrial organisms interpreted by toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic model. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 418:126281. [PMID: 34111748 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Revised: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 05/29/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Despite the progress in explanation of mixture toxicity of rare earth elements (REEs), a large knowledge gap still exists in interpreting their mixed effects from a dynamic perspective. Here, we investigated the effects of La-Ce mixtures in Enchytraeus crypticus at different exposure times. The single and mixture toxicity of La and Ce increased with time, as reflected by the reduced LC50/MT50 values. With concentration addition as the reference model, the interactions between La and Ce were quantified by MIXTOX modelling tool, showing a time-dependent pattern with antagonistic effect after 1 and 2 d but additive effects afterwards. The dynamic accumulation and toxicity of La/Ce in organisms exposed to REE mixtures was fitted using a process-based toxicokinetic and toxicodynamic (TK-TD) model to unravel how the elements interacted. Generally, the estimated uptake, elimination, and damage rate constants of La/Ce declined with increasing level of each other, suggesting inhibited uptake and subsequently reduced toxicity of La/Ce due to competition effect. The interplay of La and Ce in TK and TD processes seemed responsible for the observed antagonism. Our study showed that mixture toxicity and interaction of REEs are time-dependent processes and application of TK-TD model may provide more insight into this dynamic effect.
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- Bing Gong
- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; 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; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Gong B, He E, Romero-Freire A, Ruan J, Yang W, Zhang P, Qiu H. Do essential elements (P and Fe) have mitigation roles in the toxicity of individual and binary mixture of yttrium and cerium to Triticum aestivum? JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 416:125761. [PMID: 33819642 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.125761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Essential elements can affect the bioavailability, uptake, and toxicity of metals. However, hardly any research has focused on the roles of essential elements on the toxicity of rare earth metals. Here we examined how P and Fe modified the individual and binary toxicity of Y and Ce to Triticum aestivum, respectively. Standard root elongation tests were used to quantify the toxicity of both single and binary mixtures at three levels of P addition (1, 5, and 10 μM) and Fe addition (0.1, 1, and 5 mM). Our results showed that both P and Fe can alleviate individual toxicity of Y or Ce irrespective of the dose indicators as suggested by the enhanced EC50 values. Both P and Fe might mitigate Y/Ce toxicity by limiting Y/Ce uptake into roots and improving nutritional status of wheats, whereas P can also decrease free Y/Ce ion activities in the exposure media. As for the mixture toxicity of Y and Ce, only improved P, but not Fe can exhibit approximately additive mixture toxicity, which can be adequately predicted by the simple Concentration Addition model. Our results suggested the important roles of P and Fe in assessing Y and Ce toxicity accurately.
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- Bing Gong
- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China; 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; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Department of Soil Science, University of Granada, Avd. Fuente Nueva, Granada 18002, Spain
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China
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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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Ekner-Grzyb A, Chmielowska-Bąk J, Szczeszak A. Influence of GdVO 4:Eu 3+ Nanocrystals on Growth, Germination, Root Cell Viability and Oxidative Stress of Wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) Seedlings. PLANTS 2021; 10:plants10061187. [PMID: 34200921 PMCID: PMC8230434 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2021] [Revised: 06/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The increasing application of lanthanide-doped nanocrystals (LDNCs) entails the risk of a harmful impact on the natural environment. Therefore, in the presented study the influence of gadolinium orthovanadates doped with Eu3+ (GdVO4:Eu3) nanocrystals on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), chosen as a model plant species, was investigated. The seeds were grown in Petri dishes filled with colloids of LDNCs at the concentrations of 0, 10, 50 and 100 µg/mL. The plants’ growth endpoints (number of roots, roots length, roots mass, hypocotyl length and hypocotyl mass) and germination rate were not significantly changed after the exposure to GdVO4:Eu3+ nanocrystals at all used concentrations. The presence of LDNCs also had no effect on oxidative stress intensity, which was determined on the basis of the amount of lipid peroxidation product (thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; TBARS) in the roots. Similarly, TTC (tetrazolium chloride) assay did not show any differences in cells’ viability. However, root cells of the treated seedlings contained less Evans Blue (EB) when compared to the control. The obtained results, on the one hand, suggest that GdVO4:Eu3+ nanocrystals are safe for plants in the tested concentrations, while on the other hand they indicate that LDNCs may interfere with the functioning of the root cell membrane.
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- Anna Ekner-Grzyb
- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-61-829-5811
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- Department of Plant Ecophysiology, Faculty of Biology, Institute of Experimental Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 6, 61-614 Poznań, Poland;
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- Department of Rare Earths, Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, 61-614 Poznań, Poland;
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Liu Z, Guo C, Tai P, Sun L, Chen Z. The exposure of gadolinium at environmental relevant levels induced genotoxic effects in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.). ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2021; 215:112138. [PMID: 33740487 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Revised: 03/03/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are increasingly being used in agriculture and are also used to produce high end technological devices, thereby increasing their anthropogenic presence in the environment. However, the ecotoxicological mechanism of REEs on organisms is not fully understood. In this study, the effects of gadolinium (Gd) addition on Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) were investigated at both physiological and molecular levels. Four treatments (0, 10, 50 and 200 μmol·L-1 Gd) were used in the exposure tests. Biomass, root length and chlorophyll content in shoots/roots were measured to investigate the plant's physiological response to Gd stress. Random amplified polymorphic (RAPD)-Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and methylation sensitive arbitrarily primed (MSAP)-PCR were used to investigate changes in genetic variation and DNA methylation of A. thaliana when exposed to Gd. At the physiological level, it was found that low concentration of Gd (10 μmol·L-1) could significantly increase the plant biomass and root length, while the growth of A. thaliana was significantly inhibited when exposed to 200 μmol·L-1 of Gd, yet the total soluble protein content in aerial plant parts increased significantly by 24.2% when compared to the control group. Among the 12 primers considered in the RAPD assessment, at the molecular level, only four primers revealed different patterns in their genomic DNA. Compared to the control group, the treatment with 50 μmol·L-1 of Gd was associated with lower polymorphism, while the treatment with 200 μmol·L-1 of Gd was associated with higher polymorphism. The polymorphism frequencies for the 50 μmol·L-1 of Gd and the 200 μmol·L-1 of Gd were 4.67% and 20.33%, respectively. The MSAP analysis revealed that the demethylation (D) type of Arabidopsis genomic DNA increased significantly under 10 and 50 μmol·L-1 of Gd, while the methylation (M) type was also significantly increased under 200 μmol·L-1 of Gd. Generally, the total methylation polymorphism (D+M) increased with an increase of Gd concentration. It was found that high concentrations of Gd appeared to cause DNA damage, but low concentrations of Gd (as low as 10 μmol·L-1) were associated with DNA methylation change. Further, it was verified by Real time Reverse Transcription PCR (RT-PCR) on the bands detected by the MSAP analysis, that the genes relative to processes including cell cycle, oxidative stress and apoptosis, appeared to be regulated by methylation under Gd stress. These findings reveal new insight regarding ecotoxicity mechanisms of REEs on plants.
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- Zhihong Liu
- Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
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- Liaoning Shihua University, Fushun 113001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
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- Key Laboratory of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China.
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- Faculty of Infrastructure Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116023, China
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Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Modified with Polyacrylonitrile for the Removal of Sm3+ from Water. Processes (Basel) 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/pr9050818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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An in situ emulsion polymerization method was used for the synthesis of polyacrylonitrile nanoparticles amino-functionalized partially reduced graphene oxide (PAN-PRGO). After that, hydrolyzed polyacrylonitrile nanoparticles amino-functionalized partially reduced graphene oxide (HPAN-PRGO) nanocomposite was achieved by the modification of nitrile groups of the composite polymer chains to carboxylic groups, aminoethylene diamine, and amidoxime functional groups through partial hydrolysis using a basic solution of sodium hydroxide for 20 min. Different synthesized materials were characterized and compared using well-known techniques including transmission electron microscope (TEM), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Raman spectra, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The nanocomposite was structured through the interaction between acrylonitrile’s (AN) nitrile groups and amino-functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets’ amino groups to successfully graft polyacrylonitrile over the surface of functionalized nanosheets as approved by characterization techniques. The synthesized composite was examined for the removal of samarium ions (Sm3+) from water. Different experimental conditions including pH, contact time, initial concentration, and adsorbent dose were investigated to determine the optimum conditions for the metal capture from water. The optimum conditions were found to be a contact time of 15 min, pH 6, and 0.01 g of adsorbent dosage. The experimental results found, in a good agreement with the Langmuir isotherm model, the maximum adsorption capacity of Sm3+ uptake was equal to 357 mg/g. A regeneration and reusability study of synthesized composite up to six cycles indicated the ability to use HPAN-PRGO nanocomposite several times for Sm3+ uptake. The obtained results prove that this polymer-based composite is a promising adsorbent for water treatment that must be studied for additional pollutants removal in the future.
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Ferreira N, Ferreira A, Viana T, Lopes CB, Costa M, Pinto J, Soares J, Pinheiro-Torres J, Henriques B, Pereira E. Assessment of marine macroalgae potential for gadolinium removal from contaminated aquatic systems. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 749:141488. [PMID: 32829275 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 08/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Gadolinium (Gd) is a rare earth associated with hospital and urban wastewaters due to its application as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging. In this work, the uptake of Gd from contaminated seawater by three living marine macroalgae, Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta), Fucus spiralis (Phaeophyta) and Gracilaria sp. (Rhodophyta) was studied along 72 h. Surface analysis (FTIR), water content, kinetic modelling, and Gd quantification in seawater and biomass were performed. All species were able to accumulate Gd from seawater with 10, 157, and 500 μg Gd L-1, although green and red macroalgae performed better, following the order: green > red > brown. Removal efficiencies reached 85%, corresponding to a bioconcentration factor of 1700. In more complex solutions that intended to mimic real contaminated environments, namely mixtures with other rare earth elements (Y, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Eu, Tb, Dy), and with potentially toxic elements commonly found in wastewaters (Cr, Ni, Cu, Cd, Hg, Pb), at two salinities (10 and 30), the macroalgae kept its efficiency: 84% and 88% of removal by green and red macroalgae, respectively. Overall, findings evidence that living macroalgae could be a countermeasure to the increasing anthropogenic enrichment of Gd observed in the aquatic environment.
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- Nicole Ferreira
- Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CICECO - Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal; LAQV-REQUIMTE - Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE - Associated Laboratory for Green Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
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Gong B, He E, Xia B, Ying R, Peijnenburg WJGM, Liu Y, Qiu H. Bioavailability and phytotoxicity of rare earth metals to Triticum aestivum under various exposure scenarios. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 205:111346. [PMID: 32977285 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.111346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 09/10/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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It is a daunting challenge to predict toxicity and accumulation of rare earth metals (REMs) in different exposure scenarios (e.g., varying water chemistry and metal combinations). Herein, we investigated the toxicity and uptake of La and Ce in the presence of various levels of Ca, Mg, Na, K, and at different pH values, as well as the combined effects of La and Ce in wheat Triticum aestivum. Major cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) significantly mitigated the toxicity and accumulation of La3+/Ce3+. Toxicity and uptake of La, Ce, and La-Ce mixtures could be well quantified by the multi-metal biotic ligand model (BLM) and by the Langmuir-type uptake model with the consideration of the competitive effects of Ca2+ and Mg2+, with more than 85.1% of variations explained. The derived binding constants of Ca, Mg, La, and Ce to wheat root were respectively 3.87, 3.59, 6.97, and 6.48 on the basis of toxicity data, and 3.23, 2.84, 6.07, and 5.27 on the basis of uptake data. The use of the alternative WHAM-Ftox approach, requiring fewer model parameters than the BLM but with similar Akaike information criterion (AIC) values, successfully predicted the toxicity and accumulation of La/Ce as well as toxicity of La-Ce mixtures, with at least 76.4% of variations explained. However, caution should be taken when using this approach to explain the uptake of La-Ce mixtures. Our results provided promising tools for delineating REMs toxicity/uptake in the presence of other toxicity-modifying factors or in mixture scenarios.
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- Bing Gong
- School of Geographic Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China; 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, 230051, China
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- Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing, 210042, China
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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 3720 BA, the Netherlands
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, 650500, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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Cánovas CR, Basallote MD, Macías F. Distribution and availability of rare earth elements and trace elements in the estuarine waters of the Ría of Huelva (SW Spain). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 267:115506. [PMID: 32892016 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Metal pollution in estuaries represents a serious environmental challenge, especially in areas affected by industrial and mining activities. This study investigates the metal partitioning and availability of rare earth elements (REE), Y and other trace metals (Ag, Tl, U and Cs) in the Ria of Huelva estuary (SW Spain), strongly affected by mining and industrial activities. A 30 h monitoring campaign was performed collecting periodic water samples and deploying diffusive gradient in thin films (DGTs) devices to determine the main factors controlling metal availability. The dissolved concentrations of U (3118-3952 ng/L) and Cs (284-392 ng/L) were in the same order of magnitude than those reported in other estuaries and coastal waters worldwide, however, REE (26-380 ng/L), Y (15-109 ng/L), Ag (14-307 ng/L) and Tl (29-631 ng/L) concentrations exceeded these values for the same salinities. Unlike most metals (i.e. Ag, Tl, U, Cs), which were mainly found in the dissolved form (87-100% of total), REE and Y were found in the particulate phase (22-36% of total). Metal lability was mainly related to the concentration in the water column following this order: U>REE>Y>Ag>Tl. A similar binding mechanism was observed for Tl and Cd, due to its chemical affinity. This relationship between chemical properties and absorption by DGT-resin was also observed for REE (and Y), Rb and Sr, which may cause bioaccumulation upon persistent exposure, considering the ability of these metals to cross the biological membranes. The lability of metals predicted by geochemical codes did not coincide with absorption of labile metals by DGTs due probably to the instability of complexes in contact with the DGT membranes, the inability of metals to form thermodynamically stable complexes or the absorption of colloids. From this work it can be concluded that DGT passive sampling should complement traditional sampling to monitor metal availability in aquatic environments.
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- Carlos Ruiz Cánovas
- Department of Earth Sciences and Research Center on Natural Resources, Health and the Environment, University of Huelva, Campus 'El Carmen', Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21071, Huelva, Spain.
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- Department of Earth Sciences and Research Center on Natural Resources, Health and the Environment, University of Huelva, Campus 'El Carmen', Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21071, Huelva, Spain
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- Department of Earth Sciences and Research Center on Natural Resources, Health and the Environment, University of Huelva, Campus 'El Carmen', Fuerzas Armadas s/n, 21071, Huelva, Spain
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Lavezzo B, Kinoshita A, Figueiredo AMG, Pinheiro MMF, Santana W. Detection of rare-earth elements using fiddler crabs Leptuca leptodactyla (Crustacea: Ocypodidae) as bioindicators in mangroves on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 738:139787. [PMID: 32540602 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rare-earth elements have gained significant attention as they are currently widely used in high tech, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries. Here we used the fiddler crabs Leptuca leptodactyla as bioindicators to verify the presence of rare-earth elements in two mangrove areas of the Ubatuba, northern littoral of São Paulo state, Brazil. The specimens were collected in the mangrove areas of the Tavares River and Quiririm-Puruba river system, separated by season (dry and rainy). A total of 243 individuals were collected and analyzed. For determination and quantification of the elements we used the instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA) technique. In both the dry and rainy season, the elements La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Tb, Yb and Sc were detected in samples of both mangroves, with La and Ce presenting higher concentrations. Samples from Tavares River mangrove had higher concentration levels of rare-earth elements than those of the Quiririm-Puruba river system. That is probably due to the central geographic position of the Tavares River in Ubatuba, which crosses a large portion of the city and receives a great amount of sewage. On the other hand, the Quiririm-Puruba river system has less anthropogenic inputs, thus, it receives much fewer rare-earth elements when compared to the Tavares River.
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- Bruna Lavezzo
- Laboratório de Sistemática Zoológica, Centro Universitário Sagrado Coração, UNISAGRADO, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Zoológica, Centro Universitário Sagrado Coração, UNISAGRADO, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Bauru, SP, Brazil; Program in Environment and Regional Development, University of Western São Paulo, UNOESTE, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil..
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- Program in Environment and Regional Development, University of Western São Paulo, UNOESTE, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil..
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- Laboratório de Sistemática Zoológica, Centro Universitário Sagrado Coração, UNISAGRADO, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Bauru, SP, Brazil.
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Malhotra N, Hsu HS, Liang ST, Roldan MJM, Lee JS, Ger TR, Hsiao CD. An Updated Review of Toxicity Effect of the Rare Earth Elements (REEs) on Aquatic Organisms. Animals (Basel) 2020; 10:E1663. [PMID: 32947815 PMCID: PMC7552131 DOI: 10.3390/ani10091663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Rare earth elements (REEs) or "technology metals" were coined by the U.S. Department of Energy, a group of seventeen elements found in the Earth's crust. These chemical elements are vital and irreplaceable to the world of technology owing to their unique physical, chemical, and light-emitting properties, all of which are beneficial in modern healthcare, telecommunication, and defense. Rare earth elements are relatively abundant in Earth's crust, with critical qualities to the device performance. The reuse and recycling of rare earth elements through different technologies can minimize impacts on the environment; however, there is insufficient data about their biological, bioaccumulation, and health effects. The increasing usage of rare earth elements has raised concern about environmental toxicity, which may further cause harmful effects on human health. The study aims to review the toxicity analysis of these rare earth elements concerning aquatic biota, considering it to be the sensitive indicator of the environment. Based on the limited reports of REE effects, the review highlights the need for more detailed studies on the hormetic effects of REEs. Aquatic biota is a cheap, robust, and efficient platform to study REEs' toxicity, mobility of REEs, and biomagnification in water bodies. REEs' diverse effects on aquatic life forms have been observed due to the lack of safety limits and extensive use in the various sectors. In accordance with the available data, we have put in efforts to compile all the relevant research results in this paper related to the topic "toxicity effect of REEs on aquatic life".
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- Nemi Malhotra
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan;
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- Department of Applied Physics, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 900391, Taiwan;
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy and The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines;
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- Department of Applied Physics, National Pingtung University, Pingtung 900391, Taiwan;
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan;
- Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan;
- Center for Nanotechnology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
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Bergsten-Torralba LR, Magalhães DP, Giese EC, Nascimento CRS, Pinho JVA, Buss DF. Toxicity of three rare earth elements, and their combinations to algae, microcrustaceans, and fungi. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 201:110795. [PMID: 32544742 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2020] [Revised: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) are naturally distributed in the environment, and are increasingly being used in agriculture and high technology materials worldwide, thereby increasing anthropogenic contamination and environmental risks. There exists scarce and contradictory toxicity information about REEs; hence, more studies are required, especially on their mixtures. Thus, this study aimed to assess the toxicities of La3+, Nd3+, Sm3+, and the combinations of these elements (binary 1:1 and ternary 1:1:1), to organisms from different trophic levels: producers (the microalgae Chlorella vulgaris and Raphidocelis subcapitata), primary consumers (the microcrustaceans Daphnia similis and Artemia salina), and decomposers (the fungi Penicillium simplicissimum and Aspergillus japonicus). Ecotoxicological bioassays were performed, and toxic concentrations were determined. Thereafter, toxicities of single and mixture REEs were classified as slightly to highly toxic according to their toxic units. Finally, a concentration addition (CA) model was used to estimate how REEs interact upon combining. Nd3+ was the most toxic element for all organisms, especially D. similis (48 h LC50 9.41 mg.L-1), and was therefore classified as highly toxic. Sm3+ promoted cell agglomeration in Chlorella vulgaris and was the most toxic of the tested elements for this organism (72 h IC50 25.78 mg.L-1). The CA model revealed synergistic responses for most of the combinations, principally Nd3+ + Sm3+, which was the most toxic combination for the tested organisms. Both fungi were the most resistant organisms, and A. japonicus produced exudate and sclerotia, which help in the detoxification of chemicals. Owing not only to the fact that fungi displayed a higher resistance to REEs, but also due to the absence of regulations for REEs released from the agricultural or industrial sector, and the lack of methods to treat effluents or to dispose of technological items containing REEs, these organisms should be considered as a model for the biosorption or bioremediation of REEs. Finally, the toxic effects of REEs, particularly Nd3+, on the biota and human health should be the focus of future studies due to their increased use in technology.
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- L R Bergsten-Torralba
- Oswaldo Cruz Institute - IOC, Program in Biodiversity and Health, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil; Oswaldo Cruz Institute - IOC, Laboratory of Evaluation and Promotion of Environmental Health (LAPSA), Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Center for Mineral Technology - CETEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Center for Mineral Technology - CETEM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- National Institute for Quality Control in Health - INCQS, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- National School of Public Health Sergio Arouca - ENSP, Program of Public Health and Environment, Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Pan American Health Organization: PAHO, Washington, D.C., USA
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Li J, He E, Romero-Freire A, Cao X, Zhao L, Qiu H. Coherent toxicity prediction framework for deciphering the joint effects of rare earth metals (La and Ce) under varied levels of calcium and NTA. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 254:126905. [PMID: 32957298 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/25/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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With the development of modern technologies, the exploitation and application of rare earth metals (REMs) have increased parallelly. Consequently, more REMs are entering into the environment and therefore there is a pressing need to assess their potential environmental hazards. Here, a standard toxicity test with wheat (Triticum aestivum) was conducted to investigate the single and mixture toxicity of La and Ce in solutions with different levels of calcium and nitrilotriacetic acid (NTA) and results were deciphered by different modeling approaches. Both La and Ce caused adverse effect to wheat, but the presence of Ca and NTA alleviated their toxicity. The obtained EC50 for [La] or [Ce] changed by more than 28-fold and by 4-fold, respectively, with the increase of Ca or NTA. The biotic ligand model (BLM) explained approximately 93% variation of single La or Ce toxicity. The binding constants obtained were 4.14, 6.67, and 6.59 for logKCaBL, logKLaBL, and logKCeBL respectively. The electrostatic toxicity model (ETM) was proved as effective as the BLM, with R2 = 0.93 for La and R2 = 0.92 for Ce. For La-Ce mixtures, parameters from single toxicity approaches were applied successfully to predict the mixture toxicity with concentration addition (CA) model based on the BLM or ETM theory (R2 = 0.92 and RMSE = 8.56; R2 = 0.90 and RMSE = 9.6, respectively). Thus, the results obtained in this study prove that both ETM and BLM theories are appropriate to predict single and mixture REMs toxicity, providing coherent and promising tools for the risk assessment of REM pollution.
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- Jianqiu Li
- Key Laboratory of Original Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Agro-Environment Protection Institution, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- Spanish National Research Council, Marine Research Institute (CSIC-IIM), Eduardo Cabello 6, 36208 Vigo, Spain
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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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- Key Laboratory of Original Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Tianjin Key Laboratory of Agro-Environment and Agro-Product Safety, Agro-Environment Protection Institution, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Tianjin, 300191, China; School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Ecotoxicity Responses of the Macrophyte Algae Nitellopsis obtusa and Freshwater Crustacean Thamnocephalus platyurus to 12 Rare Earth Elements. SUSTAINABILITY 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/su12177130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Due to unique chemical properties, rare earth elements (REEs) are increasingly used in versatile technological applications. They are considered emerging environmental contaminants, since they become mobile instead of being bound in rocks. At present, the information on REE effects to aquatic biota is scarce and contradictory. This study aims to explore the ecotoxicity of 11 lanthanides (La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Er, and Lu) and yttrium (Y) to charophyte algae Nitellopsis obtusa and microcrustaceans Thamnocephalus platyurus. Median lethal concentrations (LC50) were assessed in characean cells at 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 days of exposure, and 24-h LC50s were determined in shrimps. According to the EU−Directive 93/67/EEC hazard classification scheme and 24-day LC50 values generated for N. obtusa, REE effects were assigned from “harmful” to “very toxic” (Gd), while 24-h LC50s for T. platyurus were classified as “harmful” or “toxic” (based on nominal concentrations) and as “toxic” or “very toxic” (based on REE free ion concentrations calculated with CHEAQS Next software). The data obtained for algae showed correlations with the REE atomic numbers (r = −0.68, p < 0.05) and ionic radii (r = 0.65, p < 0.05) at the most extended 24-day exposure only. The analysis of the trends of concentration−response (c–r) curves obtained at increasing exposure durations (8–24 days), alongside the 24-day LC50s ranging within almost two orders of magnitude, allowed a more-toxic heavy REE group to be distinguished, and somewhat different modes REE actions to be envisioned for N. obtusa.
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He E, Gong B, Qiu H, Van Gestel CAM, Ruan J, Tang Y, Huang X, Xiao X, Li M, Qiu R. Model-based rationalization of mixture toxicity and accumulation in Triticum aestivum upon concurrent exposure to yttrium, lanthanum, and cerium. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2020; 389:121940. [PMID: 31882339 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 12/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) often co-exist in the environment, but predicting their 'cocktail effects' is still challenging, especially for high-order mixtures with more than two components. Here, we systematically investigated the toxicity and accumulation of yttrium, lanthanum, and cerium mixtures in Triticum aestivum following a standardized bioassay. Toxic effects of mixtures were predicted using the reference model of Concentration Addition (CA), Ternary model, and Ternary-Plus model. Interactions between the REEs in binary and ternary mixtures were determined based on external and internal concentrations, and their magnitude estimated from the parameters deviated from CA. Strong antagonistic interactions were found in the ternary mixtures even though there were no significant interactions in the binary mixtures. Predictive ability increased when using the CA model, Ternary model, and Ternary-Plus model, with R2= 0.78, 0.80, and 0.87 based on external exposure concentrations, and R2= 0.72, 0.73, and 0.79, respectively based on internal concentrations. The bioavailability-based model WHAM-FTOX explained more than 88 % and 85 % of the toxicity of binary and ternary REE treatments, respectively. Our result showed that the Ternary-Plus model and WHAM-FTOX model are promising tools to account for the interaction of REEs in mixtures and could be used for their risk assessment.
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- Erkai He
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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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; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- Department of Ecological Science, Faculty of Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1085, 1081HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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Kang J, Kang AM. Trend of the research on rare earth elements in environmental science. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2020; 27:14318-14321. [PMID: 32088825 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08138-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Rare earth elements (REEs) consist of 17 transition metals which are the 15 lanthanides and yttrium and scandium. These elements have great utility in the production of modern technology, especially electronics. However, these materials may pose a serious threat to the environment if handled or disposed of incorrectly; the effects of which are being studied by the field of environmental toxicology. A multitude of studies have indicated that rare earth elements have harmful impacts on biological life, making a reform to the disposal of rare earth elements increasingly pressing. Scientific interest in REEs is constantly rising due to the increased use of REEs due to their utility. In this paper, we display our meta-analysis of a scientific literature database, PubMed, to quantitatively map the temporal flux of research and interest pertaining to REEs, especially in the field of environmental science. Our findings may prove useful for planning research on REEs or predicting the future of REE usage.
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- Jonghoon Kang
- Department of Biology, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA, 31698, USA.
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