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Pawar P, Anumalla S, Sharma S. Role of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in transgenic plant development. Biotechnol Bioeng 2023; 120:3493-3500. [PMID: 37691181 DOI: 10.1002/bit.28550] [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: 06/04/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/26/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are nanostructures, allotropes of carbon which are made up of graphene sheets wrapped around it forming cylindrical structures. CNTs have been regarded to have interesting and attractive physical and chemical properties and have been tremendously used in genetic engineering. Understanding the role of CNTs in development of transgenic plants, review of research papers in the field was done. CNTs are classified into two categories: the single-walled and multiwalled (MWCNTs) structures. They are valuable vectors in various biomedicine fields such as Gene delivery, Drug delivery, Immunotherapy, Tissue engineering, and Biomedical imaging and also, they deliver the DNA without damaging the cells. Based on recent studies, the functionalization of CNTs when combined with some other suitable molecules can drastically subside their toxic effects. Having unique properties such as small size, larger surface area is useful in delivering DNA into mammalian cells as well. Modifications in CNTs can make nucleic acids adhere to them even more efficiently. Also, MWCNTs are crucial in delivery DNA into the cytoplasm. Based on other methods, the CNTs-DNA are a preferred choice and the inclination toward double-stranded DNA is used over single-stranded DNA in gene delivery shows effective results. The only downside of CNTs is that they are hydrophobic and are difficult to form an aqueous solution, thus limiting their applicability. This review will aid you in comprehending useful knowledge related to a general overview of topics related to CNTs.
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- Praniti Pawar
- Department of Life Sciences, K.C. College, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Life Sciences, K.C. College, Mumbai, India
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Tombuloglu H, Ercan I, Alqahtani N, Alotaibi B, Bamhrez M, Alshumrani R, Turumtay H, Ergin I, Demirci T, Ozcelik S, Kayed TS, Ercan F. Impact of magnetic field on the translocation of iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe 3O 4) in barley seedlings ( Hordeum vulgare L.). 3 Biotech 2023; 13:296. [PMID: 37564274 PMCID: PMC10409972 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-023-03727-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023] Open
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The effect and contribution of an external magnetic field (MF) on the uptake and translocation of nanoparticles (NPs) in plants have been investigated in this study. Barley was treated with iron oxide NPs (Fe3O4, 500 mg/L, 50-100 nm) and grown under various MF strengths (20, 42, 125, and 250 mT). The root-to-shoot translocation of NPs was assessed using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). Additionally, plant phenological parameters, such as germination, protein and chlorophyll content, and photosynthetic and nutritional status, were examined. The results demonstrated that the external MF significantly enhances the uptake of NPs through the roots. The uptake was higher at lower MF strengths (20 and 42 mT) than at higher MF strengths (125 and 250 mT). The root and shoot iron (Fe) contents were approximately 2.5-3-fold higher in the 250 mT application compared to the control. Furthermore, the MF treatments significantly increased micro-elements such as Mn, Zn, Cu, Mo, and B (P < 0.005). This effect could be attributed to the disruption of cell membranes at the root tip cells caused by both the MF and NPs. Moreover, the MF treatments improved germination rates by 28%, total protein content, and photosynthetic parameters. These findings show that magnetic field application helps the effective transport of magnetic NPs, which could be essential for NPs-mediated drug delivery, plant nutrition, and genetic transformation applications. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-023-03727-4.
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- Huseyin Tombuloglu
- Department of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 34221 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Duzce University, 81010 Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 34221 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 34221 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 34221 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics Research, Institute for Research and Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, 34221 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA
- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
- Department of Energy System Engineering, Karadeniz Technical University, 61830 Trabzon, Turkey
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Art and Sciences, Cukurova University, 01330 Balcali-Adana, Turkey
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- Scientific and Technological Research Laboratory, Düzce University, 81560 Düzce, Turkey
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hakkari University, 30000 Hakkari, Turkey
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- Department of Basic Engineering Sciences, College of Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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- Basic and Applied Scientific Research Center, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, PO Box 1982, 31441 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, College of Science, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, PO Box 1982, 31441 Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Law SSY, Miyamoto T, Numata K. Organelle-targeted gene delivery in plants by nanomaterials. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023. [PMID: 37183975 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc00962a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Genetic engineering of plants has revolutionized agriculture and has had a significant impact on our everyday life. It has allowed for the production of crops with longer shelf lives, enhanced yields and resistance to pests and disease. The application of nanomaterials in plant genetic engineering has further augmented these programs with higher delivery efficiencies, biocompatibility and the potential for plant regeneration. In particular, subcellular targeting using nanomaterials has recently become possible with the cutting-edge developments within nanomaterials, but remains challenging despite the promise in organellar engineering for the introduction of useful traits and the elucidation of subcellular interactions. This feature article provides an overview of nanomaterial delivery within plants and highlights the application of recent progress in nanomaterials for subcellular organelle-targeted delivery.
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- Simon Sau Yin Law
- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
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- Biomacromolecules Research Team, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan.
- Department of Material Chemistry, Kyoto University, Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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Lambreva MD, Akhtar P, Sipka G, Margonelli A, Lambrev PH. Fluorescence quenching in thylakoid membranes induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2023:10.1007/s43630-023-00403-7. [PMID: 36935477 DOI: 10.1007/s43630-023-00403-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/21/2023]
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The distinct photochemical and electrochemical properties of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) boosted the research interest in nanomaterial utilization in different in vivo and in vitro photosynthetic biohybrid setups. Aiming to unravel the yet not fully understood energetic interactions between the nanotubes and photosynthetic pigment-protein assemblies in an aqueous milieu, we studied SWCNT effects on the photochemical reactions of isolated thylakoid membranes (TMs), Photosystem II (PSII)-enriched membrane fragments and light-harvesting complexes (LHCII). The SWCNTs induced quenching of the steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence in the TM-biohybrid systems with a corresponding shortening of the average fluorescence lifetimes. The effect was not related to changes in the integrity and macroorganization of the photosynthetic membranes. Moreover, we found no evidence for direct excitation energy exchange between the SWCNTs and pigment-protein complexes, since neither the steady-state nor time-resolved fluorescence of LHCII-biohybrid systems differed from the corresponding controls. The attenuation of the fluorescence signal in the TM-biohybrid systems indicates possible leakage of photosynthetic electrons toward the nanotubes that most probably occurs at the level of the PSII acceptor site. Although it is too early to speculate on the nature of the involved electron donors and intermediate states, the observed energetic interaction could be exploited to increase the photoelectron capture efficiency of natural biohybrid systems for solar energy conversion.
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- Maya D Lambreva
- Institute for Biological Systems, National Research Council, Via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015, Monterotondo Stazione, Rome, Italy.
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári Krt. 62, 6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári Krt. 62, 6726, Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, Via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015, Monterotondo Stazione, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Temesvári Krt. 62, 6726, Szeged, Hungary.
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Husted S, Minutello F, Pinna A, Tougaard SL, Møs P, Kopittke PM. What is missing to advance foliar fertilization using nanotechnology? TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2023; 28:90-105. [PMID: 36153275 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Revised: 08/11/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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An urgent challenge within agriculture is to improve fertilizer efficiency in order to reduce the environmental footprint associated with an increased production of crops on existing farmland. Standard soil fertilization strategies are often not very efficient due to immobilization in the soil and losses of nutrients by leaching or volatilization. Foliar fertilization offers an attractive supplementary strategy as it bypasses the adverse soil processes, but implementation is often hampered by a poor penetration through leaf barriers, leaf damage, and a limited ability of nutrients to translocate. Recent advances within bionanotechnology offer a range of emerging possibilities to overcome these challenges. Here we review how nanoparticles can be tailored with smart properties to interact with plant tissue for a more efficient delivery of nutrients.
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- Søren Husted
- University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark.
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Copenhagen Plant Science Center, DK-1871 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
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- The University of Queensland, School of Agriculture and Food Sciences, St Lucia 4072, Queensland, Australia
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Antal TK, Volgusheva AA, Kukarskikh GP, Lukashev EP, Bulychev AA, Margonelli A, Orlanducci S, Leo G, Cerri L, Tyystjärvi E, Lambreva MD. Single-walled carbon nanotubes protect photosynthetic reactions in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii against photoinhibition. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2022; 192:298-307. [PMID: 36283202 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2022] [Revised: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are among the most exploited carbon allotropes in nanosensing, bioengineering, and photobiological applications, however, the interactions of nanotubes with the photosynthetic process and structures are still poorly understood. We found that SWCNTs are not toxic to the photosynthetic apparatus of the model unicellular alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and demonstrate that this carbon nanomaterial can protect algal photosynthesis against photoinhibition. The results show that the inherent phytotoxicity of the nanotubes may be overcome by an intentional selection of nanomaterial characteristics. A low concentration (2 μg mL-1) of well-dispersed, purified and small SWCNTs did not alter the growth and pigment accumulation of the cultures. Indeed, under the photoinhibitory conditions of our experiments, SWCNT-enriched samples were characterized by a lower rate of PSII inactivation, reduced excitation pressure in PSII, a higher rate of photosynthetic electron transport, and an increased non-photochemical quenching in comparison with the controls. In addition, SWCNTs change the distribution of energy between the photosystems in favour of PSII (state 1). The underlying mechanism of this action is not yet understood but possibly, electrons or energy can be exchanged between the redox active nanotubes and photosynthetic components, and probably other redox active intra-chloroplast constituents. Alternatively, nanotubes may promote the formation of an NPQ conformation of PSII. Our results provided evidence for such electron/energy transfer from photosynthetic structures toward the nanotubes. The discovered photoprotective effects can potentially be used in photobiotechnology to maintain the photosynthetic activity of microorganisms under unfavourable conditions.
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- Taras K Antal
- Laboratory of Integrated Ecological Research, Pskov State University, Krasnoarmeyskaya st. 1, Pskov, 180000, Russia.
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991, Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, 00015, Monterotondo Stazione (RM), Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials, National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione (RM), Italy
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- Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials, National Research Council, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione (RM), Italy
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- Department of Life Technologies/Molecular Plant Biology, University of Turku, FI-20014, Turku, Finland
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council, 00015, Monterotondo Stazione (RM), Italy.
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Prylutska SV, Franskevych DV, Yemets AI. Cellular Biological and Molecular Genetic Effects of Carbon Nanomaterials in Plants. CYTOL GENET+ 2022. [DOI: 10.3103/s0095452722040077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Safdar M, Kim W, Park S, Gwon Y, Kim YO, Kim J. Engineering plants with carbon nanotubes: a sustainable agriculture approach. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:275. [PMID: 35701848 PMCID: PMC9195285 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01483-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 05/25/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Sustainable agriculture is an important conception to meet the growing food demand of the global population. The increased need for adequate and safe food, as well as the ongoing ecological destruction associated with conventional agriculture practices are key global challenges. Nanomaterials are being developed in the agriculture sector to improve the growth and protection of crops. Among the various engineered nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are one of the most promising carbon-based nanomaterials owing to their attractive physiochemical properties such as small size, high surface area, and superior mechanical and thermal strength, offering better opportunities for agriculture sector applications. This review provides basic information about CNTs, including their history; classification; and electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties, with a focus on their applications in the agriculture field. Furthermore, the mechanisms of the uptake and translocation of CNTs in plants and their defense mechanisms against environmental stresses are discussed. Finally, the major shortcomings, threats, and challenges of CNTs are assessed to provide a broad and clear view of the potential and future directions for CNT-based agriculture applications to achieve the goal of sustainability.
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- Mahpara Safdar
- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.,Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Convergence Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Rural and Biosystems Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea. .,Interdisciplinary Program in IT-Bio Convergence System, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea.
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Nile SH, Thiruvengadam M, Wang Y, Samynathan R, Shariati MA, Rebezov M, Nile A, Sun M, Venkidasamy B, Xiao J, Kai G. Nano-priming as emerging seed priming technology for sustainable agriculture-recent developments and future perspectives. J Nanobiotechnology 2022; 20:254. [PMID: 35659295 PMCID: PMC9164476 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-022-01423-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Nano-priming is an innovative seed priming technology that helps to improve seed germination, seed growth, and yield by providing resistance to various stresses in plants. Nano-priming is a considerably more effective method compared to all other seed priming methods. The salient features of nanoparticles (NPs) in seed priming are to develop electron exchange and enhanced surface reaction capabilities associated with various components of plant cells and tissues. Nano-priming induces the formation of nanopores in shoot and helps in the uptake of water absorption, activates reactive oxygen species (ROS)/antioxidant mechanisms in seeds, and forms hydroxyl radicals to loosen the walls of the cells and acts as an inducer for rapid hydrolysis of starch. It also induces the expression of aquaporin genes that are involved in the intake of water and also mediates H2O2, or ROS, dispersed over biological membranes. Nano-priming induces starch degradation via the stimulation of amylase, which results in the stimulation of seed germination. Nano-priming induces a mild ROS that acts as a primary signaling cue for various signaling cascade events that participate in secondary metabolite production and stress tolerance. This review provides details on the possible mechanisms by which nano-priming induces breaking seed dormancy, promotion of seed germination, and their impact on primary and secondary metabolite production. In addition, the use of nano-based fertilizer and pesticides as effective materials in nano-priming and plant growth development were also discussed, considering their recent status and future perspectives.
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- Shivraj Hariram Nile
- Laboratory for Core Technology of TCM Quality Improvement and Transformation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Crop Science, College of Sanghuh Life Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory for Core Technology of TCM Quality Improvement and Transformation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People's Republic of China
- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, People's Republic of China
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- R&D Division, Alchem Diagnostics, No. 1/1, Gokhale Street, Ram Nagar, Coimbatore, 641009, Tamil Nadu, India
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- Scientific Department, K.G. Razumovsky Moscow State University of Technologies and Management (The First Cossack University), 73, Zemlyanoy Val St., Moscow, 109004, Russian Federation
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- Department of Scientific Research, V. M. Gorbatov Federal Research Center for Food Systems, 26 Talalikhina St., Moscow, 109316, Russian Federation
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- Department of Crop Science, College of Sanghuh Life Science, Konkuk University, Seoul, 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Plant Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biotechnology, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, 641062, Tamil Nadu, India.
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry and Food Science, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
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- Laboratory for Core Technology of TCM Quality Improvement and Transformation, The Third Affiliated Hospital, School of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People's Republic of China.
- Laboratory of Medicinal Plant Biotechnology, College of Pharmacy, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People's Republic of China.
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Polymer-coated carbon nanotube hybrids with functional peptides for gene delivery into plant mitochondria. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2417. [PMID: 35577779 PMCID: PMC9110379 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30185-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The delivery of genetic material into plants has been historically challenging due to the cell wall barrier, which blocks the passage of many biomolecules. Carbon nanotube-based delivery has emerged as a promising solution to this problem and has been shown to effectively deliver DNA and RNA into intact plants. Mitochondria are important targets due to their influence on agronomic traits, but delivery into this organelle has been limited to low efficiencies, restricting their potential in genetic engineering. This work describes the use of a carbon nanotube-polymer hybrid modified with functional peptides to deliver DNA into intact plant mitochondria with almost 30 times higher efficiency than existing methods. Genetic integration of a folate pathway gene in the mitochondria displays enhanced plant growth rates, suggesting its applications in metabolic engineering and the establishment of stable transformation in mitochondrial genomes. Furthermore, the flexibility of the polymer layer will also allow for the conjugation of other peptides and cargo targeting other organelles for broad applications in plant bioengineering. The delivery of genetic material into plants is challenging due to the cell wall barrier. Here, the authors hybridize polymer-coated carbon nanotubes with functional peptides to deliver plasmid DNA cargo into intact plant mitochondria for transient expression and homologous recombination at high efficiency.
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Niazian M, Molaahmad Nalousi A, Azadi P, Ma'mani L, Chandler SF. Perspectives on new opportunities for nano-enabled strategies for gene delivery to plants using nanoporous materials. PLANTA 2021; 254:83. [PMID: 34559312 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-021-03734-w] [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: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 09/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Engineered nanocarriers have great potential to deliver different genetic cargos to plant cells and increase the efficiency of plant genetic engineering. Genetic engineering has improved the quality and quantity of crops by introducing desired DNA sequences into the plant genome. Traditional transformation strategies face constraints such as low transformation efficiency, damage to plant tissues, and genotype dependency. Smart nanovehicle-based delivery is a newly emerged method for direct DNA delivery to plant genomes. The basis of this new approach of plant genetic transformation, nanomaterial-mediated gene delivery, is the appropriate protection of transferred DNA from the nucleases present in the cell cytoplasm through the nanocarriers. The conjugation of desired nucleic acids with engineered nanocarriers can solve the problem of genetic manipulation in some valuable recalcitrant plant genotypes. Combining nano-enabled genetic transformation with the new and powerful technique of targeted genome editing, CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats), can create new protocols for efficient improvement of desired plants. Silica-based nanoporous materials, especially mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), are currently regarded as exciting nanoscale platforms for genetic engineering as they possess several useful properties including ordered and porous structure, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and surface chemistry. These specific features have made MSNs promising candidates for the design of smart, controlled, and targeted delivery systems in agricultural sciences. In the present review, we discuss the usability, challenges, and opportunities for possible application of nano-enabled biomolecule transformation as part of innovative approaches for target delivery of genes of interest into plants.
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- Mohsen Niazian
- Field and Horticultural Crops Research Department, Kurdistan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Jam-e Jam Cross Way, P. O. Box 741, Sanandaj, 66169-36311, Iran.
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, 3135933151, Iran.
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- Department of Genetic Engineering, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, 3135933151, Iran.
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- Department of Nanotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Karaj, 3135933151, Iran.
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Dutta S, Pal S, Sharma RK, Panwar P, Kant V, Khola OPS. Implication of Wood-Derived Hierarchical Carbon Nanotubes for Micronutrient Delivery and Crop Biofortification. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:23654-23665. [PMID: 34568645 PMCID: PMC8459368 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c03215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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A similarity of metal alloy encapsulation with the micronutrient loading in carbon nanoarchitecture can be fueled by exploring carbon nanocarriers to load micronutrient and controlled delivery for crop biofortification. A wood-derived nanoarchitecture model contains a few-graphene-layer that holds infiltrated alloy nanoparticles. Such wood-driven carbonized framework materials with legions of open porous architectures and minimized-tortuosity units further decorated carbon nanotubes (CNTs), which originate from heat treatment to carbonized wood samples. These wood-derived samples can alleviate micronutrient nanoparticle permeation and delivery to the soil. A rapid heat shock treatment can help in distributing N-C-NiFe metal alloy encapsulation in carbon frameworks uniformly in that case; higher heating and rapid extinction of heat shock have led to formation of good dispersion of nanoparticles. The wood-carbon framework decorated with metal alloys displays promising electrocatalytic features and cyclic stability for hydrogen evolution. Envisaged from this strategy, we obtain enough evidence to form an opinion that a singular heat shock process can even lead to a strategy of faster growth of a wood-carbon network with well-dispersed micronutrient metal salts in porous matrices for high-efficiency delivery to the soil. Having envisaged the formation of ultrafine nanoparticles with a good dispersion profile in the case of transition metals and alloy encapsulation in the carbon network due to the rapid heating and quenching rates, we anticipate that the loading of micronutrients in the wood-derived nanoarchitecture of carbonized wood derived carbon nanotube (CW-CNT), which can offer an application in seed germination and enhance growth rates of crops. The experience of controlled experiments on germination of tomato seeds on a medium containing CW-CNT that can diffuse the seed coat with the promotion of water uptake inside seeds for enhanced germination and growth of tomato seedlings can be further extended to cereal crops.
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- Saikat Dutta
- Amity
Institute of Click Chemistry Research & Studies Amity University, Noida 201303, India
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- ICAR-Indian
Institute of Soil & Water Conservation Research Center Sector 27 A Madhya Marg Chandigarh 160019, India
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- Sustainable
Materials and Catalysis Research Laboratory (SMCRL), Department of
Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Jodhpur Jodhpur 342037, Rajasthan, India
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- ICAR-Indian
Institute of Soil & Water Conservation Research Center Sector 27 A Madhya Marg Chandigarh 160019, India
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- Sustainable
Materials and Catalysis Research Laboratory (SMCRL), Department of
Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology
Jodhpur Jodhpur 342037, Rajasthan, India
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- ICAR-Indian
Institute of Soil & Water Conservation Research Center Sector 27 A Madhya Marg Chandigarh 160019, India
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Ahmar S, Mahmood T, Fiaz S, Mora-Poblete F, Shafique MS, Chattha MS, Jung KH. Advantage of Nanotechnology-Based Genome Editing System and Its Application in Crop Improvement. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:663849. [PMID: 34122485 PMCID: PMC8194497 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.663849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Agriculture is an important source of human food. However, current agricultural practices need modernizing and strengthening to fulfill the increasing food requirements of the growing worldwide population. Genome editing (GE) technology has been used to produce plants with improved yields and nutritional value as well as with higher resilience to herbicides, insects, and diseases. Several GE tools have been developed recently, including clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) with nucleases, a customizable and successful method. The main steps of the GE process involve introducing transgenes or CRISPR into plants via specific gene delivery systems. However, GE tools have certain limitations, including time-consuming and complicated protocols, potential tissue damage, DNA incorporation in the host genome, and low transformation efficiency. To overcome these issues, nanotechnology has emerged as a groundbreaking and modern technique. Nanoparticle-mediated gene delivery is superior to conventional biomolecular approaches because it enhances the transformation efficiency for both temporal (transient) and permanent (stable) genetic modifications in various plant species. However, with the discoveries of various advanced technologies, certain challenges in developing a short-term breeding strategy in plants remain. Thus, in this review, nanobased delivery systems and plant genetic engineering challenges are discussed in detail. Moreover, we have suggested an effective method to hasten crop improvement programs by combining current technologies, such as speed breeding and CRISPR/Cas, with nanotechnology. The overall aim of this review is to provide a detailed overview of nanotechnology-based CRISPR techniques for plant transformation and suggest applications for possible crop enhancement.
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- Sunny Ahmar
- Institute of Biological Sciences, Universidad de Talca, Talca, Chile
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- Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, The University of Haripur, Haripur, Pakistan
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- Graduate School of Biotechnology & Crop Biotech Institute, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, South Korea
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Singh A, Hua Hsu M, Gupta N, Khanra P, Kumar P, Prakash Verma V, Kapoor M. Derivatized Carbon Nanotubes for Gene Therapy in Mammalian and Plant Cells. Chempluschem 2021; 85:466-475. [PMID: 32159284 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.201900678] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The concept of gene vectors for therapeutic applications has been known for several years, but it is far from revealing its actual potential. With the advent of hollow cylindrical carbon nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs), researchers have invented several new tools to deliver genes at the required site of action in mammalian and plant cells. The ease of diversified functionalization has allowed CNTs to be by far the most adaptable non-viral vector for gene therapy. This Minireview addresses the dexterity with which CNTs undergo surface modifications and their applications as a potent vector in gene therapy of humans and plants. Specifically, we will discuss the new tools that scientific communities have invented to achieve gene therapy using plasmid DNA, RNA silencing, suicide gene therapy, and plant genetic engineering. Additionally, we will shed some light on the mechanism of gene transportation using carbon nanotubes in cancer cells and plants.
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- Adhish Singh
- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, 500, R.O.C. Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, Shoolni University, Solon, H.P., 173229, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Banasthali University, Newai-Jodhpuriya Road, Vanasthali, 304022, India
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- Chitkara University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Chitkara University, Punjab, 140401, India
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Szőllősi R, Molnár Á, Kondak S, Kolbert Z. Dual Effect of Nanomaterials on Germination and Seedling Growth: Stimulation vs. Phytotoxicity. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 9:E1745. [PMID: 33321844 PMCID: PMC7763982 DOI: 10.3390/plants9121745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Due to recent active research, a large amount of data has been accumulated regarding the effects of different nanomaterials (mainly metal oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, chitosan nanoparticles) on different plant species. Most studies have focused on seed germination and early seedling development, presumably due to the simplicity of these experimental systems. Depending mostly on size and concentration, nanomaterials can exert both positive and negative effects on germination and seedling development during normal and stress conditions, thus some research has evaluated the phytotoxic effects of nanomaterials and the physiological and molecular processes behind them, while other works have highlighted the favorable seed priming effects. This review aims to systematize and discuss research data regarding the effect of nanomaterials on germination and seedling growth in order to provide state-of-the-art knowledge about this fast developing research area.
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- Réka Szőllősi
- Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary; (Á.M.); (S.K.); (Z.K.)
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Orlanducci S, Fulgenzi G, Margonelli A, Rea G, Antal TK, Lambreva MD. Mapping Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Photosynthetic Algae by Single-Cell Confocal Raman Microscopy. MATERIALS 2020; 13:ma13225121. [PMID: 33202863 PMCID: PMC7698160 DOI: 10.3390/ma13225121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 11/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are among the most exploited carbon allotropes in the emerging technologies of molecular sensing and bioengineering. However, the advancement of algal nanobiotechnology and nanobionics is hindered by the lack of methods for the straightforward visualization of the CNTs inside the cell. Herein, we present a handy and label-free experimental strategy based on visible Raman microscopy to assess the internalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) using the model photosynthetic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii as a recipient. The relationship between the properties of SWCNTs and their biological behavior was demonstrated, along with the occurrence of excitation energy transfer from the excited chlorophyll molecules to the SWCNTs. The non-radiative deactivation of the chlorophyll excitation promoted by the SWCNTs enables the recording of Raman signals originating from cellular compounds located near the nanotubes, such as carotenoids, polyphosphates, and starch. Furthermore, the outcome of this study unveils the possibility to exploit SWCNTs as spectroscopic probes in photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic systems where the fluorescence background hinders the acquisition of Raman scattering signals.
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- Silvia Orlanducci
- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, University of Rome ‘‘Tor Vergata’’, 00133 Rome, Italy
- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Italy; (A.M.); (G.R.)
- Correspondence: (S.O.); (M.D.L.)
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Marche Polytechnic University, 60126 Ancona, Italy;
- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Italy; (A.M.); (G.R.)
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Italy; (A.M.); (G.R.)
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992 Moscow, Russian;
- Laboratory of Integrated Environmental Research, Pskov State University, 180000 Pskov, Russian
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- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, 00015 Monterotondo Stazione, Italy; (A.M.); (G.R.)
- Correspondence: (S.O.); (M.D.L.)
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Wang B, Huang J, Zhang M, Wang Y, Wang H, Ma Y, Zhao X, Wang X, Liu C, Huang H, Liu Y, Lu F, Yu H, Shao M, Kang Z. Carbon Dots Enable Efficient Delivery of Functional DNA in Plants. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:8857-8864. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c01170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P. R. China
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- School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics of Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, P. R. China
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Jordan JT, Oates RP, Subbiah S, Payton PR, Singh KP, Shah SA, Green MJ, Klein DM, Cañas-Carrell JE. Carbon nanotubes affect early growth, flowering time and phytohormones in tomato. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 256:127042. [PMID: 32450352 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Carbon nanotube (CNT) applications are increasing in consumer products, including agriculture devices, making them an important contaminant to study in the field of plant nanotoxicology. Several studies have observed the uptake and effects of CNTs in plants. However, in other studies differing results were observed on growth and physiology depending on the plant species and type of CNT. This study focused on the effects of CNTs on plant phenotype with growth, time to flowering, fruiting time as endpoints, and physiology, through amino acid and phytohormone content, in tomato after exposure to multiple types of CNTs. Plants grown in CNT-contaminated soil exhibited a delay in early growth and flowering (especially in treatments of 1 mg/kg multi-walled nanotubes (MWNTs), 10 mg/kg MWNTs, and 1 mg/kg MWNTs-COOH). However, CNTs did not affect plant growth or height later in the life cycle. No significant differences in abscisic acid (ABA) and citrulline content were observed between the treated and control plants. However, single-walled nanotube (SWNT) exposure significantly increased salicylic acid (SA) content in tomato. These results suggest that SWNTs may elicit a stress response in tomatoes. Results from this study offer more insight into how plants respond and acclimate to CNTs. These results will lead to a better understanding of CNT impact on plant phenotype and physiology.
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- Juliette T Jordan
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA
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- United State Department of Agriculture- Agriculture Research Service-Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, 3810 4th St, Lubbock, TX, 79415, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, TAMU Chemical Engineering Dept. 3122 TAMU Room 200, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
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- Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, TAMU Chemical Engineering Dept. 3122 TAMU Room 200, College Station, Texas, 77843, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, The Institute for Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, P.O. Box 41163, Lubbock, Texas, 79409, USA.
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Jat SK, Bhattacharya J, Sharma MK. Nanomaterial based gene delivery: a promising method for plant genome engineering. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:4165-4175. [PMID: 32285905 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00217h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nanomaterials have attracted considerable attention from researchers in recent years due to their unique architecture and small dimensions. Significant progress has been made in the therapeutics, diagnostics, and delivery of biomolecules in animal cells. However, nanotechnology is still in its infancy in plant science. Nanotechnology offers tremendous opportunities for crop improvement and would make significant contributions to increase agricultural productivity. There are several reports where nanomaterial-induced improvement of the agronomic traits has been successfully achieved. However, very little is known about the interactions of nanomaterials with plant cells and the mechanism of internalization and delivery of biomolecules using nanoparticles as a carrier. Due to the presence of the cell wall, the delivery of biomolecules such as nucleic acids is a major challenge, which limits the application of nanomaterials in genetic engineering-mediated crop improvement. However, in recent years, the use of various nanomaterials like carbon nanotubes, magnetic nanoparticles, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, etc. for nucleic acid delivery in plant cells has been reported as proof of concept. Here, we intend to update researchers about the use of various nanomaterials as a novel gene delivery tool for plant genetic engineering. This review also explores the progress made in nanoparticle-mediated nucleic acid delivery in plant cells and their role in plant genome engineering.
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- Sanjeev K Jat
- Crop Genetics & Informatics Group, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Abd-Elsalam KA, Kasem K, Almoammar H. Carbon nanomaterials (CNTs) phytotoxicity: Quo vadis? CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR AGRI-FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS 2020:557-581. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819786-8.00024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Ramadan MM, Asran-Amal, Abd-Elsalam KA. Micro/nano biochar for sustainable plant health: Present status and future prospects. CARBON NANOMATERIALS FOR AGRI-FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS 2020:323-357. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-819786-8.00016-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/01/2023]
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Verma SK, Das AK, Gantait S, Kumar V, Gurel E. Applications of carbon nanomaterials in the plant system: A perspective view on the pros and cons. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 667:485-499. [PMID: 30833247 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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With the remarkable development in the field of nanotechnology, carbon-based nanomaterials (CNMs) have been widely used for numerous applications in different areas of the plant system. The current understanding about the CNMs' accumulation, translocation, plant growth responses, and stress modulations in the plant system is far from complete. There have been relentless efforts by the researchers worldwide in order to acquire newer insights into the plant-CNMs interactions and the consequences. The present review intends to update the reader with the status of the impacts of the different CNMs on plant growth. Research reports from the plant biotechnologists have documented mixed effects (which are dependent on CNMs' concentration) of the CNMs' exposure on plants ranging from enhanced crop yield to acute cytotoxicity. The growth and yield pattern vary from species to species and are dependent on the dosage of the CNMs applied. Studies found an increase in vegetative growth and yield of fruit/seed at lower concentration of CNMs, but a decrease in these observables were also noted when higher concentrations of CNMs were used. In general, at lower concentrations, CNMs were found to be effective in enhancing (water uptake, water transport, seed germination, nitrogenase, photosystem and antioxidant activities), activating (water channels proteins) and promoting (nutrition absorption); all these change when concentrations are raised. All these aspects have been reviewed thoroughly in this article, with a focus on the recent updates on the role of the CNMs in augmenting or retarding plant growth. Sections have been devoted to the various features of the CNMs and their roles in inducing plant growth, phytotoxic responses of the plants and overall crop improvement. Concluding remarks have been added to propose future directions of research on the CNMs-plant interactions and also to sound a warning on the use of CNMs in agriculture.
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- Sandeep Kumar Verma
- Institute of Biological Science, SAGE University, Baypass Road, Kailod Kartal, Indore 452020, Madhya Pradesh, India; Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey.
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- Department of Industrial Chemistry, College of Applied Sciences, Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Addis Ababa 16417, Ethiopia
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- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, Nadia 741252, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Modern College, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411016, Maharashtra, India
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- Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Biology, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, 14030 Bolu, Turkey
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Sanzari I, Leone A, Ambrosone A. Nanotechnology in Plant Science: To Make a Long Story Short. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:120. [PMID: 31192203 PMCID: PMC6550098 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This mini-review aims at gaining knowledge on basic aspects of plant nanotechnology. While in recent years the enormous progress of nanotechnology in biomedical sciences has revolutionized therapeutic and diagnostic approaches, the comprehension of nanoparticle-plant interactions, including uptake, mobilization and accumulation, is still in its infancy. Deeper studies are needed to establish the impact of nanomaterials (NMs) on plant growth and agro-ecosystems and to develop smart nanotechnology applications in crop improvement. Herein we provide a short overview of NMs employed in plant science and concisely describe key NM-plant interactions in terms of uptake, mobilization mechanisms, and biological effects. The major current applications in plants are reviewed also discussing the potential use of polymeric soft NMs which may open new and safer opportunities for smart delivery of biomolecules and for new strategies in plant genetic engineering, with the final aim to enhance plant defense and/or stimulate plant growth and development and, ultimately, crop production. Finally, we envisage that multidisciplinary collaborative approaches will be central to fill the knowledge gap in plant nanotechnology and push toward the use of NMs in agriculture and, more in general, in plant science research.
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- Ilaria Sanzari
- Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Zhang H, Demirer GS, Zhang H, Ye T, Goh NS, Aditham AJ, Cunningham FJ, Fan C, Landry MP. DNA nanostructures coordinate gene silencing in mature plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:7543-7548. [PMID: 30910954 PMCID: PMC6462094 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1818290116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Delivery of biomolecules to plants relies on Agrobacterium infection or biolistic particle delivery, the former of which is amenable only to DNA delivery. The difficulty in delivering functional biomolecules such as RNA to plant cells is due to the plant cell wall, which is absent in mammalian cells and poses the dominant physical barrier to biomolecule delivery in plants. DNA nanostructure-mediated biomolecule delivery is an effective strategy to deliver cargoes across the lipid bilayer of mammalian cells; however, nanoparticle-mediated delivery without external mechanical aid remains unexplored for biomolecule delivery across the cell wall in plants. Herein, we report a systematic assessment of different DNA nanostructures for their ability to internalize into cells of mature plants, deliver siRNAs, and effectively silence a constitutively expressed gene in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves. We show that nanostructure internalization into plant cells and corresponding gene silencing efficiency depends on the DNA nanostructure size, shape, compactness, stiffness, and location of the siRNA attachment locus on the nanostructure. We further confirm that the internalization efficiency of DNA nanostructures correlates with their respective gene silencing efficiencies but that the endogenous gene silencing pathway depends on the siRNA attachment locus. Our work establishes the feasibility of biomolecule delivery to plants with DNA nanostructures and both details the design parameters of importance for plant cell internalization and also assesses the impact of DNA nanostructure geometry for gene silencing mechanisms.
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- Huan Zhang
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
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- Division of Physical Biology & Bioimaging Center, Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720;
- Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, CA 94720
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720
- Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158
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Cunningham FJ, Goh NS, Demirer GS, Matos JL, Landry MP. Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery towards Advancing Plant Genetic Engineering. Trends Biotechnol 2018; 36:882-897. [PMID: 29703583 PMCID: PMC10461776 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Genetic engineering of plants has enhanced crop productivity in the face of climate change and a growing global population by conferring desirable genetic traits to agricultural crops. Efficient genetic transformation in plants remains a challenge due to the cell wall, a barrier to exogenous biomolecule delivery. Conventional delivery methods are inefficient, damaging to tissue, or are only effective in a limited number of plant species. Nanoparticles are promising materials for biomolecule delivery, owing to their ability to traverse plant cell walls without external force and highly tunable physicochemical properties for diverse cargo conjugation and broad host range applicability. With the advent of engineered nuclease biotechnologies, we discuss the potential of nanoparticles as an optimal platform to deliver biomolecules to plants for genetic engineering.
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- Francis J Cunningham
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3), University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Lahiani MH, Nima ZA, Villagarcia H, Biris AS, Khodakovskaya MV. Assessment of Effects of the Long-Term Exposure of Agricultural Crops to Carbon Nanotubes. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:6654-6662. [PMID: 28806524 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.7b01863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Carbon-based nanoparticles (CBNs) are nanomaterials that have been shown to be plant growth regulators. Here, we investigated the effects of long-term exposure to multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on the growth of three important crops (barley, soybean, and corn). The tested species were cultivated in hydroponics supplemented with 50 μg/mL MWCNTs. After 20 weeks of continuous exposure to the nanomaterials, no significant toxic effects on plant development were observed. Several positive phenotypical changes were recorded, in addition to the enhancement of photosynthesis in MWCNT-exposed crops. Raman spectroscopy with point-by-point mapping proved that the MWCNTs in the hydroponic solution moved into all tested species and were distributed in analyzed organs (leaves, stems, roots, and seeds). Our results confirmed the significant potential of CBN in plant agriculture. However, the documented presence of MWCNTs in different organs of all exposed crops highlighted the importance of detailed risk assessment of nanocontaminated plants moving into the food chain.
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Bhati A, Gunture G, Tripathi KM, Singh A, Sarkar S, Sonkar SK. Exploration of nano carbons in relevance to plant systems. NEW J CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c8nj03642j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The potential applications of nano-carbons and biochar towards plant growth are highlighted and discussed in this perspective article.
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- Anshu Bhati
- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- Jaipur-302017
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- Jaipur-302017
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- Jaipur-302017
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology
- Howrah-711103
- India
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- Department of Chemistry
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur
- Jaipur-302017
- India
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Nanoparticle-Based Plant Disease Management: Tools for Sustainable Agriculture. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91161-8_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mohamed MA, Hashim AF, Alghuthaymi MA, Abd-Elsalam KA. Nano-carbon: Plant Growth Promotion and Protection. NANOTECHNOLOGY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91161-8_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Vithanage M, Seneviratne M, Ahmad M, Sarkar B, Ok YS. Contrasting effects of engineered carbon nanotubes on plants: a review. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH 2017; 39:1421-1439. [PMID: 28444473 DOI: 10.1007/s10653-017-9957-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Rapid surge of interest for carbon nanotube (CNT) in the last decade has made it an imperative member of nanomaterial family. Because of the distinctive physicochemical properties, CNTs are widely used in a number of scientific applications including plant sciences. This review mainly describes the role of CNT in plant sciences. Contradictory effects of CNT on plants physiology are reported. CNT can act as plant growth inducer causing enhanced plant dry biomass and root/shoot lengths. At the same time, CNT can cause negative effects on plants by forming reactive oxygen species in plant tissues, consequently leading to cell death. Enhanced seed germination with CNT is related to the water uptake process. CNT can be positioned as micro-tubes inside the plant body to enhance the water uptake efficiency. Due to its ability to act as a slow-release fertilizer and plant growth promoter, CNT is transpiring as a novel nano-carbon fertilizer in the field of agricultural sciences. On the other hand, accumulation of CNT in soil can cause deleterious effects on soil microbial diversity, composition and population. It can further modify the balance between plant-toxic metals in soil, thereby enhancing the translocation of heavy metal(loids) into the plant system. The research gaps that need careful attention have been identified in this review.
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- Meththika Vithanage
- Environmental Chemodynamics Project, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
- International Centre for Applied Climate Science, University of Southern Queensland, West Street, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia.
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- Department of Botany, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Nawala, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, 45320, Pakistan
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- Future Industries Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA, 5095, Australia
- Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 47405, USA
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- Korea Biochar Research Center and Department of Biological Environment, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, 200-701, Korea.
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Serag MF, Habuchi S. Conserved linear dynamics of single-molecule Brownian motion. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15675. [PMID: 28585925 PMCID: PMC5467176 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Macromolecular diffusion in homogeneous fluid at length scales greater than the size of the molecule is regarded as a random process. The mean-squared displacement (MSD) of molecules in this regime increases linearly with time. Here we show that non-random motion of DNA molecules in this regime that is undetectable by the MSD analysis can be quantified by characterizing the molecular motion relative to a latticed frame of reference. Our lattice occupancy analysis reveals unexpected sub-modes of motion of DNA that deviate from expected random motion in the linear, diffusive regime. We demonstrate that a subtle interplay between these sub-modes causes the overall diffusive motion of DNA to appear to conform to the linear regime. Our results show that apparently random motion of macromolecules could be governed by non-random dynamics that are detectable only by their relative motion. Our analytical approach should advance broad understanding of diffusion processes of fundamental relevance.
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- Maged F. Serag
- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Anjum NA, Rodrigo MAM, Moulick A, Heger Z, Kopel P, Zítka O, Adam V, Lukatkin AS, Duarte AC, Pereira E, Kizek R. Transport phenomena of nanoparticles in plants and animals/humans. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2016; 151:233-243. [PMID: 27504871 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Revised: 07/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The interaction of a plethora nanoparticles with major biota such as plants and animals/humans has been the subject of various multidisciplinary studies with special emphasis on toxicity aspects. However, reports are meager on the transport phenomena of nanoparticles in the plant-animal/human system. Since plants and animals/humans are closely linked via food chain, discussion is imperative on the main processes and mechanisms underlying the transport phenomena of nanoparticles in the plant-animal/human system, which is the main objective of this paper. Based on the literature appraised herein, it is recommended to perform an exhaustive exploration of so far least explored aspects such as reproducibility, predictability, and compliance risks of nanoparticles, and insights into underlying mechanisms in context with their transport phenomenon in the plant-animal/human system. The outcomes of the suggested studies can provide important clues for fetching significant benefits of rapidly expanding nanotechnology to the plant-animal/human health-improvements and protection as well.
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- Naser A Anjum
- CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Botany, Physiology and Ecology of Plants, N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University, Bolshevistskaja Str., 68, Saransk 430005, Russia
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- CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- CESAM-Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies & Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laboratory of Metallomics and Nanotechnologies, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic; Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology, Technicka 3058/10, CZ-616 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Martínez-Ballesta MC, Zapata L, Chalbi N, Carvajal M. Multiwalled carbon nanotubes enter broccoli cells enhancing growth and water uptake of plants exposed to salinity. J Nanobiotechnology 2016; 14:42. [PMID: 27278384 PMCID: PMC4898372 DOI: 10.1186/s12951-016-0199-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Carbon nanotubes have been shown to improve the germination and growth of some plant species, extending the applicability of the emerging nano-biotechnology field to crop science. RESULTS In this work, exploitation of commercial multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in control and 100 mM NaCl-treated broccoli was performed. Transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that MWCNTs can enter the cells in adult plants with higher accumulation under salt stress. Positive effect of MWCNTs on growth in NaCl-treated plants was consequence of increased water uptake, promoted by more-favourable energetic forces driving this process, and enhanced net assimilation of CO2. MWCNTs induced changes in the lipid composition, rigidity and permeability of the root plasma membranes relative to salt-stressed plants. Also, enhanced aquaporin transduction occurred, which improved water uptake and transport, alleviating the negative effects of salt stress. CONCLUSION Our work provides new evidences about the effect of MWCNTs on plasma membrane properties of the plant cell. The positive response to MWCNTs in broccoli plants opens novel perspectives for their technological uses in new agricultural practices, especially when 1plants are exposed to saline environments.
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- Mª Carmen Martínez-Ballesta
- />Plant Nutrition Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Edificio 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- />Plant Nutrition Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Edificio 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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- />Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Center of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria (LEP-CBBC), P. O. Box 901, 2050 Hammam-Lif, Tunisia
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- />Plant Nutrition Department, Centro de Edafología y Biología Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS-CSIC), Campus Universitario de Espinardo, Edificio 25, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Huang X, Zhang T, Zou X, Tao Z, Asefa T. Improving the dissolution of fenofibrate with yeast cell-derived hollow core/shell carbon microparticles. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra00308g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Hollow-mesoporous core/shell carbon microparticles that aid the adsorption and release properties of poorly soluble drugs are synthesized from yeast cells.
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- Xiaoxi Huang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
- Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry
- International Joint Research Laboratory of Nano-Micro Architecture Chemistry
- College of Chemistry
- Jilin University
- Changchun 130012
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Rutgers
- The State University of New Jersey
- Piscataway
- USA
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Lambreva MD, Lavecchia T, Tyystjärvi E, Antal TK, Orlanducci S, Margonelli A, Rea G. Potential of carbon nanotubes in algal biotechnology. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2015; 125:451-71. [PMID: 26113435 DOI: 10.1007/s11120-015-0168-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A critical mass of knowledge is emerging on the interactions between plant cells and engineered nanomaterials, revealing the potential of plant nanobiotechnology to promote and support novel solutions for the development of a competitive bioeconomy. This knowledge can foster the adoption of new methodological strategies to empower the large-scale production of biomass from commercially important microalgae. The present review focuses on the potential of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to enhance photosynthetic performance of microalgae by (i) widening the spectral region available for the energy conversion reactions and (ii) increasing the tolerance of microalgae towards unfavourable conditions occurring in mass production. To this end, current understanding on the mechanisms of uptake and localization of CNTs in plant cells is discussed. The available ecotoxicological data were used in an attempt to assess the feasibility of CNT-based applications in algal biotechnology, by critically correlating the experimental conditions with the observed adverse effects. Furthermore, main structural and physicochemical properties of single- and multi-walled CNTs and common approaches for the functionalization and characterization of CNTs in biological environment are presented. Here, we explore the potential that nanotechnology can offer to enhance functions of algae, paving the way for a more efficient use of photosynthetic algal systems in the sustainable production of energy, biomass and high-value compounds.
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- Maya Dimova Lambreva
- Institute of Crystallography, National Research Council of Italy, Via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015, Monterotondo Scalo, RM, Italy,
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Husen A, Siddiqi KS. Carbon and fullerene nanomaterials in plant system. J Nanobiotechnology 2014; 12:16. [PMID: 24766786 PMCID: PMC4014205 DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-12-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Both the functionalized and non functionalized carbon nanomaterials influence fruit and crop production in edible plants and vegetables. The fullerene, C60 and carbon nanotubes have been shown to increase the water retaining capacity, biomass and fruit yield in plants up to ~118% which is a remarkable achievement of nanotechnology in recent years. The fullerene treated bitter melon seeds also increase the phytomedicine contents such as cucurbitacin-B (74%), lycopene (82%), charantin (20%) and insulin (91%). Since as little as 50 μg mL-1 of carbon nanotubes increase the tomato production by about 200%, they may be exploited to enhance the agriculture production in future. It has been observed that, in certain cases, non functionalized multi-wall carbon nanotubes are toxic to both plants and animals but the toxicity can be drastically reduced if they are functionalized.
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- Azamal Husen
- Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, University of Gondar, P,O, Box 196, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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Liu J, Chen M, Qian DJ. Preparation, characterization and electrochemistry of viologen-functionalized carbon nanotubes in the casting films and layer-by-layer multilayers. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.08.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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