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Abdolahpur Monikh F, Guo Z, Zhang P, Vijver MG, Lynch I, Valsami-Jones E, Peijnenburg WJGM. An analytical workflow for dynamic characterization and quantification of metal-bearing nanomaterials in biological matrices. Nat Protoc 2022; 17:1926-1952. [PMID: 35768725 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-022-00701-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
To assess the safety of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and to evaluate and improve ENMs' targeting ability for medical application, it is necessary to analyze the fate of these materials in biological media. This protocol presents a workflow that allows researchers to determine, characterize and quantify metal-bearing ENMs (M-ENMs) in biological tissues and cells and quantify their dynamic behavior at trace-level concentrations. Sample preparation methods to enable analysis of M-ENMs in a single cell, a cell layer, tissue, organ and physiological media (e.g., blood, gut content, hemolymph) of different (micro)organisms, e.g., bacteria, animals and plants are presented. The samples are then evaluated using fit-for-purpose analytical techniques e.g., single-cell inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, single-particle inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and synchrotron X-ray absorption fine structure, providing a protocol that allows comprehensive characterization and quantification of M-ENMs in biological matrices. Unlike previous methods, the protocol uses no fluorescent dyes or radiolabels to trace M-ENMs in biota and enables analysis of most M-ENMs at cellular, tissue and organism levels. The protocols can be applied by a wide variety of users depending on the intended purpose of the application, e.g., to correlate toxicity with a specific particle form, or to understand the absorption, distribution and excretion of M-ENMs. The results facilitate an understanding of the biological fate of M-ENMs and their dynamic behavior in biota. Performing the protocol may take 7-30 d, depending on which combination of methods is applied.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh
- Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland. .,Department of Experimental Limnology, Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany.
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.,Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands.,National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Safety of Substances and Products, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Liang D, Wang X, Fan W. Potential application of Au core labeling for tracking Ag nanoparticles in the aquatic and biological system. WATER RESEARCH 2022; 215:118280. [PMID: 35305490 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118280] [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: 11/13/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The entering of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in natural environments constantly increases due to their widespread production and application. While the environmental behavior, impacts, and fate of Ag NPs were critically assessed, the main challenge represents continuous tracking and quantification of Ag NPs in environmental and biological matrices. A group of labeled Ag NPs with gold cores (Au@Ag NPs) was developed for distinguishing between pristine Ag NPs and their other forms, and we comprehensively compared their physicochemical properties, environmental behavior, and biological effects with unlabeled Ag NPs. The electron transfer process from the Au core to the Ag shell gradually decreased with the increase of Ag shell thickness, then the inhibition of Ag+ release induced by the Au core was gradually alleviated, but the generation of superoxide radicals was intensified sharply. Then, the effect of the Au core on the dissolution capacity and free radicals' generation significantly altered the biological toxicity of Ag NPs, and the influence degree was related to the test organism's species. Nevertheless, the Au core retained the surface properties of Ag NPs, leading to the uptake of Au@Ag NPs, entirely consistent with the behavior of unlabeled Ag NPs. These findings confirmed that Au core labeling provides new opportunities for tracking Ag NPs in environmental and biological systems, and the exposure conditions and test organisms should be carefully assessed before employing the Au core labeling technology.
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- Dingyuan Liang
- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- Life science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong 100025, China
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- School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China; Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Abdolahpur Monikh F, Chupani L, Arenas-Lago D, Guo Z, Zhang P, Darbha GK, Valsami-Jones E, Lynch I, Vijver MG, van Bodegom PM, Peijnenburg WJGM. Particle number-based trophic transfer of gold nanomaterials in an aquatic food chain. Nat Commun 2021; 12:899. [PMID: 33563998 PMCID: PMC7873305 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21164-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Analytical limitations considerably hinder our understanding of the impacts of the physicochemical properties of nanomaterials (NMs) on their biological fate in organisms. Here, using a fit-for-purpose analytical workflow, including dosing and emerging analytical techniques, NMs present in organisms are characterized and quantified across an aquatic food chain. The size and shape of gold (Au)-NMs are shown to control the number of Au-NMs attached to algae that were exposed to an equal initial concentration of 2.9 × 1011 particles mL-1. The Au-NMs undergo size/shape-dependent dissolution and agglomeration in the gut of the daphnids, which determines the size distribution of the NMs accumulated in fish. The biodistribution of NMs in fish tissues (intestine, liver, gills, and brain) also depends on NM size and shape, although the highest particle numbers per unit of mass are almost always present in the fish brain. The findings emphasize the importance of physicochemical properties of metallic NMs in their biotransformations and tropic transfers.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh
- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. .,Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu, Finland.
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- South Bohemian Research Center of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Department of Plant Biology and Soil Science, University of Vigo, As Lagoas, Ourense, Spain
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Environmental Nanoscience Laboratory, Department of Earth Sciences and Centre for Climate and Environmental Studies, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, West Bengal, India
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.,National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Safety of Substances and Products, De Bilt, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Kranjc E, Drobne D. Nanomaterials in Plants: A Review of Hazard and Applications in the Agri-Food Sector. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 9:E1094. [PMID: 31366106 PMCID: PMC6723683 DOI: 10.3390/nano9081094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Revised: 07/24/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Agricultural food crop plants interact with engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) from the application of agri-food nanotechnologies and from unintentional emissions originating from other nanotechnologies. Both types of exposure present implications for agricultural yield and quality, food chain transfer, and environmental and human health. In this review, the most recent findings from agricultural plant-ENM studies published in 2017 and 2018 are summarized. The aim of this is to identify the current hazard potential of ENMs for plants grown under typical field conditions that originate from both intentional and unintentional exposures and to contribute to knowledge-based decisions on the application of ENMs in food-agriculture. We also address recent knowledge on ENM adsorption, internalization, translocation, and bioaccumulation by plants, ENM impacts on agricultural crop yield and nutrition, and ENM biotransformation. Using adverse effect level concentrations and data on ENM accumulation in environmental matrices, the literature analyses revealed that C-, Ag-, Ce-, and Ti-based ENMs are unlikely to pose a risk to plants grown under typical field conditions, whereas Cu- and Zn-based ENMs require surveillance. Since multiple factors (e.g., ENM concentration, route of exposure, and plant type) influence the effects of ENMs on plants, biomonitoring is recommended for tracking ENM environmental exposure in the future.
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- Eva Kranjc
- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Večna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Abdolahpur Monikh F, Chupani L, Vijver MG, Vancová M, Peijnenburg WJGM. Analytical approaches for characterizing and quantifying engineered nanoparticles in biological matrices from an (eco)toxicological perspective: old challenges, new methods and techniques. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 660:1283-1293. [PMID: 30743923 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.01.105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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To promote the safer by design strategy and assess environmental risks of engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), it is essential to understand the fate of ENPs within organisms. This understanding in living organisms is limited by challenges in characterizing and quantifying ENPs in biological media. Relevant literature in this area is scattered across research from the past decade or so, and it consists mostly of medically oriented studies. This review first introduces those modern techniques and methods that can be used to extract, characterize, and quantify ENPs in biological matrices for (eco)toxicological purposes. It then summarizes recent research developments within those areas most relevant to the context and field that are the subject of this review paper. These comprise numerous in-situ techniques and some ex-situ techniques. The former group includes techniques allowing to observe specimens in their natural hydrated state (e.g., scanning electron microscopy working in cryo mode and high-pressure freezing) and microscopy equipped with elemental microanalysis (e.g., energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy); two-photon laser and coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy; absorption-edge synchrotron X-ray computed microtomography; and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). The latter group includes asymmetric flow field flow fractionation coupled with ICP-MS and single particle-ICP-MS. Our review found that most of the evidence gathered for ENPs actually focused on a few metal-based ENPs and carbon nanotube and points to total mass concentration but no other particles properties, such as size and number. Based on the obtained knowledge, we developed and presented a decision scheme and analytical toolbox to help orient scientists toward selecting appropriate ways for investigating the (eco)toxicity of ENPs that are consistent with their properties.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh
- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, Netherlands.
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- South Bohemian Research Centre of Aquaculture and Biodiversity of Hydrocenoses, Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Vodňany, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Biology Centre of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Institute of Parasitology, Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, Branišovská 31, 37005 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, P.O. Box 9518, 2300, RA, Leiden, Netherlands; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Center for Safety of Substances and Products, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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