Dietary CdSe/ZnS quantum dot exposure in estuarine fish: Bioavailability, oxidative stress responses, reproduction, and maternal transfer
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- 作者：T. Michelle Blickley ; Cole W. Matson ; Wyatt N. Vreel ; Daniel Rittschof ; Richard T. Di Giulio ; Patricia D. McClellan-Green
- 关键词：Engineered nanoparticles ; Quantum dots ; Fundulus heteroclitus ; Bioavailability ; Oxidative stress ; Maternal transfer
- 刊名：Aquatic Toxicology
- 出版年：March, 2014
- 年：2014
- 卷：148
- 期：Complete
- 页码：27-39
- 全文大小：1352 K
文摘
Continued development, use, and disposal of quantum dots (QDs) ensure their entrance into aquatic environments where they could pose a risk to biological organisms as whole nanoparticles or as degraded metal constituents. Reproductive Fundulus heteroclitus were fed a control diet with lecithin, diets containing 1 or 10 渭g of lecithin-encapsulated CdSe/ZnS QD/day, or a diet containing 5.9 渭g CdCl2/day for 85 days. Cadmium concentrations in liver, intestine, and eggs were quantified with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In fish fed 10 渭g QD/day, QDs or their degradation products traversed the intestinal epithelia and accumulated in the liver. Less than 0.01% of the QD's cadmium was retained in the liver or intestinal tissues. This compares to 0.9% and 0.5% of the cadmium in the intestine and liver, respectively of fish fed a CdCl2 diet. Cadmium was also detected in the eggs from parents fed 10 渭g QD/day. No significant changes in hepatic total glutathione, lipid peroxidation, or expression of genes involved in metal metabolism or oxidative stress were observed. While QDs in the diet are minimally bioavailable, unusual levels of vitellogenin transcription in male fish as well as declining fecundity require further investigation to determine if endocrine disruption is of environmental concern.