Polymer coating of copper oxide nanoparticles increases nanoparticles uptake and toxicity in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

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• 作者：Franç ; ois Perreault^a ; Abdallah Oukarroum^a ; Silvia Pedroso Melegari^a ; ^b ; William Gerson Matias^b ; Radovan Popovic^a ; ^{popovic.radovan@uqam.ca}
• 关键词：CS-CuO ; &ldquo ; Core&ndash ; Shell&rdquo ; polymer-coated copper oxide nanoparticles ; H2DCFDA ; 2&prime ; 7&prime ; -dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate ; HSM ; high salt medium ; ICP-AES ; inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ; NPs ; nanoparticles
• 刊名：Chemosphere
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：15_00456535
• 类别：env
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：87
• 期：11
• 页码：1388-1394
• 文件大小：596 K

摘要

Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs) are frequently used in a polymer-coated form, to be included in paints or fabrics for antimicrobial properties. Their application in antifouling paints may lead to the contamination of aquatic ecosystems. However, the toxicological risk of NPs in the environment is hard to evaluate due to a lack of knowledge on the mechanisms of NP interaction with biological systems. In this study, we investigated the effect of polymer coating on CuO NP toxicity in the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by comparing bare and polymer-coated CuO NPs prepared from the same CuO nanopowder. Both CuO NP suspensions were toxic to C. reinhardtii after 6 h treatment to concentrations of 0.005-0.04 g L^鈭?. Bare and polymer-coated CuO NPs induced a decrease of Photosystem II activity and the formation of reactive oxygen species. Polymer-coated CuO NP was found to be more toxic than the uncoated CuO NP. The higher toxicity of CS-CuO NP was mainly associated with the increased capacity of polymer-coated CuO NP to penetrate the cell compared to bare CuO NPs. These results indicates that the high toxicity of polymer-coated CuO NPs in algal cells results of intracellular interactions between NPs and the cellular system.