Effects of carbon nanomaterials fullerene Cb>60b> and fullerol Cb>60b>(OH)b>18-22b> on gills of fish Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae) exposed to ultraviolet radiation

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• 作者：Roberta Socoowski Britto^a ; ^b ; Má ; rcia Longaray Garcia^a ; ^b ; Alessandra Martins da Rocha^a ; ^b ; Juliana Artigas Flores^a ; Maurí ; cio V. Brant Pinheiro^c ; José ; Marí ; a Monserrat^a ; ^b ; Josencler L. Ribas Ferreira^a ; ^b ; ^{josenclerf@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Cyprinus carpio ; Fullerene ; Fullerol ; Oxidative stress ; Ultraviolet radiation ; Nanomaterial
• 刊名：Aquatic Toxicology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：19_0166445x
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：15 June, 2012
• 卷：114-115
• 期：Complete
• 页码：80-87
• 文件大小：723 K

摘要

In consequence of their growing use and demand, the inevitable environmental presence of nanomaterials (NMs) has raised concerns about their potential deleterious effects to aquatic environments. The carbon NM fullerene (Cb>60b>), which forms colloidal aggregates in water, and its water-soluble derivative fullerol (Cb>60b>(OH)b>18-22b>), which possesses antioxidant properties, are known to be photo-excited by ultraviolet (UV) or visible light. To investigate their potential hazards to aquatic organisms upon exposure to UV sunlight, this study analyzed (a) the in vitro behavior of fullerene and fullerol against peroxyl radicals (ROO) under UV-A radiation and (b) the effects of these photo-excited NMs on oxidative stress parameters in functional gills extracted from the fish Cyprinus carpio (Cyprinidae). The variables measured were the total antioxidant capacity, lipid peroxidation (TBARS), the activities of the antioxidant enzymes glutathione reductase (GR) and glutamate cysteine ligase (GCL), and the levels of the non-enzymatic antioxidant glutathione (GSH). The obtained results revealed the following: (1) both NMs behaved in vitro as antioxidants against ROO in the dark and as pro-oxidants in presence of UV-A, the latter effect being reversed by the addition of sodium azide, which is a singlet oxygen (¹Ob>2b>) quencher; (2) fullerene induced toxicity with or without UV-A incidence, with a significant (p < 0.05) increase in lipid peroxidation (with greater damage under illumination), a decrease in GCL activity, and the depletion of GSH stocks (under illumination), all of which were attributed to ¹Ob>2b> generation; and (3) fullerol also decreased GCL activity and GSH formation (p < 0.05) but without lipid damage. The overall results show that fullerene can be toxic with or without light incidence, whereas UV radiation seems to play a key role in the environmental toxicity of carbon NMs through ¹Ob>2b> formation.