With a model invertebrate animal, we have assessed the fate of magnetic nanoparticles in biologically relevant media, i.e., digestive juices. The toxic potential and the internalization of such ...nanoparticles by nontarget cells were also examined. The aim of this study was to provide experimental evidence on the formation of ..., ..., and ... ions from ... nanoparticles in the digestive juices of a model organism. Standard toxicological parameters were assessed. Cell membrane stability was tested with a modified method for measurement of its quality. Proton-induced X-ray emission and low energy synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence were used to study internalization and distribution of Co and Fe. ... ions were found to be more toxic than nanoparticles. We confirmed that ... ions accumulate in the hepatopancreas, but ... ions or ... nanoparticles are not retained in vivo. A model biological system with a terrestrial isopod is suited to studies of the potential dissolution of ions and other products from metal-containing nanoparticles in biologically complex media. (ProQuest: ... denotes formulae/symbols omitted.)
Nanoparticles of titanium dioxide are one of most widely used nanomaterials in different products in everyday use and in industry, but very little is known about their effects on non- target cells ...and tissues. Terrestrial isopods were exposed to food dosed with nano-TiO(2) to give final nominal concentration 1000 and 2000 µg TiO(2)/g dry weight of food. The effects of ingested nano-TiO(2) on the model invertebrate Porcellio scaber (Isopoda, Crustacea) after short-term (3 and 7 days) and prolonged (14 and 28 days) dietary exposure was assessed by conventional toxicity measures such as feeding rate, weight change and mortality. Cell membrane destabilization was also investigated. No severe toxicity effects were observed after 3, 7, 14 or 28 days of dietary exposure to nano-TiO(2), but some animals, particularly those exposed to lower concentrations of nanoparticles, had severely destabilized digestive cell membranes. It was concluded that strong destabilization of the cell membrane was sporadic, and neither concentration- nor time-related. Further research is needed to confirm this sporadic toxic effect of nanoparticles.
Nano-sized cerium dioxide (CeO
) particles are emerging as an environmental issue due to their extensive use in automobile industries as fuel additives. Limited information is available on the ...potential toxicity of CeO
nanoparticles (NPs) on terrestrial invertebrates through dietary exposure. In the present study, the toxic effects of CeO
NPs on the model soil organism Porcellio scaber were evaluated. Nanotoxicity was assessed by monitoring the lipid peroxidation (LP) level and feeding rate after 14-days exposure to food amended with nano CeO
. The exposure concentration of 1000 μg of CeO
NPs g
dry weight food for 14 days significantly increased both the feeding rate and LP. Thus, this exposure dose is considered the lowest observed effect dose. At higher exposure doses of 2000 and 5000 μg of CeO
NPs g
dry weight food, NPs significantly decreased the feeding rate and increased the LP level. Comparative studies showed that CeO
NPs are more biologically potent than TiO
NPs, ZnO NPs, CuO NPs, CoFe
O
NPs, and Ag NPs based on feeding rate using the same model organism and experimental setup. Based on comparative metal oxide NPs toxicities, the present results contribute to the knowledge related to the ecotoxicological effects of CeO
NPs in terrestrial invertebrates exposed through feeding.
There is little
in vivo
data concerning the fate of ingested TiO
2
nanoparticles (nano-TiO
2
). We report here experiments aimed at assessing if ingested nano-TiO
2
accumulates in the digestive gland ...epithelium or are internalized elsewhere in the body of the terrestrial isopod crustaceans. The animals (Porcellio scaber, Isopoda, Crustacea) fed for 3, 7, or 14 days on food dosed with 100 or 1000
μ
g nano-TiO
2
showed no evidence of internalization of Ti measured by microparticle-induced X-ray emission method. The effect of ingested nanoparticles was measured by conventional toxicity measures such as feeding rate, weight change, and mortality and did not indicate any toxicity. However, cell membrane of digestive glands, measured with a modified method for assessing cell membrane stability, was affected already after 3 days of exposure to 1000
μ
g nano-TiO
2
per gram dry weight of food indicating cytotoxic potential of ingested nanoparticles. Our results confirmed hypothesis on low toxic potential and no internalization of consumed TiO
2
nanoparticles by a model invertebrate organism. However, cytological marker unequivocally indicated adverse effect of ingested nano-TiO
2
. We conclude that the isopod model system could be used for studying the fate and effect of ingested nanoparticles.
The present study was motivated by the paucity of reports on cellular internalization of ingested titanium dioxide (TiO(2)) nanoparticles (nano-TiO(2)). The model invertebrate (Porcellio scaber, ...Isopoda, Crustacea) was exposed to food dosed with nano-TiO(2) containing 100, 1,000, 3,000, or 5,000 µg nano-TiO(2) per gram of food. After 14 d of exposure, the amount of Ti in the entire body was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, and elemental analyses of tissue cross sections were performed by particle induced X-ray emission. In addition, a series of toxicological markers including feeding parameters, weight change, and survival, as well as cytotoxic effects such as digestive gland cell membrane stability, were monitored. Internalization of ingested nano-TiO(2) by the isopod's digestive gland epithelial cells was shown to depend on cell membrane integrity. Cell membranes were found to be destabilized by TiO(2) particles, and at higher extracellular concentrations of nano-TiO(2), the nanoparticles were internalized.
Orientador: Celso Valentim Santilli
Coorientador: Thiago Faheina Chaves
Banca: Regina Célia Galvão Frem
Banca: Wellington Henrique Cassinelli
Resumo: Este trabalho descreve o estudo de uma nova ...metodologia de síntese para obtenção de zeólitas MFI contendo uma estrutura hierárquica de poros. A porosidade hierárquica é uma propriedade que aumenta a acessibilidade dos reagentes aos sítios ativos dos cristais zeolíticos, sendo importante na melhora do desempenho desses materiais em diversas aplicações como adsorção, catálise e troca iônica. São vários os métodos que abordam a utilização de organossilanos como geradores de porosidade hierárquica mas poucos são os estudos que abordam esses compostos sendo empregados em sistemas de síntese bifásicos, por exemplo, em sistemas microemulsionados. Neste trabalho, a metodologia de síntese consistiu primeiramente na funcionalização de núcleos zeolíticos com três diferentes organossilanos em uma etapa de pré-cristalização a 40oC: octiltrietoxisilano (C8), dodeciltrietoxisilano (C12) e hexadeciltrimetoxisilano (16). A análise estrutural dos materiais foi feita por meio das técnicas de difração de raios X, RMN no estado sólido, termogravimetria e espectroscopia na região do infravermelho, enquanto as propriedades texturais foram avaliadas por fisissorção de nitrogênio e porosimetria de mercúrio. O organossilano C8 apresentou os resultados mais promissores levando a obtenção de zeólitas MFI contendo poros hierárquicos (Vmicro ~ 0,130 cm3g-1, Vmeso ~ 0,211 cm3g-1) e elevadas área externa específica (Sext ~ 273 m2g-1) e hidrofobicidade (θ ~ 140o). Este organossilano foi então utilizado no es... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
Abstract: This work describes a new approach to the synthesis to obtain MFI zeolites with hierarchical porosity. Hierarchical porosity is a property that improves the accessibility of reactants to active sites in the zeolite crystals, which is important in different technical applications like as adsorptive or catalytic processes. There are many methods using organosilane to create the hierarquical porosity but are few studies that explores this compounds in two-phase systems like a micro-emulsion systems. In this work, the methodology first consisted of zeolite nucleus functionalization with three organosilanes in a temperature at 40 oC: octyltriethoxysilane (C8), dodecyltrietoxisilane (C12) and hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (C16). The structural analysis of the materials was done by the using of X-ray diffraction, solid state NMR, thermogravimetry and infrared spectroscopy, while the textural properties were evaluated by nitrogen physisorption and mercury porosimetry. The octyltriethoxysilane demonstrated the best results to obtainment of MFI zeolites containing hierarchical pores (Vmicro ~ 0,130 cm3g-1, Vmeso ~ 0,211 cm3g-1), large surface area (Sext ~ 273 m2g-1) and hydrophobic profile (θ ~ 140o). This organosilane was used in the study of addition of an oil phase (dodecane) after the nucleus functionalization. The oil phase was stabilized by functionalized and hydrophobic zeolite nucleus around the oil phase during the hydrothermal crystallization process at 150o C. In this stage, the... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)
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