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ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104992
关键词
Graphene oxide; Arsenite oxidation; Combined toxicity; Arsenic methylation; Arsenic efflux
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of China [41530642, 41820104009, 41822705, 41629101]
- USDA-NIFA Hatch program [MAS 00475]
The outstanding commercial application potential of graphene oxide (GO) will inevitably lead to its increasing release into the environment, and then affect the environmental behavior and toxicity of conventional pollutants. Interactions between arsenite [As (III)]/arsenate [As (V)] with GO and their combined toxicity to Chlorella pyrenoidosa were investigated. Under abiotic conditions, approximately 42% of the adsorbed As (III) was oxidized by GO with simulated sunlight illumination, which was induced by electron-hole pairs on the surface of GO. Co-exposure with GO greatly enhanced the toxicity of As (III, V) to alga. When adding 10 mg/L GO, the 72 h median effect concentration of As (III) and As (V) to C. pyrendoidosa decreased to 12.7 and 9.4 mg/L from 30.1 and 16.3 mg/L in the As alone treatment, respectively. One possible mechanism by which GO enhanced As toxicity could be that GO decreased the phosphate concentration in the algal medium, and then increased the accumulation of As (V) in algae. In addition, transmission electron microscope (TEM) images demonstrated that GO acted as a carrier for As (III) and As (V) transport into the algal cells. Also, GO induced severe oxidative stress, which could have subsequently compromised important detoxification pathways (e.g., As complexation with glutathione, As methylation, and intracellular As efflux) in the algal cells. Our findings highlight the significant impact of GO on the fate and toxicity of As in the aquatic environment.
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