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Boron Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Minor, Species-Specific Acute Toxicity to North-Temperate and Amazonian Freshwater Fishes

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.689933

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nanotoxicology; engineered nanomaterials; acetylcholinesterase; ionoregulation; energy metabolism; oxidative stress; aquatic toxicology

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  1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery grants
  2. New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) Research Assistantship
  3. Mount Allison University President's Research and Creative Activity Award
  4. NBIF
  5. Canadian Foundation for Innovation [35589]
  6. Brazilian Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)
  7. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES)
  8. INCT ADAPTA-CNPq [465540/20147]
  9. FAPEAM [062.1187/2017]
  10. CAPES [001]

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The study found that nB(2)O(3) had a certain impact on rainbow trout hepatocytes, but the effects on whole animals were limited, and the performance in other fish species also varied.
Boron oxide nanoparticles (nB(2)O(3)) are manufactured for structural, propellant, and clinical applications and also form spontaneously through the degradation of bulk boron compounds. Bulk boron is not toxic to vertebrates but the distinctive properties of its nanostructured equivalent may alter its biocompatibility. Few studies have addressed this possibility, thus our goal was to gain an initial understanding of the potential acute toxicity of nB(2)O(3) to freshwater fish and we used a variety of model systems to achieve this. Bioactivity was investigated in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes and at the whole animal level in three other North and South American fish species using indicators of aerobic metabolism, behavior, oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, and ionoregulation. nB(2)O(3) reduced O. mykiss hepatocyte oxygen consumption ((M) over dotO(2)) by 35% at high doses but whole animal. (M) over dotO(2) was not affected in any species. Spontaneous activity was assessed using. (M) over dot O-2 frequency distribution plots from live fish. nB(2)O(3) increased the frequency of high. (M) over dotO(2) events in the Amazonian fish Paracheirodon axelrodi, suggesting exposure enhanced spontaneous aerobic activity. (M) over dotO(2) frequency distributions were not affected in the other species examined. Liver lactate accumulation and significant changes in cardiac acetylcholinesterase and gill NaC /KC-ATPase activity were noted in the north-temperate Fundulus diaphanus exposed to nB(2)O(3), but not in the Amazonian Apistogramma agassizii or P. axelrodi. nB(2)O(3) did not induce oxidative stress in any of the species studied. Overall, nB(2)O(3) exhibited modest, species-specific bioactivity but only at doses exceeding predicted environmental relevance. Chronic, low dose exposure studies are required for confirmation, but our data suggest that, like bulk boron, nB(2)O(3) is relatively non-toxic to aquatic vertebrates and thus represents a promising formulation for further development.

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