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CHEMOSPHERE
卷 309, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136720
关键词
Microplastics; Transcriptional profiling; Metal mixture; Artificial aging; Sea urchin; PBDE
资金
- Fondo Sociale Europeo Sicilia
- PESCAPLAS-TICA project
- research program Centro Internazionale di Studi avanzati su Ambiente e Salute -CISAS project
- Capitalisation for Re-setting Innovation and Sustainability in MED-Cities -CARISMED project (ENI CBC MED Programme)
This study investigated the influence of artificial aging on the sorption of co-existing environmental contaminants onto microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment. The results showed that aging did not affect the sorption of BDE-47 and Cd on MPs, but had a certain influence on Cu sorption. The greatest influence of the aging process was mainly found for combined exposures which included BDE-47. Furthermore, the exposure to multiple contaminants generated transcriptional profiles poorly related to those activated by single contaminant.
Microplastics (MPs) in the marine environment undergo complex weathering factors that can affect their ability to interact with different coexisting environmental contaminants (termed here co-contaminants). In this study, the influence of artificially aging using UV on the sorption of a complex mixture of co-contaminants onto MPs was investigated in order to provide meaningful hypotheses on their individual and combined toxicities on sea urchin embryos. A mixture of artificially aged MPs (PS particles and PA microfibers) combined with 2,2 ' ,4,4 '- tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47), or Cd or Cu, both alone and in a mix, were used to expose embryos of Paracentrotus lividus. The effects of polymer aging on co-contaminants bioavailability were assessed by measuring changes in the transcriptional profile of genes involved in oxidative-stress response and skeletogenic and endo- mesodermal specification. Changes in the sorption ability of MPs to co-contaminants in the aqueous phase highlighted that aging did not affect the sorption of BDE-47 and Cd on MPs, although a certain influence on Cu sorption was found. Despite no morphological effects in embryos at the gastrula stage after MPs/contaminants combinatorial exposure emerged, the greatest influence of the aging process was mainly found for combined exposures which included BDE-47. Finally, the exposure to multiple contaminants generated transcriptional profiles poorly related to those activated by single contaminant, at times suggesting a mixture-dependent different aging influence. These results open new scenarios on the controversial role of vector of co -contaminants for MPs, especially when complex and different types of mixtures were considered.
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