Diving into the metabolic interactions of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in "Sparus aurata" and "Ruditapes philippinarum"?Show others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: Environmental Pollution, ISSN 0269-7491, E-ISSN 1873-6424, Vol. 360, article id 124665Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
The biological response to nanomaterials exposure depends on their properties, route of exposure, or model organism. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are among the most used nanomaterials; however, concerns related to oxidative stress and metabolic effects resulting from their ingestion are rising. Therefore, in the present work, we addressed the metabolic effects of citrate-coated 45 nm TiO2 NPs combining bioaccumulation, tissue ultrastructure, and proteomics approaches on gilthead seabream, Sparus aurata and Japanese carpet shell, Ruditapes philippinarum. Sparus aurata was exposed through artificially contaminated feeds, while R. philippinarum was exposed using TiO2 NPs-doped microalgae solutions. The accumulation of titanium and TiO2 NPs in fish liver is associated with alterations in hepatic tissue structure, and alteration to the expression of proteins related to lipid and fatty acid metabolism, lipid breakdown for energy, lipid transport, and homeostasis. While cellular structure alterations and the expression of proteins were less affected than in gilthead seabream, atypical gill cilia and microvilli and alterations in metabolic-related proteins were also observed in the bivalve. Overall, the effects of TiO2 NPs exposure through feeding appear to stem from various interactions with cells, involving alterations in key metabolic proteins, and changes in cell membranes, their structures, and organelles. The possible appearance of metabolic disorders and the environmental risks to aquatic organisms posed by TiO2 NPs deserve further study.
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ELSEVIER SCI LTD , 2024. Vol. 360, article id 124665
Keywords [en]
Aquaculture; Aquatic organisms; Liver; Metabolism; Nanomaterials; Proteome
National Category
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-207185DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124665ISI: 001293579300001PubMedID: 39116928OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-207185DiVA, id: diva2:1894939
Note
Funding Agencies|Portuguese Foundation for the Sci-ence and Technology (FCT) [UIDB/04423/2020, UIDP/04423/2020]; Scientific Employment Stimulus Program [2023.06491, CEE-CIND/03767/2018, 2020.04021]; European Union - Interreg POCTEP [07-12-ACUINA-NO_1_E]
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