Does the exposure to salinity variations and water dispersible carbon nanotubes induce oxidative stress in Hediste diversicolor?

• Published in: Marine environmental research Vol. 141; pp. 186 - 195
• Main Authors: De Marchi, Lucia, Neto, Victor, Pretti, Carlo, Chiellini, Federica, Morelli, Andrea, Soares, Amadeu M.V.M., Figueira, Etelvina, Freitas, Rosa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Animals; Antioxidants; Biota; Carbon; Chemical behavior; Dispersion; Energy metabolism; Energy reserves; Estuaries; Estuarine environments; Exposure; Gravity; Hediste diversicolor; Interception; Metabolism; Multi wall carbon nanotubes; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Nanotubes; Nanotubes, Carbon - toxicity; Neurotoxicity; Organic chemistry; Oxidative metabolism; Oxidative Stress; Polychaeta; Salinity; Salinity effects; Salinity shifts; Sedimentation; Stability; Toxicity; Variation; Water; Water dispersible multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Water Pollutants, Chemical - toxicity; Worms; Water dispersible multi-walled carbon nanotubes; Oxidative stress; Salinity shifts; Hediste diversicolor
• ISSN: 0141-1136; 1879-0291
• DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.08.014

Salinity plays a fundamental role in naturally fluctuating environments such as estuaries influencing physiological and biochemical performance of inhabiting biota. Moreover salinity is considered one of the main factors influencing nanoparticles' stability. Thus, the aim of the present paper was to show the impacts induced by different salinities (control-28 and 21) on the chemical behavior of water dispersible multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNTs-COOH) and the consequent toxicity in the common ragworm Hediste diversicolor, after long term exposure. Results showed a concentration-dependent toxicity in terms of energy reserves and metabolism, oxidative status and neurotoxicity. In addition, under low salinity (21), the toxicity of the carbon NMs was similar to the impacts measured under control (28), although under salinity 28 the concentrations of MWCNTs-COOH used generated greater alterations in LPO levels and antioxidant enzymes (SOD and GPx). These results demonstrate that higher salinity caused the formation of large-size aggregates, which increased the chance of physical retention, such as gravitational sedimentation, interception and straining of f-MWCNTs generating higher cell injuries than the impacts induced in polychaetes sensitivity to these contaminates due to low salinity. [Display omitted] •Dose-dependent toxicity in H. diversicolor exposed to f-MWCNTs at both salinities.•Similar impacts of f-MWCNTs in Hediste diversicolor under salinities 28 and 21.•f-MWCNTs increased the metabolic capacity in polychaetes, both at 28 and 21.•Neurotoxicity occurred in organisms exposed to f-MWCNTs at both salinities.•Under salinity 28, f-MWCNTs generated greater oxidative stress in polychaetes.