Toxicological effect of MPA–CdSe QDs exposure on zebrafish embryo and larvae

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ToxicologicaleffectofMPA–CdSeQDsexposureonzebrafishembryoandlarvae

WeiZhanga,b,c,⇑,KuangfeiLina,b,c,⇑,XueSuna,b,c,QiaoxiangDongd,ChangjiangHuangd,HuiliWangd,

MeijinGuoe,XinhongCuif

aStateEnvironmentalProtectionKeyLaboratoryofEnvironmentalRiskAssessmentandControlonChemicalProcess,EastChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Shanghai200237,PRChinabShanghaiKeyLaboratoryofFunctionalMaterialsChemistry,EastChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Shanghai200237,PRChinacSchoolofResourceandEnvironmentalEngineering,EastChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Shanghai200237,PRChinadZhejiangProvincialKeyLabforTechnologyandApplicationofModelOrganisms,WenzhouMedicalCollege,Wenzhou325035,PRChinaeStateKeyLaboratoryofBioreactorEngineering,EastChinaUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Shanghai200237,PRChinafShanghaiInstituteofLandscapeGardening,Shanghai200233,PRChina

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Articlehistory:Received3October2011Receivedinrevisedform11March2012Accepted4April2012Availableonline15May2012

Keywords:MPA–CdSeQDsZebrafishembryoZebrafishlarvaeDevelopmentaltoxicityBehavioraltoxicityabstract

Cadmiumselenium(CdSe)quantumdots(QDs)aresemiconductornanocrystalsthatholdwiderangeofapplicationsandsubstantialproductionvolumes.Duetouniquecompositionandnanoscaleproperties,theirpotentialtoxicitytoaquaticorganismshasincreasinglygainedagreatamountofinterest.However,theimpactofCdSeQDsexposureonzebrafishembryoandlarvaeremainsalmostunknown.Therefore,thelabstudywasperformedtodeterminethedevelopmentalandbehavioraltoxicitiestozebrafishundercontinuousexposuretolowlevelCdSeQDs(0.05–31.25mgLÀ1)coatedwithmercaptopropionicacid(MPA).TheresultsshowedMPA–CdSeexposurefromembryotolarvaestageaffectedoverallfitness.Ourfindingsforthefirsttimerevealedthat:(1)The120hLC50ofMPA–CdSeforzebrafishwas1.98mgLÀ1;(2)embryosexposedtoMPA–CdSeresultedinmalformationsincidenceandlowerhatchrate;(3)abnormalvascularofFLI-1transgeniczebrafishlarvaeappearedafterexposuretoMPA–CdSeincludingvascularjunction,bifurcation,crossingandparticleappearance;(4)larvaebehaviorassessmentshowedduringMPA–CdSeexposurearapidtransitionfromlight-to-darkelicitedasimilar,briefburstandahigherbasalswimmingrate;(5)MPA–CdSeinducedembryoscellapoptosisintheheadandtailregion.ResultsoftheobservationsprovideabasicunderstandingofMPA–CdSetoxicitytoaquaticorganismsandsuggesttheneedforadditionalresearchtoidentifythetoxicologicalmechanism.Ó2012ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

1.Introduction

Quantumdots(QDs)holdconsiderablepromiseduringthelast

decadesinsolarcell,electronics,lifesciences,biomedicalimaging,

diagnostics,andphotovoltaicsapplicationsbecauseoftheirphysi-

calsize,brightfluorescence,narrowemissionspectra,broad

absorptioncoefficientsspectra,andhighphotostability(Chanand

Nie,1998;Jretal.,1998;Wangetal.,2004;Michaletetal.,

2005;BhattandTripathi,2011).QDscoresconsistofavarietyof

metalcomplexes,whichmayexertdetrimentalconsequencesnot

onlybytheirnanoscalepropertiesbutalsobychemicalinterac-

tionswithcellsatrelativelylowconcentrations.Torenderthem

biologicallycompatible/active,newlysynthesizedQDsaregiven

secondarycoatings,whichimproveswatersolubility,coredurabil-

ity,andsuspensioncharacteristics(Lovricetal.,2005;Medintz

etal.,2005;Wangetal.,2008).However,QDswithvariousorganiccoatingswouldbesubjecttomodificationordegradationunder

environmentalconditions,andhencewouldbecometoxic(Kim

etal.,2010).

Cadmiumselenium(CdSe)QDsaresemiconductornanocrystals

thatholdwiderangeofapplicationsandsubstantialproduction

volumes.Initialreportssuggesteddihydrolipoicacid-cappedCdSe

QDslackedtoxicitytowardmammalian(HeLa)andslimemold

(AX2)cells(Jaiswaletal.,2003).However,subsequentstudieson

surface-coatedCdSeQDsdemonstratedsometoxicityinvarious

celllines(Derfusetal.,2004;Kimetal.,2010).CdSeQDsare

increasinglyfoundinenvironmentalwatersamplesviawaste

streamsfromindustriesthatsynthesizeoruseCdSeandthrough

clinicalandresearchuses(Aitkenetal.,2006;Hardman,2006).

However,theimpactofCdSeQDsexposureonwaterenvironment

remainslargelyunknown.Therefore,thereisanurgentneedto

determinetheCdSeQDsinducedecotoxicologicaleffectstoaquatic

organismsandtoidentifyconvenientbiomarkersforearly

signaling.

Thepotentialtoxicityofengineerednanoparticles(NPs)to

aquaticorganismsispoorlyunderstood(Buffetetal.,2011).In

0045-6535/$-seefrontmatterÓ2012ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.04.012⇑Correspondingauthors.Address:Box563,130MeilongRoad,Shanghai200237,PRChina.Tel.:+862164253244;fax:+862164253988.E-mailaddresses:wzhang@ecust.edu.cn(W.Zhang),kflin@ecust.edu.cn(K.

Lin).Chemosphere89(2012)52–59

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