10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.21363168.V1
Joyce Ribeiro Santos-Rasera
Joyce Ribeiro
Santos-Rasera
Rafael Giovanini de Lima
Rafael Giovanini
de Lima
Dejane Santos Alves
Dejane Santos
Alves
Regina Teresa Rosim Monteiro
Regina Teresa Rosim
Monteiro
Hudson Wallace Pereira de Carvalho
Hudson Wallace Pereira
de Carvalho
X-ray spectrometry imaging and chemical speciation assisting to understand the toxic effects of copper oxide nanoparticles on zebrafish (<i>Danio rerio</i>)
<p>Currently, copper nanoparticles are used in various sectors of industry, agriculture, and medicine. To understand the effects induced by these nanoparticles, it is necessary to assess the environmental risk and safely expand their use. In this study, we evaluated the toxicity of copper oxide (nCuO) nanoparticles in <i>Danio rerio</i> adults, their distribution/concentration, and chemical form after exposure. This last assessment had never been performed on copper-exposed zebrafish. Such evaluation was done through the characterization of nCuO, acute exposure tests and analysis of distribution and concentration by microstructure X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (µ-XRF) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (GF-AAS). Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) was performed to find out the chemical form of copper in hotspots. The results show that the toxicity values of fish exposed to nCuO were 2.4 mg L<sup>−1</sup> (25 nm), 12.36 mg L<sup>−1</sup> (40 nm), 149.03 mg L<sup>−1</sup> (80 nm) and 0.62 mg L<sup>−1</sup> (CuSO<sub>4</sub>, used as a positive control). The total copper found in the fish was in the order of mg kg<sup>-1</sup> and it was not directly proportional to the exposure concentration; most of the copper was concentrated in the gastric system. However, despite the existence of copper hotspots, chemical transformation of CuO into other compounds was not detected.</p>
Biophysics
Biochemistry
Space Science
Pharmacology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Ecology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Inorganic Chemistry
Taylor & Francis
2022
2022-10-19
2023-11-10
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10.6084/m9.figshare.21363168
10.1080/17435390.2022.2133646
CC BY 4.0