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SAFENANO News 2015年6月5日
アフリカ諸国 ナノ安全ネットワークを計画 情報源：SAFENANO News, 31 May 2017 The complex interplay of nanosilver and wheat roots （http://www.safenano.org/news/news-articles/the-complex-interplay-of-nanosilver-and-wheat-roots/） 訳：安間 武 （化学物質問題市民研究会） http://www.ne.jp/asahi/kagaku/pico/ 掲載日：2017年6月11日 このページへのリンク： Scientists have hypothesised that silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) may act as “Trojan horses” entering living organisms and then releasing silver cations (Ag+) over time, causing toxicity. This has been recently proposed as the mechanism by which Ag2S-NPs could be toxic to wheat and cowpea. New work by a team of French scientists evidences a more complex scheme ? although the Trojan horse scenario is very likely to take place. Different reactions of the plant as a function of the initially used silver forms were determined. Data from this study showed drastic different responses of the plant depending upon the starting nanoparticles. The distribution of silver species probably evolves over time, leading to a complex exposition pattern for plants, also exposed to HS- in the case of Ag2S-NPs. The authors suggest that the conflicting results usually seen in the literature concerning the toxicity of silver nanoparticles are generally ascribed to differences in exposure conditions, structural properties of nanoparticles, and plant species. This evolving silver speciation may represent an additional source of variability and conflicting results. Data from this study showed drastically different responses of the plant depending upon the starting nanoparticles, highlighting the importance to include transformed nanoparticles in ecotoxicological studies. Although the uptake and translocation of silver was lower for the Ag2S-NPs exposure compared to the Ag-NP exposure, phytotoxicity symptoms were observed. According to the research team, these results show that the sulfidation of Ag-NPs is not a perfect antidote to toxicity and that Ag2S-NPs are not as stable as expected when exposed to plant roots. In agricultural soils, the rhizospheric activity of plants might partly dissolve Ag2S, causing some impacts on crop quality and yield and, more generally, on ecological services. Results of the study have been published in Environmental Science & Technology. Source: American Chemical Society via Nanowerk |