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Combined Effects of Microplastics and Benzo[a]pyrene on the Marine Diatom Chaetoceros muelleri

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作者: Su, Yuanyuan 1 ; Qi, Huaiyuan 1 ; Hou, Yipeng 1 ; Gao, Mengyi 1 ; Li, Jie 1 ; Cai, Minggang 3 ; Zhu, Xiaoshan 4 ; Chen, Miao 2 ; Ge, Chengjun 1 ; Fu, Dongdong 1 ; Wang, Zezheng 1 ; Peng, Licheng 1 ;

作者机构: 1.Hainan Univ, Key Lab Agroforestry Environm Proc & Ecol Regulat, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

2.Hainan Univ, Coll Ecol & Environm, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

3.Xiamen Univ, State Key Lab Marine Environm Sci, Xiamen, Peoples R China

4.Tsinghua Univ, Inst Ocean Engn, Tsinghua Shenzhen Int Grad Sch, Shenzhen, Peoples R China

5.Chinese Acad Trop Agr Sci, Environm & Plant Protect Inst, Hainan Key Lab Trop Ecocircular Agr, Haikou, Hainan, Peoples R China

6.Hainan Danzhou Trop Agroecosyst Natl Observat & R, Danzhou, Peoples R China

关键词: microplastics; benzo[a]pyrene; Chaetoceros muelleri; combined toxicity; oxidative stress

期刊名称:FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE ( 影响因子:5.247; 五年影响因子:5.72 )

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年卷期: 2022 年 8 卷

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Microplastics are regarded as ubiquitous pollutants in the ocean and have attracted worldwide concerns. Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P), one of typical polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), is commonly detected in marine environment. Once coexisted, the microplastics and B[a]P may interact with each other and result in combined toxicity to organisms, and these remain to be systematically elucidated. Thus, this study aims to investigate (i) the effects of single micro-sized polystyrene (mPS), polyethylene terephthalate (mPET), and B[a]P on cell growth of Chaetoceros muelleri; and (ii) the interaction of microplastics and B[a]P, and their combined effects on C. muelleri. The results showed that both single microplastics and B[a]P at a high concentration of 150 mu g/L inhibited the growth of C. muelleri. For single treatment of microplastics, stronger inhibition effects on microalgae was caused by mPET than that of mPS, with the highest IR of 25.23 and 11.17%, respectively. This may be attributed to the obvious surface roughness of mPET. By comparison, the combined effects of microplastics and B[a]P significantly inhibited the growth of C. muelleri as compared with the single treatment of B[a]P (P < 0.05). Synergistic effect was found in the combination of microplastics with B[a]P at high concentrations of 150 mu g/L. Interestingly, the antagonistic effect on C. muelleri was observed in the combined treatment of microplastics and B[a]P at low concentrations of 10 mu g/L. In addition, the pollutants reduced the content of photosynthetic pigments in microalgal cells. The SOD and MDA content of microalgae increased in the early stage of exposure to pollutants (e.g., Days 1 and 5), but decreased in the later stage (Day 15) compared with the control group. The decreased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activity in single and composite systems may indicate that the antioxidative enzymatic system of microalgae has been inhibited or destroyed. This study will be helpful to further explore the ecological threats of microplastics and PAHs to the marine ecosystem.

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