Silver NanoparticleAlgae
Interactions: Oxidative
Dissolution, Reactive Oxygen Species Generation and Synergistic Toxic
Effects
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Abstract
The short-term toxicity of citrate-stabilized silver
nanoparticles
(AgNPs) and ionic silver Ag(I) to the ichthyotoxic marine raphidophyte <i>Chattonella marina</i> has been examined using the fluorometric
indicator alamarBlue. Aggregation and dissolution of AgNPs occurred
after addition to GSe medium while uptake of dissolved Ag(I) occurred
in the presence of <i>C. marina</i>. Based on total silver
mass, toxicity was much higher for Ag(I) than for AgNPs. Cysteine,
a strong Ag(I) ligand, completely removed the inhibitory effects of
Ag(I) and AgNPs on the metabolic activity of <i>C. marina</i>, suggesting that the toxicity of AgNPs was due to the release of
Ag(I). Synergistic toxic effects of AgNPs/Ag(I) and <i>C. marina</i> to fish gill cells were observed with these effects possibly attributable
to enhancement in the generation of reactive oxygen species by <i>C. marina</i> on exposure of the organism to silver