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Biokinetics of fluorophore-conjugated polystyrene microplastics in marine mussels
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Researchers studied the biokinetics of fluorophore-labeled polystyrene microplastics in marine mussels, finding size-dependent tissue absorption and clearance rates that inform understanding of how microplastics accumulate in commercially harvested bivalves.
Biokinetic information on microplastics in bivalves is required to reduce the human exposure, but little is known about the time-course and size effect on tissue absorption and clearance. The biokinetics of fluorophore-labeled polystyrene microbeads with diameters 10 µm (PL10) and 90 µm (PL90) in Mytilus galloprovincialis marine mussels was investigated in the present study. It was found that both PL10 and PL90 showed a biphasic tissue distribution pattern in digestive and non-digestive tissues, highlighting the significant tissue distribution starting from 48 h post-treatment. The differential size effect on tissue distribution was observed only in the gills, which suggests that PL10 accumulates more than PL90. The depuration kinetics show that particles of both sizes can be cleared in any tissue, but non-digestive tissue requires a longer duration for depuration than digestive tissue. The differential size effect on depuration was observed for both digestive and non-digestive tissues, suggesting that PL10 needed a longer duration for depuration than PL90. More than seven days were needed for depuration of microplastics in mussels, which is an exceptionally longer period compared to conventional depuration of bivalves. The most significant improvement of this study is providing the biokinetics of two different-sized microplastics in mussels and the differential time for purging microplastics from mussels.
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