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Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Induce DNA Damage in Sand Dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis Sperm
Summary
Researchers investigated the genotoxic effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on sand dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis sperm using comet assay, finding that both ZnO NPs and zinc ions at concentrations of 20-200 ug/L caused DNA damage reaching approximately 6-7% DNA in the comet tail, with distinct dose-response patterns between the two forms.
Products containing nanomaterials are becoming more and more common in everyday life. Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), meanwhile, are among the most widely used NPs. However, their genotoxic effect on the germ products of marine organisms is poorly understood. Therefore, the effects of ZnO NPs and zinc ions (20, 50, 100, 200 µg/L) on the sperm of sand dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis were compared. Comet assay showed that both tested pollutants caused an increase in DNA damage to 6.57 ± 2.41 and 7.42 ± 0.88% DNA in the comet tail, for zinc ions and ZnO NPs, respectively. Additionally, a different pattern was shown by the increase in DNA damage, with increasing concentration of pollutants, in different experimental groups.
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