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Comparative ecotoxicity of polystyrene nanoparticles in natural seawater and reconstituted seawater using the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

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Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Giacomo Grassi, Giacomo Grassi, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Loredana Manfra, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Giacomo Grassi, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi Alice Rotini, Ilaria Corsi Alice Rotini, Alice Rotini, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Loredana Manfra, Claudia Faleri, Claudia Faleri, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Claudia Faleri, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Alice Rotini, Giacomo Grassi, Giacomo Grassi, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Claudia Faleri, Claudia Faleri, Claudia Faleri, Giacomo Grassi, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Giacomo Grassi, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Alice Rotini, Alice Rotini, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Claudia Faleri, Elisa Bergami, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Loredana Manfra, Claudia Faleri, Loredana Manfra, Elisa Bergami, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Claudia Faleri, Claudia Faleri, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Giacomo Grassi, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Loredana Manfra, Ilaria Corsi Loredana Manfra, Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Elisa Bergami, Elisa Bergami, Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi Ilaria Corsi

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Researchers tested how surface charge affects polystyrene nanoplastic toxicity to marine rotifers in both artificial and natural seawater, finding that cationic (positively charged) particles were lethal while anionic ones were not, and that rotifers exposed in natural seawater were less sensitive than those in standardized lab media — raising questions about whether artificial test conditions accurately predict real-world marine hazard.

The impact of nanoplastics using model polystyrene nanoparticles (PS NPs), anionic (PS-COOH) and cationic (PS-NH), has been investigated on the marine rotifer Brachionus plicatilis, a major component of marine zooplanktonic species. The role of different surface charges in affecting PS NP behaviour and toxicity has been considered in high ionic strength media. To this aim, the selected media were standardized reconstituted seawater (RSW) and natural sea water (NSW), the latter resembling more natural exposure scenarios. Hatched rotifer larvae were exposed for 24h and 48h to both PS NPs in the range of 0.5-50μg/ml using PS NP suspensions made in RSW and NSW. No effects on lethality upon exposure to anionic NPs were observed despite a clear gut retention was evident in all exposed rotifers. On the contrary, cationic NPs caused lethality to rotifer larvae but LC values resulted lower in rotifers exposed in RSW (LC=2.75±0.67µg/ml) compared to those exposed in NSW (LC=6.62±0.87µg/ml). PS NPs showed similar pattern of aggregation in both high ionic strength media (RSW and NSW) but while anionic NPs resulted in large microscale aggregates (Z-average 1109 ± 128nm and 998±67nm respectively), cationic NP aggregates were still in nano-size forms (93.99 ± 11.22nm and 108.3 ± 12.79nm). Both PDI and Z-potential of PS NPs slightly differed in the two media suggesting a role of their different surface charges in affecting their behaviour and stability. Our findings confirm the role of surface charges in nanoplastic behaviour in salt water media and provide a first evidence of a different toxicity in rotifers using artificial media (RSW) compared to natural one (NSW). Such evidence poses the question on how to select the best medium in standardized ecotoxicity assays in order to properly assess their hazard to marine life in natural environmental scenarios.

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