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Influence of polyethylene microplastic beads on the uptake and localization of silver in zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Environmental Pollution2015
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Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Nicolas R. Bury,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Farhan R. Khan,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Nicolas R. Bury,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Nicolas R. Bury,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Nicolas R. Bury,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Farhan R. Khan,
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Farhan R. Khan,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Kristian Syberg
Yvonne Shashoua,
Kristian Syberg
Summary
Researchers examined whether polyethylene microplastic beads affected the uptake and localization of silver in zebrafish. The study found that the presence of microplastic beads at various concentrations had no significant effect on silver uptake or distribution in the fish, suggesting that microplastics may not always enhance metal bioavailability under the tested conditions.
This study aimed to determine whether the uptake and localization of Ag in zebrafish was affected by the presence of polyethylene microplastic beads (PE MPBs). Zebrafish were exposed to 1 μg Ag L(-1) (radiolabelled with (110m)Ag) for 4 and 24 h in the presence or absence of PE MPBs (10, 100 or 1000 MPBs mL(-1)), and one treatment in which MPBs (1000 MPBs mL(-1)) were incubated with Ag to promote adsorption. The presence of MPBs, at any of the tested doses, had no effect on the uptake or localization of Ag. However, exposure to the Ag-incubated MPBs (∽75% of the Ag bound to MPBs) significantly reduced Ag uptake at both time points and also significantly increased the proportion of intestinal Ag. This study demonstrates that microplastics can alter the bioavailability and uptake route of a metal contaminant in a model fish species.