Strategies for robust and accurate experimental approaches to quantify nanomaterial bioaccumulation across a broad range of organisms

Petersen, Elijah J.; Mortimer, Monika; Burgess, Robert M.; Handy, Richard; Hanna, Shannon; Ho, Kay T.; Johnson, Monique; Loureiro, Susana; Selck, Henriette; Scott-Fordsmand, Janeck J.; Spurgeon, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3264-8760; Unrine, Jason; van den Brink, Nico W.; Wang, Ying; White, Jason; Holden, Patricia. 2019 Strategies for robust and accurate experimental approaches to quantify nanomaterial bioaccumulation across a broad range of organisms. Environmental Science: Nano, 6 (6). 1619-1656. 10.1039/C8EN01378K

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Abstract/Summary

One of the key components for environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is data on bioaccumulation potential. Accurately measuring bioaccumulation can be critical for regulatory decision-making regarding material hazard and risk, and for understanding the mechanism of toxicity. This perspective provides expert guidance for performing ENM bioaccumulation measurements across a broad range of test organisms and species. To accomplish this aim, we critically evaluated ENM bioaccumulation within three categories of organisms: single-celled species, multicellular species excluding plants, and multicellular plants. For aqueous exposures of suspended single-celled and small multicellular species, it is critical to perform a robust procedure to separate suspended ENMs and small organisms to avoid overestimating bioaccumulation. For many multicellular organisms, it is essential to differentiate between the ENMs adsorbed to external surfaces or in the digestive tract and the amount absorbed across epithelial tissues. For multicellular plants, key considerations include how exposure route and the role of the rhizosphere may affect the quantitative measurement of uptake, and that the efficiency of washing procedures to remove loosely attached ENMs to the roots is not well understood. Within each organism category, case studies are provided to illustrate key methodological considerations for conducting robust bioaccumulation experiments for different species within each major group. The full scope of ENM bioaccumulation measurements and interpretations are discussed including conducting the organism exposure, separating organisms from the ENMs in the test media after exposure, analytical methods to quantify ENMs in the tissues or cells, and modeling the ENM bioaccumulation results. One key finding to improve bioaccumulation measurements was the critical need for further analytical method development to identify and quantify ENMs in complex matrices. Overall, the discussion, suggestions, and case studies described herein will help improve the robustness of ENM bioaccumulation studies.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1039/C8EN01378K
UKCEH and CEH Sections/Science Areas:	Pollution (Science Area 2017-)
ISSN:	2051-8153
NORA Subject Terms:	Ecology and Environment
Date made live:	16 Jul 2019 10:17 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/524309

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