Abstract
Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), products from modern nanotechnologies, can potentially impact the marine environment to pose serious threats to marine ecosystems. However, the cellular responses of marine phytoplankton to ENPs are still not well established. Here, we investigate four different diatom species (Odontella mobiliensis, Skeletonema grethae, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and one green algae (Dunaliella tertiolecta) for their extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) release under model ENP treatments: 25 nm titanium dioxide (TiO2), 10–20 nm silicon dioxide (SiO2), and 15–30 nm cerium dioxide (CeO2). We found SiO2 ENPs can significantly stimulate EPS release from these algae (200–800%), while TiO2 ENP exposure induced the lowest release. Furthermore, the increase of intracellular Ca2+ concentration can be triggered by ENPs, suggesting that the EPS release process is mediated through Ca2+ signal pathways. With better understanding of the cellular mechanism mediated ENP-induced EPS release, potential preventative and safety measures can be developed to mitigate negative impact on the marine ecosystem.
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Background
Engineered nanoparticles (ENPs), which range in size between 1 and 100 nm (in at least one dimension), are used in the fabrication of numerous consumer goods, including printer inks and paints, detergents, bactericides, coatings, cosmetics, sunscreen lotions, tires, computer construction, and drug delivery. Given the promising application of ENPs, funding for the National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) in the USA alone approached $1.4 billion in 2017 [1,2,3]. Establishing foundational knowledge at the nanoscale was the main focus of the nanotechnology research community in the first phase. As of 2009, this new knowledge underpinned about a quarter of a trillion dollars worldwide market, of which about $91 billion was in US products that incorporate nanoscale components [4]. With the rapid development of nanotechnology, it is inevitable that ENPs will eventually find their way to aquatic systems. The major concern with ENPs in terms of their potential toxicity (e.g., the potential for producing reactive oxygen species, ROS) in the environment is related to their large and unique surface reactivity. However, the actual impact on the marine ecosystem remains largely unknown due to complex environmental and biological factors of natural waters and variety of ENPs [1, 5, 6]. Previous studies have shown that ENPs can cause significant harm to the algae-based marine ecosystem [7, 8]. Marine organisms (particularly phytoplankton) have shown to interact with ENPs leading to negative repercussions [9,10,11]. With the potential increased nanotechnology utilization in diverse fields, more and more ENPs may enter aquatic environments, so the cellular responses of marine phytoplankton to ENPs warrant further attention [12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21].
Most marine microbes, whether auto- or heterotrophic, are generally capable of producing exopolymeric substances (EPS), which have diverse functional roles and physical properties in the marine ecosystem acting as growth inhibitors, growth promoters, toxins, metal scavengers, or as substrates for the heterotrophic cycle [22,23,24,25,26]. EPS released from phytoplankton and bacteria in the ocean are polysaccharide-rich anionic colloidal biopolymers that are critical for the formation of marine gels, marine snow, and biofilms, as well as for colloid and trace element scavenging and for providing protection against various environmental threat, including ENPs [7, 15, 19, 20, 25, 27]. In addition, the secretion of EPS is believed to be a natural response when phytoplankton experience various stress [8].
Ca2+ is a common second messenger involved in a multitude of intracellular signaling pathways. It has been demonstrated that Ca2+ is required for chemotaxis, motility, and adhesion in the diatom Amphora coffeaeformis [28]. Enhanced intracellular free Ca2+ levels are known to lead to the activation of protein kinase C, which is involved in many intracellular signaling pathways [29]. Since the release of EPS is closely related to the motility and adhesion of diatoms, it was proposed that a Ca2+-mediated secretion process controls the release of EPS from diatoms [30], and the direct evidence verifying Ca2+ signaling, exocytosis, and correlating Ca2+ signaling with exocytosis has been reported in our previous study [31]. Past studies have also demonstrated that interactions with ENPs can alter the intracellular Ca2+ pathways, which are essential for cell signaling [29, 32,33,34]. Specific intracellular Ca2+ concentration changes are important in cell signaling and secretion processes; however, there are no reports of titanium dioxide (TiO2), silicon dioxide (SiO2), or cerium dioxide (CeO2) to alter intracellular Ca2+ level in phytoplankton.
In 2013, Quigg et al. [8] summarized the direct and indirect toxic effects of ENPs on algae. In our previous experiments, ENPs were shown to facilitate EPS aggregation [35]. In this regard, EPS may either exacerbate or reduce direct ENP-induced toxicity toward aquatic organisms [7, 15, 36]. However, direct measurement for EPS release from phytoplankton under ENPs stress has never been reported. In this study, the aim is to study the release of EPS from four different diatom species (Odontella mobiliensis, Skeletonema grethae, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, Thalassiosira pseudonana) and one green algae (Dunaliella tertiolecta) under ENP treatments. By understanding underlying mechanisms of ENP-induced EPS-release in phytoplankton, implementation of preventative and safety measures can mitigate potentially detrimental effects toward marine organisms.
Results and Discussions
ENP Characterization
Dynamic laser scattering (DLS) was used to characterize size metrics of the following ENPs suspended in pure water: TiO2, SiO2, and CeO2. The particle size distribution ranged from 7 to 66 nm in TiO2, 9 to 66 nm in SiO2, and 12 to 70 nm in CeO2. Some larger sizes could be due to aggregation or agglomeration while the predominant size for TiO2 is 25 nm, SiO2 is 10 to 20 nm, and CeO2 is 15 to 30 nm, which are consistent with manufacturer’s information (Fig. 1).
ENPs Induce Intracellular Ca2+ Concentration in Phytoplankton
To investigate whether ENPs could induce an increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, phytoplankton cells (OD 600 = 0.8) were loaded with Fluo-4AM dye and exposed to 1 mg/ml of 25 nm TiO2, 10–20 nm SiO2, and 15–30 nm CeO2 ENPs respectively. The change in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, as represented by the fluorescence intensity within phytoplankton cells, was monitored for 150 s. Figure 2a–e show that 1 mg/ml of three respective ENPs increased Ca2+ concentration in SiO2 by approximately 50–300%, TiO2 by approximately 40%, and CeO2 by approximately 150–200%, while the control conditions (L1 medium) remained unchanged. The results show ENPs can induced significant intracellular Ca2+ responses in phytoplankton and suggest that phytoplankton respond to distinct ENPs through Ca2+ signaling pathways. Our data indicates only minor changes in intracellular Ca2+ levels when TiO2 is present, potentially attributed to substantial phytoplankton cell death from TiO2-induced toxicity [37, 38]. In our previous study, TiO2 prompted increase in the intracellular Ca2+ concentration [34] alongside significant cell apoptosis [39]. However, SiO2 surprisingly showed the most obvious intracellular Ca2+ increase for all phytoplankton species, while CeO2 can only trigger an intermediate intracellular Ca2+ concentration increase. Previous research suggested potential of high CeO2 concentrations (> 50 mg/ml) to induce intracellular oxidative stress and elevation of intracellular Ca2+ levels, though effects were small, and supported our finding [40]. We also measured the zeta potential of each ENPs in artificial seawater to address the potential effect may cause by the surface charge; however, the value was low. The measurement indicated the ENPs are considered approximately neutral [41] (Additional file 1: Supplement data). This served as the first report wherein disparate ENPs were found to induce intracellular Ca2+ concentration changes in specific phytoplankton, ultimately paving a new avenue for future research.
ENP-Induced EPS Release in Phytoplankton
Enzyme-linked lectin assay (ELLA) was used to assess the amount of EPS release from phytoplankton cells when stimulated with TiO2, SiO2, and CeO2 ENPs, concentration range from 1 μg/ml to 5 mg/ml based on previous studies for TiO2 [42, 43] and CeO2 [44,45,46]. EPS secretion was normalized to total phytoplankton DNA amount (Additional file 1: Supplement data) in order to have an equal base for comparison. Compared with the control, we found that 10–20 nm SiO2 is able to increase EPS release by up to 550% in Dunaliella, 500% in Thalassiosira, 1000% in Skeletonema, 400% in Odontella, and 900% in Phaeodactylum (Fig. 3). When the phytoplankton species were exposed to TiO2, there was no strong effect on EPS secretion, as only Skeletonema and Phaeodactylum showed significant changes. EPS release data are thus consistent with our intracellular Ca2+ concentration results. TiO2 did not present a significant impact on the production of EPS, similar to the fact that intracellular Ca+2 concentrations showed very limit changes due to the toxicity of TiO2 to phytoplankton. The production and residues of ROS can lead to many complications such as apoptosis in the phytoplankton [47,48,49]. In the CeO2 treatment, results showed minor effect in Dunaliella, Skeletonema, Odontella, and Phaeodactylum. However, SiO2 showed the most significant EPS induction in Thalassiosira pseudonana (around 600%) and Skeletonema grethae (around 1000–1500%). These data indicate that different ENPs can induce specific EPS release from phytoplankton, and intracellular Ca2+ changes also match EPS release results. By assessing the changes in intracellular Ca2+ concentration, it is evident that there is a direct connection in the Ca2+ cellular pathways in which ENPs evoke the EPS secretion from phytoplankton. The observation here is in agreement with our previous studies based on Phaeocystis EPS release [31]. The results provide direct evidence that phytoplankton can detect and distinguish ENPs responding with different EPS release regulated by Ca2+ cellular pathways.
The use of ELLA allowed us to determine the release of EPS via the interactions of the phytoplankton with the ENPs. Our results indicate that EPS secretion was significantly increased as the phytoplankton interacted with SiO2 for Dunaliella tertiolecta, Thalassiosira pseudonana, and Skeletonema grethae. It appears that these diatoms are primed to recognize SiO2 particles. However, in Phaeodactylum tricornutum, a strong EPS secretion was not found. This difference represents EPS release triggered by ENPs dependents on the phytoplankton species and ENPs concentration (Fig. 3). In a previous study, oil spills caused large marine microbial EPS releases that were proposed to counteract the negative consequence of oil spills [50]. In addition, Boglaienko, and Tansel found that SiO2 particles was able to remove oil aggregates efficiently [51]. Our finding provides a new potential mechanism wherein low toxicity SiO2 particles can induce EPS release from specific phytoplankton, potentially facilitating oil-spill removal by promoting EPS aggregation. Cerium dioxide has never been reported to disturb phytoplankton-based marine ecosystems. Results here showed CeO2 ENPs can impact all phytoplankton here except Thalassiosira pseudonana. CeO2 ENPs may, like SiO2, have the ability to boost EPS release from particular phytoplankton for oil mitigation applications.
Conclusions
The ENP-marine environment interaction is becoming increasingly critical due to current and future discharges of nanomaterials. Here, we demonstrate enhanced EPS secretion as one of the major effects of ENPs to phytoplankton. We also provide evidence that different phytoplankton can respond differently to various ENP stresses by regulating Ca2+ pathways. However, a complete assessment of ENPs to marine ecosystem would need further investigations to provide detailed knowledge and understanding of the interactions between nanomaterials and marine organisms.
Methods
Phytoplankton Culture
Batch cultures of Odontella mobiliensis (CCMP597), Dunaliella tertiolecta (UTEX999), Skeletonema grethae (CCMP775), Phaeodactylum tricornutum (UTEX646), Thalassiosira pseudonana (Provasoli - Guillard marine phytoplankton culture collection, West Boothbay Harbor, MN, USA) were grown in L1 marine medium (Sigma, MO, USA) on a 14:10 (light: dark) cycle at 100 μmol m−2 s−1 and 24 °C under axenic conditions. Growth phase of the culture was determined by cell counting with a hemocytometer.
Nanoparticles and Characterization
All ENPs, TiO2, SiO2, CeO2 (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA), were sonicated in pure water before usage. ENPs were reconstituted with filtered L1 medium (Sigma, MO, USA) before being tested. The size of ENPs was independently confirmed using homodyne dynamics laser scattering (DLS). Briefly, seawater samples were refiltered through a 0.22-μm Millipore membrane (pre-washed with 0.1N HCl) and poured directly into five 10 ml scattering cells that were then positioned in the goniometer of a Brookhaven BI-200SM laser spectrometer (Brookhaven Instruments, NY, USA). The autocorrelation function of the scattering intensity fluctuations detected at a 45° angle was processed on line by a Brookhaven BI 9000ATautocorrelator, and particle size distribution was calculated by the CONTIN method (Provencher, 1982). Results from each sample were collected in triplicate right after sonication. Calibration of the DLS spectrometer was conducted using standard suspensions of monodisperse latex microspheres (Polysciences, PA, USA).
ENP Treatment
The phytoplankton cells were cultured in a 96-well plate with L1 medium for 24 h. Cells were treated with ENP stocks: 5 mg/ml and 1 mg/ml, 0.5 mg/ml, 0.1 mg/ml, 10 μg/ml, 1 μg/ml of the TiO2, SiO2, and CeO2 (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA) or L1 medium (control) for 48 h. The supernatant containing secreted EPS was collected and briefly centrifuged at 4000 rpm to remove the residual ENPs. This protocol was adapted from our previous publication [34]. The concentration range used here is not intended to represent or mimic the current ENP levels in the environment but aims to assess the full potential impact of ENPs on marine phytoplankton and investigate the associate cellular mechanisms. As a promising emergent nanomaterial, ENPs have not yet reached their full commercial capacity. Detailed assessment of their complete ecological impacts is much needed before ENPs enter commercial and household product market to introduce more ENPs into the ocean.
Enzyme-Linked Lectin Assay (ELLA)
The supernatant containing secreted polysaccharide was collected and briefly centrifuged at 1700 rcf (Megafuge 1.0R) to remove the residual ENPs. The supernatant was then incubated in a 96 well (Nunc MaxiSorp, VWR, CA, USA) plate overnight at 4 °C. Afterwards the 96-well plate was washed with PBST (PBS + 0.05% Tween-20) and PBS and then blocked with 1% BSA. The 96-well plate was washed again with PBST and PBS and incubated with lectin (Concanavalin A, ConA) (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA), conjugated to horseradish peroxidase (HRP; 5 mg/ml) (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA), at 37 °C for 1 h. The substrate, 3,39,5,59-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB; Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA), was added to each well at room temperature followed by H2SO4 (Sigma-Aldrich, MO, USA) in order to terminate the reaction. The optical density was measured at 450 nm by PerkinElmer VICTOR3 (MA, USA). This protocol was adapted from our previous publication [34, 52].
DNA Determination
The pellet containing phytoplankton was collected and obtained the ZR-96 Quick-gDNA kit (ZYMO Research, CA, USA). In brief, 4× lysis buffer was used to break phytoplankton cells and flow through the DNA binding column, eluted by elution buffer in the end. DNA concentrations were measured by NanoDrop ND-1000 (Thermo, CA, USA). Protocol was adapted from manufactured kit protocol.
Measurements of Intracellular Ca2+ Concentrations Induced by ENPs
The phytoplankton cells were then loaded with a Fluo-4AM dye (1 mM) (Kd = 335 nM, λEx = 494 nm, and λEm = 506 nm, ThermoFisher, CA, USA) for 60 min [31]. After the dye loading, the phytoplankton cells were rinsed, incubated with L1 medium, and treated with the 1 mg/ml TiO2, SiO2, and CeO2 respectively. All calcium signaling experiments were carried out on a Nikon microscope (Nikon Eclipse TE2000-U, Tokyo, Japan). Protocol and conditions were adapted from previous publications [31, 34].
Zeta Potential of ENP Measurement
To measure the surface charges of ENPs, the zeta potential (ζ) of ENPs was measured with a Zetasizer Nano ZS, Malvern, in the presence of artificial seawater at 25 °C. After the data were collected from each sample, the recorded values were averaged.
Statistical Analysis
The data is reported as means ± SD. Each experiment was performed independently at least three times. Histograms were made by GraphPad Prism 6.0. (GraphPad Software, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA).
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Chiu, MH., Khan, Z.A., Garcia, S.G. et al. Effect of Engineered Nanoparticles on Exopolymeric Substances Release from Marine Phytoplankton. Nanoscale Res Lett 12, 620 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s11671-017-2397-x
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