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Aggregation Reverses the Carrier Effects of TiO2 Nanoparticles on Cadmium Accumulation in the Waterflea Daphnia magna Ling-Yan Tan, Bin Huang, Shen Xu, Zhongbo Wei, Liuyan Yang, and Ai-Jun Miao Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03951 • Publication Date (Web): 16 Dec 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on December 18, 2016
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Aggregation Reverses the Carrier Effects of TiO2 Nanoparticles
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Ling-Yan Tan, Bin Huang, Shen Xu, Zhong-Bo Wei, Liu-Yan Yang, Ai-Jun Miao*
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State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment,
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ABSTRACT: Our previous study reported that the Ca-dependent aggregation of
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polyacrylate-coated TiO2 nanoparticles (PAA-TiO2-NPs) determines their routes of uptake by
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the waterflea Daphnia magna. Besides the effects of aggregation on NP bioaccumulation,
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how this process may influence the bioavailability of NP-adsorbed pollutants remains
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obscure. In the present study, the aggregation of PAA-TiO2-NPs was also adjusted through Ca.
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Then the accumulation and toxicity of Cd in D. magna were investigated in the presence and
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absence of the NPs. Although PAA-TiO2-NPs ameliorated Cd toxicity at both low and high
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Ca concentrations, the underlying mechanisms differed completely. At low Ca, the metal-NP
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complexes were accumulated by endocytosis and passive drinking, with both pollutants
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distributed throughout the daphnid. Nevertheless, Cd accumulation was reduced due to its
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rapid dissociation from the NPs during the endocytosis of the metal-NP complexes. At high
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Ca, the metal-NP complexes were actively ingested, Cd accumulation was induced, and both
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pollutants were concentrated in the daphnid gut. The aggregation-dependent effects of
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PAA-TiO2-NPs on Cd bioaccumulation were further evidenced by the distinct patterns of
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metal efflux from D. magna at different Ca concentrations. Overall, Cd adsorption by
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PAA-TiO2-NPs may either increase or reduce its bioaccumulation, as determined by the
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aggregation of the NPs.
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INTRODUCTION
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With the rapid development of nanotechnology, an increasing number of engineered
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nanoparticles (NPs) would be released into aquatic ecosystems. Consequently, the last decade
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has witnessed the exponential growth of nanotoxicological research in phytoplankton,
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zooplankton, fish, and other aquatic organisms.1-3 However, most studies have focused on the
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toxicity of NPs alone, whereas in the environment they interact with trace metals, organic
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pollutants, and other polluting and non-polluting compounds. The nature of these interactions
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and their influence on the behavior and effects of the individual components remain largely
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unknown. Based on limited studies, NPs increase the bioavailability and toxicity of trace
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metals (or metalloids) in most cases. For instance, CdTe quantum dots facilitate Cu
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accumulation in zebrafish with synergistic toxicity developing during joint exposure.4 Sun et
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al.5 found that arsenite oxidation is induced by TiO2-NPs and so is its accumulation in carp
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(Cyprinus carpio). Moreover, TiO2-NPs pre-accumulated in the gut of the waterflea Daphnia
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magna were also shown to enhance the subsequent accumulation and toxicity of Cd and Zn in
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this organism.6 The complexity of NP and metal interactions was further demonstrated by
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Rosenfeldt et al.7 They reported that TiO2-NPs (P25) increase Ag toxicity while reducing As
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and Cu toxicity in D. magna. The postulated mechanism underlying these metal-specific
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toxicity responses to NPs was that As and Cu have a stronger binding affinity with TiO2-NPs
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as compared to Ag. Therefore, more Ag was liberated from the NPs after the accumulation of
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the metal-NP complexes in the gastrointestinal tract of D. magna.
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In the metal-NP interaction studies mentioned above, the aqueous suspensions of the
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NPs were mostly unstable and the particles tended to form micrometer- or
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submicrometer-sized aggregates in the experimental medium. Despite the increased
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application of well-dispersed NPs in a variety of areas,8 their effects on the accumulation and
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toxicity of trace metals remain unclear. Polyacrylate-coated TiO2-NPs (PAA-TiO2-NPs) were
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well dispersed in a variety of experimental media (e.g., WC and Dryl’s media) and showed no
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toxicity to the organisms (Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Tetrahymena thermophila) used in
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our previous studies.9, 10 These particles could not be taken up by the green alga C. reinhardtii
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because of their interception by the cell wall.9 Under this condition, PAA-TiO2-NPs 4
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decreased the ambient concentration of free Cd ion by more than 90% in most cases through
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surface adsorption, thereby reducing metal accumulation and toxicity. Nevertheless, Cd
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toxicity to C. reinhardtii in the presence of PAA-TiO2-NPs could still be well-described using
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the free ion activity model (FIAM).11 Unlike C. reinhardtii, the protozoan T. thermophila
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could endocytose PAA-TiO2-NPs directly,10 such that the NPs serve as carriers of Cd,
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increase its accumulation and toxicity. For multicellular organisms, their interactions with
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NPs and trace metals are no doubt much more complex, especially considering the fact that
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NPs of different aggregation states may have completely different uptake routes. In our
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previous study,12 the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs at the low Ca concentration (0.2 mM)
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were found to be taken up by D. magna through endocytosis and passive drinking. Under this
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condition, the NPs were distributed throughout the daphnid. By contrast, micrometer-sized
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aggregates were formed at the high Ca concentration (2.0 mM). In this case, PAA-TiO2-NPs
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were actively ingested and predominantly concentrated in the daphnid gut. Besides the effects
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of aggregation on NP uptake route in D. magna, how this process may influence the
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accumulation and toxicity of trace metals, as adsorbed on the surfaces of the NPs, remains
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unexplored. Therefore, in the present study, we compared the toxicity of Cd to D. magna in
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the presence and absence of the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs and their micrometer-sized
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aggregates. The aggregation of the NPs were adjusted through the ambient concentration of
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Ca ([Ca]dis, 0.2 mM vs. 2.0 mM), similar to what was described in Tan et al.11 The uptake and
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efflux of Cd and PAA-TiO2-NPs by D. magna were also investigated and the distributions of
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both pollutants in the daphnid were determined, using synchrotron radiation based micro
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X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (µXRF). Our results provide insights into the underlying
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mechanisms how Ca-dependent aggregation of NPs may influence their carrier effects on
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trace metal accumulation and toxicity, and shed new light on the role of NPs in trace-metal
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Organisms and PAA-TiO2-NPs. The cladoceran Daphnia magna and its algal foods
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(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Scenedesmus obliquus) were obtained from the Institute of
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Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science. D. magna was raised in aerated tap water at a 5
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density of one individual per 10 mL of water. The daphnids were fed daily with an algal
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mixture of C. reinhardtii (2.5×104 cells/mL) and Scenedesmus obliquus (6×104 cells/mL).
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The diet was doubled when D. magna was older than 3 d; the culture medium was refreshed
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every other day. Daphnids in the stock culture and in all experiments described below were
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maintained at 24 oC on a 12:12 h light-dark cycle with an irradiance of 30 µmol photons/m2/s.
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In all of the experiments described below, seven-day-old daphnids were selected as the
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organism of interest and a simplified Elendt M7 medium (SM7)13 was adopted as the basis of
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all exposure media for better management of Cd speciation.
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The PAA-TiO2-NPs used herein were the same as those employed in a previous study
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by our group10. The particles are coated with hydrophilic sodium polyacrylate (74% of total
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weight), resulting in a primary particle size of 1-10 nm. Their size distribution in the
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experimental medium was analyzed using a dynamic light scattering particle sizer (DLS,
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ZetaPALS, Brookhaven Instruments, NY, USA). A solid state laser (35 mW) with a
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wavelength of 660 nm served as the light source of DLS and the scattering light was detected
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at an angle of 90o (recording time = 2 min).
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Toxicity Testing. Four 24-h toxicity tests were carried out in the experimental medium
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containing 0.2 or 2.0 mM Ca and 0 or 4 mg-Ti/L PAA-TiO2-NPs but without any addition of
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algal foods. The nominal total Cd concentration in the medium ([Cd]T) was 0, 10, 20, 50, 100,
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200, and 300 µg/L, with triplicate samples established for each toxicity test. The daphnids
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were first allowed to evacuate their guts for 1 h in SM7 in the absence of PAA-TiO2-NPs, Cd,
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or algal foods. They were subsequently transferred to the toxicity medium with 20 daphnids
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in each replicate and their immobilization was examined every 3 h over the course of the
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experiment. At the end of the toxicity tests, all the daphnids of each replicate were taken out,
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evenly divided into two groups, and were digested in HNO3 (for Cd) or (NH4)2SO4 and
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H2SO4 (for Ti) following the methods described by Yang et al.10 The Ti and Cd
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concentrations in the D. magna samples were then quantified by graphite furnace atomic
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absorption spectrophotometry (GFAAS, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, MA) and
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inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS, NexION 300, PerkinElmer, MA),
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also measured at the beginning and end of each experiment. In the meantime, the adsorption
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of Cd on PAA-TiO2-NPs was determined using a 10 kilo dalton (kD) ultracentrifuge filter
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with a pore size of approximately 1 nm (PALL Nanosep series).9
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Forty-Eight Hour Accumulation Experiment. The 180 daphnids in each of the three
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replicates were exposed to Cd (10 µg/L) and PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) with [Ca]dis of 0.2
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and 2.0 mM, respectively. After 0.25, 0.5, 1, 3, 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 h of exposure, 20
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daphnids were collected from each replicate and the accumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd
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was measured, similar to the toxicity experiment described above. Considering the relatively
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low concentration of Cd used in the experiments, its enriched isotope (Cd-111, atomic
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percent 96.4%, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN) was employed as the sole source of
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added Cd to discriminate its uptake from the background.
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Six-Hour Uptake Experiment. Similar to the 48-h accumulation experiment, D.
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magna was exposed to Cd (10 µg/L) and PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) at both [Ca]dis.
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However, the duration of this experiment was shortened to 6 h, with samples collected at 0.5,
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1, 2, 3, and 6 h. At each time point, the bioaccumulation of Cd and PAA-TiO2-NPs was
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quantified. This experiment was performed at 24 and 4 oC to determine how inhibiting
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endocytosis (4
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bioaccumulation. In the latter treatment, the uptake medium was pre-equilibrated at 4 oC
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overnight before its addition of daphnids and the subsequent uptake was also performed at
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this temperature.
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Efflux Experiment. At each of the two Ca concentrations, 120 daphnids prepared in
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triplicate samples were exposed to Cd (10 µg/L) with or without the addition of
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PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) for 16 h. The daphnids were then transferred to another container
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and fed with algal foods (5×104 cells/mL) for 8 h to ensure their health.14 Neither NPs nor Cd
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were added during the feeding phase. This process was repeated three times, such that the
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total exposure duration was 3 d. Afterwards, the daphnids were transferred to fresh SM
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containing the respective concentrations of Ca and algal foods (5×104 cells/mL) but without
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PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd. The concentrations of PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd retained in the
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daphnids were determined after 0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 d of depuration. At each time point, the 7
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depuration medium was also refreshed. After the removal of the molted carapaces and
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neonates, the old depuration medium was passed through a 0.22 µm membrane. The debris
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retained on the membrane was defined as feces while the < 0.22 µm filtrate made up the
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dissolved phase. The distribution of the depurated PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd in the dissolved
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phase, molted carapaces, neonates, and feces were analyzed as described in Miao et al.13
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µXRF Studies. The daphnids were exposed to 100 µg/L Cd at 0.2 and 2.0 mM Ca for
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24 h with or without the addition of PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L). They were then fixed in
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methanol,
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hexamethyldisilazane as described in our previous study.12, 15 The distribution of Ti (KL3,
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4.5109 keV), Cd (L3M5, 3.1338 keV), and Ca (KL3, 3.6917 keV) in daphnids was then
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mapped by µXRF using a BL15U beamline at the Shanghai Radiation Synchrotron Facility
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(SSRF, Shanghai, China). The storage ring current was 200-300 mA with an energy of 3.5
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GeV. The samples were scanned by a 10 keV monochromatic beam, which was focused to 50
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× 50 µm2 using K-B optics. The step size and scanning time were 50 µm and 3 s, respectively.
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X-ray fluorescence was recorded by a seven-element Si (Li) detector combined with a
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multiple channel analyzer (e2v, UK). Fluorescence data were processed using Pviewer
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Statistical Analysis. Significant differences (accepted at p < 0.05) were determined in
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one-way or two-way analyses of variance (ANOVA) with post-hoc multiple comparisons
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(Tukey or Tamhane) (SPSS 11.0 by SPSS, Chicago, USA). Both the normality (Kolmogorov–
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Smirnov and Shapiro–Wilk tests) and the homogeneity of variance (Levene’s test) of the data
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Toxicity and Bioaccumulation of Cd and PAA-TiO2-NPs. In the absence of
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PAA-TiO2-NPs, remarkable Cd toxicity was observed at both [Ca]dis (Supporting Information,
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Figure S1a, c). The EC50 values thus obtained (65.5 and 132.2 µg/L, Figure 1) were higher
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than those reported by Tan and Wang16 (7.5-24.8 µg/L) because the exposure time used in this
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work was only half as long (24 h vs. 48 h). Further, the significantly (p < 0.05) higher EC50 8
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and thus lower toxicity at the high Ca concentration indicated the amelioration of Cd toxicity
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by Ca as a result of the uptake competition between these two cations.16, 17 Nevertheless,
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other mechanisms were also involved because the disparate levels of Cd accumulation do not
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fully explain the difference in toxicity at these two Ca concentrations (Supporting
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Information, Figure S2). For instance, Ca may affect the membrane permeability as well as
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other physiological parameters of D. magna.18
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When PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) were applied in the toxicity medium, there was no
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daphnid mortality at any of the Cd concentrations tested during the 24-h exposure period
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(Supporting Information, Figure S1b, d). In this experiment, the NPs were well dispersed (20
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nm) at the low Ca concentration, but formed micrometer-sized aggregates (1650 nm) when
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[Ca]dis was high. Moreover, > 90% of the Cd in the toxicity medium was adsorbed by
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PAA-TiO2-NPs with no significant (p > 0.05) difference observed between the two Ca levels
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(Supporting Information, Figure S3). Yang et al.9 also found that incubation of the green alga
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C. reinhardtii with PAA-TiO2-NPs relieve Cd toxicity. In their study, such toxicity alleviation
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was explained by the adsorption of Cd to the particle surfaces and Cd uptake was thus
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inhibited as the NPs cannot enter the algal cells. By contrast, the protozoan T. thermophila
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can endocytose PAA-TiO2-NPs directly.10 In this case, particle addition induces Cd
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accumulation, changes the subcellular distribution of the metal, and exacerbates its toxicity.
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These distinct responses suggest that NP effects on metal toxicity are organism-specific and
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would further be influenced by the nature of the NPs and the type of metal. For instance,
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Rosenfeldt et al.7 reported that TiO2-NPs (P25) could either induce or reduce the toxicity of
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Ag or Cu to D. magna depending on the alteration of metal accumulation by the NPs. In
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addition, the same authors found that, in the presence of P25, the toxicity of As was alleviated
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while its uptake was increased.
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The sophisticated effects of NPs on metal toxicity were also evidenced by the Cd
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accumulation results of the present study (Figure 2a, b). At a [Ca]dis of 2.0 mM,
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PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) induced Cd uptake, and thus [Cd]daphnia increased linearly from
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at a [Cd]T of 300 µg/L in the presence (absence) of PAA-TiO2-NPs. By contrast, in the 9
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toxicity medium with a [Ca]dis of 0.2 mM, PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) reduced [Cd]daphnia by
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more than one order of magnitude in the different Cd concentration treatments, from
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42.8-593.2 µg/g-dw in the absence of the NPs to 1.6-19.9 µg/g-dw in the presence of the NPs.
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These results clearly indicated that the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs and their
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micrometer-sized aggregates had opposing effects on Cd accumulation despite their
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alleviation of Cd toxicity at both aggregation states.
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To elucidate the underlying mechanism for the aggregation-dependent impacts of NPs
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on Cd accumulation, the PAA-TiO2-NP content of the daphnids in each treatment was
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quantified at the end of the toxicity tests (Figure 2c). Although the adsorption of Cd to the
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particle surfaces correlated positively with [Cd]T, as shown in our previous study,9
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PAA-TiO2-NP accumulation was independent of the Cd concentration, but was significantly
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(p < 0.05) induced when the micrometer-sized aggregates were formed at the high Ca
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concentration. This was evidenced by the increase in [Ti]daphnia from 4.8-5.9 mg-Ti/g-dw to
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11.8-13.4 mg-Ti/g-dw at a [Ca]dis of 0.2 and 2.0 mM, respectively (Figure 2c). According to
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our earlier findings,12 the increased accumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs could be mainly
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attributed to the Ca-related aggregation of the NPs. Namely, the well-dispersed NPs at the
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low Ca concentration were taken up by the daphnids mainly through endocytosis and passive
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drinking, whereas active ingestion was the major route by which they accumulated the
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micrometer-sized aggregates at the high Ca concentration.
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Based on the assumption that the metal-NP complexes remain stable during the
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accumulation process and that the non-NP-associated metal had a negligible contribution to
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its accumulation, we calculated the amount of Cd entering the daphnids together with
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PAA-TiO2-NPs, using [Ti]daphnia (Figure 2c) and the adsorption of Cd by the particles. The
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value was close to that measured at the high Ca concentration (Figure 2b), suggesting that the
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carrier effects of PAA-TiO2-NPs (in the form of aggregates) played a predominant role in Cd
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accumulation under this condition. In this case, the contribution of the non-adsorbed metal to
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its accumulation was also negligible. By contrast, the measured Cd accumulation was only
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5.1-17.0% of that predicted at the low Ca concentration (Figure 2a). Considering the
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contribution of non-NP-associated Cd to [Cd]daphnia, PAA-TiO2-NPs (in the well-dispersed 10
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form) could hardly have served as effective Cd carriers despite their substantial accumulation
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in D. magna. This result further implies that Cd dissociated from the well-dispersed
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PAA-TiO2-NPs either before or after the uptake of the metal-NP complexes, as further
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Besides the investigation of [Ti]daphnia and [Cd]daphnia in the different Cd concentration
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treatments at the end of each toxicity test, the variation of these two parameters with exposure
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time was examined in a 48-h accumulation experiment. Similar to our previous study,12 a
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parabolic correlation between [Ti]daphnia and exposure time was observed (Figure 3a). This
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relationship reflected settlement of the PAA-TiO2-NP aggregates at the high Ca level and the
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variation in the uptake and efflux rate constants with exposure time for the well-dispersed
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NPs at the low Ca level. Similar to [Ti]daphnia, [Cd]daphnia also exhibited a parabolic correlation
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with exposure time at the high Ca concentration (Figure 3b). Under this condition, the actual
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value of [Cd]daphnia was close to that predicted from [Ti]daphnia at all time points. By contrast,
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[Cd]daphnia rose steadily with increasing exposure time at a [Ca]dis of 0.2 mM and was
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approximately 3.2-16.8% of the predicted value, consistent with the results of the toxicity
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experiment described above. This discrepancy was already apparent after only 15 min of
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exposure, indicative of the rapid dissociation of Cd from the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs.
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The aggregation-dependent uptake of PAA-TiO2-NPs and the opposite effects of the
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particles at different aggregation states on Cd accumulation were also evidenced by the
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distinct Ti and Cd distributions in D. magna at the two Ca levels. The daphnids were
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visualized through their µXRF signal of Ca (Figure 4a-d). At a [Ca]dis of 2.0 mM,
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PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd were mainly concentrated in the gut (Figure 4e, i), but a considerable
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amount of Cd was also detected in other areas of D. magna, at sites similar to those
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determined in the absence of the NPs (Figure 4g, h). In the latter case, Cd was mainly taken
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up from the experimental medium as free ions. This uptake route may thus have played a
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critical role in non-gut Cd accumulation in the presence of PAA-TiO2-NP aggregates. At a
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[Ca]dis of 0.2 mM, the gut PAA-TiO2-NP signal was at least one order of magnitude weaker
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than at a [Ca]dis of 2.0 mM, although there was only a 50% reduction in [Ti]daphnia at the low
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would be expected. In fact, our previous study demonstrated that the well-dispersed
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PAA-TiO2-NPs, at a concentration 10 times higher than used herein, were distributed
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throughout the body of D. magna, especially in the gut and abdominal zone.12 In the present
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study, a detectable amount of Ti was also found in the abdominal zone of D. magna (Figure
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4j), but its signal was relatively weak, suggesting that PAA-TiO2-NP accumulation in this
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area was close to the detection limit (at the level of µg/g) of µXRF. Nevertheless, at the low
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Ca concentration, PAA-TiO2-NPs had negligible effects on Cd distribution, which was
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instead comparable to the pattern obtained in the absence of the NPs (Figure 4f-h). This
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phenomenon supports our previous hypothesis that PAA-TiO2-NPs could hardly have served
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as effective Cd carriers when they were well dispersed at a [Ca]dis of 0.2 mM.
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Most studies about the effects of NPs on metal accumulation by multicellular animals
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have reported a remarkable induction. For instance, TiO2-NPs increased the Cd concentration
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in carp (Cyprinus carpio) by 146% during a 25-d exposure period.19 Similarly, CdTe quantum
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dots facilitated Cu accumulation in zebrafish.4 Only one study, by Rosenfeldt et al.7, reported
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a reduction (by 14-fold) of the Cu body burden in D. magna in the presence of TiO2-NPs.
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According to the underlying mechanisms proposed by those authors, the decrease in Cu
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accumulation was caused by the rapid agglomeration and sedimentation of the metal-NP
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complexes. Nevertheless, the aqueous suspensions of the NPs used in these studies were
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magna and were concentrated in the gut, together with Cd (Figure 4e, i). This suggested that
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most of the Cd was still associated with the NPs—or at least did not penetrate the epithelial
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barrier even though the daphnid gut is weakly acidic (pH ~ 6.0)20— and was consistent with
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our observation that at a pH of 6-9 Cd adsorption on PAA-TiO2-NPs varied by < 35%
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(Supporting Information, Figure S4a). However, at a [Ca]dis of 0.2 mM, the well-dispersed
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in the gut accumulation of the NPs and their associated Cd, similar to the fates of both
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pollutants at the high Ca concentration. This implies an increase, rather than a reduction in
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Cd uptake via this route. By contrast, the endocytosis of PAA-TiO2-NPs led to the
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distribution of the particles throughout the daphnids, with the highest concentration detected
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in the abdominal area. A decrease in the accumulation of Cd via its endocytosis with NPs was
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therefore expected, considering the lower overall uptake of Cd at the low Ca concentration.
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As reported above, [Cd]daphnia was much lower than the concentration predicted from the
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accumulation of the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs and their adsorption of Cd in the toxicity
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and 48-h uptake experiments. Therefore, a prerequisite for the decreased accumulation of Cd
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was its dissociation from the PAA-TiO2-NP surfaces during endocytosis of the metal-NP
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complexes at the low Ca concentration. Endocytosis is temperature-dependent and it ceases at an ambient temperature of 4 oC.21,
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and at the two Ca concentrations. At the high Ca concentration, as the ambient temperature
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dropped from 24 to 4 oC, the accumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd was similarly
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suppressed, declining by 74.0-84.9% and 55.1-72.4%, respectively. At the low Ca
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concentration, the accumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs was more severely inhibited than that of
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Cd. Thus, [Ti]daphnia was 8.0-13.4% and [Cd]daphnia was 45.6-59.7% of the respective
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concentrations determined at 24 oC. Based on these results, our calculation showed that the
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Cd accumulation predicted from [Ti]daphnia was close to the observed amount (i.e.,
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PAA-TiO2-NPs served as the carriers of Cd accumulation), as long as endocytosis was not
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involved in the accumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs in D. magna (Figure 5). In other words, the
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endocytosis of the metal-NP complexes and the rapid dissociation of Cd from the NP surfaces
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during this process were the main cause for the reduced accumulation of Cd at the low Ca
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complexes also passed through the abdominal areas and were intercepted by the filtering
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setae before being actively ingested, but no dissociation was observed. There was also no
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reports of a remarkable liberation of strong metal-binding ligands in the microdomains
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around the thoracic limbs of D. magna, and Cd adsorption on PAA-TiO2-NPs remained
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unchanged in the medium in all of the above-described experiments. Once PAA-TiO2-NPs
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were endocytosed, they concentrated first in endosomes and later in lysosomes, where the pH
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was in the range of 4.0-5.5.23 A variety of biomolecules (possibly containing sulfhydryl
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groups) with strong Cd-binding affinity may also be present in these organelles.24 In a
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preliminary experiment, we observed that supernatants prepared from D. magna tissue
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homogenates could desorb > 70% of the NP-adsorbed Cd (Supporting Information, Figure
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S4b). Therefore, the reduced accumulation of Cd in the presence of the well-dispersed
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PAA-TiO2-NPs could be mainly attributed to: (i) the rapid dissociation of Cd from the NPs in
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the acidic environment of the lysosomes containing various metal-binding biomolecules, and
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(ii) the rapid depuration of the metal (i.e., this process was so quick that the metal could
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hardly have time to interact with intracellular sensitive sites) through exocytosis or other
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routes of elimination, after the internalization of the metal-NP complexes. A rapid (within a
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few seconds) completion of the endocytosis-exocytosis cycle (membrane retrieval) has been
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demonstrated in a variety of cell types25-27 and explains why, in the 48-h experiment,
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[Cd]daphnia was already much lower than the predicted value after 15 min of exposure. Similar
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to the present work, a previous study also showed that a substantial amount of Ca in exocrine
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cells is exported via exocytosis, a process linked to its uptake via endocytosis and the rapid
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release of endosomal Ca.28
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Efflux of Cd and PAA-TiO2-NPs. The opposing effects of the well-dispersed
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PAA-TiO2-NPs and their micrometer-sized aggregates on Cd accumulation were further
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supported by the distinct pattern of efflux of the metal from D. magna pre-exposed to Cd in
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the presence or absence of differently-aggregated NPs (Figure 6). Although PAA-TiO2-NPs
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were depurated at the same rate at high and low Ca concentrations within the first 24 h,
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PAA-TiO2-NPs from D. magna implies that the particles will not be readily transferred
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along the food chain. Similarly, > 90% of the graphene accumulated in D. magna was
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eliminated within 24-h depuration.29 In the case of Cd, its efflux was independent of [Ca]dis,
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with an efflux rate constant of 0.0029-0.0033 h-1, when PAA-TiO2-NPs were absent from the
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pre-exposure medium (Figure 6b). This result is similar to those reported in the literature
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(0.0021-0.0038 h-1).30, 31 As for the daphnids pre-exposed to both Cd and the NPs at the low
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Ca concentration, their depuration of Cd followed a trend similar to that seen in daphnids
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pre-exposed to Cd only. This phenomenon suggested that Cd uptake in the form of free ions
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had a major contribution to [Cd]daphnia under this condition, despite the fact that most Cd was
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adsorbed on the well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs in the pre-exposure medium and should have
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been able to enter the daphnids together with the NPs. Nevertheless, greater Cd elimination
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was achieved when PAA-TiO2-NPs were applied in the pre-exposure medium with a [Ca]dis
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of 0.2 mM. The efflux rate constant thus obtained was 0.006 h-1. It seems that the
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well-dispersed PAA-TiO2-NPs, especially those accumulated by passive drinking, may still
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have some inductive effects on Cd efflux. When the daphnids were pre-exposed to both the
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metal and the NP aggregates at the high Ca concentration, their elimination of Cd followed a
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biphasic pattern similar to that of the NPs, with only 2.4% retained by the end of the
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experiment. The similarity in the elimination of Cd and PAA-TiO2-NP aggregates supports
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our hypothesis of a close relationship between these two pollutants during their
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accumulation by the daphnids.
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In addition to the determination of the efflux kinetics of PAA-TiO2-NPs, our study also
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tried to identify the routes of NP elimination in D. magna. The contribution of the different
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routes to the elimination of both PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd was Ca-dependent (Figure 6c). At a
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high vs. a low ambient Ca, greater proportions of Cd and Ti were contained in the feces and
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less in the molts or dissolved phases. There was no consistent impact of Ca on the
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elimination of PAA-TiO2-NPs and Cd via daphnid reproduction. Moreover, these two
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pollutants were mostly lost into the dissolved phase (64.1-80.7%), with much lower amounts
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food particles.30, 31 Nevertheless, that most of the eliminated PAA-TiO2-NPs ended up in the
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dissolved phase (< 0.22 µm) even at the high Ca concentration—when PAA-TiO2-NPs
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formed micrometer-sized aggregates unable to pass through a 0.22-µm filter—was
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surprising and suggested that the PAA-TiO2-NPs became more hydrophilic after their
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accumulation in D. magna. How this changes the behavior, effects, and fate of both
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Overall, Ca was used in the present study to manipulate the aggregation of
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PAA-TiO2-NPs. We then demonstrated the ability of PAA-TiO2-NPs to alleviate Cd toxicity
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to D. magna at both low and high Ca concentrations, albeit by very different mechanisms. At
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the high Ca concentration, PAA-TiO2-NPs formed micrometer-sized aggregates that were
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actively ingested by D. magna. Although Cd accumulation was induced under this condition,
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it was concentrated in the daphnid gut together with the NPs and the toxicity was thus
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relieved. At the low Ca concentration, PAA-TiO2-NPs were well dispersed, with particle sizes
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still in the nano-range. These NPs were taken up mainly by endocytosis and passive drinking,
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which resulted in their accumulation throughout D. magna, especially in abdominal areas and
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the gut. In this case, Cd was also distributed throughout the daphnid and accumulation was
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considerably impaired because of the metal’s rapid dissociation from the NP surfaces during
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endocytosis of the metal-NP complexes. The opposing effects of the well-dispersed
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PAA-TiO2-NPs vs. their micrometer-sized aggregates on Cd accumulation in D. magna may
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likely be extended to other NPs, trace metals, and organisms. Moreover, particles with
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different sizes may very well have completely different effects on metal bioaccumulation.
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These observations should be taken into account in evaluations of the environmental risks of
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NPs and other particles.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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We thank Dr. Qiaoguo Tan and three anonymous reviewers for their instructive
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comments on this paper. The financial support to A. J. Miao by Chinese public science and
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technology research funds projects of ocean (201505034) and the National Natural Science
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Foundation of China (41271486, 41001338, and 21237001) made this work possible.
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Additional figures showing the time related variation of the survival rate of Daphnia
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24-h toxicity experiment, and the effects of both pH and D. magna tissue homogenates on Cd
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Figure 1. Variations in the survival rate of Daphnia magna with total concentration of
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ambient Cd ([Cd]T) at low (0.2 mM) and high (2.0 mM) Ca concentrations in the presence
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(+Ti) and absence of 4 mg-Ti/L PAA-TiO2-NPs. Dashed lines are the simulated
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dose-response curves based on the logistic model. Data are mean ± SD (n = 3).
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Figure 2. Variations in bioaccumulated Cd ([Cd]daphnia) with total concentration of ambient
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Cd ([Cd]T) at (a) low (0.2 mM) and (b) high (2.0 mM) Ca concentrations in the presence (+Ti)
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content ([Ti]daphnia) at the different Cd concentrations (0, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 300 µg/L
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[Cd]daphnia or the predicted value of [Cd]daphnia (0.2+Ti-pre and 2+Ti-pre), respectively. Data
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Figure 3. Results of the 48-h accumulation experiment showing the variations in (a) the
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PAA-TiO2-NP content in D. magna ([Ti]daphnia) and (b) bioaccumulated Cd ([Cd]daphnia) as a
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high Ca concentrations (0.2-pre and 2-pre, respectively). Data are the mean ± SD (n =3).
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Figure 4. Distribution of Ca (a-d), Cd (e-h), and PAA-TiO2-NPs (i-l) in Daphnia magna
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exposed to Cd (100 µg/L) with (a, b, e, f, i, and j) or without (c, d, g, h, k, and l) the addition
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Ca levels, as determined by synchrotron-radiation-based micro X-ray fluorescence
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spectroscopy (µXRF). White arrows indicate the gut (GT) or abdominal area (AD) of D.
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Figure 5. Linear correlation between the measured content of Cd accumulated in D. magna
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([Cd]daphnia) and its predicted value based on the bioaccumulation of PAA-TiO2-NPs in a 6-h
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Figure 6. Proportion of (a) PAA-TiO2-NPs and (b) Cd retained in D. magna pre-exposed to
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Cd (10 µg/L) with (+Ti) or without the addition of PAA-TiO2-NPs (4 mg-Ti/L) at low (0.2
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