其他题名Uptake and accumulation of microplastics in an edible plant
李连祯
; 周倩; 尹娜; 涂晨; 骆永明发表期刊科学通报
ISSN0023-074X
2019
卷号64期号:9页码:928-934
关键词微塑料生菜聚苯乙烯微球吸收积累健康风险microplasticslettucepolystyrene microbeadsuptakeaccumulationhuman health riskMicroplastic (MP, 100 nm-5 mm) may present an attributable risk to ecosystem and human health, and its pollution has become a global environmental concern. Despite a wealth of information on the accumulation of MPs in aquatic species, there is no information on the uptake and accumulation of MPs by higher plants. Terrestrial edible plants are directly exposed to MPs when agricultural soil was applied with organic manure, sewage sludge as fertilizer or plastic mulching. In this paper, the uptake of two sizes of polystyrene (PS) microbeads (0.2 and 1.0 mum) and then their distribution and migration in an edible plant lettuce were firstly investigated based on laboratory experiments. We used fluorescent markers to track PS microbeads in plant tissues and found fluorescence to be a sensitive and reliable detection method. Sections from untreated control lettuce showed no autofluorescence. When roots were treated with fluorescently labeled PS microbeads, the microbeads could be identified by its fluorescence. Our main study investigated the uptake of 0.2 mum beads, as few luminescence signals were observed in lettuce roots for 1.0 mum beads in our experiment. We observed that 0.2 mum fluorescent microbeads were extracellularly trapped in the root cap mucilage (which is a highly hydrated polysaccharide) and a dark green tip (which was typical of lettuce roots exposed to label PS beads) was usually visible to the naked eye. Confocal images revealed that the PS luminescence signals were mainly located in the vascular system and on the cell walls of the cortex tissue of the roots, indicated that the beads passed through the intercellular space via the apoplastic transport system. Once inside the central cylinder, the 0.2 mum PS beads were transferred from the roots to the stems and leaves via the vascular system following the transpiration stream. We also observed that the PS beads adhered to one another and self-assembled systematically into grape-like and (chain) string-like clusters in the intercellular space of the root and stem vascular tissue of lettuce plant. In contrast to the root and stem, PS beads were dispersed in the leaf tissue. Here, for the first time we provide evidence of the adherence, uptake, accumulation, and translocation of submicrometer MPs within an edible plant. Our findings highlight the previously underappreciated human exposure pathway to MPs through the consumption of contaminated crops and emphasize the need for new management strategies to control the release of MPs waste products into the terrestrial environment. Ultimately, the potential impacts of low range sized MPs on food safety of crop plants and human health need to be urgently considered.
研究领域Environmental Sciences & Ecology
产权排序1
作者部门海岸带环境过程实验室
英文摘要Microplastic (MP, 100 nm-5 mm) may present an attributable risk to ecosystem and human health, and its pollution has become a global environmental concern. Despite a wealth of information on the accumulation of MPs in aquatic species, there is no information on the uptake and accumulation of MPs by higher plants. Terrestrial edible plants are directly exposed to MPs when agricultural soil was applied with organic manure, sewage sludge as fertilizer or plastic mulching. In this paper, the uptake of two sizes of polystyrene (PS) microbeads (0.2 and 1.0 mum) and then their distribution and migration in an edible plant lettuce were firstly investigated based on laboratory experiments. We used fluorescent markers to track PS microbeads in plant tissues and found fluorescence to be a sensitive and reliable detection method. Sections from untreated control lettuce showed no autofluorescence. When roots were treated with fluorescently labeled PS microbeads, the microbeads could be identified by its fluorescence. Our main study investigated the uptake of 0.2 mum beads, as few luminescence signals were observed in lettuce roots for 1.0 mum beads in our experiment. We observed that 0.2 mum fluorescent microbeads were extracellularly trapped in the root cap mucilage (which is a highly hydrated polysaccharide) and a dark green tip (which was typical of lettuce roots exposed to label PS beads) was usually visible to the naked eye. Confocal images revealed that the PS luminescence signals were mainly located in the vascular system and on the cell walls of the cortex tissue of the roots, indicated that the beads passed through the intercellular space via the apoplastic transport system. Once inside the central cylinder, the 0.2 mum PS beads were transferred from the roots to the stems and leaves via the vascular system following the transpiration stream. We also observed that the PS beads adhered to one another and self-assembled systematically into grape-like and (chain) string-like clusters in the intercellular space of the root and stem vascular tissue of lettuce plant. In contrast to the root and stem, PS beads were dispersed in the leaf tissue. Here, for the first time we provide evidence of the adherence, uptake, accumulation, and translocation of submicrometer MPs within an edible plant. Our findings highlight the previously underappreciated human exposure pathway to MPs through the consumption of contaminated crops and emphasize the need for new management strategies to control the release of MPs waste products into the terrestrial environment. Ultimately, the potential impacts of low range sized MPs on food safety of crop plants and human health need to be urgently considered.
中文摘要微塑料(100 nm ~5 mm)作为一种新型环境污染物,具有潜在的动植物和人体健康风险,其污染已成为高度关注的全球环境问题.当前已有不少关于微塑料在水生生物体内积累的报道,但对于陆地生态系统的研究则相对匮乏,高等植物对微塑料的吸收和积累更未见报道.本文基于室内培养实验报道了微塑料在生菜(Lactuca sativa)体内的吸收、传输及分布.通过激光扫描共聚焦荧光显微镜和扫描电子显微镜观察发现,聚苯乙烯微球(0.2 mum)可被生菜根部大量吸收和富集,并从根部迁移到地上部,积累和分布在可被直接食用的茎叶之中.研究结果为开展土壤-植物系统中微塑料积累机制及食物链传递与健康风险研究提供了新依据.
收录类别CSCD
语种中文
关键词[WOS]微塑料; 生菜; 聚苯乙烯微球; 吸收; 积累; 健康风险; microplastics; lettuce; polystyrene microbeads; uptake; accumulation; human health risk
研究领域[WOS]Environmental Sciences & Ecology
CSCD记录号CSCD:6460266
引用统计
文献类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://ir.yic.ac.cnhttp://ir.yic.ac.cn/handle/133337/24160
专题中科院海岸带环境过程与生态修复重点实验室
中科院海岸带环境过程与生态修复重点实验室_污染过程与控制实验室
通讯作者骆永明推荐引用方式
GB/T 7714李连祯,周倩,尹娜,等. 食用蔬菜能吸收和积累微塑料[J]. 科学通报,2019,64(9):928-934.
APA李连祯,周倩,尹娜,涂晨,&骆永明.(2019).食用蔬菜能吸收和积累微塑料.科学通报,64(9),928-934.
MLA李连祯,et al."食用蔬菜能吸收和积累微塑料".科学通报 64.9(2019):928-934.
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