Single and combined effect of tetracycline and polyethylene microplastics on two drought contrasting cultivars of Oryza sativa L. (Rice) under drought stress

Kiran Yasmin Khan; Barkat Ali; Hafiz Usman Ghani; Lijiang Fu; Mohammad Jahid Ul Islam Shohag; Shuang Zhang; Xiaoqiang Cui; Qian Xia; Jinglu Tan; Zeshan Ali; Ya Guo

doi:10.1016/j.etap.2023.104191

Single and combined effect of tetracycline and polyethylene microplastics on two drought contrasting cultivars of Oryza sativa L. (Rice) under drought stress

Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2023 Aug:101:104191. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104191. Epub 2023 Jun 19.

Authors

Kiran Yasmin Khan¹, Barkat Ali², Hafiz Usman Ghani³, Lijiang Fu⁴, Mohammad Jahid Ul Islam Shohag⁵, Shuang Zhang⁶, Xiaoqiang Cui⁷, Qian Xia⁴, Jinglu Tan⁸, Zeshan Ali⁹, Ya Guo¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Advanced Process Control for Light Industry, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; School of Environment and Safety Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China.
² The Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China; Food Sciences Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
³ Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Advanced Process Control for Light Industry, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
⁵ Indian River Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Fort Pierce, FL 34945, USA.
⁶ The Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.
⁷ School of Environmental Science and Engineering/Tianjin Key Lab of Biomass Waste Utilization, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China.
⁸ Department of Biomedical, Biological & Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
⁹ Ecotoxicology Research Program, Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, National Agriculture Research Center, Islamabad 44000, Pakistan.
¹⁰ Key Laboratory of Advanced Process Control for Light Industry, Ministry of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China. Electronic address: guoy@jiangnan.edu.cn.

PMID: 37343773
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2023.104191

Abstract

Co-exposure of tetracycline (TC) and polyethylene microplastic (MP-PE) pollution might result in more intricate effects on rice growth and grain quality. In present study, two different rice cultivars of contrasting drought tolerance, Hanyou73 (H73, drought-resistant) and Quanyou280 (Q280, drought-sensitive) were grown on MP-PE and TC-contaminated soils under drought. It was found that drought stress had different influence on TC accumulation in the two rice cultivars. H73 accumulated more TC in leaves and grains without drought stress while Q280 accumulated more TC under drought stress. Furthermore, metabolomics results demonstrated that under drought stress, about 80 % of metabolites in H73 and 95 % in Q280 were down-regulated as compared to non-drought treatments. These findings provide insights into the effects of TC and MP-PE with and without drought stress on potential risks to rice growth and grain quality, which has implications on rice production and cultivar election under multiple-stress conditions.

Keywords: Abiotic Stress; Antibiotics; Drought; Microplastic; Rice.

MeSH terms

Edible Grain
Microplastics
Oryza* / metabolism
Plastics
Polyethylene / metabolism
Polyethylene / toxicity
Stress, Physiological
Tetracyclines / metabolism

Substances

Plastics
Polyethylene
Microplastics
Tetracyclines