Exposure of engineered nanomaterials to plants: Insights into the physiological and biochemical responses-A review

Nubia Zuverza-Mena; Domingo Martínez-Fernández; Wenchao Du; Jose A Hernandez-Viezcas; Nestor Bonilla-Bird; Martha L López-Moreno; Michael Komárek; Jose R Peralta-Videa; Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey

doi:10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.05.037

Exposure of engineered nanomaterials to plants: Insights into the physiological and biochemical responses-A review

Plant Physiol Biochem. 2017 Jan:110:236-264. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.05.037. Epub 2016 May 28.

Authors

Nubia Zuverza-Mena¹, Domingo Martínez-Fernández², Wenchao Du³, Jose A Hernandez-Viezcas⁴, Nestor Bonilla-Bird⁵, Martha L López-Moreno⁶, Michael Komárek², Jose R Peralta-Videa⁷, Jorge L Gardea-Torresdey⁸

Affiliations

¹ Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Ave., El Paso, TX, USA; Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.
² Department of Environmental Geosciences, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21, Prague 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic.
³ Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210046, China.
⁴ Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁵ Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁶ Department of Chemistry, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagu¨ez, Mayagu¨ez, PR 00680, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA.
⁸ Department of Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA; University of California Center for Environmental Implications of Nanotechnology (UC CEIN), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA; Environmental Science and Engineering PhD Program, The University of Texas at El Paso, 500 West University Avenue, El Paso, TX 79968, USA. Electronic address: jgardea@utep.edu.

PMID: 27289187
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.05.037

Abstract

Recent investigations show that carbon-based and metal-based engineered nanomaterials (ENMs), components of consumer goods and agricultural products, have the potential to build up in sediments and biosolid-amended agricultural soils. In addition, reports indicate that both carbon-based and metal-based ENMs affect plants differently at the physiological, biochemical, nutritional, and genetic levels. The toxicity threshold is species-dependent and responses to ENMs are driven by a series of factors including the nanomaterial characteristics and environmental conditions. Effects on the growth, physiological and biochemical traits, production and food quality, among others, have been reported. However, a complete understanding of the dynamics of interactions between plants and ENMs is not clear enough yet. This review presents recent publications on the physiological and biochemical effects that commercial carbon-based and metal-based ENMs have in terrestrial plants. This document focuses on crop plants because of their relevance in human nutrition and health. We have summarized the mechanisms of interaction between plants and ENMs as well as identified gaps in knowledge for future investigations.

Keywords: Accumulation; Crop plants; Engineered nanomaterials; ROS production; Toxicity; Uptake.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Crops, Agricultural / chemistry*
Crops, Agricultural / drug effects
Crops, Agricultural / physiology
Diet
Environmental Monitoring / methods
Environmental Monitoring / standards
Food Analysis / methods
Food Analysis / standards
Humans
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry
Metal Nanoparticles / standards
Metal Nanoparticles / toxicity
Nanostructures / chemistry*
Nanostructures / standards
Nanostructures / toxicity
Nutritive Value
Plants, Edible / chemistry*
Plants, Edible / drug effects
Plants, Edible / physiology
Soil Pollutants / chemistry*
Soil Pollutants / standards
Soil Pollutants / toxicity

Substances

Soil Pollutants