Evaluation of changes in the macro and micronutrients homeostasis of transgenic and non-transgenic soybean plants after cultivation with silver nanoparticles through ionomic approaches

Rodrigo Moretto Galazzi; Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda

doi:10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.04.004

Evaluation of changes in the macro and micronutrients homeostasis of transgenic and non-transgenic soybean plants after cultivation with silver nanoparticles through ionomic approaches

J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2018 Jul:48:181-187. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.04.004. Epub 2018 Apr 3.

Authors

Rodrigo Moretto Galazzi¹, Marco Aurélio Zezzi Arruda²

Affiliations

¹ Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology for Bioanalytics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil.
² Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil; National Institute of Science and Technology for Bioanalytics, Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas - Unicamp, P.O. Box 6154, Campinas, SP 13083-970, Brazil. Electronic address: zezzi@iqm.unicamp.br.

PMID: 29773178
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2018.04.004

Abstract

An ionomic approach is conducted for evaluating the silver distribution, in different soybean plant compartments, as well as its influence on the homeostasis of some macro (P and S) and micro (Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn) nutrients. Silver is added to transgenic and non-transgenic soybean plants as nanoparticles or silver nitrate for comparative purposes. The transgenic plants translocate a higher amount of silver (100 and 65% for silver nanoparticles and silver nitrate expositions, respectively) than non-transgenic, and considering the treatments, the cultivation with silver nanoparticles results in a higher translocation rate (100 and 21% for transgenic and non-transgenic plants, respectively). In addition, significant differences are found (p < 0.05) considering those macro and micronutrients in all plant compartments, mainly in the roots of those treated plants, indicating not only that both silver forms evaluated interfere in the plant metabolism, but also their toxicities.

Keywords: Essential element distribution; ICP-MS; Silver nanoparticles; Transgenic soybean.

MeSH terms

Glycine max / chemistry*
Glycine max / metabolism
Homeostasis
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Micronutrients / chemistry
Micronutrients / metabolism*
Silver / chemistry
Silver / metabolism*

Substances

Micronutrients
Silver