Rare earth elements applied to phytoremediation: Enhanced endocytosis promotes remediation of antimony contamination with different valence levels in Solanum nigrum L.

Autor: He D; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China; School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Response Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China., Guo T; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China; School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Response Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China., Dong Z; School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China., Li J; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China; School of Environment, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China; Jiangsu Province Engineering Research Center of Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Response Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China., Wang F; School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210094, China. Electronic address: wangfenghe@njust.edu.cn.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Jun 10; Vol. 928, pp. 172253. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 08.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172253
Abstrakt: Antimony (Sb) pollution poses a noteworthy risk to human health and ecosystem sustainability, therefore effective, eco-friendly, and widely accepted restoration methods are urgently needed. This study introduces a new approach of using La(III) foliar application on Solanum nigrum L. (S. nigrum), a cadmium hyperaccumulator, to improve its photosynthetic and root systems under Sb stress, resulting in a higher biomass. Notably, La(III) also enhances endocytosis in root cells, facilitating efficient and non-selective remediation of both Sb(III) and Sb(V) forms. The absorption of Sb by root cell endocytosis was observed visually with a confocal laser scanning microscope. The subcellular distribution of Sb in the cell wall of S. nigrum is reduced. And the antioxidant enzyme activity system is improved, resulting in an enhanced Sb tolerance in S. nigrum. Based on the existing bibliometric analysis, this paper identified optimal conditions for S. nigrum to achieve maximum translocation and bioconcentration factor values for Sb. The foliar application of La(III) on plants treated with Sb(III), Sb(V), and a combination of both resulted in translocation factor values of 0.89, 1.2, 1.13 and bioconcentration factor values of 11.3, 12.81, 14.54, respectively. Our work suggests that La(III)-enhanced endocytosis of S. nigrum root cells is a promising remediation strategy for Sb-contaminated environments.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE