Publication detail

Antioxidant, gene expression and metabolomics fingerprint analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana treated by foliar spraying of ZnSe quantum dots and their growth inhibition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

KOLÁČKOVÁ, M. MOULICK, A. KOPEL, P. DVOŘÁK, M. ADAM, V. KLEJDUS, B. HÚSKA, D.

Original Title

Antioxidant, gene expression and metabolomics fingerprint analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana treated by foliar spraying of ZnSe quantum dots and their growth inhibition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Nanotechnology, new fascinating field of science, is bringing many application's options. However, it is necessary to understand their potential environmental risk and toxicity. Zinc selenide quantum dots (ZnSe QDs) are getting valuable due to wide industrial usage, mainly as cadmium free diodes or stabilizing ligand. Thanks to unique properties, they could also open the possibilities of application in the agriculture. Their effects on living organisms, including plants, are still unknown. Therefore, the attention of this work was given to antioxidant response of Arabidopsis thaliana to 100 and 250 M ZnSe QDs foliar feeding. ZnSe QDs treatment had no statistically significant differences in morphology but led to increased antioxidant response in the leaves at the level of gene expression and production secondary antioxidant metabolites. Concurrently, analysis of growth properties of Agrobacterium tumefaciens was done. 250 mu M ZnSe solution inhibited the Agrobacterium tumefaciens viability by 60%. This is the first mention about effect ZnSe QDs on the plants. Although QDs induced oxidative stress, the apply treatment dose of ZnSe QDs did not have significant toxic effect on the plants and even no morphological changes were observed. However, the same amount of ZnSe QD induced an inhibitory effect on Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

Keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; ZnSe QDs; Toxicity; A. tumefaciens

Authors

KOLÁČKOVÁ, M.; MOULICK, A.; KOPEL, P.; DVOŘÁK, M.; ADAM, V.; KLEJDUS, B.; HÚSKA, D.

Released

5. 3. 2019

ISBN

0304-3894

Periodical

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Year of study

365

Number

1

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

932

Pages to

941

Pages count

10

BibTex

@article{BUT156118,
  author="Martina {Koláčková} and Amitava {Moulick} and Pavel {Kopel} and Marek {Dvořák} and Vojtěch {Adam} and Bořivoj {Klejdus} and Dalibor {Húska}",
  title="Antioxidant, gene expression and metabolomics fingerprint analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana treated by foliar spraying of ZnSe quantum dots and their growth inhibition of Agrobacterium tumefaciens",
  journal="Journal of Hazardous Materials",
  year="2019",
  volume="365",
  number="1",
  pages="932--941",
  doi="10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.11.065",
  issn="0304-3894"
}