Krumova Sashka, Petrova Asya, Petrova Nia, Stoichev Svetozar, Ilkov Daniel, Tsonev Tsonko, Petrov Petar, Koleva Dimitrina, Velikova Violeta
Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, "Acad. G. Bonchev" Str., Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, "Acad. G. Bonchev" Str., Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Nanomaterials (Basel). 2023 Apr 11;13(8):1332. doi: 10.3390/nano13081332.
The engineering of carbon nanotubes in the last decades resulted in a variety of applications in electronics, electrochemistry, and biomedicine. A number of reports also evidenced their valuable application in agriculture as plant growth regulators and nanocarriers. In this work, we explored the effect of seed priming with single-walled carbon nanotubes grafted with Pluronic P85 polymer (denoted P85-SWCNT) on (var. RAN-1) seed germination, early stages of plant development, leaf anatomy, and photosynthetic efficiency. We evaluated the observed effects in relation to hydro- (control) and P85-primed seeds. Our data clearly revealed that seed priming with P85-SWCNT is safe for the plant since it does not impair the seed germination, plant development, leaf anatomy, biomass, and photosynthetic activity, and even increases the amount of photochemically active photosystem II centers in a concentration-dependent manner. Only 300 mg/L concentration exerts an adverse effect on those parameters. The P85 polymer, however, was found to exhibit a number of negative effects on plant growth (i.e., root length, leaf anatomy, biomass accumulation and photoprotection capability), most probably related to the unfavorable interaction of P85 unimers with plant membranes. Our findings substantiate the future exploration and exploitation of P85-SWCNT as nanocarriers of specific substances promoting not only plant growth at optimal conditions but also better plant performance under a variety of environmental stresses.
在过去几十年中,碳纳米管的工程化已在电子学、电化学和生物医学等领域得到了广泛应用。许多报告也证明了它们作为植物生长调节剂和纳米载体在农业中的重要应用价值。在本研究中,我们探究了用接枝了普朗尼克P85聚合物的单壁碳纳米管(记为P85-SWCNT)对RAN-1品种种子进行引发处理后,对种子萌发、植物发育早期阶段、叶片解剖结构和光合效率的影响。我们评估了所观察到的效应与水引发(对照)种子和P85引发种子的关系。我们的数据清楚地表明,用P85-SWCNT对种子进行引发处理对植物是安全的,因为它不会损害种子萌发、植物发育、叶片解剖结构、生物量和光合活性,甚至还能以浓度依赖的方式增加光化学活性光合系统II中心的数量。只有300毫克/升的浓度对这些参数产生不利影响。然而,发现P85聚合物对植物生长表现出许多负面影响(即根长、叶片解剖结构、生物量积累和光保护能力),这很可能与P85单分子与植物膜的不利相互作用有关。我们的研究结果证实了未来对P85-SWCNT作为特定物质的纳米载体进行探索和开发的潜力,它不仅能在最佳条件下促进植物生长,还能在各种环境胁迫下提高植物的性能。