合成肺液中火山灰纳米颗粒的表征及多分散性
Characterization and Polydispersity of Volcanic Ash Nanoparticles in Synthetic Lung Fluid.
作者信息
Schiavo Benedetto, Morton-Bermea Ofelia, Meza-Figueroa Diana, Acosta-Elías Mónica, González-Grijalva Belem, Armienta-Hernández Maria Aurora, Inguaggiato Claudio, Valera-Fernández Daisy
机构信息
Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, Mexico.
Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Sonora, Hermosillo 83000, Mexico.
出版信息
Toxics. 2023 Jul 19;11(7):624. doi: 10.3390/toxics11070624.
The inhalation of natural nanoparticles (NPs) emitted from volcanic activity may be a risk to human health. However, the literature rarely reports the fate and response of NPs once in contact with lung fluids. In this work, we studied the particle size distribution of ashfall from Popocatépetl volcano, Mexico. The collected ashes (n = 5) were analyzed with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to obtain the elemental composition and morphology, and to determine the size of the ash particles using ParticleMetric software (PMS). The PMS reported most of the ash to have submicrometric size (<1 μm) and an average equivalent circle of 2.72 μm. Moreover, to our knowledge, this study investigated for the first time the behavior of ash NPs at different times (0 to 24 h) while in contact with in vitro lung fluid, Gamble Solution (GS) and Artificial Lysosomal Fluid (ALF) using dynamic light scattering (DLS). We found a large variability in the hydrodynamic diameter, with values less than 1 nm and greater than 5 μm. Furthermore, aggregation and disaggregation processes were recognized in GS and ALF, respectively. The results of this study increase the knowledge of the interaction between NPs and lung fluids, particularly within the alveolar macrophage region.
吸入火山活动释放的天然纳米颗粒(NPs)可能对人类健康构成风险。然而,文献中很少报道纳米颗粒一旦与肺液接触后的归宿和反应。在这项工作中,我们研究了墨西哥波波卡特佩特火山火山灰的粒径分布。对收集到的火山灰(n = 5)进行扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分析,以获得元素组成和形态,并使用ParticleMetric软件(PMS)确定火山灰颗粒的大小。PMS报告称,大多数火山灰的尺寸小于1微米,平均等效圆直径为2.72微米。此外,据我们所知,本研究首次使用动态光散射(DLS)研究了火山灰纳米颗粒在与体外肺液、甘布尔溶液(GS)和人工溶酶体液(ALF)接触的不同时间(0至24小时)的行为。我们发现流体动力学直径存在很大差异,其值小于1纳米且大于5微米。此外,分别在GS和ALF中观察到了聚集和解聚过程。这项研究的结果增加了我们对纳米颗粒与肺液相互作用的了解,特别是在肺泡巨噬细胞区域内的相互作用。