Ambiguous changes in photosynthetic parameters of Lemna minor
L. after short-term exposure to naproxen and paracetamol: Can
the risk be ignored?

J 2023

Ambiguous changes in photosynthetic parameters of Lemna minor L. after short-term exposure to naproxen and paracetamol: Can the risk be ignored?

ZEZULKA, Štěpán; Marie KUMMEROVÁ; Ján ŠMERINGAI; Petr BABULA; Jan TŘÍSKA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Ambiguous changes in photosynthetic parameters of Lemna minor L. after short-term exposure to naproxen and paracetamol: Can the risk be ignored?

Authors

ZEZULKA, Štěpán (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution); Marie KUMMEROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution); Ján ŠMERINGAI (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution); Petr BABULA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Jan TŘÍSKA

Edition

Aquatic Toxicology, Elsevier B.V. 2023, 0166-445X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Field of Study

10611 Plant sciences, botany

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.100

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00132802

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106537

UT WoS

000987823900001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85152264768

Keywords in English

Non -steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; Duckweed plant; Chloroplast suspension; Photosystems

Abstract

V originále

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) are recently monitored in the aquatic environment. Naproxen (NPX), paracetamol (PCT) and their transformation products can influence the biochemical and physiological processes at the sub-cellular and cellular levels taking part in the growth and development of plants. This study aimed to compare the effects of NPX and PCT, drugs with different physico-chemical properties, on the growth and photosynthetic processes in Lemna minor during a short-term (7 days) exposure. Although duckweed took up more than five times higher amount of PCT as compared to NPX (275.88 µg/g dry weight to 43.22 µg/g when treated with 10 mg/L), only NPX limited the number of new plants by 9% and 26% under 1 and 10 mg/L, respectively, and increased their dry weight (by 18% under 10 mg/L) and leaf area per plant. A considerable (by 30%) drop in the content of photosynthetic pigments under 10 mg/L treatment by both drugs did not significantly affect the efficiency of the primary processes of photosynthesis. Values of induced chlorophyll fluorescence parameters (F0, FV/FM, ΦII, and NPQ) showed just a mild stimulation by PCT and a negative effect by NPX (by up to 10%), especially on the function of photosystem II and electron transport in both intact duckweed plants and isolated chloroplasts. Lowered efficiency of Hill reaction activity (by more than 10% under 0.1 – 10 mg/L treatments) in isolated chloroplasts suspension proved the only inhibition effect of PCT to primary photosynthetic processes. In intact plants, higher treatments (0.5 - 10 mg/L) by both NPX and PCT induced an increase in RuBisCO content. The results prove that the potential effect of various drugs on plants is hard to generalise.

Cite

ZEZULKA, Štěpán; Marie KUMMEROVÁ; Ján ŠMERINGAI; Petr BABULA and Jan TŘÍSKA. Ambiguous changes in photosynthetic parameters of Lemna minor L. after short-term exposure to naproxen and paracetamol: Can the risk be ignored? Aquatic Toxicology. Elsevier B.V., 2023, vol. 259, June, p. 1-9. ISSN 0166-445X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106537.

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ZEZULKA, Štěpán; Marie KUMMEROVÁ; Ján ŠMERINGAI; Petr BABULA and Jan TŘÍSKA. Ambiguous changes in photosynthetic parameters of Lemna minor L. after short-term exposure to naproxen and paracetamol: Can the risk be ignored? \textit{Aquatic Toxicology}. Elsevier B.V., 2023, vol.~259, June, p.~1-9. ISSN~0166-445X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106537.

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