Uptake and distribution of ultrasmall anatase TiO2 alizarin red s nanoconjugates in arabidopsis thaliana

Jasmina Kurepa, Tatjana Paunesku, Stefan Vogt, Hans Arora, Bryan M. Rabatic, Jinju Lu, M. Beau Wanzer, Gayle E. Woloschak, Jan A. Smalle

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Abstract

While few publications have documented the uptake of nanoparticles in plants, this is the first study describing uptake and distribution of the ultrasmall anatase TiO2 in the plant model system Arabidopsis. We modified the nanoparticle surface with Alizarin red S and sucrose and demonstrated that nanoconjugates traversed cell walls, entered into plant cells, and accumulated in specific subcellular locations. Optical and X-ray fluorescence microscopy coregistered the nanoconjugates in cell vacuoles and nuclei.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2296-2302
Number of pages7
JournalNano Letters
Volume10
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 14 2010

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer InstituteU54CA119341

    Keywords

    • Anatase TiO nanoparticles
    • Arabidopsis thaliana
    • TiO nanoconjugates
    • X-ray fluorescence microscopy

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Bioengineering
    • General Chemistry
    • General Materials Science
    • Condensed Matter Physics
    • Mechanical Engineering

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