微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展

李佳熙, 姬向荣, 刘芙瑶, 傅宇辰, 裴阳阳, 云妙英. 微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展[J]. 环境化学. doi: 10.7524/j.issn.0254-6108.2023091502
引用本文: 李佳熙, 姬向荣, 刘芙瑶, 傅宇辰, 裴阳阳, 云妙英. 微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展[J]. 环境化学. doi: 10.7524/j.issn.0254-6108.2023091502
LI Jiaxi, JI Xiangrong, LIU Fuyao, FU Yuchen, PEI Yangyang, YUN Miaoying. Research progress on toxicity and mechanism of gut microbiota-gut-brain axis induced by microplastics and nanoplastics exposure[J]. Environmental Chemistry. doi: 10.7524/j.issn.0254-6108.2023091502
Citation: LI Jiaxi, JI Xiangrong, LIU Fuyao, FU Yuchen, PEI Yangyang, YUN Miaoying. Research progress on toxicity and mechanism of gut microbiota-gut-brain axis induced by microplastics and nanoplastics exposure[J]. Environmental Chemistry. doi: 10.7524/j.issn.0254-6108.2023091502

微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展

    通讯作者: E-mail:yunmy2014@ muc.edu.cn
  • 基金项目:
    民族地区生态环境国家民委重点实验室自主课题(KLEEMA202305)资助.
  • 中图分类号: X-1;O6

  • CSTR: 32061.14.hjhx.2023091502

Research progress on toxicity and mechanism of gut microbiota-gut-brain axis induced by microplastics and nanoplastics exposure

    Corresponding author: YUN Miaoying, yunmy2014@muc.edu.cn
  • Fund Project: Key Laboratory of Ecology and Environment in Minority Areas(Minzu University of China), National Ethnic Affairs Commission(KLEEMA202305)
  • 摘要: 微塑料由于其自身粒径小、吸附性强、难降解等特点,不但在自然界广泛存在,而且可通过消化道、呼吸道、皮肤接触等途径使得生物长期暴露其污染之中,并通过食物链不断向上累积. 有研究发现,微塑料单独或与其他污染物联合暴露能够对机体产生如肠道菌群紊乱、神经行为毒性等不良影响. 肠道菌群在许多生理过程中发挥着重要作用,并可能通过“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”与大脑进行双向交流,这一路径与许多神经、精神疾病的发生及发展相关. 目前关于微塑料对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的毒性影响及作用机制的研究较少. 本文综述了近几年国内外关于微塑料毒性及“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的研究,为进一步探讨微塑料对肠道菌群及神经行为的毒性效应、研究潜在的毒性机制、寻找可能存在的生物标志物与防护措施、保障环境生态与人类健康提供研究思路.
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  • 图 1  微塑料在食物链中的暴露途径

    Figure 1.  Exposure pathways of microplastics in the food chain

    图 2  微塑料暴露对“肠道菌群—肠—脑”轴的影响

    Figure 2.  Effects of microplastic exposure on the MGBA

    图 3  微塑料暴露引起的基因表达或生化因子水平变化

    Figure 3.  Changes in gene expression or biochemical factor levels caused by microplastics

    表 1  微/纳米塑料暴露引起肠道菌群紊乱

    Table 1.  Disruption of intestinal flora caused by Micro/Nano-plastics

    实验对象 微/纳米塑料暴露 菌群结构改变 文献
    Research object Characteristics of MPs/NPs Change of microbial community References
    中华绒螯蟹 PS(5 μm,40 mg·L−1,21 d) Firmicutes、Bacteroidetes
    Fusobacteria、Proteobacteria
    [64]
    斑马鱼 PS(5 μm,0.05 、0.50  mg·L−1,21 d) Proteobacteria
    Fusobacteria
    [75]
    斑马鱼 PS(8 μm,0.01、1 mg·L−1,21 d) Fusobacteria,Firmicutes、Verrucomicrobiota、Actinomycetes [70]
    Proteobacteria
    PS(80 nm,0.01、1 mg·L−1,21 d) Fusobacteria,Firmicutes、Verrucomicrobiota
    Proteobacteria、Actinomycetes
    鲤鱼 PS(8 μm,0.08  mg·L−1,21 d) Lactococcus garvieae,Bacteroides_paurosaccharolyticus,Romboutsia_ilealis
    Plesiomonas shigelloides
    [65]
    鲫鱼 PE(<848.37 μm,6.38、12.18、
    22.33 mg·(MPs·fish·d)−1,30 d)
    Fusobacteria,Bacteroidetes [67]
    Firmicutes
    鲫鱼 PS-ROX (5 μm ,100 ug·L−1,28 d) Cetbacterium,Akkermansia [68]
    Gemmobacter,Bosea、Rhizobium、Shinella
    昆明小鼠 PS(150 — 300 µm,4 mg·L−1,7 d) Alistipes
    Ruminococcaceae、Lachnospiraceae
    [63]
    PP(150 — 300 µm,4 mg·L−1,7 d) Bacteroidetes
    Firmicutes
    C57BL/6小鼠 PE(10 — 150 µm,6、60、
    600 ug·L−1,5 w)
    Bacteroidetes、Bacterodides Muribaculum、unidentified Clostridiales、Akkermansia
    Firmicutes、melainabacobacteria、Blautia、Desulfovibrio
    [76]
    ICR小鼠 PE(1 — 10 µm,0.002、
    0.2 ug·(g·d)−1,15 d)
    Firmicutes
    Bacteroides
    [77]
    ICR小鼠 PS(5 µm,100、1000 µg·L−1,6 w) Firmicutes、Proteobacteria、 Actinobacteria、Bacteroidetes
    Coprococcus、Anaeroplasma
    [78]
    人群 PU、SR、ACR等25种塑料 Bacteroides、Ruminococcus、Dorea、Fusobacterium、Coprococcus
    Klebsiella、Helicobacter、Bifidobacterium、Streptococcus、Sphingomonas
    [74]
    注:聚苯乙烯(polystyrene,PS),聚乙烯(polyethylene,PE),聚丙烯(polypropylene,PP),聚氨酯(polyurethane,PU),硅树脂(silicon resin,SR),丙烯酸树脂(acrylic resin,ACR),罗红霉素(Roxithromycin,ROX). 表示菌群相对丰度增加,表示菌群相对丰度减少. indicates that the relative abundance of bacteria increases, and indicates that the relative abundance of bacteria decreases.
    实验对象 微/纳米塑料暴露 菌群结构改变 文献
    Research object Characteristics of MPs/NPs Change of microbial community References
    中华绒螯蟹 PS(5 μm,40 mg·L−1,21 d) Firmicutes、Bacteroidetes
    Fusobacteria、Proteobacteria
    [64]
    斑马鱼 PS(5 μm,0.05 、0.50  mg·L−1,21 d) Proteobacteria
    Fusobacteria
    [75]
    斑马鱼 PS(8 μm,0.01、1 mg·L−1,21 d) Fusobacteria,Firmicutes、Verrucomicrobiota、Actinomycetes [70]
    Proteobacteria
    PS(80 nm,0.01、1 mg·L−1,21 d) Fusobacteria,Firmicutes、Verrucomicrobiota
    Proteobacteria、Actinomycetes
    鲤鱼 PS(8 μm,0.08  mg·L−1,21 d) Lactococcus garvieae,Bacteroides_paurosaccharolyticus,Romboutsia_ilealis
    Plesiomonas shigelloides
    [65]
    鲫鱼 PE(<848.37 μm,6.38、12.18、
    22.33 mg·(MPs·fish·d)−1,30 d)
    Fusobacteria,Bacteroidetes [67]
    Firmicutes
    鲫鱼 PS-ROX (5 μm ,100 ug·L−1,28 d) Cetbacterium,Akkermansia [68]
    Gemmobacter,Bosea、Rhizobium、Shinella
    昆明小鼠 PS(150 — 300 µm,4 mg·L−1,7 d) Alistipes
    Ruminococcaceae、Lachnospiraceae
    [63]
    PP(150 — 300 µm,4 mg·L−1,7 d) Bacteroidetes
    Firmicutes
    C57BL/6小鼠 PE(10 — 150 µm,6、60、
    600 ug·L−1,5 w)
    Bacteroidetes、Bacterodides Muribaculum、unidentified Clostridiales、Akkermansia
    Firmicutes、melainabacobacteria、Blautia、Desulfovibrio
    [76]
    ICR小鼠 PE(1 — 10 µm,0.002、
    0.2 ug·(g·d)−1,15 d)
    Firmicutes
    Bacteroides
    [77]
    ICR小鼠 PS(5 µm,100、1000 µg·L−1,6 w) Firmicutes、Proteobacteria、 Actinobacteria、Bacteroidetes
    Coprococcus、Anaeroplasma
    [78]
    人群 PU、SR、ACR等25种塑料 Bacteroides、Ruminococcus、Dorea、Fusobacterium、Coprococcus
    Klebsiella、Helicobacter、Bifidobacterium、Streptococcus、Sphingomonas
    [74]
    注:聚苯乙烯(polystyrene,PS),聚乙烯(polyethylene,PE),聚丙烯(polypropylene,PP),聚氨酯(polyurethane,PU),硅树脂(silicon resin,SR),丙烯酸树脂(acrylic resin,ACR),罗红霉素(Roxithromycin,ROX). 表示菌群相对丰度增加,表示菌群相对丰度减少. indicates that the relative abundance of bacteria increases, and indicates that the relative abundance of bacteria decreases.
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李佳熙, 姬向荣, 刘芙瑶, 傅宇辰, 裴阳阳, 云妙英. 微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展[J]. 环境化学. doi: 10.7524/j.issn.0254-6108.2023091502
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微塑料暴露引起“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制研究进展

    通讯作者: E-mail:yunmy2014@ muc.edu.cn
  • 1. 中央民族大学生命与环境科学学院,北京,100081
  • 2. 民族地区生态环境国家民委重点实验室,北京,100081
基金项目:
民族地区生态环境国家民委重点实验室自主课题(KLEEMA202305)资助.

摘要: 微塑料由于其自身粒径小、吸附性强、难降解等特点,不但在自然界广泛存在,而且可通过消化道、呼吸道、皮肤接触等途径使得生物长期暴露其污染之中,并通过食物链不断向上累积. 有研究发现,微塑料单独或与其他污染物联合暴露能够对机体产生如肠道菌群紊乱、神经行为毒性等不良影响. 肠道菌群在许多生理过程中发挥着重要作用,并可能通过“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”与大脑进行双向交流,这一路径与许多神经、精神疾病的发生及发展相关. 目前关于微塑料对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的毒性影响及作用机制的研究较少. 本文综述了近几年国内外关于微塑料毒性及“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的研究,为进一步探讨微塑料对肠道菌群及神经行为的毒性效应、研究潜在的毒性机制、寻找可能存在的生物标志物与防护措施、保障环境生态与人类健康提供研究思路.

English Abstract

  • 20世纪90年代,海洋环境中发现大量塑料碎片,这些碎片能够缠绕海洋生物并被当作食物摄入[1],同时还可充当载体将其他环境污染物转运至生物体内[2]. 微塑料(microplastics,MPs)于2004年首先被Thompson等提出[3],通常指粒径小于5 mm的塑料碎片. 当前对微塑料的研究主要包括环境微塑料赋存特征,微塑料污染控制及降解技术,微塑料毒理与生态风险评估等内容. 早期关于微塑料的研究范围主要集中在水环境领域[46],近年来发现陆地环境中的微塑料暴露更为严重,可能是海洋环境的4—23倍[78],大气[9]微塑料的研究也逐渐展开,暴露研究逐渐由海洋生物转向陆地植物、动物乃至人类,微塑料生物暴露引发的生态与人类健康问题,特别是在组织器官损伤、氧化应激、炎症、神经毒性等方面成为研究热点. 基于“肠-脑轴”在生理过程中发挥的重要作用以及肠道菌群在其中扮演的重要角色,近年来微塑料暴露涉及“肠-脑轴”的相关研究也逐渐得到关注,然而目前关于这方面开展的系统研究较少. 本文综述了近年来国内外关于微塑料暴露对肠道菌群、神经毒性及有关机制的研究,为进一步深入探讨微塑料暴露对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的潜在毒性影响与机制、寻找可能存在的生物标志物、保护生物预防或减轻微塑料暴露危害提供研究思路.

    • 微塑料在环境中几乎无处不在[1012],其主要来源包括被直接制造成微小尺寸作为原材料添加到化妆品、洗面奶等产品中的初级微塑料,及宏观塑料在环境中破碎分解产生的次级微塑料[13]. 微塑料在环境中进一步分解可产生纳米级的塑料碎片, Gigault等[14]针对前人研究中关于纳米塑料的争论,提出纳米塑料(nanoplastics,NPs)是由工业塑料物体降解、或在塑料产品使用过程中产生的尺寸小于1000 nm、可以表现出胶体行为的塑料颗粒.

      自然界生物几乎完全暴露于广泛存在的微塑料污染之中[15],且由于微塑料自身难降解的特性[16],这种暴露将会是一种持久性暴露状态. 微塑料可伴随食物、水或空气通过消化道、呼吸道和皮肤接触3种途径进入生物体内[17],目前已在人类皮肤[18]、粪便[19]、胎盘[20]、血液(血栓)[21]等样本中检出了微塑料,证实了人类已直接暴露于微塑料,且婴幼儿和未成年人暴露于微塑料的健康风险可能更高[20].

      生物体的微塑料暴露虽不会引起急性死亡,但能够引起机体一系列不良反应,如氧化应激、炎症和免疫系统损伤、代谢紊乱、组织器官损伤、细胞毒性、DNA损伤与遗传毒性等,甚至可诱导人类机体产生癌变[17]. 有证据表明,微塑料暴露可能参与了炎症性肠病、癌症或肿瘤的发生或诱导[19]. 另外,较小尺寸的微塑料和纳米塑料更有可能直接通过肠道进入血液循环,从而导致更加严重的生物体危害[22]. 微塑料除自身对机体带来毒性外,还具有能够吸附、携带其他污染物与毒物的能力,并能够通过食物链向上累积[23],如图1所示.

    • 胃肠道主要发挥消化和吸收营养物质的作用,作为生物体与外部环境接触的主要途径之一,很容易受到来自体外的潜在威胁[24]. 大脑能够通过中枢神经系统(central nervous system, CNS)、自主神经系统(autonomic nervous system,ANS)、肠神经系统(enteric nervous system,ENS)和下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺轴(hypothalamic pituitary gonadal axis,HPA)等神经内分泌通路与胃肠道进行双向交流,这一复杂的信号系统被称为“肠-脑轴”(Gut-Brain Axis)[25]. 这一概念最早由美国哥伦比亚大学神经学家迈克·格尔松教授提出,并将由肠管、肠道神经系统、肠道微生物形成的系统称为人体的“第二大脑”[26]. 目前认为包括交感神经和副交感神经在内的自主神经系统在“肠-脑轴”中发挥主要作用,肠道、脊髓和迷走神经组成了核心的交流通路[24].

      越来越多的证据表明,肠道微生物群在肠道与大脑的双向交流中发挥重要作用[27],并与抑郁症[28]、帕金森病、阿尔茨海默病、亨廷顿病[25]、精神分裂症[29]、自闭症[30]、物质成瘾[31]等疾病的发生、发展有关. Cryan等[27,32]将其扩展为“微生物-肠-脑轴”,以描述胃肠道微生物与中枢神经系统之间的双向交流,并认为外在环境如饮食、药物等都能够调节肠道菌群,进而通过MGB轴对大脑及行为产生影响. 研究表明,环境中广泛存在的重金属锰、铅、镉、砷等能够通过胃肠道吸收暴露影响MGB轴[33]. 燃烧物产生的衍生纳米颗粒暴露于人体后大量存在于红细胞、无髓鞘粘膜、血管周围和肌内神经纤维、神经节神经元和迷走神经中,构成了帕金森病和阿尔茨海默病发病机制的可能途径[34]. 李文豪等[35]通过Spearman相关系数分析发现高原低氧环境能够导致小鼠肠道菌群结构改变,且艾克曼菌属、另枝菌属和瘤胃球菌属相对丰度的增加与小鼠学习记忆能力下降相关. 韦思佳等[36]通过粪菌移植改善了低菌鼠的学习记忆能力. 这些研究均表明,在肠脑交流过程中,肠道菌群可能发挥了重要的作用. 目前的研究认为,肠道菌群与大脑至少可以通过免疫、内分泌、神经三条通路及其交互作用进行交流[37].

    • 人是一个“超级生物体”[38],体内有极其丰富的微生物群落. 人体肠道微生物重量近乎肝脏[32],被称为“人体第二基因组”. 肠道微生物包括酵母、古菌、寄生虫等,但最具特征的是细菌[27]. 肠道菌群与宿主健康密切相关. 研究表明,肠道菌群参与了人体消化和营养过程[39],可通过引发内毒素血症、改变短链脂肪酸信号以及胆碱和胆汁酸代谢等多种途径影响宿主代谢,而宿主代谢紊乱又能反作用于肠道微生物使其组成发生变化[40]. 肠道菌群作为肠道中的一个重要组成部分,不仅与肠道粘膜构成“微生物屏障”阻止病原菌入侵[39],还参与了肠道免疫过程,并与免疫系统外的多个器官构成了“肠-心轴”[41] “肠-肝轴”[42] “肠-肺轴”[43] “肠-脾轴”[44] “肠-肾轴”[45] “肠-脑轴”[46] “肠-肌轴”[47] “肠-骨轴”[48]等通路. 正常情况下, 肠道菌群与宿主间存在着复杂而微妙的动态平衡[49],一旦这种平衡被打破发生肠道菌群失调,可诱导某些疾病的发生. 如图2所示,研究表明肠道菌群失衡与炎症性肠病[50]、肠易激综合征、营养不良[51]、肥胖[52]、糖尿病、心脑血管疾病[53]、慢性肝病[54]、慢性肾病[55]、抑郁症[56]、阿尔茨海默症、自闭症[57]、神经性厌食症[58]、过敏、类风湿关节炎、癌症[59]等多种疾病的发生、发展相关[60]. 饮食是最容易被改变或控制的显著影响肠道菌群组成的环境因素之一[40,61],同样也是环境污染物生物暴露的主要途径之一. 因此,肠道菌群也被视为环境污染物的重要毒理学靶点. 近来的研究表明,除了重金属、大气污染物、持久性有机污染物、抗生素、纳米材料颗粒等[62],微塑料也可引起肠道菌群的紊乱.

      微塑料暴露可改变生物肠道菌群组成与多样性,且这种影响在短期内即可显现. Xie等[63]通过7 d的短期实验发现,MPs暴露使小鼠肠道菌群结构和组成比例发生变化:在门水平上,聚丙烯组与肥胖密切相关的Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes比值迅速升高;在科水平上,聚苯乙烯组与炎症性肠炎的发生发展有关的RuminococcaceaeLachnospiraceae相对丰度显著增加;在属水平上,聚苯乙烯组可以保护宿主免受结肠炎的细菌Alistipes相对丰度显著下降. 较长时间暴露的研究也获得同样实验结果,Liu等[64]发现聚苯乙烯微塑料暴露(5 μm,40 mg·L−1,21 d)使中华绒螯蟹肠道菌群组成中的 FirmicutesBacteroidetes 的相对丰度下降,FusobacteriaProteobacteria 的相对丰度上升. Wang等[65]以鲤鱼为模型的研究结果同样显示聚苯乙烯暴露后,鲤鱼肠道微生物群中Lactococcus garvieaeBacteroides_paurosaccharolyticusRomboutsia_ilealis的相对丰度显著降低,16S Silva数据库分析结果显示发生了与传染病、癌症、神经退行性疾病、内分泌和代谢性疾病、心血管疾病等疾病相关的肠道菌群紊乱. 以肠道免疫失衡小鼠为模型的研究发现,聚苯乙烯微塑料暴露不仅对结肠微生物群落和代谢产生了更严重的干扰,而且引起了类杆菌等致病菌数量的增加[66].

      由于环境中的微塑料与实验室模拟实验使用的原始微塑料在性质上有所不同,Hu等[67]通过碾磨农用薄膜模拟次级聚乙烯微塑料,用其喂养鲫鱼30 d后,Alpha多样性指数显示实验组鲫鱼的肠道微生物群多样性显著增加,Firmicutes相对丰度显著升高,FusobacteriaBacteroidetes则降低,同时在细菌组成成分中发现了有害菌种. Zhang等[68]进一步研究了老化聚苯乙烯单独或与100 μg·L−1罗红霉素联合作用对鲫鱼肠道菌群的影响,测序结果显示联合暴露增加了Gemmobacter、Bosea、RhizobiumShinella的丰度,降低了CetbacteriumAkkermansia的丰度.

      通常微塑料的毒性与粒径显著相关[69],因此许多学者将纳米塑料与微塑料区别开来比较二者对肠道菌群的不同毒性效应. Xie等[70]比较了聚苯乙烯微米与纳米塑料(8 μm、80 nm,0.01 mg·L−1、1 mg·L−1)暴露 21 d对斑马鱼肠道菌群的影响,结果表明二者均可诱导斑马鱼肠道菌群失调,放线菌的丰度在 NPs 处理组中增加而在 MPs 处理组中下降;NPs 暴露增加了肠道中 IL8、IL10、IL1β和 TNF-α的表达,而在 MPs 暴露组中没有观察到相同情况. Li等[71]研究了淡水河蚌暴露于聚苯乙烯塑料(2 μm、80 nm,0.1 mg·L−1、1 mg·L−1)10 d后的肠道损伤情况和肠道菌群变化,发现二者都能诱导炎症反应,引起肠道上皮损伤,并能显著改变肠道微生物群落结构,但组间存在差异表达基因:MPs 更多地诱导先天免疫反应,激活补体和凝血级联途径(补体系统),引起的微生物紊乱更严重;NPs 优先诱导与细胞成分相关的过程,并通过线粒体途径触发组织(特别是间接接触组织)的凋亡,引起的粘膜损伤更严重. Kang等[72]将海洋青鳉暴露于聚苯乙烯(50 nm、45 μm)后,比较发现 NPs 暴露组表现出更强的氧化应激;MPs 暴露组表现出更严重的肠道损伤诱导,肠道菌群在门、属水平上表现出更显著的组成变化. 这些研究结果表明,微塑料和纳米塑料暴露都能够引起生物肠道菌群的紊乱与炎症反应,但由于微塑料具有更大的表面积,因此微塑料暴露对肠道菌群的紊乱影响更显著,且更多地诱导了免疫功能障碍;而纳米塑料则更显著地诱导氧化应激与细胞凋亡.

      目前较多的研究是以实验动物为模型开展,少量研究涉及了微塑料暴露对人体肠道菌群的影响探究. Fournier等[73]研究发现,MPs/NPs环境暴露影响婴儿肠道菌群种类组成,使菌群中有益菌群丰度减少而有害菌群丰度增加,且这一变化受到暴露微塑料尺寸、浓度和种类的影响. Zhang等[74]的研究首次报告了长期暴露于微塑料环境对人体微生物的扰动影响,通过比较微塑料高暴露人群(在成都某塑料厂周围工作生活的20名受试者,环境塑料检出点1050个)与低暴露人群(在成都环花溪公园周围工作生活的20名受试者,环境塑料检出点46个)的肠道微生物发现,高暴露可能会增加与疾病有关的微生物丰度而减少有益微生物的丰度,并可能改变肠道微生物群与鼻腔微生物的共生关系. 这一报告以人群为研究对象,填补了关于微塑料暴露对生物体肠道菌群影响研究的空白,为人类健康研究提供了直接证据,但目前类似的研究仍较少. 微塑料暴露对生物肠道菌群影响的总结见表1.

    • 越来越多的研究表明,微塑料有能力突破血脑屏障进入生物大脑,并引起神经毒性反应. Shosaku[79]、Karin等[80]及Ding等[81]分别将青鳉、黑鲫、尼罗罗非鱼暴露在原始或经氨基修饰的PS-NPs中,不仅在实验动物的肠道、鳃、肝脏中检出了微塑料,在脑组织中也检出塑料颗粒,值得注意的是,研究结果表明仅暴露一周后,微塑料即进入了生物大脑,且伴随脑重量减轻、行为改变及脑回增大、乙酰胆碱酯酶活性被抑制、超氧化物歧化酶含量增加等表现. 对于哺乳纲动物,Jin等[82]研究发现,BALB/c小鼠连续180 d饮用含有PS-MPs(0.5 μm、4 μm、10 μm,100 μg·L−11000 μg·L−1)的水后,PS-MPs在小鼠大脑中积累,出现血脑屏障破坏、树突棘密度降低、海马区炎症等反应,并出现了认知和记忆缺陷. Deng等[83]研究同样发现,PS-MPs能在肝脏、肾脏和肠道中积累,并使神经递质水平发生变化. Xu等[84]通过口服灌胃使小鼠暴露在微塑料中28 d,发现原始、氨基修饰(NH2—)和羧基修饰(COOH—)的PS-NPs(100 nm,1 mg·d−1)均能在肾脏、睾丸、脾脏、肺、胃肠道和大脑等器官中蓄积. 另外关于Wistar大鼠模型的研究表明,大鼠连续35 d摄入PS-NPs(25 nm、50 nm,1—10 mg·(kg·d)−1)不会引起体重的显著变化,其行为学表现也仅显示出微小的差异,虽然这一研究没有揭示显著的差异,但Rafiee等[85]认为这种微小差异同样具有临床意义. Liu等[86]的研究表明,PS-NPs(80 nm)可以通过雾化吸入的方式到达并沉积在小鼠大脑中,小鼠的活动表现水平下降,且较小的PS-NPs可诱导更多的细胞摄取. Chu等[87]将小鼠暴露于25 nm PS后发现,PS-NPs暴露增加了氧化应激和DNA损伤,严重损伤突触功能. Wang等[88]的研究表明PS-MPs暴露通过诱导氧化应激和降低乙酰胆碱水平进而影响学习和记忆. Ban等[89]利用神经细胞—人神经母细胞瘤细胞SH-SY5Y研究PS-NPs的细胞毒性,结果表明PS暴露促进细胞分化为神经元表型,神经突触生长收缩,细胞核形态改变,细胞内成分溢出. Shan等[90]发现,PS-NPs对小鼠大脑的小胶质细胞产生暴露后诱导了细胞活化和神经元损伤. Hua等[91]利用三维模型模拟人类大脑皮层发育研究微塑料暴露对人脑的影响,结果表明微塑料长期暴露能够降低神经细胞的活力.

      此外,微塑料对环境其他有毒污染物具有吸附、富集和载体效应,能够通过浓缩、增加接触和生物有效性、干扰机体防御等机制增加其他污染物毒性[92]. Barboza等[93]的研究表明,微塑料增加了欧洲鲈鱼幼鱼鳃和肝脏中汞的富集量,且诱导鳃和肝脏器官发生氧化应激. 安浩等[94]通过探究微塑料和三氯生联合暴露对斑马鱼的神经毒性效应,发现联合暴露使超氧化物歧化酶水平、乙酰胆碱酯酶活力降低,5-HT含量提高,并且诱导了98个特异性变化的代谢物,涉及氨基酸代谢、甘油磷脂代谢、鞘脂代谢、花生四烯酸代谢和神经活性配体受体相互作用等代谢过程,对脑产生更严重的神经毒性. Liu等[95]发现,微塑料与铁联合暴露可能通过扰乱脑组织中铁稳态及诱导认知相关区域的铁中毒而加重认知障碍.

      微塑料不仅能够通过个体直接的饮食或呼吸暴露引起神经毒性,还可通过食物链的向上传递或子代传递间接引起神经毒性. da Costa Araújo等[96]的研究表明,小鼠通过食物链摄入微塑料后,在其肝脏中检出塑料颗粒,且小鼠出现缺乏防御性的社会聚集、风险评估行为减少等神经心理行为状态改变的表现. 这表明微塑料被摄食后可以通过食物链向更高营养级传递,且生物营养链级的水平越高,微塑料对生物体的毒性作用就越复杂[23]. Chen等[97]关于秀丽隐杆线虫的研究表明,PS-MPs(1.002 ± 0.005 μm,10 — 100 μg·L−1)暴露能够显著减少亲代及后代线虫的头部摆动及身体弯曲频率,且母体暴露于高浓度(100 μg·L)PS-MPs时,子代活性氧与脂褐素的显著增多,氧化应激相关基因(clk-1,ctl-1,sod-3,sod-4,sod-5)表达上调. 这表明微塑料暴露引起的神经毒性可实现跨代表现,且氧化应激在其中起着重要作用. 实验研究证实,对于微藻[98]、涡虫 [99]、线虫[100]、鲤鱼 [101]、斑马鱼[75]、小鼠[69]等不同物种及大鼠卵巢颗粒细胞[102]、L929小鼠成纤维细胞、狗肾上皮细胞株[103]、人血管内皮细胞 [104]、人结直肠腺癌细胞[103]、人正常肺上皮细胞[105]等不同类型的细胞,微塑料均引起了不同程度的氧化应激.

    • 生物暴露于低剂量微塑料时首先通过免疫反应来适应污染环境,而高剂量的微塑料阻碍了这一平衡的恢复,最终导致了抑制或毒性作用,表现出炎症. Liu等[65]发现PS-MPs 暴露使中华绒螯蟹血淋巴和肝胰脏中的大多数免疫相关因子的含量(活性)随着暴露剂量的增加和时间的延长表现出“先增加、后下降”的趋势,并引起了 Hc、LSZ、MyD88 和 caspase 等免疫基因表达的改变. Li等[76]、Jin等[78]的研究结果显示,MPs暴露使小鼠肠道粘液分泌减少,肠道屏障功能损伤,TLR4、AP-1和IRF5表达增加,高浓度MPs通过激活TLR4信号通路诱发了小肠炎症. Liu等[66]比较了0.50 mg·L−1 PS-MPs对健康小鼠和肠道免疫失衡小鼠的影响,PS-MPs暴露可显著增加肠道免疫失衡小鼠炎症因子的表达,加重肠道免疫失衡小鼠结肠黏膜的组织病理损伤. 由于自身肠道免疫失衡的个体对环境污染会更加敏感,因此在今后的健康风险研究与评估中必须考量这一问题.

      微塑料对生物内分泌系统造成干扰. Chen等[106]的测定结果显示,在野外采集的海洋微塑料中,双酚A的检出频率最高,其次是双酚S、辛基酚和壬基酚,还包括雌激素等,这些内分泌干扰物来自于环境吸附或制造添加. Ullah等[107]认为双酚、邻苯二甲酸盐、多溴联苯醚、多氯联苯醚、有机锡、全氟化合物等容易经微纳塑料转运,哺乳动物接触后内分泌系统将受到影响,且较小的颗粒能释放出更多的内分泌干扰物. Lin等[108]的结果显示,PSMPs的存在增加了斑马鱼性腺中微囊藻毒素(microcystin-LR,MC-LR)的积累,增强了MC-LR诱导的生殖毒性,与17β-雌二醇和睾酮水平的异常升高密切相关. Chenet等[109]通过量化评估方法发现,接受微塑料暴露后60%的大西洋马鲛肝组织中有肝脏卵黄蛋白原表达,证实摄入微塑料可能会改变内分泌系统功能.

      微塑料生物暴露将引起机体代谢紊乱. Fan等[110]研究发现PS-MPs使微藻氧化胁迫和毒素产生增加,改变了微藻代谢谱,且较大尺寸和较高浓度的PS-MPs诱导了大量差异表达的代谢物,显著干扰参与氨基酸合成、膜形成、氮素储存和抗氧化防御的代谢途径. Zhong等[111]通过测定摄食量、甘油三酯、血糖、活动量、雌性产卵量等分析PA-MPs对果蝇的影响,结果表明食用含有微塑料的食物会导致氧化应激和炎症,从而影响果蝇的营养代谢. Xie等[63]通过7 d的短期实验拟合各小鼠的体重增长曲线发现,MPs暴露,特别是PET与PP,对小鼠体重增长的贡献显著. Li等[76]、Jin等[78]通过KEGG分析以及氨基酸代谢和胆汁酸代谢指标结果证实了PS-MPs暴露引起了小鼠代谢紊乱. Deng等[83]的研究发现,PS-MPs能在肝脏、肾脏和肠道中积累,引起能量和脂质代谢紊乱. Xu等[84]通过口服灌胃使小鼠暴露在原始、氨基修饰或羧基修饰的PS-NPs(100 nm,1 mg·d−1)28 d后,发现NPs导致组织学损伤、血液系统损伤及脂代谢紊乱.

      关于微塑料暴露对MGB轴的影响,目前的研究很少,且缺乏机制阐释. Huang等[112]将铁饼鱼暴露在不同浓度(20 μg·L−1、200 μg·L−1)的PA超细纤维(400 ø × 900 µm)和PS-NPs(约 88 ø nm)中96 h后发现,铁饼鱼的捕食和游泳能力下降;鱼脑中的乙酰胆碱酯酶被激活而丁酰胆碱酯酶被抑制;大脑中的神经递质(乙酰胆碱、多巴胺和γ-氨基丁酸)浓度有所升高,而肠道中则普遍降低;肠道菌群结构有所改变,变形菌门比例在NPs组降低而在MPs组增加,梭杆菌属比例均降低;脑转录组显示与神经活动和递质受体相关的7个基因(HTR3、S1PR4、CHRNG、PLG、CREB3、CHRM4、GLYT)表达上调,4个基因(ARR3、HCRTR2、POMC、ADRA1B)表达下调,KEGG通路富集分析显示MPs组和NPs组均与神经活性配体-受体相互作用通路及血清素能突触通路相关,多巴胺能突触通路仅与MPs组相关. Teng等[113]的研究显示,斑马鱼持续30 d暴露在PS-NPs(44 nm,1 μg·L−1、10 μg·L−1、100 μg·L−1)环境后,生长受到抑制,出现炎症反应;靶向代谢组学分析揭示了42种代谢物(包括神经递质)的改变,且有14种代谢物的变化与3个微生物类群(变形菌门、厚壁菌门、拟杆菌门)的变化相关. 微塑料暴露引起的部分基因表达与生化因子水平变化见图3. 这些研究均表明,微塑料,特别是纳米塑料,对生物形成暴露后,不仅能够引起肠道菌群紊乱和神经毒性对生物健康产生威胁,并且极有可能通过“肠道菌群—肠—脑轴”这一通路进行交流. 虽然现有关于微塑料暴露引起肠道菌群失衡、引发炎症与代谢紊乱、干扰内分泌系统和神经系统等生物毒性效应的研究很多且较为深入,已经涉及机制探讨方面. 但现有研究的内容相对独立,缺乏更加系统、全面的讨论,特别是关注微塑料对MGB轴系统通路的影响与机制研究的报道很少,目前仍处于起步阶段,且研究缺乏对高等哺乳动物的关注,大量研究结论的得出更多来自于实验室模拟研究而非实证研究. 由于当宿主肠道菌群失衡时,可通过外源添加益生菌[114]、粪便菌群移植[115117]等方式对肠道菌群进行调节,从而起到改善不良反应或疾病表现的作用,因此开展关于微塑料暴露对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”影响和作用机制的深入研究,对于预防微塑料污染威胁、保护生物健康具有重要意义.

    • 本文从微塑料肠道菌群毒性、神经毒性及“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”机制等方面综述了国内外关于微塑料生物暴露的研究. 由于目前去除、回收和降解微塑料的技术不足以实现环境中微塑料的完全消除,因此由环境微塑料生物暴露导致的机体健康风险问题势必需要引起足够的重视. 微塑料能够通过消化道、呼吸道、皮肤等途径进入生物体内,单独或与其他环境污染物联合暴露直接引起肠道菌群紊乱和神经毒性(如行为改变、可能的神经发育障碍等),并有可能通过“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”介导毒性效应. 目前有关微塑料暴露通过“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”引起神经毒性,特别是在哺乳动物相关表现研究及机理探索方面才刚刚起步,未来的研究工作重点可关注以下方面:

      (1)微塑料生物暴露的神经毒性效应与机制研究. 目前有研究证据表明微塑料特别是纳米塑料能够突破血脑屏障进入生物大脑,或通过影响内分泌、免疫、氧化应激水平等途径间接引起神经毒性效应,然而当前研究模拟的暴露条件与真实环境相差较大,存在微塑料种类单一、染毒剂量偏高、模拟暴露时间较短等不足,且对微塑料暴露引起神经毒性的机制探索尚不完全清晰,因此未来对这一方面的研究需更加深入开展.

      (2)微塑料暴露对高等动物特别是暴露人群的潜在毒性效应与机制研究. 当前在微塑料生物毒性研究中使用的实验模型多基于水生生物、啮齿动物、人源细胞等,为相关领域探索奠定了研究基础、提供了大量证据,然而对于高等动物、特别是人群而言,微塑料进入机体内后可能引起更为复杂或潜在的毒性效应,目前关于微塑料在生物体内迁移、吸收、代谢的具体机制也尚不清楚,因此需要更加关注微塑料暴露对高等动物及人群的影响及机制探究.

      (3)微塑料暴露对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”毒性及作用机制的研究. 大量研究表明,微塑料暴露能够引起机体肠道菌群失调,进而导致一系列毒性效应. 而“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”作为不同机体系统交流的重要途径,在维持生物健康方面发挥着重要的生理作用. “肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”既是微塑料暴露对机体产生不良影响的重要途径之一,也是寻求预防和抵抗微塑料暴露风险的潜在作用点之一,而目前国内外关于此方面的探索才刚刚开展,仍然存在大量研究空白. 因此,关于微塑料暴露对“肠道菌群-肠-脑轴”的毒性影响,特别是有关作用机制的研究需进一步开展.

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