A Biomimetic Approach to the Chemical Inactivation of Chrysotile Fibres by Lichen Metabolites
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Some lichens were recently reported to modify the surface state of asbestos. Here we report some new insight on the physico‐chemical modifications induced by natural chelators (lichen metabolites) on two asbestos samples collected in two different locations. A biomimetic approach was followed by reproducing in the laboratory the weathering effect of lichen metabolites. Norstictic, pulvinic and oxalic acid (0.005, 0.5 and 50 m M) were put in contact with chrysotile fibres, either in pure form (A) or intergrown with balangeroite, an iron‐rich asbestiform phase (B). Mg and Si removal, measured by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP‐AES) and scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (SEM‐EDS), reveals an incongruent dissolution for pure chrysotile (A), with Mg removal always exceeding that of Si, while chrysotile–balangeroite (B) follows a congruent dissolution pattern in all cases except in the presence of 50 m M oxalic acid. A much larger removal of Mg than Si in the solutions of 0.5 and 50 m M oxalic acid with chrysotile (A) suggests a structural collapse, which in the case of chrysotile–balangeroite (B) only occurs with 50 m M oxalic acid; in these cases both samples are converted into amorphous silica (as detected by X‐ray diffraction (XRD)). Subsequent to incubation, some new phases (Fe 2 O 3, CaMg(CO 3)2, Ca(C 2 O 4)⋅H 2 O and Mg(C 2 O 4)⋅2 H 2 O), similar to those observed in the field, were detected by XRD and micro‐Raman spectroscopy. The leaching effect of lichen metabolites also modifies the Fenton activity, a process widely correlated with asbestos pathogenicity: pure chrysotile (A) activity is reduced by 50 m M oxalic acid, while all lichen metabolites reduce the activity of chrysotile–balangeroite (B). The selective removal of poorly coordinated, highly reactive iron ions, evidenced by NO adsorption, accounts for the loss in Fenton activity. Such fibres were chemically close to the ones observed in the field. Chrysotile‐rich rocks, colonised by lichens, could be exposed to a natural bioattenuation and considered as a transient environmental hazard.
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Exposure of chrysotile to acidic bio-weathering promotes incongruent leaching of the brucitic layer and reduces surface reactivity.
“Exposure of chrysotile to acidic bio-weathering, for example, promotes the incongruent leaching of brucitic layer, in which iron substitutes for magnesium, and reduces the surface reactivity14.”
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The fully iron-free synthetic chrysotile fibre did not generate free radicals from H2O2.
“As previously reported, [20] the iron-free chrysotile does not generates free radicals from the target molecule H 2 O 2 .”
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The iron-doped synthetic chrysotile provided a direct cause-effect correlation between cellular toxicity and the occurrence of iron in asbestos.
“providing for the first time, without confounding factors, a direct cause-effect correlation between cellular toxicity and occurrence of iron in asbestos; [20]”
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Iron-doped synthetic chrysotile induced oxidative stress in vitro.
“to induce oxidative stress in vitro”
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Iron-doped synthetic chrysotile was as toxic as natural UICC chrysotile.
“and to be as toxic as natural UICC chrysotile”
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Iron-doped synthetic chrysotile was previously shown to be active in ROS production.
“the iron-doped synthetic chrysotile was shown to be active in ROS production”
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- Authors
- Turci, F., Favero‐Longo, S. E., Tomatis, M., Martra, G., Castelli, D., Piervittori, R., & Fubini, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Turin (IT)
- ORCID
- Venue
- Chemistry – A European Journal
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-04-26
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 14
- Pages
- 4081-4093
- ISSN
- 0947-6539 (ISSN-L)
- 1521-3765
- OpenAlex
- W2045347094
- Cited by
- 49
- References
- 71
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 4
- FWCI
- 7.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemistry - A European Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Earth-Surface Processes › Building materials and conservation
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Occupational and environmental lung diseases
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Water Science and Technology › Environmental and Analytical Chemistry Studies
- Keywords
- lichen metabolites, oxalic acid, norstictic acid, pulvinic acid, iron coordination, NO adsorption, amorphous silica
- MeSH terms
- Lichens, Plant Extracts, Spectrum Analysis, Asbestos, Serpentine, Molecular Mimicry
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