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De Simone U, Croce AC, Pignatti P, Buscaglia E, Caloni F, Coccini T. Three dimensional spheroid cell culture of human MSC‐derived neuron‐like cells: new in vitro model to assess magnetite nanoparticle‐induced neurotoxicity effects. J Appl Toxicol 2022; 42:1230-1252. [DOI: 10.1002/jat.4292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Uliana De Simone
- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology, and Pavia Poison Centre ‐ National Toxicology Information Centre, Toxicology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics, Italian National Research Council (CNR) Pavia Italy
- Department of Biology & Biotechnology University of Pavia Pavia Italy
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- Allergy and Immunology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology, and Pavia Poison Centre ‐ National Toxicology Information Centre, Toxicology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia Italy
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- Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety Universitá degli Studi di Milano Milan Italy
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- Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Toxicology, and Pavia Poison Centre ‐ National Toxicology Information Centre, Toxicology Unit, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS Pavia Italy
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Al-Ahmady ZS, Ali-Boucetta H. Nanomedicine & Nanotoxicology Future Could Be Reshaped Post-COVID-19 Pandemic. FRONTIERS IN NANOTECHNOLOGY 2020. [DOI: 10.3389/fnano.2020.610465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Since its first emergence in December 2019, the coronavirus-2 infection has quickly spread around the world and the severity of the pandemic has already re-shaped our lives. This review highlights the role of nanotechnology in the fight against this pandemic with a focus on the design of effective nano-based prevention and treatment options that overcome the limitations associated with conventional vaccines and other therapies. How nanotechnology could be utilized to understand the pathology of the ongoing pandemic is also discussed as well as how our knowledge about SARS-CoV-2 cellular uptake and toxicity could influence future nanotoxicological considerations and nanomedicine design of safe yet effective nanomaterials.
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Ndika J, Ilves M, Kooter IM, Gröllers-Mulderij M, Duistermaat E, Tromp PC, Kuper F, Kinaret P, Greco D, Karisola P, Alenius H. Mechanistic Similarities between 3D Human Bronchial Epithelium and Mice Lung, Exposed to Copper Oxide Nanoparticles, Support Non-Animal Methods for Hazard Assessment. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2020; 16:e2000527. [PMID: 32351023 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202000527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The diversity and increasing prevalence of products derived from engineered nanomaterials (ENM), warrants implementation of non-animal approaches to health hazard assessment for ethical and practical reasons. Although non-animal approaches are becoming increasingly popular, there are almost no studies of side-by-side comparisons with traditional in vivo assays. Here, transcriptomics is used to investigate mechanistic similarities between healthy/asthmatic models of 3D air-liquid interface (ALI) cultures of donor-derived human bronchial epithelia cells, and mouse lung tissue, following exposure to copper oxide ENM. Only 19% of mouse lung genes with human orthologues are not expressed in the human 3D ALI model. Despite differences in taxonomy and cellular complexity between the systems, a core subset of matching genes cluster mouse and human samples strictly based on ENM dose (exposure severity). Overlapping gene orthologue pairs are highly enriched for innate immune functions, suggesting an important and maybe underestimated role of epithelial cells. In conclusion, 3D ALI models based on epithelial cells, are primed to bridge the gap between traditional 2D in vitro assays and animal models of airway exposure, and transcriptomics appears to be a unifying dose metric that links in vivo and in vitro test systems.
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- Joseph Ndika
- Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland
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- Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific, Research TNO, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific, Research TNO, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific, Research TNO, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific, Research TNO, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific, Research TNO, P.O. Box 80015, Utrecht, 3584 CB, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00790, Finland
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, FI-33014, Finland
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- Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland
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- Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00290, Finland
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, P.O. Box 210, Stockholm, SE-17176, Sweden
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De Simone U, Spinillo A, Caloni F, Gribaldo L, Coccini T. Neuron-Like Cells Generated from Human Umbilical Cord Lining-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells as a New In Vitro Model for Neuronal Toxicity Screening: Using Magnetite Nanoparticles as an Example. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 21:E271. [PMID: 31906090 PMCID: PMC6982086 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21010271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Revised: 12/20/2019] [Accepted: 12/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The wide employment of iron nanoparticles in environmental and occupational settings underlines their potential to enter the brain. Human cell-based systems are recommended as relevant models to reduce uncertainty and to improve prediction of human toxicity. This study aimed at demonstrating the in vitro differentiation of the human umbilical cord lining-derived-mesenchymal stem cells (hCL-MSCs) into neuron-like cells (hNLCs) and the benefit of using them as an ideal primary cell source of human origin for the neuronal toxicity of Fe3O4NPs (magnetite-nanoparticles). Neuron-like phenotype was confirmed by: live morphology; Nissl body staining; protein expression of different neuronal-specific markers (immunofluorescent staining), at different maturation stages (i.e., day-3-early and day-8-full differentiated), namely β-tubulin III, MAP-2, enolase (NSE), glial protein, and almost no nestin and SOX-2 expression. Synaptic makers (SYN, GAP43, and PSD95) were also expressed. Fe3O4NPs determined a concentration- and time-dependent reduction of hNLCs viability (by ATP and the Trypan Blue test). Cell density decreased (20-50%) and apoptotic effects were detected at ≥10 μg/mL in both types of differentiated hNLCs. Three-day-differentiated hNLCs were more susceptible (toxicity appeared early and lasted for up to 48 h) than 8-day-differentiated cells (delayed effects). The study demonstrated that (i) hCL-MSCs easily differentiated into neuronal-like cells; (ii) the hNCLs susceptibility to Fe3O4NPs; and (iii) human primary cultures of neurons are new in vitro model for NP evaluation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Uliana De Simone
- Laboratory of Clinical & Experimental Toxicology, Toxicology Unit, ICS Maugeri SpA-Benefit Corporation, IRCCS Pavia, Via Maugeri 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo and University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Veterinaria (DIMEVET), Università degli Studi di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy;
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- Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, Directorate F—Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Directorate General Joint Research Centre, European Commission, 21027 Ispra, Italy;
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- Laboratory of Clinical & Experimental Toxicology, Toxicology Unit, ICS Maugeri SpA-Benefit Corporation, IRCCS Pavia, Via Maugeri 10, 27100 Pavia, Italy;
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