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Gyamfi S, Edziyie RE, Obirikorang KA, Adjei-Boateng D, Skov PV. Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) show high tolerance to acute ammonia exposure but lose metabolic scope during prolonged exposure at low concentration. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2024; 271:106932. [PMID: 38692129 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2024.106932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 05/03/2024]
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Ammonia is a respiratory gas that is produced during the process of protein deamination. In the unionised form (NH3), it readily crosses biological membranes and is highly toxic to fish. In the present study we examined the effects of unionized ammonia (UIA), on the resting oxygen consumption (MO2), ventilation frequency (fV), heart rate (HR) and heart rate variability (HRV) in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). Fish were either exposed to progressively increasing UIA concentrations, up to 97 µM over a 5 h period, or to a constant UIA level of 7 µM over a 24 h period. For both treatment groups resting MO2, HR and fV were recorded as physiological variables. Relative to the control group, the fish groups exposed to the incremental UIA levels did not exhibit significant changes in their MO2, HR and fV at UIA concentrations of 4, 10, 35, or 61 µM compared to control fish. Exposure to 97 µM UIA, however, elicited abrupt and significant downregulations (p < 0.05) in all three responses, as MO2, HR and fv decreased by 25, 54 and 76 % respectively, compared to control measurements. Heart rate became increasingly irregular with increasing UIA concentrations, and heart rate variability was significantly increased at 61 and 97 µM UIA. Prolonged exposure elicited significant changes at exposure 7 µM UIA. Standard (SMR) and maximum metabolic rate (MMR) were significantly reduced, as was the corresponding fV and HR. It is evident from this study that Nile tilapia is tolerant to short term exposure to UIA up to 61 µM but experience a significant metabolic change under conditions of prolonged UIA exposures even at low concentrations.
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- Stephen Gyamfi
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Technical University of Denmark, DTU Aqua, Section for Aquaculture, The North Sea Research Centre, Hirtshals, Denmark
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Gholamhosseini A, Banaee M, Zeidi A, Multisanti CR, Faggio C. Individual and combined impact of microplastics and lead acetate on the freshwater shrimp (Caridina fossarum): Biochemical effects and physiological responses. JOURNAL OF CONTAMINANT HYDROLOGY 2024; 262:104325. [PMID: 38428349 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2024.104325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Revised: 01/22/2024] [Accepted: 02/25/2024] [Indexed: 03/03/2024]
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Microplastics and heavy metals pollution is recognised as a major problem affecting aquatic ecosystems. For this reason, this study aims to assess the toxicity of different concentrations of polyethylene microplastics (PE-MPs) (0.0, 500, and 1000 μg L-1) with a mean size of 15-25 μm and lead acetate Pb(C2H3O2)2 (0.0, 2.5, and 5 mg L-1), both individually and in combination, through the exposure of the freshwater grass shrimp, Caridinia fossarum for 15 days, focusing on microplastic interaction with co-occurring contaminants. After being exposed to both contaminants, either individually or in combination, significant alterations in numerous biochemical markers were observed. Specifically, exposure to lead acetate alone resulted in significant changes across ALP, AST, ALT, LDH, GGT, and BChE enzyme activity levels indicating hepatotoxicity and neurotoxicity. Also, Pb exposure led to alterations in total antioxidant capacity, MDA, total lipids, and glycogen contents, signalling the onset of oxidative stress. Exposure to PE-MPs alone led to changes in ALP, LDH, GGT, and BChE enzyme levels, and in MDA, total lipids, and glycogen samples' contents. Remarkably, the study observed increased bioaccumulation of lead acetate in samples treated with the combination, emphasizing the synergistic impact of PE-MPs on the toxicity of lead acetate. This synergy was also evident in AST and ALT enzyme activity levels and MDA contents. This underscores the necessity for measures to address both microplastic pollution and heavy metal contamination, taking into account the synergistic behaviour of MPs in the presence of concurrent contaminants.
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- Amin Gholamhosseini
- Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Aquaculture of Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran.
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- Aquaculture of Department, Faculty of Natural Resources and the Environment, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; Department of Eco-sustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy.
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Parker KS, El N, Buldo EC, MacCormack TJ. Mechanisms of PVP-functionalized silver nanoparticle toxicity in fish: Intravascular exposure disrupts cardiac pacemaker function and inhibits Na +/K +-ATPase activity in heart, but not gill. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 277:109837. [PMID: 38218567 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 12/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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Polyvinylpyrrolidone-functionalized silver nanoparticles (nAgPVP) are popular in consumer products for their colloidal stability and antimicrobial activity. Whole lake additions of nAgPVP cause long term, ecosystem-scale changes in fish populations but the mechanisms underlying this effect are unclear. We have previously shown that in fish, nAgPVP impairs cardiac contractility and Na+/K+-ATPase (NKA) activity in vitro, raising the possibility that heart dysfunction could underlie population-level exposure effects. The goal of this study was to determine if nAgPVP influences the control of heart rate (fh), blood pressure, or cardiac NKA activity in vivo. First, a dose-response curve for the effects of 5 nm nAgPVP on contractility was completed on isometrically contracting ventricular muscle preparations from Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) and showed that force production was lowest at 500 μg L-1 and maximum pacing frequency increased with nAgPVP concentration. Stroke volume, cardiac output, and power output were maintained in isolated working heart preparations from brook char (Salvelinus fontinalis) exposed to 700 μg L-1 nAgPVP. Both fh and blood pressure were elevated after 24 h in brook char injected with 700 μg kg body mass-1 nAgPVP and fh was insensitive to modulation with blockers of β-adrenergic and muscarinic cholinergic receptors. Na+/K+-ATPase activity was significantly lower in heart, but not gill of nAgPVP injected fish. The results indicate that nAgPVP influences cardiac function in vivo by disrupting regulation of the pacemaker and cardiomyocyte ionoregulation. Impaired fh regulation may prevent fish from appropriately responding to environmental or social stressors and affect their ability to survive.
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- K S Parker
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.
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Khalid A, Galobart C, Rubio-Gracia F, Atli G, Guasch H, Vila-Gispert A. A trait-based approach to determine the risks of Zn to the overall health status of native fish species Barbus meridionalis. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2023; 262:106661. [PMID: 37611456 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Fish adapt to changing environments by maintaining homeostasis or making energy trade-offs that impact fitness. We investigated the effect of Zn on the fitness and physiology of Barbus meridionalis, a native cyprinid fish species, under two exposure scenarios. The Osor stream's mine-effluent reach represented long-term (chronic) exposure, while the upstream reach served as a control/acute exposure. Acute exposure involved exposing B. meridionalis to 1mg/L Zn for 96 h in the laboratory. We examined physiological traits (Standard metabolic rate SMR, Maximum metabolic rate MMR, Absolute Aerobic scope AAS, Critical swimming capacity Ucrit) and antioxidant system, AS (Superoxide dismutase, SOD; Catalase, CAT; Glutathione peroxidase, GPX; Glutathione-S-transferase, GST; Glutathione, GSH; Thiobarbaturic acid reactive substances, TBARS) biomarkers. The results indicated that Zn had no significant effect on osmoregulatory cost (SMR) in either exposure scenario but impaired energetically costly exercise (low MMR). AAS reduction in both exposure groups suggested compromised energy allocation for life-history traits, evidenced by decreased locomotor performance (Ucrit) after acute exposure. Tissue-specific and time-dependent responses were observed for AS biomarkers. The fish exhibited ineffective control of oxidative damage, as evidenced by high TBARS levels in the liver and gills, despite increased CAT and GSH in the liver under acute conditions. Our findings demonstrate differential responses at the subcellular level between the two exposure scenarios, while trait-based endpoints followed a similar pattern. This highlights the utility of a trait-based approach as a supplementary endpoint in biomonitoring studies, which provides insights into impacts on individual fitness and population demography.
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- Amina Khalid
- GRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain.
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- Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
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- Biotechnology Center, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey; Vocational School of Imamoğlu, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
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- Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CEAB), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Spain
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- GRECO, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, University of Girona, Girona, Spain
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Abou-Dahech M, HS Boddu S, Devi Bachu R, Jayachandra Babu R, Shahwan M, Al-Tabakha MM, Tiwari AK. A Mini-Review on Limitations Associated with UV Filters. ARAB J CHEM 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.arabjc.2022.104212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Chen GH, Song CC, Zhao T, Hogstrand C, Wei XL, Lv WH, Song YF, Luo Z. Mitochondria-Dependent Oxidative Stress Mediates ZnO Nanoparticle (ZnO NP)-Induced Mitophagy and Lipotoxicity in Freshwater Teleost Fish. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2022; 56:2407-2420. [PMID: 35107266 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Due to many special characteristics, zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are widely used all over the world, leading to their wide distribution in the environment. However, the toxicities and mechanisms of environmental ZnO NP-induced changes of physiological processes and metabolism remain largely unknown. Here, we found that addition of dietary ZnO NPs disturbed hepatic Zn metabolism, increased hepatic Zn and lipid accumulation, downregulated lipolysis, induced oxidative stress, and activated mitophagy; N,N,N',N'-tetrakis (2-pyridylmethyl) ethylenediamine (TPEN, Zn2+ ions chelator) alleviated high ZnO NP-induced Zn and lipid accumulation, oxidative stress, and mitophagy. Mechanistically, the suppression of mitochondrial oxidative stress attenuated ZnO NP-activated mitophagy and ZnO NP-induced lipotoxicity. Taken together, our study elucidated that mitochondrial oxidative stress mediated ZnO NP-induced mitophagy and lipotoxicity; ZnO NPs could be dissociated to free Zn2+ ions, which partially contributed to ZnO NP-induced changes in oxidative stress, mitophagy, and lipid metabolism. Our study provides novel insights into the impacts and mechanism of ZnO NPs as harmful substances inducing lipotoxicity of aquatic organisms, and accordingly, metabolism-relevant parameters will be useful for the risk assessment of nanoparticle materials in the environment.
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- Guang-Hui Chen
- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences Division, School of Medicine, King's College London, London WC2R 2LS, U.K
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266237, China
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Zabihi E, Arab-Bafrani Z, Hoseini SM, Mousavi E, Babaei A, Khalili M, Hashemi MM, Javid N. Fabrication of nano-decorated ZnO-fibrillar chitosan exhibiting a superior performance as a promising replacement for conventional ZnO. Carbohydr Polym 2021; 274:118639. [PMID: 34702461 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2021.118639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this research, bioactive nano-hybrids based on the nano-fibrillar chitosan-ZnO (NF-CS-ZnO) were synthesized to diminish the toxicity of ZnO-NPs. The successful formation of nano-hybrids was confirmed by FT-IR, UV-Vis, and FE-SEM analyses, showing a uniform spherical ZnO-NPs with an average diameter of 20-30 nm, homogeneously dispersed on NF-CS. The obtained results demonstrated a remarkable antibacterial activity of NF-CS-ZnO-0.6 nano-hybrid against E. coli and S. aureus and, interestingly, no cytotoxic on normal cells (even at a high concentration of 100 μg/mL). Furthermore, NF-CS hybridization efficiently decreased the up-regulation in Cas3, Cas9, and Il6 of inspected fishes compared to the ZnO-NPs. Histopathological examination revealed hepatocyte necrosis in the fish exposed to ZnO-NPs and hyperemia exposed to NF-CS-ZnO-0.6 nano-hybrid. Finally, NF-CS efficiently improved the bio-safety and bactericidal activity of ZnO-NPs; therefore, NF-CS-ZnO nano-hybrid is prominently recommended as a talented low-toxicity antibacterial agent replacement of conventional ZnO-NPs for use in different applications.
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- Erfan Zabihi
- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran
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- Metabolic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran; Cancer Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Inland Waters Aquatics Resources Research Center, Iranian Fisheries Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Gorgan, Iran
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- Medical Mycology and Bacteriology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran; Department of Microbiology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
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- Department of Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Golestan University, Gorgan, Iran.
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- Medical Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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MacCormack TJ, Gormley PT, Khuong BN, Adams OA, Braz-Mota S, Duarte RM, Vogels CM, Tremblay L, Val AL, Almeida-Val VMF, Westcott SA. Boron Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Minor, Species-Specific Acute Toxicity to North-Temperate and Amazonian Freshwater Fishes. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:689933. [PMID: 34124028 PMCID: PMC8194395 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.689933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Boron oxide nanoparticles (nB2O3) are manufactured for structural, propellant, and clinical applications and also form spontaneously through the degradation of bulk boron compounds. Bulk boron is not toxic to vertebrates but the distinctive properties of its nanostructured equivalent may alter its biocompatibility. Few studies have addressed this possibility, thus our goal was to gain an initial understanding of the potential acute toxicity of nB2O3 to freshwater fish and we used a variety of model systems to achieve this. Bioactivity was investigated in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) hepatocytes and at the whole animal level in three other North and South American fish species using indicators of aerobic metabolism, behavior, oxidative stress, neurotoxicity, and ionoregulation. nB2O3 reduced O. mykiss hepatocyte oxygen consumption (ṀO2) by 35% at high doses but whole animal ṀO2 was not affected in any species. Spontaneous activity was assessed using ṀO2 frequency distribution plots from live fish. nB2O3 increased the frequency of high ṀO2 events in the Amazonian fish Paracheirodon axelrodi, suggesting exposure enhanced spontaneous aerobic activity. ṀO2 frequency distributions were not affected in the other species examined. Liver lactate accumulation and significant changes in cardiac acetylcholinesterase and gill Na+/K+-ATPase activity were noted in the north-temperate Fundulus diaphanus exposed to nB2O3, but not in the Amazonian Apistogramma agassizii or P. axelrodi. nB2O3 did not induce oxidative stress in any of the species studied. Overall, nB2O3 exhibited modest, species-specific bioactivity but only at doses exceeding predicted environmental relevance. Chronic, low dose exposure studies are required for confirmation, but our data suggest that, like bulk boron, nB2O3 is relatively non-toxic to aquatic vertebrates and thus represents a promising formulation for further development.
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- Tyson J MacCormack
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Vicente, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Ecophysiology and Molecular Evolution, Brazilian National Institute for Research of the Amazon, Manaus, Brazil
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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Jia H, Luo KQ. Fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based sensor zebrafish for detecting toxic agents with single-cell sensitivity. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2021; 408:124826. [PMID: 33421851 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Zebrafish are widely used for detecting toxic agents because of their unique advantages. The conventional zebrafish-based tests use lethal rates and morphological changes as criteria to evaluate the toxicity. To increase the sensitivity of using zebrafish to detect toxic agents, a fluorescence resonance energy transfer-based apoptotic biosensor was introduced into zebrafish genome to generate transgenic sensor zebrafish. Seven chemicals including heavy metals, nanomaterials and DNA-damaging agents were used to treat the sensor zebrafish to determine the sensitivity of the sensor zebrafish. The results showed that sensor zebrafish can detect the toxicity of the tested agents with single-cell sensitivity. Using the sensor zebrafish, we found that, at 100 nM, heavy metal cadmium (Cd) induced apoptosis of zebrafish cells, while no obvious morphological or behavioral changes were observed from the sensor zebrafish. Even at 44.5 nM (the maximum allowable concentration in drinking water), Cd induced a significant increase of apoptosis in sensor zebrafish. ZnO nanoparticles caused apoptosis in sensor zebrafish at a very low concentration of 100 ng/mL. DNA-damaging agents induced the apoptosis of many cells in sensor zebrafish. The sensor zebrafish are much more sensitive than the conventional zebrafish-based tests and can serve as a powerful tool for detecting toxic agents.
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- Hao Jia
- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao.
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Dash SR, Kundu CN. Promising opportunities and potential risk of nanoparticle on the society. IET Nanobiotechnol 2020; 14:253-260. [PMID: 32463015 PMCID: PMC8676294 DOI: 10.1049/iet-nbt.2019.0303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The ever-promising opportunities and the uses of NP in our life are increasing but their present and future potential risks on the animals, plants and microorganisms are not well discussed elsewhere. In this review, the authors have systematically discussed the toxic effect of the uses of NP on animals, plants and microorganisms including human health. They have also discussed about the bioaccumulation of these NP in the food chain. Finally, they have provided some possible suggestions for the uses of NP to reduce the detrimental effect on the environment.
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- Somya Ranjan Dash
- Cancer Biology Division, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT (Deemed to be university), Campus-11, Patia, Bhubaneswar 751 024, Odisha, India
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- Cancer Biology Division, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT (Deemed to be university), Campus-11, Patia, Bhubaneswar 751 024, Odisha, India.
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Ollerhead KM, Adams OA, Willett NJ, Gates MA, Bennett JC, Murimboh J, Morash AJ, Lamarre SG, MacCormack TJ. Polyvinylpyrolidone-functionalized silver nanoparticles do not affect aerobic performance or fractional rates of protein synthesis in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2020; 260:114044. [PMID: 32004967 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Aerobic performance in fish is linked to individual and population fitness and can be impacted by anthropogenic contaminants. Exposure to some engineered nanomaterials, including silver nanoparticles (nAg), reduces rates of oxygen consumption in some fish species, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In addition, their effects on swim performance have not been studied. Our aim was to quantify the impact of exposure to functionalized nAg on aerobic scope and swim performance in rainbow trout (Oncorhychus mykiss) and to characterize the contribution of changing rates of protein synthesis to these physiological endpoints. Fish were exposed for 48 h to 5 nm polyvinylpyrolidone-functionalized nAg (nAgPVP; 100 μg L-1) or 0.22 μg L-1 Ag+ (as AgNO3), which was the measured quantity of Ag released from the nAgPVP over that time period. Aerobic scope, critical swimming speed (Ucrit), and fractional rates of protein synthesis (Ks), were then assessed, along with indicators of osmoregulation and cardiotoxicity. Neither nAgPVP, nor Ag+ exposure significantly altered aerobic scope, its component parts, or swim performance. Ks was similarly unaffected in 8 tissue types, though it tended to be lower in liver of nAgPVP treated fish. The treatments tended to decrease gill Na+/K+-ATPase activity, but effects were not significant. The latter results suggest that a longer or more concentrated nAgPVP exposure may induce significant effects. Although this same formulation of nAgPVP is bioactive in other fish, it had no effects on rainbow trout under the conditions tested. Such findings on common model animals like trout may thus misrepresent the safety of nAg to more sensitive species.
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- K M Ollerhead
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Département de Biologie, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.
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Li Y, Li F, Zhang L, Zhang C, Peng H, Lan F, Peng S, Liu C, Guo J. Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Induce Mitochondrial Biogenesis Impairment and Cardiac Dysfunction in Human iPSC-Derived Cardiomyocytes. Int J Nanomedicine 2020; 15:2669-2683. [PMID: 32368048 PMCID: PMC7183345 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s249912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Background Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) are one of the most widely used nanomaterials in a variety of fields such as industrial, pharmaceutical, and household applications. Increasing evidence suggests that ZnO NPs could elicit unignorable harmful effect to the cardiovascular system, but the potential deleterious effects to human cardiomyocytes remain to be elucidated. Human-induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) have been increasingly used as a promising in vitro model of cardiomyocyte in various fields such as drug cardiac safety evaluation. Herein, the present study was designed to elucidate the cardiac adverse effects of ZnO NPs and explore the possible underlying mechanism using hiPSC-CMs. Methods ZnO NPs were characterized by transmission electron microscopy and dynamic light scattering. The cytotoxicity induced by ZnO NPs in hiPSC-CMs was evaluated by determination of cell viability and lactate dehydrogenase release. Cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and mitochondrial membrane potential were measured by high-content analysis (HCA). Mitochondrial biogenesis was assayed by detection of mtDNA copy number and PGC-1α pathway. Moreover, microelectrode array techniques were used to investigate cardiac electrophysiological alterations. Results We demonstrated that ZnO NPs concentration- and time-dependently elicited cytotoxicity in hiPSC-CMs. The results from HCA revealed that ZnO NPs exposure at low-cytotoxic concentrations significantly promoted ROS generation and induced mitochondrial dysfunction. We further demonstrated that ZnO NPs could impair mitochondrial biogenesis and inhibit PGC-1α pathway. In addition, ZnO NPs at insignificantly cytotoxic concentrations were found to trigger cardiac electrophysiological alterations as evidenced by decreases of beat rate and spike amplitude. Conclusion Our findings unveiled the potential harmful effects of ZnO NPs to human cardiomyocytes that involve mitochondrial biogenesis and the PGC-1α pathway that could affect cardiac electrophysiological function.
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- Yujie Li
- Graduate School, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Cardiovascular Precision Medicines, Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Graduate School, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China.,Department of Operational Medical Protection, PLA Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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Campbell LA, Gormley PT, Bennett JC, Murimboh JD, MacCormack TJ. Functionalized silver nanoparticles depress aerobic metabolism in the absence of overt toxicity in brackish water killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2019; 213:105221. [PMID: 31207537 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2019.105221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) tend to precipitate in saline waters so the majority of aquatic toxicity studies have focused on freshwaters, where bioavailability is presumed to be higher. Recent studies have illustrated that some ENM formulations are bioavailable and bioactive in salt water and that their effects are more pronounced at the physiological than biochemical level. These findings raise concerns regarding the effects of ENMs on marine organisms. Therefore, our goal was to characterize the effects of polyvinylpyrolidone-functionalized silver ENMs (nAg) on aerobic performance in the killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus), a common euryhaline teleost. Fish were exposed to 80 μg L-1 of 5 nm nAg for 48 h in brackish water (12 ppt) and routine (ṀO2min) and maximum (ṀO2max) rates of oxygen consumption were quantified. Silver dissolution was minimal and nAg remained well dispersed in brackish water, with a hydrodynamic diameter of 21.0 nm, compared to 19.3 in freshwater. Both ṀO2min and ṀO2max were significantly lower (by 53 and 30%, respectively) in killifish exposed to nAg and a reduction in ṀO2 variability suggested spontaneous activity was suppressed. Neither gill Na+/K+-ATPase activity, nor various other biochemical markers were affected by nAg exposure. The results illustrate that a common ENM formulation is bioactive in salt water and, as in previous studies on functionalized copper ENMs, that effects are more pronounced at the whole animal than the biochemical level.
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- L A Campbell
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Physics, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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- Department Chemistry, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.
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Falfushynska HI, Gnatyshyna LL, Ivanina AV, Khoma VV, Stoliar OB, Sokolova IM. Bioenergetic responses of freshwater mussels Unio tumidus to the combined effects of nano-ZnO and temperature regime. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 650:1440-1450. [PMID: 30308831 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.09.136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 09/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Bivalves from the cooling reservoirs of electrical power plants (PP) are exposed to the chronic heating and chemical pollution making them a suitable model to study the combined effects of these stressors. We investigated the effect of in situ exposures to chemical and thermal pollution in the PP cooling ponds on the metabolic responses of unionid bivalves (Unio tumidus) to a novel widespread pollutant, ZnO nanoparticles (nZnO). Male U. tumidus from the reservoirs of Dobrotvir and Burshtyn PPs (DPP and BPP) were maintained in clean water at 18 °C, or exposed for 14 days to one of the following conditions: nZnO (3.1 μM) or Zn2+ (3.1 μM, a positive control for Zn impacts) at 18 °C, elevated temperature (T, 25 °C), or nZnO at 25 °C (nZnO + T). Baseline levels of glycogen, lipids and ATP were similar in the two studied populations, whereas the levels of proteins, lactate/pyruvate ratio (L/P) and extralysosomal cathepsin D level were higher in the tissues of BPP mussels. The levels of glycogen and glucose declined in most experimental exposures indicating elevated energy demand except for a slight increase in the digestive gland of warming-exposed BPP mussels and in the gills of the nZnO + T-exposed DPP-mussels. Experimental exposures stimulated cathepsin D activity likely reflecting onset of autophagic processes to compensate for stress-induced energy demand. No depletion of ATP in Zn-containing exposures was observed indicating that the cellular metabolic adjustments were sufficient for such compensation. Unexpectedly, experimental warming mitigated most metabolic responses to nZnO in co-exposures. Our data thus indicate that metabolic effects of nZnO strongly depend on the environmental context of the mussels (such as temperature and acclimation history) which must be taken into account for the molecular and cellular biomarker-based assessment of the nanoparticle effects in the field.
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- Halina I Falfushynska
- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil V. Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil V. Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine; Department of General Chemistry, I.Ya. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil V. Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Research Laboratory of Comparative Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ternopil V. Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Marine Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, USA.
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Callaghan NI, Williams KJ, Bennett JC, MacCormack TJ. Nanoparticulate-specific effects of silver on teleost cardiac contractility. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2018; 237:721-730. [PMID: 29129433 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.10.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 10/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Silver nanoparticles (nAg), due to their biocidal properties, are common in medical applications and are used in more consumer products than any other engineered nanomaterial. This growing abundance, combined with their ability to translocate across the epithelium and bioaccumulate, suggests that internalized nAg may present a risk of toxicity to many organisms in the future. However, little experimentation has been devoted to cardiac responses to acute nAg exposure, even though nAg is known to disrupt ion channels even when ionic Ag+ does not. In this study, we examined the cardiac response to nAg exposure relative to a sham and an ionic AgNO3 control across cardiomyocyte survival and homeostasis, ventricular contractility, and intrinsic pacing rates of whole hearts. Our results suggest that nAg, but not Ag+ alone, inhibits force production by the myocardium, that Ag in any form disrupts normal pacing of cardiac contractions, and that these responses are likely not due to cytotoxicity. This evidence of nanoparticle-specific effects on physiology should encourage further research into nAg cardiotoxicity and other potential sublethal effects.
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- Neal Ingraham Callaghan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, E4L 1G8, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, E4L 1G8, Canada.
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- Department of Physics, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, B4P 2R6, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, E4L 1G8, Canada.
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Zheng M, Lu J, Zhao D. Effects of starch-coating of magnetite nanoparticles on cellular uptake, toxicity and gene expression profiles in adult zebrafish. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2018; 622-623:930-941. [PMID: 29227944 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/03/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Engineered magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) have been used in many fields. To prevent particle agglomeration, stabilizers or coatings are often required. While such coatings have been shown to enhance performances, the environmental impact or toxicity of stabilized or coated Fe3O4 NPs remain poorly understood. In an effort to understand the impacts of such coatings on the toxicity of Fe3O4 NPs, we used the transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) technique to characterize the gill and liver transcriptomes from adult zebrafish when exposed to bare and starch-stabilized Fe3O4 NPs for 7days, demonstrating remarkable differences in gene expression profiles, also known as differentially expressed genes (DEGs) profiles, in both tissues. Bare Fe3O4 NPs exerted greater toxicity than starch-coated Fe3O4 NPs in gill; in contrast, starch-Fe3O4 NPs triggered more severe damage on liver, though both bare and stabilized NPs appeared to share similar regulatory mechanisms. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions using six genes each for the two tissues verified the RNA-seq results. The surface coatings play an important role in determining the nanoparticle toxicity, which in turn modulate cell uptake and biological responses, consequently impacting the potential safety and efficacy of nanomaterials.
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- Min Zheng
- Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong 510275, China
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- School of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong 510275, China
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- Environmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA; School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Black MN, Henry EF, Adams OA, Bennett JCF, MacCormack TJ. Environmentally relevant concentrations of amine-functionalized copper nanoparticles exhibit different mechanisms of bioactivity in Fundulus Heteroclitus in fresh and brackish water. Nanotoxicology 2017; 11:1070-1085. [DOI: 10.1080/17435390.2017.1395097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Merryl N. Black
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
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MacCormack TJ, Rundle AM, Malek M, Raveendran A, Meli MV. Gold nanoparticles partition to and increase the activity of glucose-6-phosphatase in a synthetic phospholipid membrane system. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0183274. [PMID: 28817664 PMCID: PMC5560555 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Engineered nanomaterials can alter the structure and/or function of biological membranes and membrane proteins but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. We addressed this using a Langmuir phospholipid monolayer containing an active transmembrane protein, glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase). Gold nanoparticles (nAu) with varying ligand shell composition and hydrophobicity were synthesized, and their partitioning in the membrane and effects on protein activity characterized. nAu incorporation did not alter the macroscopic properties of the membrane. Atomic force microscopy showed that when co-spread with other components prior to membrane compression, nAu preferentially interacted with G6Pase and each other in a functional group-dependent manner. Under these conditions, all nAu formulations reduced G6Pase aggregation in the membrane, enhancing catalytic activity 5-6 fold. When injected into the subphase beneath pre-compressed monolayers, nAu did not affect G6Pase activity over 60 minutes, implying they were unable to interact with the protein under these conditions. A small but significant quenching of tryptophan fluorescence showed that nAu interacted with G6Pase in aqueous suspension. nAu also significantly reduced the hydrodynamic diameter of G6Pase in aqueous suspension and promoted catalytic activity, likely via a similar mechanism to that observed in co-spread monolayers. Overall, our results show that nAu can incorporate into membranes and associate preferentially with membrane proteins under certain conditions and that partitioning is dependent upon ligand shell chemistry and composition. Once incorporated, nAu can alter the distribution of membrane proteins and indirectly affect their function by improving active site accessibility, or potentially by changing their native structure and distribution in the membrane.
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- Tyson J. MacCormack
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
- * E-mail: (TJM); (MVM)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada
- * E-mail: (TJM); (MVM)
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Châtel A, Mouneyrac C. Signaling pathways involved in metal-based nanomaterial toxicity towards aquatic organisms. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 196:61-70. [PMID: 28344012 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2017.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 03/10/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Environmental risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) is an emergent field since nanotechnology industry is rapidly growing due to the interesting physicochemical properties of nanomaterials. Metal-based nanomaterials are among the most rapidly commercialized materials and their toxicity towards aquatic animals has been investigated at different levels of the biological organization. The objective of this synthesis review is to give an overview of the signaling molecules that have a key role in metal-based NM mediated cytotoxicity in both marine and freshwater organisms. Since toxicity of metal-based NMs could be (partly) due to metal dissolution, this review only highlights studies that showed a specific nano-effect. From this bibliographic study, three mechanisms (detoxification, immunomodulation and genotoxicity) have been selected as they represent the major cell defense mechanisms and the most studied ones following ENM exposure. This better understanding of NM-mediated cytotoxicity may provide a sound basis for designing environmentally safer nanomaterials.
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- Amélie Châtel
- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, UBL, MMS EA 2160, 3 Place André Leroy, 49000 Angers, France.
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- Université Catholique de l'Ouest, UBL, MMS EA 2160, 3 Place André Leroy, 49000 Angers, France
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Callaghan NI, MacCormack TJ. Ecophysiological perspectives on engineered nanomaterial toxicity in fish and crustaceans. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2017; 193:30-41. [PMID: 28017784 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2016.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are incorporated into numerous industrial, clinical, food, and consumer products and a significant body of evidence is now available on their toxicity to aquatic organisms. Environmental ENM concentrations are difficult to quantify, but production and release estimates suggest wastewater treatment plant effluent levels ranging from 10-4 to >101μgL-1 for the most common formulations by production volume. Bioavailability and ENM toxicity are heavily influenced by water quality parameters and the physicochemical properties and resulting colloidal behaviour of the particular ENM formulation. ENMs generally induce only mild acute toxicity to most adult fish and crustaceans under environmentally relevant exposure scenarios; however, sensitivity may be considerably higher for certain species and life stages. In adult animals, aquatic ENM exposure often irritates respiratory and digestive epithelia and causes oxidative stress, which can be associated with cardiovascular dysfunction and the activation of immune responses. Direct interactions between ENMs (or their dissolution products) and proteins can also lead to ionoregulatory stress and/or developmental toxicity. Chronic and developmental toxicity have been noted for several common ENMs (e.g. TiO2, Ag), however more data is necessary to accurately characterize long term ecological risks. The bioavailability of ENMs should be limited in saline waters but toxicity has been observed in marine animals, highlighting a need for more study on possible impacts in estuarine and coastal systems. Nano-enabled advancements in industrial processes like water treatment and remediation could provide significant net benefits to the environment and will likely temper the relatively modest impacts of incidental ENM release and exposure.
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- Neal Ingraham Callaghan
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB, Canada.
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Chen C, Bu W, Ding H, Li Q, Wang D, Bi H, Guo D. Cytotoxic effect of zinc oxide nanoparticles on murine photoreceptor cells via potassium channel block and Na + /K + -ATPase inhibition. Cell Prolif 2017; 50. [PMID: 28217951 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.12339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles can exhibit toxicity towards organisms and oxidative stress is often hypothesized to be one of the most important factors. Nevertheless, the detailed mechanism of toxicity-induced by ZnO nanoparticles has not been completely addressed. The present study aimed to investigate the toxic effects of ZnO nanoparticles on the expression and activity of Na+ /K+ -ATPase and on potassium channel block. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the present study, we explored the cytotoxic effect of ZnO nanoparticles on murine photoreceptor cells using lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay, reactive oxygen species (ROS) determination, mitochondrial membrane potential (Δφm) measurement, delayed rectifier potassium current recordings and Na+ /K+ -ATPase expression and activity monitoring. RESULTS The results indicated that ZnO nanoparticles could increase the LDH release in medium, aggravate the ROS level within cells, collapse the Δφm, block the delayed rectifier potassium current, and attenuate the expressions of Na+ /K+ -ATPase at both mRNA and protein levels and its activity, and thus exert cytotoxic effects on murine photoreceptor cells, finally damaging target cells. CONCLUSION Our findings will facilitate the understanding of the mechanism involved in ZnO nanoparticle-induced cytotoxicity in murine photoreceptor cells via potassium channel block and Na+ /K+ -ATPase inhibition.
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- Chao Chen
- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China.,Department of Ophthalmology, The First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The First People's Hospital of Jining, Jining, Shandong Province, China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Interventional Medical Devices, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huaian, Jiangsu Province, China
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- Department of Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine, The Affiliated Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital of Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong Province, China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
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- Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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- Eye Institute of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong Province, China
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Jiang L, Yu Y, Li Y, Yu Y, Duan J, Zou Y, Li Q, Sun Z. Oxidative Damage and Energy Metabolism Disorder Contribute to the Hemolytic Effect of Amorphous Silica Nanoparticles. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2016; 11:57. [PMID: 26831695 PMCID: PMC4735100 DOI: 10.1186/s11671-016-1280-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2015] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Amorphous silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) have been extensively used in biomedical applications due to their particular characteristics. The increased environmental and iatrogenic exposure of SiNPs gained great concerns on the biocompatibility and hematotoxicity of SiNPs. However, the studies on the hemolytic effects of amorphous SiNPs in human erythrocytes are still limited. In this study, amorphous SiNPs with 58 nm were selected and incubated with human erythrocytes for different times (30 min and 2 h) at various concentrations (0, 10, 20, 50, and 100 μg/mL). SiNPs induced a dose-dependent increase in percent hemolysis and significantly increased the malondialdehyde (MDA) content and decreased the superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity, leading to oxidative damage in erythrocytes. Hydroxyl radical (·OH) levels were detected by electron spin resonance (ESR), and the decreased elimination rates of ·OH showed SiNPs induced low antioxidant ability in human erythrocytes. Na(+)-K(+) ATPase activity and Ca(2+)-Mg(2+) ATPase activity were found remarkably inhibited after SiNP treatment, possibly causing energy sufficient in erythrocytes. Percent hemolysis of SiNPs was significantly decreased in the presence of N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC) and adenosine diphosphate (ADP). It was concluded that amorphous SiNPs caused dose-dependent hemolytic effects in human erythrocytes. Oxidative damage and energy metabolism disorder contributed to the hemolytic effects of SiNPs in vitro.
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- Lizhen Jiang
- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Public Health, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, People's Republic of China.
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Bostan HB, Rezaee R, Valokala MG, Tsarouhas K, Golokhvast K, Tsatsakis AM, Karimi G. Cardiotoxicity of nano-particles. Life Sci 2016; 165:91-99. [PMID: 27686832 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2016.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2016] [Revised: 09/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nano-particles (NPs) are used in industrial and biomedical fields such as cosmetics, food additives and biosensors. Beside their favorable properties, nanoparticles are responsible for toxic effects. Local adverse effects and/or systemic toxicity are described with nanoparticle delivery to target organs of the human body. Animal studies provide evidence for the aforementioned toxicity. Cardiac function is a specific target of nanoparticles. Thus, reviewing the current bibliography on cardiotoxicity of nanoparticles and specifically of titanium, zinc, silver, carbon, silica and iron oxide nano-materials is the aim of this study.
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- Hasan Badie Bostan
- Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran; Scientific Educational Center of Nanotechnology, Far Eastern Federal University, 10 Pushkinskaya Street, Vladivostok 690950, Russia
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Scientific Educational Center of Nanotechnology, Far Eastern Federal University, 10 Pushkinskaya Street, Vladivostok 690950, Russia
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- Department of Forensic Sciences and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion 71003, Greece.
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- Pharmaceutical Research Center, School of Pharmacy, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Gormley PT, Callaghan NI, MacCormack TJ, Dieni CA. Assessment of the toxic potential of engineered metal oxide nanomaterials using an acellular model: citrated rat blood plasma. Toxicol Mech Methods 2016; 26:601-610. [DOI: 10.1080/15376516.2016.1218986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Yu X, Hong F, Zhang YQ. Bio-effect of nanoparticles in the cardiovascular system. J Biomed Mater Res A 2016; 104:2881-97. [PMID: 27301683 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Nanoparticles (NPs; < 100 nm) are increasingly being applied in various fields due to their unique physicochemical properties. The increase in human exposure to NPs has raised concerns regarding their health and safety profiles. The potential correlation between NP exposure and several cardiovascular (CV) events has been demonstrated. The aim of this review is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the current knowledge regarding the bio-toxic impacts of titanium oxide, silver, silica, carbon black, carbon nanotube, and zinc oxide NPs exposure on the CV system in terms of in vivo and in vitro experiments, which is not fully understood presently. Moreover, the potential toxic mechanisms of NPs in the CV system that are still being questioned are elaborately discussed, and the underlying capacity of NPs used in medicine for CV events are summarized. It will be an important instrument to extrapolate relevant data for human CV risk evaluation and management. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 104A: 2881-2897, 2016.
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- Xiaohong Yu
- Department of Applied Biology, School of Basic Medical and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, RM702-2303, Renai Road No. 199, Dushuhu Higher Edu. Town, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Regional Modern Agriculture & Environmental Protection, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, China. .,Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Eco-Agricultural Biotechnology around Hongze Lake, Huaiyin Normal University, Huaian, 223300, China.
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- Department of Applied Biology, School of Basic Medical and Biological Sciences, Soochow University, RM702-2303, Renai Road No. 199, Dushuhu Higher Edu. Town, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China
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Chuang KJ, Lee KY, Pan CH, Lai CH, Lin LY, Ho SC, Ho KF, Chuang HC. Effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles on human coronary artery endothelial cells. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 93:138-44. [PMID: 27185063 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2015] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Inhalation of zinc oxide (ZnO) metal fumes is known to cause metal fume fever and to have systemic effects; however, the effects of ZnO nanoparticles (ZnONPs) on the cardiovascular system remain unclear. The objective of this study was to investigate the cardiovascular toxicity of ZnONPs. Human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs) were exposed to ZnONPs of different sizes to investigate the cell viability, 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG), interleukin (IL)-6, nitric oxide (NO), and regulation of cardiovascular disease-related genes. Exposure of HCAECs to ZnONPs resulted in decreased cell viability and increased levels of 8-OHdG, IL-6, and NO. Downregulation of cardiovascular-associated genes was observed in response to ZnONPs in HCAECs determined by qPCR, suggesting that the calcium signaling pathway, neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, and renin-angiotensin system are important affected pathways in response to ZnONPs. Furthermore, we observed a significant response of AGTR1 to ZnONP exposure in HCAECs. Our results suggest that ZnONPs cause toxicity to HCAECs, which could be associated with cardiovascular dysfunction.
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- Kai-Jen Chuang
- School of Public Health, College of Public Health and Nutrition, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health, Ministry of Labor, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- School of Public Health, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Shenzhen Municipal Key Laboratory for Health Risk Analysis, Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China.
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan; School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Rundle A, Robertson AB, Blay AM, Butler KMA, Callaghan NI, Dieni CA, MacCormack TJ. Cerium oxide nanoparticles exhibit minimal cardiac and cytotoxicity in the freshwater fish Catostomus commersonii. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2016; 181-182:19-26. [PMID: 26743956 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2015.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2015] [Revised: 12/18/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Metal oxide nanomaterials can cause oxidative, cardiorespiratory, and osmoregulatory stress in freshwater fish. In contrast, cerium oxide nanoparticles (nCeO2) can have antioxidant effects but their aquatic toxicity has not been fully characterized. Heart rate and heart rate variability were followed in white sucker (Catostomus commersonii) acutely exposed to 1.0 mg L(-1) nCeO2 for 25 h. Malondialdehyde (MDA) was measured to assess oxidative tissue damage, and plasma cortisol, glucose, lactate, and osmolality were assessed as indicators of physiological and osmoregulatory stress. There was no MDA accumulation in gill or heart of fish exposed to nCeO2 and heart function was unchanged over the 25 h treatment. Plasma cortisol increased 6-fold but there was no change in plasma glucose or lactate. Cellular osmoregulatory toxicity was studied using an isolated red blood cell (RBC) model. In vitro exposure to 1.0 mg L(-1) nCeO2 for 1h had no effect on cell morphological parameters and did not sensitize RBCs to hemolysis under hypotonic stress. Overall, there were no indications of oxidative, cardiorespiratory, or osmoregulatory stress following acute exposure to nCeO2. Elevated plasma cortisol levels suggest that nCeO2 may exert mild toxicity to tissues outside of the cardiorespiratory system.
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- Amanda Rundle
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB E4L 1G8, Canada.
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