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  • Cyto- and genotoxic effects of metallic nanoparticles in untransformed human fibroblast.

Cyto- and genotoxic effects of metallic nanoparticles in untransformed human fibroblast.

Toxicology in vitro : an international journal published in association with BIBRA (2015-06-02)
Leonardo P Franchi, Bella B Manshian, Tiago A J de Souza, Stefaan J Soenen, Elaine Y Matsubara, J Mauricio Rosolen, Catarina S Takahashi
ABSTRACT

Metallic nanoparticles such as silver (Ag), cerium dioxide (CeO2) and titanium dioxide (TiO2) are produced at a large scale and included in many consumer products. It is well known that most metallic NPs are toxic to humans which raise concerns about these engineered particles. Various studies have already been published on the subject, however, almost all of these studies have been conducted in cancer or transformed cell lines. In this work we performed a comparative evaluation of these metallic NPs on normal untransformed human fibroblasts (GM07492) detecting cyto- and geno-toxic responses after exposure to these NPs. Our results showed that all three metallic NPs were able to cross the plasma membrane and were mainly found in endocytic vesicles. The Ag and TiO2 NPs affected mitochondrial enzymatic activity (XTT), increased DNA fragmentation, oxidative damage (Comet assay) and induced cell death mainly by the apoptotic pathway. Ag NPs increased GADD45α transcript levels and the phosphorylation of proteins γH2AX. Transient genotoxicity was also observed from exposure to CeO2 NPs while TiO2 NPs showed no increase in DNA damage at sub-cytotoxic concentrations. In comparison, Ag NPs were found to be the most cyto-genotoxic NPs to fibroblasts. Thus, these results support the use of normal fibroblast as a more informative tool to detect the mechanisms of action induced by metallic NPs.

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