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Molecular mechanisms of nanosized titanium dioxide-induced pulmonary injury in mice.
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PloS one [PLoS One] 2013; Vol. 8 (2), pp. e55563. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Feb 07. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The pulmonary damage induced by nanosized titanium dioxide (nano-TiO2) is of great concern, but the mechanism of how this damage may be incurred has yet to be elucidated. Here, we examined how multiple genes may be affected by nano-TiO2 exposure to contribute to the observed damage. The results suggest that long-term exposure to nano-TiO2 led to significant increases in inflammatory cells, and levels of lactate dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphate, and total protein, and promoted production of reactive oxygen species and peroxidation of lipid, protein and DNA in mouse lung tissue. We also observed nano-TiO2 deposition in lung tissue via light and confocal Raman microscopy, which in turn led to severe pulmonary inflammation and pneumonocytic apoptosis in mice. Specifically, microarray analysis showed significant alterations in the expression of 847 genes in the nano-TiO2-exposed lung tissues. Of 521 genes with known functions, 361 were up-regulated and 160 down-regulated, which were associated with the immune/inflammatory responses, apoptosis, oxidative stress, the cell cycle, stress responses, cell proliferation, the cytoskeleton, signal transduction, and metabolic processes. Therefore, the application of nano-TiO2 should be carried out cautiously, especially in humans.
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- Animals
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Down-Regulation
Gene Expression Profiling
Lipid Peroxidation
Lung metabolism
Lung pathology
Mice
Microscopy, Confocal
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Oxidative Stress
Reactive Oxygen Species metabolism
Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
Up-Regulation
Lung drug effects
Metal Nanoparticles toxicity
Titanium toxicity
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1932-6203
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- PloS one
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 23409001
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055563