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NANOSCALE
Volume 6, Issue 11, Pages 5894-5906Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00699b
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- NIH National Center for Research Resource, USA
- National Basic Research Program of China [2011CB933404]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81172698, 81202233]
- Jiangsu Province Ordinary University Graduate Research and Innovation Program [CXZZ13_0136]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities
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Graphene oxide (GO) shows great promise as a nanomaterial for medical applications; however, the mechanism for its long-term adverse effects is still largely unclear. Here, we show that chronic GO exposure not only caused damage on the function of both primary and secondary targeted organs but also induced severe accumulation of pathogenic microbial food (OP50) in the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans, a non-mammalian alternative toxicity assay system. GO accumulated in the intestine could be largely co-localized with OP50 and induced decreased immune response of animals. In contrast, feeding with UV-treated OP50 suppressed GO toxicity and accumulation in the intestine and maintained the relatively normal immune response of animals. The severe accumulation of OP50 in the intestine might be partially due to the damage by GO on the development and function of AVL and DVB neurons controlling defecation behavior. Reduction of chronic GO toxicity by PEG surface modification largely resulted from the inhibition of OP50 accumulation in the intestine and the maintenance of normal immune response. Our results highlight the key role of innate immunity in regulating in vivo chronic GO toxicity, which will be helpful for our understanding of the interactions between nanomaterials and biological systems during the long-term development of animals.
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