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REPRODUCTIVE TOXICOLOGY
Volume 96, Issue -, Pages 399-412Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2020.08.003
Keywords
TiO2and ZnO nanoparticles; cytoskeleton; ultrastructure; antral follicles; female reprotoxicity
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- Funding for Research and Development at Cinvestav-Mexico (Fondo Sep-Conacyt) [189]
- National Council of Science and Technology-Mexico (CONACyT-Mexico) [429019 l]
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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) and zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NP) have been demonstrated to reach the ovary. However, the potential detrimental effects of these metal-based NP on ovarian antral follicles and whether they can be directly taken up by follicular cells are unknown. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether TiO2 and ZnO NP internalize into the antral follicle, and further compared any potential detrimental effects of either NP on growth, ultrastructure and viability of antral follicles. It has been described that TiO2 and ZnO NP induce oxidative stress, thus this study indirectly assessed whether oxidative stress was involved. Antral follicles were cultured with TiO2 (5, 25 and 50 mu g/mL) or ZnO (5, 15 and 25 mu g/mL) NP for 96 h. TiO2 NP were internalized and agglomerated into cells, increased follicle diameter and disrupted the cytoskeleton arrangement, effects that were partially prevented by a co-exposure with trolox. Moreover, ZnO NP partially dissolved into culture media, decreased follicle diameter, and disrupted cytoskeletal arrangement, and these effects were not prevented by trolox. Ultrastructural alterations induced by exposure to both NP were evidenced by impaired transzonal projections and swelling mitochondria. Oxidative stress mediates TiO2 NP-induced effects but not those from ZnO NP in antral follicle development. Our results suggest that both NP induced ovarian follicle toxicity through different toxic mechanisms, possibly due to a stimulation of ZnO NP solubility and agglomeration of TiO2 NP into the follicular cells.
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