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TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 410, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115343
Keywords
Nanotoxicology; In vivo; Toxicogenomics; DNA microarray; Inflammation; Acute phase response
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- European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) [FP7-604000]
- FFIKA, Focused Research Effort on Chemicals in the Working Environment, from the Danish Government
- Danish Centre for Nanosafety II
- SmartNanoTox [686098]
- Genomics Research and Development Initiative of Health Canada
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The study found differences in transcriptomic responses in the lung and liver of mice after exposure to graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO). GO exposure induced more differentially expressed genes, affected more functions and pathways compared to rGO. The differences in responses suggest that physicochemical properties play a significant role in biological effects of graphene-based materials.
Hazard evaluation of graphene-based materials (GBM) is still in its early stage and it is slowed by their large diversity in the physicochemical properties. This study explores transcriptomic differences in the lung and liver after pulmonary exposure to two GBM with similar physical properties, but different surface chemistry. Female C57BL/6 mice were exposed by a single intratracheal instillation of 0, 18, 54 or 162 mu g/mouse of graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Pulmonary and hepatic changes in the transcriptome were profiled to identify commonly and uniquely perturbed functions and pathways by GO and rGO. These changes were then related to previously analyzed toxicity endpoints. GO exposure induced more differentially expressed genes, affected more functions, and perturbed more pathways compared to rGO, both in lung and liver tissues. The largest differences were observed for the pulmonary innate immune response and acute phase response, and for hepatic lipid homeostasis, which were strongly induced after GO exposure. These changes collective indicate a potential for atherosclerotic changes after GO, but not rGO exposure. As GO and rGO are physically similar, the higher level of hydroxyl groups on the surface of GO is likely the main reason for the observed differences. GO exposure also uniquely induced changes in the transcriptome related to fibrosis, whereas both GBM induced similar changes related to Reactive Oxygen Species production and genotoxicity. The differences in transcriptomic responses between the two GBM types can be used to understand how physicochemical properties influence biological responses and enable hazard evaluation of GBM and hazard ranking of GO and rGO, both in relation to each other and to other nanomaterials.
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