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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 253, Issue -, Pages 36-45Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.04.018
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Silver nanoparticles; Quercetin; Gastrointestinal tract; Inflammatory response; Oxidative and nitrosative stress
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Interaction of nanoparticles with food matrix components may cause unpredictable health complications. Using an improved Caco-2 cell-based in vitro (co-)culture model the potential of quercetin as one of the major food flavonoids to alter the effect of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) <20 nm in the human intestinal mucosa at real life concentrations was investigated. Ag-NPs (15-90 mu g/ml) decreased cell viability and reduced thiol groups, induced oxidative/nitrosative stress and lipid peroxidation and led to activity changes of various antioxidant enzymes after 3 h exposure. The contribution of Ag+ ions within the concentrations released from nanoparticles was shown to be less important, compared to Ag-NPs. While leading to inflammatory response in the intestines, Ag-NPs, paradoxically, also showed a potential anti-infammatory effect manifested in down-regulated IL-8 levels. Quercetin, co-administered with Ag-NPs, led to a reduction of cytotoxicity, oxidative stress, and recovered metabolic activity of Caco-2 cells, suggesting the protective effects of this flavonoid against the harmful effect of Ag-NPs. Quercetin not only alleviated the effect of Ag-NPs on the gastrointestinal cells, but also demonstrated a potential to serve as a tool for reversible modulation of intestinal permeability. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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