Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 5, Issue 9, Pages 7020-7033Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn2016259
Keywords
single-walled carbon nanotubes; functionalization; toxicity; reactive oxygen species; gene expression
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- U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Research Center
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We investigated and compared the concentration-dependent cytotoxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and SWCNTs functionalized with polyethylene glycol (SWCNT-PEGS) in neuronal PC12 cells at the biochemical, cellular, and gene expressional levels. SWCNTs elicited cytotoxicity in a concentration-dependent manner, and SWCNT-PEGs exhibited less cytotoxic potency than uncoated SWCNTs. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) were generated In both a concentration- and surface coating-dependent manner after exposure to these nanomaterials, Indicating different oxidative stress mechanisms. More specifically, gene expression analysis showed that the genes involved In oxidoreductases and antioxidant activity, nucleic acid or lipid metabolism, and mitochondria dysfunction were highly represented. Interestingly, alteration of the genes is also surface coating-dependent with a good correlation with the biochemical data. These findings suggest that surface functionalization of SWCNTs decreases ROS-mediated toxicological response in vitro.
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