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TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
卷 284, 期 1, 页码 16-32出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2014.12.011
关键词
Nanotoxicology; In vivo; Toxicogenomics; DNA microarray; Acute phase response; ROS production
资金
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment in Denmark
- Danish NanoSafety Center [20110092173-3]
- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (Nanosustain) [247989]
- Health Canada's Chemical Management Plan-2 Nano research funds and Genomics Research and Development Initiative
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are an inhomogeneous group of nanomaterials that vary in lengths, shapes and types of metal contamination, which makes hazard evaluation difficult. Here we present a toxicogenomic analysis of female C57BL/6 mouse lungs following a single intratracheal instillation of 0, 18, 54 or 162 mu g/mouse of a small, curled (CNTsmall, 0.8 +/- 0.1 mu m in length) or large, thick MWCNT (CNTLarge, 4 +/- 0.4 mu m in length). The two MWCNTs were extensively characterized by SEM and TEM imaging, thermogravimetric analysis, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller surface area analysis. Lung tissues were harvested 24 h, 3 days and 28 days post-exposure. DNA microarrays were used to analyze gene expression, in parallel with analysis of bron-choalveolar lavage fluid, lung histology, DNA damage (comet assay) and the presence of reactive oxygen species (dichlorodihydrofluorescein assay), to profile and characterize related pulmonary endpoints. Overall changes in global transcription following exposure to CNTsmall or CNTLarge were similar. Both MWCNTs elicited strong acute phase and inflammatory responses that peaked at day 3, persisted up to 28 days, and were characterized by increased cellular influx in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, interstitial pneumonia and gene expression changes. However, CNTLarge elicited an earlier onset of inflammation and DNA damage, and induced more fibrosis and a unique fibrotic gene expression signature at day 28, compared to CNTsmall. The results indicate that the extent of change at the molecular level during early response phases following an acute exposure is greater in mice exposed to CNTLarge, which may eventually lead to the different responses observed at day 28. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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