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Amorphous silica nanoparticles induce inflammation via activation of NLRP3 inflammasome and HMGB1/TLR4/MYD88/NF-kb signaling pathway in HUVEC cells

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JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
卷 404, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124050

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Silica nanoparticles; HUVECs; Inflammatory; ROS; HMGB1

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [21976145, 21974110]
  2. Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [XDJK2019TJ001]

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The study revealed that amorphous SiO2 NPs induce pro-inflammatory responses in HUVECs by regulating signal pathways, leading to increased levels of ROS, LDH, inflammatory factors, and cell adhesion molecules. The translocation and release of HMGB1, regulated by ROS and NLRP3 inflammasome, was shown to play a key role in activating the NF-kappa B signaling pathway and inducing the inflammatory response in HUVECs. This provides new insights into the cytotoxicity induced by SiO2 NPs and offers safety guidance for further nanomaterial applications.
Silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) are extensively applied in various field, which increased their health risks to humans. SiO2 NPs were reported to enter into blood through inhalation and meanwhile, the potential use of SiO2 NPs as drug carriers in vivo allows them to present in blood circulation to induce inflammation of vascular endothelial cells which can be closely related with cardiovascular diseases, whilst the intrinsic mechanism has not been well understood. In this study, we found a regulation of signal axis induced by amorphous SiO2 NPs that triggers pro-inflammatory responses in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). HUVECs exposed with SiO2 NPs generate excess amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), together with the up-regulation of cell inflammatory factors [interleukin-1 beta (IL-1 beta), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrotic factor-alpha (TNF-alpha)] and cell adhesion molecules [intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1)]. In addition, SiO2 NPs were found to promote the translocation and release of high-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) from nucleus to cytoplasm, which was demonstrated to be regulated by ROS and NOD-like receptor pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) inflammasome. Subsequently, toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) could bind with HMGB1, up-regulate the expression of myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88) and then activate nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-kappa B) signaling pathway, ultimately induced the inflammatory response of HUVECs. Overall, out results revealed the related signaling pathways of cell inflammation induced by amorphous SiO2 NPs, which provided new insights in understanding SiO2 NPs-induced cytotoxicity and offered safety guidance for further nanomaterial application.

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