期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
卷 25, 期 6, 页码 608-621出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20621
关键词
multiwalled; carbon; nanotubes; bone marrow cells; leukocytes; Swiss-Webster mice; chromosomal aberrations; micronucleus formation; mitotic index; Comet assay; DNA damage
资金
- Air Forces Research Laboratory [FA8650 07 1 6851]
- National Institutes of Health RCMI Center for Environmental Health at Jackson State University [5G12RR01349 12]
The development of nanotechnologies may lead to environmental release of nanomaterials that are potentially harmful to human health Among the nanomaterials multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are already commercialized in various products which can be in direct contact with populations However few studies address their potential toxicity Although a few reports on the cytotoxicity of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been published very little is known about their toxicity or genotoxicity in mammalian cells We have for the first time compared the clastogenic/genotoxic potential of functionalized and nonfunctionalized MWCNTs in bone marrow cells of Swiss-Webster mice using mitotic index (MI) chromosome aberrations (CA) micronuclei (MN) formation, and DNA damage in leukocytes as toxicologic endpoints Six groups of five male mice, each weighing similar to 30 +/- 2 g, were administered intraperitoneally once a day for five days with doses of 0 25 0 5, 0 75 mg/kg body weight (BW) of functionalized and nonfunctionalized MWCNTs Four vehicle control groups (negative) and a positive control group (carbon black) were also made of 5 mice each Chromosome and micronuclei from bone marrow cells and comet slides from leukocytes were examined following standard protocols The results demonstrated that MWCNTs exposure significantly increased (P < 0 05) the number of structural chromosomal aberrations the frequency of micro-nucleated cells and the level of DNA damage, and decreased the mitotic index in treated groups compared to control groups MWCNTs were shown to be toxic at sufficiently high concentrations, however purified functionalized MWCNTs had a higher clastogenic/genotoxic potential compared to nonfunctionalized form of MWCNT The results of our study suggest that exposure to MWCNT has the potential to cause genetic damage Hence, careful monitoring should be done with respect to designing/synthesizing biocompatible carbon nanomaterials Further characterization of their systemic toxicity genotoxicity and carcinogenicity is also essential (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals Inc Environ Toxicol 25 608-621 2010
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