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Ren QW, Wang Y, Qian J, Zhang XX, Cheng YY, Yu D, Lu L, Wang Y, He X, Mei H, Wu C. Biosynthesis of Ag 2Se nanoparticles as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent with excellent biocompatibility. J Hazard Mater 2024; 465:133201. [PMID: 38113733 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 12/04/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023]
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Silver (Ag)-containing nanomaterials have emerged as promising alternatives or adjuvants to antibiotics. Ongoing research is dedicated to enhance their antimicrobial efficacy, stability, biocompatibility, and environmental sustainability. Microorganism-synthesized Ag-containing nanomaterials offer distinct advantages, especially for various surface modification, which potentially fulfill these objectives. In this study, we present the synthesis of silver-selenium (Bio-Ag2Se) nanoparticles using a yeast strain, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa PA-1. These Bio-Ag2Se nanoparticles have small size with a narrow size distribution (12.3 ± 2.9 nm) and long-term stability. They demonstrate a broad antimicrobial spectrum and high antimicrobial efficacy at very low concentrations, effectively targeting microorganisms including Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, as well as pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Furthermore, Bio-Ag2Se nanoparticles exhibit excellent efficacy to inhibit and eliminate biofilms formed by notorious pathogen S. aureus. In contrast, Bio-Ag2Se nanoparticles at effective antibacterial concentrations demonstrate favorable biocompatibility and do not show obvious cytotoxic effects on human and plant cells. To elucidate the antibacterial mechanisms of Bio-Ag2Se nanoparticles against S. aureus and E. coli, transcriptomic analysis and phenotypic examination were employed. The results reveal significant and broad up-regulation in carbon metabolism pathways in both S. aureus and E. coli, suggesting it as one of the major antibacterial mechanisms of Bio-Ag2Se. This study presents a green synthesis strategy for Ag-containing nanoparticles with promising applications.
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- Qian-Wen Ren
- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China; Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China
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- Laboratory of Dermatology, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Laboratory of Dermatology, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Ministry of Education, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, Anhui, China
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- Anhui Province Key Laboratory of Industrial Wastewater and Environmental Treatment, Hefei 230024, Anhui, China
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- School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, Anhui Province Engineering Laboratory for Mine Ecological Remediation, Hefei 230601, Anhui, China.
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Demir E, Demir FT, Marcos R. Drosophila as a Suitable In Vivo Model in the Safety Assessment of Nanomaterials. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology 2022; 1357:275-301. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88071-2_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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da Silva Araújo JR, Silva Morais JG, Santos CM, Araújo Rocha KC, Rios Fagundes ADCA, E Silva Filho FA, Martins FA, de Almeida PM. Phytochemical prospecting, isolation, and protective effect of the ethanolic extract of the leaves of Jatropha mollissima (Pohl) Baill. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2021; 84:743-760. [PMID: 34120581 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2021.1938767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Jatropha mollissima is used in folk medicine as antimicrobial, antiparasitic, and larvicidal. However, few toxicogenetic studies have been carried out. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine the phytochemical profile of ethanolic leaf extract of J. mollissima (EEJM) as well as potential cytotoxic, mutagenic, and antimutagenic properties. The EEJM was subjected to successive fractionation for the isolation of secondary metabolites, and five concentrations (0.01; 0.1; 1; 10 and 100 mg/ml) of extract were investigated using Allium cepa assay and the Somatic Mutation and Recombination (SMART) test. The mitotic index and % damage reduction were analyzed for A. cepa and the frequency of mutant hair for SMART. The presence of coumarins, alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, and tannins was detected, while spinasterol and n-triacontane were the isolates identified for the first time for this species. EEJM did not exhibit cytotoxicity and was not mutagenic at 1 or 10 mg/ml using A. cepa and all concentrations of EEJM were not mutagenic in the SMART test. A cytoprotective effect was found at all concentrations. At 1 or 10 mg/ml EEJM exhibited antimutagenicity in A. cepa. In SMART, the protective effect was observed at 0.1 to 100 mg/ml EEJM. Our results demonstrate the important chemopreventive activity of EEJM, a desired quality in the search for natural anticarcinogenic compounds.
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- José Rafael da Silva Araújo
- Department Genetics, Laboratory of Genetics and Vegetal Biotechnology, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Bioprospecting Laboratory for Bioactive Molecules, State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Center of Agrarian Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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- Department of Biology, Center of Natural Sciences (CCN), Laboratory of Genetics, State University of Piauí, Teresina, Brazil
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Pitchakarn P, Inthachat W, Karinchai J, Temviriyanukul P. Human Hazard Assessment Using Drosophila Wing Spot Test as an Alternative In Vivo Model for Genotoxicity Testing-A Review. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:9932. [PMID: 34576092 PMCID: PMC8472225 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22189932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2021] [Revised: 09/12/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Genomic instability, one of cancer's hallmarks, is induced by genotoxins from endogenous and exogenous sources, including reactive oxygen species (ROS), diet, and environmental pollutants. A sensitive in vivo genotoxicity test is required for the identification of human hazards to reduce the potential health risk. The somatic mutation and recombination test (SMART) or wing spot test is a genotoxicity assay involving Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) as a classical, alternative human model. This review describes the principle of the SMART assay in conjunction with its advantages and disadvantages and discusses applications of the assay covering all segments of health-related industries, including food, dietary supplements, drug industries, pesticides, and herbicides, as well as nanoparticles. Chemopreventive strategies are outlined as a global health trend for the anti-genotoxicity of interesting herbal extract compounds determined by SMART assay. The successful application of Drosophila for high-throughput screening of mutagens is also discussed as a future perspective.
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- Pornsiri Pitchakarn
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; (P.P.); (J.K.)
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- Food and Nutrition Academic and Research Cluster, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; (P.P.); (J.K.)
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- Food and Nutrition Academic and Research Cluster, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Salaya, Phuttamonthon, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand;
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Demir E. Mechanisms and biological impacts of graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotubes on Drosophila melanogaster: Oxidative stress, genotoxic damage, phenotypic variations, locomotor behavior, parasitoid resistance, and cellular immune response. J Appl Toxicol 2021; 42:450-474. [PMID: 34486762 DOI: 10.1002/jat.4232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2021] [Revised: 08/18/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The use of graphene and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) has now become rather common in medical applications as well as several other areas thanks to their useful physicochemical properties. While in vitro testing offers some potential, in vivo research into toxic effects of graphene and MWCNTs could yield much more reliable data. Drosophila melanogaster has recently gained significant popularity as a dynamic eukaryotic model in examining toxicity, genotoxicity, and biological effects of exposure to nanomaterials, including oxidative stress, cellular immune response against two strains (NSRef and G486) of parasitoid wasp (Leptopilina boulardi), phenotypic variations, and locomotor behavior risks. D. melanogaster was used as a model organism in our study to identify the potential risks of exposure to graphene (thickness: 2-18 nm) and MWCNTs in different properties (as pure [OD: 10-20 nm short], modified by amide [NH2 ] [OD: 7-13 nm length: 55 μm], and modified by carboxyl [COOH] [OD: 30-50 nm and length: 0.5-2 μm]) at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 250 μg/ml. Significant effects were observed at two high doses (100 and 250 μg/ml) of graphene or MWCNTs. This is the first study to report findings of cellular immune response against hematopoiesis and parasitoids, nanogenotoxicity, phenotypic variations, and locomotor behavior in D. melanogaster.
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- Eşref Demir
- Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Medical Services and Techniques, Medical Laboratory Techniques Programme, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey
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Guimarães ATB, Malafaia G. Multiple toxicity endpoints induced by carbon nanofibers in Amazon turtle juveniles: Outspreading warns about toxicological risks to reptiles. Sci Total Environ 2021; 779:146514. [PMID: 34030253 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Revised: 03/08/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The toxicity of carbon-based nanomaterials (CNs) has been observed in different organisms; however, little is known about the impact of water polluted with carbon nanofibers (CNFs) on reptiles. Thus, the aim of the current study was to assess the chronic effects (7.5 months) of 1 and 10 mg/L of CNF on Podocnemis expansa (Amazon turtle) juveniles (4 months old) based on different biomarkers. Increased total organic carbon (TOC) concentrations observed in the liver and brain (which suggests CNF uptake) were closely correlated to changes in REDOX systems of turtles exposed to CNFs, mainly to higher nitrite, hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxidation levels. Increased levels of antioxidants such as total glutathione, catalase and superoxide dismutase in the exposed animals were also observed. The uptake of CNFs and the observed biochemical changes were associated with higher frequency of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities (assessed through micronucleus assays), as well as with both damage in erythrocyte DNA (assessed through comet assays) and higher apoptosis and necrosis rates in erythrocytes of exposed turtles. Cerebral and hepatic acetylcholinesterase (AChE) increased in turtles exposed to CNFs, and this finding suggested the neurotoxic effect of these nanomaterials. Data in the current study reinforced the toxic potential of CNFs and evidenced the biochemical, mutagenic, genotoxic, cytotoxic, and neurotoxic effects of CNFs on P. expansa.
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- Abraão Tiago Batista Guimarães
- Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Goiano Federal Institute and Federal University of Goiás, GO, Brazil; Biological Research Laboratory, Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urataí Campus, GO, Brazil
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- Post-Graduation Program in Biotechnology and Biodiversity, Goiano Federal Institute and Federal University of Goiás, GO, Brazil; Biological Research Laboratory, Post-Graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urataí Campus, GO, Brazil; Post-Graduate Program in Ecology and Conservation of Natural Resources, Federal University of Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
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Nanotechnology is a rapidly developing technology in the twenty-first century. Nanomaterials are extensively used in numerous industries including cosmetics, food, medicines, industries, agriculture, etc. Along with its wide application toxicity is also reported from studies of various model organisms including Drosophila. The toxicity reflects cytotoxicity, genotoxicity, and teratogenicity. The current study correlates the toxicity as a consequence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated owing to the presence of nanoparticles with the living cell. ROS mainly includes hydroxyl ions, peroxide ions, superoxide anions, singlet oxygen, and hypochlorous acids. An elevated level of ROS can damage the cells by various means. To protect the body from excess ROS, living cells possess a set of antioxidant enzymes which includes peroxidase, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase. If the antioxidant enzymes cannot nullify the elevated ROS level than DNA damage, cell damage, cytotoxicity, apoptosis, and uncontrolled cell regulations occur resulting in abnormal physiological and genotoxic conditions. Herewith, we are reporting various morphological and physiological defects caused after nanoparticle treatment as a function of redox imbalance.
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- Monalisa Mishra
- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India
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Montalvão MF, Guimarães ATB, Rodrigues ASDL, Malafaia G. Carbon nanofibers are bioaccumulated in Aphylla williamsoni (Odonata) larvae and cause REDOX imbalance and changes of acetylcholinesterase activity. Sci Total Environ 2021; 756:143991. [PMID: 33302068 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2020] [Revised: 11/11/2020] [Accepted: 11/15/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Carbon-based materials have been considered very promising for the technological industry due to their unique physical and chemical properties, namely: ability to reduce production costs and to improve the efficiency of several products. However, there is little information on what is the level of exposure that leads to adverse effects and what kind of effects is expected in aquatic biota. Thus, the aim of the present study was to evaluate the toxicity of carbon nanofibers (CNFs) in dragonfly larvae (Aphylla williamsoni) based on predictive oxidative-stress biomarkers, antioxidant activity reduction and neurotoxicity. After ephemeral models' exposure to CNFs (48 h; at 500 μg/L), data have shown that these pollutants did not change larvae's nutritional status given the concentration of total soluble carbohydrates, total proteins and triglycerides in them. However, the levels of both nitric oxide and substances reactive to thiobarbituric acid (lipid peroxidation indicators) have increased and the antioxidant activity based on total thiol levels and on 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity (%) has reduced, and it suggests REDOX imbalance induction by CNFs. In addition, larvae exposed to these pollutants showed significant acetylcholinesterase activity reduction in comparison to the control group. Thus, the present study has brought further knowledge about how carbon-based materials can affect benthic macroinvertebrates and emphasized their ecotoxicological potential in freshwater environments.
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- Mateus Flores Montalvão
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil; Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação de Recursos Naturais do Cerrado, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação de Recursos Naturais do Cerrado, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Conservação de Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil; Laboratório de Pesquisas Biológicas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Conservação de Recursos Naturais do Cerrado, Instituto Federal Goiano, Urutaí, GO, Brazil; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia e Biodiversidade, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brazil.
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Gomes AR, Chagas TQ, Silva AM, Sueli de Lima Rodrigues A, Marinho da Luz T, Emmanuela de Andrade Vieira J, Malafaia G. Trophic transfer of carbon nanofibers among eisenia fetida, danio rerio and oreochromis niloticus and their toxicity at upper trophic level. Chemosphere 2021; 263:127657. [PMID: 32814134 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Although the toxicity of carbon-based nanomaterials has already been demonstrated in several studies, their transfer in the food chain and impact on the upper trophic level remain unexplored. Thus, based on the experimental food chain "Eisenia fetida → Danio rerio → Oreochromis niloticus", the current study tested the hypothesis that carbon nanofibers (CNFs) accumulated in animals are transferred to the upper trophic level and cause mutagenic and cytotoxic changes. E. fetida individuals were exposed to CNFs and offered to D. rerio, which were later used to feed O. niloticus. The quantification of total organic carbon provided evidence of CNFs accumulation at all evaluated trophic levels. Such accumulation was associated with higher frequency of erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities such as constricted erythrocyte nuclei, vacuole, blebbed, kidney-shaped and micronucleated erythrocytes in Nile tilapia exposed to CNFs via food chain. The cytotoxic effect was inferred based on the smaller size of the erythrocyte nuclei and on the lower "nuclear/cytoplasmic" area ratio in tilapia exposed to CNFs via food chain. Our study provided pioneering evidence about CNFs accumulation at trophic levels of the experimental chain, as well as about the mutagenic and cytotoxic effect of these materials on O. niloticus.
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- Alex Rodrigues Gomes
- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil
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- Biological Research Laboratory, Post-graduation Program in Conservation of Cerrado Natural Resources, Goiano Federal Institute - Urutaí Campus Urutaí, GO, Brazil.
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Pandey H, Saini S, Singh SP, Gautam NK, Singh S. Candle soot derived carbon nanoparticles: An assessment of cellular and progressive toxicity using Drosophila melanogaster model. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2020; 228:108646. [PMID: 31654826 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2019.108646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The biomedical demand of the nanomaterials is continuously increasing due to their wide range of applications in the field. However, before the implementation of these nanomaterials, toxicity assessment is essential for its safe usage. In the present study, the toxicity of carbon nanoparticles (CNPs) was investigated which was derived from candle soot and compared with commercially available multi-walled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) by using Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. First instar Drosophila larvae were exposed to CNPs as well as CNTs, and the toxic effects of these nanomaterials were compared. The result shows that both nanomaterials enhance the level of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in the Drosophila, which leads to the upregulation of heat shock proteins that may cause cytotoxicity in exposed Drosophila larvae. In contrast, exposure to CNPs and CNTs did not affect the developmental period of the larvae. Morphology of the internal organs, brain, gut and Malpighian tubules was also not altered in the exposed larvae. Similarly, no change observed in the cytoskeleton (F-actin) of these organs. Reproductive performance was slightly reduced in the case of CNPs compare to control. However, CNTs exposure did not show any significant effect on the reproductive performance of the flies that emerged from exposed larvae in comparison to control. Hence the study concludes that exposure to CNPs and CNTs cause a moderate level of cytotoxicity in Drosophila. The study also indicates that the inexpensive CNPs may use as an alternative to expensive CNTs for biomedical and biological applications.
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- Harshita Pandey
- Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, Regulatory Toxicology and Nanomaterial Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Pesticide Toxicology Laboratory, Regulatory Toxicology and Nanomaterial Toxicology Group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India; Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Urology and Renal Transplantation, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India; Embryotoxicology Lab, Environmental Toxicology group, CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Vishvigyan Bhawan, 31 Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Lightweight metallic materials, CSIR- Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462064, India.
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Ghosh M, Ghosh I, Godderis L, Hoet P, Mukherjee A. Genotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles in higher plants. Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis 2019; 842:132-145. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Bedanta Kumar Barik
- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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- Neural Developmental Biology Lab, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
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Carvalho Naves MP, de Morais CR, Silva ACA, Dantas NO, Spanó MA, de Rezende AAA. Assessment of mutagenic, recombinogenic and carcinogenic potential of titanium dioxide nanocristals in somatic cells of Drosophila melanogaster. Food Chem Toxicol 2018; 112:273-281. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2017.12.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/20/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Olegário de Campos Júnior E, da Silva Oliveira RG, Pereira BB, Souto HN, Campos CF, Nepomuceno JC, Morelli S. Assessment of genotoxic, mutagenic, and recombinogenic potential of water resources in the Paranaíba River basin of Brazil: A case study. J Toxicol Environ Health A 2016; 79:1190-1200. [PMID: 27767391 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2016.1228490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Exposure to certain pollutants induces a series of alterations in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) that may result in genotoxic/mutagenic effects in exposed individuals. The present study aimed to monitor genotoxic, mutagenic, and recombinogenic potential and consequently water quality in two streams in the Paranaíba River basin in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, using two bioindicator fish (Rhamdia quelen and Geophagus brasiliensis). The micronucleus (MN) test and somatic recombination and mutation test (SMART) were employed to assess DNA damage. The water quality index (WQI) at the reference site control (S1) due to its proximity to the river source was compared to Córrego do Óleo (S2) with respect to chemical parameter levels of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), dissolved-oxygen rates (DO), and total solid and fecal coliform counts. These chemical parameters were above the permitted limits at Córrego do Óleo (S2). At a third site, Córrego Liso (S3), a poor WQI was detected, attributed to the influence of domestic and industrial activities where BOD, DO, total solid, fecal coliform, total phosphorus, and turbidity rates exceeded premissible limits. The MN frequencies and the numbers of MN per cell (CMN) at sites S2 and S3 were significantly higher than those at S1 in both species. It is of interest that the increased frequency of MN was similar to the positive control cyclophosphamide only at S3, suggesting that the effects of water contaminants were most severe at this site. At sites assessed (S2 and S3), there was a significant rise in somatic mutation and recombination in the wings of Drosophila melanogaster, indicating the presence of trace elements, mainly lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd), in the effluents in the Paranaíba River basin sites.
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- c Institute of Geography, Department of Geography , Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia , Minas Gerais , Brazil
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- a Department of Genetics and Biochemistry , INGEB, Federal University of Uberlândia , Uberlândia , Minas Gerais , Brazil
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- a Department of Genetics and Biochemistry , INGEB, Federal University of Uberlândia , Uberlândia , Minas Gerais , Brazil
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- b Mutagenesis and Cytogenetics Laboratory, University Center of Patos de Minas , Patos de Minas , Minas Gerais , Brazil
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- a Department of Genetics and Biochemistry , INGEB, Federal University of Uberlândia , Uberlândia , Minas Gerais , Brazil
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Fernández Freire P, Peropadre A, Rosal R, Pérez Martín JM, Hazen MJ. Toxicological assessment of third generation (G3) poly (amidoamine) dendrimers using the Allium cepa test. Sci Total Environ 2016; 563-564:899-903. [PMID: 26345251 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2015] [Revised: 07/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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- Paloma Fernández Freire
- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, E-28871 Madrid, Spain; Advanced Study Institute of Madrid, IMDEA-Agua, Parque Científico Tecnológico, Alcalá de Henares, E-28805 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Reis ÉDM, Rezende AAAD, Oliveira PFD, Nicolella HD, Tavares DC, Silva ACA, Dantas NO, Spanó MA. Evaluation of titanium dioxide nanocrystal-induced genotoxicity by the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay and the Drosophila wing spot test. Food Chem Toxicol 2016; 96:309-19. [PMID: 27562929 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2016.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/19/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Titanium dioxide nanocrystals (TiO2 NCs) crystalline structures include anatase, rutile and brookite. This study evaluated the genotoxic effects of 3.4 and 6.2 nm anatase TiO2 NCs and 78.0 nm predominantly rutile TiO2 NCs through an in vitro micronucleus (MN) assay using V79 cells and an in vivo somatic mutation and recombination test in Drosophila wings. The MN assay was performed with nontoxic concentrations of TiO2 NCs. Only anatase (3.4 nm) at the highest concentration (120 μM) induced genotoxicity in V79 cells. In the in vivo test, Drosophila melanogaster larvae obtained from standard (ST) or high bioactivation (HB) crosses were treated with TiO2 NCs. In the ST cross, no mutagenic effects were observed. However, in the HB cross, TiO2 NCs (3.4 nm) were mutagenic at 1.5625 and 3.125 mM, while 78.0 nm NCs increased mutant spots at all concentrations tested except 3.125 mM. Only the smallest anatase TiO2 NCs induced mutagenic effects in vitro and in vivo. For rutile TiO2 NCs, no clastogenic/aneugenic effects were observed in the MN assay. However, they were mutagenic in Drosophila. Therefore, both anatase and rutile TiO2 NCs induced mutagenicity. Further research is necessary to clarify the TiO2 NCs genotoxic/mutagenic action mechanisms.
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- Érica de Melo Reis
- Laboratório de Mutagênese, Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mutagênese, Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Novos Materiais Isolantes e Semicondutores (LNMIS), Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Novos Materiais Isolantes e Semicondutores (LNMIS), Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Mutagênese, Instituto de Genética e Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, 38400-902, Brazil.
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Carmona ER, Inostroza-Blancheteau C, Rubio L, Marcos R. Genotoxic and oxidative stress potential of nanosized and bulk zinc oxide particles in Drosophila melanogaster. Toxicol Ind Health 2016; 32:1987-2001. [DOI: 10.1177/0748233715599472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONP) are manufactured on a large scale and can be found in a variety of consumer products, such as sunscreens, lotions, paints and food additives. Few studies have been carried out on its genotoxic potential and related mechanisms in whole organisms. In the present study, the in vivo genotoxic activity of ZnONP and its bulk form was assayed using the wing-spot test and comet assay in Drosophila melanogaster. Additionally, a lipid peroxidation analysis using the thiobarbituric acid assay was also performed. Results obtained with the wing-spot test showed a lack of genotoxic activity of both ZnO forms. However, when both particle sizes were tested in the comet assay using larvae haemocytes, a significant increase in DNA damage was observed for ZnONP treatments but only at the higher dose applied. In addition, the lipid peroxidation assay showed significant malondialdehyde (MDA) induction for both ZnO forms, but the induction of MDA for ZnONP was higher for the ZnO bulk, suggesting that the observed DNA strand breaks could be induced by mediated oxidative stress. The overall data suggest that the potential genotoxicity of ZnONP in Drosophila can be considered weak according to the lack of mutagenic and recombinogenic effects and the induction of primary DNA damage only at high toxic doses of ZnONP. This study is the first assessing the genotoxic and oxidative stress potential of nano and bulk ZnO particles in Drosophila.
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- Erico R Carmona
- Grupo de Genotoxicología, Núcleo de Investigación en Estudios Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- Núcleo de Investigación en Producción Alimentaria, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Escuela de Agronomía, Universidad Católica de Temuco, Temuco, Chile
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- Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
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Chifiriuc MC, Ratiu AC, Popa M, Ecovoiu AA. Drosophotoxicology: An Emerging Research Area for Assessing Nanoparticles Interaction with Living Organisms. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:36. [PMID: 26907252 PMCID: PMC4783871 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17020036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 12/07/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The rapid development of nanotechnology allowed the fabrication of a wide range of different nanomaterials, raising many questions about their safety and potential risks for the human health and environment. Most of the current nanotoxicology research is not standardized, hampering any comparison or reproducibility of the obtained results. Drosophotoxicology encompasses the plethora of methodological approaches addressing the use of Drosophila melanogaster as a choice organism in toxicology studies. Drosophila melanogaster model offers several important advantages, such as a relatively simple genome structure, short lifespan, low maintenance cost, readiness of experimental manipulation comparative to vertebrate models from both ethical and technical points of view, relevant gene homology with higher organisms, and ease of obtaining mutant phenotypes. The molecular pathways, as well as multiple behavioral and developmental parameters, can be evaluated using this model in lower, medium or high throughput type assays, allowing a systematic classification of the toxicity levels of different nanomaterials. The purpose of this paper is to review the current research on the applications of Drosophila melanogaster model for the in vivo assessment of nanoparticles toxicity and to reveal the huge potential of this model system to provide results that could enable a proper selection of different nanostructures for a certain biomedical application.
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- Mariana Carmen Chifiriuc
- Microbiology Immunology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Portocalelor, Sector 5, Bucharest 060101, Romania.
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Portocalelor, Sector 5, Bucharest 060101, Romania.
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- Microbiology Immunology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Portocalelor, Sector 5, Bucharest 060101, Romania.
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 1-3 Portocalelor, Sector 5, Bucharest 060101, Romania.
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Alaraby M, Annangi B, Marcos R, Hernández A. Drosophila melanogaster as a suitable in vivo model to determine potential side effects of nanomaterials: A review. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev 2016; 19:65-104. [PMID: 27128498 DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2016.1166466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Despite being a relatively new field, nanoscience has been in the forefront among many scientific areas. Nanoparticle materials (NM) present interesting physicochemical characteristics not necessarily found in their bulky forms, and alterations in their size or coating markedly modify their physical, chemical, and biological properties. Due to these novel properties there is a general trend to exploit these NM in several fields of science, particularly in medicine and industry. The increased presence of NM in the environment warrants evaluation of potential harmful effects in order to protect both environment and human exposed populations. Although in vitro approaches are commonly used to determine potential adverse effects of NM, in vivo studies generate data expected to be more relevant for risk assessment. As an in vivo model Drosophila melanogaster was previously found to possess reliable utility in determining the biological effects of NM, and thus its usage increased markedly over the last few years. The aims of this review are to present a comprehensive overview of all apparent studies carried out with NM and Drosophila, to attain a clear and comprehensive picture of the potential risk of NM exposure to health, and to demonstrate the advantages of using Drosophila in nanotoxicological investigations.
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- Mohamed Alaraby
- a Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Campus de Bellaterra , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Spain
- b Zoology Department, Faculty of Sciences , Sohag University , Sohag , Egypt
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- a Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Campus de Bellaterra , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Spain
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- a Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Campus de Bellaterra , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Spain
- c CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública , ISCIII , Madrid , Spain
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- a Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Campus de Bellaterra , Cerdanyola del Vallès , Spain
- c CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública , ISCIII , Madrid , Spain
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Reis ÉDM, Rezende AAAD, Santos DV, Oliveria PFD, Nicolella HD, Tavares DC, Silva ACA, Dantas NO, Spanó MA. Assessment of the genotoxic potential of two zinc oxide sources (amorphous and nanoparticles) using the in vitro micronucleus test and the in vivo wing somatic mutation and recombination test. Food Chem Toxicol 2015; 84:55-63. [DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Revised: 06/24/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ghosh M, Bhadra S, Adegoke A, Bandyopadhyay M, Mukherjee A. MWCNT uptake in Allium cepa root cells induces cytotoxic and genotoxic responses and results in DNA hyper-methylation. Mutat Res 2015; 774:49-58. [PMID: 25829105 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2015.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2014] [Revised: 03/08/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Advances in nanotechnology have led to the large-scale production of nanoparticles, which, in turn, increases the chances of environmental exposure. While humans (consumers/workers) are primarily at risk of being exposed to the adverse effect of nanoparticles, the effect on plants and other components of the environment cannot be ignored. The present work investigates the cytotoxic, genotoxic, and epigenetic (DNA methylation) effect of MWCNT on the plant system- Allium cepa. MWCNT uptake in root cells significantly altered cellular morphology. Membrane integrity and mitochondrial function were also compromised. The nanotubes induced significant DNA damage, micronucleus formation and chromosome aberration. DNA laddering assay revealed the formation of internucleosomal fragments, which is indicative of apoptotic cell death. This finding was confirmed by an accumulation of cells in the sub-G0 phase of the cell cycle. An increase in CpG methylation was observed using the isoschizomers MspI/HpaII. HPLC analysis of DNA samples revealed a significant increase in the levels of 5-methyl-deoxy-cytidine (5mdC). These results confirm the cyto-genotoxic effect of MWCNT in the plant system and simultaneously highlight the importance of this epigenetic study in nanoparticle toxicity.
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MESH Headings
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Cell Cycle Checkpoints/drug effects
- Cell Cycle Checkpoints/genetics
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Chromosome Aberrations/drug effects
- Comet Assay
- CpG Islands/genetics
- DNA Damage
- DNA Methylation/drug effects
- DNA Methylation/genetics
- DNA, Plant/analysis
- DNA, Plant/genetics
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial/drug effects
- Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective/drug effects
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
- Nanotubes, Carbon/chemistry
- Nanotubes, Carbon/toxicity
- Nanotubes, Carbon/ultrastructure
- Onions/drug effects
- Onions/genetics
- Onions/ultrastructure
- Oxidative Stress/drug effects
- Plant Roots/cytology
- Plant Roots/drug effects
- Plant Roots/genetics
- Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
- Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism
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- Manosij Ghosh
- Cell Biology and Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study -Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India.
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- Centre of Advanced Study -Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan, Orita UI, Ibadan, Nigeria
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- Centre of Advanced Study -Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Cell Biology and Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced Study -Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India.
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Alaraby M, Hernández A, Annangi B, Demir E, Bach J, Rubio L, Creus A, Marcos R. Antioxidant and antigenotoxic properties of CeO2 NPs and cerium sulphate: Studies with Drosophila melanogaster as a promising in vivo model. Nanotoxicology 2014; 9:749-59. [PMID: 25358738 DOI: 10.3109/17435390.2014.976284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Although in vitro approaches are the most used for testing the potential harmful effects of nanomaterials, in vivo studies produce relevant information complementing in vitro data. In this context, we promote the use of Drosophila melanogaster as a suitable in vivo model to characterise the potential risks associated to nanomaterials exposure. The main aim of this study was to evaluate different biological effects associated to cerium oxide nanoparticles (Ce-NPs) and cerium (IV) sulphate exposure. The end-points evaluated were egg-to-adult viability, particles uptake through the intestinal barrier, gene expression and intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production by haemocytes, genotoxicity and antigenotoxicity. Transmission electron microscopy images showed internalisation of Ce-NPs by the intestinal barrier and haemocytes, and significant expression of Hsp genes was detected. In spite of these findings, neither toxicity nor genotoxicity related to both forms of cerium were observed. Interestingly, Ce-NPs significantly reduced the genotoxic effect of potassium dichromate and the intracellular ROS production. No morphological malformations were detected after larvae treatment. This study highlights the importance of D. melanogaster as animal model in the study of the different biological effects caused by nanoparticulated materials, at the time that shows its usefulness to study the role of the intestinal barrier in the transposition of nanomaterials entering via ingestion.
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- Mohamed Alaraby
- Grup de Mutagènesi, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de Bellaterra , Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona , Spain
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Zanin H, Margraf-Ferreira A, da Silva N, Marciano F, Corat E, Lobo A. Graphene and carbon nanotube composite enabling a new prospective treatment for trichomoniasis disease. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2014; 41:65-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 01/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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- Cynthia Ong
- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, and
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- Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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- Department of Anatomy, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore,
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Hollanda L, Lobo A, Lancellotti M, Berni E, Corat E, Zanin H. Graphene and carbon nanotube nanocomposite for gene transfection. Materials Science and Engineering: C 2014; 39:288-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2013] [Revised: 01/26/2014] [Accepted: 03/01/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Drosophila was the most important model organism used in the fields of medicine and biology over the last century. Recently, Drosophila was successfully used in several studies in the field of nanotoxicology. However, only a part of its potential has been exploited in this field until now. In fact, apart from macroscopic observations of the effect due to the interaction between nanomaterials and living organism (i.e. lifespan, fertility, phenotypic aberrations, etc.), Drosophila has the potential to be a very useful tool to deeply analyze the molecular pathways involved in response to the interactions at nano-bio level. The aim of this editorial is to encourage the use of Drosophila by the different research groups working in the fields of nanotoxicology and nanomedicine, in order to define the effects induced by nanomaterials at molecular level for their subsequent exploitation in the field of nanomedicine.
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- Giuseppe Vecchio
- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Center for Biomolecular Nanotechnologies@UniLe , Arnesano, Lecce 73010 , Italy
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Zanin H, Hollanda LM, Ceragioli HJ, Ferreira MS, Machado D, Lancellotti M, Catharino RR, Baranauskas V, Lobo AO. Carbon nanoparticles for gene transfection in eukaryotic cell lines. Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl 2014; 39:359-70. [PMID: 24863237 DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2013] [Revised: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/04/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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For the first time, oxygen terminated cellulose carbon nanoparticles (CCN) was synthesised and applied in gene transfection of pIRES plasmid. The CCN was prepared from catalytic of polyaniline by chemical vapour deposition techniques. This plasmid contains one gene that encodes the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in eukaryotic cells, making them fluorescent. This new nanomaterial and pIRES plasmid formed π-stacking when dispersed in water by magnetic stirring. The frequencies shift in zeta potential confirmed the plasmid strongly connects to the nanomaterial. In vitro tests found that this conjugation was phagocytised by NG97, NIH-3T3 and A549 cell lines making them fluorescent, which was visualised by fluorescent microscopy. Before the transfection test, we studied CCN in cell viability. Both MTT and Neutral Red uptake tests were carried out using NG97, NIH-3T3 and A549 cell lines. Further, we use metabolomics to verify if small amounts of nanomaterial would be enough to cause some cellular damage in NG97 cells. We showed two mechanisms of action by CCN-DNA complex, producing an exogenous protein by the transfected cell and metabolomic changes that contributed by better understanding of glioblastoma, being the major finding of this work. Our results suggested that this nanomaterial has great potential as a gene carrier agent in non-viral based therapy, with low cytotoxicity, good transfection efficiency, and low cell damage in small amounts of nanomaterials in metabolomic tests.
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- H Zanin
- Departamento de Semicondutores, Instrumentos e Fotônica, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-852 Campinas, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology at UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Campinas, SP CEP 13083-862, Brazil.
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- Departamento de Semicondutores, Instrumentos e Fotônica, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-852 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Innovare Biomarkers Laboratory, Medicine and Experimental Surgery Nucleus, UNICAMP, Rua Cinco de Junho, 350, Campinas, São Paulo CEP 13083-877, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology at UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Campinas, SP CEP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Biology at UNICAMP, Rua Monteiro Lobato 255, Campinas, SP CEP 13083-862, Brazil
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- Innovare Biomarkers Laboratory, Medicine and Experimental Surgery Nucleus, UNICAMP, Rua Cinco de Junho, 350, Campinas, São Paulo CEP 13083-877, Brazil
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- Departamento de Semicondutores, Instrumentos e Fotônica, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-852 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Nanotechnology (NANOBIO), Universidade do Vale do Paraiba (UNIVAP), Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, Sao Jose dos Campos 12224-000, SP, Brazil
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