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Poulsen SS, Saber AT, Williams A, Andersen O, Købler C, Atluri R, Pozzebon ME, Mucelli SP, Simion M, Rickerby D, Mortensen A, Jackson P, Kyjovska ZO, Mølhave K, Jacobsen NR, Jensen KA, Yauk CL, Wallin H, Halappanavar S, Vogel U. Corrigendum to "MWCNTs of different physicochemical properties cause similar inflammatory responses, but differences in transcriptional and histological markers of fibrosis in mouse lungs" [Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol., 284 (2015) 16-32]. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2018; 355:286. [PMID: 29908758 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Sarah S Poulsen
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark; Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Veneto Nanotech SCpA, ECSIN - European Centre for the Sustainable Impact of Nanotechnology, I-45100 Rovigo, Italy
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- Veneto Nanotech SCpA, ECSIN - European Centre for the Sustainable Impact of Nanotechnology, I-45100 Rovigo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, National Institute for Research and Development in Microtechnologies, 077190 Bucharest, Romania
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- European Commission Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, I-21027 Ispra, VA, Italy
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- National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Søborg, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark; Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, DK-1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark; Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Jensen LHS, Skjolding LM, Thit A, Sørensen SN, Købler C, Mølhave K, Baun A. Not all that glitters is gold-Electron microscopy study on uptake of gold nanoparticles in Daphnia magna and related artifacts. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017; 36:1503-1509. [PMID: 27886401 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3697] [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] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Increasing use of engineered nanoparticles has led to extensive research into their potential hazards to the environment and human health. Cellular uptake from the gut is sparsely investigated, and microscopy techniques applied for uptake studies can result in misinterpretations. Various microscopy techniques were used to investigate internalization of 10-nm gold nanoparticles in Daphnia magna gut lumen and gut epithelial cells following 24-h exposure and outline potential artifacts (i.e., high-contrast precipitates from sample preparation related to these techniques). Light sheet microscopy confirmed accumulation of gold nanoparticles in the gut lumen. Scanning transmission electron microscopy and elemental analysis revealed gold nanoparticles attached to the microvilli of gut cells. Interestingly, the peritrophic membrane appeared to act as a semipermeable barrier between the lumen and the gut epithelium, permitting only single particles through. Structures resembling nanoparticles were also observed inside gut cells. Elemental analysis could not verify these to be gold, and they were likely artifacts from the preparation, such as osmium and iron. Importantly, gold nanoparticles were found inside holocrine cells with disrupted membranes. Thus, false-positive observations of nanoparticle internalization may result from either preparation artifacts or mistaking disrupted cells for intact cells. These findings emphasize the importance of cell integrity and combining elemental analysis with the localization of internalized nanoparticles using transmission electron microscopy. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:1503-1509. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
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Celebioglu HU, Ejby M, Majumder A, Købler C, Goh YJ, Thorsen K, Schmidt B, O'Flaherty S, Hachem MA, Lahtinen SJ, Jacobsen S, Klaenhammer TR, Brix S, Mølhave K, Svensson B. Outside front cover: Differential proteome and cellular adhesion analyses of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilusNCFM grown on raffinose - an emerging prebiotic. Proteomics 2016. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201670090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Celebioglu HU, Ejby M, Majumder A, Købler C, Goh YJ, Thorsen K, Schmidt B, O'Flaherty S, Abou Hachem M, Lahtinen SJ, Jacobsen S, Klaenhammer TR, Brix S, Mølhave K, Svensson B. Differential proteome and cellular adhesion analyses of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM grown on raffinose - an emerging prebiotic. Proteomics 2016; 16:1361-75. [PMID: 26959526 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201500212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [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: 06/05/2015] [Revised: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Whole cell and surface proteomes were analyzed together with adhesive properties of the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM (NCFM) grown on the emerging prebiotic raffinose, exemplifying a synbiotic. Adhesion of NCFM to mucin and intestinal HT-29 cells increased three-fold after culture with raffinose versus glucose, as also visualized by scanning electron microscopy. Comparative proteomics using 2D-DIGE showed 43 unique proteins to change in relative abundance in whole cell lysates from NCFM grown on raffinose compared to glucose. Furthermore, 14 unique proteins in 18 spots of the surface subproteome underwent changes identified by differential 2DE, including elongation factor G, thermostable pullulanase, and phosphate starvation inducible stress-related protein increasing in a range of +2.1 - +4.7 fold. By contrast five known moonlighting proteins decreased in relative abundance by up to -2.4 fold. Enzymes involved in raffinose catabolism were elevated in the whole cell proteome; α-galactosidase (+13.9 fold); sucrose phosphorylase (+5.4 fold) together with metabolic enzymes from the Leloir pathway for galactose utilization and the glycolysis; β-galactosidase (+5.7 fold); galactose (+2.9/+3.1 fold) and fructose (+2.8 fold) kinases. The insights at the molecular and cellular levels contributed to the understanding of the interplay of a synbiotic composed of NCFM and raffinose with the host.
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- Hasan Ufuk Celebioglu
- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
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- Center for Biological Sequence Analysis, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Enzyme and Protein Chemistry, Department of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Elektrovej, Lyngby, Denmark
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Thit A, Dybowska A, Købler C, Kennaway G, Selck H. Influence of copper oxide nanoparticle shape on bioaccumulation, cellular internalization and effects in the estuarine sediment-dwelling polychaete, Nereis diversicolor. Mar Environ Res 2015; 111:89-98. [PMID: 26149327 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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CuO nanoparticles (NPs) released into the aquatic environment will likely accumulate in the sediment. Here we synthesized and characterized CuO NPs with different shapes and thus sizes: spheres, rods and spindles. Nereis diversicolor were exposed for 10 days to control sediment or sediment spiked with CuO NPs or aqueous Cu (Cu-Aq, CuCl2) at 7, 70 and 140 μg Cu g(-1) dw sediment. Cu from all Cu treatments accumulated in worms in a concentration-dependent manner. Only Cu-Aq decreased burrowing, suggesting that worms avoid Cu when added to sediment as Cu-Aq, but not CuO NPs. Transmission Electron Microscopy of gut sections indicated limited presence of CuO NP-like objects in the gut lumen, but evidence on whether accumulated Cu from CuO NP exposure was internalized as particles was not conclusive. Overall, bioavailability and avoidance was not influenced by particle shape or size, whereas Cu form (Cu-Aq vs particulate) and exposure concentration had significant impact.
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- Amalie Thit
- Dept. of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Dept. of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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- Dept. of Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Loeschner K, Navratilova J, Grombe R, Linsinger TP, Købler C, Mølhave K, Larsen EH. In-house validation of a method for determination of silver nanoparticles in chicken meat based on asymmetric flow field-flow fractionation and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric detection. Food Chem 2015; 181:78-84. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2014] [Revised: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 02/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Købler C, Poulsen SS, Saber AT, Jacobsen NR, Wallin H, Yauk CL, Halappanavar S, Vogel U, Qvortrup K, Mølhave K. Time-dependent subcellular distribution and effects of carbon nanotubes in lungs of mice. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0116481. [PMID: 25615613 PMCID: PMC4304811 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background and Methods Pulmonary deposited carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cleared very slowly from the lung, but there is limited information on how CNTs interact with the lung tissue over time. To address this, three different multiwalled CNTs were intratracheally instilled into female C57BL/6 mice: one short (850 nm) and tangled, and two longer (4 μm and 5.7 μm) and thicker. We assessed the cellular interaction with these CNTs using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 1, 3 and 28 days after instillation. Results TEM analysis revealed that the three CNTs followed the same overall progression pattern over time. Initially, CNTs were taken up either by a diffusion mechanism or via endocytosis. Then CNTs were agglomerated in vesicles in macrophages. Lastly, at 28 days post-exposure, evidence suggesting CNT escape from vesicle enclosures were found. The longer and thicker CNTs more often perturbed and escaped vesicular enclosures in macrophages compared to the smaller CNTs. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) showed that the CNT exposure induced both an eosinophil influx and also eosinophilic crystalline pneumonia. Conclusion Two very different types of multiwalled CNTs had very similar pattern of cellular interactions in lung tissue, with the longer and thicker CNTs resulting in more severe effects in terms of eosinophil influx and incidence of eosinophilic crystalline pneumonia (ECP).
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- Carsten Købler
- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- DTU CEN, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ontario, Canada
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- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, CFIM, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Købler C, Saber AT, Jacobsen NR, Wallin H, Vogel U, Qvortrup K, Mølhave K. FIB-SEM imaging of carbon nanotubes in mouse lung tissue. Anal Bioanal Chem 2014; 406:3863-73. [PMID: 24448971 PMCID: PMC4039996 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-013-7566-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2013] [Revised: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Ultrastructural characterisation is important for understanding carbon nanotube (CNT) toxicity and how the CNTs interact with cells and tissues. The standard method for this involves using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). However, in particular, the sample preparation, using a microtome to cut thin sample sections for TEM, can be challenging for investigation of regions with agglomerations of large and stiff CNTs because the CNTs cut with difficulty. As a consequence, the sectioning diamond knife may be damaged and the uncut CNTs are left protruding from the embedded block surface excluding them from TEM analysis. To provide an alternative to ultramicrotomy and subsequent TEM imaging, we studied focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) of CNTs in the lungs of mice, and we evaluated the applicability of the method compared to TEM. FIB-SEM can provide serial section volume imaging not easily obtained with TEM, but it is time-consuming to locate CNTs in the tissue. We demonstrate that protruding CNTs after ultramicrotomy can be used to locate the region of interest, and we present FIB-SEM images of CNTs in lung tissue. FIB-SEM imaging was applied to lung tissue from mice which had been intratracheally instilled with two different multiwalled CNTs; one being short and thin, and the other longer and thicker. FIB-SEM was found to be most suitable for detection of the large CNTs (Ø ca. 70 nm), and to be well suited for studying CNT agglomerates in biological samples which is challenging using standard TEM techniques.
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- Carsten Købler
- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345E, 2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Persson H, Købler C, Mølhave K, Samuelson L, Tegenfeldt JO, Oredsson S, Prinz CN. Fibroblasts cultured on nanowires exhibit low motility, impaired cell division, and DNA damage. Small 2013; 9:4006-16, 3905. [PMID: 23813871 PMCID: PMC4282547 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201300644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [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: 02/28/2013] [Revised: 03/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Nanowires are commonly used as tools for interfacing living cells, acting as biomolecule-delivery vectors or electrodes. It is generally assumed that the small size of the nanowires ensures a minimal cellular perturbation, yet the effects of nanowires on cell migration and proliferation remain largely unknown. Fibroblast behaviour on vertical nanowire arrays is investigated, and it is shown that cell motility and proliferation rate are reduced on nanowires. Fibroblasts cultured on long nanowires exhibit failed cell division, DNA damage, increased ROS content and respiration. Using focused ion beam milling and scanning electron microscopy, highly curved but intact nuclear membranes are observed, showing no direct contact between the nanowires and the DNA. The nanowires possibly induce cellular stress and high respiration rates, which trigger the formation of ROS, which in turn results in DNA damage. These results are important guidelines to the design and interpretation of experiments involving nanowire-based transfection and electrical characterization of living cells.
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- Henrik Persson
- The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 LundSweden
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail:
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- Center for Electron Nanoscopy, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345E, 2800 Kongens LyngbyDenmark
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345E, 2800 Kongens LyngbyDenmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345E, 2800 Kongens LyngbyDenmark
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- The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 LundSweden
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail:
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- The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 LundSweden
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail:
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- The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 LundSweden
- Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegatan 37, 223 62 LundSweden
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- The Nanometer Structure Consortium, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 LundSweden
- Neuronano Research Center, Lund University, Sölvegatan 19, 221 84 LundSweden
- Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden. E-mail:
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Søs Poulsen S, Jacobsen NR, Labib S, Wu D, Husain M, Williams A, Bøgelund JP, Andersen O, Købler C, Mølhave K, Kyjovska ZO, Saber AT, Wallin H, Yauk CL, Vogel U, Halappanavar S. Transcriptomic analysis reveals novel mechanistic insight into murine biological responses to multi-walled carbon nanotubes in lungs and cultured lung epithelial cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e80452. [PMID: 24260392 PMCID: PMC3834097 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/03/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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There is great interest in substituting animal work with in vitro experimentation in human health risk assessment; however, there are only few comparisons of in vitro and in vivo biological responses to engineered nanomaterials. We used high-content genomics tools to compare in vivo pulmonary responses of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) to those in vitro in cultured lung epithelial cells (FE1) at the global transcriptomic level. Primary size, surface area and other properties of MWCNT- XNRI -7 (Mitsui7) were characterized using DLS, SEM and TEM. Mice were exposed via a single intratracheal instillation to 18, 54, or 162 μg of Mitsui7/mouse. FE1 cells were incubated with 12.5, 25 and 100 μg/ml of Mitsui7. Tissue and cell samples were collected at 24 hours post-exposure. DNA microarrays were employed to establish mechanistic differences and similarities between the two models. Microarray results were confirmed using gene-specific RT-qPCR. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid was assessed for indications of inflammation in vivo. A strong dose-dependent activation of acute phase and inflammation response was observed in mouse lungs reflective mainly of an inflammatory response as observed in BAL. In vitro, a wide variety of core cellular functions were affected including transcription, cell cycle, and cellular growth and proliferation. Oxidative stress, fibrosis and inflammation processes were altered in both models. Although there were similarities observed between the two models at the pathway-level, the specific genes altered under these pathways were different, suggesting that the underlying mechanisms of responses are different in cells in culture and the lung tissue. Our results suggest that careful consideration should be given in selecting relevant endpoints when substituting animal with in vitro testing.
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- Sarah Søs Poulsen
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Jensen E, Købler C, Jensen P, Mølhave K. In-situ SEM microchip setup for electrochemical experiments with water based solutions. Ultramicroscopy 2013; 129:63-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2013.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2012] [Revised: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 03/01/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Wierzbicki R, Købler C, Jensen MRB, Łopacińska J, Schmidt MS, Skolimowski M, Abeille F, Qvortrup K, Mølhave K. Mapping the complex morphology of cell interactions with nanowire substrates using FIB-SEM. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53307. [PMID: 23326412 PMCID: PMC3541134 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Using high resolution focused ion beam scanning electron microscopy (FIB-SEM) we study the details of cell-nanostructure interactions using serial block face imaging. 3T3 Fibroblast cellular monolayers are cultured on flat glass as a control surface and on two types of nanostructured scaffold substrates made from silicon black (Nanograss) with low- and high nanowire density. After culturing for 72 hours the cells were fixed, heavy metal stained, embedded in resin, and processed with FIB-SEM block face imaging without removing the substrate. The sample preparation procedure, image acquisition and image post-processing were specifically optimised for cellular monolayers cultured on nanostructured substrates. Cells display a wide range of interactions with the nanostructures depending on the surface morphology, but also greatly varying from one cell to another on the same substrate, illustrating a wide phenotypic variability. Depending on the substrate and cell, we observe that cells could for instance: break the nanowires and engulf them, flatten the nanowires or simply reside on top of them. Given the complexity of interactions, we have categorised our observations and created an overview map. The results demonstrate that detailed nanoscale resolution images are required to begin understanding the wide variety of individual cells’ interactions with a structured substrate. The map will provide a framework for light microscopy studies of such interactions indicating what modes of interactions must be considered.
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- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
- DTU CEN, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, CFIM, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- DTU Nanotech, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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Łopacińska JM, Grădinaru C, Wierzbicki R, Købler C, Schmidt MS, Madsen MT, Skolimowski M, Dufva M, Flyvbjerg H, Mølhave K. Cell motility, morphology, viability and proliferation in response to nanotopography on silicon black. Nanoscale 2012; 4:3739-3745. [PMID: 22614757 DOI: 10.1039/c2nr11455k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
Abstract
Knowledge of cells' interactions with nanostructured materials is fundamental for bio-nanotechnology. We present results for how individual mouse fibroblasts from cell line NIH3T3 respond to highly spiked surfaces of silicon black that were fabricated by maskless reactive ion etching (RIE). We did standard measurements of cell viability, proliferation, and morphology on various surfaces. We also analyzed the motility of cells on the same surfaces, as recorded in time lapse movies of sparsely populated cell cultures. We find that motility and morphology vary strongly with nano-patterns, while viability and proliferation show little dependence on substrate type. We conclude that motility analysis can show a wide range of cell responses e.g. over a factor of two in cell speed to different nano-topographies, where standard assays, such as viability or proliferation, in the tested cases show much less variation of the order 10-20%.
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Affiliation(s)
- Joanna M Łopacińska
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Ørsteds Plads 345a, 2800 Kongens Lyngby, Denmark.
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