J 2023

Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Modulate Systemic Immune Response and Increase Levels of Reduced Glutathione in Mice after Seven-Week Inhalation

MIROSLAVA, Lehotska Mikusova; Milena BUSOVA; Jana TULINSKA; Vlasta MASANOVA; Aurelia LISKOVA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Modulate Systemic Immune Response and Increase Levels of Reduced Glutathione in Mice after Seven-Week Inhalation

Authors

MIROSLAVA, Lehotska Mikusova; Milena BUSOVA; Jana TULINSKA; Vlasta MASANOVA; Aurelia LISKOVA; Iveta UHNAKOVA; Maria DUSINSKA; Zora KRIVOSIKOVA; Eva ROLLEROVA; Radka ALACOVA; Ladislava WSOLOVA; Mira HORVATHOVA; Michaela SZABOVA; Norbert LUKAN; Zbynek VECERA; Pavel COUFALIK; Kamil KRUMAL; Lukas ALEXA; Vojtěch THON; Pavel PILER; Marcela BUCHTOVÁ; Lucie VRLÍKOVÁ; Pavel MORAVEC; Dusan GALANDA and Pavel MIKUSKA

Edition

Nanomaterials, MDPI, 2023, 2079-4991

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano13040767

UT WoS

000939931900001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85149031929

Keywords in English

titanium dioxide nanoparticles; nanoparticle inhalation; immunotoxicity; immune response; lymphocytes; cytokines; inflammation; phagocytic activity and respiratory burst; antioxidant defense

Links

EF15_003/0000469, research and development project. EF17_043/0009632, research and development project. 857560, interní kód Repo. RECETOX RI, large research infrastructures.
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Abstract

V originále

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) are used in a wide range of applications. Although inhalation of NPs is one of the most important toxicologically relevant routes, experimental studies on potential harmful effects of TiO2 NPs using a whole-body inhalation chamber model are rare. In this study, the profile of lymphocyte markers, functional immunoassays, and antioxidant defense markers were analyzed to evaluate the potential adverse effects of seven-week inhalation exposure to two different concentrations of TiO2 NPs (0.00167 and 0.1308 mg TiO2/m(3)) in mice. A dose-dependent effect of TiO2 NPs on innate immunity was evident in the form of stimulated phagocytic activity of monocytes in low-dose mice and suppressed secretory function of monocytes (IL-18) in high-dose animals. The effect of TiO2 NPs on adaptive immunity, manifested in the spleen by a decrease in the percentage of T-cells, a reduction in T-helper cells, and a dose-dependent decrease in lymphocyte cytokine production, may indicate immunosuppression in exposed mice. The dose-dependent increase in GSH concentration and GSH/GSSG ratio in whole blood demonstrated stimulated antioxidant defense against oxidative stress induced by TiO2 NP exposure.
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