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Poly(ethylene imine) nanocarriers do not induce mutations nor oxidative DNA damage in vitro in mutaMouse FE1 cells.
Mol. Pharm. 8, 976-981 (2011)
Genotoxicity information on polymers used for gene delivery is scant, but of great concern, especially when developing polymeric nanocarriers as nonviral vector systems for cancer treatment. The genotoxicity of some engineered nanomaterials, e.g., metal oxides like ZnO, TiO(2), and CuO but also carbon based materials like carbon black or nanotubes, has commonly been related to oxidative stress, and subsequent inflammation. Recent studies of poly(ethylene imine) (PEI)-based polymers, important nonviral vector systems for pDNA and siRNA, might raise concerns because of their toxic effects dominated by cellular oxidative stress and inflammatory responses, similar to the mentioned effects of engineered nanoparticles. In this study, we employed a FE1-MutaMouse lung epithelial cell line based mutation assay to determine the genotoxicity of three PEI-based polymers and nanosized zinc oxide particles (NZO), all of which have previously been shown to trigger oxidative stress and inflammation. In addition, oxidative DNA damage (8-OH-dG) in FE1 cells was assessed by ELISA. The well-known carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) was used as positive control. FE1 lung epithelial cells were exposed for eight sequential 72 h incubations, and reporter-gene mutation frequency or 8-OH-dG formation was determined to assess mutagenicity and oxidative DNA damage, respectively. No cytotoxic effects were detected at the exposure levels examined, which are representative of PEI concentrations normally used in in vitro transfection studies. In contrast to B[a]P, neither PEI-polymers nor NZO showed any significant mutagenic activity or oxidative DNA damage in the exposed cells, although PEI-based polymers have been shown to generate significant levels of cellular stress and inflammatory responses. We suggest that the lack of any detectable mutagenic/genotoxic activity of the PEI-based polymers studied here is a crucial step toward a safe use of such nanocarriers in clinical trials.
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Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter
poly(ethylene imine) (PEI); genotoxicity; oxidative stress; inflammation; FE1; MutaMouse
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2011
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2011
ISSN (print) / ISBN
1543-8384
e-ISSN
1543-8392
Zeitschrift
Molecular Pharmaceutics
Quellenangaben
Band: 8,
Heft: 3,
Seiten: 976-981
Verlag
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI)
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Lung Research
PSP-Element(e)
G-505000-001
PubMed ID
21446747
WOS ID
WOS:000291233800035
Scopus ID
79958268943
Erfassungsdatum
2011-06-30