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Pro-Inflammatory versus immunomodulatory effects of silver nanoparticles in the lung: The critical role of dose, size and surface modification.
Nanomaterials 7:300 (2017)
The growing use of silver nanoparticles (Ag-NPs) in consumer products raises concerns about their toxicological potential. The purpose of the study was to investigate the size- and coating-dependent pulmonary toxicity of Ag-NPs in vitro and in vivo, using an ovalbumin (OVA)-mouse allergy model. Supernatants from (5.6-45 µg/mL) Ag50-PVP, Ag200-PVP or Ag50-citrate-treated NR8383 alveolar macrophages were tested for lactate dehydrogenase and glucuronidase activity, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α release and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. For the in vivo study, NPs were intratracheally instilled in non-sensitized (NS) and OVA-sensitized (S) mice (1-50 µg/mouse) prior to OVA-challenge and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) inflammatory infiltrate was evaluated five days after challenge. In vitro results showed a dose-dependent cytotoxicity of Ag-NPs, which was highest for Ag50-polyvinilpyrrolidone (PVP), followed by Ag50-citrate, and lowest for Ag200-PVP. In vivo 10-50 µg Ag50-PVP triggered a dose-dependent pulmonary inflammatory milieu in NS and S mice, which was significantly higher in S mice and was dampened upon instillation of Ag200-PVP. Surprisingly, instillation of 1 µg Ag50-PVP significantly reduced OVA-induced inflammatory infiltrate in S mice and had no adverse effect in NS mice. Ag50-citrate showed similar beneficial effects at low concentrations and attenuated pro-inflammatory effects at high concentrations. The lung microbiome was altered by NPs instillation dependent on coating and/or mouse batch, showing the most pronounced effects upon instillation of 50 µg Ag50-citrate, which caused an increased abundance of operational taxonomic units assigned to Actinobacteria, Bacteroidetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. However, no correlation with the biphasic effect of low and high Ag-NPs dose was found. Altogether, both in vitro and in vivo data on the pulmonary effects of Ag-NPs suggest the critical role of the size, dose and surface functionalization of Ag-NPs, especially in susceptible allergic individuals. From the perspective of occupational health, care should be taken by the production of Ag-NPs-containing consumer products.
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Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
Keywords
Adjuvant ; Allergic Inflammation ; Silver Nanoparticles ; Surface Modification; Allergic Airway Inflammation; Short-term Inhalation; Rat Lung; Oxidative Stress; Particle-size; Pulmonary; Health; Model; Nanomaterials; Persistence
ISSN (print) / ISBN
2079-4991
e-ISSN
2079-4991
Journal
Nanomaterials
Quellenangaben
Volume: 7,
Issue: 10,
Article Number: 300
Publisher
MDPI
Publishing Place
Basel
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Peer reviewed
Institute(s)
Institute for Allergy Research (IAF)
Institute of Environmental Medicine (IEM)
Institute of Network Biology (INET)
Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)
Institute of Environmental Medicine (IEM)
Institute of Network Biology (INET)
Research Unit Comparative Microbiome Analysis (COMI)