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Study of TiO2 P25 Nanoparticles Genotoxicity on Lung, Blood, and Liver Cells in Lung Overload and Non-Overload Conditions After Repeated Respiratory Exposure in Rats.

Abstract
Inhaled titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles (NPs) can have negative health effects, and have been shown to cause respiratory tract cancer in rats. Inflammation has been linked to oxidative stress, and both have been described as possible mechanisms for genotoxicity of NPs, but rarely examined side-by-side in animal studies. In the present study, a wide range of complementary endpoints have been performed to study TiO2 P25 NP-induced genotoxicity in lung overload and non-overload conditions. Additionally, lung burden, inflammation, cytotoxicity and oxidative stress have also been evaluated in order to link genotoxicity with these responses. To assess quick and delayed responses after recovery, endpoints were evaluated at two time points: 2 h and 35 days after three repeated instillations. This study confirmed the previously described lung overload threshold at approximately 200-300 cm2 of lung burden for total particle surface area lung deposition or 4.2 µl/kg for volume-based cumulative lung exposure dose, above which lung clearance is impaired and inflammation is induced. Our results went on to show that these overload doses induced delayed genotoxicity in lung, associated with persistent inflammation only at the highest dose. The lowest tested doses had no toxicity or genotoxicity effects in the lung. In blood, no lymphocyte DNA damage, erythrocytes chromosomal damage or gene mutation could be detected. Our data also demonstrated that only overload doses induced liver DNA lesions irrespective of the recovery time. Tested doses of TiO2 P25 NPs did not induce glutathione changes in lung, blood or liver at both recovery times.
AuthorsCharlène Relier, Marielle Dubreuil, Omar Lozano Garcìa, Eugenia Cordelli, Jorge Mejia, Patrizia Eleuteri, Franck Robidel, Thomas Loret, Francesca Pacchierotti, Stéphane Lucas, Ghislaine Lacroix, Bénédicte Trouiller
JournalToxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology (Toxicol Sci) Vol. 156 Issue 2 Pg. 527-537 (04 01 2017) ISSN: 1096-0929 [Electronic] United States
PMID28087835 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Copyright© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society of Toxicology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected].
Chemical References
  • Mutagens
  • titanium dioxide
  • Titanium
Topics
  • Animals
  • Cell Survival (drug effects)
  • DNA Damage
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Erythrocytes (drug effects, pathology)
  • Inhalation Exposure
  • Liver (drug effects, pathology)
  • Lung (drug effects, pathology)
  • Male
  • Mutagens (pharmacokinetics, toxicity)
  • Nanoparticles (chemistry, toxicity)
  • Oxidative Stress (drug effects)
  • Particle Size
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Surface Properties
  • Tissue Distribution
  • Titanium (pharmacokinetics, toxicity)

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