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- Title
Surface charge-dependent mitochondrial response to similar intracellular nanoparticle contents at sublethal dosages.
- Authors
Jin, Xiaoting; Yu, Haiyi; Zhang, Ze; Cui, Tenglong; Wu, Qi; Liu, Xiaolei; Gao, Jie; Zhao, Xingchen; Shi, Jianbo; Qu, Guangbo; Jiang, Guibin
- Abstract
Background: Considering the inevitability for humans to be frequently exposed to nanoparticles (NPs), understanding the biosafety of NPs is important for rational usage. As an important part of the innate immune system, macrophages are widely distributed in vital tissues and are also a dominant cell type that engulfs particles. Mitochondria are one of the most sensitive organelles when macrophages are exposed to NPs. However, previous studies have mainly reported the mitochondrial response upon high-dose NP treatment. Herein, with gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a model, we investigated the mitochondrial alterations induced by NPs at a sublethal concentration. Results: At a similar internal exposure dose, different AuNPs showed distinct degrees of effects on mitochondrial alterations, including reduced tubular mitochondria, damaged mitochondria, increased reactive oxygen species, and decreased adenosine triphosphate. Cluster analysis, two-way ANOVA, and multiple linear regression suggested that the surface properties of AuNPs were the dominant determinants of the mitochondrial response. Based on the correlation analysis, the mitochondrial response was increased with the change in zeta potential from negative to positive. The alterations in mitochondrial respiratory chain proteins indicated that complex V was an indicator of the mitochondrial response to low-dose NPs. Conclusion: Our current study suggests potential hazards of modified AuNPs on mitochondria even under sublethal dose, indicates the possibility of surface modification in biocompatibility improvement, and provides a new way to better evaluation of nanomaterials biosafety.
- Subjects
MITOCHONDRIA; SURFACE charges; ZETA potential; ADENOSINE triphosphate; REACTIVE oxygen species; GOLD nanoparticles; TWO-way analysis of variance; EXPOSURE dose
- Publication
Particle & Fibre Toxicology, 2021, Vol 18, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1743-8977
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12989-021-00429-8