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Synthesis, characterization, and bioactivity of carboxylic acid-functionalized titanium dioxide nanobelts

Overview of attention for article published in Particle and Fibre Toxicology, September 2014
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Title
Synthesis, characterization, and bioactivity of carboxylic acid-functionalized titanium dioxide nanobelts
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Particle and Fibre Toxicology, September 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12989-014-0043-7
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Raymond F Hamilton, Nianqiang Wu, Chengcheng Xiang, Ming Li, Feng Yang, Michael Wolfarth, Dale W Porter, Andrij Holian

Abstract

BackgroundSurface modification strategies to reduce engineered nanomaterial (ENM) bioactivity have been used successfully in carbon nanotubes. This study examined the toxicity and inflammatory potential for two surface modifications (humic acid and carboxylation) on titanium nanobelts (TNB).MethodsThe in vitro exposure models include C57BL/6 alveolar macrophages (AM) and transformed human THP-1 cells exposed to TNB for 24 hrs in culture. Cell death and NLRP3 inflammasome activation (IL-1ß release) were monitored. Short term (4 and 24 hr) in vivo studies in C57BL/6, BALB/c and IL-1R null mice evaluated inflammation and cytokine release, and cytokine release from ex vivo cultured AM.ResultsBoth in vitro cell models suggest that the humic acid modification does not significantly affect TNB bioactivity, while carboxylation reduced both toxicity and NLRP3 inflammasome activation. In addition, short term in vivo exposures in both C57BL/6 and IL-1R null mouse strains demonstrated decreased markers of inflammation, supporting the in vitro finding that carboxylation is effective in reducing bioactivity. TNB instillations in IL-1R null mice demonstrated the critical role of IL-1ß in initiation of TNB-induced lung inflammation. Neutrophils were completely absent in the lungs of IL-1R null mice instilled with TNB for 24 hrs. However, the cytokine content of the IL-1R null mice lung lavage samples indicated that other inflammatory agents, IL-6 and TNF-¿ were constitutively elevated indicating a potential compensatory inflammatory mechanism in the absence of IL-1 receptors.ConclusionsTaken together, the data suggests that carboxylation, but not humic acid modification of TNB reduces, but does not totally eliminate bioactivity of TNB, which is consistent with previous studies of other long aspect ratio nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 11 24%
Researcher 7 16%
Other 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Other 4 9%
Unknown 7 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Chemistry 6 13%
Engineering 6 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 5 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 11%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 9%
Other 9 20%
Unknown 10 22%
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