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Comparative toxicity of 24 manufactured nanoparticles in human alveolar epithelial and macrophage cell lines.
Abstract : ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: A critical issue with nanomaterials is the clear understanding of their potential toxicity. We evaluated the toxic effect of 24 nanoparticles of similar equivalent spherical diameter and various elemental compositions on 2 human pulmonary cell lines: A549 and THP-1. A secondary aim was to elaborate a generic experimental set-up that would allow the rapid screening of cytotoxic effect of nanoparticles. We therefore compared 2 cytotoxicity assays (MTT and Neutral Red) and analyzed 2 time points (3 and 24 hours) for each cell type and nanoparticle. When possible, TC50 (Toxic Concentration 50 i.e. nanoparticle concentration inducing 50% cell mortality) was calculated. RESULTS: The use of MTT assay on THP-1 cells exposed for 24 hours appears to be the most sensitive experimental design to assess the cytotoxic effect of one nanoparticle. With this experimental set-up, Copper- and Zinc-based nanoparticles appear to be the most toxic. Titania, Alumina, Ceria and Zirconia-based nanoparticles show moderate toxicity, and no toxicity was observed for Tungsten Carbide. No correlation between cytotoxicity and equivalent spherical diameter or specific surface area was found. CONCLUSION: Our study clearly highlights the difference of sensitivity between cell types and cytotoxicity assays that has to be carefully taken into account when assessing nanoparticles toxicity.
https://www.hal.inserm.fr/inserm-00407214
Contributor : Georges Guellaen <>
Submitted on : Friday, July 24, 2009 - 11:09:14 AM
Last modification on : Monday, April 27, 2020 - 9:46:04 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 7:25:15 PM
Contributor : Georges Guellaen <>
Submitted on : Friday, July 24, 2009 - 11:09:14 AM
Last modification on : Monday, April 27, 2020 - 9:46:04 AM
Long-term archiving on: : Tuesday, June 15, 2010 - 7:25:15 PM