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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Profiling of sub-lethal in vitro effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes reveals changes in chemokines and chemokine receptors |
| Creators Name: | Keshavan, S., Andón, F.T., Gallud, A., Chen, W., Reinert, K., Tran, L. and Fadeel, B. |
| Abstract: | Engineered nanomaterials are potentially very useful for a variety of applications, but studies are needed to ascertain whether these materials pose a risk to human health. Here, we studied three benchmark nanomaterials (Ag nanoparticles, TiO2 nanoparticles, and multi-walled carbon nanotubes, MWCNTs) procured from the nanomaterial repository at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. Having established a sub-lethal concentration of these materials using two human cell lines representative of the immune system and the lungs, respectively, we performed RNA sequencing of the macrophage-like cell line after exposure for 6, 12, and 24 h. Downstream analysis of the transcriptomics data revealed significant effects on chemokine signaling pathways. CCR2 was identified as the most significantly upregulated gene in MWCNT-exposed cells. Using multiplex assays to evaluate cytokine and chemokine secretion, we could show significant effects of MWCNTs on several chemokines, including CCL2, a ligand of CCR2. The results demonstrate the importance of evaluating sub-lethal concentrations of nanomaterials in relevant target cells. |
| Keywords: | Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Nanoparticles, Chemokines, Macrophages, Transcriptomics |
| Source: | Nanomaterials |
| ISSN: | 2079-4991 |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Volume: | 11 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Page Range: | 883 |
| Date: | 30 March 2021 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11040883 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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