In our thesis we have analysed the effect of acute treatment of Caco-2 with three nanoparticles (NP) – food grade (FG) nano TiO2, nano SiO2 and nano silver NP with moderate (2 and 10 µg/mL) and high (50 in 100 µg/mL) concentrations. With colouring by Hoechst and propidium iodide (PI) we observed concentration dependent effect of selected NPs on cell viability. With spectrophotometric methods we have analysed the quantity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in treated undifferentiated cells Caco-2 with reagent CM-H2DCFDA and also analysed the activity of alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in treated differentiated cells by detecting from methylumbelliferyl phosphate derived phosphate groups. Albeit ROS was elevated in with high concentrations FG TiO2 and SiO2 (> 50 µg/mL) treated undifferentitated cells, no statistically significant differences were observed. Although results do not indicate concentration dependent effect of selected NPs on cell differentiation, there could be an effect on alkaline phosphatase activity in treated differentiated cells Caco-2. We have shown an effect of selected NPs on cell viability and effect of high concentrations FG TiO2 and SiO2 NPs on ROS generation in treated undifferentiated cells Caco-2. The effect of selected NPs on ALP activity in treated differentiated cells Caco-2 could be established with additional biological repetitions.
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