The relevance of physico-chemical properties and protein corona for evaluation of nanoparticles immunotoxicity—in vitro correlation analysis on THP-1 macrophages

Pavlin, Mojca (avtor), Lojk, Jasna (avtor), Strojan, Klemen (avtor), Hafner Bratkovič, Iva (avtor), Jerala, Roman (avtor), Leonardi, Adrijana (avtor), Križaj, Igor (avtor), Drnovšek, Nataša (avtor), Novak, Saša (avtor), Veranič, Peter (avtor), Bregar, Vladimir Boštjan (avtor)

Alongside physiochemical properties (PCP), it has been suggested that the protein corona of nanoparticles (NPs) plays a crucial role in the response of immune cells to NPs. However, due to the great variety of NPs, target cells, and exposure protocols, there is still no clear relationship between PCP, protein corona composition, and the immunotoxicity of NPs. In this study, we correlated PCP and the protein corona composition of NPs to the THP-1 macrophage response, focusing on selected toxicological endpoints: cell viability, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and cytokine secretion. We analyzed seven commonly used engineered NPs (SiO$_2$, silver, and TiO$_2$) and magnetic NPs. We show that with the exception of silver NPs, all of the tested TiO$_2$ types and SiO$_2$ exhibited moderate toxicities and a transient inflammatory response that was observed as an increase in ROS, IL-8, and/or IL-1β cytokine secretion. We observed a strong correlation between the size of the NPs in media and IL-1β secretion. The induction of IL-1β secretion was completely blunted in NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) knockout THP-1 cells, indicating activation of the inflammasome. The correlations analysis also implicated the association of specific NP corona proteins with the induction of cytokine secretion. This study provides new insights toward a better understanding of the relationships between PCP, protein corona, and the inflammatory response of macrophages for different engineered NPs, to which we are exposed on a daily basis.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: physico-chemical properties, nanoparticles, nanotoxicology, immune response, correlation, protein corona, cytokines, inflammasome, macrophages, TiO$_2$
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: MF - Medicinska fakulteta ; FE - Fakulteta za elektrotehniko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: 23 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 23, iss. 11, art. 6197
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-145243
• UDK: 577
• ISSN pri članku: 1422-0067
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116197
• COBISS.SI-ID: 109968387
• Datum objave v RUL: 13.04.2023

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: International journal of molecular sciences
• Skrajšan naslov: Int. j. mol. sci.
• Založnik: MDPI
• ISSN: 1422-0067
• COBISS.SI-ID: 2779162

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: fizikalno-kemijske lastnosti, nanodelci, nanotoksikologija, imunski odziv, korelacija, proteinska korona, citokini, inflamasom, makrofagi, TiO$_2$