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Multilaboratory evaluation of 15 bioassays for (eco)toxicity screening and hazard ranking of engineered nanomaterials: FP7 project NANOVALID.

ABSTRACT: Within EU FP7 project NANOVALID, the (eco)toxicity of 7 well-characterized engineered nanomaterials (NMs) was evaluated by 15 bioassays in 4 laboratories. The highest tested nominal concentration of NMs was 100?mg/l. The panel of the bioassays yielded the following toxicity order: Ag?>?ZnO?>?CuO?>?TiO2?>?MWCNTs?>?SiO2?>?Au. Ag, ZnO and CuO proved very toxic in the majority of assays, assumingly due to dissolution. The latter was supported by the parallel analysis of the toxicity of respective soluble metal salts. The most sensitive tests/species were Daphnia magna (towards Ag NMs, 24-h EC50?=?0.003?mg Ag/l), algae Raphidocelis subcapitata (ZnO and CuO, 72-h EC50?=?0.14?mg Zn/l and 0.7?mg Cu/l, respectively) and murine fibroblasts BALB/3T3 (CuO, 48-h EC50?=?0.7?mg Cu/l). MWCNTs showed toxicity only towards rat alveolar macrophages (EC50?=?15.3?mg/l) assumingly due to high aspect ratio and TiO2 towards R. subcapitata (EC50?=?6.8?mg Ti/l) due to agglomeration of TiO2 and entrapment of algal cells. Finally, we constructed a decision tree to select the bioassays for hazard ranking of NMs. For NM testing, we recommend a multitrophic suite of 4 in vitro (eco)toxicity assays: 48-h D. magna immobilization (OECD202), 72-h R. subcapitata growth inhibition (OECD201), 30-min Vibrio fischeri bioluminescence inhibition (ISO2010) and 48-h murine fibroblast BALB/3T3 neutral red uptake in vitro (OECD129) representing crustaceans, algae, bacteria and mammalian cells, respectively. Notably, our results showed that these assays, standardized for toxicity evaluation of "regular" chemicals, proved efficient also for shortlisting of hazardous NMs. Additional assays are recommended for immunotoxicity evaluation of high aspect ratio NMs (such as MWCNTs).

SUBMITTER: Bondarenko OM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5030619 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multilaboratory evaluation of 15 bioassays for (eco)toxicity screening and hazard ranking of engineered nanomaterials: FP7 project NANOVALID.

Bondarenko Olesja M OM Heinlaan Margit M Sihtmäe Mariliis M Ivask Angela A Kurvet Imbi I Joonas Elise E Jemec Anita A Mannerström Marika M Heinonen Tuula T Rekulapelly Rohit R Singh Shashi S Zou Jing J Pyykkö Ilmari I Drobne Damjana D Kahru Anne A

Nanotoxicology 20160628 9

Within EU FP7 project NANOVALID, the (eco)toxicity of 7 well-characterized engineered nanomaterials (NMs) was evaluated by 15 bioassays in 4 laboratories. The highest tested nominal concentration of NMs was 100 mg/l. The panel of the bioassays yielded the following toxicity order: Ag > ZnO > CuO > TiO2 > MWCNTs > SiO2 > Au. Ag, ZnO and CuO proved very toxic in the majority of assays, assumingly due to dissolution. The latter was supported by the parallel analysis of the toxicity of respective so ...[more]

PMID: 27259032

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Multilaboratory evaluation of 15 bioassays for (eco)toxicity screening and hazard ranking of engineered nanomaterials: FP7 project NANOVALID.

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Multilaboratory evaluation of 15 bioassays for (eco)toxicity screening and hazard ranking of engineered nanomaterials: FP7 project NANOVALID.

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