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Nanoparticle-induced oxidation of corona proteins initiates an oxidative stress response in cells.


ABSTRACT: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs), used as pigments and photocatalysts, are ubiquitous in our daily lives. Previous work has observed cellular oxidative stress in response to the UV-excitation of photocatalytic TiO2 NPs. In comparison, most human exposure to TiO2 NPs takes place in the dark, in the lung following inhalation or in the gut following consumption of TiO2 NP food pigment. Our spectroscopic characterization shows that both photocatalytic and food grade TiO2 NPs, in the dark, generate low levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), specifically hydroxyl radicals and superoxides. These ROS oxidize serum proteins that form a corona of proteins on the NP surface. This protein layer is the interface between the NP and the cell. An oxidized protein corona triggers an oxidative stress response, detected with PCR and western blotting. Surface modification of TiO2 NPs to increase or decrease surface defects correlates with ROS generation and oxidative stress, suggesting that NP surface defects, likely oxygen vacancies, are the underlying cause of TiO2 NP-induced oxidative stress.

SUBMITTER: Jayaram DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5703216 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Nanoparticle-induced oxidation of corona proteins initiates an oxidative stress response in cells.

Jayaram Dhanya T DT   Runa Sabiha S   Kemp Melissa L ML   Payne Christine K CK  

Nanoscale 20170601 22


Titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO<sub>2</sub> NPs), used as pigments and photocatalysts, are ubiquitous in our daily lives. Previous work has observed cellular oxidative stress in response to the UV-excitation of photocatalytic TiO<sub>2</sub> NPs. In comparison, most human exposure to TiO<sub>2</sub> NPs takes place in the dark, in the lung following inhalation or in the gut following consumption of TiO<sub>2</sub> NP food pigment. Our spectroscopic characterization shows that both photocatal  ...[more]

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