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Pro-inflammatory adjuvant properties of pigment-grade titanium dioxide particles are augmented by a genotype that potentiates interleukin 1? processing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pigment-grade titanium dioxide (TiO₂) particles are an additive to some foods (E171 on ingredients lists), toothpastes, and pharma-/nutraceuticals and are absorbed, to some extent, in the human intestinal tract. TiO₂ can act as a modest adjuvant in the secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1? (IL-1?) when triggered by common intestinal bacterial fragments, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or peptidoglycan. Given the variance in human genotypes, which includes variance in genes related to IL-1? secretion, we investigated whether TiO₂ particles might, in fact, be more potent pro-inflammatory adjuvants in cells that are genetically susceptible to IL-1?-related inflammation.

Methods

We studied bone marrow-derived macrophages from mice with a mutation in the nucleotide-binding oligomerisation domain-containing 2 gene (Nod2 ^m/m), which exhibit heightened secretion of IL-1? in response to the peptidoglycan fragment muramyl dipeptide (MDP). To ensure relevance to human exposure, TiO₂ was food-grade anatase (119?±?45 nm mean diameter?±?standard deviation). We used a short 'pulse and chase' format: pulsing with LPS and chasing with TiO₂ +/- MDP or peptidoglycan.

Results

IL-1? secretion was not stimulated in LPS-pulsed bone marrow-derived macrophages, or by chasing with MDP, and only very modestly so by chasing with peptidoglycan. In all cases, however, IL-1? secretion was augmented by chasing with TiO₂ in a dose-dependent fashion (5-100 ?g/mL). When co-administered with MDP or peptidoglycan, IL-1? secretion was further enhanced for the Nod2 ^m/m genotype. Tumour necrosis factor ? was triggered by LPS priming, and more so for the Nod2 ^m/m genotype. This was enhanced by chasing with TiO₂, MDP, or peptidoglycan, but there was no additive effect between the bacterial fragments and TiO₂.

Conclusion

Here, the doses of TiO₂ that augmented bacterial fragment-induced IL-1? secretion were relatively high. In vivo, however, selected intestinal cells appear to be loaded with TiO₂, so such high concentrations may be 'exposure-relevant' for localised regions of the intestine where both TiO₂ and bacterial fragment uptake occurs. Moreover, this effect is enhanced in cells from Nod2 ^m/m mice indicating that genotype can dictate inflammatory signalling in response to (nano)particle exposure. In vivo studies are now merited.

SUBMITTER: Riedle S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5721614 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Pro-inflammatory adjuvant properties of pigment-grade titanium dioxide particles are augmented by a genotype that potentiates interleukin 1β processing.

Riedle Sebastian S Pele Laetitia C LC Otter Don E DE Hewitt Rachel E RE Singh Harjinder H Roy Nicole C NC Powell Jonathan J JJ

Particle and fibre toxicology 20171208 1

<h4>Background</h4>Pigment-grade titanium dioxide (TiO<sub>2</sub>) particles are an additive to some foods (E171 on ingredients lists), toothpastes, and pharma-/nutraceuticals and are absorbed, to some extent, in the human intestinal tract. TiO<sub>2</sub> can act as a modest adjuvant in the secretion of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1β (IL-1β) when triggered by common intestinal bacterial fragments, such as lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and/or peptidoglycan. Given the variance in human ...[more]

PMID: 29216926

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