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Group II innate lymphoid cells and microvascular dysfunction from pulmonary titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure.
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ABSTRACT: Background
The cardiovascular effects of pulmonary exposure to engineered nanomaterials (ENM) are poorly understood, and the reproductive consequences are even less understood. Inflammation remains the most frequently explored mechanism of ENM toxicity. However, the key mediators and steps between lung exposure and uterine health remain to be fully defined. The purpose of this study was to determine the uterine inflammatory and vascular effects of pulmonary exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles (nano-TiO2). We hypothesized that pulmonary nano-TiO2 exposure initiates a Th2 inflammatory response mediated by Group II innate lymphoid cells (ILC2), which may be associated with an impairment in uterine microvascular reactivity.Methods
Female, virgin, Sprague-Dawley rats (8-12 weeks) were exposed to 100 ?g of nano-TiO2 via intratracheal instillation 24 h prior to microvascular assessments. Serial blood samples were obtained at 0, 1, 2 and 4 h post-exposure for multiplex cytokine analysis. ILC2 numbers in the lungs were determined. ILC2s were isolated and phosphorylated nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-?B) levels were measured. Pressure myography was used to assess vascular reactivity of isolated radial arterioles.Results
Pulmonary nano-TiO2 exposure was associated with an increase in IL-1ß, 4, 5 and 13 and TNF- ? 4 h post-exposure, indicative of an innate Th2 inflammatory response. ILC2 numbers were significantly increased in lungs from exposed animals (1.66?±?0.19%) compared to controls (0.19?±?0.22%). Phosphorylation of the transactivation domain (Ser-468) of NF-?B in isolated ILC2 and IL-33 in lung epithelial cells were significantly increased (126.8?±?4.3% and 137?±?11% of controls respectively) by nano-TiO2 exposure. Lastly, radial endothelium-dependent arteriolar reactivity was significantly impaired (27?±?12%), while endothelium-independent dilation (7?±?14%) and ?-adrenergic sensitivity (8?±?2%) were not altered compared to control levels. Treatment with an anti- IL-33 antibody (1 mg/kg) 30 min prior to nano-TiO2 exposure resulted in a significant improvement in endothelium-dependent dilation and a decreased level of IL-33 in both plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid.Conclusions
These results provide evidence that the uterine microvascular dysfunction that follows pulmonary ENM exposure may be initiated via activation of lung-resident ILC2 and subsequent systemic Th2-dependent inflammation.
SUBMITTER: Abukabda AB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6230229 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Group II innate lymphoid cells and microvascular dysfunction from pulmonary titanium dioxide nanoparticle exposure.
Particle and fibre toxicology 20181109 1
<h4>Background</h4>The cardiovascular effects of pulmonary exposure to engineered nanomaterials (ENM) are poorly understood, and the reproductive consequences are even less understood. Inflammation remains the most frequently explored mechanism of ENM toxicity. However, the key mediators and steps between lung exposure and uterine health remain to be fully defined. The purpose of this study was to determine the uterine inflammatory and vascular effects of pulmonary exposure to titanium dioxide n ...[more]
