Project description:In this work we study the pulmonary toxicological properties of titanium dioxide using molecular toxicological approache. For this, we exposed Sprague Dawley rats by inhalation. Lung samples have been collected up to 180 days after the end of exposure and transcriptomics analysis were performed.
Project description:In this work we study the pulmonary toxicological properties of Printex using molecular toxicological approache. For this, we exposed Sprague Dawley rats by inhalation. Lung samples have been collected up to 180 days after the end of exposure and transcriptomics analysis were performed.
Project description:In this work we study the pulmonary toxicological properties of Mitsui using molecular toxicological approache. For this, we exposed Sprague Dawley rats by inhalation. Lung samples have been collected up to 180 days after the end of exposure and transcriptomics analysis were performed.
Project description:Acute phase reactants serum amyloid A-1, 3 and micro RNA-135b, -449a, and -1 are induced in lungs of mice exposed to subtoxic doses of nano-titanium dioxide particles by inhalation In the present study we investigate pulmonary mRNA and miRNA profiles of mice exposed to subtoxic dose of nano-titanium dioxide particles by inhalation. We show dramatic induction of acute phase reactants, chemoattractants, immune and host defence related genes. We also demonstrate for the first time changes in miRNA profiles in the lungs in response to nanoTiO2. Keywords: Toxicology, disease state analysis, biomarkers of health effects
Project description:In this work we study the pulmonary toxicological properties of titanium dioxide using conventional and molecular toxicological approaches. For this, we exposed Fischer 344 rats by nose-only inhalation 6 hours/day, 5 days/week for 4 weeks to a nanoaerosol of TiO2 (10 mg/m3). Lung samples have been collected up to 180 days after the end of exposure. Biochemical and cytological analyses of the broncho-alveolar lavage fluid (BALF) were performed. In addition, transcriptomic and proteomic approaches were realised in the lung and BALF respectively.
Project description:Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prominent epitranscriptomic modification to RNA in eukaryotes, but it’s role in adaptive changes within the gestational environment are poorly understood. Nano titanium dioxide (TiO2) exposure is common during pregnancy, though the impact fetal progeny is not entirely understood. We propose that gestational exposure to nano-TiO2 contributes to cardiac m6A methylation in fetal offspring and indirectly contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction.
Project description:Background: N6-methyladenosine (m6A) is the most prominent epitranscriptomic modification to RNA in eukaryotes, but it’s role in adaptive changes within the gestational environment are poorly understood. Nano titanium dioxide (TiO2) exposure is common during pregnancy, though the impact fetal progeny is not entirely understood. We propose that gestational exposure to nano-TiO2 contributes to cardiac m6A methylation in fetal offspring and indirectly contributes to mitochondrial dysfunction.
Project description:In order to evaluate the identification of genes and pathways, the global gene expression profiles were assessed in response to UV, TiO2 and UV+TiO2 on nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. We performed whole genome DNA microarray experiments using age synchronized young adult C. elegans population exposed to UV, TiO2 and UV+TiO2 for 24h. We used whole genome microarrays to screen for global changed in C. elegans transcription profiles and with subsequent quantitative analysis conducted on selected genes.