ArticleParticle and fibre toxicology2010
Effects of prenatal exposure to surface-coated nanosized titanium dioxide (UV-Titan). A study in mice.
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- Indirect mediators of systemic health outcomes following nanoparticle inhalation exposure.Pharmacology & therapeutics · 2022Review
- Fetotoxicity of Nanoparticles: Causes and Mechanisms.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Effects of Prenatal Exposure to Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles on DNA Methylation and Gene Expression Profile in the Mouse Brain.Frontiers in toxicology · 2021Article
- Organoid Technology: A Reliable Developmental Biology Tool for Organ-Specific Nanotoxicity Evaluation.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021Review
- Spatiotemporal Small Non-coding RNAs Expressed in the Germline as an Early Biomarker of Testicular Toxicity and Transgenerational Effects Caused by Prenatal Exposure to Nanosized Particles.Frontiers in toxicology · 2021Review
- Adverse Outcome Pathway Development for Assessment of Lung Carcinogenicity by Nanoparticles.Frontiers in toxicology · 2021Article
- CeONanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- Recent insights on indirect mechanisms in developmental toxicity of nanomaterials.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2020Review
- Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induced the apoptosis of RAW264.7 macrophages through miR-29b-3p/NFAT5 pathway.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2020Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
backgroundEngineered nanoparticles are smaller than 100 nm and designed to improve or achieve new physico-chemical properties. Consequently, also toxicological properties may change compared to the parent compound. We examined developmental and neurobehavioral effects following maternal exposure to a nanoparticulate UV-filter (UV-titan L181).
methodsTime-mated mice (C57BL/6BomTac) were exposed by inhalation 1h/day to 42 mg/m(3) aerosolized powder (1.7.10(6) n/cm(3); peak-size: 97 nm) on gestation days 8-18. Endpoints included: maternal lung inflammation; gestational and litter parameters; offspring neurofunction and fertility. Physicochemical particle properties were determined to provide information on specific exposure and deposition.
resultsParticles consisted of mainly elongated rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) with an average crystallite size of 21 nm, modified with Al, Si and Zr, and coated with polyalcohols. In exposed adult mice, 38 mg Ti/kg was detected in the lungs on day 5 and differential cell counts of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid revealed lung inflammation 5 and 26-27 days following exposure termination, relative to control mice. As young adults, prenatally exposed offspring tended to avoid the central zone of the open field and exposed female offspring displayed enhanced prepulse inhibition. Cognitive function was unaffected (Morris water maze test).
conclusionInhalation exposure to nano-sized UV Titan dusts induced long term lung inflammation in time-mated adult female mice. Gestationally exposed offspring displayed moderate neurobehavioral alterations. The results are discussed in the light of the observed particle size distribution in the exposure atmosphere and the potential pathways by which nanoparticles may impart changes in fetal development.
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