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ArticleToxicology and applied pharmacology2015

Effects of amorphous silica coating on cerium oxide nanoparticles induced pulmonary responses.

Jane Ma, Robert R Mercer, Mark Barger, Diane Schwegler-Berry, Joel M Cohen, Philip Demokritou, Vincent Castranova

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Article in Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jane MaHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA. Electronic address: jym1@cdc.gov.
Robert R MercerHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Mark BargerHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Diane Schwegler-BerryHealth Effects Laboratory Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Joel M CohenHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Philip DemokritouHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Vincent CastranovaSchool of Pharmacy, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health · USHarvard University · USWest Virginia University · US

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI SUSAN A KORRICK · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
Intramural CDC HHS CC999999NIEHS NIH HHS ES 0000002NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recently cerium compounds have been used in a variety of consumer products, including diesel fuel additives, to increase fuel combustion efficiency and decrease diesel soot emissions. However, cerium oxide (CeO2) nanoparticles have been detected in the exhaust, which raises a health concern. Previous studies have shown that exposure of rats to nanoscale CeO2 by intratracheal instillation (IT) induces sustained pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis. In the present study, male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to CeO2 or CeO2 coated with a nano layer of amorphous SiO2 (aSiO2/CeO2) by a single IT and sacrificed at various times post-exposure to assess potential protective effects of the aSiO2 coating. The first acellular bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and BAL cells were collected and analyzed from all exposed animals. At the low dose (0.15mg/kg), CeO2 but not aSiO2/CeO2 exposure induced inflammation. However, at the higher doses, both particles induced a dose-related inflammation, cytotoxicity, inflammatory cytokines, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9, and tissue inhibitor of MMP at 1day post-exposure. Morphological analysis of lung showed an increased inflammation, surfactant and collagen fibers after CeO2 (high dose at 3.5mg/kg) treatment at 28days post-exposure. aSiO2 coating significantly reduced CeO2-induced inflammatory responses in the airspace and appeared to attenuate phospholipidosis and fibrosis. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis showed Ce and phosphorous (P) in all particle-exposed lungs, whereas Si was only detected in aSiO2/CeO2-exposed lungs up to 3days after exposure, suggesting that aSiO2 dissolved off the CeO2 core, and some of the CeO2 was transformed to CePO4 with time. These results demonstrate that aSiO2 coating reduce CeO2-induced inflammation, phospholipidosis and fibrosis.

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AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidCeriumCollagenCytokinesCytoprotectionDose-Response Relationship, DrugInflammation MediatorsLungMaleMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Metal NanoparticlesPhospholipidsPneumoniaPulmonary FibrosisAnti-Inflammatory Agentsceric oxideCeriumCollagenCytokinesInflammation MediatorsMatrix Metalloproteinase 9Mmp9 protein, ratPhospholipidsPulmonary Surfactant-Associated ProteinsSilicon DioxideTissue Inhibitor of MetalloproteinasesCerium oxide, amorphous silicaLung inflammationPulmonary fibrosisSafer by design

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PMID26210349
PMCPMC4579046
OpenAlexW2146099983

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