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ArticleScientific reports2017

Empirical Modeling of Physiochemical Immune Response of Multilayer Zinc Oxide Nanomaterials under UV Exposure to Melanoma and Foreskin Fibroblasts.

Muhammad Fakhar-E-Alam, M Waseem Akram, Seemab Iqbal, K S Alimgeer, M Atif, K Sultana, M Willander, Zhiming M Wang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 4 papers.

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8 authors.

Muhammad Fakhar-E-AlamInstitute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054 Chengdu, China.
M Waseem AkramInstitute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054 Chengdu, China.
Seemab IqbalDepartment of Physics, GC University, 38000 Faisalabad, Pakistan.
K S AlimgeerCOMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
M AtifDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
K SultanaDepartment of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden.
M WillanderDepartment of Science and Technology, Campus Norrköping, Linköping University, SE-601 74 Norrköping, Sweden.
Zhiming M WangInstitute of Fundamental and Frontier Science, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, 610054 Chengdu, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carcinogenesis is a complex molecular process starting with genetic and epigenetic alterations, mutation stimulation, and DNA modification, which leads to proteomic adaptation ending with an uncontrolled proliferation mechanism. The current research focused on the empirical modelling of the physiological response of human melanoma cells (FM55P) and human foreskin fibroblasts cells (AG01518) to the multilayer zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials under UV-A exposure. To validate this experimental scheme, multilayer ZnO nanomaterials were grown on a femtotip silver capillary and conjugated with protoporphyrin IX (PpIX). Furthermore, PpIX-conjugated ZnO nanomaterials grown on the probe were inserted into human melanoma (FM55P) and foreskin fibroblasts cells (AG01518) under UV-A light exposure. Interestingly, significant cell necrosis was observed because of a loss in mitochondrial membrane potential just after insertion of the femtotip tool. Intense reactive oxygen species (ROS) fluorescence was observed after exposure to the ZnO NWs conjugated with PpIX femtotip model under UV exposure. Results were verified by applying several experimental techniques, e.g., ROS detection, MTT assay, and fluorescence spectroscopy. The present work reports experimental modelling of cell necrosis in normal human skin as well as a cancerous tissue. These obtained results pave the way for a more rational strategy for biomedical and clinical applications.

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MelanomaMembrane Potential, MitochondrialNanoparticlesUltraviolet RaysZinc OxideCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalFibroblastsForeskinHumansMaleReactive Oxygen SpeciesReactive Oxygen SpeciesZinc Oxide

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PMID28436451
PMCPMC5402280

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