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ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2018

Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle Caused Plasma Metabolomic Perturbations Correlate with Hepatic Steatosis.

Weidong Zhang, Yong Zhao, Fuli Li, Lan Li, Yanni Feng, Lingjiang Min, Dongxue Ma, Shuai Yu, Jing Liu, Hongfu Zhang and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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Weidong ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Yong ZhaoCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Fuli LiQingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China.
Lan LiCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Yanni FengCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Lingjiang MinCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Dongxue MaCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Shuai YuCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Jing LiuCore Laboratories of Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.
Hongfu ZhangState Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Institute of Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China.
Tianhong ShiInstitute of Poultry Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Fuwei LiInstitute of Poultry Science, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, China.
Wei ShenCollege of Life Sciences, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs), known for their chemical stability and strong adsorption, are used in everyday items such as cosmetics, sunscreens, and prophylactic drugs. However, they have also been found to adversely affect organisms; previously we found that ZnO NPs disrupt pubertal ovarian development, inhibit embryonic development by upsetting γ-H2AX and NF-κB pathways, and even disturb skin stem cells. Non-targeted metabolomic analysis of biological organisms has been suggested as an unbiased tool for the investigation of perturbations in response to NPs and their underlying mechanisms. Although metabolomics has been used in nanotoxicological studies, very few reports have used it to investigate the effects of ZnO NPs exposure. In the current investigation, through a metabolomics-based approach, we discovered that ZnO NPs caused changes in plasma metabolites involved in anti-oxidative mechanisms, energy metabolism, and lipid metabolism in hen livers. These results are in line with earlier findings that ZnO NPs perturb the tricarboxylic acid cycle and in turn result in the use of alternative energy sources. We also found that ZnO NPs disturbed lipid metabolism in the liver and consequently impacted blood lipid balance. Changes in plasma metabolomes were correlated with hepatic steatosis.

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hepatic steatosismetabolomicsperturbationplasmazinc oxide nanoparticles

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PMCPMC5810292

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