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ArticleScientific reports2018

Toxicity and Transcriptome Sequencing (RNA-seq) Analyses of Adult Zebrafish in Response to Exposure Carboxymethyl Cellulose Stabilized Iron Sulfide Nanoparticles.

Min Zheng, Jianguo Lu, Dongye Zhao

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Min ZhengEnvironmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.
Jianguo LuSchool of Marine Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangdong, 510275, China.
Dongye ZhaoEnvironmental Engineering Program, Department of Civil Engineering, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA. zhaodon@auburn.edu.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNAuburn University · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increasing utilization of stabilized iron sulfides (FeS) nanoparticles implies an elevated release of the materials into the environment. To understand potential impacts and underlying mechanisms of nanoparticle-induced stress, we used the transcriptome sequencing (RNA-seq) technique to characterize the transcriptomes from adult zebrafish exposed to 10 mg/L carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) stabilized FeS nanoparticles for 96 h, demonstrating striking differences in the gene expression profiles in liver. The exposure caused significant expression alterations in genes related to immune and inflammatory responses, detoxification, oxidative stress and DNA damage/repair. The complement and coagulation cascades Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) pathway was found significantly up-regulated under nanoparticle exposure. The quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction using twelve genes confirmed the RNA-seq results. We identified several candidate genes commonly regulated in liver, which may serve as gene indicators when exposed to the nanoparticles. Hepatic inflammation was further confirmed by histological observation of pyknotic nuclei, and vacuole formation upon exposure. Tissue accumulation tests showed a 2.2 times higher iron concentration in the fish tissue upon exposure. This study provides preliminary mechanistic insights into potential toxic effects of organic matter stabilized FeS nanoparticles, which will improve our understanding of the genotoxicity caused by stabilized nanoparticles.

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ZebrafishAnimalsCarboxymethylcellulose SodiumEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringExome SequencingFemaleFerrous CompoundsGene Expression ProfilingMaleNanoparticlesSequence Analysis, RNAToxicity TestsTranscriptomeCarboxymethylcellulose SodiumFerrous Compoundsferrous sulfide

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PMID29795396
PMCPMC5967324
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