Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29929559›Full record

ArticleParticle and fibre toxicology2018

Developmental basis for intestinal barrier against the toxicity of graphene oxide.

Mingxia Ren, Li Zhao, Xuecheng Ding, Natalia Krasteva, Qi Rui, Dayong Wang

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Particle and fibre toxicology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
6.1field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Baicalein fromFrontiers in pharmacology · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. A circular RNARSC advances · 2019
    Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingxia RenKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering in Ministry of Education, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Li ZhaoKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering in Ministry of Education, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China.
Xuecheng DingCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China.
Natalia KrastevaInstitute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Science, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Qi RuiCollege of Life Sciences, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, China. ruiqi@njau.edu.cn.
Dayong WangKey Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering in Ministry of Education, Medical School, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210009, China. dayongw@seu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-4656-7427
Southeast University · CNNanjing Agricultural University · CNInstitute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering · BG

Funding

Bilateral Projects 2016 China-Bulgaria 15-4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIntestinal barrier is crucial for animals against translocation of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) into secondary targeted organs. However, the molecular mechanisms for the role of intestinal barrier against ENMs toxicity are still largely unclear. The intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans is a powerful in vivo experimental system for the study on intestinal function. In this study, we investigated the molecular basis for intestinal barrier against toxicity and translocation of graphene oxide (GO) using C. elegans as a model animal.

resultsBased on the genetic screen of genes required for the control of intestinal development at different aspects using intestine-specific RNA interference (RNAi) technique, we identified four genes (erm-1, pkc-3, hmp-2 and act-5) required for the function of intestinal barrier against GO toxicity. Under normal conditions, mutation of any of these genes altered the intestinal permeability. With the focus on PKC-3, an atypical protein kinase C, we identified an intestinal signaling cascade of PKC-3-SEC-8-WTS-1, which implies that PKC-3 might regulate intestinal permeability and GO toxicity by affecting the function of SEC-8-mediated exocyst complex and the role of WTS-1 in maintaining integrity of apical intestinal membrane. ISP-1 and SOD-3, two proteins required for the control of oxidative stress, were also identified as downstream targets for PKC-3, and functioned in parallel with WTS-1 in the regulation of GO toxicity.

conclusionsUsing C. elegans as an in vivo assay system, we found that several developmental genes required for the control of intestinal development regulated both the intestinal permeability and the GO toxicity. With the focus on PKC-3, we raised two intestinal signaling cascades, PKC-3-SEC-8-WTS-1 and PKC-3-ISP-1/SOD-3. Our results will strengthen our understanding the molecular basis for developmental machinery of intestinal barrier against GO toxicity and translocation in animals.

Indexed as

AnimalsCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsGraphiteIntestinal AbsorptionIntestinal MucosaIntestinesNanostructuresPermeabilityReactive Oxygen SpeciesRNA InterferenceSignal TransductionCaenorhabditis elegans Proteinsgraphene oxideGraphiteReactive Oxygen SpeciesCaenorhabditis elegansGraphene oxideIntestinal barrierIntestinal permeabilityMolecular basisPKC-3

Identifiers

PMID29929559
PMCPMC6013870
OpenAlexW2809052070

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.