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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2020

Immunohistochemistry of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in spleens of mice treated with gold nanoparticles.

Haseeb A Khan, Khalid E Ibrahim, Sara T Alrashood, Salman Alamery, Salman H Alrokayan, Najla Al-Harbi, Mohsen G Al-Mutary, Samia H Sobki, Isra Khan

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Haseeb A KhanDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Khalid E IbrahimDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Sara T AlrashoodDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Salman AlameryDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Salman H AlrokayanDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Najla Al-HarbiDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Mohsen G Al-MutaryDepartment of Basic Sciences, College of Education, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Samia H SobkiDepartment of Central Military Laboratory and Blood Bank, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh 11159, Saudi Arabia.
Isra KhanRohilkhand Medical College and Hospital, Bareilly 243006, India.
King Saud University · SAImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAM.J.P. Rohilkhand University · INRiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) possess considerable biocompatibility and therefore gaining more attention for their biomedical applications. Previous studies have shown the transient increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines expression in different organs of rats and mice exposed to AuNPs. Structural changes in the spleen of mice treated with AuNPs have also been reported. This investigation was aimed to study the immunostaining of IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α in mice treated with different sizes of AuNPs. The animals were divided into 7 groups of 4 animals in each group. One group received saline and served as control. Two sets of three groups were treated with 5 nm, 20 nm and 50 nm diameter AuNPs. One set was sacrificed on day 1 and the other on day 7 following the AuNPs injections. Spleens were dissected out and promptly fixed in formalin for 3 days and then processed for IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α immunostaining using target-specific antibodies. The immunoreactivities of IL-1β and IL-6 were increased with the increase of AuNP size. The immunostaining of IL-1β in spleen of 20 nm AuNP treated mice was subsequently decreased on day 7 whereas it persisted in 50 nm AuNP group. The increase in the immunoreactivity of IL-6 on day 1 was decreased on day 7 in the spleens of mice treated with 20 nm or 50 nm AuNPs. The immunostaining of TNF-α was found to be negative in all the treatment groups. In conclusion, the size of AuNPs plays an important role in the expression of proinflammatory cytokines in mouse spleen; small size (5 nm) AuNPs caused minimal effect, whereas larger (50 nm) AuNPs produced intense immunostaining.

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CytokinesGold nanoparticlesImmunohistochemistryInflammationSpleen

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