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ArticleJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology2020

Biochemical Effects of Silver Nanomaterials in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HepG2) Cells.

Kirk T Kitchin, Judy A Richards, Brian L Robinette, Kathleen A Wallace, Najwa H Coates, Benjamin T Castellon, Eric A Grulke, Jiahui Kou, Rajender S Varma

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Article in Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology, 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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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Kirk T Kitchin109 Alexander Drive, Mail Drop B105-03, Integrated Systems Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Judy A RichardsEnvironmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Brian L Robinette109 Alexander Drive, Mail Drop B105-03, Integrated Systems Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Kathleen A Wallace109 Alexander Drive, Mail Drop B105-03, Integrated Systems Toxicology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Najwa H CoatesEnvironmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, USA.
Benjamin T CastellonInstitute of Biomedical Studies and Department of Environmental Science, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798, USA.
Eric A GrulkeChemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 20506, USA.
Jiahui KouState Key Laboratory of Materials-Orient Chemical Engineering, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P. R. China.
Rajender S Varma26 West M.L.K. Drive, MS 443, Water Systems Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 26 West M.L.K. Dr., MS 443, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268, USA.
Environmental Protection Agency · USBaylor University · USNanjing Tech University · CNUniversity of Kentucky · US

Funding

Intramural EPA EPA999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In dose-response and structure-activity studies, human hepatic HepG2 cells were exposed to between 0.01 and 300 ug/ml of different silver nanomaterials and AgNO₃ for 3 days. Treatment chemicals included a custom synthesized rod shaped nano Ag, a glutathione capped nano Ag, polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) capped nano Ag (75 nm) from Nanocomposix and AgNO₃. Various biochemical parameters were then evaluated to study cytotoxicity, cell growth, hepatic function and oxidative stress. Few indications of cytotoxicity were observed between 0.1 ug/ml and 6 ug/ml of any nano Ag. At 10 ug/ml and above, Ag containing nanomaterials caused a moderate to severe degree of cytotoxicity in HepG2 cells. Lactate dehydrogenase and aspartate transaminase activity alterations were the most sensitive cytotoxicity parameters. Some biochemical parameters were altered by exposures to both nano Ag and AgNO₃ (statistically significant increases in alkaline phosphatase, gamma glutamyltranspeptidase, glutathione peroxidase and triglycerides; in contrast both glutathione reductase and HepG2 protein concentration were both decreased). Three parameters were significantly altered by nano Ag but not by AgNO₃ (decreases in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and thioredoxin reductase and increases in catalase). Cytotoxicity per se did not appear to fully explain the patterns of biological responses observed. Some of the observations with the three nano Ag (increases in alkaline phosphatase, catalase, gamma glutamyltranspeptidase, as well as decreases in glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase and glutathione reductase) are in the same direction as HepG2 responses to other nanomaterials composed of TiO₂, CeO₂, SiO₂, CuO and Cu. Therefore, these biochemical responses may be due to micropinocytosis of nanomaterials, membrane damage, oxidative stress and/or cytotoxicity. Decreased G6PDH (by all three nano Ag forms) and GRD activity (only nano Ag R did not cause decreases) support and are consistent with the oxidative stress theory of Ag nanomaterial action.

Indexed as

Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsMetal NanoparticlesNanostructuresHep G2 CellsHumansOxidative StressSilicon DioxideSilverSilicon DioxideSilver

Identifiers

PMID32331190
PMCPMC8237852
OpenAlexW3017065595

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