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ArticleParticle and fibre toxicology2020

Zinc oxide nanoparticles effectively regulate autophagic cell death by activating autophagosome formation and interfering with their maturation.

Zixuan Liu, Xuying Lv, Lei Xu, Xuting Liu, Xiangyu Zhu, Erqun Song, Yang Song

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Article in Particle and fibre toxicology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zixuan LiuKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Xuying LvKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Lei XuKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Xuting LiuKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Xiangyu ZhuKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Erqun SongKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
Yang SongKey Laboratory of Luminescence Analysis and Molecular Sensing (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China. songyangwenrong@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-7716-9216
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWith the development of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) in the field of nanotechnology, their toxicological effects are attracting increasing attention, and the mechanisms for ZnO NPs neurotoxicity remain obscure. In an attempt to address concerns regarding neurotoxicity of ZnO NPs, we explored the relationship between free zinc ions, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and neurotoxic mechanisms in ZnO NPs-exposed PC12 cells.

resultThis study demonstrated the requirement of free zinc ions shed by ZnO NPs to over generation of intracellular ROS. Next, we identified autophagic cell death was the major mode of cell death induced by ZnO NPs, and autophagosome accumulation resulted from not only induction of autophagy, but also blockade of autophagy flux. We concluded that autophagic cell death, resulting from zinc ions-ROS-c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK)-autophagy positive feedback loop and blockade of autophagosomal-lysosomal fusion, played a major role in the neurotoxicity of ZnO NPs.

conclusionOur study contributes to a better understanding of the neurotoxicity of ZnO NPs and might be useful for designing and developing new biosafety nanoparticles in the future.

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Autophagic Cell DeathAutophagosomesAutophagyCell DeathMetal NanoparticlesNanoparticlesReactive Oxygen SpeciesToxicity TestsZinc OxideReactive Oxygen SpeciesZinc OxideAutophagic cell deathAutophagic fluxAutophagosomal-lysosomal fusionJNKZnO nanoparticles

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