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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2024

Nanoplastics causes heart aging/myocardial cell senescence through the Ca

Kaihao Wang, Yipeng Du, Peixin Li, Chang Guan, Min Zhou, Lanlan Wu, Zengfu Liu, Zheng Huang

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kaihao WangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Yipeng DuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Peixin LiDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Chang GuanDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Min ZhouDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Lanlan WuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zengfu LiuDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Zheng HuangDepartment of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China. 2019681119@gzhmu.edu.cn.
Guangzhou Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

Guangzhou Medical and Health Technology Project 20171A010301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNanoplastics (NPs) are now a new class of pollutants widely present in the soil, atmosphere, freshwater and marine environments. Nanoplastics can rapidly penetrate cell membranes and accumulate in human tissues and organs, thus posing a potential threat to human health. The heart is the main power source of the body. But up to now, the toxicological effects of long-term exposure to nanoplastics on the heart has not been revealed yet.

resultsWe evaluated the effects of long term exposure of nanoplastics on cardiac cell/tissue in vitro and in vivo model. Furthermore, we explored the molecular mechanism by which nanoplastics exposure causes myocardial cell senescence. Immunohistochemistry, indirect immunofluorescence and ELISA were performed to detect the effects of nanoplastics on heart aging. We found that nanoplastics were able to induce significant cardiac aging through a series of biochemical assays in vivo. In vitro, the effects of nanoplastics on cardiac cell were investigated, and found that nanoplastics were able to internalize into cardiomyocytes in time and dose-dependant manner. Further biochemical analysis showed that nanoplastics induces cardiomyocytes senescence by detecting a series of senescence marker molecules. Molecular mechanism research shows that nanoplastics may cause mitochondrial destabilization by inducing oxidative stress, which leads to the leakage of mtDNA from mitochondria into the cytoplasm, and then cytoplasm-localized mt-DNA activates the cGAS-STING signaling pathway and promotes inflammation response, ultimately inducing cardiomyocytes senescence.

conclusionsIn this work, we found that nanoplastics exposure induces premature aging of heart. Current research also reveals the molecular mechanism by which nanoplastics induces cardiomyocyte senescence. This study laid the foundation for further studying the potential harm of nanoplastics exposure on heart.

Indexed as

DNA, MitochondrialMyocytes, CardiacCellular SenescenceHumansMicroplasticsMitochondriaSignal TransductionDNA, MitochondrialMicroplasticsAgingCardiomyocytesInflammationMitochondriaNanoplastics

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PMID38448951
PMCPMC10918962
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