PUBLICATION
Low-Dose Exposure of Silica Nanoparticles Induces Neurotoxicity via Neuroactive Ligand-Receptor Interaction Signaling Pathway in Zebrafish Embryos
- Authors
- Wei, J., Liu, J., Liang, S., Sun, M., Duan, J.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-200702-8
- Date
- 2020
- Source
- International Journal of Nanomedicine 15: 4407-4415 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- neuroactive ligand–receptor interaction signaling pathway, neurotoxicity, silica nanoparticles, zebrafish
- Datasets
- GEO:GSE73427
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism*
- Ligands
- Nanoparticles/toxicity*
- Neurotoxins/toxicity*
- Receptors, Cell Surface/metabolism*
- Signal Transduction*/drug effects
- Silicon Dioxide/toxicity*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- PubMed
- 32606685 Full text @ Int. J. Nanomedicine
Citation
Wei, J., Liu, J., Liang, S., Sun, M., Duan, J. (2020) Low-Dose Exposure of Silica Nanoparticles Induces Neurotoxicity via Neuroactive Ligand-Receptor Interaction Signaling Pathway in Zebrafish Embryos. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 15:4407-4415.
Abstract
Objective Silica nanoparticles (SiO2 NPs) have been extensively employed in biomedical field. SiO2 NPs are primarily designed to enter the circulatory system; however, little information is available on potential adverse effects of SiO2 NPs on the nervous system.
Methods The neurotoxicity of SiO2 NPs at different concentrations (3, 6, 12 ng/nL) on zebrafish embryos was determined using immunofluorescence and microarray techniques, and subsequently confirmed by qRT-PCR.
Results SiO2 NPs disrupt the axonal integrity and decrease the length of axons in Tg (NBT: EGFP) transgenic lines. The number of apoptotic cells in the brain and central nervous system of zebrafish embryos was increased in the presence of 12 ng/nL of SiO2 NPs, but the difference did not reach statistical significance. Screening for changes in the expression of genes involved in the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction pathway was performed by microarray and confirmed by qRT-PCR. These analyses demonstrated that SiO2 NPs markedly downregulated genes associated with neural function (grm6a, drd1b, chrnb3b, adrb2a, grin2ab, npffr2.1, npy8br, gabrd, chrma3, gabrg3, gria3a, grm1a, adra2b, and glra3).
Conclusion The obtained results documented that SiO2 NPs can induce developmental neurotoxicity by affecting the neuroactive ligand-receptor interaction signaling pathway. This new evidence may help to clarify the mechanism of SiO2 NPs-mediated neurotoxicity.
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Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
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