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Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals

BACKGROUND: Cellulose-based materials have been used for centuries to manufacture different goods derived from forestry and agricultural sources. In the growing field of nanocellulose applications, its uniquely engineered properties are instrumental for inventive products coming to competitive marke...

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Autores principales: Shvedova, Anna A., Kisin, Elena R., Yanamala, Naveena, Farcas, Mariana T., Menas, Autumn L., Williams, Andrew, Fournier, Philip M., Reynolds, Jeffrey S., Gutkin, Dmitriy W., Star, Alexander, Reiner, Richard S., Halappanavar, Sabina, Kagan, Valerian E.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12989-016-0140-x
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author Shvedova, Anna A.
Kisin, Elena R.
Yanamala, Naveena
Farcas, Mariana T.
Menas, Autumn L.
Williams, Andrew
Fournier, Philip M.
Reynolds, Jeffrey S.
Gutkin, Dmitriy W.
Star, Alexander
Reiner, Richard S.
Halappanavar, Sabina
Kagan, Valerian E.
author_facet Shvedova, Anna A.
Kisin, Elena R.
Yanamala, Naveena
Farcas, Mariana T.
Menas, Autumn L.
Williams, Andrew
Fournier, Philip M.
Reynolds, Jeffrey S.
Gutkin, Dmitriy W.
Star, Alexander
Reiner, Richard S.
Halappanavar, Sabina
Kagan, Valerian E.
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description BACKGROUND: Cellulose-based materials have been used for centuries to manufacture different goods derived from forestry and agricultural sources. In the growing field of nanocellulose applications, its uniquely engineered properties are instrumental for inventive products coming to competitive markets. Due to their high aspect ratio and stiffness, it is speculated that cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) may cause similar pulmonary toxicity as carbon nanotubes and asbestos, thus posing a potential negative impact on public health and the environment. METHODS: The present study was undertaken to investigate the pulmonary outcomes induced by repeated exposure to respirable CNC. C57BL/6 female and male mice were exposed by pharyngeal aspiration to CNC (40 μg/mouse) 2 times a week for 3 weeks. Several biochemical endpoints and pathophysiological outcomes along with gene expression changes were evaluated and compared in the lungs of male and female mice. RESULTS: Exposure to respirable CNC caused pulmonary inflammation and damage, induced oxidative stress, elevated TGF-β and collagen levels in lung, and impaired pulmonary functions. Notably, these effects were markedly more pronounced in females compared to male mice. Moreover, sex differences in responses to pulmonary exposure to CNC were also detected at the level of global mRNA expression as well as in inflammatory cytokine/chemokine activity. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our results indicate that there are considerable differences in responses to respirable CNC based on gender with a higher pulmonary toxicity observed in female mice. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12989-016-0140-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-48983102016-06-09 Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals Shvedova, Anna A. Kisin, Elena R. Yanamala, Naveena Farcas, Mariana T. Menas, Autumn L. Williams, Andrew Fournier, Philip M. Reynolds, Jeffrey S. Gutkin, Dmitriy W. Star, Alexander Reiner, Richard S. Halappanavar, Sabina Kagan, Valerian E. Part Fibre Toxicol Research BACKGROUND: Cellulose-based materials have been used for centuries to manufacture different goods derived from forestry and agricultural sources. In the growing field of nanocellulose applications, its uniquely engineered properties are instrumental for inventive products coming to competitive markets. Due to their high aspect ratio and stiffness, it is speculated that cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) may cause similar pulmonary toxicity as carbon nanotubes and asbestos, thus posing a potential negative impact on public health and the environment. METHODS: The present study was undertaken to investigate the pulmonary outcomes induced by repeated exposure to respirable CNC. C57BL/6 female and male mice were exposed by pharyngeal aspiration to CNC (40 μg/mouse) 2 times a week for 3 weeks. Several biochemical endpoints and pathophysiological outcomes along with gene expression changes were evaluated and compared in the lungs of male and female mice. RESULTS: Exposure to respirable CNC caused pulmonary inflammation and damage, induced oxidative stress, elevated TGF-β and collagen levels in lung, and impaired pulmonary functions. Notably, these effects were markedly more pronounced in females compared to male mice. Moreover, sex differences in responses to pulmonary exposure to CNC were also detected at the level of global mRNA expression as well as in inflammatory cytokine/chemokine activity. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, our results indicate that there are considerable differences in responses to respirable CNC based on gender with a higher pulmonary toxicity observed in female mice. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12989-016-0140-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. BioMed Central 2016-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4898310/ /pubmed/27278671 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12989-016-0140-x Text en © The Author(s). 2016 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Shvedova, Anna A.
Kisin, Elena R.
Yanamala, Naveena
Farcas, Mariana T.
Menas, Autumn L.
Williams, Andrew
Fournier, Philip M.
Reynolds, Jeffrey S.
Gutkin, Dmitriy W.
Star, Alexander
Reiner, Richard S.
Halappanavar, Sabina
Kagan, Valerian E.
Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title_full Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title_fullStr Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title_full_unstemmed Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title_short Gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
title_sort gender differences in murine pulmonary responses elicited by cellulose nanocrystals
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4898310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27278671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12989-016-0140-x
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