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Toxicity evaluation of boron nitride nanospheres and water-soluble boron nitride in Caenorhabditis elegans

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Toxicity evaluation of boron nitride nanospheres and water-soluble boron nitride in Caenorhabditis elegans
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International Journal of Nanomedicine, August 2017
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s130960
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Ning Wang, Hui Wang, Chengchun Tang, Shijun Lei, Wanqing Shen, Cong Wang, Guobin Wang, Zheng Wang, Lin Wang

Abstract

Boron nitride (BN) nanomaterials have been increasingly explored for potential biological applications. However, their toxicity remains poorly understood. Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a whole-animal model for toxicity analysis of two representative types of BN nanomaterials - BN nanospheres (BNNSs) and highly water-soluble BN nanomaterial (named BN-800-2) - we found that BNNSs overall toxicity was less than soluble BN-800-2 with irregular shapes. The concentration thresholds for BNNSs and BN-800-2 were 100 µg·mL(-1) and 10 µg·mL(-1), respectively. Above this concentration, both delayed growth, decreased life span, reduced progeny, retarded locomotion behavior, and changed the expression of phenotype-related genes to various extents. BNNSs and BN-800-2 increased oxidative stress levels in C. elegans by promoting reactive oxygen species production. Our results further showed that oxidative stress response and MAPK signaling-related genes, such as GAS1, SOD2, SOD3, MEK1, and PMK1, might be key factors for reactive oxygen species production and toxic responses to BNNSs and BN-800-2 exposure. Together, our results suggest that when concentrations are lower than 10 µg·mL(-1), BNNSs are more biocompatible than BN-800-2 and are potentially biocompatible material.

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Student > Ph. D. Student 6 16%
Other 5 13%
Student > Master 4 11%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Researcher 4 11%
Other 4 11%
Unknown 11 29%
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Engineering 5 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 13%
Environmental Science 3 8%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 8%
Chemistry 2 5%
Other 6 16%
Unknown 14 37%
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