Effects of graphene oxide nanoparticles on the immune system biomarkers produced by RAW264.7 and human whole blood cell cultures

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dc.contributor.authorLategan, Kim
dc.contributor.authorAlghadi, Hend
dc.contributor.authorBayati, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorde Cortalezzi, Maria Fidalgo
dc.contributor.authorPool, Edmund John
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-13T12:57:11Z
dc.date.available2018-03-13T12:57:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractGraphene oxide nanoparticles (GONPs) have attracted a lot of attention due to their many applications. These applications include batteries, super capacitors, drug delivery and biosensing. However, few studies have investigated the effects of these nanoparticles on the immune system. In this study, the in vitro effects of GONPs on the immune system was evaluated by exposing murine macrophages, RAW 264.7 cells and human whole blood cell cultures (to GONPs. The effects of GONPs on RAW cells were monitored under basal conditions. The whole blood cell cultures were exposed to GONPs in the presence or absence of the mitogens lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and phytohaemmagglutinin (PHA). A number of parameters were monitored for both RAWand whole blood cell cultures, these included cytotoxicity, inflammatory biomarkers, cytokines of the acquired immune system and a proteome profile analysis. The GONPs were cytotoxic to both RAW and whole blood cell cultures at 500 g/mL. In the absence of LPS, GONPs elicited an inflammatory response from the murine macrophage, RAW and whole blood cell cultures at 15.6 and 5 g/mL respectively. This activation was further corroborated by proteome profile analysis of both experimental cultures. GONPs inhibited LPS induced interleukin 6 (IL-6) synthesis and PHA induced interferon gamma (IFN ) synthesis by whole blood cell cultures in a dose dependent manner. In the absence of mitogens, GONPs stimulated IL-10 synthesis by whole blood cell cultures. The current study shows that GONPs modulate immune system biomarkers and that these may pose a health risk to individuals exposed to this type of nanoparticle.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLategan, K. et al. (2018). Effects of graphene oxide nanoparticles on the immune system biomarkers produced by RAW264.7 and human whole blood cell cultures. Nanomaterials, 8(125)en_US
dc.identifier.issn2079-4991
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano8020125
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/3576
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterFALSE
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
dc.status.ispeerreviewedTRUE
dc.subjectGraphene oxide nanoparticlesen_US
dc.subjectCytotoxicityen_US
dc.subjectMacrophage activationen_US
dc.subjectHumoral immune responseen_US
dc.titleEffects of graphene oxide nanoparticles on the immune system biomarkers produced by RAW264.7 and human whole blood cell culturesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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