Clift, Martin; Endes, Carola; Vanhecke, Dimitri; Wick, Peter; Gehr, Peter; Schins, Roel P. F.; Petri-Fink, Alke; Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara (2014). A comparative study of different in vitro lung cell culture systems to assess the most beneficial tool for screening the potential adverse effects of carbon nanotubes. Toxicological sciences, 137(1), pp. 55-64. Oxford University Press 10.1093/toxsci/kft216
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To determine the potential inhalatory risk posed by carbon nanotubes (CNTs), a tier-based approach beginning with an in vitro assessment must be adopted. The purpose of this study therefore was to compare 4 commonly used in vitro systems of the human lung (human blood monocyte-derived macrophages [MDM] and monocyte-derived dendritic cells [MDDC], 16HBE14o- epithelial cells, and a sophisticated triple cell co-culture model [TCC-C]) via assessment of the biological impact of different CNTs (single-walled CNTs [SWCNTs] and multiwalled CNTs [MWCNTs]) over 24h. No significant cytotoxicity was observed with any of the cell types tested, although a significant (p < .05), dose-dependent increase in tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α following SWCNT and MWCNT exposure at concentrations up to 0.02mg/ml to MDM, MDDC, and the TCC-C was found. The concentration of TNF-α released by the MDM and MDDC was significantly higher (p < .05) than the TCC-C. Significant increases (p < .05) in interleukin (IL)-8 were also found for both 16HBE14o- epithelial cells and the TCC-C after SWCNTs and MWCNTs exposure up to 0.02mg/ml. The TCC-C, however, elicited a significantly (p < .05) higher IL-8 release than the epithelial cells. The oxidative potential of both SWCNTs and MWCNTs (0.005-0.02mg/ml) measured by reduced glutathione (GSH) content showed a significant difference (p < .05) between each monoculture and the TCC-C. It was concluded that because only the co-culture system could assess each endpoint adequately, that, in comparison with monoculture systems, multicellular systems that take into consideration important cell type-to-cell type interactions could be used as predictive in vitro screening tools for determining the potential deleterious effects associated with CNTs.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gastro-intestinal, Liver and Lung Disorders (DMLL) > Clinic of Pneumology 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Pneumologie (Erwachsene) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Clift, Martin, Rothen-Rutishauser, Barbara |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1096-6080 |
Publisher: |
Oxford University Press |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Rahel Holderegger |
Date Deposited: |
06 Oct 2014 15:22 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/toxsci/kft216 |
PubMed ID: |
24284789 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
in vitro lung systems, carbon nanotubes, nanotoxicology, oxidative stress, inflammation, risk assessment |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.48226 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/48226 |
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