Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8553852 | Toxicology in Vitro | 2018 | 30 Pages |
Abstract
The effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) on the expression of a subset of immune response, apoptosis and cell proliferation -associated genes was studied in normal human astrocytes (line NHA/TS). In the cells treated with SWCNTs (2, 10 and 50â¯ng/ml of medium for 24â¯h) we observed a strong dose-dependent down-regulation of the expression of a cell surface glycoproteins HLA-DRA (major histocompatibility complex, class II, DR alpha) and HLA-DRB1. At the same time, the expression of HLA-F (major histocompatibility complex, class I, F), LMNB1 (lamin B1), and HTRA1 (high temperature requirement A1) genes as well as the level of miR-190b and miR-7 was up-regulated in NHA/TS subjected to different concentrations of SWCNTs. After 24â¯h of treatment with SWCNTs we detected a dose-dependent suppression of PHLDA2 (pleckstrin homology-like domain, family A, member 2) gene expression in these cells. Obtained data show that SWCNTs may affect an immune response, in particular through suppression of HLA-DRA and HLA-DRB1 gene expressions and that miR-190b and miR-7 possibly participated in this suppression. Deregulation of lamin B1 expression indicates the possibility of alterations in genome stability following treatment of astrocytes with SWCNTs. Thus, more caution is needed in biomedical application of SWCNTs.
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Authors
Oleksandr H. Minchenko, Dariia O. Tsymbal, Dmytro O. Minchenko, Svitlana V. Prylutska, Oksana S. Hnatiuk, Yuriy I. Prylutskyy, Nikos G. Tsierkezos, Uwe Ritter,