RGD Reference Report - Pulmonary inflammation after intraperitoneal administration of ultrafine titanium dioxide (TiO2) at rest or in lungs primed with lipopolysaccharide. - Rat Genome Database

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Pulmonary inflammation after intraperitoneal administration of ultrafine titanium dioxide (TiO2) at rest or in lungs primed with lipopolysaccharide.

Authors: Moon, C  Park, HJ  Choi, YH  Park, EM  Castranova, V  Kang, JL 
Citation: Moon C, etal., J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2010 Jan;73(5):396-409.
RGD ID: 4142827
Pubmed: PMID:20155581   (View Abstract at PubMed)
DOI: DOI:10.1080/15287390903486543   (Journal Full-text)

Nanoparticles are widely used in nanomedicines, including for targeted delivery of pharmacological, therapeutic, and diagnostic agents. Since nanoparticles might translocate across cellular barriers from the circulation into targeted organs, it is important to obtain information concerning the pathophysiologic effects of these particles through systemic migration. In the present study, acute pulmonary responses were examined after intraperitoneal (ip) administration of ultrafine titanium dioxide (TiO(2), 40 mg/kg) in mice at rest or in lungs primed with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, ip, 5 mg/kg). Ultrafine TiO(2) exposure increased neutrophil influx, protein levels in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid, and reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity of BAL cells 4 h after exposure. Concomitantly, the levels of proinflammatory mediators, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, interleukin (IL)-1beta, and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-2 in BAL fluid and mRNA expression of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta in lung tissue were elevated post ultrafine TiO(2) exposure. Ultrafine TiO(2) exposure resulted in significant activation of inflammatory signaling molecules, such as c-Src and p38 MAP kinase, in lung tissue and alveolar macrophages, and the nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB pathway in pulmonary tissue. Furthermore, ultrafine TiO(2) additively enhanced these inflammatory parameters and this signaling pathway in lungs primed with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Contrary to this trend, a synergistic effect was found for TNF-alpha at the level of protein and mRNA expression. These results suggest that ultrafine TiO(2) (P25) induces acute lung inflammation after ip administration, and exhibits additive or synergistic effects with LPS, at least partly, via activation of oxidant-dependent inflammatory signaling and the NF-kappaB pathway, leading to increased production of proinflammatory mediators.

RGD Manual Disease Annotations    Click to see Annotation Detail View
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
pneumonia  ISOIl1b (Mus musculus)4142827; 4142827mRNA and protein:increased expression:lungRGD 
pneumonia  IEP 4142827mRNA and protein:increased expression:lungRGD 

Objects Annotated

Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Il1b  (interleukin 1 beta)

Genes (Mus musculus)
Il1b  (interleukin 1 beta)

Genes (Homo sapiens)
IL1B  (interleukin 1 beta)


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