Wood-Based Cellulose Nanofibrils : Haemocompatibility and Impact on the Development and Behaviour of Drosophila melanogaster

Wood-based cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) offer an excellent scaffold for drug-delivery formulation development. However, toxicity and haemocompatibility of the drug carrier is always an important issue. In this study, toxicity-related issues of CNF were addressed. Different doses of CNF were orally administered to Drosophila and different tests like the developmental cycle, trypan blue exclusion assay, larva crawling assay, thermal sensitivity assay, cold sensitivity assay, larval light preference test, climbing behaviour, nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction assay, adult phenotype, and adult weight were conducted to observe the impact on its development and behaviour. A haemocompatibility assay was done on the blood taken from healthy Wistar rats. In Drosophila, the abnormalities in larval development and behaviour were observed in the behavioural assays. However, the cytotoxic effect could not be confirmed by the gut staining and level of reactive oxygen species. The larvae developed into an adult without any abnormality in the phenotype. The CNF did cause loss of weight in the adult flies and did not cause much toxicity within the body since there was no phenotypic defect. Hemolysis data also suggested that CNF was safe at lower doses, as the data was well within acceptable limits. All these results suggest that cellulose nanofibres have no significant cytotoxic effects on Drosophila. However, the developmental and behavioural abnormalities suggest that CNF may act as a behavioural teratogen.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Biomolecules - 9(2019), 8 vom: 13. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mishra, Pawan Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Ekielski, Adam [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Sumit [VerfasserIn]
Sahu, Swetapadma [VerfasserIn]
Chowdhury, Saptarshi [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Monalisa [VerfasserIn]
Talegaonkar, Sushama [VerfasserIn]
Siddiqui, Lubna [VerfasserIn]
Mishra, Harshita [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

9004-34-6
Biocompatible Materials
CNF toxicity
Cellulose
Drosophila melanogaster
Haemocompatibility
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Wood-based CNF

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.06.2020

Date Revised 22.06.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/biom9080363

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300229976