Genotoxic hazard assessment of cerium oxide and magnesium oxide nanoparticles in Drosophila

The use of metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) is steadily spreading, leading to increased environmental exposures to many organisms, including humans. To improve our knowledge of this potential hazard, we have evaluated the genotoxic risk of cerium oxide (CeO2NPs) and magnesium oxide (MgONPs) nanoparticle exposures using Drosophila as an in vivo assay model. In this study, two well-known assays, such as the wing somatic mutation and recombination test (wing-spot assay) and the single-cell gel electrophoresis test (comet assay) were used. As a novelty, and for the first time, changes in the expression levels of a wide panel of DNA repair genes were also evaluated. Our results indicate that none of the concentrations of CeO2NPs increased the total spot frequency in the wing-spot assay, while induction was observed at the highest dose of MgONPs. Regarding the comet assay, both tested NPs were unable to induce single DNA strand breaks or oxidative damage in DNA bases. Nevertheless, exposure to CeO2NPs induced significant increases in the expression levels of the Mlh1 and Brca2 genes, which are involved in the double-strand break repair pathway, together with a decrease in the expression levels of the MCPH1 and Rad51D genes. Regarding the effects of MgONPs exposure, the expression levels of the Ercc1, Brca2, Rad1, mu2, and stg genes were significantly increased, while Mlh1 and MCPH1 genes were decreased. Our results show the usefulness of our approach in detecting mild genotoxic effects by evaluating changes in the expression of a panel of genes involved in DNA repair pathways.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Nanotoxicology - 16(2022), 3 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 393-407

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yalçın, Burçin [VerfasserIn]
Güneş, Merve [VerfasserIn]
Kurşun, Ayşen Yağmur [VerfasserIn]
Kaya, Nuray [VerfasserIn]
Marcos, Ricard [VerfasserIn]
Kaya, Bülent [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

30K4522N6T
3A3U0GI71G
619G5K328Y
9007-49-2
Cell Cycle Proteins
Ceric oxide
Cerium
Cerium oxide nanoparticles
Cytoskeletal Proteins
DNA
DNA repair genes
Gene expression
Genotoxicity
Journal Article
MCPH1 protein, human
Magnesium Oxide
Magnesium oxide nanoparticles
Oxides
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.08.2022

Date Revised 16.08.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/17435390.2022.2098072

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM343387263