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Comparative study of the transcriptomes of Caco-2 cells cultured under dynamic vs. static conditions following exposure to titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanomaterials
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Document Title
Comparative study of the transcriptomes of Caco-2 cells cultured under dynamic vs. static conditions following exposure to titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanomaterials
Author
Kulthong K, Hooiveld GJEJ, Duivenvoorde LPM, Estruch IM, Bouwmeester H, van der Zande M
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Affiliations
Wageningen University & Research; Wageningen University & Research; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC); Wageningen University & Research
Type
Article
Source Title
NANOTOXICOLOGY
ISSN
1743-5390
Year
2021
Volume
15
Issue
9
Page
1233-1252
Open Access
hybrid
Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI
10.1080/17435390.2021.2012609
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Abstract
Due to the widespread application of food-relevant inorganic nanomaterials, the gastrointestinal tract is potentially exposed to these materials. Gut-on-chip in vitro systems are proposed for the investigation of compound toxicity as they better recapitulate the in vivo human intestinal environment than static models, due to the added shear stresses associated with the flow of the medium. We aimed to compare cellular responses of intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells at the gene expression level upon TiO2 (E171) and ZnO (NM110) nanomaterial exposure when cultured under dynamic and conventionally applied static conditions. Whole-genome transcriptome analyses upon exposure of the cells to TiO2 and ZnO nanomaterials revealed differentially expressed genes and related biological processes that were culture condition specific. The total number of differentially expressed genes (p < 0.01) and affected pathways (p < 0.05 and FDR < 0.25) after nanomaterial exposure was higher under dynamic culture conditions than under static conditions for both nanomaterials. The observed increase in nanomaterial-induced responses in the gut-on-chip model indicates that shear stress might be a major factor in cell susceptibility. This is the first report on the application of a gut-on-chip system in which gene expression responses upon TiO2 and ZnO nanomaterial exposure are evaluated and compared to a static system. It extends current knowledge on nanomaterial toxicity assessment and the influence of a dynamic environment on cellular responses. Application of the gut-on-chip system resulted in higher sensitivity of the cells and might thus be an attractive system for use in the toxicological hazard characterization of nanomaterials.
Keyword
Gut-on-chip | Nanotoxicology | titanium dioxide | Transcriptomics | Zinc oxide
Funding Sponsor
Royal Thai Government Scholarship; Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality [KB-23002-022]
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CC-BY-NC-ND
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WOS