Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2016, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 249-254.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2016.04.001

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DNA-damage in RAW264.7 cells exposed to different sizes of silica nanoparticles

YANG Hong, WU Qiuyun, LAO Canshan, LI Mingyue, LI Wenchao   

  1. Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine Engineering Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, Jiangsu, China
  • Received:2015-06-23 Revised:2016-04-22 Online:2016-07-31 Published:2016-07-31

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: RAW264.7 cells were exposed to different doses ofsilica nanoparticles and micron silicon dioxide (SiO2), and induction of DNA damage was investigated. METHODS: RAW264.7 cells were treated with 20 nm, 60 nm silica nanoparticles at dosage of 31.25-500 μg/mL and micron SiO2 at dosage of 500 μg/mL for 24 h. DNA single-strand break was detected by the Comet single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) and all the indexes of the assay:rate of comet (rcomet), tail length (TL) of DNA, rate of tail DNA (rtail DNA), and Olive tail moment (OTM) were analyzed by the Comet Assay Software Project (CASP). In addition, levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), hydroxyl radicals (·OH), superoxide anion radical (O2·), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and nitric oxide (NO) in homogenate supernatantfrom treatedcells were measured. RESULTS: rcomet, TL, rtail DNA and OTM induced by microsized SiO2 were significantly increased compared with the negative control at the concentration of 500 μg/mL (P<0.01). Cells exposed to 125 and 500 μg/mL of the two kinds of silica nanoparticles showed a distinct increase of rcomet, TL, rtail DNA and OTM compared with the negative control (P<0.01). rcomet, rtail DNA and OTM caused by microsized SiO2 were significantly increased compared with the silica nanoparticles groups(P<0.01) at the same concentrations. The increase of lipid peroxidation products of MDA and free radicals of ·OH, O2·, H2O2 and NO were in different degrees the result from silica nanoparticle and micron SiO2 in comparison to the negative control. CONCLUSION: Both silica nanoparticle and microsized SiO2 can cause DNA single-strand break and oxidative injury in RAW264.7 cells. The generation of free radicals of oxidative stress may have played a role in induction of DNA-damage.

Key words: silica nanoparticle, RAW264.7 cells, free radical, DNA-damage, single cell gel electrophoresis

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