Singhal, Jaya and Singh, Surinder P. and Karuppiah, Stalin and Pandey, Alok K. (2015) Bucky Tubes Induce Oxidative Stress Mediated Cell Death in Human Lung Cells. BioMed Research International ( 56076). ISSN 2314-6133

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Abstract

Unique physicochemical properties of carbon nanomaterials (CNMs) have opened a new era for therapeutics and diagnosis (known as theranostics) of various diseases. This exponential increase in application makes them important for toxicology studies. The present study was aimed at exploring the toxic potential of one of the CNMs, that is, bucky tubes (BTs), in human lung adenocarcinoma (A549) cell line. BTs were characterised by electron microscopy (TEM), dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier transform spectroscopy (FTIR), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Flow cytometric study showed a concentration and time dependent increase in intracellular internalization as well as reduction in cell viability upon exposure to BTs. However, a significant increase in intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) production was observed as evident by increased fluorescence intensity of 2',7' - dichlorofluorescein (DCF). BTs induced oxidative stress in cells as evident by depletion in glutathione with concomitant increase in lipid peroxidationwith increasing concentrations. Asignificant increase in micronucleus formation and apoptotic cell population and loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) as compared to control were observed. Moreover, in the present study, BTs were found to be mild toxic and it is encouraging to conclude that BTs having outer diameter in the range of 7-12 nm and length 0.5-10 mu m can be used for theranostics.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Divisions: UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User: Dr. Rajpal Walke
Date Deposited: 19 Sep 2016 06:35
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2016 06:35
URI: http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/1728

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