期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY
卷 39, 期 2, 页码 879-886出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2015.02.017
关键词
Titanium dioxide; Nanoparticles; Respiratory syncytial virus; Pneumonia
资金
- Health and Labour Sciences Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [26460183]
To reveal the effects of TiO2 nanoparticles, used in cosmetics and building materials, on the immune response, a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection mouse model was used. BALB/c mice were exposed once intranasally to TiO2 at 0.5 mg/kg and infected intranasally with RSV five days later. The levels of IFN-gamma and chemokine CCL5, representative markers of pneumonia, in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of RSV-infected mice had increased significantly in TiO2-exposed mice compared with the control on day 5 post-infection, but not in uninfected mice. While pulmonary viral titers were not affected by TiO2 exposure, an increase in the infiltration of lymphocytes into the alveolar septa in lung tissues was observed. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed aggregation of TiO2 nanoparticles near inflammatory cells in the severely affected region. Thus, a single exposure to TiO2 nanoparticles affected the immune system and exacerbated pneumonia in RSV-infected mice. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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