Silica nanoparticles induce cardiomyocyte apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway in rats following intratracheal instillation. 2019

Zhongjun Du, and Shangya Chen, and Guanqun Cui, and Ye Yang, and Enguo Zhang, and Qiang Wang, and Martin F Lavin, and Abrey J Yeo, and Cunxiang Bo, and Yu Zhang, and Chao Li, and Xiaoshan Liu, and Xu Yang, and Cheng Peng, and Hua Shao
Department of Toxicology, Shandong Academy of Occupational Health and Occupational Medicine, Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji'nan, Shandong 250062, P.R. China.

Diseases of the cardiac system caused by silicon dioxide exposure have captured wide public attention. Upon entering the blood circulation, ultrafine particles have the potential to influence cardiomyocytes, leading to myocardial ischemia or even cardiac failure, and the molecular mechanisms remain to be completely elucidated. In this study, the toxicity of ultrafine particles on cardiomyocytes from rats exposed to silica nanoparticles was observed. Rats were randomly divided into a normal saline control group and three exposure groups (2, 5 and 10 mg/kg·body weight) that were intratracheally treated with 60‑nm silica nanoparticles. Alterations in body weight, routine blood factors and myocardial enzymes, histopathological and microstructural alterations, apoptosis and the expression of apoptosis‑associated proteins were assessed at the end of the exposure period. The silicon levels in the heart and serum, and myocardial enzymes in exposed rats were significantly increased in a dose‑dependent manner. In addition, exposure to the silica nanoparticles caused notable histological and ultrastructural alterations in the hearts of these animals. Furthermore, a significant apoptotic effect was observed in the exposure groups. The present data suggest that silica nanoparticles may enter the circulatory system through the lungs, and are distributed to the heart causing cardiovascular injury. Silica nanoparticle‑induced apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway may serve an important role in observed cardiac damage.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007150 Immunohistochemistry Histochemical localization of immunoreactive substances using labeled antibodies as reagents. Immunocytochemistry,Immunogold Techniques,Immunogold-Silver Techniques,Immunohistocytochemistry,Immunolabeling Techniques,Immunogold Technics,Immunogold-Silver Technics,Immunolabeling Technics,Immunogold Silver Technics,Immunogold Silver Techniques,Immunogold Technic,Immunogold Technique,Immunogold-Silver Technic,Immunogold-Silver Technique,Immunolabeling Technic,Immunolabeling Technique,Technic, Immunogold,Technic, Immunogold-Silver,Technic, Immunolabeling,Technics, Immunogold,Technics, Immunogold-Silver,Technics, Immunolabeling,Technique, Immunogold,Technique, Immunogold-Silver,Technique, Immunolabeling,Techniques, Immunogold,Techniques, Immunogold-Silver,Techniques, Immunolabeling
D008297 Male Males
D008928 Mitochondria Semiautonomous, self-reproducing organelles that occur in the cytoplasm of all cells of most, but not all, eukaryotes. Each mitochondrion is surrounded by a double limiting membrane. The inner membrane is highly invaginated, and its projections are called cristae. Mitochondria are the sites of the reactions of oxidative phosphorylation, which result in the formation of ATP. They contain distinctive RIBOSOMES, transfer RNAs (RNA, TRANSFER); AMINO ACYL T RNA SYNTHETASES; and elongation and termination factors. Mitochondria depend upon genes within the nucleus of the cells in which they reside for many essential messenger RNAs (RNA, MESSENGER). Mitochondria are believed to have arisen from aerobic bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship with primitive protoeukaryotes. (King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Mitochondrial Contraction,Mitochondrion,Contraction, Mitochondrial,Contractions, Mitochondrial,Mitochondrial Contractions
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D012822 Silicon Dioxide Transparent, tasteless crystals found in nature as agate, amethyst, chalcedony, cristobalite, flint, sand, QUARTZ, and tridymite. The compound is insoluble in water or acids except hydrofluoric acid. Silica,Aerosil,Aerosil 380,Cristobalite,Quso G-32,Quso G32,Tridymite,380, Aerosil,Dioxide, Silicon,G32, Quso,Quso G 32
D015415 Biomarkers Measurable and quantifiable biological parameters (e.g., specific enzyme concentration, specific hormone concentration, specific gene phenotype distribution in a population, presence of biological substances) which serve as indices for health- and physiology-related assessments, such as disease risk, psychiatric disorders, ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE and its effects, disease diagnosis; METABOLIC PROCESSES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; PREGNANCY; cell line development; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; etc. Biochemical Markers,Biological Markers,Biomarker,Clinical Markers,Immunologic Markers,Laboratory Markers,Markers, Biochemical,Markers, Biological,Markers, Clinical,Markers, Immunologic,Markers, Laboratory,Markers, Serum,Markers, Surrogate,Markers, Viral,Serum Markers,Surrogate Markers,Viral Markers,Biochemical Marker,Biologic Marker,Biologic Markers,Clinical Marker,Immune Marker,Immune Markers,Immunologic Marker,Laboratory Marker,Marker, Biochemical,Marker, Biological,Marker, Clinical,Marker, Immunologic,Marker, Laboratory,Marker, Serum,Marker, Surrogate,Serum Marker,Surrogate End Point,Surrogate End Points,Surrogate Endpoint,Surrogate Endpoints,Surrogate Marker,Viral Marker,Biological Marker,End Point, Surrogate,End Points, Surrogate,Endpoint, Surrogate,Endpoints, Surrogate,Marker, Biologic,Marker, Immune,Marker, Viral,Markers, Biologic,Markers, Immune
D015870 Gene Expression The phenotypic manifestation of a gene or genes by the processes of GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION and GENETIC TRANSLATION. Expression, Gene,Expressions, Gene,Gene Expressions
D017209 Apoptosis A regulated cell death mechanism characterized by distinctive morphologic changes in the nucleus and cytoplasm, including the endonucleolytic cleavage of genomic DNA, at regularly spaced, internucleosomal sites, i.e., DNA FRAGMENTATION. It is genetically programmed and serves as a balance to mitosis in regulating the size of animal tissues and in mediating pathologic processes associated with tumor growth. Apoptosis, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Intrinsic Pathway,Caspase-Dependent Apoptosis,Classic Apoptosis,Classical Apoptosis,Programmed Cell Death,Programmed Cell Death, Type I,Apoptoses, Extrinsic Pathway,Apoptoses, Intrinsic Pathway,Apoptosis, Caspase-Dependent,Apoptosis, Classic,Apoptosis, Classical,Caspase Dependent Apoptosis,Cell Death, Programmed,Classic Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Extrinsic Pathway Apoptosis,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptoses,Intrinsic Pathway Apoptosis
D051017 Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins A large group of proteins that control APOPTOSIS. This family of proteins includes many ONCOGENE PROTEINS as well as a wide variety of classes of INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS such as CASPASES. Anti-Apoptotic Protein,Anti-Apoptotic Proteins,Apoptosis Inducing Protein,Apoptosis Inhibiting Protein,Apoptosis Regulatory Protein,Pro-Apoptotic Protein,Pro-Apoptotic Proteins,Programmed Cell Death Protein,Apoptosis Inducing Proteins,Apoptosis Inhibiting Proteins,Death Factors (Apoptosis),Programmed Cell Death Proteins,Survival Factors (Apoptosis),Anti Apoptotic Protein,Anti Apoptotic Proteins,Inducing Protein, Apoptosis,Inducing Proteins, Apoptosis,Inhibiting Protein, Apoptosis,Inhibiting Proteins, Apoptosis,Pro Apoptotic Protein,Pro Apoptotic Proteins,Protein, Anti-Apoptotic,Protein, Apoptosis Inducing,Protein, Apoptosis Inhibiting,Protein, Apoptosis Regulatory,Protein, Pro-Apoptotic,Proteins, Anti-Apoptotic,Proteins, Apoptosis Inducing,Proteins, Apoptosis Inhibiting,Proteins, Pro-Apoptotic,Regulatory Protein, Apoptosis,Regulatory Proteins, Apoptosis
D051381 Rats The common name for the genus Rattus. Rattus,Rats, Laboratory,Rats, Norway,Rattus norvegicus,Laboratory Rat,Laboratory Rats,Norway Rat,Norway Rats,Rat,Rat, Laboratory,Rat, Norway,norvegicus, Rattus

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