Effect of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles on cellular oxidative stress and antioxidant defense mechanisms in mouse liver

Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO₂), a common ingredient of cosmetics has a huge variety of applications. Previous studies reported oxidative stress mediated toxicity of ZnO₂ nanoparticles on various mammalian cell lines. Although zinc (Zn) is an essential mineral at higher concentrations this metal is...

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Published in:Toxicological and environmental chemistry 2013-03, Vol.95 (3), p.495-503
Main Authors: Syama, S, Reshma, S.C, Sreekanth, P.J, Varma, H.K, Mohanan, P.V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
8-OHdG
anti oxidant
antioxidant activity
Antioxidants
Apoptosis
cell death
cell viability
Cosmetics
Cytotoxicity
defense mechanisms
DNA
DNA damage
ingredients
Liver
mice
monitoring
Nanoparticles
oxidation
Oxidative stress
Psychological effects
Stresses
Viability
Zinc
Zinc oxide
Zinc oxides
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Summary:Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO₂), a common ingredient of cosmetics has a huge variety of applications. Previous studies reported oxidative stress mediated toxicity of ZnO₂ nanoparticles on various mammalian cell lines. Although zinc (Zn) is an essential mineral at higher concentrations this metal is toxic. The present study focused on size determination by monitoring changes in activities of antioxidant defense mechanism in response to oxidative stress induced by ZnO₂ nanoparticles using mouse liver tissue homogenates. The study also investigated effects of oxidative stress induced DNA damage by determining formation of 8-OHdG in mouse liver homogenate. A cytotoxicity assay was also carried out in L929 cells to determine cell viability. The results of the study indicated that 50μg/ml of ZnO₂ nanoparticles induced 50% cell death. Alterations in antioxidant parameters and 8-OHdG were also noted. Data showed that there was a concentration-dependent fall in cell viability, decrease antioxidant enzyme levels and increase formation of DNA adduct (8-OHdG) when mouse liver tissue homogenate were exposed to ZnO₂ nanoparticles.
ISSN:1029-0486
0277-2248
1029-0486
DOI:10.1080/02772248.2013.789606