title: Titanium dioxide nanoparticles induce the expression of early and late receptors for adhesion molecules on monocytes.
abstract: There is growing evidence that exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2 NPs) could be harmful. Previously, we have shown that TiO2 NPs induces endothelial cell dysfunction and damage in glial cells. Considering that inhaled particles can induce systemic effects and the evidence that nanoparticles may translocate out of the lungs, we evaluated whether different types of TiO2 NPs can induce the expression of receptors for adhesion molecules on monocytes (U937 cell line). We evaluated the role of reactive oxygen spices (ROS) on these effects.
  
  
  
  The expression of receptors for early (sLe(x) and PSGL-1) and late (LFA-1, VLA-4 and αVβ3) adhesion molecules was evaluated in U937 cells on a time course (3-24 h) using a wide range of concentrations (0.001-100 μg/mL) of three types of TiO2 NPs (<25 nm anatase, 50 nm anatase-rutile or < 100 nm anatase). Cells exposed to TNFα were considered positive controls, and unexposed cells, negative controls. In some experiments we added 10 μmolar of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) to evaluate the role of ROS.
  
  
  
  All tested particles, starting at a concentration of 0.03 μg/mL, induced the expression of receptors for early and late adhesion molecules. The largest increases were induced by the different molecules after 3 h of exposure for sLe(x) and PSGL-1 (up to 3-fold of the positive controls) and after 18 h of exposure for LFA-1, VLA-4 and αVβ3 (up to 2.5-fold of the positive controls). Oxidative stress was observed as early as 10 min after exposure, but the maximum peak was found after 4 h of exposure. Adhesion of exposed or unexposed monocytes to unexposed or exposed endothelial cells was tested, and we observed that monocytes cells adhere in similar amounts to endothelial cells if one of the two cell types, or both were exposed. When NAC was added, the expression of the receptors was inhibited.
  
  
  
  These results show that small concentrations of particles may activate monocytes that attach to endothelial cells. These results suggest that distal effects can be induced by small amounts of particles that may translocate from the lungs. ROS play a central role in the induction of the expression of these receptors.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.|Universidad Interserrana del Estado de Puebla, Ahuacatlán, Puebla, México.
authors.forename: Cristhiam
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rueda-Romero
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.|Universidad Interserrana del Estado de Puebla, Ahuacatlán, Puebla, México.
authors.forename: Guillermina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hernández-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Subdirección de Patología, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramos-Godínez
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Inés
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vázquez-López
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Raúl Omar
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Quintana-Belmares
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Laboratory, Physiology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Huerta-García
authors.affiliation: M. Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stepien
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Laboratory, Physiology Department, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: López-Marure
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México.
authors.forename: Angélica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montiel-Dávalos
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Laboratory, Subdirección de Investigación Básica, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Ciudad de México, México. ernesto.alfaro-moreno@swetox.se.|Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox), Forskargatan 20, 151 36, Södertälje, Sweden. ernesto.alfaro-moreno@swetox.se.
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Alfaro-Moreno
mesh_terms: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity*; D009000:Monocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*; D020298:U937 Cells
chemical_list: D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; C009495:titanium dioxide; D014025:Titanium
keywords: Adhesion molecules; Endothelial cell; LFA-1; Monocyte; PSGL-1; Titanium dioxide nanoparticles; VLA-4; sLex; αVβ3