title: Nanomaterial and toxicity: what can proteomics tell us about the nanotoxicology?
abstract: 1. In the last few years, a substantial scientific work is focused to identify the potential toxicity of nanomaterials by studying the cellular pathways under in vitro and in vivo conditions. Owing to high surface area to volume ratio nanoparticles (NPs) can pass through cell membranes which might be responsible for creating adverse interactions in biological systems. Simultaneously, researchers are also interested to assess the fate of NP inside the living system, which may lead to altered protein expression as well as protein corona formation. 2. According to published reports, NP-mediated toxicity involves altered cellular system including cell morphology, cell differentiation, cell metabolism, cell mobility, cellular immunity, which is derived from the side effects of nanoformulation and leading to apoptosis and necrosis. These results indicate the existence of potential toxic effect of these particles to human health. 3. The advent of proteomics with sophisticated technical improvement coupled with advanced bioinformatics has led to identify altered proteins due to nanomaterial exposure that could provide a new avenue to biomarker discovery. 4. This review aims to provide the current status of safe production and use of nanomaterials.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Bioengineering , National Institute of Technology , Agartala , Tripura , India.
authors.forename: Dijendra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nath Roy
authors.affiliation: b Division of Biological & Life Sciences , School of Arts & Sciences, Ahmedabad University , Ahmedabad , Gujarat , India , and.
authors.forename: Ritobrata
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goswami
authors.affiliation: c Department of Human Physiology , Tripura University , Suryamaninagar , Tripura , India.
authors.forename: Ayantika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pal
mesh_terms: D049329:Nanostructures / Q000633:toxicity*; D020543:Proteome / Q000378:metabolism*; D040901:Proteomics; D018675:Toxicity Tests
chemical_list: D020543:Proteome
keywords: Biochemical Pathway; biomarker; cell death; nanoparticle; protein corona; proteomics