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3. MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES, 3.4 HEALTH BIOTECHNOLOGY

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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166445X23000413

Gabriela H. Da Silva, Lidiane Silva Franqui, Marcelo A. De Farias, Vera Lucia S.S. De Castro, Hugh J. Byrne, Diego S.T. Martinez, Regina T.R. Monteiro, Alan Casey, TiO2−MWCNT nanohybrid: Cytotoxicity, protein corona formation and cellular internalisation in RTG-2 fish cell line, Aquatic Toxicology, Volume 257, 2023.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106434.

Abstract

Titanium dioxide nanoparticles-multiwalled carbon nanotubes (TiO2-MWCNT) nanohydrid has an enhanced photocatalytic activity across the visible light with promising applications in environmental remediation, solar energy devices and antimicrobial technologies. However, it is necessary to evaluate the toxicological effects of TiO2-MWCNT towards safe and sustainable development of nanohybrids. In this work, we studied the cytotoxicity, protein corona formation and cellular internalisation of TiO2-MWCNT on fibroblasts derived from gonadal rainbow trout tissue (RTG-2) for the first time. This nanohydrid did not show any toxicity effect on RTG-2 cells up to 100 mg L-1 after 24 h of exposure as monitored by alamar blue, neutral red and trypan blue assays (in presence or absence of foetal bovine serum, FBS). Futhermore, cryo-transmission electron microscopy analysis demonstrated that TiO2 particles is attached on nanotube surface after FBS-protein corona formation in cell culture medium. Raman spectroscopy imaging showed that TiO2-MWCNT can be internalised by RTG-2 cells. This work is a novel contribution towards better understanding the nanobiointeractions of nanohydrids linked to their in vitro effects on fish cells in aquatic nanoecotoxicology.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106434.

Funder

Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES), the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES/Brasil) finance code 001, the National System of Laboratories on Nanotechnologies (SisNANO/MCTIC), the National Institute of Science, Technology and Innovation for Functional Complex Materials (INTC-Inomat) and the São Paulo

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