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Title: | Green Silver Nanoparticles Promote Inflammation Shutdown in Human Leukemic Monocytes |
Author: | Cascione, Maria Francesca Rizzello, Loris Manno, Daniela Serra, Antonio Matteis, Valeria de |
Keywords: | Nanopartícules Leucèmia Nanoparticles Leukemia |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2022 |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Abstract: | The use of silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs) in the biomedical field deserves a mindful analysis of the possible inflammatory response which could limit their use in the clinic. Despite the anti-cancer properties of Ag NPs having been widely demonstrated, there are still few studies concerning their involvement in the activation of specific inflammatory pathways. The inflammatory outcome depends on the synthetic route used in the NPs production, in which toxic reagents are employed. In this work, we compared two types of Ag NPs, obtained by two different chemical routes: conventional synthesis using sodium citrate and a green protocol based on leaf extracts as a source of reduction and capping agents. A careful physicochemical characterization was carried out showing spherical and stable Ag NPs with an average size between 20 nm and 35 nm for conventional and green Ag NPs respectively. Then, we evaluated their ability to induce the activation of inflammation in Human Leukemic Monocytes (THP-1) differentiated into M0 macrophages using 1 µM and 2 µM NPs concentrations (corresponded to 0.1 µg/mL and 0.2 µg/mL respectively) and two-time points (24 h and 48 h). Our results showed a clear difference in Nuclear Factor ?B (NF-?b) activation, Interleukins 6–8 (IL-6, IL-8) secretion, Tumor Necrosis Factor-? (TNF-?) and Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) expression exerted by the two kinds of Ag NPs. Green Ag NPs were definitely tolerated by macrophages compared to conventional Ag NPs which induced the activation of all the factors mentioned above. Subsequently, the exposure of breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) to the green Ag NPs showed that they exhibited antitumor activity like the conventional ones, but surprisingly, using the MCF-10A line (not tumoral breast cells) the green Ag NPs did not cause a significant decrease in cell viability. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030775 |
It is part of: | Materials, 2022, vol 15 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/182938 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030775 |
ISSN: | 1996-1944 |
Appears in Collections: | Publicacions de projectes de recerca finançats per la UE Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC)) |
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