Coenzyme Q10 protects isolated human blood cells from TiO 2 nanoparticles induced oxidative/antioxidative imbalance, hemolysis, cytotoxicity, DNA damage and mitochondrial impairment.

Autor: Wani MR; Cytogenetics and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 202002, India., Shadab GGHA; Cytogenetics and Molecular Toxicology Laboratory, Section of Genetics, Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, 202002, India. ggha.shadab.zo@amu.ac.in.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Molecular biology reports [Mol Biol Rep] 2021 Apr; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 3367-3377. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 May 19.
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06394-x
Abstrakt: TiO 2 NPs have been investigated for their toxic potential and studies have reported their toxicity is due to generation of oxidative stress. In the present study, we investigated the toxicity of TiO 2 NPs and explored the potential of well-known antioxidant coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) in counteracting the NP-induced toxicity in isolated human blood cells. When the isolated blood cells were treated with varying concentrations of TiO 2 NPs (25-100 μg/ml), only 50 μg/ml dose induced statistically significant hemolysis in erythrocytes and cytotoxicity in lymphocytes (p < 0.05). None of the concentrations induced any significant increase in platelet aggregation. To investigate the protective effect of CoQ10, we incubated the isolated blood cells with 50 μg/ml of TiO 2 NPs in the presence and absence of 25 μM of CoQ10 for 3 h. Hemolysis, oxidative stress, LDH leakage and ATPase enzyme activity were studied in erythrocytes; cytotoxic and DNA damaging potential of NPs were determined in lymphocytes, along with mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and ADP/ATP ratio. Hemolysis, generation of oxidative stress, LDH leakage and reduced ATPase activity were observed in the erythrocytes treated with NPs alone (50 μg/ml), the results were statistically significant at p < 0.05. Oxidative stress was evident by increased levels of malonaldehyde, indicating lipid peroxidation and generation of reactive oxygen species including hydrogen peroxide, together with statistically significant decrease in the activities of catalase and superoxide dismutase and reduced glutathione levels. In the lymphocytes treated with NPs alone (50 μg/ml), cytotoxicity in MTT assay and DNA damage in comet assay were observed; in addition, mitochondrial membrane potential collapsed and ADP/ATP ratio increased indicating mitochondrial function impairment. However, in the presence of CoQ10, hemolysis, oxidative stress and LDH leakage in the erythrocytes and lymphocyte cytotoxicity and DNA damage were drastically reduced, enzyme activities, MMP and ADP/ATP ratio were restored towards normal levels. TiO 2 NPs induce cytotoxicity, damage DNA in lymphocytes, and induce oxidative/anti-oxidative imbalance in erythrocytes. Antioxidant CoQ10 protects erythrocytes and lymphocytes from toxicity induced by TiO 2 NPs.
Databáze: MEDLINE