An Investigation of the Genotoxicity and Interference of Gold Nanoparticles in Commonly UsedIn VitroMutagenicity and Genotoxicity Assays

Autor:	Antoinette V. Buys, Melissa A. Vetten, Mary Gulumian, Jiya M George, Millicent Magogotya
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine Chemistry DNA damage Chinese hamster ovary cell Toxicology medicine.disease_cause Molecular biology Chromosome aberration Ames test Comet assay 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Micronucleus test medicine Micronucleus Genotoxicity
Zdroj:	Toxicological Sciences. :kfw247
ISSN:	1096-0929 1096-6080
DOI:	10.1093/toxsci/kfw247
Popis:	The suitability of 4 in vitro assays, commonly used for mutagenicity and genotoxicity assessment, was investigated in relation to treatment with 14 nm citrate-stabilized gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). Specifically, the Ames test was conducted without metabolic activation, where no mutagenic effects were observed. High resolution transmission electron microscopy and Cytoviva dark-field image analysis showed that AuNPs did not enter the bacterial cells, thus confirming the unreliability of the Ames test for nanoparticle mutagenicity studies. In addition, the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell line was used for Comet, Chromosome aberration and Micronucleus assays. CHO cells were treated with AuNPs for 20 h at 37 °C. Cytotoxicity was not detected by cell impedance studies even though AuNP uptake was confirmed using Cytoviva image analysis. The DNA damage was statistically significant in treated cells when assessed by the Comet assay. However, minimal and nonstatistically significant chromosomal DNA damage was observed using the chromosome aberration and micronucleus assays. In this study, we showed that false positive results obtained with Comet assay may have been due to the possibility of direct contact between the residual, intracellular AuNPs and DNA during the assay procedure. Therefore, the chromosome aberration and micronucleus assays are better suited to assess the genotoxic effects of nanoparticles due to low probability of such direct contact occurring. Genotoxic effect of 14 and 20 nm citrate-stabilized, as well as, 14 nm PCOOH AuNPs were also investigated using chromosome aberration and micronucleus assays. Based on our acceptance criteria for a positive genotoxic response, none of the AuNPs were found to be genotoxic in either of these assays.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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