No genome-wide DNA methylation changes found associated with medium-term reduced graphene oxide exposure in human lung epithelial cells

Autor: Ricardo Santamaría, Mario F. Fraga, Ramón Torrecillas, Adolfo F. Valdes, Agustín F. Fernández, Raúl F. Pérez, Marta I. Sierra, Paula Morales-Sánchez, Anna Yunuen Soto Fernández, Clara Blanco, Juan Ramón Tejedor, Pablo Bousquets Muñoz
Přispěvatelé: Principado de Asturias, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Fundación General CSIC, European Commission, Obra Social Cajastur, Pérez, Raúl F. [0000-0003-4336-9898], Tejedor, Juan Ramón [0000-0002-4061-9698], Morales, Paula [0000-0002-9563-668X], Torrecillas, Ramón [0000-0003-3856-0217], Fraga, Mario F. [0000-0001-8450-2603], Fernández, Agustín F. [0000-0002-3792-4085], Pérez, Raúl F., Tejedor, Juan Ramón, Morales, Paula, Torrecillas, Ramón, Fraga, Mario F., Fernández, Agustín F.
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Epigenetics
ISSN: 1559-2308
1559-2294
DOI: 10.1080/15592294.2019.1666650
Popis: The presence of nanomaterials in our everyday life is ever increasing, and so too are concerns about the possible health consequences of exposure to them. While evidence of their biological activity is growing, there is still scant knowledge of the epigenetic mechanisms that could be at play in these processes. Moreover, the great variability in the chemical and physical structures of these compounds handicaps the study of their possible health risks. Here we have synthesized reduced graphene oxide (rGO) through the thermal exfoliation/reduction of graphite oxide, and characterized the resulting material. We have then made use of Illumina's MethylationEPIC arrays and bisulphite pyrosequencing to analyse the genome-wide and global DNA methylation dynamics associated with the medium-term exposure of human lung epithelial cells to rGO at concentrations of 1 and 10 µg/mL. The results show no genome-wide or global DNA methylation changes associated with either condition. Our observations thus suggest that medium-term rGO exposure does not have significant effects on the DNA methylation patterns of human lung epithelial cells.
This work has been financially supported by: The Plan Nacional de I+D+I co-funding FEDER (PI15/00892 and PI18/01527); the Government of the Principality of Asturias PCTI-Plan de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación de Asturias co-funding 2018-2022/FEDER (IDI/2018/146 and IDI/2018/121); AECC (PROYE18061FERN); FGCSIC (0348_CIE_6_E); IUOPA-ISPA-FINBA (The IUOPA is supported by the Obra Social Cajastur-Liberbank, Spain); A.F. Fernández is supported by a Miguel Servet II fellowship (contract CPII16/00007); R.F. Pérez is supported by ISPA-FINBA.
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