Evaluation of DNA damage caused by the food additive titanium dioxide and nano-titanium dioxide

Autor: SUN Nana, ZHANG Qiannan, LIANG Chunlai, ZHI Yuan, LIU Haibo, FANG Jin, LI Yongning, JIA Xudong
Jazyk: čínština
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Zhongguo shipin weisheng zazhi, Vol 35, Iss 9, Pp 1258-1264 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1004-8456
DOI: 10.13590/j.cjfh.2023.09.002
Popis: ObjectiveApplying the in vivo Mammalian Alkaline Comet Test, this study aimed to investigate the DNA damage caused by the food additive titanium dioxide and nano-titanium dioxide on rat liver cells.MethodsAccording to the guideline “In vivo mammalian alkaline comet assay” (OECD TG489), male SD rats were randomly divided into nine groups,five rats per group. Food additive titanium dioxide was administered to three groups at doses of 1000, 500 and 250 mg/kg·BW, while pure water served as the negative control. Titanium dioxide nanoparticle was administered in three different doses: 500, 150, and 50 mg/kg·BW. The negative control group received 0.8% Tween + 3% FBS. Test substances were administered by gavage once a day for 15 d. Simultaneously, a positive control group was established, and the positive substance ethyl methyl sulfonate (EMS) was administered once daily on the 14th and 15th days via gavage, at a dosage of 200 mg/kg·BW·d. Animals were anesthetized six hours after the last administration,and the livers were harvested to prepare single-cell suspension smears. The sections were subsequently subjected to lysis,unwinding, electrophoresis, staining to acquire the comet images for analyzing.ResultsThere were no statistical differences (P>0. 05) in the percentages of tail DNA content between the treated and negative control rats. However, the percentage of tail DNA content of rat liver cells in the EMS group showed a significant difference compared to the negative control group (P
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