The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell

Tianshu Wu,1 Xue Liang,1 Keyu He,2 Xi Liu,1 Yimeng Li,1 Yutong Wang,1 Lu Kong,1 Meng Tang1 1Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Blood Transfusion Departm...

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Autores principales:	Wu T, Liang X, He K, Liu X, Li Y, Wang Y, Kong L, Tang M
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Materias:	quantum dot caenorhabditis elegans hippocampus bv2 cells interleukin-1ß nlrp3 inflammasome Medicine (General) R5-920
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:57a986688b4b4acc9ffdb60695856c3d2021-12-02T10:10:24ZThe NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell1178-2013https://doaj.org/article/57a986688b4b4acc9ffdb60695856c3d2020-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/the-nlrp3-mediated-neuroinflammatory-responses-to-cdte-quantum-dots-an-peer-reviewed-article-IJNhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2013Tianshu Wu,1 Xue Liang,1 Keyu He,2 Xi Liu,1 Yimeng Li,1 Yutong Wang,1 Lu Kong,1 Meng Tang1 1Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Blood Transfusion Department, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Tianshu Wu Email ninatswu@126.comIntroduction: Since CdTe quantum dots (QDs) are still widely considered as advanced fluorescent probes because of their far superior optical performance and fluorescence efficiency over non-cadmium QDs, it is important to find ways to control their toxicity.Methods: In this study, the adverse effects of two cadmium-containing QDs, ie, CdTe QDs and CdTe@ZnS QDs, on the nervous system of nematode C. elegans, the hippocampus of mice, and cultured microglia were measured in order to evaluate the neuroinflammation caused by cadmium-containing QDs and the potential mechanisms.Results: Firstly, we observed that cadmium-containing QD exposure-induced immune responses and neurobehavioral deficit in nematode C. elegans. In the mice treated with QDs, neuroinflammatory responses to QDs in the hippocampus, including microglial activation and IL-1ß release, occurred as well. When investigating the mechanisms of cadmium-containing QDs causing IL-1ß-mediated inflammation, the findings suggested that cadmium-containing QDs activated the NLRP3 inflammasome by causing excessive ROS generation, and resulted in IL-1ß release.Discussion: Even though the milder immune responses and neurotoxicity of CdTe@ZnS QDs compared with CdTe QDs indicated the protective role of ZnS coating, the inhibitions of NLRP3 expression and ROS production completely reduced the IL-1ß-mediated inflammation. This provided valuable information that inhibiting target molecules is an effective and efficient way to alleviate  the toxicity of cadmium-containing QDs, so it is important to evaluate QDs through a mechanism-based risk assessment.Keywords: quantum dot, Caenorhabditis elegans, hippocampus, BV2 cells, interleukin-1ß, NLRP3 inflammasomeWu TLiang XHe KLiu XLi YWang YKong LTang MDove Medical Pressarticlequantum dotcaenorhabditis eleganshippocampusbv2 cellsinterleukin-1ßnlrp3 inflammasomeMedicine (General)R5-920ENInternational Journal of Nanomedicine, Vol Volume 15, Pp 3217-3233 (2020)
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topic	quantum dot caenorhabditis elegans hippocampus bv2 cells interleukin-1ß nlrp3 inflammasome Medicine (General) R5-920
spellingShingle	quantum dot caenorhabditis elegans hippocampus bv2 cells interleukin-1ß nlrp3 inflammasome Medicine (General) R5-920 Wu T Liang X He K Liu X Li Y Wang Y Kong L Tang M The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
description	Tianshu Wu,1 Xue Liang,1 Keyu He,2 Xi Liu,1 Yimeng Li,1 Yutong Wang,1 Lu Kong,1 Meng Tang1 1Key Laboratory of Environmental Medicine and Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Public Health, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of China; 2Blood Transfusion Department, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing 210009, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Tianshu Wu Email ninatswu@126.comIntroduction: Since CdTe quantum dots (QDs) are still widely considered as advanced fluorescent probes because of their far superior optical performance and fluorescence efficiency over non-cadmium QDs, it is important to find ways to control their toxicity.Methods: In this study, the adverse effects of two cadmium-containing QDs, ie, CdTe QDs and CdTe@ZnS QDs, on the nervous system of nematode C. elegans, the hippocampus of mice, and cultured microglia were measured in order to evaluate the neuroinflammation caused by cadmium-containing QDs and the potential mechanisms.Results: Firstly, we observed that cadmium-containing QD exposure-induced immune responses and neurobehavioral deficit in nematode C. elegans. In the mice treated with QDs, neuroinflammatory responses to QDs in the hippocampus, including microglial activation and IL-1ß release, occurred as well. When investigating the mechanisms of cadmium-containing QDs causing IL-1ß-mediated inflammation, the findings suggested that cadmium-containing QDs activated the NLRP3 inflammasome by causing excessive ROS generation, and resulted in IL-1ß release.Discussion: Even though the milder immune responses and neurotoxicity of CdTe@ZnS QDs compared with CdTe QDs indicated the protective role of ZnS coating, the inhibitions of NLRP3 expression and ROS production completely reduced the IL-1ß-mediated inflammation. This provided valuable information that inhibiting target molecules is an effective and efficient way to alleviate  the toxicity of cadmium-containing QDs, so it is important to evaluate QDs through a mechanism-based risk assessment.Keywords: quantum dot, Caenorhabditis elegans, hippocampus, BV2 cells, interleukin-1ß, NLRP3 inflammasome
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author	Wu T Liang X He K Liu X Li Y Wang Y Kong L Tang M
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title	The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
title_short	The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
title_full	The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
title_fullStr	The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
title_full_unstemmed	The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell
title_sort	nlrp3-mediated neuroinflammatory responses to cdte quantum dots and the protection of zns shell
publisher	Dove Medical Press
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/57a986688b4b4acc9ffdb60695856c3d
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The NLRP3-Mediated Neuroinflammatory Responses to CdTe Quantum Dots and the Protection of ZnS Shell

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