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Computational Analysis on Down-Regulated Images of Macrophage Scavenger Receptor.
Pharmaceutical Research 2017 October
BACKGROUND: Thiolated-graphene quantum dots (SH-GQDs) were developed and assessed for an efficient preventive means against atherosclerosis and potential toxicity through computational image analysis and animal model studies.
EXPERIMENTS: Zebrafish (wild-type, wt) were used for evaluation of toxicity through the assessment of embryonic mortality, malformation and ROS generation. The amounts of SH-GQDs uptaken by mouse macrophage cells (Raw264.7) were analyzed using a flow cytometer. For the time-dependent cellular uptake study, Raw264.7 cells were treated with SH-GQDs (200 μg/ml) at specific time intervals (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 24 h). The efficacy of SH-GQDs on DiO-oxLDL efflux by Raw264.7 cells was evaluated (DiO, 3,3'-dioctadecyl-oxacarbocyanine) based on the percentage of positive cells containing DiO-oxLDL. TEER of human primary umbilical vein endothelial cells (hUVECs) were examined to assess the barrier function of the cell layers upon being treated with oxLDL.
RESULTS: SH-GQDs significantly enhanced the efflux of oxLDL and down-regulated macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR) in Raw264.7. The ROS levels stimulated by oxidative stress were alleviated by SH-GQDs. oxLDL (10 μg/ml) significantly impaired the barrier function (TEER) of adherence junctions, which was recovered by SH-GQDs (10 μg/ml) (oxLDL: 67.2 ± 2.2 Ω-cm2 for 24 h; SH-GQDs: 114.6 ± 8.5 Ω-cm2 for 24 h). The mortality rate (46% for 1 mg/ml) of the zebra fish increased, as the concentrations and exposure duration of SH-GQDs increased. SH-GQDs exerted negligible side effects.
CONCLUSION: SH-GQDs have target specificity to macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR) and efficiently recovered the ROS levels and TEER. SH-GQDs did not induce endothelial cell layer disruption nor affected zebrafish larvae survival.
EXPERIMENTS: Zebrafish (wild-type, wt) were used for evaluation of toxicity through the assessment of embryonic mortality, malformation and ROS generation. The amounts of SH-GQDs uptaken by mouse macrophage cells (Raw264.7) were analyzed using a flow cytometer. For the time-dependent cellular uptake study, Raw264.7 cells were treated with SH-GQDs (200 μg/ml) at specific time intervals (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 24 h). The efficacy of SH-GQDs on DiO-oxLDL efflux by Raw264.7 cells was evaluated (DiO, 3,3'-dioctadecyl-oxacarbocyanine) based on the percentage of positive cells containing DiO-oxLDL. TEER of human primary umbilical vein endothelial cells (hUVECs) were examined to assess the barrier function of the cell layers upon being treated with oxLDL.
RESULTS: SH-GQDs significantly enhanced the efflux of oxLDL and down-regulated macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR) in Raw264.7. The ROS levels stimulated by oxidative stress were alleviated by SH-GQDs. oxLDL (10 μg/ml) significantly impaired the barrier function (TEER) of adherence junctions, which was recovered by SH-GQDs (10 μg/ml) (oxLDL: 67.2 ± 2.2 Ω-cm2 for 24 h; SH-GQDs: 114.6 ± 8.5 Ω-cm2 for 24 h). The mortality rate (46% for 1 mg/ml) of the zebra fish increased, as the concentrations and exposure duration of SH-GQDs increased. SH-GQDs exerted negligible side effects.
CONCLUSION: SH-GQDs have target specificity to macrophage scavenger receptor (MSR) and efficiently recovered the ROS levels and TEER. SH-GQDs did not induce endothelial cell layer disruption nor affected zebrafish larvae survival.
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