Changes in DNA Methylation in Mouse Lungs after a Single Intra-Tracheal Administration of Nanomaterials.

• Main Authors: Ali M Tabish, Katrien Poels, Hyang-Min Byun, Katrien Luyts, Andrea A Baccarelli, Johan Martens, Stef Kerkhofs, Sven Seys, Peter Hoet, Lode Godderis
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
• Series: PLoS ONE
• Online Access: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5231360?pdf=render

This study aimed to investigate the effects of nanomaterial (NM) exposure on DNA methylation.Intra-tracheal administration of NM: gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) of 5-, 60- and 250-nm diameter; single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) at high dose of 2.5 mg/kg and low dose of 0.25 mg/kg for 48 h to BALB/c mice. Study showed deregulations in immune pathways in NM-induced toxicity in vivo. NM administration had the following DNA methylation effects: AuNP 60 nm induced CpG hypermethylation in Atm, Cdk and Gsr genes and hypomethylation in Gpx; Gsr and Trp53 showed changes in methylation between low- and high-dose AuNP, 60 and 250 nm respectively, and AuNP had size effects on methylation for Trp53.Epigenetics may be implicated in NM-induced disease pathways.