Titanium dioxide particles phosphorylate histone H2AX independent of ROS production.

With the rising use of nano-sized particles in nanotechnology, harmful effects of TiO(2) particles which have been recognized as a safe material, are of increasing concern. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of two different sized TiO(2) particles in the lung adenocarcinoma epithelial cell line A549 based on the phosphorylation of histone H2AX (γ-H2AX), recently regarded as a sensitive marker for DNA damage. TiO(2) particles generated γ-H2AX, which was more remarkable with the smaller particles. Flow cytometric analysis showed that the generation was independent of cell cycle phases and cells which incorporated larger amounts of TiO(2) particles had more significant γ-H2AX. Although there are some reports that the incorporation of nanomaterials into cells generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), the level of ROS was low even if large amounts of TiO(2) particles were taken-up. In addition, the generation of γ-H2AX by TiO(2) particles was more significant than that after treatment with hydrogen peroxide. On the other hand, the generation of γ-H2AX was attenuated by coating the surface of TiO(2) particles with bovine serum albumin. These results suggested that smaller TiO(2) particles were easy to incorporate into cells and generated cell cycle phase-independent γ-H2AX, which was dependent on the condition of the TiO(2) surface but not on the formation of ROS.

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