PMID- 29448021 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181127 LR - 20181127 IS - 1879-1026 (Electronic) IS - 0048-9697 (Linking) VI - 628-629 DP - 2018 Jul 1 TI - Risk assessment of silica nanoparticles on liver injury in metabolic syndrome mice induced by fructose. PG - 366-374 LID - S0048-9697(18)30431-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.047 [doi] AB - This study aims to assess the effects and the mechanisms of silica nanoparticles (SiNPs) on hepatotoxicity in both normal and metabolic syndrome mouse models induced by fructose. Here, we found that SiNPs exposure lead to improved insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome mice, but markedly worsened hepatic ballooning, inflammation infiltration, and fibrosis. Moreover, SiNPs exposure aggravated liver injury in metabolic syndrome mice by causing serious DNA damage. Following SiNPs exposure, liver superoxide dismutase and catalase activities in metabolic syndrome mice were stimulated, which is accompanied by significantly increased malondialdehyde and 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine levels as compared to normal mice. Scanning electron microscope (SEM) revealed that SiNPs were more readily deposited in the liver mitochondria of metabolic syndrome mice, resulting in more severe mitochondrial injury as compared to normal mice. We speculated that SiNPs-induced mitochondrial injury might be the cause of hepatic oxidative stress, which further lead to a series of liver lesions as observed in mice following SiNPs exposure. Based on these results, it is likely that SiNPs will increase the risk and severity of liver disease in individuals with metabolic syndrome. Therefore, SiNPs should be used cautiously in food additives and clinical settings. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Jianmei AU - Li J AD - State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. FAU - He, Xiwei AU - He X AD - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. FAU - Yang, Yang AU - Yang Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. FAU - Li, Mei AU - Li M AD - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. Electronic address: meili@nju.edu.cn. FAU - Xu, Chenke AU - Xu C AD - State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. FAU - Yu, Rong AU - Yu R AD - State Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences Nanjing University, Nanjing 210023, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180213 PL - Netherlands TA - Sci Total Environ JT - The Science of the total environment JID - 0330500 RN - 30237-26-4 (Fructose) RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Fructose/*metabolism MH - Liver MH - Metabolic Syndrome/chemically induced/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Nanoparticles/*toxicity MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Risk Assessment MH - Silicon Dioxide/*toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA damage OT - Hepatotoxicity OT - Metabolic syndrome OT - Oxidative stress OT - Silica nanoparticles EDAT- 2018/02/16 06:00 MHDA- 2018/11/28 06:00 CRDT- 2018/02/16 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/02/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/11/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/16 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0048-9697(18)30431-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.047 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Total Environ. 2018 Jul 1;628-629:366-374. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.02.047. Epub 2018 Feb 13.