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In recent years, there is a growing interest in the application of nanoparticles like zirconium dioxide (zirconia <100 nm), for many purposes. Since a comprehensive study on the toxic effects of zirconia has not been done, we decided to investigate the effects of zirconia nanoparticles on cultured PC12 and N2a cells. In this study, cytotoxic effect of different concentrations of zirconia nanoparticles at three different time intervals were evaluated using MTT and ROS (reactive oxygen species) assays. Also, Lipid peroxidation, glutathione (GSH) content changes, and DNA damage were measured. Zirconia nanoparticles caused a significant reduction in cell viability and GSH content of the cells, and induce a significant increase in intracellular ROS and MDA content of PC12 and N2a cells. Moreover, it increases the percentage of DNA tail of treated cells as compared with control group. Zirconia nanoparticles have cytotoxic and genotoxic effects in PC12 and N2a cells in a time and concentration-dependent manner in concentration more than 31 µg/mL.
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The authors sincerely thank Dr. Helmut Kubista for his kind help in manuscript copy editing. This study is the part of the results of a research project and thesis presented for a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in pharmacology (Thesis no. A385). This project was financially supported by Vice Chancellor for Research, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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Asadpour, E., Sadeghnia, H.R., Ghorbani, A. et al. Oxidative stress-mediated cytotoxicity of zirconia nanoparticles on PC12 and N2a cells. J Nanopart Res 18, 14 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-015-3316-7
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