scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles

Abstract The assessment of AgNPs toxicity in vitro and in vivo models are frequently conflicting and inaccurate. Nevertheless, single cell immunological responses in a heterogenous environment have received little attention. Therefore, in this study, we have performed in-depth analysis which clearly...

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Main Authors: Haribalan Perumalsamy, Xiao Xiao, Hyun-Yi Kim, Tae-Hyun Yoon
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Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-024-02364-0
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author Haribalan Perumalsamy
Xiao Xiao
Hyun-Yi Kim
Tae-Hyun Yoon
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Xiao Xiao
Hyun-Yi Kim
Tae-Hyun Yoon
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description Abstract The assessment of AgNPs toxicity in vitro and in vivo models are frequently conflicting and inaccurate. Nevertheless, single cell immunological responses in a heterogenous environment have received little attention. Therefore, in this study, we have performed in-depth analysis which clearly revealed cellular-metal ion association as well as specific immunological response. Our study didn’t show significant population differences in PMBC between control and AgNPs group implying no toxicological response. To confirm it further, deep profiling identified differences in subsets and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of monocytes, B cells and T cells. Notably, monocyte subsets showed significant upregulation of metallothionein (MT) gene expression such as MT1G, MT1X, MT1E, MT1A, and MT1F. On the other hand, downregulation of pro-inflammatory genes such as IL1β and CCL3 in both CD16 + and CD16- monocyte subsets were observed. This result indicated that AgNPs association with monocyte subsets de-promoted inflammatory responsive genes suggesting no significant toxicity observed in AgNPs treated group. Other cell types such as B cells and T cells also showed negligible differences in their subsets suggesting no toxicity response. Further, AgNPs treated group showed upregulation of cell proliferation, ribosomal synthesis, downregulation of cytokine release, and T cell differentiation inhibition. Overall, our results conclude that treatment of AgNPs to PMBC cells didn’t display immunological related cytotoxicity response and thus motivate researchers to use them actively for biomedical applications.
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spelling doaj.art-08a0462b3c74470cbf2c72e7ca17ff232024-03-24T12:32:44ZengBMCJournal of Nanobiotechnology1477-31552024-03-0122111310.1186/s12951-024-02364-0scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticlesHaribalan Perumalsamy0Xiao Xiao1Hyun-Yi Kim2Tae-Hyun Yoon3Center for Creative Convergence Education, Hanyang UniversityDepartment of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang UniversityNGeneS IncInstitute of Next Generation Material Design, Hanyang UniversityAbstract The assessment of AgNPs toxicity in vitro and in vivo models are frequently conflicting and inaccurate. Nevertheless, single cell immunological responses in a heterogenous environment have received little attention. Therefore, in this study, we have performed in-depth analysis which clearly revealed cellular-metal ion association as well as specific immunological response. Our study didn’t show significant population differences in PMBC between control and AgNPs group implying no toxicological response. To confirm it further, deep profiling identified differences in subsets and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of monocytes, B cells and T cells. Notably, monocyte subsets showed significant upregulation of metallothionein (MT) gene expression such as MT1G, MT1X, MT1E, MT1A, and MT1F. On the other hand, downregulation of pro-inflammatory genes such as IL1β and CCL3 in both CD16 + and CD16- monocyte subsets were observed. This result indicated that AgNPs association with monocyte subsets de-promoted inflammatory responsive genes suggesting no significant toxicity observed in AgNPs treated group. Other cell types such as B cells and T cells also showed negligible differences in their subsets suggesting no toxicity response. Further, AgNPs treated group showed upregulation of cell proliferation, ribosomal synthesis, downregulation of cytokine release, and T cell differentiation inhibition. Overall, our results conclude that treatment of AgNPs to PMBC cells didn’t display immunological related cytotoxicity response and thus motivate researchers to use them actively for biomedical applications.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-024-02364-0AgNPsscRNA-seq analysisToxicityCellular-metal ion associationMonocytes
spellingShingle Haribalan Perumalsamy
Xiao Xiao
Hyun-Yi Kim
Tae-Hyun Yoon
scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
Journal of Nanobiotechnology
AgNPs
scRNA-seq analysis
Toxicity
Cellular-metal ion association
Monocytes
title scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
title_full scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
title_fullStr scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
title_full_unstemmed scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
title_short scRNA-seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in PMBCs exposed to silver nanoparticles
title_sort scrna seq analysis discovered suppression of immunomodulatory dependent inflammatory response in pmbcs exposed to silver nanoparticles
topic AgNPs
scRNA-seq analysis
Toxicity
Cellular-metal ion association
Monocytes
url https://doi.org/10.1186/s12951-024-02364-0
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