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African Health Sciences
Makerere University Medical School
ISSN: 1680-6905
EISSN: 1680-6905
Vol. 13, No. 4, 2013, pp. 947-954
Bioline Code: hs13133
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
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African Health Sciences, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2013, pp. 947-954

 en The response effect of pheochromocytoma (PC12) cell lines to oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (o-MWCMTs)
Phillips, C.L.; Yah, C.S.; Iyuke, S.E.; Pillay, V.; Rumbold, K. & Choonara, Y.

Abstract

Background: The applications of oxidized carbon nanotubes (o-CNTs) have shown potentials in novel drug delivery including the brain which is usually a challenge. This underscores the importance to study its potential toxic effect in animals. Despite being a promising tool for biomedical applications little is known about the safety of drugs in treating brain diseases. The toxicity of oxidized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (o-MWCNTs) are of utmost concern and in most in-vitro studies conducted so far are on dendritic cell (DC) lines with limited data on PC12 cell lines.
Objectives: We focused on the effect of o-MWCNTs in PC12 cells in vitro: a common model cell for neurotoxicity.
Methods: The pristine multi-walled carbon nanotubes (p-MWCNTs) were produced by the swirled floating catalytic chemical vapour deposition method (SFCCVD). The p-MWCNTs were then oxidized using purified H2SO4/HNO3 (3:1v/v) and 30% HNO3 acids to produce o-MWCNTs. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), transmission electron microscopy (TEM),Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analyser (TGA) and Raman spectroscopy techniques were used to characterize the MWCNTs. The PC12 cells were cultured in RPMI medium containing concentrations of o-MWCNTs ranging from 50 to 200 μg/ml.
Results: The o-MWCNTs demonstrated slight cytotoxicity at short time period to PC12 neuronal cells whilst at longer time period, no significant (p > 0.05) toxicity was observed due to cell recovery.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the o-MWCNTs did not affect the growth rate and viability of the PC12 cells due to lack of considerable toxicity in the cells during the observed time period but further investigations are required to determine cell recovery mechanism.

Keywords
Oxidized carbon nanotubes; PC12; cellular response; toxicity

 
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