Publication Detail
| Citation : |
Umemoto EY, Speck M, Shimoda LM, Kahue K, Sung C, Stokes AJ, Turner H. (2014)
Single-walled carbon nanotube exposure induces membrane rearrangement and suppression of receptor-mediated signalling pathways in model mast cells.
Toxicol Lett 229(1):198-209.
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| Abstract : |
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) are environmental challenges to the respiratory and gastrointestinal mucosa, and to the dermal immune system. Mast cells (MC) are pro-inflammatory immunocytes that reside at these interfaces with the environment. Mast cells are sources of pro-inflammatory mediators (histamine, serotonin, matrix-active proteases, eicosanoids, prostanoids, cytokines and chemokines), which are released in a calcium-dependent manner following immunological challenge or physico-chemical stimulation. Since C-60 fullerenes, which share geometry with CNT, are suppressive of mast cell-driven inflammatory responses, we explored the effects of unmodified SWCNT aggregates on mast cell signaling pathways, phenotype and pro-inflammatory function. We noted SWCNT suppression of antigen-induced signalling pathways and pro-inflammatory degranulation responses. Mast cells recognize unmodified SWCNT by remodeling the plasma membrane, disaggregating the cortical actin cytoskeleton and relocalizing clathrin. Clathrin was also identified as a component of an affinity-purified 'interactome' isolated from MC using an SWCNT affinity matrix for mast cell lysates. Together, these data are consistent with the ability of SWCNT to suppress mast cell pro-inflammatory function via a novel recognition mechanism.
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| URL Link : |
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24910985
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| PMID : |
24910985
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| PMCID : |
PMC4136761
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Supported by a grant from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (U54MD007584), National Institutes of Health.
