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Reactive Oxygen Species Formed by Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles in Physiological Media-A Review of Reactions of Importance to Nanotoxicity and Proposal for Categorization
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science. KTH Royal Inst Technol, Dept Chem, Div Surface & Corros Sci, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0445-212x
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science. Western Univ, Surface Sci Western, London, ON N6G 0J3, Canada..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2100-8864
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7496-1101
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Surface and Corrosion Science. Karolinska Inst, AIMES Ctr Adv Integrated Med & Engn Sci, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.;KTH Royal Inst Technol, S-10044 Stockholm, Sweden.;Karolinska Inst, Dept Neurosci, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2206-0082
2022 (English)In: Nanomaterials, E-ISSN 2079-4991, Vol. 12, no 11, p. 1922-, article id 1922Article, review/survey (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Diffusely dispersed metal and metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) can adversely affect living organisms through various mechanisms and exposure routes. One mechanism behind their toxic potency is their ability to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS) directly or indirectly to an extent that depends on the dose, metal speciation, and exposure route. This review provides an overview of the mechanisms of ROS formation associated with metal and metal oxide NPs and proposes a possible way forward for their future categorization. Metal and metal oxide NPs can form ROS via processes related to corrosion, photochemistry, and surface defects, as well as via Fenton, Fenton-like, and Haber-Weiss reactions. Regular ligands such as biomolecules can interact with metallic NP surfaces and influence their properties and thus their capabilities of generating ROS by changing characteristics such as surface charge, surface composition, dissolution behavior, and colloidal stability. Interactions between metallic NPs and cells and their organelles can indirectly induce ROS formation via different biological responses. H2O2 can also be generated by a cell due to inflammation, induced by interactions with metallic NPs or released metal species that can initiate Fenton(-like) and Haber-Weiss reactions forming various radicals. This review discusses these different pathways and, in addition, nano-specific aspects such as shifts in the band gaps of metal oxides and how these shifts at biologically relevant energies (similar to activation energies of biological reactions) can be linked to ROS production and indicate which radical species forms. The influences of kinetic aspects, interactions with biomolecules, solution chemistry (e.g., Cl- and pH), and NP characteristics (e.g., size and surface defects) on ROS mechanisms and formation are discussed. Categorization via four tiers is suggested as a way forward to group metal and metal oxide NPs based on the ROS reaction pathways that they may undergo, an approach that does not include kinetics or environmental variations. The criteria for the four tiers are based on the ability of the metallic NPs to induce Fenton(-like) and Haber-Weiss reactions, corrode, and interact with biomolecules and their surface catalytic properties. The importance of considering kinetic data to improve the proposed categorization is highlighted.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
MDPI AG , 2022. Vol. 12, no 11, p. 1922-, article id 1922
Keywords [en]
NPs, ROS, Fenton, Haber-Weiss, corrosion, radicals, band gap, biomolecules, nanotoxicity
National Category
Organic Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-314849DOI: 10.3390/nano12111922ISI: 000808760400001PubMedID: 35683777Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85131162491OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-314849DiVA, id: diva2:1677027
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Available from: 2022-06-27 Created: 2022-06-27 Last updated: 2023-06-08Bibliographically approved
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1. Surface reactions on metallic nanoparticles: Ligand adsorption, metal release, and reactive oxygen species generation
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Surface reactions on metallic nanoparticles: Ligand adsorption, metal release, and reactive oxygen species generation
2022 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

Humans are exposed daily to metallic nanoparticles (Me NPs) from multiple sources which can have both natural and anthropogenic origins. Such exposures take place via different routes including inhalation and skin contact and may result in adverse health effects. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate surface interactions taking place on metallic nanoparticles upon simplified inhalation and how such interactions influence their toxic potency. 

Except for the particle and surface characteristics, the interface to the cell environment, the extent, speciation of the released metal fraction, and the ability of the particles to form reactive oxygen species (ROS) were investigated as these parameters are known to largely govern the cell toxicity. ROS naturally form in the cells as an essential part of our immune system, but can in excess, result in cell membrane damage and harmful effects. This has been studied using a multianalytical and interdisciplinary approach combining surface and material chemistry with toxicological investigations with the main focus on ROS formation. The study has for example elucidated which reactive oxygen species that are formed due to the presence of metallic NPs, and the underlying mechanisms. 

The reliability of using different ROS assays, and the possible artifacts induced by metallic NPs, have been investigated. Methods to assess ROS which previously have not been used in the field of nanotoxicology were introduced showing that copper NPs via corrosion reactions produce ROS and Haber Weiss or Fenton-reactions can decompose hydrogen peroxide into the reactive hydroxyl radical. A way to group NPs based on their surface reactions forming ROS was proposed. Other particle- and surface characteristics of metallic NPs of importance for the toxic potency and ability to induce oxidative stress, e.g. adsorption of biomolecules, particle agglomeration, surface composition, and release of metal ions including their speciation.

Abstract [sv]

Människor utsätts dagligen för metalliska nanopartiklar från olika källor vilka kan ha både naturligt och antropogent ursprung. Sådan exponering sker via olika exponeringsvägar, till exempel genom inandning och hudkontakt, vilket kan leda till negativa hälsoeffekter. Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka vad som sker på ytan av metalliska nanopartiklar vid simulerad inandning och hur detta påverkar deras potentiellt toxiska egenskaper.

Partikelytans egenskaper undersöktes då denna yta är i direkt kontakt med den omgivande miljön. Egenskaperna av intresse var främst graden av metallfrisättning, dess kemiska form, samt partiklarnas förmåga att bilda syreradikaler och väteperoxid (ROS). ROS bildas naturligt i cellerna som en viktig del av vårt immunsystem, men kan i överskott resultera i negativa effekter. Studier genomfördes genom att tillämpa ett multianalytiskt och tvärvetenskapligt tillvägagångssätt där yt- och materialkemiska studier kombinerades med toxikologiska undersökningar, med huvudfokus på ROS-bildning. Studierna har bland annat belyst vilka typer av ROS som kan bildas på grund av metalliska NP samt de underliggande mekanismerna. 

Tillförlitligheten av att använda olika tekniker för ROS-analyser och deras möjliga artefakter inducerade av metalliska NP undersöktes. Metoder för att bedöma ROS som tidigare inte har använts inom nanotoxikologi introducerades vilka möjliggör detektion av specifika syreradikaler. Resultat för Cu NP visade på att både korrosionsreaktioner producerar ROS samt att Haber Weiss- eller Fenton(lika) reaktioner kan sönderdela väteperoxid och bilda den reaktiva hydroxylradikalen. Ett förslag för gruppering av metalliska NP baserat på deras ROS mekanismer föreslås. Studier av andra partikel- och ytegenskaper hos metalliska NP av betydelse för deras möjliga toxicitet omfattar även adsorption av ligander och biomolekyler, grad av partikelagglomeration, yt-sammansättning, metallfrisättning och deras speciering i lösning.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2022. p. 53
Series
TRITA-CBH-FOU ; 2022:62
Keywords
metallic nanoparticles, ROS, reactive oxygen species, metal release, ligand adsorption, corrosion, Fenton(like)/Haber Weiss reactions, metalliska nanopartiklar, ROS, reaktiva syreradikaler, metallfrisättning, adsorption, korrosion, Fenton(lika)/Haber Weiss reaktioner
National Category
Surface- and Corrosion Engineering
Research subject
Chemistry
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-321407 (URN)978-91-8040-425-9 (ISBN)
Public defence
2022-12-19, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, via Zoom: https://kth-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5EufuitrDwiHtNdgN-mOXVgrsHeHIoCgQOb, Stockholm, 10:00 (English)
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Available from: 2022-11-17 Created: 2022-11-16 Last updated: 2025-02-09Bibliographically approved

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