SiO2 nanoparticles induce global genomic hypomethylation in HaCaT cells |
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Authors: | Chunmei Gong Linqing Yang Qingchen Liu |
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Institution: | a School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan Road 2, Guangzhou 510080, PR China b Shenzhen Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, 21 Tianbei Road 1, Shenzhen 518020, PR China |
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Abstract: | The increasing amount of nanotechnological products, found in our environment and those applicable in engineering, material sciences and medicine has stimulated a growing interest in examining their long-term impact on genetic and epigenetic processes. We examined here the epigenomic response to nm-SiO2 particles in human HaCaT cells and methyltransferases (DNMTs) and DNA-binding domain proteins (MBDs) induced by nano-SiO2 particles. Nm-SiO2 treatment induced global hypoacetylation implying a global epigenomic response. The levels of DNMT1, DNMT3a and methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MBD2) were also decreased in a dose dependent manner at mRNA and protein level. Epigenetic changes may have long-term effects on gene expression programming long after the initial signal has been removed, and if these changes remain undetected, it could lead to long-term untoward effects in biological systems. These studies suggest that nanoparticles could cause more subtle epigenetic changes which merit thorough examination of environmental nanoparticles and novel candidate nanomaterials for medical applications. |
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Keywords: | Nano-silicon dioxide (nano-SiO2) DNA methylation |
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