TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ickrath, Pascal
A1  - Wagner, Martin
A1  - Scherzad, Agmal
A1  - Gehrke, Thomas
A1  - Burghartz, Marc
A1  - Hagen, Rudolf
A1  - Radeloff, Katrin
A1  - Kleinsasser, Norbert
A1  - Hackenberg, Stephan
T1  - Time-Dependent Toxic and Genotoxic Effects of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles after Long-Term and Repetitive Exposure to Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
JF  - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
N2  - Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) are widely spread in consumer products. Data about the toxicological characteristics of ZnO-NP is still under controversial discussion. The human skin is the most important organ concerning ZnO-NP exposure. Intact skin was demonstrated to be a sufficient barrier against NPs; however, defect skin may allow NP contact to proliferating cells. Within these cells, stem cells are the most important toxicological target for NPs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the genotoxic and cytotoxic effects of ZnO-NP at low-dose concentrations after long-term and repetitive exposure to human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC). Cytotoxic effects of ZnO-NP were measured by the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Furthermore, genotoxicity was evaluated by the comet assay. For long-term observation over 6 weeks, transmission electron microscopy (TEM) was applied. The results of the study indicated cytotoxic effects of ZnO-NP beginning at high concentrations of 50 μg/mL and genotoxic effects in hMSC exposed to 1 and 10 μg/mL ZnO-NP. Repetitive exposure enhanced cyto- but not genotoxicity. Intracellular NP accumulation was observed up to 6 weeks. The results suggest cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of ZnO-NP. Even low doses of ZnO-NP may induce toxic effects as a result of repetitive exposure and long-term cellular accumulation. This data should be considered before using ZnO-NP on damaged skin.
KW  - zinc oxide
KW  - ZnO
KW  - nanoparticles
KW  - cytotoxicity
KW  - toxicity
KW  - genotoxicity
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-169932
VL  - 14
IS  - 12
ER  - 
TY  - THES
A1  - Schumm, Marcel
T1  - ZnO-based semiconductors studied by Raman spectroscopy: semimagnetic alloying, doping, and nanostructures
T1  - Ramanspektroskopische Untersuchung ZnO-basierte Halbleiter: Semimagnetische Legierung, Dotierung und Nanostrukturen
N2  - ZnO-based semiconductors were studied by Raman spectroscopy and complementary methods (e.g. XRD, EPS) with focus on semimagnetic alloying with transition metal ions, doping (especially p-type doping with nitrogen as acceptor), and nanostructures (especially wet-chemically synthesized nanoparticles).
N2  - ZnO-basierte Halbleiter wurden mittels Ramanspektroskopie und komplementärer Methoden (z.B. XRD, EPS) untersucht mit den Schwerpunkten semimagnetische Legierung mit Übergangsmetallen, Dotierung (vor allem p-Dotierung mit Stickstoff als Akzeptor) und Nanostrukturen (vor allem nass-chemisch hergestellte Nanopartikel).
KW  - Wide-gap-Halbleiter
KW  - Würzburg / Sonderforschungsbereich II-VI-Halbleiter
KW  - Verbindungshalbleiter
KW  - Zwei-Sechs-Halbleiter
KW  - Semimagnetischer Halbleiter
KW  - n-Halbleiter
KW  - Niederdimensionaler Halbleiter
KW  - p-Halbleiter
KW  - Kolloider Halbleiter
KW  - Magnetisch
KW  - Ramanspektroskopie
KW  - Raman
KW  - Zinkoxid
KW  - ZnO
KW  - DMS
KW  - Raman spectroscopy
KW  - Raman
KW  - Zinc oxide
KW  - ZnO
KW  - DMS
KW  - Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors
KW  - doping
KW  - secondary phases
Y1  - 2008
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-37045
ER  -