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Juch, H; Nikitina, L; Reimann, S; Gauster, M; Dohr, G; Obermayer-Pietsch, B; Hoch, D; Kornmueller, K; Haag, R.
Dendritic polyglycerol nanoparticles show charge dependent bio-distribution in early human placental explants and reduce hCG secretion.
Nanotoxicology. 2018; 12(2):90-103
Doi: 10.1080/17435390.2018.1425496
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- Juch Herbert
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- Dohr Gottfried
- Gauster Martin
- Hoch Denise
- Kornmüller Karin
- Nikitina Liudmila
- Obermayer-Pietsch Barbara
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- Abstract:
- A thorough understanding of nanoparticle bio-distribution at the feto-maternal interface will be a prerequisite for their diagnostic or therapeutic application in women of childbearing age and for teratologic risk assessment. Therefore, the tissue interaction of biocompatible dendritic polyglycerol nanoparticles (dPG-NPs) with first- trimester human placental explants were analyzed and compared to less sophisticated trophoblast-cell based models. First-trimester human placental explants, BeWo cells and primary trophoblast cells from human term placenta were exposed to fluorescence labeled, ∼5 nm dPG-NPs, with differently charged surfaces, at concentrations of 1 µM and 10 nM, for 6 and 24 h. Accumulation of dPGs was visualized by fluorescence microscopy. To assess the impact of dPG-NP on trophoblast integrity and endocrine function, LDH, and hCG releases were measured. A dose- and charge-dependent accumulation of dPG-NPs was observed at the early placental barrier and in cell lines, with positive dPG-NP-surface causing deposits even in the mesenchymal core of the placental villi. No signs of plasma membrane damage could be detected. After 24 h we observed a significant reduction of hCG secretion in placental explants, without significant changes in trophoblast apoptosis, at low concentrations of charged dPG-NPs. In conclusion, dPG-NP's surface charge substantially influences their bio-distribution at the feto-maternal interface, with positive charge facilitating trans-trophoblast passage, and in contrast to more artificial models, the first-trimester placental explant culture model reveals potentially hazardous influences of charged dPG-NPs on early placental physiology.
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- Apoptosis - administration & dosage
- Biological Availability - administration & dosage
- Cells, Cultured - administration & dosage
- Chorionic Gonadotropin - metabolism
- Dendritic Cells - metabolism
- Female - administration & dosage
- Glycerol - chemistry, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology
- Humans - administration & dosage
- Nanoparticles - chemistry
- Placenta - metabolism
- Polymers - chemistry, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology
- Pregnancy - administration & dosage
- Pregnancy Trimester, First - administration & dosage
- Surface Properties - administration & dosage
- Trophoblasts - metabolism
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- Dendritic polyglycerol nanoparticles
- early human placenta
- hCG
- BeWo
- primary trophoblasts
- nanotoxicology