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Toxicity of Food-Relevant Nanoparticles in Intestinal Epithelial Models DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of The Ohio State University By Christie McCracken Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program The Ohio State University 2015 Dissertation Committee: Dr. W. James Waldman, Advisor Dr. Estelle Cormet-Boyaka Dr. Prabir K. Dutta Dr. Narasimham L. Parinandi 1 Copyright by Christie McCracken 2015 2 Abstract Nanoparticles are increasingly being incorporated into common consumer products, including in foods and food packaging, for their unique properties at the nanoscale. Food-grade silica and titania are used as anti-caking and whitening agents, respectively, and these particle size distributions are composed of approximately one-third nanoparticles. Zinc oxide and silver nanoparticles can be used for their antimicrobial properties. However, little is known about the interactions of nanoparticles in the body upon ingestion. This study was performed to investigate the role of nanoparticle characteristics including surface chemistry, dissolution, and material type on toxicity to the intestinal epithelium. Only mild acute toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles was observed after 24-hour treatment of intestinal epithelial C2BBe1 cells based on the results of toxicity assays measuring necrosis, apoptosis, membrane damage, and mitochondrial activity. Silica and titanium dioxide nanoparticles were not observed to be toxic although all nanoparticles were internalized by cells. In vitro digestion of nanoparticles in solutions representing the stomach and intestines prior to treatment of cells did not alter nanoparticle toxicity. Long- term repeated treatment of cells weekly for 24 hours with nanoparticles did not change nanoparticle cytotoxicity or the growth rate of the treated cell populations. Thus, silica, ii titanium dioxide, and zinc oxide nanoparticles were found to induce little toxicity in intestinal epithelial cells. Fluorescent silica nanoparticles were synthesized as a model for silica used in foods that could be tracked in vitro and in vivo. To maintain an exterior of pure silica, a silica shell was hydrolyzed around a core particle of quantum dots or a fluorescent dye electrostatically associated with a commercial silica particle. The quantum dots used were optimized from a previously reported microwave quantum dot synthesis to a quantum yield of 40%. Characterization of the silica particles showed that the surface properties resembled pure silica. These particles were able to be detected in vitro as well as in vivo after oral administration of nanoparticles to mice by gavage. After four daily administrations, nanoparticles were detected by fluorescence confocal microscopy in intestines as well as liver, kidney, spleen, lung, and brain. Thus, silica nanoparticles were able to traverse the intestinal epithelium. Further investigation is needed to determine nanoparticle accumulation and potential functional consequences throughout the body. Silver nanoparticles were particularly toxic to proliferating (subconfluent) C2BBe1 cells plated at low density, inducing 15% necrosis and a 76% decrease in mitochondrial activity. Silver nanoparticle treatment induced oxidative stress in cells based on increased GSH/GSSG ratios. In addition, silver nanoparticles induced G2/M phase cell cycle arrest and inhibited cell proliferation at doses forty times lower than those at which silica, titanium dioxide, and zinc oxide nanoparticles had inhibitory effects. Silver nanoparticles subjected to in vitro digestion before cell exposure required higher doses to induce toxicity, likely due to slower dissolution because of greater surface species adsorption. Silver iii nanoparticles did not cause toxicity or oxidative stress in confluent (stationary) cells. Thus, upon ingestion, silver nanoparticles may be especially toxic to proliferating stem cells in intestinal crypts, particularly in disease states with a compromised epithelium. iv Dedication This document is dedicated to all consumers currently eating nanoparticles, particularly those with gastrointestinal diseases. I share just a small piece of your pain. v Acknowledgments There are many people who have significantly contributed to this work and I would be remiss if I did not take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation. First and foremost, this dissertation would not exist without the mentorship of my advisor, Dr. Jim Waldman. I would like to thank him for his invaluable patience with me and unfailing encouragement and advice. He is the kind of scientist I strive to be. I also want to thank my labmate and mentor, Debbie Knight, without whom my research and graduate career would not have been the same. I am greatly appreciative of the time she spent teaching me and then helping me with many lab procedures, serving as a sounding board, asking many questions, and keeping the lab running smoothly. The entirety of this work was completed in close collaboration with Dr. Prabir Dutta’s lab. Dr. Dutta’s mentorship has helped to shape me into the scientist I am today. I want to thank him for taking so much time to discuss data and experiments, teaching me how to approach writing a manuscript, and pushing me ever further. Many people from Dr. Dutta’s group helped me throughout grad school. Dr. Andrew Zane was my partner in crime through most of this project. In addition to all of the nanoparticle synthesis, optimization, characterization, and digestion that he performed, which make up a good portion of my dissertation, I want to express my appreciation for the time he spent explaining chemical concepts to me, synthesizing and digesting particles for me vi (sometimes at the last minute), and for continuing to be very responsive to my questions even after graduating. I am also grateful to Bo Wang for helping me find things in the lab, lending me centrifuge tubes, and taking TEM of my silver samples. I want to thank Dr. Mike Severance for his help in characterizing particles, and all of the other Dutta group members for sharing their lab space with me from time to time. Dr. Parinandi (“Pari”) was unfailingly generous with his lab space and reagents, as well as advice about data and suggestions of experiments that would further my research. I am truly grateful for his investment in me. I would also like to thank Travis Gurney and Dr. Sainath Kotha from Pari’s lab for advice and help with multiple assays as well as all past and present Parinandi lab members for graciously sharing their lab with me and especially for allowing me to use their plate reader. I would sincerely like to thank my remaining committee member, Dr. Estelle Cormet-Boyaka, for all of her experimental advice and thoughtful questions which added to the strength of my research. I greatly appreciate the time she spent investing in me as a scientist and her flexibility in scheduling committee meetings. Many others played valuable roles in helping me to obtain and analyze data. I had the pleasure of getting to teach Mallory McMullen a little of the research I was doing in the lab one summer and I would like to thank her for her help in running experiments and for giving me the opportunity to briefly serve as a mentor. I would like to particularly thank Ed Calomeni for his help in performing TEM on cells treated with nanoparticles and then explaining his images to me and graciously answering my questions. I would also like to thank Eric Jackson for his work on our cell counter and the Lehman and Byrd labs for vii allowing me to use their cell counters when ours was out of commission. I would like to thank the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program directors and staff over my time at Ohio State, particularly Amy Lahmers, for their support and the opportunities they provided to further my education. Finally, I need to thank my family and friends for their support and encouragement throughout grad school and particularly as I wrote my dissertation. I am especially appreciative of those in the Christian Graduate Student Alliance who best understand the joys and tribulations of graduate school. And most of all, I want to thank God for the incredible blessing of receiving this education from so many amazing people and for His constant steadfastness. I also want to acknowledge funding from USDA /NIFA (2011-67021-30360) without which this research could not have taken place. Large portions of this research have been published in peer-reviewed scientific journals and reprinting of the material appears here with the permission of the editors of Chemical Research in Toxicology (Chapter 3), The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (Chapter 4), and The International Journal of Nanomedicine (Chapter 4). viii Vita 2006................................................................Peters Township High School 2010................................................................B.S. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University 2010 to present ..............................................Graduate Research Associate, Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, The Ohio State University Publications McCracken C., Zane A., Knight D.A., Hommel E., Dutta P.K., and Waldman W.J. Oxidative stress-mediated inhibition of intestinal epithelial cell proliferation by Ag nanoparticles. 2015. Toxicol. In Vitro (In Press) Zane A., McCracken C., Knight D.A., Young T., Lutton A.D., Olesik J.W., Waldman W.J., and Dutta P.K. Uptake of bright fluorophore core-silica shell nanoparticles