Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
College/Unit
School of Public Health
Department/Program/Center
Occupational & Environmental Health Sciences
Abstract
As the demand for multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) incorporation into industrial and biomedical applications increases, so does the potential for unintentional pulmonary MWCNT exposure, particularly among workers during manufacturing. Pulmonary exposure to MWCNTs raises the potential for development of lung inflammation, fibrosis, and cancer among those exposed; however, there are currently no effective biomarkers for detecting lung fibrosis or predicting the risk of lung cancer resulting from MWCNT exposure. To uncover potential mRNAs and miRNAs that could be used as markers of exposure, this study compared in vivo mRNA and miRNA expression in lung tissue and blood of mice exposed to MWCNTs with in vitro mRNA and miRNA expression from a co-culture model of human lung epithelial and microvascular cells, a system previously shown to have a higher overall genome-scale correlation with mRNA expression in mouse lungs than either cell type grown separately. Concordant mRNAs and miRNAs identified by this study could be used to drive future studies confirming human biomarkers of MWCNT exposure. These potential biomarkers could be used to assess overall worker health and predict the occurrence of MWCNT-induced diseases.
Digital Commons Citation
Snyder-Talkington, Brandi N.; Dong, Chunlin; Singh, Salvi; Raese, Rebecca; Qian, Yong; Porter, Dale W.; Wolfarth, Michael G.; and Guo, Nancy L., "Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Induced Gene Expression Biomarkers for Medical and Occupational Surveillance" (2019). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 2037.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2037
Source Citation
Snyder-Talkington, B. N., Dong, C., Singh, S., Raese, R., Qian, Y., Porter, D. W., Wolfarth, M. G., & Guo, N. L. (2019). Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Induced Gene Expression Biomarkers for Medical and Occupational Surveillance. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(11), 2635. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20112635
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