In vivo toxicity evaluation of boron nitride nanosheets in Bombyx mori silkworm model

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第一作者： Ma, Lin

作者： Ma, Lin;Andoh, Vivian;Adjei, Mark Owusu;Shen, Zhongyuan;Li, Long;Song, Jiangchao;Zhao, Weiguo;Wu, Guohua;Ma, Lin;Shen, Zhongyuan;Li, Long;Song, Jiangchao;Zhao, Weiguo;Wu, Guohua;Ma, Lin;Li, Long;Song, Jiangchao;Wu, Guohua;Liu, Haiyan

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关键词： Boron nitride nanosheets; Silkworm model; In vivo toxicity evaluation

期刊名称：CHEMOSPHERE （ 影响因子：7.086； 五年影响因子：6.956 ）

ISSN： 0045-6535

年卷期： 2020 年 247 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Boron nitride nanosheets (BN NSs), a novel material with a structure similar to graphene, have attracted much attention due to their extraordinary properties. A deep in vivo study of the toxicity of BN NSs is indispensable, which can help to understand their potential risk and provide useful information for their safe application. However, so far as we know, the systematic in vivo toxicity evaluation of BN NSs hasn't been reported. In this study, silkworm (Bombyx mori) was used as a model to investigate the toxicity of BN NSs, by continuously feeding silkworm larvae with BN NSs at various mass concentrations (1%, 2%, 3%, 4%). The toxicity was evaluated from the levels of animal entirety (mortality, silkworm growth, cocoons and silk properties), tissues (pathological examination) and genes (transcriptomic profiling). The results show that the exposure to BN NSs causes no obvious adverse effects on the growth, silk properties or tissues of silkworm, but the expressions of genes in midgut concerned with some specific functions and pathways are significantly changed, indicating that BN NSs may have potential danger to lead to dysfunction. This study has performed in vivo toxicity evaluation of BN NSs and provided useful safety information for the application of BN NSs. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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