Characterizing nanoplastics‐induced stress and its SERS fingerprint in an intestinal membrane model
Characterizing nanoplastics‐induced stress and its SERS fingerprint in an intestinal membrane model
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10.1002/nano.202100017
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2021-04
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Qianyun Zhang;B. Reinhard
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Qianyun Zhang;B. Reinhard
Epithelium membranes provide important barrier functions, and it is important to understand how nanoparticle (NP) exposure affects their barrier function. In this manuscript, we investigate NP-induced stress in a Caco-2 intestinal epithelial membrane model and its effect on the vibrational spectrum of the extracellular medium that can be sampled and investigated without perturbation of the cells. Monolayers of Caco-2 cells were incubated with 50 nm diameter polystyrene (PS) NPs functionalized with amine or carboxylic acid groups and concentrations of 1 × 10 12 –1 × 10 14 PS NPs mL –1 for 6 and 18 hours. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, cell viability, and intestinal membrane integrity measurements were performed to detect and quantify PS NP-induced membrane damage under the acute exposure conditions. After identifying conditions that result in NP-induced stress, Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) was applied to monitor the composition of the medium in direct contact with the intestinal cells and to detect potential PS NP-induced changes in the cellular metabolism in real time and in a minimally invasive fashion. The analysis of the SERS spectra through artificial intelligence algorithms and chemometric tools revealed concentration, exposure time-, and surface chemistry-dependent differences in the cellular metabolism in response to PS NPs. The SERS spectral analysis identifies the ring breathing mode of hypoxanthine (C 4 H 4 N 4 O), as a spectroscopic marker for the PS NP-induced loss in membrane integrity.