Abstract
AbstractExposure to particles from air pollution has been associated with kidney disease; however, the underlying biological mechanisms are incompletely understood. Inhaled particles can gain access to the circulation and, depending on their size, pass into urine, raising the possibility that particles may also sequester in the kidney and directly alter renal function. This study optimised an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) method to investigate the size dependency of particle accumulation in the kidneys of mice following pulmonary instillation (0.8 mg in total over 4 weeks) to gold nanoparticles (2, 3–4, 7–8, 14 or 40 nm or saline control). Due to the smallest particle sizes being below the limit of detection in single particle mode, ICP-MS was operated in total quantification mode. Gold was detected in all matrices of interest (blood, urine and kidney) from animals treated with all sizes of gold nanoparticles, at orders of magnitude higher than the methodological limit of detection in biological matrices (0.013 ng/mL). A size-dependent effect was observed, with smaller particles leading to greater levels of accumulation in tissues. This study highlights the value of a robust and reliable method by ICP-MS to detect extremely low levels of gold in biological samples for indirect particle tracing. The finding that nano-sized particles translocate from the lung to the kidney may provide a biological explanation for the associations between air pollution and kidney disease.
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Funder
Chief Scientist Office
British Heart Foundation
UK Research and Innovation
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Biochemistry,Analytical Chemistry
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