Metalloproteins and phytochelatin synthase may confer protection against zinc oxide nanoparticle induced toxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-85

  Polak, Natasa ^a   Read, Daniel S ^b   Jurkschat, Kerstin ^c   Matzke, Marianne ^b   Kelly, Frank J ^a   Spurgeon, David J ^b   Stürzenbaum, Stephen R ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Metallothionein; Phytochelatin synthase; Raman spectroscopy; Reactive oxygen species; Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; METALLOTHIONEIN I; METALLOTHIONEIN II; NANOPARTICLE; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOLUTION; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION POTENTIAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURFACE CHARGE; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WILD TYPE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

C. ELEGANS; CADMIUM; CARS; CD; COHERENT ANTI-STOKES RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; DCFH-DA; DICHLORODIHYDROFLUOROSCEIN DIACETATE; DLS; DYNAMIC LIGHT SPECTROSCOPY; EDX; ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; METALLOTHIONEIN; MT; NEMATODE GROWTH MEDIUM; NGM; PBS; PC; PCA; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PHYTOCHELATIN; PHYTOCHELATIN SYNTHASE; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QRT-PCR; QUANTITATIVE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ROS; TEM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZN; ZNONP;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; LONGEVITY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLOPROTEINS; MUTATION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84891278496     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: 18781659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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