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RETRACTED: Toxicity Evaluation of New Engineered Nanomaterials in Zebrafish

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Physiology, April 2016
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Title
RETRACTED: Toxicity Evaluation of New Engineered Nanomaterials in Zebrafish
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Frontiers in Physiology, April 2016
DOI 10.3389/fphys.2016.00130
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Maria V. Brundo, Roberta Pecoraro, Fabio Marino, Antonio Salvaggio, Daniele Tibullo, Salvatore Saccone, Vincenzo Bramanti, Maria A. Buccheri, Giuliana Impellizzeri, Viviana Scuderi, Massimo Zimbone, Vittorio Privitera

Abstract

The effect of the nanoparticles on the marine organisms, depends on their size, chemical composition, surface structure, solubility and shape. In order to take advantage from their activity, preserving the surrounding environment from a possible pollution, we are trying to trap the nanoparticles into new nanomaterials. The nanomaterials tested were synthesized proposing a ground-breaking approach by an upside-down vision of the Au/TiO2 nano-system to avoid the release of nanoparticles. The system was synthesized by wrapping Au nanoparticles with a thin layer of TiO2. The non-toxicity of the nano-system was established by testing the effect of the material on zebrafish larvae. Danio rerio o zebrafish was considered an excellent model for the environmental biomonitoring of aquatic environments and the Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Test (ZFET) is considered an alternative method of animal test. For this reason zebrafish larvae were exposed to different concentrations of nanoparticles of TiO2 and Au and new nanomaterials. As biomarkers of exposure, we evaluated the expression of metallothioneins by immunohistochemistry analysis and western blotting analysis also. The results obtained by toxicity test showed that neither mortality as well as sublethal effects were induced by the different nanomaterials and nanoparticles tested. Only zebrafish larvae exposed to free Au nanoparticles showed a different response to anti-MT antibody. In fact, the immunolocalization analysis highlighted an increase of the metallothioneins synthesis.

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Brazil 1 2%
Unknown 50 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 12%
Student > Bachelor 6 12%
Researcher 5 10%
Professor 4 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Other 12 24%
Unknown 14 27%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 20%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 14%
Environmental Science 6 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 2 4%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 2 4%
Other 8 16%
Unknown 16 31%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 November 2023.
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#4,553,042
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