AIM: To evaluate the effects of orally administered gadolinium orthovanadate GdVO4:Eu3+ nanoparticles (VNPs) on the course of chronic carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation. METHODS: Samples of small intestinal tissue were collected from four groups of rats (intact, after administration of VNPs, with carrageenaninduced intestinal inflammation, with carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation orally exposed to VNPs) to assess the intestinal morphology and HSP90α expression. Levels of seromucoid, C-reactive protein, TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-10 were determined in blood serum. RESULTS: Oral exposure to VNPs was associated with neither elevation of inflammation markers in blood serum nor HSP90α overexpression in the small intestine, i.e. no toxic effects of VNPs were observed. Carrageenan-induced intestinal inflammation was accompanied by higher levels of TNF-α and IL-1β, as well as HSP90α upregulation in the intestinal mucosa, compared with controls. Administration of VNPs to rats with enteritis did not lead to statistically significant changes in concentrations of circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines with the trend towards their increase. CONCLUSION: No adverse effects were observed in rats orally exposed to VNPs at a dose of 20 μg/kg during two weeks. Using the experimental model of carrageenan-induced enteritis, it was demonstrated that VNPs at the dose used in our study did not affect the course of intestinal inflammation.
- MeSH
- C-reaktivní protein účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- enterokolitida krev chemicky indukované patologie MeSH
- gadolinium farmakologie MeSH
- idiopatické střevní záněty krev patologie MeSH
- interleukin-10 krev MeSH
- interleukin-1beta krev účinky léků MeSH
- karagenan toxicita MeSH
- kovové nanočástice * MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- modely nemocí na zvířatech MeSH
- orosomukoid účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- proteiny tepelného šoku HSP90 účinky léků metabolismus MeSH
- scavengery volných radikálů farmakologie MeSH
- střevní sliznice účinky léků metabolismus patologie MeSH
- TNF-alfa krev účinky léků MeSH
- vanadáty farmakologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
