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Contribution of CARPA to polystyrene NP effects in pigs
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Mészáros, Tamás Semmelweis University|SeroScience
Kozma, Gergely Tibor SeroScience
Miyahara, Koga Tokushima University
Turjeman, Keren The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
Barenholz, Yechezkel The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School
Urbanics, Rudolf Semmelweis University|SeroScience
Szebeni, János Semmelweis University|SeroScience|Miskolc University
Keywords
adverse drug reactions
immunotoxicity
nanoparticles
pseudoallergy
anaphylatoxins
PIM cells
phagocytosis
Content Type
Journal Article
Description
Background: It has been proposed that many hypersensitivity reactions to nanopharmaceuticals represent complement (C)-activation-related pseudoallergy (CARPA), and that pigs provide a sensitive animal model to study the phenomenon. However, a recent study suggested that pulmonary hypertension, the pivotal symptom of porcine CARPA, is not mediated by C in cases of polystyrene nanoparticle (PS-NP)-induced reactions.
Goals: To characterize PS-NPs and reexamine the contribution of CARPA to their pulmonary reactivity in pigs.
Study design: C activation by 200, 500, and 750 nm (diameter) PS-NPs and their opsonization were measured in human and pig sera, respectively, and correlated with hemodynamic effects of the same NPs in pigs in vivo.
Methods: Physicochemical characterization of PS-NPs included size, ζ-potential, cryo-transmission electron microscopy, and hydrophobicity analyses. C activation in human serum was measured by ELISA and opsonization of PS-NPs in pig serum by Western blot and flow cytometry. Pulmonary vasoactivity of PS-NPs was quantified in the porcine CARPA model.
Results: PS-NPs are monodisperse, highly hydrophobic spheres with strong negative surface charge. In human serum, they caused size-dependent, significant rises in C3a, Bb, and sC5b-9, but not C4d. Exposure to pig serum led within minutes to deposition of C5b-9 and opsonic iC3b on the NPs, and opsonic iC3b fragments (C3dg, C3d) also appeared in serum. PS-NPs caused major hemodynamic changes in pigs, primarily pulmonary hypertension, on the same time scale (minutes) as iC3b fragmentation and opsonization proceeded. There was significant correlation between C activation by different PS-NPs in human serum and pulmonary hypertension in pigs.
Conclusion: PS-NPs have extreme surface properties with no relevance to clinically used nanomedicines. They can activate C via the alternative pathway, entailing instantaneous opsonization of NPs in pig serum. Therefore, rather than being solely C-independent reactivity, the mechanism of PS-NP-induced hypersensitivity in pigs may involve C activation. These data are consistent with the “double-hit” concept of nanoparticle-induced hypersensitivity reactions involving both CARPA and C-independent pseudoallergy.
Journal Title
International Journal of Nanomedicine
ISSN
11782013
NCID
AA1215861X
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Dove Medical Press
Volume
13
Start Page
6345
End Page
6357
Published Date
2018-10-11
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