Effect of amorphous silica nanoparticles on in vitro RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation in murine macrophages

Amorphous silica nanoparticles (nSP) have been used as a polishing agent and/or as a remineralization promoter for teeth in the oral care field. The present study investigates the effects of nSP on osteoclast differentiation and the relationship between particle size and these effects. Our results r...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nanoscale research letters 2011-07, Vol.6 (1), p.464-464, Article 464
Hauptverfasser: Nabeshi, Hiromi, Yoshikawa, Tomoaki, Akase, Takanori, Yoshida, Tokuyuki, Tochigi, Saeko, Hirai, Toshiro, Uji, Miyuki, Ichihashi, Ko-ichi, Yamashita, Takuya, Higashisaka, Kazuma, Morishita, Yuki, Nagano, Kazuya, Abe, Yasuhiro, Kamada, Haruhiko, Tsunoda, Shin-ichi, Itoh, Norio, Yoshioka, Yasuo, Tsutsumi, Yasuo
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Zusammenfassung:Amorphous silica nanoparticles (nSP) have been used as a polishing agent and/or as a remineralization promoter for teeth in the oral care field. The present study investigates the effects of nSP on osteoclast differentiation and the relationship between particle size and these effects. Our results revealed that nSP exerted higher cytotoxicity in macrophage cells compared with submicron-sized silica particles. However, tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP) activity and the number of osteoclast cells (TRAP-positive multinucleated cells) were not changed by nSP treatment in the presence of receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL) at doses that did not induce cytotoxicity by silica particles. These results indicated that nSP did not cause differentiation of osteoclasts. Collectively, the results suggested that nanosilica exerts no effect on RANKL-induced osteoclast differentiation of RAW264.7 cells, although a detailed mechanistic examination of the nSP70-mediated cytotoxic effect is needed.
ISSN:1556-276X
1931-7573
1556-276X
DOI:10.1186/1556-276X-6-464