Oxidative Stress Boosts the Uptake of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles by Changing Brain Endothelium Microvilli Pattern
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Dal Magro, Roberta
Vitali, Agostina

Fagioli, Stefano

Casu, Alberto

Falqui, Andrea

Formicola, Beatrice
Taiarol, Lorenzo

Cassina, Valeria

Marrano, Claudia Adriana
Mantegazza, Francesco

Anselmi-Tamburini, Umberto
Sommi, Patrizia

Re, Francesca

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) DivisionBioscience Program
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2021-02-09Submitted Date
2021-01-11Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/667335
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Vascular oxidative stress is considered a worsening factor in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels promote the accumulation of amyloid-β peptide (Aβ), one of the main hallmarks of AD. In turn, Aβ is a potent inducer of oxidative stress. In early stages of AD, the concomitant action of oxidative stress and Aβ on brain capillary endothelial cells was observed to compromise the blood–brain barrier functionality. In this context, antioxidant compounds might provide therapeutic benefits. To this aim, we investigated the antioxidant activity of cerium oxide nanoparticles (CNP) in human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (hCMEC/D3) exposed to Aβ oligomers. Treatment with CNP (13.9 ± 0.7 nm in diameter) restored basal ROS levels in hCMEC/D3 cells, both after acute or prolonged exposure to Aβ. Moreover, we found that the extent of CNP uptake by hCMEC/D3 was +43% higher in the presence of Aβ. Scanning electron microscopy and western blot analysis suggested that changes in microvilli structures on the cell surface, under pro-oxidant stimuli (Aβ or H2O2), might be involved in the enhancement of CNP uptake. This finding opens the possibility to exploit the modulation of endothelial microvilli pattern to improve the uptake of anti-oxidant particles designed to counteract ROS-mediated cerebrovascular dysfunctions.Citation
Dal Magro, R., Vitali, A., Fagioli, S., Casu, A., Falqui, A., Formicola, B., … Re, F. (2021). Oxidative Stress Boosts the Uptake of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles by Changing Brain Endothelium Microvilli Pattern. Antioxidants, 10(2), 266. doi:10.3390/antiox10020266Sponsors
Part of this work was funded by Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia to Umberto Anselmi-Tamburini, by KAUST Baseline funding to Andrea Falqui, by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR)—Department of Excellence project PREMIA (PREcision MedIcine Approach: bringing biomarker research to clinic) to Claudia A. Marrano and by ATE-Fondo di Ateneo Università Milano-Bicocca (2018-ATE-0528) to Francesca Re.Publisher
MDPI AGJournal
AntioxidantsAdditional Links
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/10/2/266ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.3390/antiox10020266
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