Naslov
Alteration of cholinesterase activity as possible mechanism of silver nanoparticle toxicity

Autori
Šinko, Goran ; Vinković Vrček, Ivana ; Goessler, Walter ; Leitinger, Gerd ; Dijanošić, Adriana ; Miljanić, Snežana

Izvornik
Environmental science and pollution research international (0944-1344) 21 (2014), 2; 1391-1400

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
silver nanoparticles; acetylcholinesterase; butyrylcholinesterase; inhibition

Sažetak
Due to their broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have been used in a large number of commercial and medical products. Such proliferated AgNP production poses toxicological and environmental issues which need to be addressed. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of AgNPs on acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BChE), important enzymes in areas of neurobiology, toxicology and pharmacology. Three different AgNPs, prepared by the chemical reduction using trisodium citrate (citrate-AgNPs), hydroxylamine hydrochloride (Cl-AgNPs), and borohydride following stabilization with poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA-AgNPs), were purified and characterised with respect to their sizes, shapes, and optical properties. Their inhibition potential on AChE and BChE was evaluated in vitro using an enzyme assay with o-nitrophenyl acetate or o-nitrophenyl butyrate as substrates, respectively. All three studied AgNPs were reversible inhibitors of ChEs. Among tested nanoparticles, Cl-AgNP was found to be the most potent inhibitor of both AChE and BChE. Although the detailed mechanism by which the AgNPs inhibit esterase activities remains unknown, structural perturbation of the enzyme may be the common mode of ChE inhibition by AgNPs.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kemija, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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