Cobalt Oxide Nanoparticles: Behavior towards Intact and Impaired Human Skin and Keratinocytes Toxicity

Marcella Mauro, Matteo Crosera, Marco Pelin, Chiara Florio, Francesca Bellomo, Gianpiero Adami, Piero Apostoli, Giuseppe De Palma, Massimo Bovenzi, Marco Campanini and Francesca Larese Filon
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Marcella Mauro: Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via della Pietà, Trieste 19-34129, Italy
Matteo Crosera: Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via della Pietà, Trieste 19-34129, Italy
Marco Pelin: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgeri 7/9, Trieste 34127, Italy
Chiara Florio: Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste, Via L. Giorgeri 7/9, Trieste 34127, Italy
Francesca Bellomo: Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via della Pietà, Trieste 19-34129, Italy
Gianpiero Adami: Department of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via Giorgeri 2, Trieste 1-34127, Italy
Piero Apostoli: Dipartimento di Specialità Medico Chirurgiche, Scienze Radiologiche, Sanità Pubblica, University of Brescia, Piazza del Mercato, Brescia 15-25121, Italy
Giuseppe De Palma: Dipartimento di Specialità Medico Chirurgiche, Scienze Radiologiche, Sanità Pubblica, University of Brescia, Piazza del Mercato, Brescia 15-25121, Italy
Massimo Bovenzi: Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via della Pietà, Trieste 19-34129, Italy
Marco Campanini: IMEM-CNR Institute, Parco Area delle Scienze 37/A, Parma 43124, Italy
Francesca Larese Filon: Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Via della Pietà, Trieste 19-34129, Italy

IJERPH, 2015, vol. 12, issue 7, 1-18

Abstract: Skin absorption and toxicity on keratinocytes of cobalt oxide nanoparticles (Co 3 O 4 NPs) have been investigated. Co 3 O 4 NPs are commonly used in industrial products and biomedicine. There is evidence that these nanoparticles can cause membrane damage and genotoxicity in vitro , but no data are available on their skin absorption and cytotoxicity on keratinocytes. Two independent 24 h in vitro experiments were performed using Franz diffusion cells, using intact (experiment 1) and needle-abraded human skin (experiment 2). Co 3 O 4 NPs at a concentration of 1000 mg/L in physiological solution were used as donor phase. Cobalt content was evaluated by Inductively Coupled–Mass Spectroscopy. Co permeation through the skin was demonstrated after 24 h only when damaged skin protocol was used (57 ± 38 ng·cm ?2 ), while no significant differences were shown between blank cells (0.92 ± 0.03 ng cm ?2 ) and those with intact skin (1.08 ± 0.20 ng·cm ?2 ). To further investigate Co 3 O 4 NPs toxicity, human-derived HaCaT keratinocytes were exposed to Co 3 O 4 NPs and cytotoxicity evaluated by MTT, Alamarblue ® and propidium iodide (PI) uptake assays. The results indicate that a long exposure time ( i.e. , seven days) was necessary to induce a concentration-dependent cell viability reduction (EC 50 values: 1.3 × 10 ?4 M, 95% CL = 0.8–1.9 × 10 ?4 M, MTT essay; 3.7 × 10 ?5 M, 95% CI = 2.2–6.1 × 10 ?5 M, AlamarBlue ® assay) that seems to be associated to necrotic events (EC 50 value: 1.3 × 10 ?4 M, 95% CL = 0.9–1.9 × 10 ?4 M, PI assay). This study demonstrated that Co 3 O 4 NPs can penetrate only damaged skin and is cytotoxic for HaCat cells after long term exposure.

Keywords: cobalt oxide; nanoparticles; in vitro; human skin absorption; keratinocytes toxicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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