a Allergy and Clinical Immunology Branch (ACIB) , National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) , Morgantown , WV , USA.
b School of Pharmacy , West Virginia University , Morgantown , WV , USA.
J Immunotoxicol. 2019 Dec;16(1):87-124. doi: 10.1080/1547691X.2019.1605553.
The recent surge in incorporation of metallic and metal oxide nanomaterials into consumer products and their corresponding use in occupational settings have raised concerns over the potential for metals to induce size-specific adverse toxicological effects. Although nano-metals have been shown to induce greater lung injury and inflammation than their larger metal counterparts, their size-related effects on the immune system and allergic disease remain largely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly concerning since metals are historically recognized as common inducers of allergic contact dermatitis, occupational asthma, and allergic adjuvancy. The investigation into the potential for adverse immune effects following exposure to metal nanomaterials is becoming an area of scientific interest since these characteristically lightweight materials are easily aerosolized and inhaled, and their small size may allow for penetration of the skin, which may promote unique size-specific immune effects with implications for allergic disease. Additionally, alterations in physicochemical properties of metals in the nano-scale greatly influence their interactions with components of biological systems, potentially leading to implications for inducing or exacerbating allergic disease. Although some research has been directed toward addressing these concerns, many aspects of metal nanomaterial-induced immune effects remain unclear. Overall, more scientific knowledge exists in regards to the potential for metal nanomaterials to exacerbate allergic disease than to their potential to induce allergic disease. Furthermore, effects of metal nanomaterial exposure on respiratory allergy have been more thoroughly-characterized than their potential influence on dermal allergy. Current knowledge regarding metal nanomaterials and their potential to induce/exacerbate dermal and respiratory allergy are summarized in this review. In addition, an examination of several remaining knowledge gaps and considerations for future studies is provided.
最近,将金属和金属氧化物纳米材料纳入消费品的趋势以及在职业环境中的相应使用,引起了人们对金属可能引发特定尺寸的不良毒理学效应的关注。尽管已经表明纳米金属比其较大的金属对应物更能引起肺部损伤和炎症,但它们对免疫系统和过敏性疾病的尺寸相关影响在很大程度上仍不清楚。由于金属历来被认为是过敏性接触性皮炎、职业性哮喘和过敏性佐剂的常见诱导物,因此这种知识差距尤其令人担忧。由于这些重量轻的材料很容易气溶胶化和吸入,并且它们的小尺寸可能允许穿透皮肤,这可能会导致独特的与尺寸相关的免疫效应,从而对过敏性疾病产生影响,因此,对金属纳米材料暴露后潜在的不良免疫效应的研究正在成为一个科学关注的领域。此外,金属在纳米尺度上的物理化学性质的改变极大地影响了它们与生物系统成分的相互作用,可能导致诱导或加剧过敏性疾病的影响。尽管已经针对解决这些问题进行了一些研究,但金属纳米材料诱导的免疫效应的许多方面仍不清楚。总的来说,关于金属纳米材料加剧过敏性疾病的潜力的科学知识比它们引起过敏性疾病的潜力要多。此外,金属纳米材料暴露对呼吸道过敏的影响比其对皮肤过敏的潜在影响更全面地描述。本文综述了金属纳米材料及其对皮肤和呼吸道过敏的潜在影响的现有知识。此外,还对一些剩余的知识差距和未来研究的考虑因素进行了考察。
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