TY - JOUR
T1 - A perspective on the developmental toxicity of inhaled nanoparticles
AU - Hougaard, Karin Sørig
AU - Campagnolo, Luisa
AU - Chavatte-Palmer, Pascale
AU - Tarrade, Anne
AU - Rousseau-Ralliard, Delphine
AU - Valentino, Sarah
AU - Park, Margriet V. D. Z.
AU - de Jong, Wim H.
AU - Wolterink, Gerrit
AU - Piersma, Aldert H.
AU - Ross, Bryony L.
AU - Hutchison, Gary R.
AU - Hansen, Jitka Stilund
AU - Vogel, Ulla Birgitte
AU - Jackson, Petra
AU - Slama, Rémy
AU - Pietroiusti, Antonio
AU - Cassee, Flemming R.
N1 - © 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper aimed to clarify whether maternal inhalation of engineered nanoparticles (NP) may constitute a hazard to pregnancy and fetal development, primarily based on experimental animal studies of NP and air pollution particles. Overall, it is plausible that NP may translocate from the respiratory tract to the placenta and fetus, but also that adverse effects may occur secondarily to maternal inflammatory responses. The limited database describes several organ systems in the offspring to be potentially sensitive to maternal inhalation of particles, but large uncertainties exist about the implications for embryo-fetal development and health later in life. Clearly, the potential for hazard remains to be characterized. Considering the increased production and application of nanomaterials and related consumer products a testing strategy for NP should be established. Due to large gaps in data, significant amounts of groundwork are warranted for a testing strategy to be established on a sound scientific basis.
AB - This paper aimed to clarify whether maternal inhalation of engineered nanoparticles (NP) may constitute a hazard to pregnancy and fetal development, primarily based on experimental animal studies of NP and air pollution particles. Overall, it is plausible that NP may translocate from the respiratory tract to the placenta and fetus, but also that adverse effects may occur secondarily to maternal inflammatory responses. The limited database describes several organ systems in the offspring to be potentially sensitive to maternal inhalation of particles, but large uncertainties exist about the implications for embryo-fetal development and health later in life. Clearly, the potential for hazard remains to be characterized. Considering the increased production and application of nanomaterials and related consumer products a testing strategy for NP should be established. Due to large gaps in data, significant amounts of groundwork are warranted for a testing strategy to be established on a sound scientific basis.
KW - Developmental toxicity
KW - Inhalation
KW - Instillation
KW - Nanomaterial
KW - Nanoparticles
KW - Pregnancy
KW - Reproductive toxicity
KW - Ultrafine particles
U2 - 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.05.015
DO - 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.05.015
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26050605
SN - 0890-6238
VL - 56
SP - 118
EP - 140
JO - Reproductive Toxicology
JF - Reproductive Toxicology
IS - SI
ER -