@article{2321237f84794f18955a9c74f415c3d3,
title = "The Effects of the Food Additive Titanium Dioxide (E171) on Tumor Formation and Gene Expression in the Colon of a Transgenic Mouse Model for Colorectal Cancer",
abstract = "Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is present in many different food products as the food additive E171, which is currently scrutinized due to its potential adverse effects, including the stimulation of tumor formation in the gastrointestinal tract. We developed a transgenic mouse model to examine the effects of E171 on colorectal cancer (CRC), using the Cre-LoxP system to create an Apc-gene-knockout model which spontaneously develops colorectal tumors. A pilot study showed that E171 exposed mice developed colorectal adenocarcinomas, which were accompanied by enhanced hyperplasia in epithelial cells, lymphatic nodules at the base of the polyps, and increased tumor size. In the main study, tumor formation was studied following the exposure to 5 mg/kg(bw)/day of E171 for 9 weeks (Phase I). E171 exposure showed a statistically nonsignificant increase in the number of colorectal tumors in these transgenic mice, as well as a statistically nonsignificant increase in the average number of mice with tumors. Gene expression changes in the colon were analyzed after exposure to 1, 2, and 5 mg/kg(bw)/day of E171 for 2, 7, 14, and 21 days (Phase II). Whole-genome mRNA analysis revealed the modulation of genes in pathways involved in the regulation of gene expression, cell cycle, post-translational modification, nuclear receptor signaling, and circadian rhythm. The processes associated with these genes might be involved in the enhanced tumor formation and suggest that E171 may contribute to tumor formation and progression by modulation of events related to inflammation, activation of immune responses, cell cycle, and cancer signaling.",
keywords = "E171, GASTROINTESTINAL-TRACT, INFLAMMATION, NANOPARTICLES, NODULAR LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA, RHYTHMS, gene expression, in vivo, mice, titanium dioxide, toxicology, transgenic, tumor formation",
author = "N.S. Bischoff and H. Proquin and M.J. Jetten and Y. Schrooders and M.C.M. Jonkhout and J.J. Briede and {van Breda}, S.G. and D.G.J. Jennen and E.I. Medina-Reyes and N.L. Delgado-Buenrostro and Y.I. Chirino and {van Loveren}, H. and {de Kok}, T.M.",
note = "Funding Information: Funding: Internal university funds (Toxicogenomics, Maastricht University) and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnolog{\'i}a (Project A1-28619) from M{\'e}xico. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.3390/nano12081256",
language = "English",
volume = "12",
journal = "Nanomaterials",
issn = "2079-4991",
publisher = "MDPI AG",
number = "8",
}