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increasing their toxicity or reducing their therapeutic effect, depending on the flavonoid structure. The flavanone present in grapefruit juice, Naringenin, when co-administered with calcium channel blockers (CCBs) like verapamil and nitrendipine, impairs the metabolism of CCBs mediated due to inhibition of intestinal CYP3A4 by naringenin. The naringenin can also produce lethal and teratogenic effects as observed in the amphibian embryo toxicity test. The dose of 10 mg/l exerted 100% malformations causing the death of 30% of the abnormal embryos. The major abnormalities observed were decreased body size, axial curves, microcephaly, abdominal edema, underdeveloped gills, and delayed development (Galati and O’brien, 2004). Likewise, Curcumin can inhibit the activity of the drug-metabolizing enzymes CYP450, glutathione­S-transferase, and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, leading to increased plasma concentration of concomitantly administered drug and hence its toxicity (Burgos-Morón et al., 2010).
Another important polyphenol, Curcumin, obtained from the plant Curcuma
longa, has demonstrated substantial safety and efcacy in the prevention and treatment of several human ailments. Curcumin has anti-inammatory, anti-
microbial, anticancer, thrombosuppressive, hepatoprotective, hypoglycemic, antiarthritic, and antioxidant activities. It is therefore not surprising to note that curcumin is widely available as a dietary supplement and is a popular subject in the ongoing clinical trials (Russo et al., 2010). However, there is accumulating evidence that has raised concern on the safety and effective­ness of curcumin. Several reports have demonstrated that curcumin may cause a dose and time-dependent induction of chromosome aberrations and DNA damage in both in vitro and in vivo conditions. The National Toxicology Program (USA), in 1993, published an extensive report on the toxicity and carcinogenicity of the organic extract of turmeric oleoresin containing 79–85% curcumin. The long term toxicity studies carried out for 3 months and 2 years on the rodents fed with diets containing varied concentrations of turmeric oleoresin demonstrated possible toxic and carcinogenic effects of turmeric oleoresin. In the rats, increased incidences of ulcers, hyperplasia, and
inammation of the forestomach, cecum, and colon was observed. The female
mice developed thyroid gland follicular cell hyperplasia. Carcinogenic activity evident with increased incidences of clitoral gland adenomas, hepatocellular adenomas in female mice, and carcinomas of the small intestine was also observed in all the species tested. The probable mechanism involved in the carcinogenesis process is the generation of ROS, such as, superoxide anion and hydrogen peroxide. The ROS generation involves a series of chemical
reaction, called Michael addition, wherein, 2 α,β-unsaturated ketones in the
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chemical structure of curcumin reacts covalently with exposed thiol groups of cysteine residues of the proteins. Curcumin at low concentrations works as an antioxidant, however, at higher concentrations, increases the cellular levels of ROS. Curcumin was also found to be an active iron chelator which induced
a state of overt iron deciency anemia in mice fed with an iron-decient diet
(Burgos-Morón et al., 2010; Program, 1993).
Resveratrol, a compound found in grapes, mulberries, and peanuts, has
demonstrated antioxidant, anti-inammatory, antiproliferative, and pro-
apoptotic properties. The dose-limiting toxicity studies were carried out for determining any potential toxicity associated with resveratrol. A dose of 3000 mg/Kg body weight (BW) for 28 days caused nephrotoxicity in rats, evident with an enhanced level of serum BUN and creatinine levels, increased kidney weights, and gross renal pathology changes, also caused anemia due to reduced erythropoietin synthesis in the kidneys. The dose of 1000 or 300 mg/kg BW/
day did not result in nephrotoxic ndings (Crowell et al., 2004). Some active
constituents of cruciferous vegetables can also produce toxic effects. Akagi et al. reported that the oral administration of 0.1% phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and benzyl isothiocyanate (BITC) in the rat diet-induced continuous urinary epithelial cell proliferation and simple and papillary or nodular (PN) hyperplasias, resulting in bladder carcinogenesis in rats (Akagi et al., 2003). The intracellular ROS generated from the N=C=S group of the isothiocyanates (ITCs) produces the cytotoxic and genotoxic effects and subsequent oxidative DNA damage (Russo et al., 2010).
Many ndings have suggested that most of the natural compounds are still
far from reaching the clinical stage due to low solubility, poor oral bioavail­ability, low stability, as well as possible toxicity at effective dosage. To over­come these challenges, nanotechnology-based approaches have been applied and found to have shown some desirable output which includes potentiation of the activity, reducing the side effects as well also reducing the required dose (Wachtel-Galor and Benzie, 2011). Moreover, bioactive incorporated nanomedicines have also been used to target individual organs through both passive and active mechanisms (Allen and Cullis, 2004; Kostarelos, 2003; Majumder, 2017).
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Nanoparticulate systems including polymeric nanoparticles, lipidic nanopar­ticles, metallic nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes (CNTs), dendrimers,
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nanofibers, quantum dots, etc., are manufactured around the world due to the advantages offered by them in disease diagnosis and drug delivery for the management and amelioration of so many diseases (Borel and Sabliov, 2014). Fabrication of a bioactive loaded nanoparticulate system helps to achieve a water-soluble and stable drug delivery system owing to the enhanced surface area. But at the same time, the enhanced surface area also makes the NMs more reactive in the biological system (Kahru and Savolainen, 2010; Oberdörster et al., 2005). Nanoscale size reduction allows the particles to enter the distal biological sections which were not possible for the larger particles (Vega-Villa et al., 2008). The general mechanism of NMs induced toxicity is illustrated in Figure 11.1. The nanosize of the particle can form electronic states in the NPs which undergo electron transfer reactions resulting in the generation of ROS and free radicals which in turn induce oxidative stress and disturb the biological electron transfer reactions. The free radicals can mediate the mutilation of the biomolecules via lipid peroxidation (LPO), protein destabilization, and damage to the DNA helix. The oxidative stress enhances the inflammatory process via the upregulation of NF-KB, kinase, and activator protein (Ahmad et al., 2016). Figure 11.1 shows the possible mechanism of NMs induced toxicity.
Drug delivery systems such as microemulsions, self-micro emulsifying drug-delivery systems, nanoemulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs), liposomes, etc., are advantageous in terms of selective tissue targeting and bioavailability enhancement of drugs (Pariser et al., 2011). But due to the presence of lipid in their structure, these carriers are susceptible to the phago­cytic uptake. This interaction of NMs with phagocytes has some immuno­genic potential. In addition to this, NMs when interact with lymphocytes and other cells may develop immune responses (swelling, immunomodulation, allergy) (Singh and Nalwa, 2007).
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NMs induced toxicity is worrisome and cognizance has been taken by the scientific community in the past few years. To extract the maximum therapeutic effect of a drug with the help of a nanocarrier, one needs to pay attention towards the toxicity evaluation of such nanocarriers. The toxicity assessment strategies among the scientists have also been evolved in last few years. For the toxicity evaluation, mainly pharmacokinetic parameters such as absorption (Leite-Silva
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et al., 2013), distribution (Balogh et al., 2007; Goel et al., 2009), biochemistry involved in metabolism and clearance are supposed to be observed. Apart from these, predictive strategies for the assessment of NMs induced toxicity are also trending among the scientists (Fischer and Chan, 2007).
  The possible mechanisms of nanoparticles (NPs) induced toxicity; NPs
directly generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) by oxidants and free radicals on the NPs surface. NPs also activate inflammatory cells (macrophages); ROS generation results in
activation of a proinflammatory transcription factor NF-κβ. Reduced clearance of NPs leads
to increased interaction of NP with epithelium. NPs when reaching the nucleus oxidation and acetylation of histone protein occur resulting in DNA modification; NPs alter the mitochondrial functions, generates ROS which in turn may lead to cell injury and apoptosis.
NMs induced toxicity has also been estimated in animal models based on the phenotypic changes of cells/tissues (Guo et al., 2013; Sayes et al., 2007)
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programmed cell death, i.e., apoptosis (Sarhan and Hussein, 2014; Coccini et
al., 2013) inltration and inammation of vital organs (brain, heart, lung, spleen,
and kidney). For example, NMs tend to deposit in Kupffer cells and hepatic sinusoids and may alter the hepatic metabolism and detoxication process.
The distribution extent of NMs is a function of their physicochemical properties (particle size, surface charge, chemistry of coating material) and is responsible for the toxic effects of NMs in vivo. Extent of distribution is usually estimated after excising the tissues or organs followed by the physical detection of NMs. The estimation of metallic NMs is comparatively easier and done by dedicated instruments. For example, a nanochip made up of gold can be tracked by neutron activation analysis instrument (Balogh et al., 2007). Similarly, for the estimation of Cadmium and Silicon, the dedicated instrument is optical emission spectrometry (Guo et al., 2013). In
addition, uorescent or radiolabeled techniques have also been exploited for
the estimation of Nms. Some of the assessment parameters for evaluating toxicity of nanoparticles are summarized in Table 11.1.
TABLE 11.1 Various Approaches for Evaluating Nanotoxicity in Major Organ Systems
Sl.
System Studied Assessment Parameter References
No.
1. Hepatic system Quantitative analysis of functional changes was assessed by serum enzymology of aspartate aminotransferase, c-glutamyl transferase, and alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase.
2. Renal system Cell nuclear antigen measurement was used for the cell proliferation study. Detection of pathological changes is determined by using various markers like fibrotic and mesenchymal markers which transform
the growth factor-β1, interferon-6, type I
collagen, fibronectin, and vimentin.
3. Gastrointestinal
system
4. Pulmonary
system
Gastrointestinal microvilli, epithelial atrophy, and the mast cell count in the stomach were analyzed by the histological assay.
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) assay for biochemical examination was performed on Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid for determining pneumonocyte injury.
Pan et al., 2012; Yamagishi et al., 2013; Cho et al., 2009
Coccini et al., 2013; Gross et al., 2015; Pan et al., 2012
Lin et al., 2014; Han et al., 2012; Wang et al., 2013
Paranjpe and Müller­Goymann, 2014; Zhang et al., 2002
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5. Cardiovascular The cardiac injury was assessed by Zhang et al.,
system using serum markers such as creatine 2015; Laverman
kinase-MB, troponin-T, and myoglobin. et al., 2001; Venous tolerance was indicated by edema, Fornaguera et purple lump, blood clot, and eye witness. al., 2015 Analysis of oxidative stress was done by using biomarkers such as LPO, ROS, and Antioxidant enzymes such as GPx, catalase, and SOD
6. Nervous system After i.v administration, brain uptake was Win-Shwe and determined by calculating the ratio between Fujimaki, 2011; the concentration in brain and in blood Liu et al., 2014; plasma, for impairment in brain, glutamate Blasi et al., 2013 uptake was analyzed and for determining acute toxicity, histology of brain was performed.
7. Immune and Assessment of toxicity was done by Li et al., 2016;
reproductive assessing variation in immune cytokine, Layali et al., system molecules, and immune organs as well 2016; Ren et al.,
as in hematological systems. Female 2016 reproductive organ functioning was evaluated, histopathology was performed. Some reports for NPs suggest the effect the offspring development due to crossing of placenta blood barrier in rats. For the male reproductive system, toxicity was evaluated by changes in sperm parameters, sexual hormones, i.e., testosterone, and testicular tissue structure.
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An immunohistochemistry study was performed as a part of a toxico-
logical study for determining any inammation of hepatic cells and liver brosis (Pan et al., 2012). Degradation of renal glomerulus a parameter for renal toxicity was identied by histopathological study (Coccini et al., 2013). For determining the degree of injury of the glomerular ltration membrane (Petrica et al., 2015) various parameters, such as glomerular ltration rate,
urine protein, total proteins, albumin, hematuria, and creatinine ratio were analyzed (Gandhi et al., 2013).
Oral route of administration is the most widely used mode of adminis-
tration but the drawback is bioavailability due to the rst-pass metabolism.
Polymeric based or lipid-based nano-sized carriers (Pridgen et al., 2014) increases the bioavailability by intercepting the acidic and enzymatic inacti­vation and degradation and facilitates the GIT transportation.
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Analysis of short term (Ma-Hock et al., 2009) and long term toxicity
(Bermudez et al., 2004) for pulmonary system by collecting the bronchoal­veolar lavage (BAL) uid for biochemical assessment like lactate dehy­drogenase (LDH) assay (Paranjpe and Müller-Goymann, 2014). The total
number of neutrophils obtained from BAL indicates the inammation level
(Zhang et al., 2002).
The amount of drug crossing through the blood-brain barrier can be analyzed by radiography methods such as PET and CT systems (Frigell et al., 2013). Acute toxicity can be determined by brain histology examina-
tion (LM and TEM) and uorescence imaging (Blasi et al., 2013). The
nerve injury can be assessed by electrophysiological and behavioral studies. Animal models for the behavioral study show clinical symptoms such as convulsions, diarrhea, lethargy, salivation, nausea, etc., (Pradhan et al., 2014).
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Teratogenicity induced by NMs is the main toxicity related to the reproduc­tive system. Phytomedicines loaded nanoparticulate systems and excipi­ents must be screened to avoid such functional abnormalities. It has been observed experimentally that NMs can slow down the embryo developmental processes. It has been suggested through various modern-day experimental studies that nanoparticles can have an effect on the developmental process which in turn influences the reproductive functions apart from other physi­ological functions. The toxicity estimation in the reproductive system takes a longer time as the reproductive system is somewhat different from the other systems which is differentiated into male and female. For the male reproductive system, the testicular histological structure, sexual hormones (e.g., testosterone), parameters of epididymal sperm, and the nanoparticles concentration harbored in the serum and testis need to be evaluated (Li et al., 2016; Layali et al., 2016). For the female reproductive system toxicity study in different sexual hormone (e.g., follicle-stimulating hormone, LH (luteinizing hormone and estradiol) levels need to be measured in the serum (Saunders et al., 2015) along with the functions of major organs like ovary, uterus, and vaginal tract. For a detailed investigation, the histopathological study should be performed, especially for organs like uterus, placenta, testes, etc. This investigation should be performed for both parental as well as offspring (Mozaffari et al., 2015).
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Immunogenic activity and related toxicity are mainly due to the surface properties of NMs (Dobrovolskaia et al., 2016). The entire immune system is intricated, hence the extent of toxicity produced by NMs is not easy to determine. In that case, changes in the hematological system, inflammatory markers (cytokines) and immune organs, etc., are supposed to be observed. For example, estimation of NMs induced immunotoxicity can be done by observing the generation and discharge of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and Interleukins (Wang et al., 2016; Baron et al., 2016). In addition, one of the main immune organs, the spleen is usually examined for any histological changes and for this purpose, staining of the spleen with the help of hema­toxylin and eosin dye has to be done (Wang et al., 2016).
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There has been a growing concern about the potentially hazardous effects of NMs on the health of human beings. For that purpose, a great deal of effort was made to investigate the potentially hazardous effects of NMs, including genotoxicity. NMs with genotoxic effects can affect various small cellular components such as DNA or RNA through a different mechanism of actions. The nanoscale size and higher surface area when they focus on low solubility particles, their ability to generate ROS is the main area of concern for the Genotoxicity (Wang et al., 2016).
Furthermore, reduced particle size and higher surface area collectively generate more ROS as compared to larger particles (Brown et al., 2000) and hence may produce more genotoxicity. Type of target in the phases of the cell cycle, mutagen, DNA replication, and methods of DNA repairment collectively develop a genotoxic effect. For example, NMs may alter the strands of DNA in G1-phase, may negatively affect the formation of spindle
bers in phase G2. In addition, NMs on getting the right to permeate through
the nuclear membrane may also affect the chromatin during interphase or mitosis. Examples of NMs induced ROS are; singlet oxygen, superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radicals (Fubini and Hubbard, 2003).
Leukocytes (mainly neutrophil) rush during inammation may generate
ROS which in turn damages the DNA and ultimately may produce secondary genotoxicity. Mammalian cells and bacteria are mainly used to identify the genetic mutation but the later is comparatively less suitable as the
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cell membrane composition of bacteria differs from the mammalian cell membrane. For the assessment of secondary genotoxicity, in vivo models with similar end-points are selected (Driscoll et al., 1997).
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The cutting edge nanotechnological advancement in the field of medicine has many advantages as it helps in early disease diagnosis, personalized or customized treatment, and better disease amelioration at lower cost. However, the potential risk assessment and risk minimization associated with the nano­technology-based drug and delivery system are quintessentially important. The term “risk” can be defined as the potential “hazard” that can be produced on “exposure” to certain NMs. The risk assessment includes hazard identification, hazard characterization, and exposure assessment, and risk characterization.
The prime objective of risk assessment and nanosafety studies is to produce a nanomedicine with minimum risk of toxicity. In that context,
the utmost important thing is to nd and authenticate some alternate and
new approaches. For this purpose, European initiatives such as “Safety-by­design” have been taken to interpret the acute in vitro toxicity results for the prediction of long term toxicity in animal models (Accomasso et al., 2018).
Before starting an in vitro toxicity study of a NM, in silico study is recommended which includes quantitative nanostructure-activity relation­ships (QNAR), categorization, or grouping of NMs and read-across. As the name suggests, QNAR is a relationship developed between a chemical structure with certain physicochemical properties and a specically deter­mined biological activity. Categorization of NM can be done on the basis of commercial viability/production volume, materials used (such as Polymer, Lipid, Metal, Carbon, etc.), morphology (shape and size), mechanism of action, etc., (Lynch et al., 2014). Categorization of NM based on chemical properties is particularly important as their structural similarity likely to produce toxicity with similar pattern. Read-across technique helps in predicting the end-point of a test nanomaterial by using information of same end-point previously obtained from other NMs.
High throughput screening (HTS) and high content screening (HCS) are the automated tools used for the estimation of in vitro toxicity related to NMs. HTS is mainly a type of automated assay and usually focuses on a separate biological mechanism or biochemical alteration. HTS-based screening of
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test NMs do not observe the whole phenotypical changes in cell. HCS is also
an automated screening tool and mainly uses uorescence and microscopic
images for the toxicity analysis. Contrary to HTS, it is used to estimate multiple changes in the phenotype of similar cell population (Godwin et al.,
2015) The HTS based in vitro assays are comparatively simple, less time consuming and less expensive than complicated animal model experiments. However, it cannot be used solely for the in vitro toxicity study due to the poor in vitro-in vivo correlation (IVIC); as a small cell cannot be a represen­tative of an animal with complex body structure.
Small animals such as mice, rats, workhorse, zebrash, etc., are the gold
standard animals for the in vivo toxicity screening of NMs. In such animals, it is also important to understand the fate of NM at the cellular level, tissue level, and organ level. Hence, a right approach for the toxicity testing of NMs should include in silico, in vitro, and in vivo study for the sufcient IVIC and proper risk assessment.
When a NM comes in contact of biological media, they tend to undergo transformation such as aggregation or chemical degradation (dissolution, corrosion, and oxidation) and this transformation ultimately may produce toxicity. Hence, physicochemical characterization of developed NMs is required to scrutinize for the risk minimization (Bian et al., 2011). Coating of FDA approved biocompatible polymers (PEG or PVP) on such NMs may help improving their stability in biological media.
Early risk assessment and risk minimization strategies are prerequisite for the successful development of a nanomedicine and regulation from governing bodies on hazardous NMs must be welcome for the welfare of human community, ecosystem, and environment (Duncan and Gaspar, 2011).
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Emerging technologies create an atypical, often complex, and fundamentally political problem for global governance due to the persistent uncertainty that surrounds their potential risks. The regulation of any new technology is crucial to establish its safety and effectiveness. Nanomedicine has demonstrated significant potential in providing better health outcomes and is rapidly shifting from bench to bedside, closer to the realm of practical applicability. The global nanomedicine market is likely to reach $344.0 billion by 2024 (Agrahari and Hiremath, 2017). The rapid shift and the huge market share in the near future necessitate the examination of the adequacy