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Silver nanoparticles (SNPs) are among the
most commercialized nanoparticles worldwide. Often SNP
are used because of their antibacterial properties. Besides
that they possess unique optic and catalytic features,
making them highly interesting for the creation of novel
and advanced functional materials. Despite its widespread
use only little data exist in terms of possible adverse effects
of SNP on human health. Conventional synthesis routes
usually yield products of varying quality and property. It
thus may become puzzling to compare biological data from
different studies due to the great variety in sizes, coatings
or shapes of the particles applied. Here, we applied a novel
synthesis approach to obtain SNP of well-defined colloidal
and structural properties. Being stabilized by a covalently
linked small peptide, these particles are nicely homogenous,
with narrow size distribution, and form monodisperse
suspensions in aqueous solutions. We applied these peptide-
coated SNP in two different sizes of 20 or 40 nm
(Ag20Pep and Ag40Pep) and analyzed responses of THP-
1-derived human macrophages while being exposed against
these particles. Gold nanoparticles of similar size and
coating (Au20Pep) were used for comparison. The cytotoxicity
of particles was assessed by WST-1 and LDH
assays, and the uptake into the cells was confirmed via
transmission electron microscopy. In summary, our data
demonstrate that this novel type of SNP is well suited to
serve as model system for nanoparticles to be tested in
toxicological studies in vitro.
ACEnano is an EU-funded project which aims at developing, optimising and validating methods for the detection and characterisation of nanomaterials (NMs) in increasingly complex matrices to improve confidence in the results and support their use in regulation. Within this project, several interlaboratory comparisons (ILCs) for the determination of particle size and concentration have been organised to benchmark existing analytical methods. In this paper the results of a number of these ILCs for the characterisation of NMs are presented and discussed. The results of the analyses of pristine well-defined particles such as 60 nm Au NMs in a simple aqueous suspension showed that laboratories are well capable of determining the sizes of these particles. The analysis of particles in complex matrices or formulations such as consumer products resulted in larger variations in particle sizes within technologies and clear differences in capability between techniques. Sunscreen lotion sample analysis by laboratories using spICP-MS and TEM/SEM identified and confirmed the TiO2 particles as being nanoscale and compliant with the EU definition of an NM for regulatory purposes. In a toothpaste sample orthogonal results by PTA, spICP-MS and TEM/SEM agreed and stated the TiO2 particles as not fitting the EU definition of an NM. In general, from the results of these ILCs we conclude that laboratories are well capable of determining particle sizes of NM, even in fairly complex formulations.