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Aluminium and its chemical derivatives are highly abundant in food, food contact materials and consumer products. Up to now little is known about its derivatization and uptake during digestion and its impact on human health. As part of the SolNanoTOX project, different aluminium species were investigated during an artificial digestion process that mimics the saliva, the stomach and the intestine regarding pH-values, duration time, chemical environment and enzymatic composition.
Two different nanomaterials (Al, Al2O3) and a soluble ionic AlCl3 control were digested and investigated by different analytical methods regarding core radius, hydrodynamic diameter, agglomeration and dissolution behavior in biological media.
The fate of nanoparticles during typical pH-values of saliva, gastric and intestinal juice was studied with dynamic light scattering (DLS), small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and ICP-MS in the single particle mode. After disappearance at pH 2 the nanoparticles were detected again in the intestinal fluid, as measured by DLS. During all artificial digestion stages Al nanoparticles had a constant average SAXS radius. In contrast, the radii of Al2O3 nanoparticles changed concentration-dependently. Highest radii were observed in the stomach fluid while intestinal fluid was found to cause full recovery of the primary particles. Dissolution of digested nanoparticles in cell culture media showed a bimodal size distribution of primary particles and aggregates.
In summary, simulation of the gastrointestinal tract, mainly the change of pH settings, has provided evidence that the bioavailability of Al is likely to increase during the passage of the gut after oral uptake of aluminium-containing food products.