Fig. 7
From: The Role of Apoptosis Pathway in the Cytotoxicity Induced by Fresh and Aged Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles
Model for Fresh ZnO NPs but not aged ZnO NPs induces Caspase 8- and Caspase 3-dependent apoptosis. The increased expression of apoptotic gene CD69 activates Fas and apoptosis annexin V expression in fresh ZnO NP-exposed mammalian cells. The increased expression of apoptotic gene IL1α and IL1β partially activates Caspase 8-dependent apoptosis. It further causes activation of Caspase 3 and induces apoptosis. All these changes in mRNA and protein level were not detectable in aged ZnO NPs-exposed mammalian cells