REVIEW PAPER
Toxic Effects of Metallic Nanoparticles
on Rat’s Spleen; a Review
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Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lahore College for Women University,
Jail Road, Lahore, 54000, Pakistan
Submission date: 2022-08-16
Final revision date: 2022-10-27
Acceptance date: 2022-11-24
Online publication date: 2023-01-16
Publication date: 2023-02-23
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Saima Sharif
Lahore College for Women University, Lahore, Pakistan
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2023;32(2):991-997
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Metallic nanoparticles play a key role in the development of new technologies in recent years.
Metallic nanostructures are now being manufactured using a wide range of elements including copper,
zinc, titanium, magnesium, gold and silver. These are increasingly used in commercial and biomedical
applications and this has led to an increase in the likelihood of nanoparticles interactions with both
terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, as well as the possibility of exposure and damages that happen to
animal’s health. This review article focuses on toxicity of silver, copper and gold nanoparticles that
affect the spleen in rat model. The nanoparticles produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) that results in
oxidative stress, altering cell membrane integrity, vacuolation of cells with ill-defined white pulp, altered
architecture and congestion of red pulp and multinucleation of spleen cells. Silver nanoparticles cause
more severe effects on rat’s spleen as compared to copper and gold nanoparticles. Further research is
required to study the impact of other nanoparticles (lipid nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles etc.) on
the spleen of rat model.