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Article

Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper

by
Jarosław Poznański
1,
Dariusz Sołdacki
2,
Bożena Czarkowska-Pączek
3,
Arkadiusz Bonna
4,
Oskar Kornasiewicz
5,
Marek Krawczyk
5,
Wojciech Bal
1,* and
Leszek Pączek
1,6,*
1
Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
2
Department of Clinical Immunology, Medical University of Warsaw, Nowogrodzka 59, 02-006 Warsaw, Poland
3
Department of Clinical Nursing, Medical University of Warsaw, E. Ciołka 27, 01-445 Warsaw, Poland
4
Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Downing Site, Cambridge CB2 1QW, UK
5
Department of General, Transplant and Liver Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw, Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warsaw, Poland
6
Department of Immunology, Transplantology and Internal Diseases, Medical University of Warsaw, Nowogrodzka 59, 02-006 Warsaw, Poland
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22(4), 1782; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041782
Submission received: 26 May 2020 / Revised: 5 February 2021 / Accepted: 8 February 2021 / Published: 11 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Molecular Toxicology)
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Abstract

Silver-based materials are widely used in clinical medicine. Furthermore, the usage of silver containing materials and devices is widely recommended and clinically approved. The impact on human health of the increasing use of silver nanoparticles in medical devices remains understudied, even though Ag-containing dressings are known to release silver into the bloodstream. In this study, we detected a widespread and sometimes significant silver accumulation both in healthy and sick liver biopsies, levels being statistically higher in patients with various hepatic pathologies. 28 healthy and 44 cirrhotic liver samples were investigated. The median amount of 0.049 ppm Ag in livers was measured in cirrhotic livers while the median was 0.0016 ppm for healthy livers (a more than 30-fold difference). The mean tissue concentrations of essential metals, Fe and Zn in cirrhotic livers did not differ substantially from healthy livers, while Cu was positively correlated with Ag. The serum levels of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP) was also positively correlated with Ag in cirrhotic livers. The increased Ag accumulation in cirrhotic livers could be a side effect of wide application of silver in clinical settings. As recent studies indicated a significant toxicity of silver nanoparticles for human cells, the above observation could be of high importance for the public health.
Keywords: liver disease; liver transplant; copper; silver liver disease; liver transplant; copper; silver

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Poznański, J.; Sołdacki, D.; Czarkowska-Pączek, B.; Bonna, A.; Kornasiewicz, O.; Krawczyk, M.; Bal, W.; Pączek, L. Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041782

AMA Style

Poznański J, Sołdacki D, Czarkowska-Pączek B, Bonna A, Kornasiewicz O, Krawczyk M, Bal W, Pączek L. Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(4):1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041782

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Poznański, Jarosław, Dariusz Sołdacki, Bożena Czarkowska-Pączek, Arkadiusz Bonna, Oskar Kornasiewicz, Marek Krawczyk, Wojciech Bal, and Leszek Pączek. 2021. "Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 4: 1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041782

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Poznański, J., Sołdacki, D., Czarkowska-Pączek, B., Bonna, A., Kornasiewicz, O., Krawczyk, M., Bal, W., & Pączek, L. (2021). Cirrhotic Liver of Liver Transplant Recipients Accumulate Silver and Co-Accumulate Copper. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(4), 1782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms22041782

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