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    Metal Oxide Nanoparticles Exhibit Anti-Acanthamoeba castellanii Properties by Inducing Necrotic Cell Death
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Ahmed, Usman; Gew, Lai Ti; Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah; Khan, Naveed Ahmed; Alharbi, Ahmad M.; Alhazmi, Ayman; Anwar, Ayaz
    Purpose: The treatment of amoebic infections is often problematic, largely due to delayed diagnosis, amoebae transformation into resistant cyst form, and lack of availability of effective chemotherapeutic agents. Herein, we determined anti-Acanthamoeba castellanii properties of three metal oxide nanoparticles (TiO2, ZrO2, and Al2O3). Methods: Amoebicidal assays were performed to determine whether metal oxide nanoparticles inhibit amoebae viability. Encystation assays were performed to test whether metal oxide nanoparticles inhibit cyst formation. By measuring lactate dehydrogenase release, cytotoxicity assays were performed to determine human cell damage. Hoechst 33342/PI staining was performed to determine programmed cell death (apoptosis) and necrosis in A. castellanii. Results: TiO2-NPs significantly inhibited amoebae viability as observed through amoebicidal assays, as well as inhibited their phenotypic transformation as evident using encystation assays, and showed limited human cell damage as observed by measuring lactate dehydrogenase assays. Furthermore, TiO2-NPs altered parasite membranes and resulted in necrotic cell death as determined using double staining cell death assays with Hoechst33342/Propidium iodide (PI) observed through chromatin condensation. These findings suggest that TiO2-NPs offers a potential viable avenue in the rationale development of therapeutic interventions against Acanthamoeba infections. © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.