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Freid R, Hussein AI, Schlezinger JJ. Tributyltin protects against ovariectomy-induced trabecular bone loss in C57BL/6J mice with an attenuated effect in high fat fed mice. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2021; 431:115736. [PMID: 34619157 PMCID: PMC8545923 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Risk factors for poor bone quality include estrogen loss at menopause, a high fat diet and exposures to drugs/chemicals that activate peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma (PPARγ). We previously reported that the PPARγ and retinoid X receptor dual ligand, tributyltin (TBT), repressed periosteal bone formation but enhanced trabecular bone formation in vivo. Here, we examined the interaction of diet, ovariectomy (OVX) and TBT exposure on bone structure. C57BL/6J mice underwent either sham surgery or OVX at 10 weeks of age. At 12 weeks of age, they were placed on a low (10% kcal) or high (45% kcal) fat, sucrose-matched diet and treated with vehicle or TBT (1 or 5 mg/kg) for 14 weeks. OVX increased body weight gain in mice on either diet. TBT enhanced body weight gain in intact mice fed a high fat diet, but decreased weight gain in OVX mice. Elemental tin concentrations increased dose-dependently in bone. TBT had marginal effects on cortical and trabecular bone in intact mice fed either diet. OVX caused a reduction in cortical and trabecular bone, regardless of diet. In high fat fed OVX mice, TBT further reduced cortical thickness, bone area and total area. Interestingly, TBT protected against OVX-induced trabecular bone loss in low fat fed mice. The protective effect of TBT was nullified by the high fat. These results show that TBT protects against trabecular bone loss, even in the presence of a strongly resorptive environment, at an even lower level of exposure than we showed repressed homeostatic resorption.
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- Rachel Freid
- Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, USA
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- Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Baker AH, Wu TH, Bolt AM, Gerstenfeld LC, Mann KK, Schlezinger JJ. From the Cover: Tributyltin Alters the Bone Marrow Microenvironment and Suppresses B Cell Development. Toxicol Sci 2018; 158:63-75. [PMID: 28398592 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfx067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Organotins are industrial chemicals and agricultural pesticides, and they contaminate both outdoor and indoor environments. Organotins are detectable in human sera at biologically active concentrations and are immuno-and neuro-toxicants. Triphenyltin, tributyltin (TBT) and dibutyltin activate peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ in bone marrow multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells and promote adipogenesis. TBT also has been shown to suppress osteogenesis; osteoblasts not only support bone homeostasis but also support B lymphopoiesis. In addition, developing B cells are highly sensitive to exogenous insults. Thus, we hypothesized that bone marrow B cells may be negatively affected by TBT exposure both directly, through activation of apoptosis, and indirectly, through alterations of the bone marrow microenvironment. TBT activated apoptosis in developing B cells at environmentally relevant concentrations (as low as 80 nM) in vitro, via a mechanism that is distinct from that induced by high dose (μM) TBT and that requires p53. TBT suppressed the proliferation of hematopoietic cells in an ex vivo bone marrow model. Concurrent treatment of stromal cells and B cells or pretreatment of stromal cells with TBT induced adipogenesis in the stromal cells and reduced the progression of B cells from the early pro B (Hardy fraction B) to the pre B stage (Hardy fraction D). In vivo, TBT induced adipogenesis in bone marrow, reduced "aging-sensitive" AA4+CD19+ B cells in bone marrow, and reduced splenic B cell numbers. Immunosenescence and osteoporosis are adverse health effects of aging, we postulate that TBT exposure may mimic, and possibly intensify, these pathologies.
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- Amelia H Baker
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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Van Loveren H, Vos JG, De Waal EJ. Testing Immunotoxicity of Chemicals as a Guide for Testing Approaches for Pharmaceuticals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/009286159603000132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- H. Van Loveren
- Laboratory for Pathology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Pathology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Preclinical Assessment Group of the Medicines Evaluation Board, Laboratory for Medicines and Medical Devices, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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Podratz PL, Merlo E, Sena GC, Morozesk M, Bonomo MM, Matsumoto ST, da Costa MB, Zamprogno GC, Brandão PA, Carneiro MT, Miguel EDC, Miranda-Alves L, Silva IV, Graceli JB. Accumulation of organotins in seafood leads to reproductive tract abnormalities in female rats. Reprod Toxicol 2015; 57:29-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2015.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2014] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Im E, Kim H, Kim J, Lee H, Yang H. Tributyltin acetate-induced immunotoxicity is related to inhibition of T cell development in the mouse thymus. Mol Cell Toxicol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s13273-015-0022-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Kimura K, Kobayashi K, Naito H, Suzuki Y, Sugita-Konishi Y. Effect of Lactational Exposure to Tributyltin Chloride on Innate Immunodefenses in the F1 Generation in Mice. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 69:1104-10. [PMID: 15973041 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.69.1104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We examined the effect of lactational exposure to tributyltin on innate immunodefenses in the F1 generation using in vivo and in vitro experiments. Pregnant C57BL/6 mice were given drinking water containing 0, 15, or 50 microg/ml of tributyltin chloride (TBTCl) from parturition to weaning. At weaning time, offspring were inoculated with Escherichia coli K-12, and bacterial clearances from the peritoneal cavity and spleen were examined. In vivo infection experiments indicated that bacterial clearance was significantly depressed in offspring breast-fed by dams exposed to 15 microg/ml of TBTCl (15 ppm F1), but not in offspring by dams exposed to 50 microg/ml of TBTCl (50 ppm F1). In vitro functional assays revealed that the killing activity of neutrophils decreased significantly in 15 ppm F1, but not in 50 ppm F1. We suggest that lactational exposure to TBT impairs innate immunodefenses in the F1 generation against non-pathogenic bacterial infection.
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- Kimiko Kimura
- Department of Veterinary Science, Azabu University, Fuchinobe, Kanagawa, Japan
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Schmeits PCJ, Volger OL, Zandvliet ET, van Loveren H, Peijnenburg AACM, Hendriksen PJM. Assessment of the usefulness of the murine cytotoxic T cell line CTLL-2 for immunotoxicity screening by transcriptomics. Toxicol Lett 2012; 217:1-13. [PMID: 23253260 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2012.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2012] [Revised: 12/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A toxicogenomics approach was applied to assess the usefulness of the mouse cytotoxic T cell line CTLL-2 for in vitro immunotoxicity testing. CTLL-2 cells were exposed for 6 h to two model immunotoxic compounds: (1) the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON, 1 and 2 μM), a ribotoxic stress inducer, and (2) the organotin compound tributyltin oxide (TBTO, 100 and 200 nM), an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress inducer. Effects on whole-genome mRNA expression were assessed by microarray analysis. The biological interpretation of the microarray data indicated that TBTO (200 nM) induced genes involved in T cell activation, ER stress, NFκB activation and apoptosis, which agreed very well with results obtained before on TBTO exposed Jurkat cells and mouse primary thymocytes. Remarkably, DON (2 μM) downregulated genes involved in T cell activation, ER stress and apoptosis, which is opposite to results obtained before for DON-exposed Jurkat cells and mouse primary thymocytes. Furthermore, the results for DON in CTLL-2 cells are also opposite to the results obtained for TBTO in CTLL-2 cells. In agreement with the lack of induction of ER stress and apoptosis, viability assays showed that CTLL-2 cells are much more resistant to the toxicity of DON than Jurkat cells and primary thymocytes. We propose that CTLL-2 cells lack the signal transduction that induces ER stress and apoptosis in response to ribotoxic stress. Based on the results for TBTO and DON, the CTLL-2 cell line does not yield an added value for immunotoxicity compared to the human Jurkat T cell line.
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- Peter C J Schmeits
- RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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Corsini E, Sokooti M, Galli CL, Moretto A, Colosio C. Pesticide induced immunotoxicity in humans: a comprehensive review of the existing evidence. Toxicology 2012; 307:123-35. [PMID: 23116691 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2012.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2012] [Revised: 09/23/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The immune system can be the target of many chemicals, with potentially severe adverse effects on the host's health. In Western countries pesticides, together with new and modified patterns of exposure to chemicals, have been implicated in the increasing prevalence of diseases associated with alterations of the immune response, such as hypersensitivity reactions, certain autoimmune diseases and cancers. Xenobiotics may initiate, facilitate or exacerbate pathological immune processes, resulting in immunotoxicity by induction of mutations in genes coding for immunoregulatory factors, modifying immune tolerance and activation pathways. The purpose of this article is to update the evidence of pesticide immunotoxicity. Even if experimental data as well as sporadic human studies indicate that some pesticides can affect the immune system, overall, existing epidemiological studies are inadequate to raise conclusions on the immunotoxic risk associated to pesticide exposure. The available studies on the effects of pesticides on human immune system have several limitations including poor indication on exposure levels, multiple chemical exposures, heterogeneity of the approach, and difficulty in giving a prognostic significance to the slight changes often observed. Further studies are necessary, and they should be preferably carried out through comparison of pre and post-exposure findings in the same group of subjects with a matched control group. Attempt should be made to define the prognostic significance of slight changes often observed. Animal and in vitro studies are also important and necessary to scientifically support epidemiological evidences on pesticide-induced immunotoxicity.
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- E Corsini
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmacologiche e Biomolecolari, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133 Milan, Italy.
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Vos JG, Van Loveren H. Developments of immunotoxicology methods in the rat and applications to the study of environmental pollutants. Toxicol In Vitro 2012; 8:951-6. [PMID: 20693052 DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(94)90225-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Immunotoxicity can either be expressed as immunosuppression, or as allergy or autoimmunity. This paper deals with immunodeficiency investigation in the rat, and emphasis is given to the role of histopathology. As current guidelines for toxicity testing pay only marginal attention to the immune system, it is evident that improvements have been proposed for this type of study. For evaluating the immune system as a possible target, we chose a tiered testing approach, in which basis testing was done in a subacute toxicity study in the rat following the OECD guideline 407. General parameters of the immune system included careful histopathological evaluation of lymphoid organs and tissues combined with data on the weights of lymphoid organs, white blood cell parameters and serum immunoglobulin measurements. No parameters were included in this screening that would compromise these toxicity experiments (e.g. immunization). The outcome of this first tier determined the need for additional tier-two immune function studies that were aimed at confirming and characterizing further immunotoxicity, and that comprised non-specific and specific immune responses as well as host-resistance models to infectious diseases. The latter models are especially of great importance for human risk assessment. This tiered system has been validated by the known immunosuppressants azathioprine and cyclosporine A. Although conventional histopathology has shown its great value in identifying immunotoxic agents, morphological characterization can be improved by immunohistochemistry, hybrido-histochemistry (in situ hybridization) and morphometric analyses; these technologies are also important for the characterization of the mechanism of toxicant-induced immune alterations. Insight into the mechanism of action can also be provided by using specific animal models such as the athymic rat and the so-called severe combined immune deficient (scid) mouse, in which lymphoid cells of human and animal origin (e.g. thymus tissue) can be grafted. By comparing the sensitivity of the grafted tisues with immunotoxicants, data can be obtained that are useful for the assessment of the immunotoxicological risk for humans. Examples of chemicals that have been identified to be immunotoxic in the tiered test system in the rat are the environmental contaminants hexachlorobenzene and tributyltin oxide, and the results of these studies were discussed. Based on these data it was recommended that additional test parameters be incorporated into the existing OECD guideline.
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- J G Vos
- Laboratory of Pathology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Protection, PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Katika MR, Hendriksen PJM, van Loveren H, Peijnenburg A. Exposure of Jurkat cells to bis (tri-n-butyltin) oxide (TBTO) induces transcriptomics changes indicative for ER- and oxidative stress, T cell activation and apoptosis. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2011; 254:311-22. [PMID: 21601586 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2011] [Accepted: 04/26/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Tributyltin oxide (TBTO) is an organotin compound that is widely used as a biocide in agriculture and as an antifouling agent in paints. TBTO is toxic for many cell types, particularly immune cells. The present study aimed to identify the effects of TBTO on the human T lymphocyte cell line Jurkat. Cells were treated with 0.2 and 0.5μM TBTO for 3, 6, 12 and 24h and then subjected to whole genome gene expression microarray analysis. The biological interpretation of the gene expression profiles revealed that endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress is among the earliest effects of TBTO. Simultaneously or shortly thereafter, oxidative stress, activation of NFKB and NFAT, T cell activation, and apoptosis are induced. The effects of TBTO on genes involved in ER stress, NFAT pathway, T cell activation and apoptosis were confirmed by qRT-PCR. Activation and nuclear translocation of NFATC1 and the oxidative stress response proteins NRF2 and KEAP1 were confirmed by immunocytology. Taking advantage of previously published microarray data, we demonstrated that the induction of ER stress, oxidative stress, T cell activation and apoptosis by TBTO is not unique for Jurkat cells but does also occur in mouse thymocytes both ex vivo and in vivo and rat thymocytes ex vivo. We propose that the induction of ER stress leading to a T cell activation response is a major factor in the higher sensitivity of immune cells above other types of cells for TBTO.
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- Madhumohan R Katika
- RIKILT-Institute of Food Safety, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Gupta M, Dwivedi UN, Khandelwal S. C-Phycocyanin: an effective protective agent against thymic atrophy by tributyltin. Toxicol Lett 2011; 204:2-11. [PMID: 21477642 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.03.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Revised: 03/28/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Spirulina platensis, used worldwide as a food supplement, is a natural source of protein, vitamins, carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fatty acids. C-Phycocyanin (C-Pc), its major biliprotein, is known to possess anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and radical scavenging properties. Our present study showed that treatment with C-Pc protects the rats from Tributyltin (TBT) induced thymic atrophy. The results reveal TBT-induced oxidative stress mediated apoptosis in rat thymocytes in vivo and its attenuation by C-Pc. This ameliorative effect could be attributed to antioxidant activity of the biliprotein. C-Pc also increased TBTC reduced thymic weight and cellularity as well. TBTC-induced ROS generation and lowered GSH levels were restored by C-Pc, suggesting its radical scavenging properties. The various apoptotic determinants such as mitochondrial membrane potential, Bax/Bcl-2 ratio, caspase-3 activity and apoptotic cell population were effectively modulated by C-Pc treatment. We make this first observation to illustrate the effectiveness of C-Pc in reducing TBTC-induced thymic atrophy. The morphology of thymic tissue was restored to near normal by this biliprotein. The present study, therefore, suggests that C-Pc could serve as an effective natural antioxidant for efficient management of TBTC induced oxidative damage.
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- Monika Gupta
- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, P. Box 80, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Lucknow 226001, India
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Bissonnette SL, Haas A, Mann KK, Schlezinger JJ. The role of CaMKII in calcium-activated death pathways in bone marrow B cells. Toxicol Sci 2010; 118:108-18. [PMID: 20810541 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Calcium is an essential signaling molecule in developing B cells, thus altering calcium dynamics represents a potential target for toxicant effects. GW7845, a tyrosine analog and potent peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ agonist, induces rapid mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)-dependent apoptosis in bone marrow B cells. Changes in calcium dynamics are capable of mediating rapid initiation of cell death; therefore, we investigated the contribution of calcium to GW7845-induced apoptosis. Treatment of a nontransformed murine pro/pre-B cell line (BU-11) with GW7845 (40 μM) resulted in intracellular calcium release. Multiple features of GW7845-induced cell death were suppressed by the calcium chelator BAPTA, including MAPK activation, loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, cytochrome c release, caspase-3 activation, and DNA fragmentation. A likely mechanism for the calcium-mediated effects is activation of CaMKII, a calcium-dependent MAP4K. We observed that three CaMKII isoforms (β, γ, and δ) are expressed in lymphoid tissues and bone marrow B cells. Treatment with GW7845 increased CaMKII activity. All features of GW7845-induced cell death, except loss of mitochondrial membrane potential, were suppressed by CaMKII inhibitors (KN93 and AIP-II), suggesting the activation of multiple calcium-driven pathways. To determine if CaMKII activation is a common feature of early B cell death following perturbation of Ca(2+) flux, we dissected tributyltin (TBT)-induced death signaling. High-dose TBT (1 μM) is known to activate calcium-dependent death. TBT induced rapid apoptosis that was associated with intracellular calcium release, CaMKII activation and MAPK activation, and was inhibited by AIP-II. Thus, we show that early B cells are susceptible to calcium-triggered cell death through a CaMKII/MAPK-dependent pathway.
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- Stephanie L Bissonnette
- Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Baken KA, Pennings JLA, de Vries A, Breit TM, van Steeg H, van Loveren H. Gene expression profiling of Bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO)-induced immunotoxicity in mice and rats. J Immunotoxicol 2009; 3:227-44. [PMID: 18958704 DOI: 10.1080/15476910601023602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) is one of the organotin compounds that have been used as biocides and occur as persistent environmental pollutants. Human exposure to these compounds occurs through consumption of meat and fish products in which they accumulate. The most sensitive endpoint of TBTO exposure is immunotoxicity. TBTO causes thymus atrophy and thereby interferes with T-lymphocyte-mediated immune responses. Tributyltin compounds have been found to adversely affect a wide range of cellular components and processes in many species, organ systems, and cell types. Both inhibition of proliferation and induction of apoptosis have been observed in thymocytes. We conducted microarray experiments in mice and rats in order to investigate if the immunosuppressive actions of TBTO could be detected by gene expression profiling, and if so, to elucidate the mechanisms of action. Gene expression changes that were detected in mouse thymuses after exposure to a maximum tolerable dose of TBTO correlated to previously observed effects. Most notably, reduction of expression of cell surface determinants and T-cell receptor chains, suppression of cell proliferation, and a possible involvement of nuclear receptors in interference with lipid metabolism by TBTO were observed. The TBTO-induced thymus involution may therefore primarily be caused by inhibition of thymocyte proliferation. In contrast, in rats only limited effects of a lower dose of TBTO were found at the gene expression level in the thymus, even though thymus involution was observed. Here, most gene expression regulation by TBTO was detected in the liver. These preliminary results indicate that gene expression analysis is able to reveal effects of TBTO and to gain insight into its molecular mechanism of action. It may even be a suitable tool to investigate immunotoxicology in general. However, dose and inter-species differences are apparently clearly reflected in the gene expression profiles.
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- Kirsten A Baken
- Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology (GRAT), Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Grinwis GCM, Wester PW, Vethaak AD. Histopathological effects of chronic aqueous exposure to bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) to environmentally relevant concentrations reveal thymus atrophy in European flounder (Platichthys flesus). ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2009; 157:2587-2593. [PMID: 19524338 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2008] [Revised: 04/06/2009] [Accepted: 05/06/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Although the use of tributyltin in antifouling paints has been banned, this compound is still a serious pollutant of the marine environment. This paper describes a unique study in which European flounder (Platichthys flesus) were chronically (8 months) exposed to bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) in the water under controlled laboratory conditions. Residue levels in selected tissues (liver, muscle) and general health status indices were measured and the effects on several organs (gills, liver, mesonephros, ovary/testis, spleen, and gastrointestinal tract) were examined histopathologically. Additionally, morphometric analysis of the thymus was performed. The major finding is that exposure of flounder to 5 microg TBTO/l over a period of 8 months, resulting in body burdens comparable to high field levels, induced significant reduction of thymus volume, possibly affecting immunocompetence of the animals. Chronic exposure of European flounder to tributyltin is therefore likely to affect the general health status of this species in heavily polluted aquatic environments.
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- G C M Grinwis
- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine University of Utrecht, P.O. Box 80.158, 3508 TD Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Osman AM, Kol SV, Peijnenburg A, Blokland M, Pennings JLA, Kleinjans JCS, Loveren HV. Proteomic analysis of mouse thymoma EL4 cells treated with bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO). J Immunotoxicol 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/15476910903051723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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DeWitt JC, Copeland CB, Luebke RW. Immune Responses in Sprague–Dawley Rats Exposed to Dibutyltin Dichloride in Drinking Water as Adults. J Immunotoxicol 2008; 2:151-60. [DOI: 10.1080/15476910500276764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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DeWitt JC, Copeland CB, Luebke RW. Developmental Exposure to 1.0 or 2.5 mg/kg of Dibutyltin Dichloride Does Not Impair Immune Function in Sprague-Dawley Rats. J Immunotoxicol 2008; 3:245-52. [DOI: 10.1080/15476910601043907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Baken KA, Pennings JL, Jonker MJ, Schaap MM, de Vries A, van Steeg H, Breit TM, van Loveren H. Overlapping gene expression profiles of model compounds provide opportunities for immunotoxicity screening. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2008; 226:46-59. [DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2007.08.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2007] [Revised: 08/17/2007] [Accepted: 08/29/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Banus S, Vandebriel RJ, Pennings JLA, Gremmer ER, Wester PW, van Kranen HJ, Breit TM, Demant P, Mooi FR, Hoebee B, Kimman TG. Comparative gene expression profiling in two congenic mouse strains following Bordetella pertussis infection. BMC Microbiol 2007; 7:88. [PMID: 17935610 PMCID: PMC2174938 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-88] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2007] [Accepted: 10/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Susceptibility to Bordetella pertussis infection varies widely. These differences can partly be explained by genetic host factors. HcB-28 mice are more resistant to B. pertussis infection than C3H mice, which could partially be ascribed to the B. pertussis susceptibility locus-1 (Bps1) on chromosome 12. The presence of C57BL/10 genome on this locus instead of C3H genome resulted in a decreased number of bacteria in the lung. To further elucidate the role of host genetic factors, in particular in the Bps1 locus, in B. pertussis infection, and to identify candidate genes within in this region, we compared expression profiles in the lungs of the C3H and HcB-28 mouse strains following B. pertussis inoculation. Twelve and a half percent of the genomes of these mice are from a different genetic background. RESULTS Upon B. pertussis inoculation 2,353 genes were differentially expressed in the lungs of both mouse strains. Two hundred and six genes were differentially expressed between the two mouse strains, but, remarkably, none of these were up- or down-regulated upon B. pertussis infection. Of these 206 genes, 17 were located in the Bps1 region. Eight of these genes, which showed a strong difference in gene expression between the two mouse strains, map to the immunoglobulin heavy chain complex (Igh). CONCLUSION Gene expression changes upon B. pertussis infection are highly identical between the two mouse strains despite the differences in the course of B. pertussis infection. Because the genes that were differentially regulated between the mouse strains only showed differences in expression before infection, it appears likely that such intrinsic differences in gene regulation are involved in determining differences in susceptibility to B. pertussis infection. Alternatively, such genetic differences in susceptibility may be explained by genes that are not differentially regulated between these two mouse strains. Genes in the Igh complex, among which Igh-1a/b, are likely candidates to explain differences in susceptibility to B. pertussis. Thus, by microarray analysis we significantly reduced the number of candidate susceptibility genes within the Bps1 locus. Further work should establish the role of the Igh complex in B. pertussis infection.
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- Sander Banus
- Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Microarray Department (MAD), Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Toxicology, Pathology, and Genetics, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Infectious Diseases and Screening, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), PO Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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During recent years there have been several incidents in which symptoms of disease have been linked to consumption of food contaminated by chemical substances (e.g., 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD). Furthermore, outbreaks of infections in food-producing animals have attracted major attention regarding the safety of consumers, e.g., Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE) and influenza in chicken. As shown for several xenobiotics in an increasing number of experimental studies, even low-dose xenobiotic exposure may impair immune function over time, as well as microorganism virulence, resulting in more severe infectious diseases and associated complications. Moreover, during ongoing infection, xenobiotic uptake and distribution are often changed resulting in increased toxic insult to the host. The interactions among infectious agents, nutrients, and xenobiotics have thus become a developing concern and new avenue of research in food toxicology as well as in food-borne diseases. From a health perspective, in the risk assessment of xenobiotics in our food and environment, synergistic effects among microorganisms, nutrients, and xenobiotics will have to be considered. Otherwise, such effects may gradually change the disease panorama in society.
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de Jonge JD, Ezendam J, Knippels LMJ, Odink J, Pourier MS, Penninks AH, Pieters R, van Loveren H. Bis(tributyltin)oxide (TBTO) decreases the food allergic response against peanut and ovalbumin in Brown Norway rats. Toxicology 2007; 239:68-76. [PMID: 17669578 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.06.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2007] [Revised: 06/19/2007] [Accepted: 06/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Other factors than the allergen itself may be of importance in the development of food allergy. This report describes the influence of the immunosuppressive compound bis(tributyltin)oxide (TBTO), present in the food chain, on the development of food allergy to peanut or ovalbumin in Brown Norway (BN) rats. To study these effects BN rats were sensitized to either 1 or 10mg peanut or ovalbumin by daily oral gavage and the TBTO-groups were fed a diet containing 80 mg TBTO per kg diet. Co-exposure to TBTO not only resulted in decreased general immunologic parameters such as weights of mesenteric lymph nodes and Peyer's patches, lymphocyte proliferation rates in splenocytes, but also on allergic parameters. In the peanut allergen-model TBTO decreased allergen-specific Th2 cytokine production by spleen cells, number of eosinophilic and basophilic granulocytes in the blood and production of mast cell protease II after oral food challenge. In the ovalbumin allergen-model TBTO decreased the number of eosinophilic and basophilic granulocytes, allergen-specific IgE and production of mast cell protease II after oral food challenge. The data imply that in the process of risk assessment of food allergy attention should be given to immunomodulating compounds present in the diet.
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- Jonathan D de Jonge
- University Maastricht, Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology, Universiteitssingel 50, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Ohtaki K, Aihara M, Takahashi H, Fujita H, Takahashi K, Funabashi T, Hirasawa T, Ikezawa Z. Effects of tributyltin on the emotional behavior of C57BL/6 mice and the development of atopic dermatitis-like lesions in DS-Nh mice. J Dermatol Sci 2007; 47:209-16. [PMID: 17544634 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Revised: 04/05/2007] [Accepted: 05/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tributyltin (TBT) compounds have been widely used as antifouling biocides on ships and are known to be endocrine disrupters. However, little is known about the influence of TBT on emotion and atopic dermatitis. OBJECTIVE We evaluated the effects of TBT on the emotional behavior of C57BL/6 mice and on development of AD-like skin lesions in DS-Nh mice, which develop dermatitis spontaneously under conventional conditions. METHODS Five-week-old C57BL/6 mice were fed 0, 50, 100, 200, 300, 400 or 500 ppm TBT diet for 2 weeks. At the end of the exposure period, an open-field test was performed. Six-week-old DS-Nh mice were fed 200 ppm TBT for 14 weeks. Skin eruption scores were checked every week. Skin biopsy was performed from ears. RESULTS No significant difference was found in mortality or body weight among the groups receiving 0-200 ppm TBT diet during the course of the study. In the open-field test, mice fed 200 ppm TBT showed lower activity and higher frequency of defecation than did controls. These figures represent a high level of anxiety and fear and were significant in male mice compared with control mice. The skin eruption score was significantly higher in the DS-Nh mice fed TBT than in control mice. In the DS-Nh mice fed TBT, acanthosis of epidermis and infiltration of inflammatory cells in the dermis were more severe than those in controls. CONCLUSION TBT diet induced alterations in emotional behavior in C57BL/6 mice, and also induced early onset and deterioration of AD-like lesions in DS-Nh mice.
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- Kaoru Ohtaki
- Department of Environmental Immuno-Dermatology, Yokohama City University, Graduate School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan
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Baken KA, Arkusz J, Pennings JLA, Vandebriel RJ, van Loveren H. In vitro immunotoxicity of bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) studied by toxicogenomics. Toxicology 2007; 237:35-48. [PMID: 17553608 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2007.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2007] [Revised: 04/24/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The biocide and environmental pollutant bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) causes thymus atrophy in rodents. Whether the depletion of thymic lymphocytes by tributyltin compounds may be the result of inhibition of cell proliferation or induction of apoptosis is subject of debate. We examined gene expression profiles in primary rat thymocytes exposed to TBTO in vitro at dose levels of 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, and 1.0microM. By measuring cell viability and apoptosis, exposure conditions were selected that would provide information on changes in gene expression preceding or accompanying functional effects of TBTO. Several processes related to TBTO-induced toxicity were detected at the transcriptome level. Effects on lipid metabolisms appeared to be the first indication of disruption of cellular function. Many transcriptional effects of TBTO at higher dose levels were related to apoptotic processes, which corresponded to present or subsequent thymocyte apoptosis observed phenotypically. The gene expression profile was, however, not unambiguous since expression of apoptosis-related genes was both increased and decreased. Stimulation of glucocorticoid receptor signaling appeared to be a relevant underlying mechanism of action. These findings suggest that TBTO exerts its toxic effects on the thymus primarily by affecting apoptotic processes, but the possibility is discussed that this may in fact represent an early effect that precedes inhibition of cell proliferation. At the highest dose level tested, TBTO additionally repressed mitochondrial function and immune cell activation. Our in vitro toxicogenomics approach thus identified several cellular and molecular targets of TBTO that may mediate the toxicity towards thymocytes and thereby its immunosuppressive effects.
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- Kirsten A Baken
- Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology (GRAT), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics (TOX), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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- Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Department of Toxicology and Carcinogenesis, Lodz, Poland
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics (TOX), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics (TOX), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute Maastricht (NUTRIM), Department of Health Risk Analysis and Toxicology (GRAT), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics (TOX), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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De Jong WH, Van Loveren H. Screening of xenobiotics for direct immunotoxicity in an animal study. Methods 2007; 41:3-8. [PMID: 17161297 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2006.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2006] [Accepted: 09/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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It has now been recognised that the immune system as a whole can be the target for xenobiotic induced toxicity. The discipline of immuntoxicology encompasses non specific direct immunotoxicity and immunostimulation, and specific responses like hypersensitivity and autoimmunity. Direct immunotoxicity can be determined in tiered studies, TIER 1 being a general toxicity study with emphasis on evaluation of organs belonging to the immune system, TIER 2 investigating the effects of xenobiotics on immune functionality in immunological challenge experiments. In the TIER 1 study, organ weights and histopathological evaluation of immune organs like spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, blood and bone marrow may detect the occurrence of direct immunotoxicity. The follow up studies in the TIER 2 phase can then determine the extent of the immunosuppression and identify which specific parts or cellular components of the immune system are involved. In view of the complexity of the immune system and the multitude of interactions within the immune system in vivo animal experiments are needed to investigate xenobiotics for their potential immunotoxicity. In vitro assays with in vivo exposed cells of the immune system may present additional information on the mechanisms involved in the observed direct immunotoxicity.
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- Wim H De Jong
- Laboratory for Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, RIVM), P.O. Box 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Iwamura C, Aihara M, Nakazawa M, Takahashi K, Yoshioka N, Matsukura S, Hirasawa T, Minami M, Ikezawa Z. Effects of Tributyltin on the Development of Atopic Dermatitis-Like Eruptions in DS- Nh Mice. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 2006; 141:337-45. [PMID: 16940745 DOI: 10.1159/000095460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the last few decades, numerous chemical compounds have been produced as a result of industrial development. At the same time, the number of atopic dermatitis (AD) patients has been increasing. It has been reported that tributyltin (TBT) compounds have effects not only on the reproductive system but also on the immune system. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether TBT has an effect on AD, we fed a diet containing TBT to DS-Nh mice, which spontaneously developed dermatitis under conventional conditions. METHODS DS-Nh mice fed TBT or a control diet were examined for skin changes, number of Staphylococcus aureus on the skin and serum IgE levels. To determine Th1/Th2 cytokine production by lymphocytes, lymphocytes of DS-Nh mice fed TBT and of controls were cultured with staphylococcal enterotoxin B and cytokine levels in the supernatants were measured by ELISA. We observed not only spontaneous dermatitis but also dermatitis induced by sensitization with 2,4,6-trinitrochlorobenzene (TNCB). RESULTS AND CONCLUSION The AD-like lesions induced by TNCB sensitization were more severe in the mice fed TBT than in those fed the control diet. A greater increase in S. aureus on the skin was observed in the mice fed TBT than in the mice fed the control diet. A decrease in IFN-gamma production and an increase in IL-5 and IL-13 production were observed in the mice fed the TBT diet and treated with TNCB. These findings suggest that the increase in S. aureus and the enhancement of Th2 response induced by TBT exacerbate the AD-like lesions in mice treated with TNCB.
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- Chiaki Iwamura
- Department of Environmental Immuno-Dermatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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Reddy PS, Pushpalatha T, Reddy PS. Reduction of spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis in mice after fentin and fenbutatin administration. Toxicol Lett 2006; 166:53-9. [PMID: 16806747 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 05/16/2006] [Accepted: 05/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The present study was designed to assess potential reproductive toxicity caused by fentin and fenbutatin in the mice. Adult male mice received i.p. injections of fentin hydroxide and fenbutatin oxide at a dose of 0, 10 or 25 microg/kg body weight on 1st, 3rd and 5th day of experimentation. Mice were sacrificed on day 25 and analyzed for spermatogenesis and steroidogenesis. A significant decrease in epididymal sperm count, sperm motility, sperm viability and sperm function (HOS coiling) were observed in experimental mice when compared with controls. The decrease in sperm quantity and quality was significant in the 25 microg/kg group than that in the control group. The activity levels of testicular steroidogenic enzymes, 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3beta-HSD) and 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17beta-HSD) were significantly decreased in treated mice indicating decreased steroidogenesis after organotin compounds administration. The levels of serum testosterone decreased with an increase in follicle stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone in experimental mice when compared to control mice. The results suggest that fentin and fenbutatin cause impairment of spermatogenesis through the inhibition of testosterone production.
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- P Sreedhar Reddy
- Department of Biotechnology, S.V. University, Tirupati 517502, India
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D'Agati P, Mansueto C, Mansueto V, Pellerito C, Cangialosi MV, Fiore T, Scopelliti M, Pellerito L. Effects of sublethal levels of tributyltin chloride on a new toxicity test organism,Liza saliens (osteichthyes, mugilidae): a histological study. Appl Organomet Chem 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/aoc.1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Atanasov AG, Nashev LG, Tam S, Baker ME, Odermatt A. Organotins disrupt the 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2-dependent local inactivation of glucocorticoids. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2005; 113:1600-6. [PMID: 16263518 PMCID: PMC1310925 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Organotins, important environmental pollutants widely used in agricultural and industrial applications, accumulate in the food chain and induce imposex in several marine species as well as neurotoxic and immunotoxic effects in higher animals. Reduced birth weight and thymus involution, observed upon exposure to organotins, can also be caused by excessive glucocorticoid levels. We now demonstrate that organotins efficiently inhibit 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 (11beta-HSD2), converting active 11beta-hydroxyglucocorticoids into inactive 11-ketoglucocorticoids, but not 11beta-HSD1, which catalyzes the reverse reaction. Di- and tributyltin as well as di- and triphenyltin inhibited recombinant and endogenous 11beta-HSD2 in lysates and intact cells with IC50 values between 500 nM and 3 microM. Dithiothreitol protected 11beta-HSD2 from organotin-dependent inhibition, indicating that organotins act by binding to one or more cysteines. Mutational analysis and 3-D structural modeling revealed several important interactions of cysteines in 11beta-HSD2. Cys90, Cys228, and Cys264 were essential for enzymatic stability and catalytic activity, suggesting that disruption of such interactions by organotins leads to inhibition of 11beta-HSD2. Enhanced glucocorticoid concentrations due to disruption of 11beta-HSD2 function may contribute to the observed organotin-dependent toxicity in some glucocorticoid-sensitive tissues such as thymus and placenta.
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- Atanas G Atanasov
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland
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van den Berg FA, Baken KA, Vermeulen JP, Gremmer ER, van Steeg H, van Loveren H. Use of the local lymph node assay in assessment of immune function. Toxicology 2005; 211:107-14. [PMID: 15863253 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2005.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2005] [Accepted: 03/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The murine local lymph node assay (LLNA) was originally developed as a predictive test method for the identification of chemicals with sensitizing potential. In this study we demonstrated that an adapted LLNA can also be used as an immune function assay by studying the effects of orally administered immunomodulating compounds on the T-cell-dependent immune response induced by the contact sensitizer 2,4-dinitrochlorobenzene (DNCB). C57Bl/6 mice were treated with the immunotoxic compounds cyclosporin A (CsA), bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) or benzo[a]pyrene, (B[a]P). Subsequently, cell proliferation and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin (IL)-4 release were determined in the auricular lymph nodes (LNs) after DNCB application on both ears. Immunosuppression induced by CsA, TBTO and B[a]P was clearly detectable in this application of the LLNA. Cytokine release measurements proved valuable to confirm the results of the cell proliferation assay and to obtain an indication of the effect on Th1/Th2 balance. We believe to have demonstrated the applicability of an adapted LLNA as an immune function assay in the mouse.
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- Femke A van den Berg
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Department of Toxicology, Pathology and Genetics, Postbus 1, 3720 BA Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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da Silva de Assis HC, Sánchez-Chardi A, Dos Reis RC, Nicaretta L, Mencinauski C, Jakobi SCG, da Silva PH, Zampronio AR, Pelletier E, de Oliveira Ribeiro CA. Subchronic toxic effects of tributyltin (TBT) and inorganic lead (PbII) in rats. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 2005; 19:113-120. [PMID: 21783467 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2004.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2004] [Accepted: 05/25/2004] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This study evaluated the toxic effects of two doses of inorganic lead (PbII) and tributyltin (TBT), separately and together in different exposure times (30 and 60 days) in rats. After exposure, liver, kidney, brain and blood were sampled for histopathological, hematological and enzymatic analysis. The number of peritoneal cells and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced neutrophil migration after exposure was also analyzed. The liver presented necrotic areas in all exposed individuals while hematological and enzymatic parameters showed no changes. TBT, but not PbII, reduced the number of resident peritoneal macrophages. The combination of both toxicants abolished TBT effects at lower doses and even increased the number of macrophages at higher doses. The neutrophil migration was increased by lead and lead associated with TBT. These results confirm the potential hepatotoxicity of these compounds and they may have antagonistic effects on the immune cells when administered alone. The combination of toxicants induced an increased inflammatory response suggesting that lead effects may prevail over TBT reduction on macrophage number.
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Opinion of the Scientific Panel on contaminants in the food chain [CONTAM] to assess the health risks to consumers associated with exposure to organotins in foodstuffs. EFSA J 2004. [DOI: 10.2903/j.efsa.2004.102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Organotin compounds have a broad range of applications. While dialkyltin compounds are used primarily as stabilizers for plastics, trisubstituted organotins are mainly used as biocides e.g., as an active ingredient of marine antifouling paints for boats and ships. Since a number of organotin compounds have been demonstrated to be toxic, there is increasing concern that their widespread use may cause adverse effects within environmental and biological systems. Besides carcinogenic and neurotoxic effects, as well as effects on the reproductive system, the most obvious mammalian effects of both various di- and trisubstituted organotins were found on the immune system. Exposure of humans to organotin compounds can take place through consumption of contaminated fish and seafood. In human liver samples, mainly dibutyltin, the metabolite of tributyltin, could be detected indicating that organotin compounds are bioavailable after dietary exposure. The objective of this short review is to present various toxicokinetic aspects of organotin compounds in more detail. While several studies using in vitro systems investigated their metabolism especially by the monooxygenase system, various aspects of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) pathways of different organotin compounds were described by data obtained from several studies with laboratory animals. However, most of these studies were not conducted as full ADME studies but dealt only with some of these aspects. Therefore, for definitive conclusions in some cases, additional information is requested. By reviewing and updating the current literature consideration was given preferentially to those organotin compounds which have relevance with respect to human exposure and/or toxicological effects.
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- Klaus E Appel
- Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany
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Tryphonas H, Cooke G, Caldwell D, Bondy G, Parenteau M, Hayward S, Pulido O. Oral (gavage), in utero and post-natal exposure of Sprague–Dawley rats to low doses of tributyltin chloride. Food Chem Toxicol 2004; 42:221-35. [PMID: 14667469 DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2003.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The immunotoxic effects of tributyltin chloride (TBTC) were examined in the offspring of Sprague-Dawley rats exposed in utero from day 8 of gestation, through lactation and post-weaning until pups reached the age of 30 days (male and female), 60 days (female) and 90 days (male). Daily oral (gavage) doses of 0.025, 0.25 and 2.5 mg/kg body weight/day were administered in olive oil 7 days/week. Immunologic endpoints were investigated at the termination of each study. Statistically significant results (P<0.05) included the following: At 30 days, the mean percent and absolute natural killer (NK) cell numbers were increased in male and female rats treated with the high TBTC dose. At 60 days, female rats had increased mean serum IgM levels at the low and high TBTC doses, increased mean percentage CD4(+)8(+) (immature) T lymphocytes at the middle and high doses, a non-linear dose-response increase in NK cell activity at the 50:1 and 100:1 effector:target cell ratios (pairwise comparisons significant at the low dose compared with control), and increased mean numbers of L. monocytogenes colony-forming bacteria on Day 2 post-infection (significant for trend) and Day 3 post infection (pairwise comparisons significant only in the middle dose). The 90-day male rats had decreased mean serum IgA levels at the middle dose group; increased IgM levels at the high dose group, increased IgG levels at the middle and high doses; decreased IgG2(a) in the high dose compared to the control; a dose-related increase in the mean percentage NK cell numbers (pairwise comparisons significant at the high dose compared with the control) and increased mean NK cell activity (pairwise comparisons significant at all dose groups compared with the control). The delayed-type hypersensitivity response to oxazolone was increased in the low and middle doses and decreased in the high dose. Thymus atrophy was observed in the high TBTC dose across all ages. Thus, in utero and post-natal treatment of F1 rats with low levels of TBTC affected some aspects of humoral and cell mediated immunity as well as the number and function of cells which are involved in the host's immunosurveillance mechanisms against tumours and viral infections.
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- H Tryphonas
- Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Tunneys' Pasture, Ross Avenue, PL2202D2 Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L2 Canada
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Vos JG, Kuper CF. Chemically-Induced Immunopathology and Immune Functional Changes. J Toxicol Pathol 2004. [DOI: 10.1293/tox.17.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Joseph G. Vos
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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The article is a comprehensive review of the occurrence of hormetic dose-response relationships induced by inorganic agents, including toxic agents, of significant environmental and public health interest (e.g., arsenic, cadmium, lead, mercury, selenium, and zinc). Hormetic responses occurred in a wide range of biological models (i.e., plants, invertebrate and vertebrate animals) for a large and diverse array of endpoints. Particular attention was given to providing an assessment of the quantitative features of the dose-response relationships and underlying mechanisms that could account for the biphasic nature of the hormetic response. These findings indicate that hormetic responses commonly occur in appropriately designed experiments and are highly generalizeable with respect to biological model responses. The hormetic dose response should be seen as a reliable feature of the dose response for inorganic agents and will have an important impact on the estimated effects of such agents on environmental and human receptors.
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- Edward J Calabrese
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Morrill Science Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
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Berg CP, Rothbart A, Lauber K, Stein GM, Engels IH, Belka C, Jänicke RU, Schulze-Osthoff K, Wesselborg S. Tributyltin (TBT) induces ultra-rapid caspase activation independent of apoptosome formation in human platelets. Oncogene 2003; 22:775-80. [PMID: 12569371 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1206221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Activation of caspases has been demonstrated to be involved in thrombocytopenia and prolonged storage of platelet concentrates. Platelets represent enucleate cells that comprise all elements of the mitochondrial apoptosis pathway. However, no apoptotic stimuli capable of activating the endogenous caspase cascade have been identified so far. Using tributyltin (TBT) we could identify a compound that is capable of activating caspase-9 and -3 in platelets. Recent studies implicate that TBT induces apoptosis via the mitochondrial signaling pathway that is characterized by the formation of a high-molecular-weight complex (apoptosome) containing the adapter protein Apaf-1 and active caspase-9. Interestingly, addition of TBT induced the activation of caspase-9 in an ultra-rapid kinetic within the first 2 min. In addition, size exclusion chromatography revealed that TBT-mediated processing of caspase-9 occurs in the absence of the apoptosome. Thus, these data implicate that TBT induces the activation of caspase-9 by a mechanism not involving the formation of the apoptosome.
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- Christoph P Berg
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Tübingen, Germany
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Nishikimi A, Kira Y, Kasahara E, Sato EF, Kanno T, Utsumi K, Inoue M. Tributyltin interacts with mitochondria and induces cytochrome c release. Biochem J 2001; 356:621-6. [PMID: 11368793 PMCID: PMC1221877 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3560621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although triorganotins are potent inducers of apoptosis in various cell types, the critical targets of these compounds and the mechanisms by which they lead to cell death remain to be elucidated. There are two major pathways by which apoptotic cell death occurs: one is triggered by a cytokine mediator and the other is by a mitochondrion-dependent mechanism. To elucidate the mechanism of triorganotin-induced apoptosis, we studied the effect of tributyltin on mitochondrial function. We found that moderately low doses of tributyltin decrease mitochondrial membrane potential and induce cytochrome c release by a mechanism inhibited by cyclosporine A and bongkrekic acid. Tributyltin-induced cytochrome c release is also prevented by dithiols such as dithiothreitol and 2,3-dimercaptopropanol but not by monothiols such as GSH, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, L-cysteine and 2-mercaptoethanol. Further studies with phenylarsine oxide agarose revealed that tributyltin interacts with the adenine nucleotide translocator, a functional constituent of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore, which is selectively inhibited by dithiothreitol. These results suggest that, at low doses, tributyltin interacts selectively with critical thiol residues in the adenine nucleotide translocator and opens the permeability transition pore, thereby decreasing membrane potential and releasing cytochrome c from mitochondria, a series of events consistent with established mechanistic models of apoptosis.
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- A Nishikimi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pathology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka 545-8585, Japan
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Stridh H, Cotgreave I, Müller M, Orrenius S, Gigliotti D. Organotin-induced caspase activation and apoptosis in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. Chem Res Toxicol 2001; 14:791-8. [PMID: 11453724 DOI: 10.1021/tx000156c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the present study, we show that the immunotoxicant, tributyltin (TBT), induces a dose-dependent activation of caspases followed by typical apoptotic morphology in resting human peripheral blood lymphocytes. TBT also caused an early loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (Delta(Psi)(m)) and release of cytochrome c, suggesting that apoptosis was triggered by the mitochondrial pathway. When CD4+ T-cells were sorted from peripheral blood and exposed to TBT for 30 min, caspase activation and apoptosis were induced. Interestingly, in the sorted CD8+ T-cell population, caspase activation was not observed until 2 h of TBT exposure, suggesting that these cells were more resistant toward TBT. Moreover, a time-dependent induction of caspase activity was also detected in CD3-stimulated peripheral blood lymphocytes. This caspase activation was not associated with cytochrome c release or loss of mitochondrial Delta(Psi) and did not lead to apoptotic morphology, although it did lead to both PARP and DFF cleavage. We also noticed a concomitant induction of Hsp27, and it awaits to be seen if this chaperone may interfere with the processing of nuclear protein substrates downstream from these primary caspase-3 substrates. Moreover, no increase in caspase activation or induction of apoptosis was observed after TBT treatment in these cells. Instead, the cells were directed toward necrotic deletion. Taken together, these data suggest that TBT-induced deletion of peripheral lymphocytes is likely to be a component in the overall risk for immunotoxic responses in exposed humans.
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- H Stridh
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Yu ZP, Matsuoka M, Wispriyono B, Iryo Y, Igisu H. Activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases by tributyltin in CCRF-CEM cells: role of intracellular Ca(2+). Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2000; 168:200-7. [PMID: 11042092 DOI: 10.1006/taap.2000.9033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Effects of tributyltin chloride (TBT) and other organotin compounds on mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) were examined in CCRF-CEM human T lymphoblastoid cells. In response to the incubation with 0.25-2 microM TBT for 1 h, the levels of the phosphorylated form of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase (ERK), c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), and p38 MAPK increased in a dose-dependent manner. The phosphorylation was observed after 15 min and lasted for 4 h following exposure to 1 microM TBT, while the cell viability was not lowered significantly within 6 h. On the other hand, no clear changes were found in the total protein levels of ERK, JNK, and p38 MAPK. The in vitro activities of MAPKs also increased in response to TBT exposure. The potentials of MAPKs phosphorylation and of cellular damage were TBT > dibutyltin dichloride (DBT) > monobutyltin trichloride (MBT). When compared to other triorganotin compounds such as trimethyltin chloride (TMT), triphenyltin chloride (TPT), and triethyltin bromide (TET), TBT exposure induced the most marked phosphorylation of MAPKs. Chelation of intracellular Ca(2+) suppressed TBT-induced MAPKs phosphorylation almost completely, but removal of external Ca(2+) did not. The present results showed that tributyltin is a potent activator of ERK, JNK, and p38 MAPK pathways, and Ca(2+) mobilized from intracellular stores plays an important role for the phosphorylation of MAPKs in this human T cell line.
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- Z P Yu
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, 807-8555, Japan
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Vos JG, Dybing E, Greim HA, Ladefoged O, Lambré C, Tarazona JV, Brandt I, Vethaak AD. Health effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on wildlife, with special reference to the European situation. Crit Rev Toxicol 2000; 30:71-133. [PMID: 10680769 DOI: 10.1080/10408440091159176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 439] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Many wildlife species may be exposed to biologically active concentrations of endocrine-disrupting chemicals. There is strong evidence obtained from laboratory studies showing the potential of several environmental chemicals to cause endocrine disruption at environmentally realistic exposure levels. In wildlife populations, associations have been reported between reproductive and developmental effects and endocrine-disrupting chemicals. In the aquatic environment, effects have been observed in mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, and mollusks from Europe, North America, and other areas. The observed abnormalities vary from subtle changes to permanent alterations, including disturbed sex differentiation with feminized or masculinized sex organs, changed sexual behavior, and altered immune function. For most reported effects in wildlife, however, the evidence for a causal link with endocrine disruption is weak or nonexisting. Crucial in establishing causal evidence for chemical-induced wildlife effects appeared semifield or laboratory studies using the wildlife species of concern. Impaired reproduction and development causally linked to endocrine-disrupting chemicals are well documented in a number of species and have resulted in local or regional population changes. These include: Masculinization (imposex) in female marine snails by tributyltin, a biocide used in antifouling paints, is probably the clearest case of endocrine disruption caused by an environmental chemical. The dogwhelk is particularly sensitive, and imposex has resulted in decline or extinction of local populations worldwide, including coastal areas all over Europe and the open North Sea. DDE-induced egg-shell thinning in birds has caused severe population declines in a number of raptor species in Europe and North America. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have adversely affected a variety of fish species. In the vicinity of certain sources (e.g., effluents of water treatment plants) and in the most contaminated areas is this exposure causally linked with the effects on reproductive organs that could have implications for fish populations. However, there is also a more widespread occurrence of endocrine disruption in fish in the U.K., where estrogenic effects have been demonstrated in freshwater systems, in estuaries, and in coastal areas. In mammals, the best evidence comes from the-field studies on Baltic gray and ringed seals, and from the Dutch semifield studies on harbor seals, where both reproduction and immune functions have been impaired by PCBs in the food chain. Reproduction effects resulted in population declines, whereas impaired immune function has likely contributed to the mass mortalities due to morbillivirus infections. Distorted sex organ development and function in alligators has been related to a major pesticide spill into a lake in Florida, U.S.A. The observed estrogenic/antiandrogenic effects in this reptile have been causally linked in experimental studies with alligator eggs to the DDT complex. Although most observed effects currently reported concern heavily polluted areas, endocrine disruption is a potential global problem. This is exemplified by the widespread occurrence of imposex in marine snails and the recent findings of high levels of persistent potential endocrine-disrupting chemicals in several marine mammalian species inhabiting oceanic waters.
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- J G Vos
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Stridh H, Gigliotti D, Orrenius S, Cotgreave I. The role of calcium in pre- and postmitochondrial events in tributyltin-induced T-cell apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 266:460-5. [PMID: 10600525 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Using a novel dual-channel FACS methodology, the organotin compound TBT (2 microM) was shown to induce rapid (maximal by 3 min) and sustained elevations in intracellular calcium levels [Ca(2+)](i) in Jurkat T cells. This was preceded by mitochondrial hyperpolarization (maximal at 1 min), with subsequent loss of membrane potential, (Deltapsi(m)) over the next 15 min and was associated with the release of mitochondrial cytochrome c and the activation of type II caspases. The activation of the caspases was blocked by calcium chelation with EGTA and/or BAPTA. Interestingly, changes in Deltapsi(m) caused by TBT were not affected by chelation of intra- and extracellular calcium or by performing the experiments in a Ca(2+)-free medium. TBT also caused rapid elevation of [Ca(2+)](i) in cells lacking glycolytic ATP production. Despite this, the loss of Deltapsi(m) and the activation of type II caspases were delayed (maximal by 2 h) in these cells. Further, there was a failure to activate type II caspases in cells treated with TBT in a Ca(2+)-free medium, despite rapid release of mitochondrial cytochrome c. Consequently, these cells evaded the induction of apoptosis and were diverted to delayed necrotic deletion. Taken together, these data strongly suggest that the rapid rise in [Ca(2+)](i) caused by TBT in Jurkat T cells is not directly coupled to the induction of mitochondrial permeability transition, which rather results from a direct interaction of TBT with mitochondrial component(s) controlling pore transition. However, the rise in [Ca(2+)](i) is a prerequisite for postmitochondrial events involved in caspase activation prior to the induction of apoptosis.
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- H Stridh
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Stridh H, Fava E, Single B, Nicotera P, Orrenius S, Leist M. Tributyltin-induced apoptosis requires glycolytic adenosine trisphosphate production. Chem Res Toxicol 1999; 12:874-82. [PMID: 10525261 DOI: 10.1021/tx990041c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The toxicity of tributyltin chloride (TBT) involves Ca(2+) overload, cytoskeletal damage, and mitochondrial failure leading to cell death by apoptosis or necrosis. Here, we examined whether the intracellular ATP level modulates the mode of cell death after exposure to TBT. When Jurkat cells were energized by the mitochondrial substrate, pyruvate, low concentrations of TBT (1-2 microM) triggered an immediate depletion of intracellular ATP followed by necrotic death. When ATP levels were maintained by the addition of glucose, the mode of cell death was typically apoptotic. Glycolytic ATP production was required for apoptosis at two distinct steps. First, maintenance of adequate ATP levels accelerated the decrease of mitochondrial membrane potential, and the release of the intermembrane proteins adenylate kinase and cytochrome c from mitochondria. A possible role of the adenine nucleotide exchanger in this first ATP-dependent step is suggested by experiments performed with the specific inhibitor, bongkrekic acid. This substance delayed cytochrome c release in a manner similar to that caused by ATP depletion. Second, caspase activation following cytochrome c release was only observed in ATP-containing cells. Bcl-2 had only a minor effect on TBT-triggered caspase activation or cell death. We conclude that intracellular ATP concentrations control the mode of cell death in TBT-treated Jurkat cells at both the mitochondrial and caspase activation levels.
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- H Stridh
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Box 210, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
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Vandebriel RJ, Spiekstra SW, Hudspith BN, Meredith C, Van Loveren H. In vitro exposure effects of cyclosporin A and bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide on lymphocyte proliferation, cytokine (receptor) mRNA expression, and cell surface marker expression in rat thymocytes and splenocytes. Toxicology 1999; 135:49-66. [PMID: 10454224 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(99)00049-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rat thymocytes and splenocytes were exposed in vitro to the model compounds Cyclosporin A (CsA), an immunosuppressive drug, and bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO), an immunotoxic environmental contaminant. The lymphocyte transformation test (LTT), cytokine (receptor) mRNA expression (RT-PCR and dot blot hybridisation), and flow cytometry were evaluated as assays for in vitro immunotoxicity, at dose levels that did not show effects on viability, this being the aim of the study. LTT and RT-PCR proved useful assays. Lymphocyte transformation was suppressed by both compounds, while IL-2 mRNA expression was suppressed by CsA but not by TBTO, and both compounds suppressed IL-2R mRNA expression in splenocytes but not in thymocytes. Furthermore, the data obtained suggest that antiproliferative effects may be more relevant than apoptosis induction for TBTO induced thymus atrophy.
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- R J Vandebriel
- Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Stridh H, Orrenius S, Hampton MB. Caspase involvement in the induction of apoptosis by the environmental toxicants tributyltin and triphenyltin. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1999; 156:141-6. [PMID: 10198279 DOI: 10.1006/taap.1999.8633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Organotin compounds such as tributyltin (TBT) and triphenyltin (TPT) can kill target cells by triggering apoptosis. The mechanism by which these environmental toxicants activate the apoptotic program is currently unclear. We have studied the effect of TBT and TPT in the human Hut-78 and Jurkat T-lymphocyte cell lines. Within 1 h there was a 30-fold increase in caspase activity, as measured by the cleavage of the fluorescent peptide DEVD-AMC. Morphological changes characteristic of apoptosis, such as membrane blebbing and nuclear fragmentation, were readily detectable. Blocking caspase activity with the peptide inhibitor z-VAD-fmk prevented all subsequent apoptotic changes. The optimal concentration range for induction of apoptosis was 0.5 to 5 microM TBT. TPT was also able to trigger caspase activity in the lymphocyte cell lines, but it took over 2 h to detect and occurred at a lower concentration range of 0.01 to 1 microM. Higher concentrations of TBT and TPT caused cell necrosis, and we showed that these concentrations were able to inhibit caspase activity in apoptotic cells. TBT and TPT were able interact with a vicinal thiol compound, similar to the known caspase inhibitor phenylarsine oxide, providing a potential mechanism for caspase inhibition. We propose that vicinal thiol proteins may be a general biological target of these organotin compounds, leading to the induction of caspase activity and apoptosis at low concentrations, and more extensive cell damage and necrotic cell death at higher concentrations.
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- H Stridh
- Division of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, S-171 77, Sweden.
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Reply. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1998. [DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vandebriel RJ, Van Loveren H, Meredith C. Altered cytokine (receptor) mRNA expression as a tool in immunotoxicology. Toxicology 1998; 130:43-67. [PMID: 9846995 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(98)00089-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Molecular immunotoxicology is aimed at analysing exposure effects on the temporal expression of important immunoregulatory genes. Cytokines play key roles in the immune system and thus molecular immunotoxicology has focused on the analysis of cytokine (expression) levels. These targets offer important new avenues to explore both in terms of mechanistic understanding of immunotoxicity and in terms of developing new assays and tests for predicting the immunotoxic potential of novel compounds. Effects on cytokine levels can be analysed on two different levels, these being mRNA and protein. The choice essentially depends on the aim of the study. Proteins comprise the biological activity so they are a more direct measure than mRNA. mRNA on the other hand, measures at a specific point in time within a tissue or organ, whereas protein is measured in a body fluid, possibly as a spill-over from tissue, or in a supernatant as a summation over a culture period. mRNA levels are assayed using Northern or dot blotting that both comprise hybridisation and using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Although the latter technique has both enormous sensitivity and relative ease of operation as important advantages, it requires much more effort in terms of quantitation. References to the nucleic acid sequences of human, murine, and rat cytokines and their receptors are presented (with accession numbers). Examples in which molecular techniques were successfully employed to assess immunotoxicity and (in some cases) understand mechanisms of action are also presented.
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- R J Vandebriel
- Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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De Waal EJ, Van Der Laan JW, Van Loveren H. Effects of prolonged exposure to morphine and methadone on in vivo parameters of immune function in rats. Toxicology 1998; 129:201-10. [PMID: 9772098 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-483x(98)00077-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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In rats, two 6-week repeated dose oral toxicity studies were performed with morphine (250 and 500 mg/kg food) and methadone (200 and 400 mg/kg food), respectively. Alterations in immune function were studied by assessing primary and secondary immune responses to sheep red blood cells. In addition, the ability to resist challenge with infectious agents was measured in host resistance models employing the parasite Trichinella spiralis and the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes. The primary and secondary antibody responses to sheep red blood cells were not affected by treatment with either morphine or methadone. The clearance of L. monocytogenes bacteria in the spleen was not affected either. Prolonged treatment with morphine, however, resulted in a decrease in host resistance to T. spiralis infection, as indicated by a 1.5-fold increase in numbers of muscle larvae counted in the carcass, but did not affect the T. spiralis-specific IgM, IgG and IgE antibody responses. In contrast to morphine, the methadone-treated animals did not show a significant change in host resistance to T. spiralis. Total serum IgG levels, however, were increased in high-dose methadone-treated animals. Apparently, prolonged administration of morphine to rats resulted in immune suppression, mediating a slight, though biologically relevant, exacerbation of the T. spiralis infection, whereas methadone did not.
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- E J De Waal
- Laboratory for Medicines and Medical Devices, National Insitute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
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The ultimate goal of any animal model in immunotoxicity testing is that it be a sensitive predictor of xenobiotic-induced immune dysfunction in humans. Such models should be capable of identifying the target(s) within the immune system affected by the xenobiotic. In particular the tier testing models have been successfully used to identify and characterize a variety of different immunotoxicants in animals as it pertains to immunosuppression and reduced resistance to infectious diseases. These tier models in mice and rats have been validated in interlaboratory studies. Although these protocols were designed for studies of rats and mice, some have been applied successfully for studying immunotoxicity in other animal species, including non-human primates. A great amount of data has been generated by the application of these models, which demonstrate that xenobiotics alter the immune system of animals. In man, the database on chemical-induced immunosuppression is limited, as the use of markers of immunotoxicity has received little attention in clinical and epidemiological studies. Such studies have not been performed frequently, and their interpretation often does not permit unequivocal conclusions to be drawn, due for instance to the presence of confounding factors and the uncontrolled nature of exposure. Also, testing possibilities in humans are limited and immune function changes by chemical exposure are often subtle. In humans, a number of agents have been shown to have immunosuppressive properties (including PCBs, PCDDs, PCDFs, oxidant gases, and ultraviolet radiation), but the strongest evidence stems from the clinical use of immunosuppressant drugs in transplant patients. These human data do in general terms confirm the data gained with experimental animals. Immunotoxicity assessment in rodents therefore adequately forms the basis for human risk assessment. Knowledge on the predictability of these animal models and immune assays can be further improved by comparison of the human and animal data obtained in the development of drugs.
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- J G Vos
- Laboratory for Pathology and Immunobiology, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Van Loveren H, Slob W, Vandebriel RJ, Hudspith BN, Meredith C, Garssen J. Immunotoxicology: extrapolation from animal to man--estimation of the immunotoxicologic risk associated with TBTO exposure. ARCHIVES OF TOXICOLOGY. SUPPLEMENT. = ARCHIV FUR TOXIKOLOGIE. SUPPLEMENT 1998; 20:285-92. [PMID: 9442301 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46856-8_25] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bis(tri-n-butyltin)oxide (TBTO) has been shown to be immunotoxic in rodents, resulting in decreased resistance to infections. The no-effect level assessed by estimating effects on host resistance in rats has been found to lie between 0.5 and 5.0 mg TBTO/kg food (0.025 and 0.25 mg/kg body weight). For risk assessment such animal data need to be extrapolated to the human situation. In risk assessment procedures uncertainty factors are used to account for interspecies variation (extrapolation from animal to man) and for variation within the human species. For both factors a value of 10 is often used, based on international guidelines. Hence, exposures below 0.00025 mg/kg body weight should not pose a risk for the human population. In the present study we have taken an alternative approach. We have produced dose-response curves for the effect of TBTO exposure on resistance to Trichinella spiralis. To extrapolate this curve to the human situation, we produced additional dose response data concerning in vitro effects of TBTO exposure on the mitogen responsiveness of both rat lymphoid cells and human blood cells. Using regression analyses of these dose-response data, we calculated a factor that accounts for interspecies variation (IEV) and a factor that accounts for intraspecies variation (IAV) within the human samples. Using these factors, we estimated the dose that decreases resistance in man to an infection. We choose 10% increase of the infectious load as a reference point which in our view is of biological significance. Based on these considerations, we estimated the dose that may affect resistance in adult humans at 0.04 mg/kg body weight. Pre- and postnatal exposure will probably result in effects at lower concentrations, due to the vulnerability of the developing immune system.
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- H Van Loveren
- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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