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Zheng J, Wu M, Pang Y, Liu Q, Liu Y, Jin X, Tang J, Bao L, Niu Y, Zheng Y, Zhang R. Interior decorative volatile organic compounds exposure induces sleep disorders through aberrant branched chain amino acid transaminase 2 mediated glutamatergic signaling resulting from a neuroinflammatory cascade. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:173254. [PMID: 38761924 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/20/2024]
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Air pollution has been recognized as a contributing factor to sleep disorders (SD), which have been correlated with an elevated susceptibility to a variety of human diseases. Nevertheless, research has not definitively established a connection between SD and interior decorative volatile organic compounds (ID-VOCs), a significant indoor air pollutant. In this study, we employed a mouse model exposed to ID-VOCs to explore the impacts of ID-VOCs exposure on sleep patterns and the potential underlying mechanism. Of the 23 key compositions of ID-VOCs identified, aromatic hydrocarbons were found to be the most prevalent. Exposure to ID-VOCs in mice resulted in SD, characterized by prolonged wake fullness and decreased sleep during the light period. ID-VOCs exposure triggered neuroinflammatory responses in the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN), with microglia activation leading to the overproduction of inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1α (IL-1α), and complement component 1q (C1q), ultimately inducing A1 astrocytes. Consequently, the upregulation of branched chain amino acid transaminase 2 (BCAT2) in A1 astrocytes resulted in elevated extracellular glutamate and disruption of the wake-sleep transition mechanism, which might be the toxicological mechanism of SD caused by ID-VOCs.
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- Jie Zheng
- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China; Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China; School of Public Health, Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot 010000, Inner Mongolia, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Occupational Health and Environmental Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, Shandong, PR China.
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- Department of Toxicology, School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, Hebei, PR China.
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Coutinho GBF, Moreira MDFR, Fischer FM, dos Santos MCR, Feitosa LF, de Azevedo SV, Borges RM, Nascimento-Sales M, Christoffolete MA, Santa-Marinha MS, Valente D, Teixeira LR. Influence of Environmental Exposure to Steel Waste on Endocrine Dysregulation and PER3 Gene Polymorphisms. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:4760. [PMID: 36981669 PMCID: PMC10049198 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20064760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 03/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between environmental exposure to the following chemical substances: cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), nickel (Ni), manganese (Mn), benzene (BZN), and toluene (TLN), and Period Circadian Regulator 3 (PER3) gene variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) polymorphisms, according to chronotype in a population living in a steel residue-contaminated area. METHODS This assessment comprises a study conducted from 2017 to 2019 with 159 participants who completed health, work, and Pittsburgh sleep scale questionnaires. Cd, Pb, Ni, Mn, BZN, and TLN concentrations in blood and urine were determined by Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (GFAAS) and Headspace Gas Chromatography (GC), and genotyping was carried out using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). RESULTS A total of 47% of the participants were afternoon chronotype, 42% were indifferent, and 11% were morning chronotype. Insomnia and excessive sleepiness were associated with the indifferent chronotype, while higher urinary manganese levels were associated with the morning chronotype (Kruskal-Wallis chi-square = 9.16; p < 0.01). In turn, the evening chronotype was associated with poorer sleep quality, higher lead levels in blood, and BZN and TLN levels in urine (χ2 = 11.20; p < 0.01) in non-occupationally exposed individuals (χ2 = 6.98; p < 0.01) as well as the highest BZN (χ2 = 9.66; p < 0.01) and TLN (χ2 = 5.71; p < 0.01) levels detected in residents from the influence zone 2 (far from the slag). CONCLUSION Mn, Pb, benzene, and toluene contaminants may have influenced the different chronotypes found in the steel residue-exposed population.
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- Gilvania Barreto Feitosa Coutinho
- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 01246-904, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Natural and Human Sciences (CCNH), ABC Federal University (UFABC), Santo André 09210-580, SP, Brazil
- Centro de Ciências Biológicas e de Saúde (CBS), Universidade Cruzeiro do Sul (Unicsul), São Paulo 01506-000, SP, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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- Center for Studies on the Worker’s Health and Human Ecology, Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, 1480 Leopoldo Bulhões St., Rio de Janeiro 21041-210, RJ, Brazil
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Young AYW, Audira G, Saputra F, Alos HC, Aventurado CA, Lai YH, Vasquez RD, Hsiao CD, Hung CH. Toxicity Assessment of an Anti-Cancer Drug of p-Toluene Sulfonamide in Zebrafish Larvae Based on Cardiovascular and Locomotion Activities. Biomolecules 2022; 12:biom12081103. [PMID: 36008997 PMCID: PMC9405983 DOI: 10.3390/biom12081103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/01/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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p-Toluene sulfonamide (p-TSA), a small molecular drug with antineoplastic activity is widely gaining interest from researchers because of its pharmacological activities. In this study, we explored the potential cardio and neural toxicity of p-TSA in sublethal concentrations by using zebrafish as an in vivo animal model. Based on the acute toxicity assay, the 96hr LC50 was estimated as 204.3 ppm, suggesting the overall toxicity of p-TSA is relatively low in zebrafish larvae. For the cardiotoxicity test, we found that p-TSA caused only a minor alteration in treated larvae after no overall significant alterations were observed in cardiac rhythm and cardiac physiology parameters, as supported by the results from expression level measurements of several cardiac development marker genes. On the other hand, we found that acute p-TSA exposure significantly increased the larval locomotion activity during the photomotor test while prolonged exposure (4 days) reduced the locomotor startle reflex activities in zebrafish. In addition, a higher respiratory rate and blood flow velocity was also observed in the acutely treated fish groups compared to the untreated group. Finally, by molecular docking, we found that p-TSA has a moderate binding affinity to skeletal muscle myosin II subfragment 1 (S1), ATPase activity, actin- and Ca2+-stimulated myosin S1 ATPase, and v-type proton ATPase. These binding interactions between p-TSA and proteins offer insights into the potential molecular mechanism of action of p-TSA on observed altered responses toward photo and vibration stimuli and minor altered vascular performance in the zebrafish larvae.
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- Andrew Yau Wah Young
- Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
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- The Graduate School, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines
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- Department of Chemistry, Chinese Culture University, Taipei 11114, Taiwan
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- Department of Pharmacy, Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1008, Philippines
- Correspondence: (R.D.V.); (C.-D.H.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
- Department of Chemistry, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
- Research Center for Aquatic Toxicology and Pharmacology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (R.D.V.); (C.-D.H.); (C.-H.H.)
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- Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan
- Correspondence: (R.D.V.); (C.-D.H.); (C.-H.H.)
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Win-Shwe TT, Fujimaki H. Neurotoxicity of toluene. Toxicol Lett 2010; 198:93-9. [PMID: 20599484 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 06/24/2010] [Accepted: 06/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Chemical susceptibility is triggered by a large range of chemicals present both indoors and outdoors including pesticides, cleaning products, perfumes, scented products and cigarette smoke. Health risk after chemical exposure depends on age, sex, genetic factors, socioeconomic status, nutritional status, and environmental factors. Toluene is one of volatile organic chemicals that causes different sensitivity in individuals. Although neurotoxic and immunotoxic effects of toluene have been studied extensively, the underlying mechanism remains obscure. This review highlights the possible neuroimmune factors influencing toluene sensitivity and neurotoxicity in a mouse model.
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- Tin-Tin Win-Shwe
- Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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Viaene M, Vermeir G, Godderis L. Sleep disturbances and occupational exposure to solvents. Sleep Med Rev 2009; 13:235-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Dakeishi M, Onozaki I, Sakai T, Morita Y, Iwata T, Murata K. [Effect of solvent exposure on autonomic nervous function in female workers at factories of Buddhist altar]. SANGYO EISEIGAKU ZASSHI = JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH 2003; 45:194-6. [PMID: 14598702 DOI: 10.1539/sangyoeisei.45.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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- Miwako Dakeishi
- Department of Social Medicine, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan
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Castillo CG, Montante M, Dufour L, Martínez ML, Jiménez-Capdeville ME. Behavioral effects of exposure to endosulfan and methyl parathion in adult rats. Neurotoxicol Teratol 2002; 24:797-804. [PMID: 12460662 DOI: 10.1016/s0892-0362(02)00268-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Endosulfan (ES) and methyl parathion (MP) are widely used in Latin America, and simultaneous exposure to both products is documented. This exposure may have effects on the nervous system because their targets include the GABAergic and cholinergic systems, which are main modulators of neuronal excitability in the cortex and hippocampus. We tested whether low-level, repeated exposure of adult rats to commercial formulations containing ES and MP disrupts spatial learning in the water maze. Five groups of eight animals received subcutaneously appropriate dilutions of the commercial formulations to yield the following treatments during 10 days: saline, 25 mg/kg ES, 2 mg/kg MP (MP(2)), 25 mg/kg ES plus 1 mg/kg MP (ES+MP(1)) and 25 mg/kg ES plus 2 mg/kg MP (ES+MP(2)). In addition, markers of neurological function, renal and hepatic damage were explored as potential consequences of exposure. In the absence of overt toxicity, the groups exposed to the ES plus MP showed significantly longer escape latencies, higher number of failures to reach the platform and more time in the periphery of the tank than the control and single-exposed groups. This finding shows that commercial formulations of ES and MP have marginal effects when administered individually but can produce behavioral alterations when given in combination.
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- C G Castillo
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of San Luis Potosí, Av. Venustiano Carranza 2405, Mexico
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Burbacher TM. Neurotoxic effects of gasoline and gasoline constituents. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 1993; 101 Suppl 6:133-41. [PMID: 8020437 PMCID: PMC1520019 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.93101s6133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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This overview was developed as part of a symposium on noncancer end points of gasoline and key gasoline components. The specific components included are methyl tertiary butyl ether, ethyl tertiary butyl ether, tertiary amyl methyl ether, butadiene, benzene, xylene, toluene, methyl alcohol, and ethyl alcohol. The overview focuses on neurotoxic effects related to chronic low-level exposures. A few general conclusions and recommendations can be made based on the results of the studies to date. a) All the compounds reviewed are neuroactive and, as such, should be examined for their neurotoxicity. b) For most of the compounds, there is a substantial margin of safety between the current permissible exposure levels and levels that would be expected to cause overt signs of neurotoxicity in humans. This is not the case for xylene, toluene, and methanol, however, where neurologic effects are observed at or below the current Threshold Limit Value. c) For most of the compounds, the relationship between chronic low-level exposure and subtle neurotoxic effects has not been studied. Studies therefore should focus on examining the dose-response relationship between chronic low-level exposure and subtle changes in central nervous system function.
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- T M Burbacher
- Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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von Euler G, Ogren SO, Li XM, Fuxe K, Gustafsson JA. Persistent effects of subchronic toluene exposure on spatial learning and memory, dopamine-mediated locomotor activity and dopamine D2 agonist binding in the rat. Toxicology 1993; 77:223-32. [PMID: 8096348 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(93)90162-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The effects of subchronic inhalation exposure to toluene (80 ppm, for 4 weeks, 5 days/week, 6 h/day) was studied on spatial learning (postexposure days 3-6) and memory (postexposure day 14) using a water maze, on spontaneous and apomorphine-induced (1 mg/kg, subcutaneously (s.c.)) locomotor activity (postexposure day 17) and on the binding parameters of the dopamine D2 agonist S(-)[N-propyl-3H(N)]propylnorapomorphine ([H]NPA) in membrane preparations of the neostriatum of the rat. Toluene treatment was found to cause a statistically significant impairment in acquisition and retention of the spatial learning task. Furthermore, toluene significantly increased (2-fold) apomorphine-induced locomotion and caused a trend for a 50-60% increase in motility without any significant effect on rearing. Spontaneous locomotion, motility and rearing were not affected by toluene. Toluene treatment produced a significant 30-40% increase in the Bmax values of [3H]NPA and a trend for a 20-30% increase in the KD values. These results indicate that subchronic exposure to toluene in low concentrations causes a slight but persistent deficit in spatial learning and memory, a persistent increase in dopamine-mediated locomotor activity and an increase in the number of dopamine D2 receptors in the rat.
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- G von Euler
- Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Murata K, Araki S, Yokoyama K, Maeda K. Autonomic and peripheral nervous system dysfunction in workers exposed to mixed organic solvents. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1991; 63:335-40. [PMID: 1662668 DOI: 10.1007/bf00381584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To assess possible solvent-induced dysfunction of the autonomic and peripheral nervous systems, 11 solvent-exposed workers and 11 age-matched unexposed controls were examined using the coefficient of variation in electrocardiographic R-R intervals (CVRR) and the distribution of nerve conduction velocities (DCV). Two components of CVRR, i.e., the C-CVRSA and C-CVMWSA, were also examined, which are considered to reflect parasympathetic and sympathetic activities, respectively. The workers had been occupationally exposed to toluene and/or solvent mixtures such as thinners, for 35-360 months. In the solvent-exposed workers, the CVRR and C-CVRSA were significantly reduced compared with unexposed controls. Similarly, the faster velocities of the DCV and median nerve conduction velocities were significantly slowed. The reduction in the CVRR was significantly correlated with duration of exposure in the solvent-exposed workers. These data, despite the small sample size and the variety of organic solvents, suggest that organic solvents may affect both the faster myelinated nerve fibers and autonomic nervous activity (principally, parasympathetic component).
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- K Murata
- Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Ladefoged O, Strange P, Møller A, Lam HR, Ostergaard G, Larsen JJ, Arlien-Søborg P. Irreversible effects in rats of toluene (inhalation) exposure for six months. PHARMACOLOGY & TOXICOLOGY 1991; 68:384-90. [PMID: 1946184 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1991.tb01257.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The irreversible CNS effects of six months' exposure to toluene (0, 500, and 1500 p.p.m.) in rats was studied applying a multi-disciplinary approach. After an exposure-free period, neurobehavioural, morphometric, pathological, and biochemical examinations were performed. No neurobehavioural or gross pathological changes were found. Morphometric measurements did not show loss of neurones. At 500 p.p.m. the mean nuclear volume and mean perikaryonal volume and the variation of the values of these parameters was increased in the exposed groups compared to the controls. Noradrenaline (NA), dopamine (DA), and 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) levels were significantly changed in various brain regions. It is concluded that this investigation failed to reveal overt toluene-induced CNS-neurotoxicity, however, certain irreversible effects were found which further add to the accumulating evidence of the chronic CNS-neurotoxicity of toluene.
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- O Ladefoged
- Institute of Toxicology, National Food Agency, Søborg, Denmark
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von Euler G, Ogren SO, Bondy SC, McKee M, Warner M, Gustafsson JA, Eneroth P, Fuxe K. Subacute exposure to low concentrations of toluene affects dopamine-mediated locomotor activity in the rat. Toxicology 1991; 67:333-49. [PMID: 1828635 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(91)90032-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The effects of low concentrations of toluene (40-80 ppm, 3 days, 6 h/day) were investigated on spontaneous and on apomorphine-induced locomotor activity in the rat, and were correlated to effects on S(-)[N-propyl-3H(N)]-propylnorapomorphine ([3H]NPA) binding in rat neostriatal membranes, on membrane fluidity, membrane leakage, and calcium levels in synaptosomes from the frontoparietal cortex, the neostriatum and the subcortical limbic area, and on serum hormone levels. Toluene exposure (80 ppm, post-exposure delay 18 h) alone did not affect locomotor activity, but attenuated apomorphine-induced (0.05 mg/kg, s.c.) suppression of rearing, and potentiated apomorphine-induced (1 mg/kg, s.c.) increases in locomotion and rearing. Toluene exposure increased the KD value of [3H]NPA binding without affecting the Bmax. All these effects were absent at 40 ppm of toluene or at a post-exposure delay of 42 h. Toluene exposure (80 ppm, post-exposure delay of 18 h) did not affect the serum levels of prolactin, TSH, corticosterone, or aldosterone, or synaptosomal membrane fluidity and calcium levels, whereas membrane leakage was increased in the neostriatum. The present study indicates that the reduction of D-2 receptor affinity by short-term, low-dose toluene exposure is accompanied by a reduced D-2 autoreceptor function and an enhanced postsynaptic D-2 receptor function.
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- G von Euler
- Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Hsieh GC, Sharma RP, Parker RD. Subclinical effects of groundwater contaminants. IV. Effects of repeated oral exposure to combinations of benzene and toluene on regional brain monoamine metabolism in mice. Arch Toxicol 1990; 64:669-76. [PMID: 2090036 DOI: 10.1007/bf01974696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Benzene and toluene are known neurotoxicants that may interact in vivo. The effect of combined treatment with benzene and toluene on the endogenous concentrations of the catecholamines norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA), the catecholamine metabolites vanillylmandelic acid (VMA), 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (DOPAC) and homovanillic acid (HVA), and the indoleamine serotonin (5-HT) and its metabolite 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid (5-HIAA), were investigated in six discrete brain regions of CD-1 mice. Groups of male, adult mice were continuously exposed to benzene (166 mg/l), toluene (80 and 325 mg/l), and combinations of benzene + toluene (80 or 325 mg/l) in drinking water for 4 weeks. Benzene produced increases of NE in the hypothalamus, cortex, midbrain and medulla oblongata, DA in the hypothalamus and corpus striatum, and 5-HT in all dissected brain regions except cerebellum. Elevated levels of various monoamine metabolites were also observed in these brain areas. Toluene ingestion alone also significantly increased the concentrations of NE, DA, 5-HT, and their metabolites in several brain regions. Mice given the combined treatments exhibited raised regional neurochemical levels when compared to the untreated controls. Increased concentrations of biogenic amine metabolites in several brain regions were greater in the combined exposures of benzene and toluene than when either chemical was used alone. The findings were different from those observed on immune parameters using similar treatment protocols, where simultaneous exposure to toluene prevented the immunotoxic effects of benzene.
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- G C Hsieh
- Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan 84322
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von Euler G, Hansson E, Fuxe K. Toluene treatment in vitro and calcium-regulated protein phosphorylation in primary astroglial cell cultures from the rat striatum. Toxicol In Vitro 1989; 3:235-40. [DOI: 10.1016/0887-2333(89)90011-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/1988] [Revised: 01/31/1989] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Von Euler G, Fuxe K, Hansson T, Eneroth P, Gustafsson JA. Persistent effects of neonatal toluene exposure on regional brain catecholamine levels and turnover in the adult male rat. Toxicology 1989; 54:1-16. [PMID: 2916239 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(89)90074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Effects of neonatal toluene exposure (80 ppm, day 1-7, 6 h/day) have been studied on regional brain catecholamine levels and utilization, and on serum levels of hypophyseal and adrenocortical hormones in the adult male rat. Catecholamine levels were measured by quantitative histofluorimetry in the forebrain and hypothalamus and by high pressure liquid chromatography with electrochemical detection in the substantia nigra. Catecholamine utilization was evaluated from the decrease in catecholamines seen after tyrosine hydroxylase inhibition using alpha-methyl-p-tyrosine methyl ester hydrochloride (alpha MT, 250 mg/kg, i.p., 2 h). Serum levels of thyroid stimulating hormone, corticosterone, aldosterone, prolactin and luteinizing hormone were measured by radioimmunoassays. Neonatal toluene exposure produced a reduction of dopamine levels and utilization selectively in the olfactory tubercle and substantia nigra of the adult rat. Furthermore, neonatal toluene exposure produced a significant reduction in the noradrenaline levels and utilization in the substantia nigra and an increase of noradrenaline utilization selectively in the subependymal layer of the median eminence and of the magnocellular part of the paraventricular hypothalamic nucleus. The serum hormone levels were not significantly influenced by neonatal toluene exposure as evaluated in adulthood. However, the alpha MT induced increase in serum prolactin levels was reduced following neonatal exposure to toluene. Neonatal toluene treatment was also found to alter the responses of the catecholamine neurons to subacute toluene exposure in adulthood. In some of the dopamine nerve terminal systems of the forebrain and in the dopamine cell body containing area of the substantia nigra neonatal toluene exposure appears to have made the dopamine neurons insensitive to adult subacute toluene exposure. In the hypothalamic noradrenaline nerve terminal systems, there were even reversed responses to subacute toluene exposure. The present results indicate that neonatal toluene exposure in doses at the threshold limit value produces persistent changes in dopamine and noradrenaline neurons of the forebrain, hypothalamus and substantia nigra in the presence of a relatively intact neuroendocrine system. In addition, neonatal toluene exposure appears to diminish or even counteract the responses to subacute toluene treatment in adulthood.
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- G Von Euler
- Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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von Euler G, Fuxe K, Hansson T, Ogren SO, Agnati LF, Eneroth P, Härfstrand A, Gustafsson JA. Effects of chronic toluene exposure on central monoamine and peptide receptors and their interactions in the adult male rat. Toxicology 1988; 52:103-26. [PMID: 2847366 DOI: 10.1016/0300-483x(88)90199-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The effects of chronic toluene exposure (CTE) (80 ppm, 6 h/day, 5 days/week, 3 months) were studied on neuropeptide and 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors, on protein phosphorylation levels and on catecholamine levels in various brain regions in the 15-month-old male rat. Behavioral parameters and serum levels of hypophyseal hormones and corticosterone were also analyzed. CTE selectively reduced [3H]neurotensin [( 3H]NT) binding in the basal layers of the orbital cortex. Instead, CTE increased the binding of [3H]etorphine in the nucleus accumbens and of [125I]vasoactive intestinal polypeptide [( 125I]VIP) in the area postrema and hypoglossal nucleus. Acute treatment with the irreversible monoamine receptor antagonist N-ethoxycarboxyl-2-ethoxy-1,2-dihydroquinoline (EEDQ) increased the binding of [3H]NT in the orbital cortex in toluene exposed rats as compared with the reduced [3H]NT binding obtained in air exposed rats treated with EEDQ. Furthermore, the EEDQ induced increase in [125I]VIP binding in the area postrema and the hypoglossal nucleus was replaced by a reduced binding of [125I]VIP in EEDQ-treated CTE rats. CTE produced an overall increase in calcium-induced back phosphorylation and an overall decrease in cyclic adenosine monophosphate-induced back phosphorylation in the frontoparietal cortex. Noradrenaline stores tended to be reduced within various hypothalamic subnuclei and the serum prolactin levels were increased following CTE. However, no marked effects of CTE were seen on the behavioral parameters. In conclusion, the regional selectivity of CTE in disturbing [3H]NT and [125I]VIP binding may be due to the demonstrated vulnerability of monoamine-neuropeptide interactions to toluene.
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- G von Euler
- Department of Histology and Neurobiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Granholm AC, Gerhardt GA, Moore E, Eriksdotter-Nilsson M, Nylén P, Johnson AC, Henschen A, Shirley MA, Palmer MR, Hoffer BJ. Toluene exposure during maturation of intraocular brain tissue transplants: alterations of host and graft cerebellar Purkinje neuron function and sensitivity to norepinephrine. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 1988; 96:296-304. [PMID: 3194916 DOI: 10.1016/0041-008x(88)90088-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The effects of chronic toluene exposure on central neurons were examined using syngeneic grafts into the anterior chamber of the eye. Young adult albino rats with intraocular brain transplants inhaled toluene (1000 ppm) for 9 weeks starting at the time of transplantation, or from Week 8 to 17 after the graft was placed in oculo. Control animals were exposed to room air during the same intervals. Toluene treatment during development did not affect general growth or morphology of any of the brain areas examined. The distribution of neurofilament or glial fibrillary acidic protein immunoreactivity was similar in the experimental group and control group as well. Extracellular recordings of cerebellar Purkinje neurons showed a significantly reduced spontaneous firing rate, of 15-25%, both in intraocular transplants and in cerebellum in situ in toluene exposed animals. Postsynaptic sensitivity of intraocular and in situ Purkinje neurons to norepinephrine (NE) was evaluated. Purkinje neurons in transplants exposed to toluene during development were markedly supersensitive to superfused NE as compared to controls, while neither Purkinje neurons in mature cerebellar grafts nor cerebellum in situ showed any effects of the toluene treatment on NE sensitivity. The tissue content of NE in transplants exposed to toluene during maturation, evaluated with high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with electrochemical detection, was greater than that in the control grafts. Moreover, the content of free (3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl) ethylene glycol (MHPG) was increased in both transplant and host cerebellum after toluene exposure. Taken together, these data indicate that toluene exposure during development of cerebellar grafts in oculo causes changes in postsynaptic noradrenergic sensitivity as well as decreased spontaneous activity of Purkinje neurons. Toluene exposure of adult cerebellum in situ or in oculo appears to decrease the Purkinje neuron discharge rate and increase NE turnover, but has no marked effect on postsynaptic NE sensitivity.
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- A C Granholm
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
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Takahashi S, Tanabe K, Maseda C, Shiono H, Fukui Y. Increased plasma free fatty acid and triglyceride levels after single administration of toluene in rabbits. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 1988; 25:87-95. [PMID: 3418747 DOI: 10.1080/15287398809531190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Changes of plasma lipids (triglyceride, TG: total cholesterol, Cho; and phospholipids, PL), free fatty acid (FFA), and blood glucose (BG) were studied in male rabbits after toluene administration (0.5 g/kg per os). Hypertriglyceridemia was observed at and after 2 h. Plasma FFA and BG were elevated temporarily during the early stage and lowered gradually thereafter. Initially, plasma Cho and PL were virtually unchanged, but the Cho level increased slowly after 6 h. The hypertriglyceridemia observed may have some adverse effects on heart function.
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- S Takahashi
- Department of Legal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan
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