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Martinez SA, Karel IZ, Silvaroli JA, Ahmed E, Kim JY, Stayton A, Patel PS, Afjal MA, Horton T, Bohmer M, Vanichapol T, Sander V, Andrade GM, Allison CV, Mondal M, Thorson VC, Partey A, Nimkar K, Williams V, Quimby J, Ganesan L, Madhavan SM, Davidson AJ, Peterson BR, Adebiyi A, Rao R, Sweet DH, Singh P, Bennett KM, Zepeda-Orozco D, Mallipattu SK, Eisenmann ED, Sparreboom A, Rovin BH, Bajwa A, Pabla NS. Resazurin dye is an in vivo sensor of kidney tubular function. Kidney Int 2025; 107:508-520. [PMID: 39733791 PMCID: PMC11845305 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.12.008] [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: 02/16/2024] [Revised: 11/01/2024] [Accepted: 12/16/2024] [Indexed: 12/31/2024]
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Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is the main functional index of kidney health and disease. Currently, no methods are available to directly measure tubular mass and function. Here, we report a serendipitous finding that the in vitro cell viability dye resazurin can be used in mice as an exogenous sensor of tubular function. Intravenously injected resazurin exhibited significant plasma protein binding and was found to mainly undergo tubular secretion. Mechanistic studies showed that the blue-colored, weakly fluorescent resazurin is taken up by tubular cells through organic anion transporters, followed by conversion to a highly fluorescent, pink-colored resorufin by mitochondrial and cytosolic reductases, converted to an orange-colored β-d-glucuronide with subsequent efflux into the urine. Here we report a simple method in which the intravenous injection of resazurin is followed by the measurement of fluorescent metabolites in the urine, providing a sensitive readout of tubular function. Three mouse models of acute kidney injury (rhabdomyolysis, bilateral ischemia-reperfusion injury, and cisplatin nephrotoxicity) were tested and the resazurin-based method was able to sensitively detect the loss of tubular function much earlier than the increase in serum creatinine levels. Strikingly, in mice with unilateral ischemia-reperfusion injury and genetic mutation-linked kidney hypoplasia (oligosyndactylism, a genetic model for congenital kidney hypoplasia), the resazurin-based method was able to detect loss of tubular mass and function despite normal GFR levels. Collectively, our findings establish the preclinical utility of resazurin as a sensitive exogenous marker of tubular function and support future examination in larger animals for potential clinical translation.
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- Shirely Acosta Martinez
- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, The Ohio State University Veterinary Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- The Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Washington University in St. Louis, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, USA; Renal Section, Northport VA Medical Center, Northport, New York, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Transplant Research Institute, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Department of Genetics, Genomics, and Informatics, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA; Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry, College of Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
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- Division of Pharmaceutics and Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
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Vieira RSF, Venâncio CAS, Félix LM. Behavioral, metabolic, and biochemical alterations caused by an acute stress event in a zebrafish larvae model. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2025; 51:25. [PMID: 39673016 PMCID: PMC11645430 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-024-01421-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2024] [Accepted: 11/03/2024] [Indexed: 12/15/2024]
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Animal welfare is a growing concern in aquaculture practices. Stress induced by handling or transportation can lead to negative impacts on the sector. Zebrafish has raised as an important aquaculture model, but still with few focus on its stress response in early life stages. Therefore, the objective of this study was to improve the evaluation of different markers of the stress response after a stress event in a zebrafish larvae model. Zebrafish larvae (96 hpf) were vortex-stimulated for 1 min at 200 rpm for acute stress induction. After 10 min, 1- and 4-h behavioral larvae outcomes and larvae were sampled to the following quantification: levels of cortisol, lactate, glucose and biochemical biomarkers (reactive oxygen species, superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, lipidic oxidation level and protein carbonylation, glutathione s-transferase, acetylcholinesterase, lactate dehydrogenase and ATPase), and the metabolic rate. The cortisol, glucose, and lactate levels had no alterations. At the behavioral level, an increase in the distance swam and in the speed was observed and the metabolic rate also increased according to the behavioral outcomes. The ATPase and GST activity showed a decrease in their activity, probably through osmoregulation changes related to the hypothetic adrenocorticotropic hormone downregulation. Overall, the acute vortex stimulation at low speed induced an early stress response independent of the HPI-cortisol pathway. In addition, this study shows zebrafish early life stages as a sensitive model to acute vortex stimulation, identifying altered parameters which can be used in future work to assess the effect on animal welfare in similar acute situations.
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- Raquel S F Vieira
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
- Inov4Agro, Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
- Inov4Agro, Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
- Department of Animal Science, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences (ECAV), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
- Animal and Veterinary Research Centre (CECAV), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environment and Biological Sciences (CITAB), University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
- Inov4Agro, Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-Food Production, University of Trás-Os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal.
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Bérubé R, LeFauve MK, Khalaf A, Aminioroomi D, Kassotis CD. Effects of organic and inorganic contaminants and their mixtures on metabolic health and gene expression in developmentally exposed zebrafish. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.10.28.620642. [PMID: 39554096 PMCID: PMC11565930 DOI: 10.1101/2024.10.28.620642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2024]
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Organic and inorganic chemicals co-occur in household dust, and these chemicals have been determined to have endocrine and metabolic disrupting effects. While there is increasing study of chemical mixtures, the effects of complex mixtures mimicking household dust and other environmental matrices have not been well studied and their potential metabolism disrupting effects are thus poorly understood. Previous research has demonstrated high potency adipogenic effects of residential household dust extracts using in vitro adipogenesis assays. More recent research simplified this to a mixture relevant to household dust and comprised of common co-occurring organic and inorganic contaminants, finding that these complex combinations often exhibited additive or even synergistic effects in cell models. This study aimed to translate our previous in vitro observation to an in vivo model, the developing zebrafish, to evaluate the metabolic effects of early exposure to organic and inorganic chemicals, individually and in mixtures. Zebrafish embryos were exposed from 1 day post fertilization (dpf) to 6 dpf, then metabolic energy expenditure, swimming behavior and gene expression were measured. Globally, we observed that most mixtures did not reflect the effects of individual chemicals; the BFR mixture produced a less potent effect when compared to the individual chemicals, while the PFAS and the inorganic mixtures seemed to have a more potent effect than the individual chemicals. Finally, the environmental mixture, mimicking household dust proportions, was less potent than the inorganic chemical mix alone. Additional work is necessary to better understand the mixture effect of inorganic and organic chemicals combined.
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- Roxanne Bérubé
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202
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Takemura Mariano MV, Paganotto Leandro L, Gomes KK, Dos Santos AB, de Rosso VO, Dafre AL, Farina M, Posser T, Franco JL. Assessing the disparity: comparative toxicity of Copper in zebrafish larvae exposes alarming consequences of permissible concentrations in Brazil. JOURNAL OF TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. PART A 2024; 87:166-184. [PMID: 38073470 DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2023.2290630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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Copper (Cu) is a naturally occurring metal with essential micronutrient properties. However, this metal might also pose increased adverse environmental and health risks due to industrial and agricultural activities. In Brazil, the maximum allowable concentration of Cu in drinking water is 2 mg/L. Despite this standard, the impact of such concentrations on aquatic organisms remains unexplored. This study aimed to evaluate the toxicity of CuSO4 using larval zebrafish at environmentally relevant concentrations. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae at 72 hr post-fertilization (hpf) were exposed to nominal CuSO4 concentrations ranging from 0.16 to 48 mg/L to determine the median lethal concentration (LC50), established at 8.4 mg/L. Subsequently, non-lethal concentrations of 0.16, 0.32, or 1.6 mg/L were selected for assessing CuSO4 -induced toxicity. Morphological parameters, including body length, yolk sac area, and swim bladder area, were adversely affected by CuSO4 exposure, particularly at 1.6 mg/L (3.31 mm ±0.1, 0.192 mm2 ±0.01, and 0.01 mm2 ±0.05, respectively). In contrast, the control group exhibited values of 3.62 mm ±0.09, 0.136 mm2 ±0.013, and 0.3 mm2 ±0.06, respectively. Behavioral assays demonstrated impairments in escape response and swimming capacity, accompanied by increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and lipid peroxidation. In addition, decreased levels of non-protein thiols and reduced cellular viability were noted. Data demonstrated that exposure to CuSO4 at similar concentrations as those permitted in Brazil for Cu adversely altered morphological, biochemical, and behavioral endpoints in zebrafish larvae. This study suggests that the permissible Cu concentrations in Brazil need to be reevaluated, given the potential enhanced adverse health risks of exposure to environmental metal contamination.
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- Maria Vitória Takemura Mariano
- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Federal University of Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Biological Sciences, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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- Oxidative Stress and Cell Signaling Research Group. Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research - CIPBIOTEC, Federal University of Pampa, São Gabriel, Brazil
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Buitrago Ramírez JR, Marreiro Gomes RM, de Sousa Araujo AC, Muñoz Buitrago SA, Piraine Souza J, Monserrat JM. The Effects of Lipoic Acid on Yolk Nutrient Utilization, Energy Metabolism, and Redox Balance over Time in Artemia sp. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:1439. [PMID: 37507976 PMCID: PMC10376159 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12071439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2023] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Lipoic acid (LA) is a mitochondrial coenzyme that, depending on the concentration and exposure time, can behave as an antioxidant or pro-oxidant agent and has a proven ability to modulate metabolism by promoting lipid and glucose oxidation for energy production. To assess the effects of LA on energy metabolism and redox balance over time, Artemia sp. nauplii was used as an animal model. The administered concentrations of the antioxidant were 0.05, 0.1, 0.5, 1.0, 5.0, and 10.0 µM. Therefore, possible differences in protein, triglyceride, glucose, and lactate concentrations in the artemia samples and total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) in the culture water were evaluated. We also measured the effects of LA on in vivo activity of the electron transport system (ETS), antioxidant capacity, and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) at 6, 12, 18, and 24 h post-hatching. There was a decrease in glucose concentration in the LA-treated animals, and a decrease in ammonia production was observed in the 0.5 µM LA treatment. ETS activity was positively regulated by the addition of LA, with the most significant effects at concentrations of 5.0 and 10.0 µM at 12 and 24 h. For ETS activity, treatments with LA presented the highest values at 24 h, a period when ROS production decreased significantly, for the treatment with 10.0 µM. LA showed positive regulation of energy metabolism together with a decrease in ROS and TAN excretion.
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- Juan Rafael Buitrago Ramírez
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Aquicultura, Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Laboratório de Bioquímica Funcional de Organismos Aquáticos (BIFOA), Instituto de Oceanografia (IO), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Rua do Hotel, n° 2, Cassino, Rio Grande 96210-030, RS, Brazil
- Instituto of Ciências Biológicas (ICB), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália, Km 08, Rio Grande 96201-900, RS, Brazil
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LeFauve MK, Bérubé R, Heldman S, Chiang YTT, Kassotis CD. Cetyl Alcohol Polyethoxylates Disrupt Metabolic Health in Developmentally Exposed Zebrafish. Metabolites 2023; 13:359. [PMID: 36984799 PMCID: PMC10057089 DOI: 10.3390/metabo13030359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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Alcohol polyethoxylates (AEOs), such as cetyl alcohol ethoxylates (CetAEOs), are high-production-volume surfactants used in laundry detergents, hard-surface cleaners, pesticide formulations, textile production, oils, paints, and other products. AEOs have been suggested as lower toxicity replacements for alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEOs), such as the nonylphenol and octylphenol polyethoxylates. We previously demonstrated that nonylphenol polyethoxylates induced triglyceride accumulation in several in vitro adipogenesis models and promoted adiposity and increased body weights in developmentally exposed zebrafish. We also demonstrated that diverse APEOs and AEOs were able to increase triglyceride accumulation and/or pre-adipocyte proliferation in a murine pre-adipocyte model. As such, the goals of this study were to assess the potential of CetAEOs to promote adiposity and alter growth and/or development (toxicity, length, weight, behavior, energy expenditure) of developmentally exposed zebrafish (Danio rerio). We also sought to expand our understanding of ethoxylate chain-length dependent effects through interrogation of varying chain-length CetAEOs. We demonstrated consistent adipogenic effects in two separate human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell models as well as murine pre-adipocytes. Immediately following chemical exposures in zebrafish, we reported disrupted neurodevelopment and aberrant behavior in light/dark activity testing, with medium chain-length CetAEO-exposed fish exhibiting hyperactivity across both light and dark phases. By day 30, we demonstrated that cetyl alcohol and CetAEOs disrupted adipose deposition in developmentally exposed zebrafish, despite no apparent impacts on standard length or gross body weight. This research suggests metabolic health concerns for these common environmental contaminants, suggesting further need to assess molecular mechanisms and better characterize environmental concentrations for human health risk assessments.
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA
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Beckers A, Masin L, Dyck A, Bergmans S, Vanhunsel S, Zhang A, Verreet T, Poulain F, Farrow K, Moons L. Optic nerve injury-induced regeneration in the adult zebrafish is accompanied by spatiotemporal changes in mitochondrial dynamics. Neural Regen Res 2023; 18:219-225. [PMID: 35799546 PMCID: PMC9241429 DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.344837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Axonal regeneration in the central nervous system is an energy-intensive process. In contrast to mammals, adult zebrafish can functionally recover from neuronal injury. This raises the question of how zebrafish can cope with this high energy demand. We previously showed that in adult zebrafish, subjected to an optic nerve crush, an antagonistic axon-dendrite interplay exists wherein the retraction of retinal ganglion cell dendrites is a prerequisite for effective axonal repair. We postulate a ‘dendrites for regeneration’ paradigm that might be linked to intraneuronal mitochondrial reshuffling, as ganglion cells likely have insufficient resources to maintain dendrites and restore axons simultaneously. Here, we characterized both mitochondrial distribution and mitochondrial dynamics within the different ganglion cell compartments (dendrites, somas, and axons) during the regenerative process. Optic nerve crush resulted in a reduction of mitochondria in the dendrites during dendritic retraction, whereafter enlarged mitochondria appeared in the optic nerve/tract during axonal regrowth. Upon dendritic regrowth in the retina, mitochondrial density inside the retinal dendrites returned to baseline levels. Moreover, a transient increase in mitochondrial fission and biogenesis was observed in retinal ganglion cell somas after optic nerve damage. Taken together, these findings suggest that during optic nerve injury-induced regeneration, mitochondria shift from the dendrites to the axons and back again and that temporary changes in mitochondrial dynamics support axonal and dendritic regrowth after optic nerve crush.
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Hogg DW, Casatti CC, Belsham DD, Baršytė-Lovejoy D, Lovejoy DA. Distal extracellular teneurin region (teneurin C-terminal associated peptide; TCAP) possesses independent intracellular calcium regulating actions, in vitro: A potential antagonist of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF). Biochem Biophys Rep 2022; 32:101397. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2022.101397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Chackal R, Eng T, Rodrigues EM, Matthews S, Pagé-Lariviére F, Avery-Gomm S, Xu EG, Tufenkji N, Hemmer E, Mennigen JA. Metabolic Consequences of Developmental Exposure to Polystyrene Nanoplastics, the Flame Retardant BDE-47 and Their Combination in Zebrafish. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:822111. [PMID: 35250570 PMCID: PMC8888882 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.822111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Single-use plastic production is higher now than ever before. Much of this plastic is released into aquatic environments, where it is eventually weathered into smaller nanoscale plastics. In addition to potential direct biological effects, nanoplastics may also modulate the biological effects of hydrophobic persistent organic legacy contaminants (POPs) that absorb to their surfaces. In this study, we test the hypothesis that developmental exposure (0–7 dpf) of zebrafish to the emerging contaminant polystyrene (PS) nanoplastics (⌀100 nm; 2.5 or 25 ppb), or to environmental levels of the legacy contaminant and flame retardant 2,2′,4,4′-Tetrabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-47; 10 ppt), disrupt organismal energy metabolism. We also test the hypothesis that co-exposure leads to increased metabolic disruption. The uptake of nanoplastics in developing zebrafish was validated using fluorescence microscopy. To address metabolic consequences at the organismal and molecular level, metabolic phenotyping assays and metabolic gene expression analysis were used. Both PS and BDE-47 affected organismal metabolism alone and in combination. Individually, PS and BDE-47 exposure increased feeding and oxygen consumption rates. PS exposure also elicited complex effects on locomotor behaviour with increased long-distance and decreased short-distance movements. Co-exposure of PS and BDE-47 significantly increased feeding and oxygen consumption rates compared to control and individual compounds alone, suggesting additive or synergistic effects on energy balance, which was further supported by reduced neutral lipid reserves. Conversely, molecular gene expression data pointed to a negative interaction, as co-exposure of high PS generally abolished the induction of gene expression in response to BDE-47. Our results demonstrate that co-exposure to emerging nanoplastic contaminants and legacy contaminants results in cumulative metabolic disruption in early development in a fish model relevant to eco- and human toxicology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Raphaël Chackal
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Center, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- National Wildlife Research Center, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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Kassotis CD, LeFauve MK, Chiang YTT, Knuth MM, Schkoda S, Kullman SW. Nonylphenol Polyethoxylates Enhance Adipose Deposition in Developmentally Exposed Zebrafish. TOXICS 2022; 10:99. [PMID: 35202285 PMCID: PMC8879477 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10020099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
Abstract
Alkylphenol polyethoxylates (APEOs), such as nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEOs), are high-production-volume surfactants used in laundry detergents, hard-surface cleaners, pesticide formulations, textile production, oils, paints, and other products. NPEOs comprise -80% of the total production of APEOs and are widely reported across diverse environmental matrices. Despite a growing push for replacement products, APEOs continue to be released into the environment through wastewater at significant levels. Research into related nonionic surfactants from varying sources has reported metabolic health impacts, and we have previously demonstrated that diverse APEOs and alcohol polyethoxylates promote adipogenesis in the murine 3T3-L1 pre-adipocyte model. These effects appeared to be independent of the base alkylphenol and related to the ethoxylate chain length, though limited research has evaluated NPEO exposures in animal models. The goals of this study were to assess the potential of NPEOs to promote adiposity (Nile red fluorescence quantification) and alter growth and/or development (toxicity, length, weight, and energy expenditure) of developmentally exposed zebrafish (Danio rerio). We also sought to expand our understanding of the ability to promote adiposity through evaluation in human mesenchymal stem cells. Herein, we demonstrated consistent adipogenic effects in two separate human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell models, and that nonylphenol and its ethoxylates promoted weight gain and increased adipose deposition in developmentally exposed zebrafish. Notably, across both cell and zebrafish models we report increasing adipogenic/obesogenic activity with increasing ethoxylate chain lengths up to maximums around NPEO-6 and then decreasing activity with the longest ethoxylate chain lengths. This research suggests metabolic health concerns for these common obesogens, suggesting further need to assess molecular mechanisms and better characterize environmental concentrations for human health risk assessments.
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- Christopher D. Kassotis
- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (M.K.L.); (Y.-T.T.C.)
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (M.K.L.); (Y.-T.T.C.)
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- Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and Department of Pharmacology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA; (M.K.L.); (Y.-T.T.C.)
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA;
- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Toxicology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (S.S.); (S.W.K.)
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- Toxicology Program, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA; (S.S.); (S.W.K.)
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Martínez R, Tu W, Eng T, Allaire-Leung M, Piña B, Navarro-Martín L, Mennigen JA. Acute and long-term metabolic consequences of early developmental Bisphenol A exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio). CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 256:127080. [PMID: 32450349 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
Abstract
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an estrogenic contaminant linked to metabolic disruption. Developmental BPA exposure is of particular concern, as organizational effects may irreversibly disrupt metabolism at later life-stages. While BPA exposures in adult fish elicit metabolic perturbations similar to effects described in rodents, the metabolic effects of developmental BPA exposure in juvenile fish remain largely unknown. Following embryonic zebrafish exposure to BPA (0.1, 1 and 4 mg/L) and EE2 (10 ng/L) from 2 to 5 dpf, we assessed the metabolic phenotype in larvae (4-6 dpf) and juveniles (43-49 dpf) which had been divided into regular-fed and overfed groups at 29 dpf. Developmental BPA exposure in larvae dose-dependently reduced food-intake and locomotion and increased energy expenditure. Juveniles (29 dpf) exhibited a transient increase in body weight after developmental BPA exposure and persistent diet-dependent locomotion changes (43-49 dpf). At the molecular level, glucose and lipid metabolism-related transcript abundance clearly separated BPA exposed fish from controls and EE2 exposed fish at the larval stage, in juveniles on a regular diet and, to a lesser extent, in overfed juveniles. In general, the metabolic endpoints affected by BPA exposure were not mimicked by EE2 treatment. We conclude that developmental BPA exposure elicits acute metabolic effects in zebrafish larvae and fewer transient and persistent effects in juveniles and that these metabolic effects are largely independent of BPA's estrogenicity.
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- Rubén Martínez
- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain; Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Institute of Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanchang 330012, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 20 Marie-Curie K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 20 Marie-Curie K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC, Jordi Girona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 20 Marie-Curie K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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Tu W, Martínez R, Navarro-Martin L, Kostyniuk DJ, Hum C, Huang J, Deng M, Jin Y, Chan HM, Mennigen JA. Bioconcentration and Metabolic Effects of Emerging PFOS Alternatives in Developing Zebrafish. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2019; 53:13427-13439. [PMID: 31609598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b03820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
The novel PFOS alternatives, 6:2 chlorinated polyfluorinated ether sulfonate (F-53B) and sodium p-perfluorous nonenoxybenzenesulfonate (OBS), are emerging in the Chinese market, but little is known about their ecological risks. In this study, zebrafish embryos were exposed to PFOS, F-53B, and OBS to evaluate their bioconcentration and acute metabolic consequences. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) accumulated in larvae in the order of F-53B > PFOS > OBS, with the bioconcentration factors ranging from 20 to 357. Exposure to F-53B and PFOS, but not OBS, increased energy expenditure, and reduced feed intake in a concentration-dependent manner and the expression of genes involved in metabolic pathways at the transcriptional and translational levels. Molecular docking revealed that the binding affinities of PFASs to glucokinase were decreased in the following order: F-53B > PFOS > OBS. Finally, the results of Point of Departure (PoD) indicate that metabolic end points at the molecular and organismal level are most sensitive to F-53B followed by PFOS and OBS. Collectively, F-53B has the highest bioconcentration potential and the strongest metabolism-disrupting effects, followed by PFOS and OBS. Our findings have important implications for the assessment of early developmental metabolic effects of PFOS alternatives F-53B and OBS in wildlife and humans.
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- Wenqing Tu
- Research Institute of Poyang Lake , Jiangxi Academy of Sciences , Nanchang 330012 , China
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry , Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC , Jordi Girona, Barcelona 18-26 08034 , Spain
- Department of Cellular Biology, Physiology and Immunology , Universitat de Barcelona (UB) , Barcelona 585 08007 , Spain
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry , Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, IDAEA-CSIC , Jordi Girona, Barcelona 18-26 08034 , Spain
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- Department of Biology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario K1N 6N5 , Canada
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- Department of Biology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario K1N 6N5 , Canada
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- Research Institute of Poyang Lake , Jiangxi Academy of Sciences , Nanchang 330012 , China
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- Research Institute of Poyang Lake , Jiangxi Academy of Sciences , Nanchang 330012 , China
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- College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering , Zhejiang University of Technology , Hangzhou , 310032 , China
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- Department of Biology , University of Ottawa , Ottawa , Ontario K1N 6N5 , Canada
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Houbrechts AM, Beckers A, Vancamp P, Sergeys J, Gysemans C, Mathieu C, Darras VM. Age-Dependent Changes in Glucose Homeostasis in Male Deiodinase Type 2 Knockout Zebrafish. Endocrinology 2019; 160:2759-2772. [PMID: 31504428 DOI: 10.1210/en.2019-00445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Thyroid hormones (THs) are crucial regulators of glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity. Moreover, inactivating mutations in type 2 deiodinase (DIO2), the major TH-activating enzyme, have been associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus in both humans and mice. We studied the link between Dio2 deficiency and glucose homeostasis in fasted males of two different Dio2 knockout (KO) zebrafish lines. Young adult Dio2KO zebrafish (6 to 9 months) were hyperglycemic. Both insulin and glucagon expression were increased, whereas β and α cell numbers in the main pancreatic islet were similar to those in wild-types. Insulin receptor expression in skeletal muscle was decreased at 6 months, accompanied by a strong downregulation of hexokinase and pyruvate kinase expression. Blood glucose levels in Dio2KO zebrafish, however, normalized around 1 year of age. Older mutants (18 to 24 months) were normoglycemic, and increased insulin and glucagon expression was accompanied by a prominent increase in pancreatic islet size and β and α cell numbers. Older Dio2KO zebrafish also showed strongly decreased expression of glucagon receptors in the gastrointestinal system as well as decreased expression of glucose transporters GLUT2 and GLUT12, glucose-6-phosphatase, and glycogen synthase 2. This study shows that Dio2KO zebrafish suffer from transient hyperglycemia, which is counteracted with increasing age by a prominent hyperplasia of the endocrine pancreas together with decreases in hepatic glucagon sensitivity and intestinal glucose uptake. Further research on the mechanisms allowing compensation in older Dio2KO zebrafish may help to identify new therapeutic targets for (TH deficiency-related) hyperglycemia.
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- Anne M Houbrechts
- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Neural Circuit Development and Regeneration, Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism, and Aging, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism, and Aging, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Comparative Endocrinology, Division of Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Department of Biology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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