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Jordan-Ward R, von Hippel FA, Wilson CA, Rodriguez Maldonado Z, Dillon D, Contreras E, Gardell A, Minicozzi MR, Titus T, Ungwiluk B, Miller P, Carpenter D, Postlethwait JH, Byrne S, Buck CL. Differential gene expression and developmental pathologies associated with persistent organic pollutants in sentinel fish in Troutman Lake, Sivuqaq, Alaska. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2024; 340:122765. [PMID: 37913975 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122765] [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: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 10/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/15/2023] [Indexed: 11/03/2023]
Abstract
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are lipophilic compounds that bioaccumulate in animals and biomagnify within food webs. Many POPs are endocrine disrupting compounds that impact vertebrate development. POPs accumulate in the Arctic via global distillation and thereby impact high trophic level vertebrates as well as people who live a subsistence lifestyle. The Arctic also contains thousands of point sources of pollution, such as formerly used defense (FUD) sites. Sivuqaq (St. Lawrence Island), Alaska was used by the U.S. military during the Cold War and FUD sites on the island remain point sources of POP contamination. We examined the effects of POP exposure on ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) collected from Troutman Lake in the village of Gambell as a model for human exposure and disease. During the Cold War, Troutman Lake was used as a dump site by the U.S. military. We found that PCB concentrations in stickleback exceeded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's guideline for unlimited consumption despite these fish being low trophic level organisms. We examined effects at three levels of biological organization: gene expression, endocrinology, and histomorphology. We found that ninespine stickleback from Troutman Lake exhibited suppressed gonadal development compared to threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) studied elsewhere. Troutman Lake stickleback also displayed two distinct hepatic phenotypes, one with lipid accumulation and one with glycogen-type vacuolation. We compared the transcriptomic profiles of these liver phenotypes using RNA sequencing and found significant upregulation of genes involved in ribosomal and metabolic pathways in the lipid accumulation group. Additionally, stickleback displaying liver lipid accumulation had significantly fewer thyroid follicles than the vacuolated phenotype. Our study and previous work highlight health concerns for people and wildlife due to pollution hotspots in the Arctic, and the need for health-protective remediation.
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- Renee Jordan-Ward
- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Community, Environment and Policy, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave., P.O. Box 245210, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA.
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- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 1254 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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- School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington Tacoma, 1900 Commerce Street, Tacoma, WA 98402, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University Mankato, 242 Trafton Science Center South, Mankato, MN, 56001, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 1254 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 1225 E. International Airport Road, Suite 220, Anchorage, AK 99518, USA
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 1225 E. International Airport Road, Suite 220, Anchorage, AK 99518, USA
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- Institute for Health and the Environment, University at Albany, 5 University Place, Rensselaer, NY 12144, USA
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- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, 1254 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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- Middlebury College, Department of Biology and Global Health Program, 14 Old Chapel Rd, Middlebury, VT 05753, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, 617 S. Beaver St., Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA
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Alam S, Carter GS, Krager KJ, Li X, Lehmler HJ, Aykin-Burns N. PCB11 Metabolite, 3,3'-Dichlorobiphenyl-4-ol, Exposure Alters the Expression of Genes Governing Fatty Acid Metabolism in the Absence of Functional Sirtuin 3: Examining the Contribution of MnSOD. Antioxidants (Basel) 2018; 7:antiox7090121. [PMID: 30223548 PMCID: PMC6162768 DOI: 10.3390/antiox7090121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 09/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Although the production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) is prohibited, the inadvertent production of certain lower-chlorinated PCB congeners still threatens human health. We and others have identified 3,3’-dichlorobiphenyl (PCB11) and its metabolite, 3,3’-dichlorobiphenyl-4-ol (4OH-PCB11), in human blood, and there is a correlation between exposure to this metabolite and mitochondrial oxidative stress in mammalian cells. Here, we evaluated the downstream effects of 4OH-PCB11 on mitochondrial metabolism and function in the presence and absence of functional Sirtuin 3 (SIRT3), a mitochondrial fidelity protein that protects redox homeostasis. A 24 h exposure to 3 μM 4OH-PCB11 significantly decreased the cellular growth and mitochondrial membrane potential of SIRT3-knockout mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). Only wild-type cells demonstrated an increase in Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) activity in response to 4OH-PCB11–induced oxidative injury. This suggests the presence of a SIRT3-mediated post-translational modification to MnSOD, which was impaired in SIRT3-knockout MEFs, which counters the PCB insult. We found that 4OH-PCB11 increased mitochondrial respiration and endogenous fatty-acid oxidation-associated oxygen consumption in SIRT3-knockout MEFs; this appeared to occur because the cells exhausted their reserve respiratory capacity. To determine whether these changes in mitochondrial respiration were accompanied by similar changes in the regulation of fatty acid metabolism, we performed quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) after a 24 h treatment with 4OH-PCB11. In SIRT3-knockout MEFs, 4OH-PCB11 significantly increased the expression of ten genes controlling fatty acid biosynthesis, metabolism, and transport. When we overexpressed MnSOD in these cells, the expression of six of these genes returned to the baseline level, suggesting that the protective role of SIRT3 against 4OH-PCB11 is partially governed by MnSOD activity.
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- Sinthia Alam
- Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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- Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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- Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Division of Radiation Health, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
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Ounnas F, Privé F, Lamarche F, Salen P, Favier-Hininger I, Marchand P, Le Bizec B, Venisseau A, Batandier C, Fontaine E, de Lorgeril M, Demeilliers C. A relevant exposure to a food matrix contaminated environmentally by polychlorinated biphenyls induces liver and brain disruption in rats. CHEMOSPHERE 2016; 161:80-88. [PMID: 27421104 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.06.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 06/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous environmental contaminants present in dietary fats. Most studies evaluating PCB effects have been conducted with a single compound or a mixture of PCBs given as a single acute dose. The purpose of this study was to evaluate in vivo PCB toxicity in a realistic model of exposure: a low daily dose of PCBs (twice the tolerable daily intake (TDI)), chronically administered (8 weeks) to rats in contaminated goat milk. Liver and brain PCB toxicities were investigated by evaluating oxidative stress status and mitochondrial function. PCB toxicity in the liver was also estimated by transaminase enzymatic activity. This study shows that even at low doses, chronic PCB exposure resulted in a statistically significant reduction of mitochondrial function in liver and brain. In the liver, oxygen consumption in the condition of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) production (state 3) decreased by 22-29% (p < 0.01), according to the respiratory substrates. In the brain, respiratory chain complexes II and III were reduced by 24% and 39%, respectively (p < 0.005). The exposed rats presented higher lipid peroxidation status (+20%, p < 0.05) and transaminase activity (+30%, p < 0.05) in the blood. Thus, our study showed that exposure of rats to a daily realistic dose of PCBs (twice the TDI in a food complex mixture of environmental origin) resulted in multiple disruptions in the liver and brain.
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- Fayçal Ounnas
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; TIMC-IMAG CNRS UMR 5525, Laboratoire PRETA, Cœur et Nutrition, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; TIMC-IMAG CNRS UMR 5525, Laboratoire PRETA, Cœur et Nutrition, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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- TIMC-IMAG CNRS UMR 5525, Laboratoire PRETA, Cœur et Nutrition, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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- Laboratoire d'Etude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments, LUNAM Université, Oniris, USC 1329, Route de Gachet, CS 50707, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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- Laboratoire d'Etude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments, LUNAM Université, Oniris, USC 1329, Route de Gachet, CS 50707, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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- Laboratoire d'Etude des Résidus et Contaminants dans les Aliments, LUNAM Université, Oniris, USC 1329, Route de Gachet, CS 50707, 44307 Nantes Cedex 3, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France; Grenoble University Hospital, CS 10217, 38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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- TIMC-IMAG CNRS UMR 5525, Laboratoire PRETA, Cœur et Nutrition, Université Joseph Fourier, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France.
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Laboratory of Fundamental and Applied Bioenergetics, Environmental and Systems Biology, Inserm, U1055, BP 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Shen K, Shen C, Yu J, Yu C, Chen L, Shi D, Chen Y. PCB congeners induced mitochondrial dysfunction in Vero cells. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 185:24-28. [PMID: 20940083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Revised: 08/06/2010] [Accepted: 08/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Two PCB congeners were assessed for their cytotoxicity on Vero cells, in the attempt to compare their structure-activity relationship and to investigate the role of mitochondria involved in toxicity. Flow cytometry was used to monitor the changes of mitochondrial membrane potential (Δψ(m)), cell size and apoptosis rate. Treatments of Vero cell cultures with both PCB 126 and PCB 153 resulted in loss of cell viability in our experimental conditions. In ortho-substituted PCB 153 treated cells, loss of cell viability was accompanied by decreased Δψ(m) and cell shrinkage. The coplanar congener, PCB 126, had no significant effects on Δψ(m) or cell size in this time period of exposure. These studies showed that PCB 153 is more toxic than coplanar PCB 126 to Vero cells within 24h exposure. The cytotoxicity mechanism caused by coplanar or non-coplanar PCB congener was different, and apoptosis might be the main cell death pathway in PCB 153 treated cells.
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- Kaili Shen
- Ministry of Agriculture Key Laboratory of Non-point Source Pollution Control, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China
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Yang JM, Salmon AG, Marty MA. Development of TEFs for PCB congeners by using an alternative biomarker--thyroid hormone levels. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2010; 56:225-36. [PMID: 20043972 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2009] [Revised: 12/08/2009] [Accepted: 12/22/2009] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are ubiquitous toxic contaminants. Health risk assessment for this class of chemicals is complex: the current toxic equivalency factor (TEF) method covers dioxin-like (DL-) PCBs, dibenzofurans, and dioxins, but excludes non-DL-PCBs. To address this deficiency, we evaluated published data for several PCB congeners to determine common biomarkers of effect. We found that the most sensitive biomarkers for DL-non-ortho-PCB 77 and PCB 126 are liver enzyme (e.g., ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase, EROD) induction, circulating thyroxine (T4) decrease, and brain dopamine (DA) elevation. For DL-ortho-PCB 118 and non-DL-ortho-PCB 28 and PCB 153, the most sensitive biomarkers are brain DA decrease and circulating T4 decrease. The only consistent biomarker for both DL- and non-DL-PCBs is circulating T4 decrease. The calculated TEF-(TH), based on the effective dose to decrease T4 by 30% (ED(30)) with reference to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD), is identical to both TEF-(WHO98) and TEF-(WHO05) for TCDD and DL-PCBs (correlation coefficients are r=1.00, P<0.001; and r=0.99, P<0.001, respectively). We conclude that T4 decrease is a prospective biomarker for generating a new TEF scheme which includes some non-DL-congeners. The new TEF-(TH) parallels the TEF-(WHO) for DL-PCBs and, most importantly, is useful for non-DL-PCBs in risk assessment to address thyroid endocrine disruption and potentially the neurotoxic effects of PCBs.
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- Jian-Ming Yang
- Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, California Environmental Protection Agency, Oakland, CA 94612, USA.
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Lee CK, Kang HS, Kim JR, Lee BJ, Lee JT, Kim JH, Kim DH, Lee CH, Ahn JH, Lee CU, Yu SJ, Kang SG. Effects of aroclor 1254 on the expression of the KAP3 gene and reproductive function in rats. Reprod Fertil Dev 2007; 19:539-47. [PMID: 17524298 DOI: 10.1071/rd06117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2006] [Accepted: 03/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The present study investigated the effects of aroclor 1254 (A1254) on the expression of the kinesin superfamily associated protein 3 (KAP3) gene in F1 rat brain during brain sexual differentiation and puberty. In addition, the effects of A1254 on reproductive function were examined. The KAP3 gene is involved in the neurogenesis and synaptogenesis of sexual differentiation in rats and also during puberty. In the present study, pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats each received a daily dose of A1254 (0, 10, 50 mg kg(-1)) dissolved in 1.0 mL corn oil by gavage, from gestational Day (GD) 8 to postnatal Day (PD) 21. The mRNA levels of the KAP3 gene in hypothalamic tissues were analysed by northern blot hybridisation during the critical periods of brain sexual differentiation (GD18 and PD5) and puberty (PD28). Variables affecting reproduction in F1 female rats, such as vaginal opening (VO), vaginal oestrus (VE) and oestrous cyclicity, were recorded. Depending on the sex and A1254 exposure (control or 50 mg kg(-1) day(-1)), F1 rats were divided into three mating groups, namely control male-control female, control male-A1254-treated female and A1254-treated male-control female. During the critical periods of brain sexual differentiation (GD18, PD5) and puberty (PD28), KAP3 mRNA levels were significantly reduced in A1254-treated fetal and pubertal rat brains relative to those of control groups. In A1254-treated F1 female rats, VO and VE were delayed, the percentage of irregular oestrous cycles was increased and the duration of the oestrous cycle was extended in a dose-dependent manner compared with control groups. Treatment with a high dose of A1254 significantly impaired the reproductive function of both male and female F1 rats, including mating and pregnancy indices and the number of live fetuses. These data suggest that A1254 disrupts transcriptional regulation of the KAP3 gene in fetal and pubertal rat brains and that these effects may be related to A1254-induced abnormal brain sexual differentiation and lowered reproductive function in F1 rats.
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- Chae Kwan Lee
- Institute of Industrial Medicine, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Busan 614-735, South Korea
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Kutlu S, Colakoglu N, Halifeoglu I, Sandal S, Seyran AD, Aydin M, Yilmaz B. Comparative evaluation of hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic effects of aroclors 1221 and 1254 in female rats. Cell Biochem Funct 2007; 25:167-72. [PMID: 16180246 DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent environmental pollutants. This study compared effects of two PCB mixtures, Aroclors 1221 (A1221) and 1254 (A1254) on serum levels of aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), urea, creatinine and uric acid in female rats. Histopathological changes in the liver and kidney were also examined. A group of adult Wistar rats served as controls. Groups II and III were subcutaneously injected with A1221 and A1254 at 10 mg/kg every other day for 6 weeks. At the end of this period, all animals were decapitated and blood samples were collected. Serum urea, creatinine, uric acid, ALT, AST and ALP levels were determined. Liver and kidney were collected for histopathological examination. They were fixed in formaldehyde and processed for light microscopy. Both A1221 and 1254 significantly elevated serum ALT (p < 0.05) and AST (p < 0.01) levels compared to the control group. Serum ALP values were significantly increased by A1221 (p < 0.05), but they were unaffected in the A1254 group. Treatment with both A1221 and A1254 significantly increased serum levels of urea (p < 0.05), creatinine (p < 0.01) and uric acid (except in the A1221 group; p < 0.005). Distinct histopathological changes including renal corpuscular atrophy, peritubular vascular congestion and dilated cortical tubules, sinusoidal dilatation, congestion and mononuclear cell infiltration were observed. These findings suggest that PCBs may cause nephrotoxicity and hepatotoxicity in female rats.
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- Selim Kutlu
- Department of Physiology, Firat University, Medical School, Elazig, Turkey.
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