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Raps S, Bahr L, Karkossa I, Rossol M, von Bergen M, Schubert K. Triclosan and its alternatives, especially chlorhexidine, modulate macrophage immune response with distinct modes of action. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 914:169650. [PMID: 38159774 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169650] [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: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Since European regulators restricted the use of bacteriocidic triclosan (TCS), alternatives for TCS are emerging. Recently, TCS has been shown to reprogram immune metabolism, trigger the NLRP3 inflammasome, and subsequently the release of IL-1β in human macrophages, but data on substitutes is scarce. Hence, we aimed to examine the effects of TCS compared to its alternatives at the molecular level in human macrophages. LPS-stimulated THP-1 macrophages were exposed to TCS or its substitutes, including benzalkonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, chloroxylenol, chlorhexidine (CHX) and cetylpyridinium chloride, with the inhibitory concentration (IC10-value) of cell viability to decipher their mode of action. TCS induced the release of the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF and high level of IL-1β, suggesting the activation of the NLRP3-inflammasome, which was confirmed by non-apparent IL-1β under the NLRP3-inhibitor MCC950 treatment d. While IL-6 release was reduced in all treatments, the alternative CHX completely abolished the release of all investigated cytokines. To unravel the underlying molecular mechanisms, we used untargeted LC-MS/MS-based proteomics. TCS and CHX showed the strongest cellular response at the protein and signalling pathway level, whereby pathways related to metabolism, translation, cellular stress and migration were mainly affected but to different proposed modes of action. TCS inhibited mitochondrial electron transfer and affected phagocytosis. In contrast, in CHX-treated cells, the translation was arrested due to stress conditions, resulting in the formation of stress granules. Mitochondrial (e.g. ATP5F1D, ATP5PB, UQCRQ) and ribosomal (e.g. RPL10, RPL35, RPS23) proteins were revealed as putative key drivers. Furthermore, we have demonstrated the formation of podosomes by CHX, potentially involved in ECM degradation. Our results exhibit modulation of the immune response in macrophages by TCS and its substitutes and illuminated underlying molecular effects. These results illustrate critical processes involved in the modulation of macrophages' immune response by TCS and its alternatives, providing information essential for hazard assessment.
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- Stefanie Raps
- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
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- Molecular Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany; Institute of Biochemistry, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany; German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Toxicology, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
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Maher S, Geoghegan C, Brayden DJ. Safety of surfactant excipients in oral drug formulations. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2023; 202:115086. [PMID: 37739041 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2023.115086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2023] [Revised: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/19/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023]
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Surfactants are a diverse group of compounds that share the capacity to adsorb at the boundary between distinct phases of matter. They are used as pharmaceutical excipients, food additives, emulsifiers in cosmetics, and as household/industrial detergents. This review outlines the interaction of surfactant-type excipients present in oral pharmaceutical dosage forms with the intestinal epithelium of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Many surfactants permitted for human consumption in oral products reduce intestinal epithelial cell viability in vitro and alter barrier integrity in epithelial cell monolayers, isolated GI tissue mucosae, and in animal models. This suggests a degree of mis-match for predicting safety issues in humans from such models. Recent controversial preclinical research also infers that some widely used emulsifiers used in oral products may be linked to ulcerative colitis, some metabolic disorders, and cancers. We review a wide range of surfactant excipients in oral dosage forms regarding their interactions with the GI tract. Safety data is reviewed across in vitro, ex vivo, pre-clinical animal, and human studies. The factors that may mitigate against some of the potentially abrasive effects of surfactants on GI epithelia observed in pre-clinical studies are summarised. We conclude with a perspective on the overall safety of surfactants in oral pharmaceutical dosage forms, which has relevance for delivery system development.
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- Sam Maher
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- UCD School of Veterinary Medicine and UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.
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Punathil Meethal R, Jalalzai P, Kumar S, Peter J, Klipp A, Kim TG, Park JG. Benzethonium chloride as a tungsten corrosion inhibitor in neutral and alkaline media for the post-chemical mechanical planarization application. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 643:465-479. [PMID: 37088050 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2022] [Revised: 03/30/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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The cleaning solution for the post-chemical mechanical planarization (post-CMP) process of tungsten in neutral-alkaline media requires corrosion inhibitors as an additive, especially for advanced devices where the device node size shrinks below 10 nm. In the present study, the corrosion inhibition performance of benzethonium chloride (BTC) is evaluated in neutral-alkaline conditions. The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) analysis showed ∼ 90 % of corrosion inhibition efficiency with an optimum concentration of 0.01 wt% BTC at both pH 7 and 11. Langmuir adsorption isotherm, frontier molecular orbital theory, molecular simulation, contact angle, precipitation study, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis were performed to identify the inhibition mechanism of the BTC molecule on the W surface. Based on the proposed mechanism, the electrostatic attraction between the positively charged N atom in the BTC molecule and the negatively charged W surface initiates the adsorption of the molecule. The high dipole moment and large molecular size enhance the physical adsorption of the molecule to the surface. In addition to this, the adsorption isotherm analysis shows that possible chemical interaction with a moderate value of Gibbs free energy change of adsorption exists between the W and BTC molecule. The excellent corrosion inhibition efficiency of BTC on W is confirmed by the frontier molecular orbital theory and molecular dynamic simulation analysis.
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- Ranjith Punathil Meethal
- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Smart Convergence Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan 15588, Republic of Korea.
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Brown KA, Zanos P, Powels CF, Fix CJ, Michaelides M, Pereira EFR, Moaddel R, Gould TD. Ketamine preservative benzethonium chloride potentiates hippocampal synaptic transmission and binds neurotransmitter receptors and transporters. Neuropharmacology 2023; 225:109403. [PMID: 36565852 PMCID: PMC9867909 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2022.109403] [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: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Benzethonium chloride (BZT) is an excipient used in numerous products including (R,S)-ketamine (ketamine) drug formulations for human and veterinary use. Emerging evidence indicates BZT is pharmacologically active. BZT may therefore contribute to some of the clinical or preclinical effects observed with ketamine. In the present study, we evaluated: (i) the affinity of BZT for neurotransmitter receptors and transporters, (ii) the effects of BZT on hippocampal synaptic transmission in vitro, and (iii) plasma and brain concentrations of BZT following its intraperitoneal administration to male CD1 mice. Radioligand binding assays determined the affinity of BZT for neurotransmitter targets. Effects of BZT on field excitatory postsynaptic potentials (fEPSPs) were established via electrophysiological recordings from slices collected from male C57BL/6J mice. The binding assays revealed that BZT binds to numerous receptors (e.g., σ2 Ki = 7 nM) and transporters (e.g., dopamine transporter Ki = 545 nM). Bath application of BZT potentiated hippocampal fEPSPs in mouse hippocampal slices with an EC50 of 2.03 nM. Following intraperitoneal administration, BZT was detected in the plasma, but not in the brain of mice. These data highlight that studies measuring peripheral endpoints or directly exposing systems, in vitro, intracerebroventricularly, or intracortically, to BZT-containing formulations should account for the direct effects of BZT. Our findings also suggest that earlier data attributing pharmacological effects to ketamine may be confounded by BZT and that additional investigation into the functional impact of BZT is warranted. This article is part of the Special Issue on 'Ketamine and its Metabolites'.
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- Kyle A Brown
- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Biobehavioral Imaging and Molecular Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA; Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Division of Translational Toxicology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA
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- Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Department of Pharmacology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA; Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
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Roy S, Zhang W, Biswas D, Ramakrishnan R, Rhim JW. Grapefruit Seed Extract-Added Functional Films and Coating for Active Packaging Applications: A Review. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28020730. [PMID: 36677788 PMCID: PMC9865371 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28020730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Recently, consumers have been increasingly inclined towards natural antimicrobials and antioxidants in food processing and packaging. Several bioactive compounds have originated from natural sources, and among them, grapefruit seed extract (GSE) is widely accepted and generally safe to use in food. GSE is a very commonly used antimicrobial in food; lately, it has also been found very effective as a coating material or in edible packaging films. A lot of recent work reports the use of GSE in food packaging applications to ensure food quality and safety; therefore, this work intended to provide an up-to-date review of GSE-based packaging. This review discusses GSE, its extraction methods, and their use in manufacturing food packaging film/coatings. Various physical and functional properties of GSE-added film were also discussed. This review also provides the food preservation application of GSE-incorporated film and coating. Lastly, the opportunities, challenges, and perspectives in the GSE-added packaging film/coating are also debated.
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- Swarup Roy
- School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, Solan 173229, India
- Correspondence: (S.R.); (J.-W.R.)
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, Solan 173229, India
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- Department of Printing Technology, College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University, Chennai 600025, India
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- Department of Food and Nutrition, BioNanocomposite Research Center, Kyung Hee University, 26 Kyungheedae-Ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02447, Republic of Korea
- Correspondence: (S.R.); (J.-W.R.)
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Sanidad KZ, Wang G, Panigrahy A, Zhang G. Triclosan and triclocarban as potential risk factors of colitis and colon cancer: Roles of gut microbiota involved. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 842:156776. [PMID: 35724794 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In recent decades there has been a dramatic increase in the incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestinal tissues and a major risk factor of developing colon cancer. While accumulating evidence supports that the rapid increase of IBD is mainly caused by exposure to environmental risk factors, the identities of the risk factors, as well as the mechanisms connecting environmental exposure with IBD, remain largely unknown. Triclosan (TCS) and triclocarban (TCC) are high-volume chemicals that are used as antimicrobial ingredients in consumer and industrial products. They are ubiquitous contaminants in the environment and are frequently detected in human populations. Recent studies showed that exposure to TCS/TCC, at human exposure-relevant doses, increases the severity of colitis and exacerbates colon tumorigenesis in mice, suggesting that they could be risk factors of IBD and associated diseases. The gut toxicities of these compounds require the presence of gut microbiota, since they fail to induce colonic inflammation in mice lacking the microbiota. Regarding the functional roles of the microbiota involved, gut commensal microbes and specific microbial β-glucuronidase (GUS) enzymes mediate colonic metabolism of TCS, leading to metabolic reactivation of TCS in the colon and contributing to its subsequent gut toxicity. Overall, these results support that these commonly used compounds could be environmental risk factors of IBD and associated diseases through gut microbiota-dependent mechanisms.
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- Katherine Z Sanidad
- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA; Department of Food Science and Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
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Lee H, Park J, Park K. Effects of consumer products chemicals ingredients and their mixtures on the estrogen receptor/androgen receptor transcriptional activation. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 302:134866. [PMID: 35533928 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134866] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Unlike the environmental pollutants or industrial chemicals, the chemicals in consumer products may pose higher levels of risks, depending on how the chemicals are used in the products and how humans interact with the products. Recently, endocrine disrupting chemicals in cosmetics, personal care products, cleaners, sunscreens, and vinyl products were analytically quantified and many active chemicals including phthalates, parabens and bisphenols were detected. This indicates a wide range of exposures from common products. In this study, 35 chemicals known to be ingredients of consumer products were selected and screened for the transactivation of estrogen receptors and androgen receptors. From the results of individual chemicals, the activity of binary/ternary mixture prepared from the agonists for the ER transcription activity was measured, and compared to the predicted values obtained by the full logistic model. The measured and the predicted values were found to be very similar. This study may suggest that prediction of mixture activity by proper models would be one of the supportive tools for the risk assessment and sound regulation of chemical mixtures which have potential endocrine disrupting effects in consumer products.
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- Handule Lee
- College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South Korea
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- College of Pharmacy, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul, 02748, South Korea.
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Long Y, Hou J, Tang F, Lin Z, Huang X, Li W, Chen Y, Li Z, Wu Z. Proarrhythmic effects induced by benzethonium chloride and domiphen bromide in vitro and in vivo. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2021; 431:115731. [PMID: 34592322 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2021.115731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Benzethonium chloride (BZT) and domiphen bromide (DMP) are widely used as antimicrobials in drugs, vaccines and industry. However, no cardiac safety data has been developed on both compounds. Previously we reported BZT and DMP as high-affinity human ether-a-go-go related gene (HERG) channel inhibitors with unknown proarrhythmic risk. Here, we investigate the cardiotoxicity of BZT and DMP in vitro and in vivo, aiming to improve the safety-in-use of both antimicrobials. In the present study, human iPSC derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CMs) were generated and rabbit models were used to examine the proarrhythmic potential of BZT and DMP. Our results found that BZT and DMP induced time- and dose-dependent decrease in the contractile parameters of hiPSC-CMs, prolonged FPDc (≥ 0.1 μM), caused tachycardia/fibrillation-like oscillation (0.3-1 μM), ultimately progressing to irreversible arrest of beating (≥ 1 μM). The IC50 values of BZT and DMP derived from normalized beat rate were 0.13 μM and 0.10 μM on hiPSC-CMs at 76 days. Moreover, in vivo rabbit ECG data demonstrated that 12.85 mg/kg BZT and 3.85 mg/kg DMP evoked QTc prolongation, noncomplex arrhythmias and ventricular tachycardias. Our findings support the cardiac safety of 0.01 μM BZT/DMP in vitro and the intravenous infusion of 3.85 mg/kg BZT and 1.28 mg/kg DMP in vivo, whereas higher concentrations of both compounds cause mild to moderate cardiotoxicity that should not be neglected during medical and industrial applications.
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- Yan Long
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; Central Laboratory, Shenzhen Samii Medical Center, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Regenerative Biology, Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
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Kostoff RN, Briggs MB, Kanduc D, Shores DR, Kovatsi L, Vardavas AI, Porter AL. Common contributing factors to COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease. Toxicol Rep 2021; 8:1616-1637. [PMID: 34485092 PMCID: PMC8406546 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 08/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The devastating complications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) result from an individual's dysfunctional immune response following the initial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Multiple toxic stressors and behaviors contribute to underlying immune system dysfunction. SARS-CoV-2 exploits the dysfunctional immune system to trigger a chain of events ultimately leading to COVID-19. We have previously identified many contributing factors (CFs) (representing toxic exposure, lifestyle factors and psychosocial stressors) common to myriad chronic diseases. We hypothesized significant overlap between CFs associated with COVID-19 and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), because of the strong role immune dysfunction plays in each disease. A streamlined dot-product approach was used to identify potential CFs to COVID-19 and IBD. Of the fifty CFs to COVID-19 that were validated for demonstration purposes, approximately half had direct impact on COVID-19 (the CF and COVID-19 were mentioned in the same record; i.e., CF---→COVID-19), and the other half had indirect impact. The nascent character of the COVID-19 core literature (∼ one year old) did not allow sufficient time for the direct impacts of many CFs on COVID-19 to be identified. Therefore, an immune system dysfunction (ID) literature directly related to the COVID-19 core literature was used to augment the COVID-19 core literature and provide the remaining CFs that impacted COVID-19 indirectly (i.e., CF---→immune system dysfunction---→COVID-19). Approximately 13000 potential CFs for myriad diseases (obtained from government and university toxic substance lists) served as the starting point for the dot-product identification process. These phrases were intersected (dot-product) with phrases extracted from a PubMed-derived IBD core literature, a nascent COVID-19 core literature, and the COVID-19-related immune system dysfunction (ID) core literature to identify common ID/COVID-19 and IBD CFs. Approximately 3000 potential CFs common to both ID and IBD, almost 2300 potential CFs common to ID and COVID-19, and over 1900 potential CFs common to IBD and COVID-19 were identified. As proof of concept, we validated fifty of these ∼3000 overlapping ID/IBD candidate CFs with biologic plausibility. We further validated 24 of the fifty as common CFs in the IBD and nascent COVID-19 core literatures. This significant finding demonstrated that the CFs indirectly related to COVID-19 -- identified with use of the immune system dysfunction literature -- are strong candidates to emerge eventually as CFs directly related to COVID-19. As discussed in the main text, many more CFs common to all these core literatures could be identified and validated. ID and IBD share many common risk/contributing factors, including behaviors and toxic exposures that impair immune function. A key component to immune system health is removal of those factors that contribute to immune system dysfunction in the first place. This requires a paradigm shift from traditional Western medicine, which often focuses on treatment, rather than prevention.
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- Ronald Neil Kostoff
- School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Gainesville, VA, 20155, United States
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- Dept. of Biosciences, Biotechnologies, and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Via Orabona 4, Bari, 70125, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287, United States
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- Laboratory of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
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- Laboratory of Toxicology & Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
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- R&D, Search Technology, Inc., Peachtree Corners, GA, 30092, United States
- School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, 30332, United States
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Bieberich AA, Rajwa B, Irvine A, Fatig RO, Fekete A, Jin H, Kutlina E, Urban L. TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Acute cell stress screen with supervised machine learning predicts cytotoxicity of excipients. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods 2021; 111:107088. [PMID: 34144174 DOI: 10.1016/j.vascn.2021.107088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2021] [Revised: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Andrew A Bieberich
- AsedaSciences Inc., 1281 Win Hentschel Boulevard, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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- AsedaSciences Inc., 1281 Win Hentschel Boulevard, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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- AsedaSciences Inc., 1281 Win Hentschel Boulevard, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA.
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- Preclinical Safety, Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Preclinical Safety, Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Preclinical Safety, Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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- Preclinical Safety, Translational Medicine, Novartis Institutes of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
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Xie M, Zhang H, Wang W, Sherman HL, Minter LM, Cai Z, Zhang G. Triclocarban Exposure Exaggerates Spontaneous Colonic Inflammation in Il-10-/- Mice. Toxicol Sci 2021; 174:92-99. [PMID: 31868902 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfz248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Triclocarban (3,4,4'-trichlorocarbanilide, TCC) is a high-volume chemical used as an antimicrobial ingredient in many consumer and personal care products. In 2016, the Food and Drug Administration removed TCC from over-the-counter hand washing products. However, TCC remains approved to use in many other products and is a ubiquitous contaminant in the environment; furthermore, many common food crops can efficiently accumulate environmental TCC, resulting in potential human exposure through oral ingestion of contaminated food products. Therefore, human exposure to TCC could be a long-lasting and serious problem. A better understanding of its impact on human health could lead to important impact for public health and regulatory policy. Using a spontaneous colonic inflammation model in Il-10-/- mice, here we demonstrate that exposure to TCC, at doses relevant to human exposure, exaggerates spontaneous colonic inflammation in Il-10-/- mice, with reduced colon length, increase fecal concentration of lipocalin 2, enhanced gene expression of Il-6 and Ifn-γ in the colon, and exaggerated crypt damage in the colon. Collectively, these results support that TCC could be a potential environmental risk factor of colitis and associated gut diseases.
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- Minhao Xie
- Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Grain Circulation and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing 210023, China.,Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, Massachusetts
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, Massachusetts
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, Massachusetts
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental and Biological Analysis, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong 999077, China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, Massachusetts.,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 01003, Massachusetts
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Zhao T, Zhang M, Ma L, Ma L, Shi H, Kang W, Xu X. Cyanuric chloride-imidazole dendrimer functionalized nanoparticles as an adsorbent for magnetic solid phase extraction of quaternary ammonium compounds from fruit and vegetable puree based infant foods. J Chromatogr A 2020; 1636:461735. [PMID: 33316560 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2020.461735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
A novel magnetic solid-phase extraction (MSPE) material (Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2-G2) had been prepared and employed for adsorption and analysis of seven quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) in infant fruit and vegetable products coupled with high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). In this paper, Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2-G2 was synthesized based on Fe3O4@SiO2-NH2 and dendrimer (G2) consisting of cyanuric chloride and imidazole. The morphology, configuration and magnetic behavior of the magnetic material were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM). Critical parameters affecting extraction efficiency, such as the adsorbent amount, sample pH, extraction time, the type of eluent, and desorption time, were optimized. The proposed method provided good linearity with the correlation coefficients (R2) of 0.9992-0.9999, low limits of detection (LODs) (0.05-0.50 μg kg-1) and limits of quantitation (LOQs) (0.20-2.00 μg kg-1). The satisfactory method recoveries in three spiked infant fruit and vegetable products samples were between 80.12% and 101.35% with the relative standard deviations (RSDs) less than 12.04%. In summary, the established method was an effective sample preparation method and showed good prospect for the analysis of QACs in complex matrices.
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- Tangjuan Zhao
- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China
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- Shijiazhuang Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Shijiazhuang 050011, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China
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- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China.
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- School of Public Health, Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China; Hebei Key Laboratory of Environment and Human Health, Shijiazhuang 050017, PR China.
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Abbott T, Kor-Bicakci G, Islam MS, Eskicioglu C. A Review on the Fate of Legacy and Alternative Antimicrobials and Their Metabolites during Wastewater and Sludge Treatment. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21239241. [PMID: 33287448 PMCID: PMC7729486 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21239241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 11/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Antimicrobial compounds are used in a broad range of personal care, consumer and healthcare products and are frequently encountered in modern life. The use of these compounds is being reexamined as their safety, effectiveness and necessity are increasingly being questioned by regulators and consumers alike. Wastewater often contains significant amounts of these chemicals, much of which ends up being released into the environment as existing wastewater and sludge treatment processes are simply not designed to treat many of these contaminants. Furthermore, many biotic and abiotic processes during wastewater treatment can generate significant quantities of potentially toxic and persistent antimicrobial metabolites and byproducts, many of which may be even more concerning than their parent antimicrobials. This review article explores the occurrence and fate of two of the most common legacy antimicrobials, triclosan and triclocarban, their metabolites/byproducts during wastewater and sludge treatment and their potential impacts on the environment. This article also explores the fate and transformation of emerging alternative antimicrobials and addresses some of the growing concerns regarding these compounds. This is becoming increasingly important as consumers and regulators alike shift away from legacy antimicrobials to alternative chemicals which may have similar environmental and human health concerns.
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- Timothy Abbott
- UBC Bioreactor Technology Group, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada; (T.A.); (G.K.-B.); (M.S.I.)
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- UBC Bioreactor Technology Group, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada; (T.A.); (G.K.-B.); (M.S.I.)
- Institute of Environmental Sciences, Bogazici University, Bebek, 34342 Istanbul, Turkey
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- UBC Bioreactor Technology Group, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada; (T.A.); (G.K.-B.); (M.S.I.)
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- UBC Bioreactor Technology Group, School of Engineering, University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus, Kelowna, BC V1V 1V7, Canada; (T.A.); (G.K.-B.); (M.S.I.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-250-807-8544 (C.E)
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Yang H, Sanidad KZ, Wang W, Xie M, Gu M, Cao X, Xiao H, Zhang G. Triclocarban exposure exaggerates colitis and colon tumorigenesis: roles of gut microbiota involved. Gut Microbes 2020; 12:1690364. [PMID: 31760871 PMCID: PMC7524142 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2019.1690364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Triclocarban (TCC) is a widely used antimicrobial ingredient in consumer products and is a ubiquitous contaminant in the environment. In 2016, the FDA removed TCC from over-the-counter handwashing products, but this compound is still approved for use in many other personal care products. A better understanding of its impact on human health could lead to significant impact for public health and regulatory policies. Here we show that exposure to low-dose TCC exaggerated the severity of colitis and exacerbated the development of colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis, via gut microbiota-dependent mechanisms. Exposure to TCC increased dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)- and interleukin 10 (IL-10) knockout-induced colitis, and exaggerated azoxymethane (AOM)/DSS-induced colon tumorigenesis in mice. Regarding the mechanisms, TCC exposure reduced the diversity and altered the composition of gut microbiota and failed to promote DSS-induced colitis in mice lacking the microbiota, supporting that the presence of the microbiota is critical for the pro-colitis effects of TCC. Together, these results support TCC could be a novel risk factor for colitis and colitis-associated colon cancer, and further regulatory policies on this compound could be needed.
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- Haixia Yang
- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Grain Circulation and Safety, College of Food Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,Hang Xiao Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,CONTACT Guodong Zhang
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Triclosan and chloroxylenol are broad-spectrum biocides used extensively in healthcare and consumer products. They have been suggested to perturb the structure of bacterial membranes, but studies so far have not considered that most bacterial membranes contain large amounts of branched-chain lipids. Here, molecular dynamics simulation is used to examine the effect of the two biocides on membranes consisting of lipids with methyl-branched chains, cyclopropanated chains, and nonbranched chains. It is shown that triclosan and chloroxylenol induced a phase transition in membranes from a liquid-crystalline to a liquid-ordered phase irrespective of the presence and nature of branching groups. At high concentration, chloroxylenol promoted chain interdigitation. Our results suggest that triclosan and chloroxylenol decrease the degree of fluidity of membranes and that this effect is more pronounced in bacterial membranes. As a result, their biocidal activity could be associated with a change in the function of membrane proteins.
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- David Poger
- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane QLD 4072 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane QLD 4072 , Australia
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Triclosan (TCS) is an antimicrobial compound incorporated into more than 2,000 consumer products. This compound is frequently detected in the human body and causes ubiquitous contamination in the environment, raising concerns about its impact on human health and environmental pollution. Our recent research showed that exposure to TCS exaggerates colonic inflammation and exacerbates development of colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis, via gut microbiome-dependent mechanisms. In this review, we discussed recent research about TCS, as well as other consumer antimicrobials, on the gut microbiome and gut health.
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- Katherine Z. Sanidad
- Department of Food Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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- Department of Food Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA,CONTACT Guodong Zhang Department of Food Science and Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA
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Triclosan (TCS) is a high-volume chemical used as an antimicrobial ingredient in over 2000 consumer products such as toothpastes, cosmetics, and toys. Due to its widespread use, it causes ubiquitous contamination in the environment and is frequently detected in the human body, raising concerns about its impact on environmental pollution and human health. Our recent study showed that short-time exposure to low-dose TCS causes colonic inflammation, increases severity of colitis, and exacerbates colitis-associated colon tumorigenesis in mice, through gut microbiota- and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-dependent mechanisms. In addition, we demonstrate that beyond TCS, other antimicrobial chemicals used in consumer products also exaggerate colitis and colon cancer in mice. Together, these results highlight the importance to further evaluate these consumer antimicrobials on gut health, to develop potential further regulatory policies.
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- Haixia Yang
- 1 Department of Food Science and University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts
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- 1 Department of Food Science and University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts
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- 1 Department of Food Science and University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts.,2 Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, University of Massachusetts , Amherst, Massachusetts
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