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Wang Y, Liu X, Jing H, Ren H, Xu S, Guo M. Trimethyltin induces apoptosis and necroptosis of mouse liver by oxidative stress through YAP phosphorylation. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2022; 248:114327. [PMID: 36434999 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.114327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2022] [Revised: 11/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Trimethyltin (TMT) is widely used as a major component of plastic stabilizers in agriculture and industry, and can accumulate in large quantities in the liver. To investigate the relationship between liver tissue damage induced by TMT exposure and YAP phosphorylation in mice, we gave the mice drinking water containing 0.01 mg/mL TMT for 14 days to establish an in vivo experimental model, and continuously treated AML12 cells with 20 μM TMT for 24 h to establish an in vitro experimental model. Transcriptomics revealed that TMT exposure altered 62,466 apparently diversely expressed genes, including 1197 upregulated and 899 downregulated genes, and that enrichment of the Hippo pathway occurred. Moreover, western blotting (WB) and quantitative real-time PCR (qRTPCR) results showed that TMT exposure triggered an increase in the expression of P-YAP, apoptosis and necroptosis-interrelated genes, and a decrease in Bcl-2 expression in mouse livers tissues and AML12 cells. The expression of P-YAP was significantly suppressed in the TRULI-treated TMT-exposed AML12 cells, while oxidative stress levels and damage were also significantly attenuated. In conclusion, TMT triggers YAP phosphorylation to induce oxidative stress inducing apoptosis and necroptosis in mouse livers tissues. Our results confirm the liver toxic effect and specific mechanism of TMT.
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- Yuqi Wang
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China; Key Laboratory of the Provincial Education Department of Heilongjiang for Common Animal Disease Prevention and Treatment, College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin 150030, PR China.
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Fross S, Mansel C, McCormick M, Vohra BPS. Tributyltin Alters Calcium Levels, Mitochondrial Dynamics, and Activates Calpains Within Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons. Toxicol Sci 2021; 180:342-355. [PMID: 33481012 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfaa193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tributyltin (TBT) remains a global health concern. The primary route of human exposure to TBT is either through ingestion or skin absorption, but TBT's effects on the peripheral nervous system have still not been investigated. Therefore, we exposed in vitro sensory dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons to TBT at a concentration of 50-200 nM, which is similar to the observed concentrations of TBT in human blood samples. We observed that TBT causes extensive axon degeneration and neuronal death in the DRG neurons. Furthermore, we discovered that TBT causes an increase in both cytosolic and mitochondrial calcium levels, disrupts mitochondrial dynamics, decreases neuronal ATP levels, and leads to the activation of calpains. Additional experiments demonstrated that inhibition of calpain activation prevented TBT-induced fragmentation of neuronal cytoskeletal proteins and neuronal cell death. Thus, we conclude that calpain activation is the key executioner of TBT-induced peripheral neurodegeneration.
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- Shaneann Fross
- Department of Biology, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri 64068, USA
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- Department of Biology, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri 64068, USA
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- Department of Biology, William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri 64068, USA
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da Silva Barboza A, Fang LK, Ribeiro JS, Cuevas-Suárez CE, Moraes RR, Lund RG. Physicomechanical, optical, and antifungal properties of polymethyl methacrylate modified with metal methacrylate monomers. J Prosthet Dent 2021; 125:706.e1-706.e6. [PMID: 33581867 DOI: 10.1016/j.prosdent.2020.12.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Revised: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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STATEMENT OF PROBLEM The high recurrence rates of denture stomatitis may be associated with the resistance of biofilms to therapeutics. Therefore, methods that provide biomaterials with antifungal properties are an attractive solution to improving microbial control. PURPOSE The purpose of this in vitro study was to modify conventional polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) through the incorporation of metal methacrylate monomers and to evaluate the physicomechanical and optical properties and antifungal activity of the modified materials. MATERIAL AND METHODS Experimental denture base acrylic resins were fabricated through the addition of zirconium methacrylate (ZM), tin methacrylate (TM), and di-n-butyldimethacrylate-tin (DNBMT) to the liquid of a commercially available denture base PMMA resin. Unmodified PMMA resin was used as the control. The degree of conversion of the materials was tested through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (n=3). A digital spectrophotometer was used to assess the color change of the modified materials (n=8). Differences in Knoop hardness and roughness between experimental groups were also evaluated (n=8). A biofilm accumulation test with Candida albicans (ATCC 62342) (n=4) was performed for 5 days in Sabouraud broth culture supplemented with 10% sucrose. Data were subjected to analysis of variance and the post hoc Tukey honestly significant difference test (α=.05). RESULTS The degree of conversion and color-change values of the experimental materials were statistically similar to those of the control (P=.593). The incorporation of DNBMT significantly increased the hardness of the modified material (P=.014). The ZM, TM, and DNBMT groups had higher antifungal activity against C. albicans (P=.001) and lower roughness than the control group (control 0.65 ±0.05 μm; ZM 0.34 ±0.09 μm, TM 0.34 ±0.11 μm, and DNBMT 0.41 ±0.08 μm). CONCLUSIONS The metal-containing methacrylate monomers provided antifungal action to the modified materials without affecting the physicomechanical or optical properties of the denture base resin. ZM, TM, and DNBMT are potential reactive agents for the fabrication of PMMA denture base resins with antifungal properties.
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- Andressa da Silva Barboza
- PhD candidate, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas-RS, Brazil
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- MSc candidate, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas-RS, Brazil
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- PhD candidate, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas-RS, Brazil; Researcher assistant, Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences and Endodontics, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Professor, Dental Materials Laboratory, Academic Area of Dentistry, Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Pachuca, Mexico
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- Associate professor, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Associate professor, Graduate Program in Dentistry, Pelotas Dental School, Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL), Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
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Dyląg M, Pruchnik H, Pruchnik F, Majkowska-Skrobek G, Ułaszewski S. Antifungal activity of organotin compounds with functionalized carboxylates evaluated by the microdilution bioassayin vitro. Med Mycol 2010. [DOI: 10.3109/13693780903188680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial oxygen consumption inhibition importance for TMT-dependent cell death in undifferentiated PC12 cells. Neurochem Int 2007; 52:1092-9. [PMID: 18191000 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2007.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2007] [Revised: 11/08/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The evolving role of mitochondria as a target for different death-inducing noxae prompted us to investigate trimethyltin (TMT)-dependent effects on mitochondrial functionality. For this purpose, we used a homogeneous cell culture model represented by undifferentiated PC12 cells. Mitochondria isolated from PC12 cells treated with TMT for 6, 12 and 24h, showed a time-dependent inhibition of ADP-stimulated oxygen consumption using succinate or glutamate/malate as substrate. Using a fluorescent assay, the effect of TMT on mitochondrial membrane potential (delta Psi) in PC12 cells was also determined. After 24h in culture, a strong loss of mitochondrial membrane potential (delta Psi) was observed in TMT-treated cells. Collapse of mitochondrial membrane potential correlated with an increased expression of bax/bcl-2 ratio, as evaluated by polymerase chain reaction. Western blotting and spectrophotometric analysis showed that cytochrome c release and activation of caspase 3 were concurrently induced. Our findings suggest that inhibition of mitochondrial respiration represents the early toxic event for cell death in PC12 due to trimethyltin.
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Reese BE, Davidson C, Billingsley ML, Yun J. Protein kinase C epsilon regulates tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced stannin gene expression. J Pharmacol Exp Ther 2005; 314:61-9. [PMID: 15798003 DOI: 10.1124/jpet.105.084236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Stannin (Snn) is a highly conserved vertebrate protein that has been closely linked to trimethyltin (TMT) toxicity. We have previously demonstrated that Snn is required for TMT-induced cell death. Others have shown that TMT exposure results in tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) production and that TNFalpha treatment induces Snn gene expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). In this study, we investigated a signaling mechanism by which Snn gene expression is regulated by TMT and demonstrated that TNFalpha stimulates Snn gene expression in a protein kinase C epsilon-dependent manner in HUVECs in response to TMT exposure. Supporting this, we show that TMT-induced toxicity is significantly blocked by pretreatment with an anti-TNFalpha antibody in HUVECs. Using a quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction assay, we also show that the level of Snn gene expression is significantly increased in HUVECs in response to either TMT or TNFalpha treatment. This TNFalpha-induced Snn gene expression is blocked when HUVECs were pretreated with bisindolylmaleimide I, an inhibitor of protein kinase C (PKC). In contrast, when HUVECs were treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a PKC activator, we observed a significant increase in Snn gene expression. Using isotype-specific siRNA against PKC, we further show that knockdown of PKC epsilon, but not PKC delta or PKC zeta, significantly blocked TNFalpha-induced Snn gene expression. Together, these results indicate that TNFalpha-induced, PKC epsilon-dependent Snn expression may be a critical factor in TMT-induced cytotoxicity.
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- Brian E Reese
- Department of Pharmacology , Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, USA
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Florea AM, Dopp E, Büsselberg D. Elevated Ca2+i transients induced by trimethyltin chloride in HeLa cells: types and levels of response. Cell Calcium 2005; 37:251-8. [PMID: 15670872 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2004.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2004] [Revised: 10/07/2004] [Accepted: 10/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Humans are exposed to organotins, like trimethyltin (TMT) chloride via air, water and food, and intoxication might result in severe health complications. Toxic effects of organotin compounds are well documented, but possible mechanisms remain unclear and only little information is available how organometallic species interact with calcium controlling mechanisms. Therefore, the aim of this work was to investigate the effects of TMT on calcium homeostasis in HeLa S3 cells. Dynamic changes of cytosolic calcium (Ca2+(i)) were monitored using laser-scanning microscopy and fluo-4 loaded cells. Application of TMT resulted in sustained as well as in transient elevations of Ca2+(i). The number of reacting cells was directly correlated to the concentration of TMT used: with 500 microM TMT all cells reacted, with 50 microM TMT 80% and with 5 microM 74%. The fast Ca2+(i)-transients (spikes), measured in single cells, occurred even with 0.25 microM TMT and varied in size and duration. The sustained increase of Ca2+(i), measured as the average over all cells, was dose dependent with an approximately 8% increase for 5 microM TMT, approximately 12.3% for 50 microM and approximately 145% for 500 microM TMT. Moreover, this effect was partly reversible. A second application resulted in a similar sustained rise of Ca2+(i) compared to the first application of TMT, there was also no difference when no calcium was added to the external solution (151+/-10% compared to 145+/-15%; 500 microM TMT). This rise of Ca2+(i) was highly reduced (<10% increase) when the internal calcium stores were depleted before TMT (500 microM) was applied. Our data suggest that TMT influences Ca2+(i)-homeostasis of HeLa S3 cells, which might be related to its toxicity in this cell line.
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- Ana-Maria Florea
- Institute of Hygiene and Occupational Medicine, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany
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