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Tian M, Xia P, Yan L, Gou X, Yu H, Zhang X. Human functional genomics reveals toxicological mechanism underlying genotoxicants-induced inflammatory responses under low doses exposure. Chemosphere 2023; 314:137658. [PMID: 36584827 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the toxicological mechanisms of chemicals is essential for accurate assessments of environmental health risks. Inflammation could play a critical role in the adverse health outcomes caused by genotoxicants; however, the toxicological mechanisms underlying genotoxicants-induced inflammatory response are still limited. Here, functional genomics CRISPR screens were performed to enhance the mechanistic understanding of the genotoxicants-induced inflammatory response at low doses exposure. Key genes and pathways associated with the activities of immune cells and the production of cytokines were identified by CRISPR screens of 6 model genotoxicants. Gene network analysis revealed that three genes (TLR10, HCAR2 and TRIM6) were involved in the regulation of neutrophil apoptosis and cytokine release, and TLR10 shared a similar functional pattern with HCAR2 and TRIM6. Furthermore, adverse outcome pathway (AOP) network analysis revealed that TLR10 was involved in the molecular initiating events (MIEs) or key events (KEs) in the inflammatory response AOPs of all the 6 genotoxicants, which provided mechanistic links between TLR10 and genotoxicants-induced inflammation and respiratory diseases. Finally, functional validation tests demonstrated that TLR10 exhibited inhibitory effects on genotoxicants-induced inflammatory responses in both epithelial and immune cells. This study highlights the powerful utility of the integration of CRISPR screen and AOP network analysis in illuminating the toxicological causal mechanisms of environmental chemicals.
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- Mingming Tian
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, People's Republic of China; Jiangsu Province Ecology and Environment Protection Key Laboratory of Chemical Safety and Health Risk, Nanjing, 210023, Jiangsu, China.
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Karengera A, Bao C, Riksen JAG, van Veelen HPJ, Sterken MG, Kammenga JE, Murk AJ, Dinkla IJT. Development of a transcription-based bioanalytical tool to quantify the toxic potencies of hydrophilic compounds in water using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2021; 227:112923. [PMID: 34700171 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112923] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Low concentrations of environmental contaminants can be difficult to detect with current analytical tools, yet they may pose a risk to human and environmental health. The development of bioanalytical tools can help to quantify toxic potencies of biologically active compounds even of hydrophilic contaminants that are hard to extract from water samples. In this study, we exposed the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans synchronized in larval stage L4 to hydrophilic compounds via the water phase and analyzed the effect on gene transcription abundance. The nematodes were exposed to three direct-acting genotoxicants (1 mM and 5 mM): N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU), formaldehyde (HCHO), and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). Genome-wide gene expression analysis using microarrays revealed significantly altered transcription levels of 495 genes for HCHO, 285 genes for ENU, and 569 genes for MMS in a concentration-dependent manner. A relatively high number of differentially expressed genes was downregulated, suggesting a general stress in nematodes treated with toxicants. Gene ontology and Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes analysis demonstrated that the upregulated genes were primarily associated with metabolism, xenobiotic detoxification, proteotoxic stress, and innate immune response. Interestingly, genes downregulated by MMS were linked to the inhibition of neurotransmission, and this is in accordance with the observed decreased locomotion in MMS-exposed nematodes. Unexpectedly, the expression level of DNA damage response genes such as cell-cycle checkpoints or DNA-repair proteins were not altered. Overall, the current study shows that gene expression profiling of nematodes can be used to identify the potential mechanisms underlying the toxicity of chemical compounds. C. elegans is a promising test organism to further develop into a bioanalytical tool for quantification of the toxic potency of a wide array of hydrophilic contaminants.
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- Antoine Karengera
- Wageningen University, Department of Animal Sciences, Marine Animal Ecology Group, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911 MA Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
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- Wageningen University, Department of Animal Sciences, Marine Animal Ecology Group, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands; Yangtze Delta Region Institute of Tsinghua University, Jiaxing, China
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- Wageningen University, Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Nematology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911 MA Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Nematology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Nematology, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wageningen University, Department of Animal Sciences, Marine Animal Ecology Group, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Wetsus, European Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology, Oostergoweg 9, 8911 MA Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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Bai W, Takao Y, Kubo T. First evaluation of genotoxicity of strong bases and zwitterions in treated household effluents. J Hazard Mater 2021; 416:126053. [PMID: 34492893 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 04/28/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Various genotoxic substances in household effluents have not been sufficiently studied. The purpose of this study is to evaluate them using the umu test after dividing them based on the acid-base properties of their functional groups by solid-phase extraction cartridges. The results of the samples concentrated with reverse-phase cartridges showed that the substances with acid functional groups had stronger genotoxicity as 4.1-12.1 ng-4-NQO/mL without S9 enzyme and 17.4-51.8 ng-2-AA/mL with S9 enzyme, while the basic substances also showed a certain degree of toxicity. The results of dividing the effluents by acid-base properties using ion-exchange cartridges showed that chemical substances with strong acid functional groups did not demonstrate genotoxicity. It was found that the genotoxicity of chemicals with functional groups of weak acids was half of that of the total amount. The genotoxicity of the neutral substance was not strong, and the genotoxicity of the weak basic substances was negligible. The zwitterions and substances with strong basic functional groups showed about half the total genotoxicity. This is the first report that has investigated the genotoxicity of zwitterions in effluents.
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- Wenzhi Bai
- Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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- Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan
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Berte N, Eich M, Heylmann D, Koks C, Van Gool SW, Kaina B. Impaired DNA repair in mouse monocytes compared to macrophages and precursors. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 98:103037. [PMID: 33418482 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2020] [Revised: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Previously we showed that human monocytes isolated from peripheral blood display downregulation of several DNA repair proteins, including XRCC1, ligase III, PARP-1 and DNA-PKCS, resulting in a deficiency of DNA repair, while in macrophages derived from monocytes the repair protein expression and DNA repair is restored. To see whether this is a specific phenomenon of human monocytes and macrophages, we assessed the expression of these repair genes in mice. We also addressed the question at which differentiation step in bone marrow cells downregulation of DNA repair gene expression occurs. The study revealed that mouse monocytes, similar to human, lack the expression of XRCC1, ligase III, PARP-1 and DNA-PKCS. If mice were treated with total body irradiation, they showed significant apoptosis in bone marrow monocytes, but not in peritoneal macrophages. This was also observed after treatment with the methylating anticancer drug temozolomide, resulting in high death rate of monocytes, but not macrophages. Monocytes arise from hematopoietic stem cells. Even the early stem cell fraction (LT-HSC) expressed detectable amounts of XRCC1, which was transiently upregulated, achieving the highest expression level in CMP (common myeloid progenitor) and, during the subsequent differentiation process, downregulated up to a non-detectable level in monocytes. The immediate monocyte precursor GMP also expressed ligase III, PARP-1 and DNA-PKCS. All these repair genes lacking in monocytes were upregulated again in macrophages. The sensitivity of monocytes, macrophages and precursor cells roughly correlated with their XRCC1 expression level. Monocytes, but not macrophages, also displayed strong γH2AX focal staining, indicating the presence of non-repaired DNA double-strand breaks following total body irradiation. Overall, the data revealed that murine monocytes exhibit the same DNA repair-impaired phenotype and high sensitivity compared to macrophages as observed in human. Therefore, the repair deficiency previously described for human monocytes appears to be a general property of this cell type.
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Huang R, Zhou P. Double-edged effects of noncoding RNAs in responses to environmental genotoxic insults: Perspectives with regards to molecule-ecology network. Environ Pollut 2019; 247:64-71. [PMID: 30654255 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2018] [Revised: 01/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Numerous recent studies have underlined the crucial players of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), i.e., microRNAs(miRNAs), long noncoding RNAs(lncRNAs) and circle RNAs(circRNAs) participating in genotoxic responses induced by a wide variety of environmental genotoxicants consistently. Genotoxic-derived ncRNAs provide us a new epigenetic molecular-ecological network (MEN) insights into the underlying mechanisms regarding genotoxicant exposure and genotoxic effects, which can modify ncRNAs to render them "genotoxic" and inheritable, thus potentially leading to disease risk via epigenetic changes. In fact, the spatial structures of ncRNAs, particularly of secondary and three-dimensional structures, diverse environmental genotoxicants as well as RNA splicing and editing forma dynamic pool of ncRNAs, which constructs a MEN in cells together with their enormous targets and interactions, making biological functions more complicated. We nonetheless suggest that ncRNAs have both beneficial(positive) and harmful(negative) effects, i.e., are "double-edged" in regulating genotoxicant toxic responses. Understanding the "double-edged" effects of ncRNAs is of crucial importance for our further comprehension of the pathogenesis of human diseases induced by environmental toxicants and for the construction of novel prevention and therapy targets. Furthermore, the MEN formed by ncRNAs and their interactions each other as well as downstream targets in the cells is important for considering the active relationships between external agents (environmental toxicants) and inherent genomic ncRNAs, in terms of suppression or promotion (down- or upregulation), and engineered ncRNA therapies can suppress or promote the expression of inherent genomic ncRNAs that are targets of environmental toxicants. Moreover, the MEN would be expected to be would be applied to the mechanistic explanation and risk assessment at whole scene level in environmental genotoxicant exposure. As molecular biology evolves rapidly, the proposed MEN perspective will provide a clearer or more comprehensive holistic view.
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- Ruixue Huang
- Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, China.
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiobiology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, AMMS, Beijing, 100850, PR China.
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Chou PH, Liu TC, Ko FC, Liao MW, Yeh HM, Yang TH, Wu CT, Chen CH, Tsai TY. Occurrence of aryl hydrocarbon receptor agonists and genotoxic compounds in the river systems in Southern Taiwan. Chemosphere 2014; 107:257-264. [PMID: 24411837 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Water and sediment samples from river systems located in Southern Taiwan were investigated for the presence of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonists and genotoxicants by a combination of recombinant cell assays and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. AhR agonist activity and genotoxic response were frequently detected in samples collected during different seasons. In particular, dry-season water and sediment samples from Erren River showed strong AhR agonist activity (201-1423 ng L(-1) and 1374-5631 ng g(-1) β-naphthoflavone equivalents) and high genotoxic potential. Although no significant correlation was found between AhR agonist activity and genotoxicity, potential genotoxicants in sample extracts were suggested to be causative agents for yeast growth inhibition in the AhR-responsive reporter gene assay. After high performance liquid chromatography fractionation, AhR agonist candidates were detected in several fractions of Erren River water and sediment extracts, while possible genotoxicants were only found in water extracts. In addition, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the typical contaminants showing high AhR binding affinity, were only minor contributors to the AhR agonist activity detected in Erren River sediment extracts. Our findings displayed the usefulness of bioassays in evaluating the extent of environmental contamination, which may be helpful in reducing the chances of false-negative results obtained from chemical analysis of conventional contaminants. Further research will be undertaken to identify major candidates for xenobiotic AhR agonists and genotoxicants to better protect the aquatic environments in Taiwan.
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- Pei-Hsin Chou
- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan; Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
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