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Impellitteri F, Briglia M, Porcino C, Stoliar O, Yunko K, Germanà A, Piccione G, Faggio C, Guerrera MC. The odd couple: Caffeine and microplastics. Morphological and physiological changes in Mytilus galloprovincialis. Microsc Res Tech 2024; 87:1092-1110. [PMID: 38251430 DOI: 10.1002/jemt.24483] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 12/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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In recent years, the presence of pharmaceuticals and microplastics (MPs) in aquatic ecosystems has raised concerns about their environmental impact. This study explores the combined effects of caffeine, a common pharmaceutical pollutant, and MPs on the marine mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Caffeine, at concentrations of 20.0 μg L-1, and MPs (1 mg L-1, 35-50 μm size range), was used to mimic real-world exposure scenarios. Two hundred M. galloprovincialis specimens were divided into four groups: caffeine, MPs, Mix (caffeine + MPs), and Control. After a two-week acclimation period, the mollusks were subjected to these pollutants in oxygen-aerated aquariums under controlled conditions for 14 days. Histopathological assessments were performed to evaluate gill morphology. Cellular volume regulation and digestive gland cell viability were also analyzed. Exposure to caffeine and MPs induced significant morphological changes in M. galloprovincialis gills, including cilia loss, ciliary disk damage, and cellular alterations. The chitinous rod supporting filaments also suffered damage, potentially due to MP interactions, leading to hemocyte infiltration and filament integrity compromise. Hemocytic aggregation suggested an inflammatory response to caffeine. In addition, viability assessments of digestive gland cells revealed potential damage to cell membranes and function, with impaired cell volume regulation, particularly in the Mix group, raising concerns about nutrient metabolism disruption and organ function compromise. These findings underscore the vulnerability of M. galloprovincialis to environmental pollutants and emphasize the need for monitoring and mitigation efforts. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS: The synergy of caffeine and microplastics (MPs) in aquatic ecosystems warrants investigation. MPs and caffeine could affect gill morphology of Mytilus galloprovincialis. Caffeine-exposed cells had lower viability than the control group in the NR retention test. MPs and mix-exposed cells struggled to recover their volume.
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University, Ternopil, Ukraine
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Department of Ecosustainable Marine Biotechnology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, Zebrafish Neuromorphology Lab, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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Dos Santos MM, Ferreira SA, de Macedo GT, Claro MT, Müller TE, Prestes ADS, da Rocha JBT, Núñez-Figueredo Y, Barbosa NDV. JM-20 potently prevents the onset of caffeine-induced anxiogenic phenotypes in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2024; 277:109843. [PMID: 38237841 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2024.109843] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 12/29/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/21/2024]
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Anxiety is among the most prevalent mental disorders present in the general population. Benzodiazepines are the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of anxiety. Using zebrafish as a model organism, we investigated the anxiolytic activity of JM-20, a novel hybrid molecule with a 1,5-benzodiazepine ring fused to a dihydropyridine moiety. Firstly, we carried out some assays to analyze the possible toxicity mediated by JM-20. For this, zebrafish were exposed to different JM-20 concentrations (0-5 μM) for 96 h. Then, using the novel tank test, we evaluated both locomotor and anxiety-like behavior of the animals. Furthermore, brain, liver and plasma were removed to assess toxicity parameters. JM-20 exposure did not cause changes on novel tank, and also did not alter brain viability, hepatic LDH and plasma ALT levels. Afterward, we investigated whether a pre-exposure to JM-20 would prevent the anxiogenic effect evoked by caffeine. In the novel tank test, caffeine significantly decreased the time spent at the top, as well as the number of transitions to the top area. Moreover, caffeine decreased both the total and average time spent in the lit area, as well as increased the number of risk episodes evaluated by the light-dark test. Whole-body cortisol levels were also increased by caffeine exposure. Interestingly, pre-treatment with JM-20 abolished all alterations induced by caffeine. The anxiolytic effect profile of JM-20 was similar to those found for diazepam (positive control). Our findings show, for the first time, the anxiolytic effect of JM-20 in zebrafish, and its relationship with cortisol regulation.
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- Matheus Mülling Dos Santos
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil; Instituto de Oceanografia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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- Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Medicamentos (CIDEM), Ave 26, No. 1605. Boyeros y Puentes Grandes, CP 10600, La Habana, Cuba
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Bioquímica Toxicológica, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Avenida Roraima, 1000, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil
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Souza LL, Moura EG, Lisboa PC. Can mothers consume caffeine? The issue of early life exposure and metabolic changes in offspring. Toxicol Lett 2024; 393:96-106. [PMID: 38387763 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2024.02.005] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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Caffeine is a substance with central and metabolic effects. Although it is recommended that its use be limited during pregnancy, many women continue to consume caffeine. Direct and indirect actions of caffeine in fetuses and newborns promote adaptive changes, according to the Developmental Origins of Health and Diseases (DOHaD) concept. In fact, epidemiological and experimental evidence reveals the impact of early caffeine exposure. Here, we reviewed these findings with an emphasis on experimental models with rodents. The similarity of human and rodent caffeine metabolism allows the comprehension of molecular mechanisms affected by prenatal caffeine exposure. Maternal caffeine intake affects the body weight and endocrine system of offspring at birth and has long-term effects on the endocrine system, liver function, glucose and lipid metabolism, the cardiac system, the reproductive system, and behavior. Interestingly, some of these effects are sex dependent. Thus, the dose of caffeine considered safe for pregnant women may not be adequate for the prenatal period.
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- Luana L Souza
- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Roberto Alcantara Gomes Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Roberto Alcantara Gomes Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Endocrine Physiology, Department of Physiological Sciences, Roberto Alcantara Gomes Biology Institute, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Russo T, Coppola F, Paris D, De Marchi L, Meucci V, Motta A, Carbone M, Di Cosmo A, Soares AMVM, Pretti C, Mollo E, Freitas R, Polese G. Exploring toxicological interactions in a changing sea: The case of the alkaloids caffeine and caulerpin. Sci Total Environ 2024; 912:169190. [PMID: 38092204 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169190] [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: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023]
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The bisindolic alkaloid caulerpin (CAU) is a bioactive compound isolated from green algae of the genus Caulerpa that are highly invasive in the Mediterranean Sea. On the other side, the purine alkaloid caffeine (CAF) is one of the most globally consumed psychoactive substances and a widespread anthropogenic water pollutant. Both compounds display a large panel of biological properties and are well known to accumulate in the tissues of aquatic organisms and, in certain circumstances, co-occur in the human diet. On this premise, the present study aimed to investigate possible synergistic interactions between CAU and CAF by using the bivalve Mytilus galloprovincialis as a model organism. Mussels were exposed to CAF via medium while they were fed with food enriched with CAU. After treatments, biochemical analysis confirmed the toxic potential of CAF, with increased AChE activity and lipid peroxidation. Also, histopathological alterations were observed in the gills and digestive tubules. The NMR-based metabolomics analysis detected higher levels of free amino acids under CAF treatments. Conversely, the food administration of CAU did not affect the above toxicological biomarkers. In addition, we did not observe any cumulative effect between CAF and CAU toward increased cellular damage and neurotoxicity. On the other hand, a possible action of CAU in decreasing CAF toxicity could be hypothesized based on our results. This hypothesis is supported by the activity of CAU as an agonist of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs). PPARs mediate xenobiotic detoxification via cytochromes P450, which is involved in CAF metabolism. Overall, the results obtained not only rule out any cumulative adverse effects of CAF and CAU but also encourage further research to evaluate the possible use of CAU, a compound easily obtained through the valorization of biomass from invasive species, as a food additive to improve the clearance of xenobiotics.
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- Tania Russo
- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, 80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56122 San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56122 San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, 80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, 80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56122 San Piero a Grado, PI, Italy
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- Institute of Biomolecular Chemistry, National Research Council, 80078 Pozzuoli, NA, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, Italy.
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Liu Y, Lian G, Chen T. A novel multi-omics data analysis of dose-dependent and temporal changes in regulatory pathways due to chemical perturbation: a case study on caffeine. Toxicol Mech Methods 2024; 34:164-175. [PMID: 37794615 DOI: 10.1080/15376516.2023.2265462] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/26/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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Comprehensive analysis of multi-omics data can reveal alterations in regulatory pathways induced by cellular exposure to chemicals by characterizing biological processes at the molecular level. Data-driven omics analysis, conducted in a dose-dependent or dynamic manner, can facilitate comprehending toxicity mechanisms. This study introduces a novel multi-omics data analysis designed to concurrently examine dose-dependent and temporal patterns of cellular responses to chemical perturbations. This analysis, encompassing preliminary exploration, pattern deconstruction, and network reconstruction of multi-omics data, provides a comprehensive perspective on the dynamic behaviors of cells exposed to varying levels of chemical stimuli. Importantly, this analysis is adaptable to any number of omics layers, including site-specific phosphoproteomics. We implemented this analysis on multi-omics data obtained from HepG2 cells exposed to a range of caffeine doses over varying durations and identified six response patterns, along with their associated biomolecules and pathways. Our study demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed multi-omics data analysis in capturing multidimensional patterns of cellular response to chemical perturbation, enhancing understanding of pathway regulation for chemical risk assessment.
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- Yufan Liu
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- Unilever R&D Colworth, Bedford, UK
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Wang T, Zhang S, Luo M, Lu M, Wei L, Zhou X, Wang H, Xu D. Prenatal caffeine exposure induces autism-like behaviors in offspring under a high-fat diet via the gut microbiota-IL-17A-brain axis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2024; 269:115797. [PMID: 38070418 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115797] [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: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) is a significant contributor to intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) in offspring, which has been linked to an increased susceptibility to autism spectrum disorder (ASD) later in life. Additionally, a high-fat diet (HFD) has been shown to exacerbate ASD-like behaviors, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. In this study, we first noted in the rat model of IUGR induced by PCE that male PCE offspring exhibited typical ASD-like behaviors post-birth, in contrast to their female counterparts. The female PCE offspring demonstrated only reduced abilities in free exploration and spatial memory. Importantly, both male and female PCE offspring displayed ASD-like behaviors when exposed to HFD. We further observed that PCE + HFD offspring exhibited damaged intestinal mucus barriers and disturbed gut microbiota, resulting in an increased abundance of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The induced differentiation of colonic Th17 cells by E. coli led to an increased secretion of IL-17A, which entered the hippocampus through peripheral circulation and caused synaptic damage in hippocampal neurons, ultimately resulting in ASD development. Our strain transplantation experiment suggested that E. coli-mediated increase of IL-17A may be the core mechanism of ASD with a fetal origin. In conclusion, PCE and HFD are potential risk factors for ASD, and E. coli-mediated IL-17A may play a crucial role in fetal-originated ASD through the gut-brain axis.
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- Tingting Wang
- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetric, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China.
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Shittu ST, Isehunwa GO, Alada AA. Effect of Acute Caffeine Exposure on Blood Glucose and Hepatic Glycogen Content in Normal and Thyroidectomized Male Wistar Rats. Niger J Physiol Sci 2023; 38:195-200. [PMID: 38696689 DOI: 10.54548/njps.v38i2.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2024] [Indexed: 05/04/2024]
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Acute caffeine exposure had been shown to induce hyperglycemia however; the influence of thyroid hormones on the caffeine-induced hyperglycemia is yet to be established. The present study was therefore designed to investigate the effect of caffeine exposure on blood glucose and hepatic glycogen content in thyroidectomized rats. Sixty adult male Wistar rats were randomly divided into 10 groups as I-X (n=6). Rats in groups I, III, V, VII and IX were given normal saline, caffeine, prazosin + caffeine, propranolol +caffeine, combined prazosin+ propranolol+caffeine injections respectively while rats in groups II, IV, VI, VIII and X were thyroidectomized and treated in similar manner as the normal rats respectively. Surgical removal of the thyroid gland was done in the thyroidectomised groups while sham-operation was done in Normal group to serve as control. After healing and following an overnight fast, the rats were anaesthetized and the femoral vein and carotid artery were cannulated for drug administration and blood glucose measurement respectively. After stabilization, following basal measurements, rats from each group were injected normal saline or caffeine (6mg/kg) while another sets were pre-treated prazosin (0.2 mg/kg), propanolol (0.5 mg/kg) or their combination before caffeine administration. Blood glucose was then monitored for 60 minutes post-injection of caffeine at 5 minutes interval. Liver samples were collected at the end of the observation period for glycogen content determination. Caffeine caused significant increased blood glucose levels in both normal and thyroidectomized rats which were up to 210% and 180% respectively at the peak of their responses. Liver glycogen content of the thyroidectomized rats (3.11 ± 0.20 mg/100g tissue weight) was significantly higher than the normal rats (1.91 ± 0.43 mg/100g tissue weight). These glycogen contents were significantly reduced by caffeine in both normal (0.25 ± 0.04 mg/100g tissue weight) and thyroidectomized rats (1.65 ± 0.16 mg/100g tissue weight) when compared with their controls. The caffeine effects on blood glucose and hepatic glycogen content were abolished by pretreatment with propanolol or a combination of prazosin and propanolol in both normal and thyroidectomized rats but pretreatment with prazosin caused only significant reduction in hyperglycemic response to caffeine. The findings of this study suggest that caffeine-induced hyperglycemia in both normal and thyroidectomized rats are mediated through both alpha and beta adrenoceptors.
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Wang T, Chen B, Luo M, Xie L, Lu M, Lu X, Zhang S, Wei L, Zhou X, Yao B, Wang H, Xu D. Microbiota-indole 3-propionic acid-brain axis mediates abnormal synaptic pruning of hippocampal microglia and susceptibility to ASD in IUGR offspring. Microbiome 2023; 11:245. [PMID: 37932832 PMCID: PMC10629055 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-023-01656-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been associated with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. RESULTS We found that the IUGR rat model induced by prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) showed ASD-like symptoms, accompanied by altered gut microbiota and reduced production of indole 3-propionic acid (IPA), a microbiota-specific metabolite and a ligand of aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR). IUGR children also had a reduced serum IPA level consistent with the animal model. We demonstrated that the dysregulated IPA/AHR/NF-κB signaling caused by disturbed gut microbiota mediated the hippocampal microglia hyperactivation and neuronal synapse over-pruning in the PCE-induced IUGR rats. Moreover, postnatal IPA supplementation restored the ASD-like symptoms and the underlying hippocampal lesions in the IUGR rats. CONCLUSIONS This study suggests that the microbiota-IPA-brain axis regulates ASD susceptibility in PCE-induced IUGR offspring, and supplementation of microbiota-derived IPA might be a promising interventional strategy for ASD with a fetal origin. Video Abstract.
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- Tingting Wang
- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, 100191, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Taikang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Taikang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Taikang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China.
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, 430071, China.
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Ren L, Yan L, Shi W, Zhang T, Geng B, Mao J, Zhang J, Tian Y, Wang H, Gao F, Dai X, Li J, Gu J, Chen Y, Zhang X, Chen J, Zhu J. Evaluation of subchronic toxicity of the compound of diphenhydramine hydrochloride and caffeine after 28 days of repeated oral administration in Sprague-Dawley rats and beagle dogs. Drug Chem Toxicol 2023; 46:1083-1099. [PMID: 36384384 DOI: 10.1080/01480545.2022.2129674] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 08/22/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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This study was designed to evaluate the subchronic toxicity of the compound of diphenhydramine hydrochloride (DH) and caffeine in Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats and beagle dogs. A total of 180 SD rats (15/sex/group) were randomly divided into the compound low-, medium- and high-dose groups (51, 102, 204 mg/kg), DH group (60 mg/kg), caffeine group (144 mg/kg) and the vehicle control group. Sixty beagle dogs (5/sex/group) were randomly divided into the compound low-, medium- and high-dose groups (male: 14.20, 28.30, 56.60 mg/kg, female: 5.66, 14.20, 28.30 mg/kg), DH group (male: 16.60 mg/kg, female: 8.30 mg/kg), caffeine group (male: 40.00 mg/kg, female: 20.00 mg/kg) and the vehicle control group. Rats and dogs were given continuous oral administration for 28 days following a 28-day recovery period. The adverse effects of the compound on rats and beagle dogs mainly included anorexia and liver function impairment. Most adverse effects induced by administration were reversible. Under the experimental conditions, the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) of the compound of DH and caffeine was 51 mg/kg/day for SD rats and 28.30 mg/kg/day (male) and 5.66 mg/kg/day (female) for beagle dogs.
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- Lijun Ren
- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Marine Radiation Medicine, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Health Toxicology, Faculty of Naval Medicine, Naval Medical University, Shanghai, China
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Herrero-Villar M, Taggart MA, Mateo R. Medicated livestock carcasses and landfill sites: Sources of highly toxic veterinary pharmaceuticals and caffeine for avian scavengers. J Hazard Mater 2023; 459:132195. [PMID: 37541118 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 06/17/2023] [Revised: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/06/2023]
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Veterinary drugs are of concern in terms of potential environmental pollution and their negative impacts on avian scavengers. These pharmaceuticals reach vultures through the consumption of carcasses of previously treated livestock. Here, we analysed samples from livestock carcasses (n = 159), avian scavenger tissues (n = 116) and plasma (n = 312) for 49 compounds commonly used in veterinary medicine in Aragon (NE Spain) and nearby regions. Samples were analysed using liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS/MS). We detected pharmaceuticals in 54.1% of livestock carcasses analysed (50.3% with antibiotics, 10.8% with NSAIDs). For veterinary pharmaceuticals in tissues and plasma from avian scavengers, we detected pharmaceuticals in 51.7% and 28.5% of samples, respectively. Antibiotics were detected in 50.9% and 25.3% while NSAIDs were determined in 6.0% and 5.5% of tissues and plasma from avian scavengers, respectively. Moreover, caffeine was detected in plasma in 73.7% of vultures sampled at landfill sites, indicating its usefulness as a biomarker of urban garbage ingestion. We found an association between livestock carcasses, especially pigs and chickens, and the presence of veterinary pharmaceuticals in avian scavengers. We highlight that carcass disposal for feeding avian scavengers must address the potential risks posed by veterinary pharmaceutical residues.
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- Marta Herrero-Villar
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain.
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- Environmental Research Institute, University of the Highlands and Islands, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness, Scotland KW14 7JD, UK
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos-IREC, CSIC-UCLM-JCCM, Ronda de Toledo 12, 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain
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Yan Z, Li Y, Lin A, Yang X, Lu Z, Zhang H, Tang J, Zhao J, Niu D, Zhang T, Zhao X, Li K. Development of a trace quantitative method to investigate caffeine distribution in the Yellow and Bohai Seas, China, and assessment of its potential neurotoxic effect on fish larvae. Mar Pollut Bull 2023; 195:115492. [PMID: 37690407 DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/02/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023]
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Caffeine is an emerging contaminant in aquatic environments. The study utilized a validated method to investigate the presence and distribution of caffeine in the surface water of the Yellow and Bohai Seas, urban rivers, and the Yantai estuary area. The analytical method conforms to EPA guidelines and exhibits a limit of quantification that is 200 times lower than that of prior investigations. The study revealed that the highest concentration of 1436.4 ng/L was found in convergence of ocean currents in the Yellow and Bohai Seas. The presence of larger populations and the process of urban industrialization have been observed to result in elevated levels of caffeine in offshore regions, confirming that caffeine can serve as a potential indicator of anthropogenic contamination. Fish larvae exhibited hypoactivity in response to caffeine exposure at environmentally relevant concentrations. The study revealed that caffeine pollution can have adverse effects on marine and offshore ecosystems. This emphasizes the importance of decreasing neurotoxic pollution in the aquatic environment.
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- Zhi Yan
- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China; Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Center for Mitochondria and Healthy Aging, College of Life Science, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- School of Ocean, Yantai University, Yantai 264005, China
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- Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai 264003, China.
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Adeleye QA, Attama CM, Egbeobauwaye O, Angela O. Psychosis following caffeine consumption in a young adolescent: Review of case and literature. Ann Afr Med 2023; 22:392-394. [PMID: 37417032 PMCID: PMC10445707 DOI: 10.4103/aam.aam_28_22] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/17/2022] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
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Caffeine, a popular over-the-counter methylxanthine, is widely consumed for its potent psychoactive properties. Toxicity generally occurs with intentional overdose and is often multisystemic and life-threatening. Consumption by children is rarely planned, and safe doses are potentially toxic in them. A 12-year-old boy whose parents had denied him coffee on several occasions eventually had access to it. The caffeine dose ingested was sub-toxic although he developed severe and life-threatening multisystemic caffeinism. Following ingestion, he became aggressive and was talking irrationally, with visual and auditory hallucinations. In addition, he had severe abdominal pain, multiple vomiting episodes, circulatory collapse, hypertension, angioedema, dysfunctional tear syndrome, hyperglycemia, ketonuria, hypokalemia, and metabolic acidosis. The clinical presentation, laboratory findings, and interventions are reviewed and discussed. Besides routine immunization, routine anticipatory guidance should be at the center of preventive pediatrics. Packaging of caffeinated beverages should also target the prevention of caffeine toxicity in children.
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- Qadri Adebayo Adeleye
- Department of Paediatrics, Alliance Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
- Faculty of Paediatrics, National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria, Lagos, Nigeria
- Department of Maternal and Child Health, School of Public Health, James Lind Institute, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Paediatrics, Alliance Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria
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Lummertz Magenis M, Souza de Marcos P, Paganini Damiani A, Ricardo Cantareli da Silva A, Martins Longaretti L, Bahia Franca I, Da Silva J, Rodrigues Boeck C, Moraes de Andrade V. Genotoxic effects of caffeine in female mice exposed during pregnancy and lactation period and their offspring. J Environ Sci Health C Toxicol Carcinog 2023; 41:36-60. [PMID: 37243358 DOI: 10.1080/26896583.2023.2213613] [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] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Caffeine is a widely consumed substance, and there is a discussion about its effects when ingested by women during pregnancy and lactation. We aimed to identify the genotoxic effects of caffeine in female mice that consumed it during pregnancy and lactation periods and its consequences in their offspring. Thirty-six couples of Swiss mice received water or caffeine (0.3 and 1.0 mg/mL) treatment during pregnancy and lactation. The male and female offspring were divided into 12 groups according to the treatment administered to the female mice. Genotoxicity was assessed using the comet assay and the micronucleus test. Both doses of caffeine showed genotoxic effects in pregnant and lactating mice groups compared to groups not administered caffeine. In relation to offspring, it can be observed that females and males of the offspring had low weight in early life. In both female and male offspring, genotoxicity was detected in the blood, liver, and kidney tissues. Thus, from the present study, we can suggest that the caffeine consumed by female mice during the periods of pregnancy and lactation led to genotoxic effects in their offspring.
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- Marina Lummertz Magenis
- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Genetic Toxicology, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- La Salle University, Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Nanosciences, Master Degree in Health and Life Science, Franciscan University, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Translational Biomedicine, Graduate Program of Health Sciences, University of Southern Santa Catarina, Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Li Y, Zhang Z, Jiang S, Xu F, Tulum L, Li K, Liu S, Li S, Chang L, Liddell M, Tu F, Gu X, Carmichael PL, White A, Peng S, Zhang Q, Li J, Zuo T, Kukic P, Xu P. Using transcriptomics, proteomics and phosphoproteomics as new approach methodology (NAM) to define biological responses for chemical safety assessment. Chemosphere 2023; 313:137359. [PMID: 36427571 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [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: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 11/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Omic-based technologies are of particular interest and importance for hazard identification and health risk characterization of chemicals. Their application in the new approach methodologies (NAMs) anchored on cellular toxicity pathways is based on the premise that any apical health endpoint change must be underpinned by some alterations at the omic levels. In the present study we examined the cellular responses to two chemicals, caffeine and coumarin, by generating and integrating multi-omic data from multi-dose and multi-time point transcriptomic, proteomic and phosphoproteomic experiments. We showed that the methodology presented here was able to capture the complete chain of events from the first chemical-induced changes at the phosphoproteome level, to changes in gene expression, and lastly to changes in protein abundance, each with vastly different points of departure (PODs). In HepG2 cells we found that the metabolism of lipids and general cellular stress response to be the dominant biological processes in response to caffeine and coumarin exposure, respectively. The phosphoproteomic changes were detected early in time, at very low doses and provided a fast, adaptive cellular response to chemical exposure with 7-37-fold lower points of departure comparing to the transcriptomics. Changes in protein abundance were found much less frequently than transcriptomic changes. While challenges remain, our study provides strong and novel evidence supporting the notion that these three omic technologies can be used in an integrated manner to facilitate a more complete understanding of pathway perturbations and POD determinations for risk assessment of chemical exposures.
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- Yuan Li
- Department of Biomedicine, Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China; Hebei Province Key Lab of Research and Application on Microbial Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Unilever Research & Development Centre Shanghai, Shanghai, 200335, China
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- Unilever Research & Development Centre Shanghai, Shanghai, 200335, China
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Evaluation and Research Centre for Toxicology, Institute of Disease Control and Prevention, Academy of Military Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100071, China
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- Gangarosa Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China.
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- Unilever Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK.
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- Department of Biomedicine, Medical College, Guizhou University, Guiyang, 550025, China; State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Research Unit of Proteomics & Research and Development of New Drug of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Proteome Research Center, Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 102206, China; Hebei Province Key Lab of Research and Application on Microbial Diversity, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, China; Program of Environmental Toxicology, School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, 110122, China.
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Lu M, He X, Jiao Z, Hu Z, Guo Z, Dai S, Wang H, Xu D. The upregulation of glutamate decarboxylase 67 against hippocampal excitability damage in male fetal rats by prenatal caffeine exposure. Environ Toxicol 2022; 37:2703-2717. [PMID: 35917217 DOI: 10.1002/tox.23630] [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: 03/25/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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As a kind of xanthine alkaloid, caffeine is widely present in beverages, food, and analgesic drugs. Our previous studies have shown that prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) can induce programmed hypersensitivity of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in offspring rats, which is involved in developing many chronic adult diseases. The present study further examined the potential molecular mechanism and toxicity targets of hippocampal dysfunction, which might mediate the programmed hypersensitivity of the HPA axis in offspring. Pregnant rats were intragastrically administered with 0, 30, and 120 mg/kg/day caffeine from gestational days (GD) 9-20, and the fetal rats were extracted at GD20. Rat fetal hippocampal H19-7/IGF1R cell line was treated with caffeine, adenosine A2A receptor (A2AR) agonist (CGS-21680) or adenylate cyclase agonist (forskolin) plus caffeine. Compared with the control group, hippocampal neurons of male fetal rats by PCE displayed increased apoptosis and reduced synaptic plasticity, whereas glutamate decarboxylase 67 (GAD67) expression was increased. Moreover, the expression of A2AR was down-regulated, PCE inhibited the cAMP/PKA/CREB/BDNF/TrkB pathway. Furthermore, the results in vitro were consistent with the in vivo study. Both CGS21680 and forskolin could reverse the above alteration caused by caffeine. These results indicated that PCE inhibits the BDNF pathway and mediates the hippocampus's glutamate (Glu) excitotoxicity. The compensatory up-regulation of GAD67 unbalanced the Glu/gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic output, leading to the impaired negative feedback to the hypothalamus and hypersensitivity of the HPA axis.
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- Mengxi Lu
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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Shi H, Li B, Gao H, He H, Wu Z, Magdaloud J, Wang H, Chen L. Intrauterine programming of cartilaginous 11β-HSD2 induced by corticosterone and caffeine mediated susceptibility to adult osteoarthritis. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2022; 239:113624. [PMID: 35588619 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113624] [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: 02/03/2022] [Revised: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Our previous study reported that prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) could induce chondrodysplasia and increase the susceptibility to osteoarthritis in offspring rats. However, the potential mechanisms and initiating factors remain unknown. This study aims to investigate whether 11β-HSD2, a glucocorticoid-metabolizing enzyme, is involved in the susceptibility of osteoarthritis induced by PCE and to further explore its potential mechanisms and initiating factors. Firstly, we found that PCE reduced cartilage matrix synthesis (aggrecan/Col2a1 expression) in male adult offspring rats and exhibited an osteoarthritis phenotype following chronic stress, which was associated with persistently reduced H3K9ac and H3K27ac levels at the promoter of 11β-HSD2 as well as its expression in the cartilage from fetus to adulthood. The expression of 11β-HSD2, aggrecan and Col2a1 were all decreased by corticosterone in the fetal chondrocytes, while overexpression of 11β-HSD2 could partially alleviate the decrease of matrix synthesis induced by corticosterone in vitro. Furthermore, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activated by glucocorticoids directly bonded to the promoter region of 11β-HSD2 to inhibit its expression. Meanwhile, the activated GR reduced the H3K9ac and H3K27ac levels of 11β-HSD2 by recruiting HDAC4 and promoting GR-HDAC4 protein interaction to inhibit the 11β-HSD2 expression. Moreover, caffeine could reduce the expression of 11β-HSD2 by inhibiting the cAMP/PKA signaling pathway but without reducing the H3K9ac and H3K27ac levels of 11β-HSD2, thereby synergistically enhancing the corticosterone effect. In conclusion, the persistently reduced H3K9ac and H3K27ac levels of 11β-HSD2 from fetus to adulthood mediated the inhibition of cartilage matrix synthesis and the increased susceptibility to osteoarthritis. This epigenetic programming change in utero was induced by glucocorticoids with synergistic effect of caffeine.
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- Huasong Shi
- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University Taikang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences), Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China.
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- Division of Joint Surgery and Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China.
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De Marco G, Afsa S, Galati M, Billè B, Parrino V, Ben Mansour H, Cappello T. Comparison of cellular mechanisms induced by pharmaceutical exposure to caffeine and its combination with salicylic acid in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 93:103888. [PMID: 35598756 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.103888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [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: 03/26/2022] [Revised: 05/14/2022] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Urban and hospital-sourced pharmaceuticals are continuously discharged into aquatic environments, threatening biota. To date, their impact as single compounds has been widely investigated, whereas few information exists on their effects as mixtures. We assessed the time-dependent biological impact induced by environmental concentrations of caffeine alone (CAF; 5 ng/L to 10 µg/L) and its combination with salicylic acid (CAF+SA; 5 ng/L+0.05 µg/L to 10 µg/L+100 µg/L) on gills of mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis during a 12-day exposure. Although no histological alteration was observed in mussel gills, haemocyte infiltration was noticed at T12 following CAF+SA exposure, as confirmed by flow cytometry with increased hyalinocytes. Both the treatments induced lipid peroxidation and cholinergic neurotoxicity, which the antioxidant system was unable to counteract. We have highlighted the biological risks posed by pharmaceuticals on biota under environmental scenarios, contributing to the enhancement of ecopharmacovigilance programmes and amelioration of the efficacy of wastewater treatment plants.
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- Giuseppe De Marco
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Research Unit of Analysis and Process Applied to The Environment - APAE (UR17ES32) Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Mahdia, University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Research Unit of Analysis and Process Applied to The Environment - APAE (UR17ES32) Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Mahdia, University of Monastir, 5000 Monastir, Tunisia
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- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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Nunes B, Santos J, Dionísio R, Dias de Alkimin G. Investigation of potential behavioral and physiological effects of caffeine on D. magna. Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2022; 29:43237-43250. [PMID: 35094280 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-18695-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 09/30/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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With the ever-increasing consumption of pharmaceutical compounds, their presence in the environment is now an undisputable reality. The majority of these compounds are released into the wild after their therapeutic use, as biotransformation products or in their original form. The presence of this class of compounds in the environment, due to their biological properties, can exert effects on non-target organisms, with adverse consequences. In addition, some bioactive substances, such as stimulants of the central nervous system, are also used by humans as part of their diet. The adverse consequences posed by such chemicals may be permanent or transient, if the exposure to xenobiotics is halted; it is thus of the paramount importance to study effects that result from long-term exposure to toxicants, but also the recovery of organisms previously exposed to such substances, especially if such chemicals may cause some type of addiction. Caffeine (1,3,7-trimethylxanthine) is a naturally occurring alkaloid found in many plants, being one of the most common stimulant/pharmaceutical compounds found in the environment. In addition, it is addictive, and strongly consumed by humans, a factor that contributes also for its continuous presence in the aquatic environment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of environmentally relevant concentrations (0.08; 0.4; 2; 10; and 50 μg/L) of caffeine on behavior and physiological parameters (that are proxies of metabolic traits, such as oxygen uptake and glycogen content), in individuals of the freshwater crustacean species Daphnia magna, of distinct ages, and with or without a recovery period in the absence of caffeine. Regarding behavior, the results indicated that caffeine exposure altered the moved distance of the test organisms, but not according to a coherent pattern; low concentrations of caffeine reduced the movement of exposed daphnids, while higher levels did not have any measurable effect on this parameter. In addition, it was possible to identify subtle withdrawal effects (animals exposed to caffeine during 21 days and kept in uncontaminated media for 2 days). Regarding the other two studied parameters, caffeine exposure did not result in any significant modification in oxygen uptake and glycogen stores/reserves of the test organisms, in animals continuously exposed, or in those subjected to a recovery period, suggesting that despite a behavioral stimulatory effect, this was not followed by any metabolic change, and no addictive effect was possible to infer. The results showed that the presence of caffeine in environmental concentrations can induce mild behavioral effects at low, albeit realistic levels, but not capable of establishing clear biochemical changes.
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- Bruno Nunes
- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
- Centro de Estudos Do Ambiente E Do Mar (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
- Centro de Estudos Do Ambiente E Do Mar (CESAM), Universidade de Aveiro, Campus de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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De Marchi L, Vieira LR, Intorre L, Meucci V, Battaglia F, Pretti C, Soares AMVM, Freitas R. Will extreme weather events influence the toxic impacts of caffeine in coastal systems? Comparison between two widely used bioindicator species. Chemosphere 2022; 297:134069. [PMID: 35218782 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 02/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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In the recent years, marine heatwaves (MHWs) have caused devastating impacts on marine life. The understanding of the combined effects of these extreme events and anthropogenic pollution is a vital challenge. In particular, the combined effect of MHWs on the toxicity of pharmaceuticals to aquatic life remains unclear. To contribute to these issues, the main goal of the present investigation was to evaluate how MHWs may increase caffeine (CAF) toxicity on the clam Ruditapes philippinarum and the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis. Bioaccumulation levels and changes on oxidative stress, metabolic capacity and neurotoxic status related biomarkers were investigated. The obtained results revealed the absence of CAF accumulation in both species. However, the used contaminant generated in both bivalve species alteration on neurotransmission, detoxification mechanisms induction as well as cellular damage. The increase of antioxidant defence mechanisms was complemented by an increase of metabolic activity and decrease of energy reserves. The obtained results seemed magnified under a simulated MHWs, suggesting to a climate-induced toxicant sensitivities' response. On this perspective, understanding of how toxicological mechanisms interact with climate-induced stressors will provide a solid platform to improve effect assessments for both humans and wildlife.
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- L De Marchi
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, San Piero a Grado, PI, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, San Piero a Grado, PI, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, San Piero a Grado, PI, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, San Piero a Grado, PI, 56122, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Muñoz-Peñuela M, Moreira RG, Gomes ADO, Tolussi CE, Branco GS, Pinheiro JPS, Zampieri RA, Lo Nostro FL. Neurotoxic, biotransformation, oxidative stress and genotoxic effects in Astyanax altiparanae (Teleostei, Characiformes) males exposed to environmentally relevant concentrations of diclofenac and/or caffeine. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2022; 91:103821. [PMID: 35093559 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2022.103821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 01/21/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The present study evaluated neurotoxic, biotransformation, genotoxic and antioxidant responses to relevant environmental concentrations of diclofenac (0.4 μg L-1) and caffeine (27.5 μg L-1), separate and combined, in adult males of the freshwater fish Astyanax altiparanae after a subchronic exposure (14 days). Fish exposed to diclofenac and caffeine, both separate and combined, revealed a neurotoxic effect through the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase activity in the muscle, while diclofenac alone and in combination caused cyclooxygenase inhibition. Caffeine alone produces genotoxicity on this species but, when combined with diclofenac, it potentiates hepatic lipoperoxidation and the inhibition of oxidative stress enzymes, while diclofenac alone or in combination produces a general inhibition of important enzymes. This study suggests that aquatic contamination produced by these pharmaceuticals has the potential to affect homeostasis and locomotion in A. altiparanae and compromise their immune system and general health.
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- Marcela Muñoz-Peñuela
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología Acuática and IBBEA, CONICET-UBA. Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Vieira LR, Soares AMVM, Freitas R. Caffeine as a contaminant of concern: A review on concentrations and impacts in marine coastal systems. Chemosphere 2022; 286:131675. [PMID: 34358890 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [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: 06/01/2021] [Revised: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Caffeine has been identified as emerging contaminant of concern due to its widespread occurrence in the aquatic environment and potential to be biologically active. Recently, these concerns have been translated in an increasing research on its occurrence and effects on biota. However, there is still a limited knowledge on seawater matrices and the implications of caffeine presence in coastal and marine ecosystems are not fully known. The present review aims to fill these knowledge gaps, analysing the existing literature regarding the occurrence, effects and potential risks of caffeine residues to coastal ecosystems, contributing to the risk assessment of this psychoactive drug in the aquatic environment. The analysed literature reported caffeine concentrations in the coastal ecosystems, raising high concerns about the potential adverse impacts on the ecological safety and human health. Caffeine has been found in tissues from coastal and marine biota including microalgae, coral reefs, bivalves and fish due to bioaccumulation after chronic, long-term exposures in a contaminated environment. Additionally, caffeine residues had been demonstrated to have adverse impacts on aquatic organisms, at environmentally realistic concentrations, inducing oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation, neurotoxicity, changing energy reserves and metabolic activity, affecting reproduction and development and, in some cases, causing mortality. Considering the increasing adverse impacts of caffeine pollution in the coastal environment, this review highlights the urgent need to minimize the increasing load of caffeine to the aquatic ecosystems; being imperative the implementation of scientific programs and projects to classify effectively the caffeine as a high-priority environmentally hazardous emerging pollutant.
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- L R Vieira
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.
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Dos Santos JA, Quadra GR, Almeida RM, Soranço L, Lobo H, Rocha VN, Bialetzki A, Reis JL, Roland F, Barros N. Sublethal effects of environmental concentrations of caffeine on a neotropical freshwater fish. Ecotoxicology 2022; 31:161-167. [PMID: 34773559 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02498-z] [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] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Caffeine is a contaminant frequently detected in water bodies. Growth trends in both human population and caffeine consumption per capita are expected to exacerbate the occurrence of caffeine in freshwaters. Yet the effects of caffeine on native fish fauna are poorly understood. We exposed larvae of an endemic Neotropical catfish (Rhamdia quelen) to a range of caffeine concentrations for 30 days. We found that larvae exposed to the highest concentration (16 mg L-1) showed skeletal deformations and reduced growth. We further compiled measured environmental concentrations of caffeine in surface freshwater globally and performed a risk assessment. Our analysis points to a low risk to R. quelen and equally sensitive fish species in ~90% of the freshwater ecosystems considered in our analysis. The risk quotient is higher in freshwater ecosystems of South and Central America, where R. quelen is endemic. Although the ecotoxicological risk is currently low in most places, increased caffeine consumption, exacerbated by the lack of sanitation, is expected to increase caffeine concentrations in many parts of the world, posing a threat of sublethal morphological effects to local fish species.
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- Joyce Andreia Dos Santos
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB, Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
- Laboratorio de Ecologia Aquática/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB, Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratorio de Ecologia Aquática/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
- School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Scinences, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, USA
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB, Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratorio de Ecologia Aquática/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ictioplâncton/Nupélia (Núcleo de Pesquisas em Limnologia, Ictiologia e Aquicultura)/UEM/ Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Av. Colombo, 5790, Bloco G-80, Maringá, CEP 87020-900, Paraná, Brazil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia de Ambientes Aquáticos Continentais (PEA)/Departamento de Biologia/UEM, Universidade Estadual de Maringá. Av. Colombo, 5790, Bloco G-80, Maringá, CEP 87020-900, Paraná, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Veterinária - Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB, Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratorio de Ecologia Aquática/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia - UFJF, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas - ICB, Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Laboratorio de Ecologia Aquática/Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora. Campus Universitário, Bairro São Pedro, CEP 36036-900, Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Félix L, Lobato-Freitas C, Monteiro SM, Venâncio C. 24-Epibrassinolide modulates the neurodevelopmental outcomes of high caffeine exposure in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 249:109143. [PMID: 34284067 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2021.109143] [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] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Previous embryonic fish data have shown caffeine to induce potential teratogenic and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes through oxidative stress-mediated apoptosis. In this context, antioxidants may have the potential to counteract the caffeine-induced effects. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the potential protective role of 24-epibrassinolide (24-EPI), a natural brassinosteroid with proven antioxidant properties, against caffeine-induced teratogenic effects during early zebrafish development. Embryos (~2 h post-fertilization - hpf) were exposed to 0.5 mM caffeine, co-exposed to 24-EPI (0.01, 0.1 and 1 μM) and to 24-EPI alone (1 μM) for 96 h. During exposure, lethal and sublethal developmental parameters were evaluated. At the end of the exposure, biochemical evaluations were made, and 24 h after, different behavioural paradigms were assessed. An increased number of animals showing oedema and malformations were observed after caffeine exposure, while these were reduced after co-exposure to 24-EPI concentration, namely the tail curvature. The results showed oxidative stress and related parameters similar among treatments. Yet, caffeine exposure resulted in locomotor deficits (decreased speed and distance) and disrupted anxiety-like and avoidance responses. The co-exposure to caffeine and to the highest 24-EPI concentrations resulted in less pronounced behavioural deficits. Overall, there was an absence of effects in the embryo/larvae exposed solely to 24-EPI, while caffeine caused developmental and neurotoxic effects. Although further studies are needed, the results showed promising protective effects of the highest 24-EPI concentration tested against the toxicity induced by caffeine in zebrafish.
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- Luís Félix
- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro- Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-food Production. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3s), Laboratory Animal Science (LAS), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IBMC), University of Porto (UP), Porto, Portugal.
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- Life Sciences and Environment School (ECVA), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro- Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-food Production. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Life Sciences and Environment School (ECVA), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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- Centre for the Research and Technology of Agro-Environmental and Biological Sciences (CITAB), Inov4Agro- Institute for Innovation, Capacity Building and Sustainability of Agri-food Production. University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal; Veterinary and Animal Science Research Center (CECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, 5000-801 Vila Real, Portugal; Department of Animal Science, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences (ECAV), University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD), Vila Real, Portugal
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de Farias NO, de Sousa Andrade T, Santos VL, Galvino P, Suares-Rocha P, Domingues I, Grisolia CK, Oliveira R. Neuromotor activity inhibition in zebrafish early-life stages after exposure to environmental relevant concentrations of caffeine. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 2021; 56:1306-1315. [PMID: 34662262 DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2021.1989931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 08/04/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Caffeine (CAF), a neuroactive compound, has been found in surface waters at concentrations ranging from few nanograms up to micrograms and may induce adverse effects in aquatic vertebrates. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the potential of CAF in affecting fish early-life stages in a wide concentration range, including occurring levels in surface waters. Specimens of zebrafish in early-life stages were exposed to CAF for 168 h and survival, developmental alterations, locomotor activity and acetylcholinesterase activity were evaluated. CAF induced mortality in embryos unable to hatch or in larvae after hatching (LC50 - 168 h = 283.2 mg/L). Tail deformities were observed in organisms exposed to concentrations ≥ 40 mg/L, while edemas were found at concentrations of 100 mg/L. CAF also decreased the total swimming time and distance moved of exposed organisms (LOEC = 0.0006 mg/L). Locomotor inhibition may be associated with an acetylcholinesterase inhibition observed at concentration ≥ 0.0088 mg/L. Therefore, the hazard of CAF for fish populations deserves further attention since unexpected effects on neuro-behavioral parameters occurs at concentrations often detected in natural aquatic ecosystems.
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- Natália Oliveira de Farias
- Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica, Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
- Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brasil
- Programa de Pós-graduação em Biologia Animal, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IB - UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Engenharia Ambiental, Universidade Federal do Ceará, UFC, Crateús, Ceará, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica, Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica, Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brasil
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- Departamento de Biologia e CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Laboratório de Genética Toxicológica, Departamento de Genética e Morfologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil
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- Faculdade de Tecnologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP, Limeira, São Paulo, Brasil
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Piscopo R, Coppola F, Almeida Â, De Marchi L, Russo T, Esteves VI, Soares AMVM, Pretti C, Chiellini F, Polese G, Freitas R. Effects of temperature on caffeine and carbon nanotubes co-exposure in Ruditapes philippinarum. Chemosphere 2021; 271:129775. [PMID: 33736227 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.129775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 12/05/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In the marine environment, organisms are exposed to a high and increasing number of different contaminants that can interact among them. In addition, abiotic factors can change the dynamics between contaminants and organisms, thus increasing or even decreasing the toxic effect of a particular compound. In this study, the effects of caffeine (CAF) and functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) induced in the clam Ruditapes philippinarum were evaluated, acting alone and in combination (MIX), under two temperature levels (18 and 21 °C). To assess the impact of such compounds, their interaction and the possible influence of temperature, biochemical and histopathological markers were investigated. The effects of f-MWCNTs and caffeine appear to be clearly negative at the control temperature, with lower protein content in contaminated clams and a significant decrease in their metabolism when both pollutants were acting in combination. Also, at control temperature, clams exposed to pollutants showed increased antioxidant capacity, especially when caffeine was acting alone, although cellular damages were still observed at CAF and f-MWCNTs treatments. Increased biotransformation capacity at 18 °C and MIX treatment may explain lower caffeine concentration observed. At increased temperature differences among treatments were not so evident as at 18 °C, with a similar biological pattern among contaminated and control clams. Higher caffeine accumulation at MIX treatment under warming conditions may result from clams' inefficient biotransformation capacity when exposed to increased temperatures.
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- Raffaele Piscopo
- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Via Derna 1, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Interuniversity Consortium of Marine Biology of Leghorn "G. Bacci", 57128, Livorno, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal.
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de Sousa ML, Dos Santos DYAC, Chow F, Pompêo MLM. Caffeine as a contaminant of periphyton: ecological changes and impacts on primary producers. Ecotoxicology 2021; 30:599-609. [PMID: 33730295 DOI: 10.1007/s10646-021-02381-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Every day, tons of caffeine is consumed by humans in beverages, medications or supplements, and a significant amount of this stimulant is released in domestic sewage. Once in aquatic environments caffeine interacts directly with the periphytic community, which is responsible for a significant part of primary production in aquatic ecosystems. However, the effects of exposure to caffeine are mostly unknown for both the periphyton and their predators. Aiming to comprehend the interaction between caffeine and the periphytic community, ecotoxicological experiments were performed by exposing a periphytic biofilm cultivated in the laboratory to different concentrations of caffeine, following concentrations found in domestic sewers. The impact of exposure to this contaminant was observed on the structure of the community through taxonomic evaluation, as well a set of physiological variables linked to primary production. After exposure to the highest caffeine concentration (300 µg L-1), the density of the genus Scenedesmus was severely affected, leading to an increase in cyanobacteria and diatoms. Both richness and diversity decreased after exposure, and there was lower photosynthetic activity, with light saturation point changing from 186 µmol m-2 s-1 in the control treatment to 108 µmol m-2 s-1 after exposure. Caffeine accumulation within the biofilm was also observed during the first 24 h, in the concentration of 0.14 µg /cm².
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- Mariana Lopes de Sousa
- Laboratory of Limnology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Phytochemistry, Department of Botany, Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Marine Algae "Édison José de Paula", Department of Botany, Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Limnology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Bioscience, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão 321, CEP 05508-090, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Bury D, Alexander-White C, Clewell HJ, Cronin M, Desprez B, Detroyer A, Efremenko A, Firman J, Hack E, Hewitt NJ, Kenna G, Klaric M, Lester C, Mahony C, Ouedraogo G, Paini A, Schepky A. New framework for a non-animal approach adequately assures the safety of cosmetic ingredients - A case study on caffeine. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 123:104931. [PMID: 33905778 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2021.104931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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This case study on the model substance caffeine demonstrates the viability of a 10-step read-across (RAX) framework in practice. New approach methodologies (NAM), including RAX and physiologically-based kinetic (PBK) modelling were used to assess the consumer safety of caffeine. Appropriate animal systemic toxicity data were used from the most relevant RAX analogue while assuming that no suitable animal toxicity data were available for caffeine. Based on structural similarities, three primary metabolites of the target chemical caffeine (theophylline, theobromine and paraxanthine) were selected as its most relevant analogues, to estimate a point of departure in order to support a next generation risk assessment (NGRA). On the basis of the pivotal mode of action (MOA) of caffeine and other methylxanthines, theophylline appeared to be the most potent and suitable analogue. A worst-case aggregate exposure assessment determined consumer exposure to caffeine from different sources, such as cosmetics and food/drinks. Using a PBK model to estimate human blood concentrations following exposure to caffeine, an acceptable Margin of Internal Exposure (MOIE) of 27-fold was derived on the basis of a RAX using theophylline animal data, which suggests that the NGRA approach for caffeine is sufficiently conservative to protect human health.
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- Dagmar Bury
- L'Oréal, Research & Innovation, 9 Rue Pierre Dreyfus, 92110, Clichy, France.
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- MKTox & Co Ltd, 36 Fairford Crescent, Downhead Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK15 9AQ, UK
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- Ramboll Health Sciences, 3107 Armand Street, Monroe, LA, 71201, USA
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 AF, UK
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- Cosmetics Europe, 40 Avenue Hermann-Debroux, 1160, Brussels, Belgium
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- L'Oréal, Research & Innovation, 1 Avenue Eugène Schueller, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 AF, UK
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- ScitoVation, Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC, USA
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- Cosmetics Europe, 40 Avenue Hermann-Debroux, 1160, Brussels, Belgium
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- Cosmetics Europe, 40 Avenue Hermann-Debroux, 1160, Brussels, Belgium
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- L'Oréal, Research & Innovation, 1 Avenue Eugène Schueller, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France
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- European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy
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Piscopo R, Almeida Â, Coppola F, De Marchi L, Esteves VI, Soares AMVM, Pretti C, Morelli A, Chiellini F, Polese G, Freitas R. How temperature can alter the combined effects of carbon nanotubes and caffeine in the clam Ruditapes decussatus? Environ Res 2021; 195:110755. [PMID: 33556353 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.110755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 12/01/2020] [Revised: 01/07/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Nowadays, multi-walled carbon nanotubes are considered to be emerging contaminants and their impact in ecosystem has drawn special research attention, while other contaminants, such as caffeine, have more coverage in literature. Despite this, the effects of a combination of the two has yet to be evaluated, especially considering predicted temperature rise. In the present study a typical bioindicator species for marine environment, the clam Ruditapes decussatus, and classical tools, such as biomarkers and histopathological indices, were used to shed light on the species' response to these contaminants, under actual and predicted warming scenarios. The results obtained showed that both contaminants have a harmful effect at tissue level, as shown by higher histopathological index, especially in digestive tubules. Temperatures seemed to induce greater biochemical impacts than caffeine (CAF) and -COOH functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes (f-MWCNTs) when acting alone, namely in terms of antioxidant defences and energy reserves content, which were exacerbated when both contaminants were acting in combination (MIX treatment). Overall, the present findings highlight the complex response of clams to both pollutants, evidencing the role of temperature on clams' sensitivity, especially to mixture of pollutants.
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- Raffaele Piscopo
- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology, University of Pisa, 56126, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry, University of Pisa, 56126, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80126, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal; Department of Biology & CESAM, University of Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal.
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Miranda FR, Fernandes KM, Bernardes RC, Martins GF. Biological, histological and immunohistochemical studies on the toxicity of spent coffee grounds and caffeine on the larvae of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Environ Pollut 2021; 271:116307. [PMID: 33360348 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.116307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 03/24/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a primary vector for major arboviruses, and its control is mainly based on the use of insecticides. Caffeine and spent coffee grounds (CG) are potential agents in controlling Ae. aegypti by reducing survival and blocking larval development. In this study, we analyzed the effects of treatment with common CG (CCG: with caffeine), decaffeinated CG (DCG: with low caffeine), and pure caffeine on the survival, behavior, and morphology of the midgut of Ae. aegypti under laboratory conditions. Third instar larvae (L3) were exposed to different concentrations of CCG, DCG, and caffeine. All compounds significantly affected larval survival, and sublethal concentrations reduced larval locomotor activity, delayed development, and reduced adult life span. Damage to the midgut of treated larvae included changes in epithelial morphology, increased number of peroxidase-positive cells (more abundant in DCG-treated larvae), and caspase 3-positive cells (more abundant in CCG-treated larvae), suggesting that the treatments triggered cell damage, leading to activation of cell death. In addition, the treatments reduced the FMRFamide-positive enteroendocrine cells and dividing cells compared to the control. CG and caffeine have larvicidal effects on Ae. aegypti that warrant field testing for their potential to control mosquitoes.
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- Franciane Rosa Miranda
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Muñoz-Peñuela M, Lo Nostro FL, Dal'Olio Gomes A, Tolussi CE, Branco GS, Pinheiro JPS, Godoi FGAD, Moreira RG. Diclofenac and caffeine inhibit hepatic antioxidant enzymes in the freshwater fish Astyanax altiparanae (Teleostei: Characiformes). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2021; 240:108910. [PMID: 33045363 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 08/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Although concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds in aquatic ecosystems are low, they can cause toxic effects on organisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of diclofenac (DCF), a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, and caffeine (CAF), a central nervous system stimulant, both alone or combined, in Astyanax altiparanae males under acute exposure (96 h), measuring neurotoxicity biomarkers, antioxidant response and damage at biochemical and cellular levels. DCF concentration in water, separated and combined, was 3.08 mg L-1 and that of CAF was 9.59 mg L-1. To assess neurotoxicity, brain and muscle acetylcholinesterase (AChE) activities were measured. To evaluate oxidative stress, the enzymatic activities of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), catalase (CAT) and glutathione S-transferase (GST), as well as lipoperoxidation (LPO), were analyzed in liver and gills. Activity of hepatic cyclooxygenase (COX) was also evaluated. Genotoxicity was assessed in blood using comet assay and micronucleus test, as well as nuclear abnormalities. DCF and CAF, alone or combined, had neither effect on AChE activity, nor in the activity of SOD, CAT, GPx and GST in gills. In liver, DCF inhibited SOD and GPx activity, CAF inhibited CAT activity, the mixture inhibited SOD and GST activity; although only fish exposed to CAF showed increased hepatic LPO. Under these experimental conditions, no effect on COX activity was observed, nor cytotoxic and genotoxic damage. The most pronounced effects were caused by the drugs separately, since both compounds altered the enzymes, but only CAF triggered LPO, showing more harmful effects.
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- Marcela Muñoz-Peñuela
- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología Acuática y IBBEA, CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Fisiologia, Laboratório de Metabolismo e Reprodução de Organismos Aquáticos, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, Brazil
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Yadegari Dehnavi M, Mirjalili A, Dortaj H, Abbasi Sarcheshmeh A, Zare Mehrjerdi F. The effects of caffeine on ovarian tissue in rats. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021; 394:307-315. [PMID: 33128590 DOI: 10.1007/s00210-020-02008-8] [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: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Caffeine consumption increases during early adulthood, which has adverse effects on the reproductive system. This study aimed to assess the impact of embryonic caffeine exposure on rat ovary in adulthood. Female Wistar rats (240-270 g) were divided into 5 groups (n = 7): experimental groups were exposed to 26, 45, 100, and 150 mg/kg of caffeine via drinking water during pregnancy and the control group only received drinking water. The ovaries of the offspring were taken out on days 7, 14, 28, 60, 90, and 120 of postnatal development, and then, they were fixed in 10% formaldehyde solution. Ovarian follicles were studied using stereological methods, and data were analyzed using one-way ANOVA followed by the Tukey test in SPSS software. A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant. The body weight, the weight of the ovaries, the ovarian volume, and the number of primordial follicles decreased significantly (p < 0.05) in 45 and 100 mg/kg, and (p < 0.001) in 150 mg/kg caffeine-treated groups at all stages of postnatal development. Significant decreases were observed in the number of primary and secondary follicles in 45 and 100 mg/kg (p < 0.05) and (p < 0.001) in 150 mg/kg caffeine-treated groups on days 7, 14, 28, and 60 compared to the control group. The number of Graafian follicles also decreased significantly (p < 0.001) in 45, 100, and 150 mg/kg caffeine-treated groups on days 14 and 28. Moreover, the mean volume of the oocyte in Graafian follicles reduced considerably in 45, 100, and 150 mg/kg caffeine-treated groups compared to other groups (p < 0.05). The thickness of the zona pellucida (ZP) in the secondary follicles (p < 0.02) and Graafian follicles (p < 0.05) showed a significant reduction in 100 and 150 mg/kg caffeine-treated groups on the 14th, 28th, and 60th days. In conclusion, high-dose caffeine consumption during gestation affects all stages of ovarian follicle development in rat offspring.
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- Maryam Yadegari Dehnavi
- Herbal Medicine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
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- Herbal Medicine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Herbal Medicine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Science, School of Advanced Medical Science and Technologies, Shiraz, Iran
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- Herbal Medicine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Herbal Medicine Research Center, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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Patti MA, Li N, Eliot M, Newschaffer C, Yolton K, Khoury J, Chen A, Lanphear BP, Lyall K, Hertz-Picciotto I, Fallin MD, Croen LA, Braun JM. Association between self-reported caffeine intake during pregnancy and social responsiveness scores in childhood: The EARLI and HOME studies. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0245079. [PMID: 33449933 PMCID: PMC7810310 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Maternal nutrition during gestation has been investigated for its role in child neurodevelopment. However, little is known about the potential impact of gestational caffeine exposure on child autistic behaviors. Here, we assess the relation between maternal caffeine intake during pregnancy and children's behavioral traits related to Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We harmonized data from two pregnancy cohorts, Early Autism Risk Longitudinal Investigation (EARLI) (n = 120), an enriched-risk cohort of mothers who previously had a child with ASD, from Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Northern California (2009-2012), and the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment (HOME) Study (n = 269), a general population cohort from Cincinnati, Ohio (2003-2006). Mothers self-reported caffeine intake twice during pregnancy. Caregivers reported child behavioral traits related to ASD using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) when children were aged 3-8 years. Higher scores indicate more ASD-related behaviors. We estimated covariate-adjusted differences in continuous SRS T-scores per interquartile range increase in caffeine intake. Self-reported caffeine intake during pregnancy was positively associated with SRS T-scores among children in EARLI (β: 2.0; 95% CI -0.1, 4.0), but to a lesser extent in HOME (β: 0.6; 95% CI -0.5, 1.6). In HOME, pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) modified the association between caffeine intake and SRS T-scores, where more positive associations were observed among women with higher BMIs. Our findings suggest gestational caffeine intake may represent a marker of vulnerability to childhood ASD-related behaviors. Additional studies are warranted to extend these findings.
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- Marisa A. Patti
- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- College of Health & Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Department of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America
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Jagim AR, Harty PS, Fischer KM, Kerksick CM, Erickson JL. Adverse Events Reported to the United States Food and Drug Administration Related to Caffeine-Containing Products. Mayo Clin Proc 2020; 95:1594-1603. [PMID: 32753134 DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2020.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine differences in the frequency and severity of federally reported adverse events between caffeine-containing and non-caffeine-containing products while also identifying the category of caffeine-containing products associated with the highest frequency and severity of adverse events. PATIENTS AND METHODS All adverse event reports that met specified eligibility criteria and were submitted to the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Adverse Event Reporting System between January 1, 2014, and June 29, 2018, were extracted. In this retrospective observational study, the most severe adverse event experienced, an ordinal variable, was categorized into death, life-threatening, hospitalization/disability, and emergency department visit. A nonproportional odds model was used to compare the odds of caffeine-containing products being associated with more severe adverse events relative to a noncaffeine group. The analysis is of data only from those reporting adverse events and may or may not be representative of the entire population exposed to these products, which is not known from the examined data. RESULTS Energy and preworkout products saw a significant increase in the odds of the adverse event experienced being death rather than the other less severe outcomes relative to the noncaffeinated group. Those products, along with weight loss products, had greater odds of the adverse event being death or life-threatening vs the less severe outcomes relative to the noncaffeinated group. CONCLUSION Caffeine-containing products have a greater association with severe adverse events compared with non-caffeine-containing products. Exposure to preworkout and weight loss products had greater odds of being associated with a more serious adverse event relative to noncaffeinated products. Health care practitioners should use these outcomes to better inform and educate patients about the many factors related to caffeine intake and adverse outcomes.
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- Andrew R Jagim
- Department of Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Onalaska, WI.
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- Department of Kinesiology & Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
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- Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Exercise & Performance Nutrition Laboratory, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
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- Department of Sports Medicine, Mayo Clinic Health System, Onalaska, WI
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Godoi FGA, Muñoz-Peñuela M, Gomes ADO, Tolussi CE, Brambila-Souza G, Branco GS, Lo Nostro FL, Moreira RG. Endocrine disruptive action of diclofenac and caffeine on Astyanax altiparanae males (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2020; 231:108720. [PMID: 32004750 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2020.108720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Diclofenac (DCF) and caffeine (CAF) are persistent pharmaceuticals that occur in mixtures in the aquatic ecosystems causing effects in the reproductive physiology of aquatic organisms. This study evaluated the physiological reproductive responses of Astyanax altiparanae males exposed to nominal concentrations of DCF (3.08 mg L-1) and CAF (9.59 mg L-1) separately and combined, for 96 h. The steroids profile, estrogenic biomarker vitellogenin (vtgA), testes and liver morphology, and also mortality of males were assessed. DCF and CAF degradation was 5% of the initial concentration for 24 h. The LC50 of the DCF and CAF were 30.8 mg L-1 and 95.9 mg L-1, respectively. Males exposed to DCF and CAF exhibited a reduction of 17β-Estradiol (E2) concentration compared to control (CTL). Similarly, testosterone (T) was also reduced in the DCF treatment, but this response was not observed in 11-Ketotestosterone (11-KT). Males exposed to DCF + CAF combined did not exhibit differences in T, E2 and 11-KT steroids. The vtgA gene expression and the sperm concentration did not change among the treatments. Moreover, acute exposure revealed a hypertrophy of hepatocytes cells in the DCF and DCF + CAF treatments. In conclusion, DCF and CAF, isolated, exhibit an endocrine disruptive activity in A. altiparanae male, an opposite response observed with the mixture of both compounds that abolishes the endocrine disruptive effects. DCF seems to be more toxic for this species, altering also hepatocytes morphology.
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- Filipe G A Godoi
- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav.14, n° 321, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav.14, n° 321, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav.14, n° 321, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Universidade Anhembi-Morumbi, Campus Mooca, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista - Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista - Centro de Aquicultura (CAUNESP), Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- Lab. de Ecotoxicología Acuática, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires & IBBEA, CONICET-UBA, Ciudad Universitaria C1428EHA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Fisiologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav.14, n° 321, 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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Thomas A, Pagenhardt J, Balcik B. Case Report Stimulant-Induced Atrial Flutter in a Remote Setting. J Spec Oper Med 2020; 20:37-39. [PMID: 32203603 DOI: 10.55460/xgyb-cihy] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are among the most commonly encountered cardiac arrhythmias; however, there is a dearth of clinical trials or case studies regarding its occurrence in the setting of stimulants such as caffeine and nicotine in otherwise healthy young patients. Described here is a case of a 29-year-old physically fit white man without significant past medical history who presented in stable condition complaining only of palpitations. He was found to have atrial flutter without rapid ventricular response on cardiac monitoring, most likely due to concomitant presence of high levels of nicotine and caffeine via chewing tobacco and energy drinks. He was treated conservatively with vagal maneuvers and intravenous fluids with complete resolution of symptoms and electrocardiographic abnormalities within 14 hours. This demonstrates an alternate conservative treatment strategy in appropriately risk stratified patients who present in an austere field setting with limited resources.
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He B, Wen Y, Hu S, Wang G, Hu W, Magdalou J, Chen L, Wang H. Prenatal caffeine exposure induces liver developmental dysfunction in offspring rats. J Endocrinol 2019; 242:211-226. [PMID: 31340202 DOI: 10.1530/joe-19-0066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We previously showed that prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) induces intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) and high susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in offspring rats, and the underlying mechanisms are associated with fetal overexposure to maternal glucocorticoids. Herein, we aimed to verify whether PCE disrupts liver development before and after birth and explore its possible programming mechanism. In vivo, reduced fetal weights and increased IUGR rates were accompanied by fetal liver developmental dysfunction in PCE rats. Increased fetal serum corticosterone and decreased insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) levels were observed. Both male and female fetal livers exhibited increased glucocorticoid function-related gene (GR/C/EBPα) expression and inhibited IGF1 signaling pathway (IGF1/IGF1R/Akt2) expression. At PW6, the levels of serum corticosterone and glucocorticoid function-related genes in PCE offspring livers were decreased, while serum IGF1 and liver IGF1 signaling pathway expression were increased, accompanied by obvious catch-up growth and enhanced liver function. Furthermore, in PCE adult offspring under chronic stress, serum corticosterone and liver GR/C/EBPα expression levels were elevated, while the serum IGF1 and liver IGF1 signaling pathway levels were decreased. In vitro, cortisol (not caffeine) upregulated GR and C/EBPα expression and downregulated IGF1R expression. The IGF1R expression downregulated by cortisol was partially reversed by GR or C/EBPα knockdown. In conclusion, PCE induced liver developmental dysfunction in fetal rats and catch-up growth in IUGR offspring. The mechanisms may be closely associated with GR/C/EBPα upregulation and IGF1/IGF1R signaling pathway downregulation in the fetal liver, caused by intrauterine programming of the liver glucocorticoid-IGF1 axis induced by glucocorticoid overexposure.
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- Bo He
- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Pharmacology for Natural Products, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- UMR 7561 CNRS-Université de Lorraine, Faculté de Médicine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Wuhan University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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Zhu Y, Chen H, Zhao X, Li B, He H, Cheng H, Wang H, Ao Y. Decreased H3K9ac level of KLF4 mediates podocyte developmental toxicity induced by prenatal caffeine exposure in male offspring rats. Toxicol Lett 2019; 314:63-74. [PMID: 31306741 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2019] [Revised: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This study aimed to verify the toxic effects of prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) on the podocyte development in male offspring, and to explore the underlying intrauterine programming mechanisms. The pregnant rats were administered with caffeine (30 to 120 mg/kg⋅d) during gestational day (GD) 9 to 20. The male fetus on GD20 and the offspring at postnatal week (PW) 6 and PW28 were sacrificed. The results indicated that PCE caused ultrastructural abnormalities on podocyte, and inhibited the expression of podocyte marker genes such as Nephrin, Wilms tumor 1 (WT1), the histone 3 lysine 9 acetylation (H3K9ac) level in the Kruppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) promoter and its expression in the male offspring from GD20 to PW28. Meanwhile, the expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and histone deacetylase 7 (HDAC7) in the fetus were increased by PCE. In vitro, corticosterone increased GR and HDAC7 whereas reduced the H3K9ac level of KLF4 and KLF4/Nephrin expression. KLF4 over-expression reversed the reduction of Nephrin expression, knockdown of HDAC7 and GR antagonist RU486 partially reversed the inhibitory effects of corticosterone on H3K9ac level and KLF4 expression. In conclusion, PCE caused podocyte developmental toxicity in male offspring, which was associated with corticosterone-induced low-functional programming of KLF4 through GR/HDAC7/H3K9ac pathway.
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- Yanan Zhu
- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, 430071, China
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- Department of Nephrology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430060, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disorder, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disorder, Wuhan 430071, China.
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Pei LG, Zhang Q, Yuan C, Liu M, Zou YF, Lv F, Luo DJ, Zhong S, Wang H. The GC-IGF1 axis-mediated testicular dysplasia caused by prenatal caffeine exposure. J Endocrinol 2019; 242:M17-M32. [PMID: 31141788 DOI: 10.1530/joe-18-0684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) can induce testicular developmental toxicity. Here, we aimed to explore the underlying mechanism of this process in reference to its intrauterine origin. Pregnant rats were intragastrically administrated caffeine (30 and 120 mg/kg/day) from gestational days 9 to 20. The results showed that the male fetuses exposed to high dose of caffeine (120 mg/kg/day) had a decreased bodyweight and inhibited testosterone synthetic function. Meanwhile, their serum corticosterone concentration was elevated and their testicular insulin-like growth factor 1 (Igf1) expression was decreased. Moreover, the histone 3 lysine 14 acetylation (H3K14ac) level in the Igf1 promoter region was reduced. Low-dose (30 mg/kg/day) caffeine exposure, however, increased steroidogenic enzymes expression in male fetuses. After birth, the serum corticosterone concentration gradually decreased in the PCE (120 mg/kg/day) offspring rats, whereas the expression and H3K14ac level of Igf1 gradually increased, with obvious catch-up growth and testicular development compensation. Intriguingly, when we subjected the offspring to 2 weeks of chronic stress to elevate the serum corticosterone concentration, the expression of Igf1 and testosterone synthesis were inhibited again in the PCE (120 mg/kg/day) group, accompanied by a decrease in the H3K14ac level in the Igf1 promoter region. In vitro, corticosterone (rather than caffeine) was proved to inhibit testosterone production in Leydig cells by altering the H3K14ac level and the expression of Igf1. These observations suggested that PCE-induced testicular developmental toxicity is related to the negative regulation of corticosterone on H3K14ac levels and the expression of Igf1.
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- Lin-Guo Pei
- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Basic Medical College of Nanyang Medical University, Nanyang, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, China
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Di Lorenzo T, Castaño-Sánchez A, Di Marzio WD, García-Doncel P, Nozal Martínez L, Galassi DMP, Iepure S. The role of freshwater copepods in the environmental risk assessment of caffeine and propranolol mixtures in the surface water bodies of Spain. Chemosphere 2019; 220:227-236. [PMID: 30583214 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.12.117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [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: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 11/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/16/2018] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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In this study we aimed at assessing: (i) the environmental risk posed by mixtures of caffeine and propranolol to the freshwater ecosystems of Spain; (ii) the sensitivity of freshwater copepod species to the two compounds; (iii) if the toxicity of caffeine and propranolol to freshwater copepods contributes to the environmental risk posed by the two compounds in the freshwater bodies of Spain. The environmental risk was computed as the ratio of MECs (i.e. the measured environmental concentrations) to PNECs (i.e. the respective predicted no-effect concentrations). The effects of caffeine and propranolol on the freshwater cyclopoid Diacyclops crassicaudis crassicaudis were tested both individually and in binary mixtures. Propranolol posed an environmental risk in some but not in all the surface water ecosystems of Spain investigated in this study, while caffeine posed an environmental risk to all the investigated freshwater bodies, both as single compound and in the mixture with propranolol. Propranolol was the most toxic compound to D. crassicaudis crassicaudis, while caffeine was non-toxic to this species. The CA model predicted the toxicity of the propranolol and caffeine mixture for this species. D. crassicaudis crassicaudis was much less sensitive than several other aquatic species to both compounds. The sensitivity of D. crassicaudis crassicaudis does not increase the environmental risk posed by the two compounds in the freshwater bodies of Spain, however, further testing is recommended since the effect of toxicants on freshwater copepods can be more pronounced under multiple stressors and temperature increasing due to climate change.
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- Tiziana Di Lorenzo
- Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (IRET-CNR), Via Madonna del Piano 10, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy.
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- IMDEA Water Institute, Calle Punto Com 2, Edificio ZYE 2, Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Programa de Investigación en Ecotoxicología, Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján - Comisión Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas CONICET, Argentina
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- IMDEA Water Institute, Calle Punto Com 2, Edificio ZYE 2, Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- IMDEA Water Institute, Calle Punto Com 2, Edificio ZYE 2, Parque Científico Tecnológico de la Universidad de Alcalá, 28805, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Vetoio 1, Coppito, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, José Beltrán Martínez, 2, 46980, Paterna, Valencia, Spain; University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Biology, Department of Genetics and Biosystematics, Wita Stwosza 59, 80-308, Gdańsk, Poland
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Caffeine is the most widely consumed stimulant in the world and can offer a variety of benefits when consumed in moderation. But consuming caffeine in extremely high amounts can lead to an overdose. This article examines how nurses can recognize the signs and symptoms of caffeine overdose and educate patients on how to prevent this common problem.
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- Christian Cj Carreon
- At the Sacramento State University School of Nursing in Sacramento, Calif., Christian "CJ" Carreon is an academic mentor and Bridget Parsh is a professor
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Li Y, Zhang W, Shi R, Sun M, Zhang L, Li N, Xu Z. Prenatal caffeine damaged learning and memory in rat offspring mediated by ARs/PKA/CREB/BDNF pathway. Physiol Res 2018; 67:975-983. [PMID: 30204465 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.933906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Prenatal exposure to caffeine can cause developmental problems. This study determined chronic influence of prenatal caffeine at relatively higher doses on cognitive functions in the rat offspring. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats (4-month-old) were exposed to caffeine (20 mg/kg, twice a day) for whole pregnancy from gestational day 4. Fetal and offspring body and brain weight was measured. Learning and memory were tested in adult offspring with Morris water maze. Learning and memory-related receptors were measured. The exposure to prenatal caffeine not only caused fetal growth restriction, but also showed long-term effects on learning and memory in the offspring. The caffeine offspring exhibited longer escape latency and path length in navigation testing. The number of passing the target was significantly reduced in those offspring. The expression of adenosine A(1) and A(2A) receptors, nuclear PKA C(alpha), C(beta) subunits, and pCREB were significantly increased in the fetal and neonatal brain, and suppressed in the hippocampus of the adult offspring. The expression of BDNF and TrkB were reduced regardless of various ages. The results suggest that intrauterine programming dysfunction of adenosine receptors and the down-stream of cAMP/PKA/pCREB system may play an important role in prenatal caffeine induced cognition disorders in the adult offspring.
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- Yongmei Li
- Institute for Fetology, First Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China. or
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Shangguan Y, Wen Y, Tan Y, Qin J, Jiang H, Magdalou J, Chen L, Wang H. Intrauterine Programming of Glucocorticoid-Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Axis-Mediated Developmental Origin of Osteoporosis Susceptibility in Female Offspring Rats with Prenatal Caffeine Exposure. Am J Pathol 2018; 188:2863-2876. [PMID: 30273601 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Epidemiologic investigations suggest that excessive intake of caffeine during pregnancy is one of the risk factors for osteoporosis in adult offspring. However, the phenomena and mechanisms have remained obscure. This study found that prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE) leads to persistent bone dysplasia in gestational day 20 and postnatal week 12 offspring rats and increases the susceptibility to osteoporosis in postnatal week 28 offspring rats. In the embryonic period, PCE increases the concentration of serum corticosterone and inhibits the expression of insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF1) and osteogenic differentiation genes. After birth, the recovery of IGF1 expression in PCE offspring is unable to completely compensate osteogenic function, and chronic stress can lead to a further decrease in IGF1 expression. In vitro experiments found that corticosterone instead of caffeine restrains mineralized nodule formation and osteoblast differentiation by inhibiting IGF1 expression. The corticosterone inhibits H3K9 and H3K14 histone acetylation of IGF1 in osteoblasts through glucocorticoid receptor and CCAAT and enhancer binding protein α, respectively. In conclusion, glucocorticoid instead of caffeine inhibits bone IGF1 expression via glucocorticoid receptor and CCAAT and enhancer binding protein α and mediates the PCE-induced bone dysplasia and bone mass reduction in offspring fetal rats, which may contribute to osteoporosis susceptibility in adulthood.
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- Yangfan Shangguan
- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China
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- UMR 7561 CNRS-Université de Lorraine, Faculté de Médicine, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan, People's Republic of China; Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
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Santos-Silva TG, Montagner CC, Martinez CBR. Evaluation of caffeine effects on biochemical and genotoxic biomarkers in the neotropical freshwater teleost Prochilodus lineatus. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol 2018; 58:237-242. [PMID: 29438913 DOI: 10.1016/j.etap.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [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: 11/14/2017] [Revised: 02/04/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Caffeine is often found in aquatic environments, leading to concerns regarding its adverse consequences for aquatic biota. Biochemical and genotoxic biomarkers were analysed in juveniles of Prochilodus lineatus to evaluate the effects of caffeine. Fish were exposed to caffeine (0.3, 3 and 30 μg L-1) for either 24 h or 168 h. Longer exposure to caffeine resulted in a significant reduction in the activity of the phase I biotransformation enzyme ethoxyresorufin-O-deethylase (EROD) in the brain but a significant increase in the liver. Changes in glutathione content (GSH), glutathione S-transferase (GST) activity, and lipid peroxidation were not found in the liver and brain of fish exposed to caffeine. DNA damage in erythrocytes were also not found. These results show that caffeine may interfere with the biotransformation mechanism of P. lineatus after 168 h exposure, but it does not generate sufficient changes to trigger a state of oxidative stress.
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- Thais G Santos-Silva
- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Química Ambiental, Instituto de Química, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-970, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Ecofisiologia Animal, Departamento de Ciências Fisiológicas, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, 86051-990, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
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Aguirre-Martínez GV, André C, Gagné F, Martín-Díaz LM. The effects of human drugs in Corbicula fluminea. Assessment of neurotoxicity, inflammation, gametogenic activity, and energy status. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2018; 148:652-663. [PMID: 29156432 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [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: 03/06/2017] [Revised: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The constant release of pharmaceuticals products to aquatic environment even at low concentrations (ng L-1 to µg L-1) could lead to unknown chronic effects to non-target organisms. The aim of this study was to evaluate neurotoxic responses, inflammation, gametogenic activity and energy status on the fresh water clam C. fluminea after exposure to different concentrations of caffeine (CAF), ibuprofen (IBU), carbamazepine (CBZ), novobiocin (NOV) and tamoxifen (TMX) for 21 days under laboratory conditions. During the assay, water was spiked every two days with CAF (0; 0.1; 5; 15; 50µgL-1), IBU (0; 0.1; 5; 10; 50µgL-1), CBZ, NOV, and TMX (0.1, 1, 10, 50µgL-1). After the exposure period, dopamine levels (DOP), monoamine oxidase activity (MAO), arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase activity (COX), vitellogenin-like proteins (VTG), mitochondrial electron transport (MET), total lipids (TLP), and energy expenditure (MET/TLP) were determined in gonad tissues, and acetyl cholinesterase activity (AChE) was determined in digestive gland tissues. Results showed a concentration-dependence response on biomarkers tested, except for MAO. Environmental concentrations of pharmaceuticals induced significant changes (p < 0.05) in the neurotoxic responses analyzed (CAF, CBZ and NOV increased DOP levels and CBZ inhibited AChE activity), inflammation (CAF induced COX), and energy status (MET and TLP increased after exposure to CBZ, NOV and TMX). Responses of clams were related to the mechanism of action (MoA) of pharmaceuticals. Biomarkers applied and the model organism C. fluminea constituted a suitable tool for environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical in aquatic environment.
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- G V Aguirre-Martínez
- Facultad Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales. Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-Mar), Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, P. Real, Cádiz, Spain; Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Arturo Prat, Casilla 121,1110939 Iquique, Chile; Andalusian Center of Marine Science and Technology (CACYTMAR), Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
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- Emerging Methods, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, 105 McGill, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 2E7
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- Emerging Methods, Aquatic Contaminants Research Division, Environment Canada, 105 McGill, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2Y 2E7
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- Facultad Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales. Universidad de Cádiz, Campus Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI-Mar), Polígono Río San Pedro s/n, P. Real, Cádiz, Spain; Andalusian Center of Marine Science and Technology (CACYTMAR), Campus Universitario de Puerto Real, 11510 Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain
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Chen G, Yuan C, Duan F, Liu Y, Zhang J, He Z, Huang H, He C, Wang H. IGF1/MAPK/ERK signaling pathway-mediated programming alterations of adrenal cortex cell proliferation by prenatal caffeine exposure in male offspring rats. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2018; 341:64-76. [PMID: 29343424 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Revised: 01/01/2018] [Accepted: 01/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Our previous study proposed a glucocorticoid-insulin-like growth factor 1 (GC-IGF1) axis programming mechanism for prenatal caffeine exposure (PCE)-induced adrenal developmental dysfunction. Here, we focused on PCE-induced cell proliferation changes of the adrenal cortex in male offspring rats before and after birth and clarified the intrauterine programming mechanism. On gestational day (GD) 20, the PCE group had an elevated serum corticosterone level reduced fetal bodyweight, maximum adrenal sectional area, and elevated adrenal corticosterone and aldosterone contents. However, in postnatal week (PW) 6, the serum corticosterone level was decreased, and the bodyweight, with catch-up growth, adrenal cortex maximum cross-sectional area and aldosterone content were relatively increased, while the adrenal corticosterone content was lower. On GD20, the expression of adrenal IGF1, IGF1R and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were decreased, while the expression of these factors at PW6 were increased in the PCE group. Fetal adrenal gene chip analysis suggested that the mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular regulated protein kinase (MAPK/ERK) signal pathway was suppressed in the PCE group. Moreover, in the rat primary adrenal cells, corticosterone (rather than caffeine) was shown to significantly inhibit cell proliferation, IGF1 and PCNA expression, and ERK phosphorylation, which could be reversed by exogenous IGF1. Meanwhile, the effects of exogenous IGF1 were reversed by the ERK pathway inhibitor (PD184161). In conclusion, PCE could induce programming alterations in adrenal cortical cell proliferation before and after birth in male offspring rats. The underlying mechanism is associated with the inhibition of fetal adrenal IGF1-related MAPK/ERK signaling pathway caused by high glucocorticoid levels.
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- Guanghui Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Department of Pharmacology, Basic Medical School of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China; Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan 430071, China.
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Worth AP, Louisse J, Macko P, Sala Benito JV, Paini A. Virtual Cell Based Assay simulations of intra-mitochondrial concentrations in hepatocytes and cardiomyocytes. Toxicol In Vitro 2017; 45:222-232. [PMID: 28911986 PMCID: PMC5745147 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2017.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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In order to replace the use of animals in toxicity testing, there is a need to predict human in vivo toxic doses from concentrations that cause adverse effects in in vitro test systems. The virtual cell based assay (VCBA) has been developed to simulate intracellular concentrations as a function of time, and can be used to interpret in vitro concentration-response curves. In this study we refine and extend the VCBA model by including additional target-organ cell models and by simulating the fate and effects of chemicals at the organelle level. In particular, we describe the extension of the original VCBA to simulate chemical fate in liver (HepaRG) cells and cardiomyocytes (ICell cardiomyocytes), and we explore the effects of chemicals at the mitochondrial level. This includes a comparison of: a) in vitro results on cell viability and mitochondrial membrane potential (mmp) from two cell models (HepaRG cells and ICell cardiomyocytes); and b) VCBA simulations, including the cell and mitochondrial compartment, simulating the mmp for both cell types. This proof of concept study illustrates how the relationship between intra cellular, intra mitochondrial concentration, mmp and cell toxicity can be obtained by using the VCBA.
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- Andrew P Worth
- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy
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- European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Directorate F - Health, Consumers and Reference Materials, Chemical Safety and Alternative Methods Unit, EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy.
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Lopez-Luna J, Al-Jubouri Q, Al-Nuaimy W, Sneddon LU. Impact of stress, fear and anxiety on the nociceptive responses of larval zebrafish. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181010. [PMID: 28767661 PMCID: PMC5540279 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Both adult and larval zebrafish have been demonstrated to show behavioural responses to noxious stimulation but also to potentially stress- and fear or anxiety- eliciting situations. The pain or nociceptive response can be altered and modulated by these situations in adult fish through a mechanism called stress-induced analgesia. However, this phenomenon has not been described in larval fish yet. Therefore, this study explores the behavioural changes in larval zebrafish after noxious stimulation and exposure to challenges that can trigger a stress, fear or anxiety reaction. Five-day post fertilization zebrafish were exposed to either a stressor (air emersion), a predatory fear cue (alarm substance) or an anxiogenic (caffeine) alone or prior to immersion in acetic acid 0.1%. Pre- and post-stimulation behaviour (swimming velocity and time spent active) was recorded using a novel tracking software in 25 fish at once. Results show that larvae reduced both velocity and activity after exposure to the air emersion and alarm substance challenges and that these changes were attenuated using etomidate and diazepam, respectively. Exposure to acetic acid decreased velocity and activity as well, whereas air emersion and alarm substance inhibited these responses, showing no differences between pre- and post-stimulation. Therefore, we hypothesize that an antinociceptive mechanism, activated by stress and/or fear, occur in 5dpf zebrafish, which could have prevented the larvae to display the characteristic responses to pain.
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- Javier Lopez-Luna
- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool. Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Evolution, Ecology and Behaviour, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool. Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Kattou P, Lian G, Glavin S, Sorrell I, Chen T. Development of a Two-Dimensional Model for Predicting Transdermal Permeation with the Follicular Pathway: Demonstration with a Caffeine Study. Pharm Res 2017; 34:2036-2048. [PMID: 28660400 PMCID: PMC5579157 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-017-2209-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Purpose The development of a new two-dimensional (2D) model to predict follicular permeation, with integration into a recently reported multi-scale model of transdermal permeation is presented. Methods The follicular pathway is modelled by diffusion in sebum. The mass transfer and partition properties of solutes in lipid, corneocytes, viable dermis, dermis and systemic circulation are calculated as reported previously [Pharm Res 33 (2016) 1602]. The mass transfer and partition properties in sebum are collected from existing literature. None of the model input parameters was fit to the clinical data with which the model prediction is compared. Results The integrated model has been applied to predict the published clinical data of transdermal permeation of caffeine. The relative importance of the follicular pathway is analysed. Good agreement of the model prediction with the clinical data has been obtained. The simulation confirms that for caffeine the follicular route is important; the maximum bioavailable concentration of caffeine in systemic circulation with open hair follicles is predicted to be 20% higher than that when hair follicles are blocked. Conclusions The follicular pathway contributes to not only short time fast penetration, but also the overall systemic bioavailability. With such in silico model, useful information can be obtained for caffeine disposition and localised delivery in lipid, corneocytes, viable dermis, dermis and the hair follicle. Such detailed information is difficult to obtain experimentally.
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- Panayiotis Kattou
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK
- Unilever, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Unilever, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Unilever, Colworth Science Park, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, MK44 1LQ, UK
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- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 7XH, UK.
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Choi H, Choi Y, Kim J, Bae J, Roh J. Longitudinal bone growth is impaired by direct involvement of caffeine with chondrocyte differentiation in the growth plate. J Anat 2017; 230:117-127. [PMID: 27484046 PMCID: PMC5192894 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We showed previously that caffeine adversely affects longitudinal bone growth and disrupts the histomorphometry of the growth plate during the pubertal growth spurt. However, little attention has been paid to the direct effects of caffeine on chondrocytes. Here, we investigated the direct effects of caffeine on chondrocytes of the growth plate in vivo and in vitro using a rapidly growing young rat model, and determined whether they were related to the adenosine receptor signaling pathway. A total of 15 male rats (21 days old) were divided randomly into three groups: a control group and two groups fed caffeine via gavage with 120 and 180 mg kg-1 day-1 for 4 weeks. After sacrifice, the tibia processed for the analysis of the long bone growth and proliferation of chondrocytes using tetracycline and BrdU incorporation, respectively. Caffeine-fed animals showed decreases in matrix mineralization and proliferation rate of growth plate chondrocytes compared with the control. To evaluate whether caffeine directly affects chondrocyte proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation, primary rat chondrocytes were isolated from the growth plates and cultured in either the presence or absence of caffeine at concentrations of 0.1-1 mm, followed by determination of the cellular proliferation or expression profiles of cellular differentiation markers. Caffeine caused significant decreases in extracellular matrix production, mineralization, and alkaline phosphatase activity, accompanied with decreases in gene expression of the cartilage-specific matrix proteins such as aggrecan, type II collagen and type X. Our results clearly demonstrate that caffeine is capable of interfering with cartilage induction by directly inhibiting the synthetic activity and orderly expression of marker genes relevant to chondrocyte maturation. In addition, we found that the adenosine type 1 receptor signaling pathway may be partly involved in the detrimental effects of caffeine on chondrogenic differentiation, specifically matrix production and mineralization, as evidenced by attenuation of the inhibitory effects of caffeine by blockade of this receptor. Thus, our study provides novel information on the integration of caffeine and adenosine receptor signaling during chondrocyte maturation, extending our understanding of the effect of caffeine at a cellular level on chondrocytes of the growth plate.
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- Hyeonhae Choi
- Department of Anatomy & Cell BiologyCollege of MedicineHanyang UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell BiologyCollege of MedicineHanyang UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
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- Department of PathologyCollege of MedicineHanyang UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
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- Department of Obstetrics & GynecologyCollege of MedicineHanyang UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
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- Department of Anatomy & Cell BiologyCollege of MedicineHanyang UniversitySeoulSouth Korea
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Laureano-Melo R, da Silveira ALB, de Azevedo Cruz Seara F, da Conceição RR, da Silva-Almeida C, Marinho BG, da Rocha FF, Reis LC, Côrtes WDS. Behavioral profile assessment in offspring of Swiss mice treated during pregnancy and lactation with caffeine. Metab Brain Dis 2016; 31:1071-80. [PMID: 27262967 DOI: 10.1007/s11011-016-9847-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The association between caffeine consumption and various psychiatric manifestations has long been observed. The objective was to assess the behavioral profile in offspring of Swiss mice treated during pregnancy and lactation with caffeine. For this purpose, two groups (n = 6 each and BW ~ 35 g) of female mice were treated during pregnancy and lactation by: tap water and caffeine solution at a concentration of 0.3 mg/mL through oral route. The offspring obtained, by completing 70 days of life, was underwent a behavioral battery test. Statistical analysis was performed by student t test and the different significance adopted was p < 0.05. According to our results, it was not found any significant differences in tail suspension and forced swimming tests. In anxiety related responses however, the mice of caffeine group had greater number of fecal pellets (178 %, p = 0.001) in the open field test, higher number of attempts (51 %, p = 0.03) in light-dark box and decreased percentage of entries in open arms (41 %, p = 0.01) in elevated plus maze test. Moreover, in the marble burying test, there was a significant decrease in the number of buried marbles compared with controls (110 %, p = 0,002). In the meantime, in the von Frey test, it was observed an exacerbation of mechanical allodynia both in basal conditions and after the carrageenan administration (p < 0.001). Furthermore, caffeine treatment during pregnancy and lactation causes long-term behavioral changes in the mice offspring that manifest later in life.
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- Roberto Laureano-Melo
- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Department of Physical Education, Institute of Education, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, 23897-000, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 01, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 01, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 01, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 01, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Multicenter Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Brazilian Physiological Society, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 30, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Graduate Program in Physiological Sciences, Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, BR 465, Km 7, PQ Room 01, Seropedica, 23897-000, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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