KMS Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, CAS
| The Effects of Disturbance on Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Thyroid (HPT) Axis in Zebrafish Larvae after Exposure to DEHP | |
Jia, Pan-Pan; Ma, Yan-Bo ; Lu, Chun-Jiao; Mirza, Zakaria; Zhang, Wei; Jia, Yong-Fang; Li, Wei-Guo; Pei, De-Sheng
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| 2016 | |
| 摘要 | Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) has the potential to disrupt the thyroid endocrine system, but the underlying mechanism is unknown. In this study, zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were exposed to different concentrations of DEHP (0, 40, 100, 200, 400 mu g/L) from 2 to 168 hours post fertilization (hpf). Thyroid hormones (THs) levels and transcriptional profiling of key genes related to hypothalamus-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis were examined. The result of whole-body thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) indicated that the thyroid hormone homeostasis was disrupted by DEHP in the zebrafish larvae. After exposure to DEHP, the mRNA expressions of thyroid stimulating hormone (tsh beta) and corticotrophin releasing hormone (crh) genes were increased in a concentration dependent manner, respectively. The expression level of genes involved in thyroid development (nkx2.1 and pax8) and thyroid synthesis (sodium/iodide symporter, nis, thyroglobulin, tg) were also measured. The transcripts of nkx2.1 and tg were significantly increased after DEHP exposure, while those of nis and pax8 had no significant change. Down-regulation of uridinediphosphate-glucuronosyl-transferase (ugt1ab) and up-regulation of thyronine deiodinase (dio2) might change the THs levels. In addition, the transcript of transthyretin (ttr) was up-regulated, while the mRNA levels of thyroid hormone receptors (tr alpha and tr beta) remained unchanged. All the results demonstrated that exposure to DEHP altered the whole-body thyroid hormones in the zebrafish larvae and changed the expression profiling of key genes related to HPT axis, proving that DEHP induced the thyroid endocrine toxicity and potentially affected the synthesis, regulation and action of thyroid hormones. |
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0155762 |
| 发表期刊 | PLOS ONE
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| ISSN | 1932-6203 |
| 卷号 | 11期号:5 |
| 通讯作者 | Li, WG (reprint author), Henan Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Xinxiang 453007, Peoples R China. ; Pei, DS (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Environm & Hlth, Chongqing Inst Green & Intelligent Technol, Ecoenvironm Inst Three Gorges, Chongqing 401122, Peoples R China. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000376881700028 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
