Article
Environmental Sciences
XueXia Liu, YaNan Liu, Zi Teng, YuSheng Zhang, ZeLin Wang, Peng Zhu, MeiNa Xie, FuJun Liu
Summary: This study found that DEHP exposure reduces testis weight, serum testosterone levels, and sperm quality and function in male mice. DEHP exposure leads to decreased sperm count, motility, acrosome reaction rate, sperm-egg binding capacity, and blastocyte formation. DEHP also affects antioxidant indicators, protein expressions, cell proliferation, and apoptosis pathways in the testis.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying Zhang, Jingjing Li, Wei Shi, Lu Lu, Qian Zhou, Hu Zhang, Ran Liu, Yuepu Pu, Lihong Yin
Summary: With the increased production and use of plastic products, global plastic pollution has become a serious issue. The plasticizer DEHP, commonly used in plastic production, raises concerns for human health, particularly regarding damage to the reproductive system. The role of DEHP in promoting reproductive aging and its underlying mechanisms are still not well-studied, making it significant to explore. In this study, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) was used as a model organism to investigate the mechanisms of DEHP-induced female reproductive senescence. The results showed that DEHP reduced offspring numbers and gonad area, leading to shortened reproductive and lifespan, as well as abnormal somatic gonad structures, oxidative stress, and autophagy. Additionally, the effects of DEHP were shown to be passed down to offspring not directly exposed to DEHP.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2023)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Wenyue Zhang, Xinyue Sun, Xue Qi, Xiaojing Liu, Yilei Zhang, Senqiu Qiao, Hongjin Lin
Summary: DEHP and MPs cause changes in mitochondrial function and expression of GSK-3 beta and its associated genes in mice through the PI3K/AKT pathway, ultimately leading to apoptosis of neurons. Furthermore, DEHP and MPs have a combined toxic effect on the mice cerebra.
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Qi Xu, Tianyang Zhao, Hyonju Ri, Jiaming Ye, Weisen Zhao, Yuezhu Zhang, Lin Ye
Summary: In this study, the mechanism of Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) induced thyroid injury was clarified through in vivo and in vitro experiments. The results showed that DEHP could induce thyroid toxicity by activating endoplasmic reticulum stress.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xufeng Fu, Hang Han, Yuanyuan Li, Bo Xu, Wenjie Dai, Yaoxu Zhang, Feng Zhou, Huiming Ma, Xiuying Pei
Summary: DEHP exposure may cause gut bacterial dysbiosis and altered metabolite profiles, particularly SCFA profiles, leading to oxidative stress in the ovary and systemic inflammation to ultimately induce female reproductive toxicity.
ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xia Li, Jianpeng Li, Sijia Hao, Ailing Han, Yayu Yang, Guozhen Fang, Jifeng Liu, Shuo Wang
Summary: A enzyme mimic material inspired by serine proteases was developed to degrade DEHP, which was then immobilized onto RC membranes for continuous recycling degradation. This biocatalytic membrane showed effective DEHP degradation and good stability, offering a promising biomaterial for water decontamination and liquid food depollution.
JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ming-Hao Li, Jun-Jie Wang, Yan-Qin Feng, Xuan Liu, Zi-Hui Yan, Xiao-Jun Zhang, Ya-Xin Wen, Hao-Wei Luo, Lan Li, Massimo De Felici, Ai-Hong Zhao, Wei Shen
Summary: This study shows that Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) as a widely used plastics additive may negatively affect reproductive processes, especially during maternal exposure. Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis reveals that DEHP disrupts chromatin transcription, leading to impaired early follicle development. Overexpression of Smyd3 can alleviate the effects of DEHP, suggesting that Smyd3-H3K4me3 is a novel target for DEHP-induced follicle formation dysfunction.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Yatai Li, Di Xie, Longkun He, Anqi Zhao, Lixin Wang, Nathan M. Kreisberg, John Jayne, Yingjun Liu
Summary: The dynamics of semivolatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in indoor air is not well understood due to limitations in measurement techniques. This study used semivolatile thermal desorption aerosol gas chromatography (SV-TAG) to measure the airborne concentration of di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) in an office. The results showed that the indoor DEHP concentration varied significantly with possible influences from indoor temperature, particle mass concentration, and outdoor DEHP concentrations. Further analysis revealed that the dynamics of DEHP were primarily driven by variations in indoor temperature during the warmer period, and variations in particle mass concentration during the cooler period. The study also found a strong dependence of DEHP's particle fraction on particle concentration, fitted using a gas-particle equilibrium partitioning model.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ling Yang, Jiao Zou, Zhenle Zang, Liuyongwei Wang, Zhulin Du, Dandan Zhang, Yun Cai, Minghui Li, Qiyou Li, Junwei Gao, Haiwei Xu, Xiaotang Fan
Summary: Using a human cerebral organoid model, researchers found that DEHP exposure inhibited cell proliferation and increased apoptosis, impairing the morphogenesis of the human cerebral cortex. DEHP exposure disrupted neurogenesis and neural progenitor migration, possibly due to dysplasia of radial glia cells. RNA sequencing analysis showed that DEHP-induced disorder in cell-extracellular matrix interactions might play a crucial role in the neurodevelopment of human cerebral organoids.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yue Tao, Chong Feng, Jiaming Xu, Lu Shen, Jianhua Qu, Hanxun Ju, Lilong Yan, Weichang Chen, Ying Zhang
Summary: This study investigated the impact of DEHP and DBP on nitrification microbial communities, related genes, and key enzyme activities in black soil. The results showed that DEHP and DBP inhibited urease activity during ammonia oxidation, reduced the copy number of amoA gene, and led microorganisms to use inorganic nitrogen as a nitrogen source. During nitrite oxidation, DEHP and DBP decreased the copy number of nxrA gene and the abundance of chemoautotrophic nitrifying bacteria. Path analysis results indicated that DEHP and DBP mainly affected AOB and NOB through direct or indirect pathways.
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Yuting Liang, Zhi Jiang, Wenfeng Shangguan
Summary: This study investigated the photocatalytic reaction behavior of DEHP over surface platinized TiO2, with the oxidation state of platinum found to be crucial in determining the photocatalytic activity. Platinized titania with oxidized Pt species showed higher photocatalytic activity compared to metallic Pt. Photocatalysis coupled with thermal catalysis can enhance the degradation of DEHP, and Pt oxide, particularly PtO, can improve the photocatalytic oxidation efficiency by promoting the separation efficiency of photo generated carriers.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jiani Sun, Lei Gan, Siji Lv, Tao Wang, Chaoqun Dai, Jing Sun
Summary: Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), such as Di-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), can affect human reproductive outcomes by disrupting the endocrine system. In this study, the researchers investigated the mechanism by which DEHP impairs female fertility and granulosa cell (GC) function. They found that DEHP treatment led to overexpression of SLC39A5, which activated NF-kappa B and increased NLRP3 transcript expression. This activation ultimately induced pyroptosis, a form of inflammation-related cell death, in GCs. The same phenomenon was observed in a mouse model, and it could be partially reversed by NF-kappa B inhibition. DEHP treatment also disrupted the normal expression of ovarian function-related genes and inhibited the proliferation of GCs. Consequently, mice exposed to DEHP showed reproductive system impairment. Thus, DEHP contributes to ovarian dysfunction by inducing pyroptosis via the SLC39A5/NF-kappa B/NLRP3 axis in GCs.
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaohan Yin, Rabia Zeb, Hui Wei, Ling Cai
Summary: DEHP, a plasticizer, is widely present in the global environment and has adverse effects such as endocrine disruption; acute exposure to DEHP in marine medaka led to impaired immunity, metabolism, and endocrine system; ferroptosis occurred in response to DEHP exposure in medaka, inducing cell death.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Jing-Cai Liu, Zi-Hui Yan, Bo Li, Hong-Chen Yan, Massimo De Felici, Wei Shen
Summary: DEHP exposure leads to up-regulation of the PDE3A gene in ovaries, resulting in reduced follicle assembly. Decreased cAMP levels and PKA expression in oocytes are major factors contributing to ovarian damage caused by DEHP exposure. These findings highlight the importance of cAMP-dependent pathways in regulating oocyte and granulosa cell activities in early folliculogenesis.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shah Tauseef Bashir, Karen Chiu, Eileen Zheng, Angel Martinez, Justin Chiu, Kishori Raj, Sandra Stasiak, Nastasia Zhen Ee Lai, Rachel B. Arcanjo, Jodi A. Flaws, Romana A. Nowak
Summary: DEHP exposure has differential effects on the ileum and colon, altering colonic morphology and the intestinal immune microenvironment.