期刊
JOURNAL OF APPLIED TOXICOLOGY
卷 38, 期 6, 页码 834-842出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jat.3591
关键词
cardiac development; Chf1; di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate; Gata4; Mef2c; mice; PPAR gamma
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资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81570369, 81571515, 81602817]
- Science-technology Support Plan Projects in Sichuan province [2017SZ0117]
Accumulating evidence has suggested a link between maternal di-(2-ethylhexyl)-phthalate (DEHP) exposure and various developmental abnormalities. However, the evidence regarding the effect of maternal DEHP exposure on fetal cardiac development is scarce. The present study aimed to determine the effect of maternal DEHP exposure on fetal cardiac development in mice and explore the possible involved mechanism preliminarily. The C57BL mice were randomly divided into four groups: the vehicle group (corn oil, n = 10), 250mg kg(-1) DEHP group (n = 15), 500mg kg(-1) DEHP group (n = 20) and 1g kg(-1) DEHP group (n = 20). Pregnant dams in different group received respective intervention by gavage once daily from embryonic day (E)6.5 to E14.5. Maternal weights were monitored every day and samples were collected at E15.5. Hematoxylin and eosin staining was used to examine fetal cardiac malformations. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot were applied to detect peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)/PPAR/Nkx2.5/Gata4/Tbx5/Mef2c/Chf1 mRNA and protein expression, respectively. Maternal DEHP exposure significantly decreased maternal body weight, fetal weight and placental weight, and remarkably elevated fetal cardiac malformations rate. The phenotypes of cardiac anomalies mainly include septal defects, ventricular myocardium noncompaction and cardiac hypoplasia. Higher doses DEHP (500mg kg(-1) and 1g kg(-1)) could significantly decreased fetal cardiac Gata4/Mef2c/Chf1 expression, while PPAR expression was upregulated. Maternal exposure to higher doses of DEHP could result in fetal cardiac development malformations in mice and it might have resulted from the inhibition of cardiac GATA4/Mef2c/Chf1 expression via PPAR gamma activation. To determine the effect of maternal DEHP exposure on fetal cardiac development in mice and explore the possible mechanism preliminarily, pregnant dams received different doses of DEHP (250mg kg(-1), 500mg kg(-1) and 1 g kg(-1)) by gavage once daily from E6.5 to E14.5. It was found maternal higher doses (500mg kg(-1) and 1 g kg(-1)) DEHP exposures could result in fetal cardiac malformations (including septal defects, ventricular myocardium noncompaction and cardiac hypoplasia) in mice and it might have resulted from inhibition of cardiac GATA4/Mef2c/Chf1 expression via PPAR activation.
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