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TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY
Volume 258, Issue 2, Pages 288-295Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2011.11.008
Keywords
Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate; Antral follicles; Oxidative stress; Ovary
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [R01ES019178]
- Billie Field Fellowship in Reproductive Biology
- Environmental Toxicology Scholarship
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Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is a plasticizer that has been shown to inhibit growth of mouse antral follicles, however, little is known about the mechanisms by which DEHP does so. Oxidative stress has been linked to follicle growth inhibition as well as phthalate-induced toxicity in non-ovarian tissues. Thus, we hypothesized that DEHP causes oxidative stress and that this leads to inhibition of the growth of antral follicles. To test this hypothesis, antral follicles isolated from CD-1 mice (age 31-35 days) were cultured with vehicle control (dimethylsulfoxide [DMSO]) or DEHP (1-100 mu g/ml) +/- N-acetyl cysteine (NAC, an antioxidant at 0.25-1 mM). During culture, follicles were measured daily. At the end of culture, follicles were collected and processed for in vitro reactive oxygen species (ROS) assays to measure the presence of free radicals or for measurement of the expression and activity of various key antioxidant enzymes: Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1), glutathione peroxidase (GPX) and catalase (CAT). The results indicate that DEHP inhibits the growth of follicles compared to DMSO control and that NAC (0.25-1 mM) blocks the ability of DEHP to inhibit follicle growth. Furthermore, DEHP (10 mu g/ml) significantly increases ROS levels and reduces the expression and activity of SOD1 compared to DMSO controls, whereas NAC (0.5 mM) rescues the effects of DEHP on ROS levels and SOD1. However, the expression and activity of GPX and CAT were not affected by DEHP treatment. Collectively, these data suggest that DEHP inhibits follicle growth by inducing production of ROS and by decreasing the expression and activity of SOD1. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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