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TOXICOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 187, Issue 2, Pages 69-76Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.01.024
Keywords
Arsenic; Selenium; Selenoprotein; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Embryonic stem (ES) cell
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20535020, 20675045]
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At least 25 selenoproteins in humans and 24 homologues in rodents have been identified. They play important roles in antioxidation, redox regulation and detoxification. The modulation of the expression of selenoproteins by inorganic arsenic (iAs) exposure may highlight the molecular mechanism for the arsenic toxicity. To investigate the effects of iAs exposure on the expression of selenoproteins, we determined how addition of iAs to culture medium affected all known selenoproteins in the mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. Separated groups of ES cells were treated with arsenite (iAsIII) (0.25-0.5 mu M), arsenate (iAsV) (1.0-2.0 mu M)and co-treatment with sodium selenite (SeIV) (0.5 mu M). The mRNA levels of all selenoproteins were detected by real time quantitative PCR. The up-regulated selenoproteins were confirmed by immunoblotting analysis and enzymatic activity detection. Results showed that CGR8 cells treated with iAsIII (0.25-0.5 mu M) and iAsV (2.0 mu M) displayed significant increases of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and nuclear accumulation of the transcription factor NF-E2-related factor 2 (Nrf2). Treatments of iAsIII (0.5 W) or iAsV (2.0 mu M) for 24 h caused significant increases in the expression of the antioxidant selenoproteins (Gpx1, Gpx4, and Tr1), whereas led to significant decreases in the mRNA levels of selenoprotein H and some endoplasmic reticulum (ER) located selenoproteins (15-Sep, SeIK, SelM, and SelS). Additionally, supplement of SeIV (0.5 mu M) could restore most of the down-regulated selenoproteins. These results suggested that iAs exposure modulated not only the antioxidant selenoproteins but also the ER stress associated selenoproteins. Further studies are required to clarify whether these modulated selenoproteins genes are targets for selenium supplement in the defense against the toxicity of iAs. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
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