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Cadmium exposure promotes activation of cerebrum and cerebellum ferroptosis and necrosis in swine

Journal

ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
Volume 224, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2021.112650

Keywords

Ferroptosis; Necroptosis; Cerebrum; Cerebellum; Cadmium

Funding

  1. Central Public-interest Scien-tific Institution Basal Research Fund for Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences [2020TD22]
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China [31872531]

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Exposure to cadmium resulted in brain and cerebellum damage in pigs, with decreased antioxidant capacity and increased oxidative stress. The findings indicated that cadmium exposure can activate necrosis and ferroptosis pathways through increased oxidative stress.
Cadmium(Cd) is a toxic and carcinogenic heavy metal pollutant leading to serious damage in various organs. Ferroptosis and necrosis as inflammation-related cell death are involved in several diseases of nervous system. In the present study, 10 weaning piglets with similar weight for 6 weeks were randomly divided into two groups. The daily grain containing 0 mg and 20 mg/kg of Cd chloride was fed in 20-26 celcius environment, animals were sacrificed to collect cerebrum and cerebellum tissues after 40 days. Morphology and ultrastructure results were observed using HE and TEM. Moreover, molecular biological technologies western blot and qRT-PCR were used to detect the expression abundance of genes. Cerebrum and cerebellum injury was observed in Cd-exposed group, antioxidant capacity decreased significantly and oxidative stress increased; immunofluorescence, real-time quantification, and western blot results showed decreased necrosis genes and increased ferroptosis pathway genes abundance in cerebrum, whereas the results were reversed in cerebellum. These results indicated that Cd exposure can activated necrosis and ferroptosis pathways by increased oxidative stress, further resulting in cerebrum and cerebellum damage in pigs. These findings may provide a theoretical basis for early monitoring of Cd exposure in environment.

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