Journal
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
Volume 291, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118202
Keywords
PFOA; PFECAs; Fatty acid metabolism; Dimensionality reduction analysis; Hepatotoxicity
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21737004, 21911530145]
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The study demonstrates that PFECAs and its analogs exhibit similar hepatotoxicities in mice, showing similar effects at the same cumulative liver concentration, with PFMO2HpA displaying lower hepatotoxicity compared to GenX at the same dose. Dimensionality reduction analysis is found to be a useful strategy for analyzing samples exposed to multiple compounds at different doses.
Perfluoroalkyl ether carboxylic acids (PFECAs), including hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA, GenX), have been widely used as alternatives to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and subsequently detected in various environmental matrices. Despite this, public information regarding their hepatotoxicity remains limited. Here, to compare the hepatotoxicity of PFECAs and identify better alternatives for GenX, adult male mice were exposed to different concentrations (0.4, 2, and 10 mg/kg/d) of PFOA, GenX, and its analogs (PFMO2HpA and PFMO3NA) for 28 d. Results demonstrated increased hepatomegaly and disturbed fatty acid metabolism with increasing treatment doses. After dimensionality reduction analysis, significant differences were observed in the relative liver weights and liver and serum biochemical parameters among the four clusters. Furthermore, when chemical concentrations in the liver were similar, no differences in the indicators of liver injury associated with fatty acid metabolism were observed among groups in the same clusters. Our results suggest that dimensionality reduction analysis is a useful strategy for analyzing samples exposed to multiple compounds at different doses. Furthermore, PFECAs exhibit similar hepatotoxicities at the same cumulative hepatic concentration in mice with constant body weight, while PFMO2HpA exhibits lower hepatotoxicity compared to GenX at the same dose.
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