4.7 Article

Intermittent exposure to chlorpyrifos results in cardiac hypertrophy and oxidative stress in rats

Journal

TOXICOLOGY
Volume 482, Issue -, Pages -

Publisher

ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2022.153357

Keywords

Organophosphates; Oxidative stress; Chlorpyrifos; Intermittent; Hypertrophy; Cardiovascular

Funding

  1. FAPES Foundation (Fundacao de Amparo `a Pesquisa e Inovacao do Espirito Santo) [131/2019]
  2. CAPES Foundation scholarships [001]
  3. FAPES Foundation scholarship
  4. FAPES Foundation [0749/2015]
  5. Health Research Council of New Zealand

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This study investigated the effects of chlorpyrifos on the heart using a rat model. It was found that intermittent exposure to chlorpyrifos caused cardiac hypertrophy, impairment of cardiovascular reflexes, imbalance of autonomic tone, and oxidative stress, posing significant cardiovascular risks to individuals exposed to organophosphate compounds seasonally.
Forbidden in some countries due to its proven toxicity to humans, chlorpyrifos (CPF) still stands as an organophosphate pesticide (OP) highly used worldwide. Cardiotoxicity assessment is an unmet need in pesticide regulation and should be deeply studied through different approaches to better inform and generate an appropriate regulatory response to OP use. In the present study, we used our 4-week intermittent OP exposure model in rats to address the CPF effects on cardiac morphology allied with cardiovascular functional and biomolecular evaluation. Rats were intermittently treated with CPF at doses of 7 mg/kg and 10 mg/kg or saline (i.p.) and assessed for cardiac morphology (cardiomyocyte diameter and collagen content), cardiopulmonary BezoldJarisch reflex (BJR) function, cardiac autonomic tone, left ventricle (LV) contractility, cardiac expression of NADPH oxidase (Nox2), catalase (CAT), superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) and cardiac levels of advanced oxidation protein products (AOPP) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS). Plasma butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) and brainstem acetylcholinesterase (AChE) were also measured. Intermittent exposure to CPF induced cardiac hypertrophy, increasing cardiomyocyte diameter and collagen content. An impairment of cardioinhibitory BJR responses and an increase in cardiac vagal tone were also observed in CPF-treated animals without changes in LV contractility. CPF exposure increased cardiac Nox-2, CAT, SOD1, and TBARS levels and inhibited plasma BuChE and brainstem AChE activities. Our data showed that intermittent exposure to CPF induces cardiac hypertrophy together with cardiovascular reflex impairment, imbalance of autonomic tone and oxidative stress, which may bring significant cardiovascular risk to individuals exposed to OP compounds seasonally.

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