Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 346-355Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b05262
Keywords
titanium dioxide nanoparticles; reproductive toxicity; testitis; immune dysfunction; TAM/TLRs signal pathway
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81473007, 81273036, 30901218]
- Jiangsu University Brand Major Construction Project of Biotechnology Major of Huaiyin Normal University [PPZY2015A018]
- Bringing New Ideas Foundation of Huaiyin Normal University [201510323053X]
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Although TiO2 nanopartides (NPs) as endocrine disruptors have been demonstrated to be able to cross the blood testis barriers and induce reproductive toxicity in male animals, whether the reproductive toxicity of male animals due to exposure to endocrine disruptor TiO2 NPs is related to immunological dysfunction in the testis remains not well understood. This study determined whether the reproductive toxicity and immunological dysfunction induced by exposure to TiO2 NPs is associated with activation or inhibition of TAM/TLR-mediated signal pathway in mouse testis. The results showed that male mice exhibited significant reduction of fertility, infiltration of inflammatory cells, rarefaction, apoptosis, and/or necrosis of spermatogenic cells and Sertoli cells due to TiO2 NPs. Furthermore, these were associated with decreased expression of Tyro3 (-18.16 to -66.6%), Axl (-14.7 to -57.99%), Mer (-7.98 to -72.62%), and I kappa B (-11.25 to -63.16%), suppression of cytokine signaling (SOCS) 1 (-21.99 to -73.8%) and SOCS3 (-8.11 to -34.86%), and increased expression of Toll-like receptor (TLR)-3 (21.4-156.03%), TLR-4 (37.0-109.87%), nuclear factor-kappa B (14.75-69.34%), interleukin (1L)-1 beta (46.15-123.08%), IL-6 (2.54-81.98%), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (6.95-88.39%), interferon (IFN)-alpha (2.54-37.25%), and IFN-beta (10.19-80.56%), which are involved in the immune environment in the testis. The findings showed that reproductive toxicity of male mice induced by exposure to endocrine disruptor TiO2 NPs may be associated with biomarkers of impairment of immune environment or dysfunction of TAM/TLR3-mediated signal pathway in mouse testitis. Therefore, the potential risks to reproductive health should be attended, especially in those who are occupationally exposed to TiO2 NPs.
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