期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
卷 258, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113712
关键词
Herbicide; Atrazine; Endocrine disrupting chemical; Epigenetics
资金
- U.S. Army Medical Research [W81XWH-14-1-0012]
- National Science Foundation [CBET-1512285, CBET-1705560]
- Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (COLCIENCIAS) from Colombia
- Fulbright [529]
How environmental chemicals can affect and exert their toxic effect at a molecular level has gained significant interest in recent years, not only for understanding their immediate health implications over exposed individuals, but also for their subsequent progeny. Atrazine (ATZ) is a commonly used herbicide in the U.S. and a long-suspected endocrine disrupting chemical. The molecular mechanism conferring long-term adverse health outcomes, however, remain elusive. Here, we explored changes in epigenetic marks that arise after exposure to ATZ at selected doses using image-based analysis coupled with data clustering. Significant decreases in methylated CpG ((me)CpG) and histone 3 lysine 9 tri-methylated (H3K9me3) were observed in the selected human cell line with a clear spatial preference. Treating cells with ATZ leads to the loss of a subpopulation of cells with high (me)CpG levels as identified in our clustering and histogram analysis. A similar trend was observed in H3K9me3 potentially attributing to the cross-talking between (me)CpG and H3K9me3. Changes in (me)CpG are likely to be associated with alterations in epigenetic enzyme expression levels regulating (me)CpG and persist after the removal of ATZ source which collectively provide a plausible mechanism for long-term ATZ-induced toxicity. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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