期刊
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
卷 194, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110360
关键词
Arsenite; Ferroptosis; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Male reproductive toxicity
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81602820, 81703187]
- Foundation and Frontier Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission [cstc2016jcyjA0223, cstc2016jcyjA0435]
- Science and Technology Research Program of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission [KJQN201900419, KJQN201900421]
Ferroptosis is a newly identified form of cell death characterized by accumulation of intracellular iron and requirement of lipid peroxidation. However, whether arsenite triggers testicular cell death via ferroptosis remains unclear. In this study, after administrating of adult male mice with 0.5, 5 and 50 mg/L arsenite for six months via drinking water, the results showed that arsenite caused the pathological changes in mouse testis and significantly reduced the number of sperm. Mitochondrial injuries were observed as the major ultrastructural damages induced by arsenite, and these damages were accompanied by the apparent mitochondrial oxidative damage in the testis, manifested by accumulation of iron, production of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation products. We also demonstrated that arsenite significantly activated ferroptosis-related signal pathways in the mouse testis. To further verify the results obtained in the animal model, GC-2spd cells were employed as the in vitro culture system. Consistently, the results revealed arsenite remarkably triggered the ferroptotic cell death in vitro, and inhibition of ferroptosis by ferrostatin-1 could attenuate this adverse effect in cells. These findings together indicate that arsenite can trigger oxidative stress thus leading to testicular cell death by ferroptosis, suggesting that inhibition of ferroptosis would be a potential strategy for treatment of arsenite-related male reproductive toxicity.
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