期刊
AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY
卷 238, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2021.105916
关键词
Aristolochic acids; Neurobehavioral toxicity; Motor neuron; Vision; Oxidative stress
资金
- Zhe-jiang Province (Natural Science Foundation) [LY18B070010]
- Wenzhou city (the Public Welfare Program of Science and Technology Bureau) [Y20170147]
- Wenzhou Medical University (the Talent Scientific Research Projects) [QTJ16025]
Aristolochic acids (AA) are nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids found in plants of the Aristolochiaceae family. Exposure to AA can result in developmental neurotoxicity in zebrafish, characterized by larval hyperactivity and changes in motor neuron proliferation, eye apoptosis, oxidative stress, and vision gene expression. The most sensitive exposure window for AA-induced hyperactivity is identified as 8-24 hours post fertilization.
Aristolochic acids (AA) are nitrophenanthrene carboxylic acids found in plants of the Aristolochiaceae family. Humans are exposed to AA by deliberately taking herbal medicines or unintentionally as a result of environmental contamination. AA is notorious for its nephrotoxicity, however, fewer studies explore potential neurotoxicity associated with AA exposure. The developing nervous system is vulnerable to xenobiotics, and pregnant women exposed to AA may put their fetuses at risk. In the present study, we used the embryonic zebrafish model to evaluate the developmental neurotoxicity associated with AA exposure. At non-teratogenic concentrations (<= 4 mu M), continuous AA exposure from 8 to 120 hours post fertilization (hpf) resulted in larval hyperactivity that was characterized by increased moving distance, elevated activity and faster swimming speeds in several behavioral assays. Further analysis revealed that 8-24 hpf is the most sensitive exposure window for AA-induced hyperactivity. AA exposures specifically increased motor neuron proliferation, increased apoptosis in the eye, and resulted in cellular oxidative stress. In addition, AA exposures increased larval eye size and perturbed the expression of vision genes. Our study, for the first time, demonstrates that AA is neurotoxic to the developmental zebrafish with a sensitive window distinct from its well-documented nephrotoxicity.
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