期刊
ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
卷 233, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2022.113342
关键词
MPs; Neurotoxicity; Cognitive impairment; Mammals; Aging brain; Iron
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81601113]
- College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Projects [202010159018]
- Liaoning Education Department Foundation [QN2019036]
- Program for Excellent Young Talents of China Medical University [3110210629]
This study investigated the effects of co-exposure to iron and microplastics on cognitive function in aged humans and animals. The findings showed that co-exposure exacerbated iron overload, cognitive deficits, and increased lipid peroxidation and inflammation in the brain.
The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of co-exposure of iron and microplastics (MPs) on the cognitive function of aged humans and animals. It was already known that individual iron or MPs exposure can initiate potential neurotoxicity. However, the combined effect of MPs and iron remained to be elucidated. In this study, the toxicity of iron, MPs, co-treatment of MPs & iron, and the underlying mechanisms were evaluated in vivo. Our findings suggest that 5 mu m MPs could enter the aging mice brain and accumulate in cortex and hip-pocampus. In addition, MPs and iron have a good binding ability, therefore, co-exposure of MPs & iron cause significant iron overload and cognitive deficits as compared to control and individual treatments of iron and MPs. Moreover, the lipid peroxidation and inflammation, which are involved in ferroptosis, get significantly elevated by co-exposure of iron and MPs. Taken together, our results provide compelling evidence that co-exposure of iron and MPs could aggravate the cognitive impairment via disturbing brain iron homeostasis and inducing ferrop-tosis in cognitive-related brain areas, what's more, the results warn that MPs may act as vectors of pollutants (mostly heavy metals) increasing the health burden on body.
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