期刊
ENVIRONMENTAL EPIGENETICS
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/eep/dvac010
关键词
PFOS; kidney; PPAR; epigenetic toxicity; histone methylation; transcription factors
资金
- Cancer Center at Illinois
- National Institutes of Health [R01-CACA211875]
The study showed that PFOS accumulated in mouse kidneys in a dose-dependent manner, leading to significant increase in kidney injury markers, affecting transcription factors and epigenetic mechanisms. The decrease in global DNA methylation levels suggests potential implications of PFOS on kidney fibrosis and carcinogenesis.
Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) is a widespread persistent environmental pollutant implicated in nephrotoxicity with altered metabolism, carcinogenesis, and fibrosis potential. We studied the underlying epigenetic mechanism involving transcription factors of PFOS-induced kidney injury. A 14-day orally dosed mouse model was chosen to study acute influences in vivo. Messenger RNA expression analysis and gene set enrichment analysis were performed to elucidate the relationship between epigenetic regulators, transcription factors, kidney disease, and metabolism homeostasis. PFOS was found to accumulate in mouse kidney in a dose-dependent manner. Kidney injury markers Acta2 and Bcl2l1 increased in expression significantly. Transcription factors, including Nef2l2, Hes1, Ppara, and Ppard, were upregulated, while Smarca2 and Pparg were downregulated. Furthermore, global DNA methylation levels decreased and the gene expression of histone demethylases Kdm1a and Kdm4c were upregulated. Our work implicates PFOS-induced gene expression alterations in epigenetics, transcription factors, and kidney biomarkers with potential implications for kidney fibrosis and kidney carcinogenesis. Future experiments can focus on epigenetic mechanisms to establish a panel of PFOS-induced biomarkers for nephrotoxicity evaluation.
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