期刊
CHEMOSPHERE
卷 191, 期 -, 页码 1056-1064出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.08.070
关键词
PFOS; Oxidative stress; Hepatotoxicity; NF-kappa B/TNF-alpha
资金
- National Science and Technology Ministry of China [2007BAC27B02-2]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [10875170, U1432245, 91643206]
- Gong-Yi Program of China Ministry of Environmental Protection [200909016]
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) has been reported to accumulate in liver and cause damage. The molecular mechanism of the PFOS-induced hepatotoxicity has not been completely elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether PFOS-induced oxidative stress plays an important role in liver damage, and if so, what pathway it undergoes for the mechanism of its toxicological action. Male Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats were orally administrated with PFOS at single dose of I or 10 mg/kg body weight for 28 consecutive days. Increased serum levels of liver enzymes and abnormal ultra structural changes were observed in the PFOS-exposed rats. Particularly, PFOS exposure significantly increased intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and nitric oxide (NO) production, but weakened intracellular antioxidant defence by inhibiting catalase and superoxide dismutase activities. Signal transduction studies showed that PFOS exposure significantly elevated inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Bax, cytochrome c, cleaved caspase-9 and cleaved caspase-3, indicating the mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway was activated. On the other hand, significant alterations of the PFOS-induced protein expression of NF-kappa B and I kappa B alpha in association with an enhanced level of TNF-alpha were observed. Taken together, these results indicate that mitochondria play an important role in PFOS-induced hepatotoxicity. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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