Effects of Di-n-butyl Phthalate and Diethyl Phthalate on Acetylcholinesterase Activity and Neurotoxicity Related Gene Expression in Embryonic Zebrafish
- Authors
- Xu, H., Shao, X., Zhang, Z., Zou, Y., Chen, Y., Han, S., Wang, S., Wu, X., Yang, L., and Chen, Z.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-130927-20
- Date
- 2013
- Source
- Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology 91(6): 635-9 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Di-n-butyl phthalate, Diethyl phthalate, Acetylcholinesterase, Neurotoxicity related gene expression, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Acetylcholinesterase/genetics*
- Acetylcholinesterase/metabolism
- Animals
- Dibutyl Phthalate/toxicity*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Gene Expression/drug effects*
- Nervous System/drug effects*
- Nervous System/metabolism
- Phthalic Acids/toxicity*
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- PubMed
- 24042840 Full text @ Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.
In the present study, zebrafish embryos were used to assess the neurotoxicity of di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), diethyl phthalate (DEP) and their mixture. Four-hour post-fertilization (hpf) zebrafish embryos were exposed to various concentrations of DBP, DEP and their mixture (DBP–DEP) until 96 hpf. The transcriptions levels of selected neuron-related genes reported as neurotoxicity biomarkers were analyzed. The results showed that transcripts of growth associated protein 43 (gap43), embryonic lethal abnormal vision-like 3 (elavl3), glial fibrillary acidic protein (gfap), myelin basic protein (mbp), α1-tubulin and neurogenin1 (ngn1) were significantly up-regulated after DBP, DEP and DBP–DEP mixture exposure. In addition, acetylcholinesterase activity was significantly inhibited in the embryos. These results indicate that DBP and DEP have the potential neurotoxicity in zebrafish embryos.