PUBLICATION
Inhibitory effect of cadmium on estrogen signaling in zebrafish brain and protection by zinc
- Authors
- Chouchene, L., Pellegrini, E., Gueguen, M.M., Hinfray, N., Brion, F., Piccini, B., Kah, O., Saïd, K., Messaoudi, I., Pakdel, F.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-160210-5
- Date
- 2016
- Source
- Journal of applied toxicology : JAT 36(6): 863-71 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Kah, Olivier
- Keywords
- aromatase, cadmium, estradiol, estrogen receptor, zinc
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Aromatase/genetics
- Aromatase/metabolism
- Brain/drug effects*
- Brain/metabolism
- Brain/pathology
- Cadmium/chemistry
- Cadmium/toxicity*
- Cadmium Poisoning/embryology
- Cadmium Poisoning/metabolism
- Cadmium Poisoning/prevention & control*
- Cadmium Poisoning/veterinary
- Cell Line
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects*
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/pathology
- Estrogen Antagonists/chemistry
- Estrogen Antagonists/toxicity
- Estrogens/agonists
- Estrogens/chemistry
- Estrogens/metabolism
- Fish Diseases/embryology
- Fish Diseases/metabolism
- Fish Diseases/pathology
- Fish Diseases/prevention & control
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects
- Genes, Reporter/drug effects
- Humans
- Neuroglia/drug effects
- Neuroglia/metabolism
- Neuroglia/pathology
- Receptors, Estrogen/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Estrogen/chemistry
- Receptors, Estrogen/genetics
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Water Pollutants, Chemical/antagonists & inhibitors
- Water Pollutants, Chemical/toxicity*
- Zebrafish*/embryology
- Zebrafish*/genetics
- Zebrafish*/metabolism
- Zebrafish Proteins/agonists
- Zebrafish Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- Zinc/therapeutic use*
- Zygote/drug effects
- Zygote/metabolism
- Zygote/pathology
- PubMed
- 26857037 Full text @ J. Appl. Toxicol.
- CTD
- 26857037
Citation
Chouchene, L., Pellegrini, E., Gueguen, M.M., Hinfray, N., Brion, F., Piccini, B., Kah, O., Saïd, K., Messaoudi, I., Pakdel, F. (2016) Inhibitory effect of cadmium on estrogen signaling in zebrafish brain and protection by zinc. Journal of applied toxicology : JAT. 36(6):863-71.
Abstract
The present study was conducted to assess the effects of Cd exposure on estrogen signaling in the zebrafish brain, as well as the potential protective role of Zn against Cd-induced toxicity. For this purpose, the effects on transcriptional activation of the estrogen receptors (ERs), aromatase B (Aro-B) protein expression and molecular expression of related genes were examined in vivo using wild-type and transgenic zebrafish embryos. For in vitro studies, an ER-negative glial cell line (U251MG) transfected with different zebrafish ER subtypes (ERα, ERβ1 and ERβ2) was also used. Embryos were exposed either to estradiol (E2 ), Cd, E2 +Cd or E2 +Cd+Zn for 72 h and cells were exposed to the same treatments for 30 h. Our results show that E2 treatment promoted the transcriptional activation of ERs and increased Aro-B expression, at both the protein and mRNA levels. Although exposure to Cd, does not affect the studied parameters when administered alone, it significantly abolished the E2 -stimulated transcriptional response of the reporter gene for the three ER subtypes in U251-MG cells, and clearly inhibited the E2 induction of Aro-B in radial glial cells of zebrafish embryos. These inhibitory effects were accompanied by a significant downregulation of the expression of esr1, esr2a, esr2b and cyp19a1b genes compared to the E2 -treated group used as a positive control. Zn administration during simultaneous exposure to E2 and Cd strongly stimulated zebrafish ERs transactivation and increased Aro-B protein expression, whereas mRNA levels of the three ERs as well as the cyp19a1b remained unchanged in comparison with Cd-treated embryos. In conclusion, our results clearly demonstrate that Cd acts as a potent anti-estrogen in vivo and in vitro, and that Cd-induced E2 antagonism can be reversed, at the protein level, by Zn supplement.
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