Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China.
Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 2012 May;33(3):421-30. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2012.02.001. Epub 2012 Feb 10.
L02 and HepG2 cells were exposed to mono-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) at concentrations of 6.25-100μM. After 48h treatment, MEHP decreased HepG2 cell viability in a concentration-dependent manner and L02 cell viability in the 50 and 100μM groups (p<0.01). Furthermore, at 24 and 48h after treatment, MEHP decreased the glutathione levels of HepG2 cells in all treatment groups and in the ΔΨ(m) in L02 and HepG2 cells with MEHP≥25μM (p<0.05 or p<0.01). At 24h after treatment, MEHP induced activation of caspase3 in all treated HepG2 and L02 cells (p<0.05 or p<0.01) except the 100μM MEHP treatment group. The increase in the Bax to Bcl-2 ratio suggests that Bcl-2 family involved in the control of MEHP-induced apoptosis in these two cell types. The data suggest that MEHP could induce apoptosis of HepG2 cells through mitochondria- and caspase3-dependent pathways.
L02 和 HepG2 细胞分别暴露于浓度为 6.25-100μM 的单-(2-乙基己基)邻苯二甲酸酯 (MEHP) 中。经过 48 小时处理后,MEHP 呈浓度依赖性降低 HepG2 细胞活力,且在 50 和 100μM 组中 L02 细胞活力降低(p<0.01)。此外,在处理后 24 和 48 小时,MEHP 降低了所有处理组 HepG2 细胞中的谷胱甘肽水平,以及 MEHP≥25μM 时 L02 和 HepG2 细胞中的 ΔΨ(m)(p<0.05 或 p<0.01)。在处理后 24 小时,除 100μM MEHP 处理组外,MEHP 诱导所有处理的 HepG2 和 L02 细胞中 caspase3 的激活(p<0.05 或 p<0.01)。Bax 与 Bcl-2 比值的增加表明 Bcl-2 家族参与了这两种细胞类型中 MEHP 诱导的细胞凋亡的调控。数据表明,MEHP 可能通过线粒体和 caspase3 依赖性途径诱导 HepG2 细胞凋亡。