高通量评估镉(Cd)、铅(Pb)和锰(Mn)金属混合物对秀丽隐杆线虫的毒性效应。

High-throughput assessment of toxic effects of metal mixtures of cadmium(Cd), lead(Pb), and manganese(Mn) in nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

机构信息

Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public Health, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.

State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.

出版信息

Chemosphere. 2019 Nov;234:232-241. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.271. Epub 2019 Jun 3.

Abstract

Heavy metals, a class of persistent environmental toxicants, are harmful to human health. Cd and Pb are two of the most common toxic heavy metals that have been linked with cancers and malfunction of the nervous system. Notably, contamination of Mn usually coexisted with Cd and Pb in environmental and occupational settings. Studies regularly examined the toxic effects on individual metals; however, potential health and toxic effects of mixtures containing two or more heavy metals are unknown. Here, we investigated toxic effects of Cd, Pb, Mn, and their binary and ternary mixtures in the nematode Caenorhabdities elegans. The toxic outcomes, including effects on growth, reproduction, and feeding, were measured via high-throughput platform analysis. The transgenic strain BY250 with GFP in dopaminergic neurons was used to explore the neurodegenerative effects induced by single metals or their mixtures. The combination index(CI) for mixtures effect was calculated using isobolograms methods. Following the exposure, we found significant toxic effects in C. elegans. For single metals, the toxicity order for growth, reproduction, and feeding were Pb > Cd > Mn. For mixtures, the mixture of Cd + Mn induced a less than addictive effect in C. elegans, whereas the mixtures of Cd + Pb, Pb + Mn, and Cd + Pb + Mn induced greater-than-additive effects. Both single metals and their mixtures induced abnormality in dopaminergic neurons. These results showed combinative toxic and neurodegenerative effects of heavy metal mixtures, and future studies will focus on characterization of concentration-response patterns and identification of potential molecular mechanisms in C. elegans model.

摘要

重金属是一类持久性环境毒物,对人类健康有害。Cd 和 Pb 是两种最常见的有毒重金属,它们与癌症和神经系统功能障碍有关。值得注意的是,在环境和职业环境中,Mn 的污染通常与 Cd 和 Pb 共存。研究经常检查单个金属的毒性作用;然而,含有两种或更多种重金属的混合物的潜在健康和毒性影响尚不清楚。在这里,我们研究了 Cd、Pb、Mn 及其二元和三元混合物对秀丽隐杆线虫的毒性作用。通过高通量平台分析测量了包括生长、繁殖和摄食在内的毒性结果。使用含有多巴胺能神经元 GFP 的转基因菌株 BY250 来探索单一金属或其混合物引起的神经退行性效应。使用等效应线法计算混合物效应的组合指数 (CI)。暴露后,我们发现 C. elegans 存在显著的毒性作用。对于单一金属,生长、繁殖和摄食的毒性顺序为 Pb > Cd > Mn。对于混合物,Cd + Mn 的混合物在 C. elegans 中诱导的效应小于相加效应,而 Cd + Pb、Pb + Mn 和 Cd + Pb + Mn 的混合物诱导的效应大于相加效应。单一金属及其混合物均诱导多巴胺能神经元异常。这些结果表明重金属混合物具有协同毒性和神经退行性效应,未来的研究将集中在 C. elegans 模型中对浓度-反应模式的特征描述和潜在分子机制的鉴定上。

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