Institute of Biotechnology and Chemical Engineering, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 84001, Taiwan.
Department of Bioscience Technology, Chung Yuan Christian University, Chung-Li 320314, Taiwan.
Biomolecules. 2022 Aug 10;12(8):1103. doi: 10.3390/biom12081103.
p-Toluene sulfonamide (p-TSA), a small molecular drug with antineoplastic activity is widely gaining interest from researchers because of its pharmacological activities. In this study, we explored the potential cardio and neural toxicity of p-TSA in sublethal concentrations by using zebrafish as an in vivo animal model. Based on the acute toxicity assay, the 96hr LC was estimated as 204.3 ppm, suggesting the overall toxicity of p-TSA is relatively low in zebrafish larvae. For the cardiotoxicity test, we found that p-TSA caused only a minor alteration in treated larvae after no overall significant alterations were observed in cardiac rhythm and cardiac physiology parameters, as supported by the results from expression level measurements of several cardiac development marker genes. On the other hand, we found that acute p-TSA exposure significantly increased the larval locomotion activity during the photomotor test while prolonged exposure (4 days) reduced the locomotor startle reflex activities in zebrafish. In addition, a higher respiratory rate and blood flow velocity was also observed in the acutely treated fish groups compared to the untreated group. Finally, by molecular docking, we found that p-TSA has a moderate binding affinity to skeletal muscle myosin II subfragment 1 (S1), ATPase activity, actin- and Ca-stimulated myosin S1 ATPase, and v-type proton ATPase. These binding interactions between p-TSA and proteins offer insights into the potential molecular mechanism of action of p-TSA on observed altered responses toward photo and vibration stimuli and minor altered vascular performance in the zebrafish larvae.
对甲苯磺酰胺(p-TSA)是一种具有抗肿瘤活性的小分子药物,由于其药理学活性,正受到研究人员的广泛关注。在这项研究中,我们使用斑马鱼作为体内动物模型,探索了亚致死浓度下 p-TSA 的潜在心脏和神经毒性。基于急性毒性试验,96 小时 LC 估计为 204.3ppm,表明 p-TSA 在斑马鱼幼虫中的整体毒性相对较低。对于心脏毒性试验,我们发现 p-TSA 仅在处理后的幼虫中引起轻微改变,而心脏节律和心脏生理参数没有观察到总体显著改变,这得到了几个心脏发育标记基因表达水平测量结果的支持。另一方面,我们发现急性 p-TSA 暴露在光动力测试中显著增加了幼虫的运动活性,而长时间暴露(4 天)则降低了斑马鱼的运动惊跳反射活性。此外,与未处理组相比,急性处理鱼组的呼吸率和血流速度也更高。最后,通过分子对接,我们发现 p-TSA 与骨骼肌肌球蛋白 II 亚基 1(S1)、ATP 酶活性、肌动蛋白和 Ca 刺激肌球蛋白 S1 ATP 酶以及 v 型质子 ATP 酶具有中等结合亲和力。p-TSA 与蛋白质之间的这些结合相互作用为 p-TSA 对观察到的光和振动刺激反应的潜在分子作用机制以及斑马鱼幼虫中血管功能的轻微改变提供了一些见解。