College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu, Shanxi, 030801, People's Republic of China.
School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, People's Republic of China.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2023 Oct;201(10):4870-4881. doi: 10.1007/s12011-023-03568-5. Epub 2023 Jan 24.
Co-contamination of arsenic (As) and fluoride (F) is widely distributed in groundwater, which are known risk factors for the nephrotoxicity. Emerging evidence has linked environmentally associated nephrotoxicity with the disturbance of gut microbiota and blood metabolites. In this study, we generated gut microbiota and blood metabolomic profile and identified multiple serum metabolites and gut bacteria species, which were associated with kidney injury on rat model exposed to As and F alone or combined. Combined As and F exposure significantly increased creatinine level. Abnormal autophagosomes and lysosome were observed, and the autophagic genes were enhanced in kidney tissue after single and combined As and F exposure. The metabolome data showed that single and combined As and F exposure remarkably altered the serum metabolites associated with the proximal tubule reabsorption function pathway, with glutamine and alpha-ketoglutarate level decreased in all exposed group. Furthermore, phosphatidylethanolamine (PE), the key contributor of autophagosomes, was decreased significantly in As and F + As exposed groups during the screen of autophagy-animal pathway. Multiple altered gut bacterial microbiota at phylum and species levels post As and F exposure were associated with targeted kidney injury, including p_Bacteroidetes, s_Chromohalobacter_unclassified, s_Halomonas_unclassified, s_Ignatzschineria_unclassified, s_Bacillus_subtilis, and s_Brevundimonas_sp._NA6. Meanwhile, our analysis indicated that As and F co-exposure possessed an interactive influence on gut microbiota. In conclusion, single or combined As and F exposure leads to the disruption of serum metabolic and gut microbiota profiles. Multiple metabolites and bacterial species are identified and associated with nephrotoxicity, which have potential to be developed as biomarkers of As and/or F-induced kidney damage.
砷(As)和氟(F)的共同污染广泛存在于地下水中,这是众所周知的肾毒性风险因素。新出现的证据表明,与环境相关的肾毒性与肠道微生物群和血液代谢物的紊乱有关。在这项研究中,我们生成了肠道微生物群和血液代谢组学图谱,并确定了多个与单独或联合暴露于 As 和 F 的大鼠模型肾脏损伤相关的血清代谢物和肠道细菌种类。联合暴露于 As 和 F 显著增加了肌酐水平。在单独和联合暴露于 As 和 F 后,观察到异常的自噬体和溶酶体,并且肾脏组织中的自噬基因增强。代谢组学数据显示,单独和联合暴露于 As 和 F 显著改变了与近端肾小管重吸收功能途径相关的血清代谢物,所有暴露组的谷氨酰胺和α-酮戊二酸水平均降低。此外,在自噬动物途径的筛选过程中,As 和 F+As 暴露组中作为自噬体关键贡献物的磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)显著降低。暴露于 As 和 F 后,在门和物种水平上发生的多种改变的肠道细菌微生物群与靶向性肾损伤相关,包括 p_Bacteroidetes、s_Chromohalobacter_unclassified、s_Halomonas_unclassified、s_Ignatzschineria_unclassified、s_Bacillus_subtilis 和 s_Brevundimonas_sp._NA6。同时,我们的分析表明,As 和 F 共同暴露对肠道微生物群具有相互影响。总之,单独或联合暴露于 As 和 F 会导致血清代谢和肠道微生物群谱的破坏。确定了多个与肾毒性相关的代谢物和细菌种类,它们有可能成为 As 和/或 F 诱导的肾损伤的生物标志物。
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