摘要：
Zearalenone is a mycotoxin produced mainly by Fusarium. There are numerous incidences of mycotoxicosis in laboratory and domestic animals, especially in pigs. However, little is known about molecular mechanisms of zearalenone toxicity. Granulosa cells are the maximal cell population in follicles, and they play an essential role in the development and maturation of follicles. The objective of this study was to explore the effect of zearalenone at high concentrations on proliferation and apoptosis of porcine granulosa cells and uncover signaling pathway underlying the cytotoxicity of zearalenone. We found that zearalenone reduced the proliferation of porcine granulosa cells in a dose-dependent manner as shown by the MTT assay and zearalenone resulted in an obvious apoptosis and necrosis in porcine granulosa cells as determined by the TUNEL analysis and flow cytometry. In addition, TUNEL assay with caspase inhibitors showed that zearalenone triggered a caspase-3- and caspase-9-dependent apoptotic process in porcine granulosa cells. Fluorescence spectrophotometer displayed that zearalenone led to a loss of mitochondrial transmembrane potential of porcine granulosa cells but enhanced reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels of the cells. Notably, Western blots revealed that caspase-3 and caspase-9 were activated by zearalenone in porcine granulosa cells. Collectively, our results suggest that zearalenone induces apoptosis and necrosis of porcine granulosa cells in a dose-dependent manner via a caspase-3- and caspase-9-dependent mitochondrial pathway. This study thus offers a novel insight into molecular mechanisms by which zearalenone has adverse cytotoxicity on reproduction. J. Cell. Physiol. 227: 18141820, 2012. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
通讯机构：
[Yuan, Hui] H;Hunan Agr Univ, Coll Vet Med, Changsha 410128, Hunan, Peoples R China.
关键词：
DNA damage;Gossypol;Oxidase;Sertoli cells
摘要：
The study was designated to explore the toxic effects of gossypol on piglet sertoli cells. Sertoli cellswere isolated from piglet testes using a two-step enzyme digestion and followed by differential plating.Piglet sertoli cells were cultured and classified into five groups, that is, group A, the control withoutgossypol, group B with 2.5 μg/ml gossypol, group C with 5 μg/ml gossypol, group D with 10 μg/mlgossypol and group E with 20 μg/ml gossypol. We found that sertoli cells’ growth was inhibited bygossypol at dose 2.5 μg/ml when compared with the control group. The oxidase activity of sertoli cellalso decreased at 2.5 μg/m gossypol. Moreover, DNA damage of sertoli cells was observed at 5 μg/mlgossypol. Putting this into consideration, our study suggests that exposure of gossypol to sertoli cellsleads to an inhibition of sertoli cell growth and oxidase activity of sertoli cells at a low concentration,whereas gossypol results in DNA damage of sertoli cells at a higher concentration.Keywords: Gossypol, sertoli cells, oxidase, DNA damage
摘要：
The study was designed to explore the toxic effects of arsanilic acid on piglet Sertoli cells. Sertoli cells were isolated from piglet testes using a two-step enzyme digestion followed by differential plating. Piglet Sertoli cells were cultured and classified into the following five groups: group A, the control without arsanilic acid treatment; group B, cultured with 5 mu M arsanilic acid; group C, cultured with 50 mu M arsanilic acid; group D, cultured with 0.5 mM arsanilic acid; and group E, cultured with 5 mM arsanilic acid. We found that Sertoli cell growth was inhibited by arsanilic acid at 0.5 mM compared with the control, group A. The oxidase activity of Sertoli cells was decreased by arsanilic acid at 0.5 mM as evidenced by the observations that arsanilic acid increased MDA content but decreased the SOD and GSH-Px activities of Sertoli cells. Moreover, 50 mu M of arsanilic acid was observed to cause DNA damage in Sertoli cells. The results of our study suggest that exposure of Sertoli cells to arsanilic acid leads to induction of oxidative stress and inhibition of cell growth at a high concentration, while arsanilic acid causes DNA damage in Sertoli cells at a low concentration.
