支持细胞
细胞生物学
氧化应激
线粒体
化学
p38丝裂原活化蛋白激酶
TFAM公司
生物
内科学
内分泌学
信号转导
MAPK/ERK通路
线粒体生物发生
医学
精子发生
作者
Guo-Xiang Zhou,Weibo Liu,Limin Dai,Hua-Long Zhu,Yong-Wei Xiong,Dai-Xin Li,De‐Xiang Xu,Hua Wang
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152247
摘要
Cadmium (Cd) is a well-known testicular toxicant. Blood-testis barrier (BTB), a vital part of testes, which has been reported to be damaged upon Cd exposure. However, the detailed mechanism about Cd-mediated disruption of BTB remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the role of Heme-Regulated Inhibitor (HRI)-responsive mitochondrial stress in Cd-mediated disruption of BTB. Male mice are intraperitoneally injected (i.p.) with melatonin (Mel, a cellular stress antagonist, 5.0 mg/kg) before Cd treatment (i.p., 2.0 mg/kg) for 8 h, and then treated with Cd for 0-48 h. Mouse Sertoli cells are pretreated with Mel (10 μM) for 1 h, and then treated with Cd (10 μM) for 0-24 h. We find that Cd damages the BTB and reduces the Occludin protein, a crucial BTB-related protein via activating p38/matrix metalloproteinase-2 (p38/MMP2) pathway and Integrated Stress Response (ISR). Further experiments reveal that the Heme-Regulated Inhibitor (HRI)-responsive mitochondrial stress is triggered in Cd-treated Sertoli cells. Most importantly, Cd-activated p38 signaling and ISR are regulated by HRI-responsive mitochondrial stress in Sertoli cells. Unexpectedly, we find that melatonin rescues the Cd-mediated disruption of BTB through blocking HRI-responsive mitochondrial stress in testes. Overall, these data indicate that environmental cadmium exposure impairs the BTB through activating HRI-responsive mitochondrial stress in Sertoli cells.
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